« Sur sa petite île privée au large de Fjällbacka, le couple Bauer fête ses noces d'or, entouré de ses proches. Henning Bauer est l'un des plus célèbres écrivains suédois et l'académie Nobel est sur le point de consacrer son immense talent. Mais deux événements terribles viennent contrecarrer cette reconnaissance, qui peut-être ne serait pas si méritée. Un ami photographe qui prépare une rétrospective devant se clôturer par une œuvre intitulée Culpabilité est retrouvé assassiné. Le lendemain, le fils Bauer et ses deux garçons sont tués dans leur sommeil. Tandis que l'enquête de Patrick Hedström et ses collègues piétine, Erica Falck se plonge dans un cold case qui l'intrigue : la mort d'un transsexuel à Stockholm dans les années 1980. Elle comprend peu à peu que le passé étend ses tentacules jusque dans le présent, et que de vieux péchés laissent de longues ombres derrière eux. Promesse tenue pour ce retour aux sources tant attendu de Camilla Läckberg - la magie opère toujours, la reine incontestée du polar Scandinave est au sommet de son art. »--Quatrième de couverture.

Xavier et Éli, deux jeunes hommes qui ont bien peu en commun, deviennent colocs du jour au lendemain. De leur cohabitation naîtra une amitié loin des codes de la masculinité traditionnelle, où les conversations sans filtre sont à l'honneur. Pendant que Xavier se penche sur les raisons qui l'ont amené à se retirer du militantisme étudiant du jour au lendemain, Éli explore ses propres blessures et leurs séquelles, dans l'espoir que les balcons, ces espaces ni intérieurs ni extérieurs, ne soient plus pour eux des lieux associés à la douleur.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this deeply moving novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a determined young woman must survive a series of abandonments to find a love that is worthy of her.

When she is only six years old, Allegra Dixon’s party-loving mother leaves without so much as a goodbye. Her father, an emotionally distant military officer, is also unable—or unwilling—to care for her. Sent to live like a ghost in her grandparents’ joyless home, Allegra finds her only solace through an escape into books.

Attending boarding school, life finally takes a turn when she meets a dashing young West Point cadet named Shep Williams. Soon their friendship blossoms into something more, and they fall deeply in love. 

After college, Allegra has established herself as a book editor and Shep is rising through the ranks of the military. But then Shep suddenly receives a posting to Afghanistan, and they decide to marry before he goes. Between his deployments, they cling to their brief and fraught stolen moments together. Each time he leaves, Shep promises the separations will soon come to an end. 

But soon Allegra realizes that the horrors of war have begun to change her husband into a man she no longer recognizes. The trauma he has experienced proves to be too harrowing, and Allegra will find herself feeling utterly alone again just when she thought she’d finally found happiness.

In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells the unforgettable story of a woman who refuses to give up until she finds the joy she deserves.

"Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the murder of her nanny and immediately stopped speaking. Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney, appointed to serve as counsel for children in custody cases. From the moment Stella steps into the home of the Barclays, she realizes the case is even more twisted, and the family far more troubled, than she feared. As Stella comes closer to uncovering the secrets the Barclays are desperate to hide, her past and present are set on a collision course in ways she never expected. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. Even Rose. Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?"--

Après l'école, Arlo aime s'arrêter dans un boisé pour observer la nature. Il écoute le murmure des insectes, des animaux et des végétaux. Sa respiration s'apaise et ses idées s'illuminent.Un jour, la Terre l'interpelle pour lui confier un secret?: elle est malade et a besoin de lui?! Arlo découvre que, même tout petit, il peut prendre soin de sa planète et avoir un impact positif sur l'environnement. Oui, il peut agir et changer les choses à sa manière.Ce n'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on ne peut pas prendre soin de la planète.

The humor of Captain Underpants meets the blockbuster format of Diary of a Wimpy Kid in this laugh-out-loud series about Justin Chase, who is having the Worst. Week. EVER!

Have you ever had a bad week? Justin Chase sure has and THIS is it!

He barely made it through MONDAY, but now it's . . . TUESDAY.

His cat is still missing, probably abducted by aliens. His dad is more embarrassing than ever. He's gone viral online in the worst possible way. And when school picture day collides with the Super Science Spectacular, it's destined to blow up into a hair-raising, teeth-shattering disaster of epic proportions!

The best-selling Weird But True! World returns for its third edition--weirder than ever and with tons of new, true, unbelievable oddities for 2025 ... and beyond!

Meet a chef who cooks pizza over an active volcano in Guatemala. Visit a bridge in Hungary that was repaired with LEGO bricks. And get to know the world's smelliest frog.

You'll find all this and more inside this jam-packed compendium of weird wonders from all around the world. Travel from continent to continent and from sea to space to find the coolest animals, natural wonders, ancient architecture, and festivals the universe has to offer. It's everything Weird But True! fans love, and then some: adventure-filled awesomeness packed with gorgeous photography, snackable fun facts, and in-depth info about the strange history and science that makes our world so wonderful.

This annual collection is updated each year with NEW world's weirdest winners from around the globe, weird news, fresh facts, and strange sites, animals, and events for every continent. Weird But True! World 2025 is the latest, greatest, and WEIRDEST edition yet.

Inside you'll find:

• Wild, wow-worthy facts
• Unbelievable photos
• Colorful National Geographic maps
• Weird news
• Shocking stats and infographics
• Personality quizzes
• Adorable odd animals
• And more!

A lyrical story of an aspen grove through the seasons, inspired by the ground-breaking work of Dr. Suzanne Simard on how trees and fungi talk to each other.

In early spring, the Mother Tree wakens. She is hundreds of years old, and her children are the sprouts that she sends up from her roots. They look like many separate trees, but they are all part of the Mother Tree.

Above ground, the aspens use the sun to produce sugar. Below ground, fungi wrap threads around the aspen's roots, feeding on the sugar that they cannot make themselves. And in exchange, the fungi carry messages from tree to tree -- warnings of drought, disease and infestations.

Through the seasons and years, the Mother Tree shelters and feeds the other trees, the animals that make their home in the grove and the fungi that make it possible for the trees to talk to each other. But when a violent storm upends the order of things, can the forest survive without its Mother Tree?

This story of symbiosis, richly illustrated by Crystal Smith, shows how the forest inhabitants thrive by working together. An author's note explains the significance of mycorrhizal networks and why it is crucial to protect aspen forests.

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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.7

With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.4

Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3

Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

"It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the Cornwall Inn. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she's actually the only guest who isn't here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she's dreamed of coming for years. She hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she's here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every possible disaster except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan--which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can't stop confiding in each other"--

Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream.

Meridian, Mississippi--once known as the Queen City for its status in the state--has lost much of its royal bearing by 1985. Overshadowed by more prosperous cities such as New Orleans and Atlanta, Meridian attracts less-than-legitimate businesses, including those enforced by the near-mythical Dixie Mafia. The city's powerbrokers, wealthy white Southerners clinging to their privilege, resent any attempt at change to the old order.

Real-estate developer Randall Hubbard took advantage of Meridian's economic decline by opening strip malls that catered to low-income families in Black neighborhoods--until he wound up at the business end of a .38 Special. Then a Dixie Mafia affiliate named Lewis "Turnip" Coogan, who claims Hubbard's wife hired him for the hit, dies under suspicious circumstances while in custody for the murder.

Ex-cop turned private investigator Clementine Baldwin is hired by Coogan's bereaved mother to find her son's killer. A woman struggling with her own history growing up in Mississippi, Clem braves the Queen City's corridors of crime as she digs into the case, opening wounds long forgotten. She soon finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and dangerous people who manipulate the law for their own ends--and will kill anyone who threatens to reveal their secrets.

Based on an Inuit traditional story passed down orally for generations, The Cannibal tells the horrific tale of a family experiencing starvation when the animals they rely on for survival disappear. While the wife stays alive by eating plants she gathers daily, the husband does the unthinkable, resorting to murder and cannibalism. Horrified, and terrified for her life, the wife eventually finds herself alone in camp with her husband. She knows what will happen to her if she does not find a way to escape. Hatching a plan, the exhausted wife embarks on the journey with her murderous husband in pursuit. After safely arriving at a nearby camp, she shares the story of what has become of her camp, and her own children. Soon the husband arrives, and the camp must decide how to deal with the cannibal. Both horrific and poignant, this cautionary traditional story provides a window into the at times harsh realities of traditional life.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 100 accessible, stress-free recipes to make plant-forward cooking more streamlined than ever, from the bestselling author of The Weekday Vegetarians.

Jenny Rosenstrach’s bestselling cookbook, The Weekday Vegetarians, introduced home cooks to the idea that you don’t have to be a vegetarian to eat like one. In Get Simple, she shares 100 new recipes that make eating meat-free even easier, even tastier.
 
Jenny focuses on solutions to common misconceptions and roadblocks—like “Vegetarian cooking is so complicated!” which she counters with the skillet and sheet pan dinner chapter and recipes like a cozy Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Butternut Squash. Or, “Vegetarian dinners just aren’t filling!” which became the comfort food chapter, rich with recipes for hearty dishes like a Golden Greens Pie and Mushroom-Chard Bread Pudding. And, “I don’t want to eat pasta every single night!” as a driver for showcasing dinner-worthy bowls like Crispy Eggplant Bowls with Pistachios & Basil and Farro Piccolo with Crispy Mushrooms & Parm. 
 
If you’re new to eating less meat and need an easy “just start here” option, go straight to Jenny’s vegetarian starter kit that mixes and matches 15 ingredients into 8 different meals, from Carbonara with Cabbage & Miso to Tostada with Eggs & Pickled Onions. And like in her first Weekday Vegetarians cookbook, home cooks will find a whole new battery of hooks, sauces, and sides that will leave you loving your meat-free nights.