Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned, she's also a survivor as indomitable as her father, who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the hard South African soil. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil-her winnings in life. Is she the master of the game?

A memorable, mesmerizing heroine Jennifer — brilliant, beautiful, an attorney on the way up until the Mafia's schemes win her the hatred of an implacable enemy — and a love more destructive than hate. A dangerous, dramatic world The Dark Arena of organized crime and flashbulb lit courtrooms where ambitious prosecutors begin their climb to political power.

A rare jewel has been discovered in the oeuvre of Ansel Adams. SIERRA NEVADA: THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL, originally published in an edition of only 500 copies in 1938, is an extraordinary publication in many respects. Adams, at the age of 36, was commissioned to prepare a book of his photographs taken along the world-famous John Muir Trail as a tribute to Pete Starr, a young American mountaineer (and son of a Sierra Club president) killed in a climbing accident. Composed of 50 photographs of the Sierra Nevada--many never published again--the book is an exquisite portrait of the mountain world of the High Sierra in California. When first published, it set a new standard for fine photographic reproduction in book form. Little, Brown takes great pride in announcing a new edition of this magnificent book.

After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun (originally recounted in The Notebook), and their fifty-year love affair, Wilson is unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, its this: His love for Jane has grown over the years, and he will do anything he can to save their marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie s inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him...all over again.

Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I get everything — and everyone — we want. Snagging the latest Marc Jacobs bag or your best friend's boyfriend isn't pretty, but it's always hot...

The uptown girls are headed downtown as Serena and Jenny take on their new fabulous roles as rock-star model girlfriends of New York's hottest band, The Raves. Meanwhile, Dan is to busy drowning his sorrows in empty bottles to notice a mysterious French beauty who has a penchant for dirty, Jim Morrison — wannabe lead singers. Blair takes residence at the Plaza to think about her future. Will she become a gun-toting international spy or Manhattan's snobbiest society hostess? Decisions are so difficult! Sounds like everyone needs a day off at the spa. And Senior Spa Day promises to serve up further doses of scandal for New York's busiest private-school vixens.

Timelessness and supreme craftsmanship are the hallmarks of this family company which for more than a century has maintained its reputation for quality and elegance. UP CLOSE not only offers a look at new developments at the company, but transports readers from grand spaces like the White House and the Palace of Versailles to romantic cottages and rustic fishing camps, offering a wealth of creative ideas on using fabric, wallpaper and furnishings in the most effective way. In the last decade we've gone through shabby chic elegance, to super-expensive minimalism and back to traditional.

«Former LAPD Detective Harry Bosch returns in this «New York Times» bestseller. Harry investigates the death of an old friend who had ties to the hunt for the infamous serial killer, The Poet. What Harry finds leads him into the most terrifying situation he has ever encountered.»

Objectif Express est un cours intensif pour un public d'adultes débutants (et faux débutants) en situation professionnelle ou en préparation à la vie active. C'est une méthode conçue pour répondre à des besoins immédiats et urgents d'apprentissage du français. Un cours... — intensif: 120 heures en 10 unités, qui donnent accès aux niveaux A1 et A2 du Cadre européen commun de référence. — pour adultes: une démarche actionnelle, axée sur la réalisation de tâches concrètes. — pour débutants: une progression efficace et des objectifs clairement identifiés. — en situation professionnelle: des situations de vie active pour communiquer dans le monde du travail comme dans la vie quotidienne. Objectif Express couvre les niveaux A1/A2 du CECR.

Le cahier d'exercices de Taxi! 3 propose un renforcement de l'apprentissage du français autour d'un grand nombre d'activités: de grammaire et de vocabulaire en contexte; de compréhension et de production écrites. Le cahier d'exercices suit le même découpage que le livre de l'élève; l'apprenant retrouve donc pour chaque unité de nombreuses activités complémentaires. Le cahier permet également de se préparer aux épreuves du DELF B1.

LES exercices de grammaire niveau A1 propose: — une démarche d'observation et de découverte de la règle, associée à un entraînement intensif — plus de 500 exercices avec des contenus conformes au référentiel du niveau A1 du Cadre européen commun de référence. Pour chaque chapitre: — des corpus accompagnés d'activités simples pour faire deviner la règle, — des illustrations pour faciliterla compréhension, — des exercices variés, progressifs et contextualisés, — un vocabulaire adapté au niveau des apprenants, — un bilan en fin de chapitre. En fin d'ouvrage: — un précis grammatical, — un index des notions grammaticales, — Les corrigés

Pour motiver les adolescents et les amener à lire en français, la collection Lire en français facile vous présente des histoires illustrées inédites, adaptées au niveau de langue des apprenants et proche de leurs goûts et de leur centres d'intérêt. A la fin de chaque récit, un dossier pédagogique propose: — des activités pour une exploitation ludique du texte; — un lexique monolingue pour la compréhension des mots et expressions difficiles.

Pour motiver les adolescents et les amener à lire en français, la collection Lire en français facile vous présente des histoires illustrées inédites, adaptées au niveau de langue des apprenants et proche de leurs goûts et de leur centres d'intérêt. A la fin de chaque récit, un dossier pédagogique propose: — des activités pour une exploitation ludique du texte; — un lexique monolingue pour la compréhension des mots et expressions difficiles.

«From the start, Patterson's Women's Murder Club series (1st to Die; Second Chance) has felt like high-concept TV with a smart edge, featuring an appealing and reliable cast of four female crime busters (a cop, a prosecutor, a medical examiner, a reporter) who race along byzantine plot lines humming with blood and sex, romance and heartbreak. But Patterson is an author who will detonate readers' presumptions for the sake of story, and in the series' third installment, the prolific author, working with frequent collaborator Gross (The Jester, etc.), defies expectations in a shocking way. Readers will love him for it. San Francisco Homicide lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, who narrates most of the action, is jogging with assistant DA Jill Barnhardt when Lindsay notices two things: first, bruises on Jill's shoulder; then the explosion of a nearby townhouse, into which Lindsay rushes to save a child. With the juxtaposition of these two plotlines, Patterson jumpstarts this enjoyably convoluted tale. The townhouse, home to a greedy CEO and his family, was destroyed by members of a terrorist group calling itself «August Spies»; Lindsay's chase after the group, which commits further killings, brings her into close proximity to what promises to be a new series regular, Joe Molinari, deputy director of the Office of Homeland Security. Love blooms for Lindsay but, meanwhile, love has curdled at Jill's house, where Jill's husband is abusing her. Then comes the big surprise, and the story's remainder plays out at high emotion and warp speed. There's a calculated feel to all that happens, but clever manipulation of an audience serves Patterson as well as it served Hitchcock: his fans will only clamor for more.»

LES exercices de grammaire niveau B1 propose: — une démarche d'observation et de découverte de la règle associée à un entraînement intensif, — plus de 500 exercices avec des contenus conformes au référentiel du niveau B1 du Cadre européen commun de référence. Pour chaque chapitre: — des corpus accompagnés de questions simples pour faire découvrir la règle, — des illustrations pour faciliter la compréhension, — des exercices variés, progressifs et contextualisés, — un vocabulaire adapté au niveau des apprenants, — un bilan en fin de chapitre. En fin d'ouvrage: — un index des notions grammaticales, — une table renvoyant à la Nouvelle Grammaire du Français, cours de Civilisation Française de la sorbonne.

Cet ouvrage s'adresse à des adolescents ou adultes débutants pour un travail en classe ou en autonomie. Ce livre d'entraînement propose des structures, un lexique et des consignes simples. Les 50 leçons suivent une progression méthodique de découverte et de pratique du vocabulaire conçue pour des lecteurs débutants (niveau A1 du cadre européen commun de référence).