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Christian Jacq
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Guillaume Musso 19 Million copies in the world 37 languages
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José Frèches
1.6 Million copies in France 23 languages
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Romain Sardou 1.8 Million copies in France 18 languages
Leila
895 000 copies in the world 21 languages
Souad
2.3 Million copies in the world 36 languages
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Setna the Magician’s Mysteries
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The Sails of Liberty
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Three Children of Our Times
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The Black Book of the Condition of Christians in the World
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Gérard Depardieu
It Just Happened Like That
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Abandoned By Words
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Valéry Giscard-d’Estaing
Europa, Europe’s Last Chance
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Francis I. King of France
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Anne Plichota and Cendrine Volf
Tugdual – V.1 : The Black Hearts
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Sophie Audouin Mamikonian
Tara Duncan V.12: The Final Battle
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Central Park
Guillaume Musso
An intense, addictive and irresistible read. Alice and Gabriel have no memory of the night before… yet they won’t forget it anytime soon. New York, 8am. Alice, a young Parisian cop, and Gabriel, American jazz pianist, wake up on a bench in Central Park handcuffed to one another. They don’t know each other and have no memory of having met. The night before, Alice was at a party with her girlfriends on the ChampsElysées and Gabriel was playing piano in a club in Dublin. Impossible? And yet…
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So many questions leave them confounded. How did they get themselves into such a dangerous situation? Whose blood has stained Alice’s shirt? Why is one bullet missing from her gun?
400 p. Published March 27, 2014 Partial English translation available
Alice and Gabriel are left with no choice but to team up to figure out what is happening to them and get back to their normal lives. What they are going to discover will turn their lives upside down.
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800,000 copies!
An outstanding success!
• “Unpredictable and moving, a psychological thriller that keeps you holding your breath up to the astounding finale.” METRO • “Musso has been subtly drifting toward the thriller in his last few books. With Central Park he has taken a definitive turn toward the world of suspense” LE POINT
© Patrick Blanchard / Nice Matin
The finely-executed suspense grips you from the very first pages and will not let go.
Guillaume Musso is a phenomenon. Through his eleven novels, translated the world over, this 40-year-old has conquered the hearts of millions of readers, and has imposed an original style, where suspense and emotion are closely woven together.
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11 bestsellers in 11 years! More than 19 Million copies worldwide
The #1 bestselling French novelist for 3 years straight* * Source: GFK
Praise for Guillaume Musso in France… • “Astonishing.” Le Parisien • “Musso’s style is as effective and cinematic as ever.” Le Point • “Central Park has everything it needs to be a best-seller. (…) 400 exciting pages! (…) an exceptional vintage.” RTL • “Guillaume Musso succeeds once again in surprising us. (…) Central Park keeps you holding your breath up to the last page. An adventure lasting less than 24 hours, with a few flash-backs and an end as unexpected as our desire to solve the mystery!” France Info • “Guillaume Musso confirms his true talent as a storyteller.” TV Mag/Le Figaro • “Fascination ensues. We dive into the ‘Musso mystery’ like children jumping into puddles with both feet at once.” Le Parisien 4
Sold in 37 languages!
… and abroad! • “A little mysterious, a lot romantic and plenty entertaining.” Cosmopolitan (UK) • “Passion, mystery and fantasy: the composition of Guillaume Musso’s novels.” La Reppublica (Italy) • “A fantastic thriller that I couldn’t put down.” Flair (Netherlands) • “Riveting and full of emotion.” Elle (Germany) • “Smoothly and efficiently written. [Musso] tackles major subjects with great narrative tension.” Dziennik (Poland) • “Musso’s books have everything to be successful: an original plot, a unique style, strong and vivid characters.” Metro (Russia) • “A novel that measures up to the readers’ standards and wishes.” Sisa Times (South Korea)
Albania
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Amarin
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Dogan Egmont
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Nha Nam
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Nicolas Vanier
Of Dogs and Snow The Wild Odyssey
(Avec mes chiens. L’Odyssée sauvage)
6,000 km through Mongolia, China and Siberia. After The White Odyssey and The Siberian Odyssey, which sold over 200,000 copies, Nicolas Vanier has released a new great adventure: The Wild Odyssey.
na rrat ive account
To be published October 16, 2014 Partial English translation available 352 p.
Ravenous lover of the Far North, Nicolas Vanier takes us on an extraordinary adventure through the wildest of territories, from the Pacific coast of Siberia, through China and Mongolia to the frozen banks of Lake Baikal. In order to reach Lake Baikal, Nicolas and his dogs have to face thousands of difficulties and solve just as many problems such as enduring an average temperature of -50 °C, bearing terrible blizzards in the frozen stretches, avoiding numerous pitfalls in the ice, maintaining the good health of his dogs... A dangerous adventure that is interspersed with fantastic encounters with the trappers, fishermen and nomads who continue to live in perfect harmony with nature and mythical animals such as the Manchurian tiger and the snow leopard.
First print run: 40,000 copies!
Nicolas Vanier When he is not off exploring the Arctic, Nicolas Vanier lives in the Loire Valley with his wife and two children. He is the author of many travel books and adventure novels, amongst which Gold in the Snow is currently being adapted for the big screen. His six previous books published by XO have all been best-sellers. 6
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• “Madly in love with the Far North.” Madame Figaro • “The story of an outstanding friendship and bond between the dogs and their musher.” LE MONDE • “More than just a story, it is a true guide, a box of dreams, in which we learn how to build a log cabin, to sled and to protect ourselves from -50° cold.” Anna Galvada, ELLE
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Photo © Nicolas Vanier
And, above all, a unique bond is developed between Nicolas and his dogs. The passion that enabled them to achieve this unprecedented exploit is at the heart of this fabulous expedition.
Catherine Hermary-Vieille
George Sand: The Secret Diary of a Lioness
(George Sand : les carnets secrets d’une lionne)
An original portrait of the first feminist. An original and surprising look at the good Lady of Nohant through the inspired writing of Catherine Hermary-Vieille, who lends her words to George Sand in order to evoke her great loves, Chopin and Musset. In this biographical novel, Catherine Hermary-Vieille subtly revisits George Sand’s main loves – Musset and Chopin – and lends the author of The Devil’s Pool a remarkable voice that evokes her pain, sentimental weaknesses and even her wildest passions in an intimate fashion never used before.
bio g r aphy
To be published November 6, 2014
A novel wreathed in nostalgia in which the author uses her ar t to evoke the atmosphere of the era and vividly illustrate Parisian high society.
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Conversely, the words of her daughter Solange, with whom she had a rather conflictual relationship, express another vision of Sand’s loves, and bring to the forefront the painful regard of a child starved of affection.
Born in Paris in 1948, Catherine Hermary-Vieille divides her time between France and the United States, where she lives in the state of Virginia. In 1981, her first novel The Grand Vizier of the Night won the Prix Fémina. A history lover, she alternates between biography and historical fiction with equal success and draws us into the secrets of the past. She is notably the author of La Marquise des Ombres and La Bourbonnaise. 7
Christian Jacq
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the Magician’s V1: The Cursed Tomb
(Les Enquêtes de Setna Le Magicien V.1 : La Tombe maudite)
The exciting new series by Christian Jacq: an Egyptian thriller. Hidden in its cursed tomb, Osiris’ vase, the most precious of treasures that holds the secret of life and death, is deemed inaccessible. A black mage has nonetheless stolen it and plans to use it as a powerful weapon against Ramses the Great and establish the Kingdom of Darkness.
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Series in 4 volumes To be published November 6, 2014 288 p.
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Mysteries
These qualities will be more than necessary if he wants to find the famous vase of Osiris and stop the black mage. In order to fulfil his mission Setna will join forces with Sekhet, a young doctor with exceptional gifts who he happens to be madly in love with. These two extraordinary beings will put their lives on the line to preserve the Kingdom of Light.
Photo © Françoise Jacq
Setna, who is none other than Ramses the Great’s youngest son, is a brilliant magician. A scribe with vast knowledge and heir to the teaching of the elders, he is capable of fighting against the forces of evil.
Christian Jacq became a world-wide success with his Champollion and Ramses series. His novels sparked an unprecedented mass-market passion for ancient Egypt that remains active to this day.
Setna, Christian Jacq’s new hero, draws us into a genuine thriller w h e r e t r e a c h e r y, c o n s p i r a c y a n d s u s p e n s e l e a d t h e way.
27 million copies sold worldwide. c Sold in 29 languages. c
His world-famous series at XO • The Stone of Light • Queen Liberty • The Mysteries of Osiris
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Gilbert Bordes
The Sails of Liberty (Les Voiles de la liberté)
A great action packed novel full of human and maritime adventures.
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To be published November 14, 2014
After The Winter Children (100,000 copies sold) Gilbert Bordes returns with a great adventure set in France and the United States amidst the turmoil of revolution. 1789. In order to free his father who has been unjustly condemned to a penal colony, the young Augustin Moncellier embarks on a journey that takes him to the New World.
© AFP Photo/Diarmid Courreges
Imprisoned and sold as a slave on the shores of Florida, he will face the injustice of man, but also discover the beauty of love with Stilla and an unwavering friendship with M’nongo, both of whom will succeed in freeing. In the turbulent times of the last years of the century, Augustin will have to face many hardships and storms before he finally returns to France and is hailed as a hero by the Convention. Society has changed, some positions have been created, while others have collapsed. What was once impossible love is no longer so impossible. But political storms are often as dangerous as those at sea, and destiny can have its way with humans…
© Sylvie Denis
Gilbert Bordes was a teacher and a journalist before turning to writing. He has written numerous novels, both contemporary and historical, and divides his time between his two passions: writing and violin-making.
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Cyril Massarotto
Three Children of Our Times (Trois enfants du siècle)
A novel without concession. A text that is rooted in brute reality and written in an unsparing manner. Three modern day children who are trapped by their antagonisms and their desires. France is twenty years old, she is beautiful and lives in the chic 16th district of Paris. She meets Salim, a “hoodlum” on the ChampsElysée. She invites him to a party where she is to join Matthias, a staunch member of an extreme-right splinter group. The meeting of these two young men is explosive… especially when they realize that France will absolutely not choose between them: she wants to sleep with them both, together, or neither. A dangerous ménage-à-trois begins.
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Published September 4, 2014 188 p.
Will Salim and Matthias be able to get past their convictions, their preconceived ideas and their mistrust? And what exactly does France want?
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© Guilaine Bessot
In this novel written in a decidedly provocative tone, Cyril Massarotto paints the picture of a society torn by contradictory desires.
“The author proves in any case that he can muscle up his writing. He also proves that he can make good use of his keen sense of observation.” L’INDéPENDANT
Cyril Massarotto Born in 1975, Cyril Massarotto lives near Perpignan. For a long time, he was the lyricist for his band, Saint-Louis, before starting to feel limited by that creative outlet and trying his hand at writing. First a school teacher, then the director of a nursery school, he devotes himself entirely to music and writing since the successful publication of his first novel God is a buddy of mine, sold in 15 languages. 11
The Black Book of the Condition of Christians in the World Le Livre Noir de la condition des Chrétiens dans le monde
A shock document An alarm signal A civilisation in peril? C ollec tive refe rence work To be published October 23, 2014 814 p.
The Black Book of the Condition of Christians in the World gathers: • The contribution of the world’s leading experts (historians, journalists, observers, NGO representatives; sociologists of religion, church representatives, etc.) • Unpublished accounts of the nightmare experienced by millions of Christians worldwide.
Rights sold: Mondadori (Italy)
• A terrifying trip around the world that shows the condition of Christians, continent by continent, country by country. • An essential book to know, understand, and call for mutual respect of all faiths.
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The publication of The Black Book of the Condition of Christians in the World responds to an urgent need. Today, the Christian religion is the most threatened religion in the world: CC
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150-200 million Christians (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, etc.) are being discriminated against or persecuted worldwide. In the Middle East, in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Asia, Christians are being attacked or massacred daily. 75% of violence against religious minorities today is aimed at Christians.
First print run: 30,000 copies!
More than a question of freedom of religion, this growing hostility is compromising the very existence of the occidental Christian civilization and its values. This concerns not only believers, but also non-believers, intellectuals, governments and even non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International.
For the first time a work for the general public provides a comprehensive picture of the condition of Christians in the world and gives essential keys to better understanding. The project directors are:
Prof. Andrea Riccardi: founder of the Community of Saint’Egidio, professor of the history of Christianity and religion at the University of Rome III. From 2011-2013, he served as Minister for International Cooperation in Mario Monti’s cabinet and has been active for many years in diplomacy and interreligious dialogue.
Timothy Radcliffe, OP: former Master of the Order of Preachers from 1992-2001. Member of the Dominican order in Oxford, Friar Timothy gives lectures throughout the world and has published many books on Christian faith and spirituality.
Msgr Jean-Michel di Falco is Bishop of the Diocese of Gap in Southern France. He is the former spokesperson and media/ communications expert for the Bishops’ Conference of France and also provided his expertise to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in Rome.
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Gérard Depardieu
It Just Happened Like That (Ça s’est fait comme ça)
For the first time, France’s most famous actor reveales his inner voice. A unique destiny, a powerful artist, a free-thinking man that these words unveil with accuracy, strength and modesty
Au tobiogr aphy Published October 2, 2014 176 p. Partial English translation available
Gérard Depardieu, born in 1948, comes from a modest background. After a turbulent youth, in which he trifled with crime, he discovered a passion for theater. Discovered in 1974 in the film Going Places, he is cast in roles all over the world with the most celebrated directors. A cinema superstar, he has received two Cesars for Best Actor and an Oscar in 1991 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac. He is also a film and theater producer, a businessman and a winemaker. In 2013 he obtained Russian citizenship.
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A superb and extravagant artist, Gerard Depardieu has been driven by his inner voice since childhood. It dictates his life, his choices, his way of being and his way of seeing the world. It is this voice, and its absolute sincerity, that this book was able to capture for the first time.
First print run: 50,000 copies!
From the very first page he opens his soul to us, we penetrate into his inner monologue and are thus able to see the world through his eyes. The eyes of a child who should not have been born, that the school system rejected, who had nothing to lose because he had nothing, and who has spent his life forcing fate. A hoodlum at 14 who became an actor by pure chance, Gérard Depardieu constructed his life as a free man, without prejudice nor ties, ignoring the codes, going wherever he wanted and enjoying the sunshine on the way.
Abandoned By Words
Gérard Louviot
(Orphelin des mots)
Not being able to read is like not being able to breathe. A strong and resplendent testimony. Everything is a constant struggle: finding your way, being resourceful, getting around and putting up with mockery and humiliation. For the first time a book speaks of this disgrace that forces, in France, close to 3 million illiterate people to live on the outskirts of society. He was raised in Brittany, in a foster family. As a child Gerard was unable to remember his lessons and couldn’t learn to read. Paralyzed by shame, he experienced the humiliation of wearing the dunce cap in the classroom. As an adult, his life became an obstacle course: taking a train, signing a form, reading an instruction manual – everything was impossible for him, and on top of this invisible handicap, the fear of being exposed as illiterate was added. Only the songs of Renaud, his idol, helped him hold on.
N a r r ative Accou n t Published September 25, 2014 240 p.
At 35 he was a factory worker when he finally decided to confess to his boss: “I can’t read”. Moved by this man’s suffering, the entrepreneur gives him the opportunity to take classes. It was more than a liberation, it was a rebirth.
A delight and a passion of words that he shares with a contagious joy.
© Bruno Levy – photo12.com
Today, at 46, Gerard continues his reading and writing classes. He devours the dictionary, posts the conjugation tables on the walls and writes poems for his wife and his children.
Gérard Louviot lives with his wife and their children in the region of Morlaix.
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Valéry Giscard-d’Estaing of the Académie française Europa, Europe’s Last Chance
(Europa – La Dernière chance de l’Europe)
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and Helmut Schmidt’s manifesto for Europe. Save Europe!
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Published October 2, 2014 192 p. Partial English translation available
In Europa, Europe’s last chance, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing calls, along with former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, for the urgent construction of strong and federated group of nations that initially comprises twelve members of the European Union. Their project, baptized EUROPA, requires no modification of the European treaties. With the creation of a Directorate, the establishment of a single budget, taxation laws and common set of labor rights, it will allow the European continent to once again become a strong and united force to face the two giants of globalization: The United States and China. Without EUROPA, the authors warn, in twenty or thirty years Europe and each of its member states will have no importance on the world stage.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was born in 1926. The youngest President of the French Republic from 1974 to 1981, he was elected member of the Académie Française in 2003 and since 2001, he has been the President of the European Convention. A seasoned author, he has published 9 works of non-fiction, including the renowned Démocratie française. He wrote two novels including The Princess and the President in 2009, which sold over 50,000 copies in France. 16
“This EUROPA project belongs to you. To bring it to fruition you must abandon many of your negative thoughts, your individual selfishness, and the fear of change and believe in the desire to build one of the great civilizations of the xxi st Century!” Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
Francis I
Max Gallo of the Académie française
King of France, Knight-King, Prince of the French Renaissance (François Ier Roi de France)
One of the founding kings of France in the midst of a flamboyant and passionate century.
25 January 1515. Francis I is crowned in St. Denis. As early as the following September, in Marignano, he becomes a Knight-King, dubbed at his own request by Bayard. He relentlessly imposes his authority over his powerful neighbors – the English King Henry the VIII and especially Charles Quint who had forged the HolyRoman Empire. By joining forces with Suleiman the Magnificent, who put the pirate Barbarossa at his service, he incorporates Far-East Asia into Europe. Francis I brings a passion for the arts back from Italy which allows the Renaissance to flourish under his reign. Patron of Leonardo da Vinci, who according to legend died in his arms, he commissions artwork from the most celebrated Italian painters. A builder king, he enlarges the empire while adorning it with architectural wonders – the Chateau de Chambord, Fontainebleau, the new constructions of the Louvre. Ultimately a visionary king, he expands the borders and builds the foundation for centralization. Modern France is soon be born.
H i s to ry
Published September 18, 2014 382 p.
Photo © Richard Schroeder
The renowned historian whose books consistently sell over 100,000 copies in France brings us a stunning new historical narrative.
Max Gallo has always been at the forefront of his career as a novelist, essay writer and historian. With a degree in History, a PhD in Literature, and having taught for a long time, he is the author of many novels and biographies. He became a member of the Académie Française in 2007. Among his publications with XO are: the series on the 2WW, as well as the biographies of Victor Hugo, Julius Caesar and Louis XIV which have been hugely successful. 17
Anne Plichota
Tugdual – V.1 : The Black Hearts (Tugdual – V1: Les Cœurs noirs)
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The worse thing that could happen to them is to fall in love. A novel of noir love, about teens who are trapped at willing to do anything to change their somber destiny.
Fantasy Se ries in 3 volu mes
To be published October 23, 2014 416 p. Partial English Translation available
Three teenagers, Tugdual, Mortimer and Zoe, find refuge in Serendipity, a small town in the southern United States. Secretive, romantic, passionate about music… they try to live a normal life. But it is not always so easy. Firstly because they have secret powers that they must hide at all costs. But also because a terrible curse is haunting them. They exert an irresistible attraction on others. A fatal attraction, as they cannot help but suck the last breath out of those who love them. To their great dismay. While Abakoum, who pretends to be their grandfather, works to find an antidote – he has already been able to limit the curse to the nighttime – the three teenagers secretly fight in against their demons. In spite of their caution, they will soon discover that someone has nevertheless discovered their secret. They don’t know who it is, nor if he or she is friend or foe. In Serendipity, life may not be as calm and normal as it seems….
Visit Tugdual on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ LesChroniquesDeTugdual and on http://www.tugdual-cobb.com
The new series by the authors of Oksa Pollock almost 400,000 copies sold!
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Anne Plichota: 46 years old, she lives in Strasbourg with her daughter. After studying the Chinese language and culture, she spent some time in Korea and worked in China. She has had several jobs: Chinese teacher, nurse’s aide, public letter writer and librarian. She enjoys working; English and American literature; Gothic literature; listening to people and hearing about their stories.
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Cendrine Wolf
Short stories from Dragomira
(Les Petites Histoires de Dragomira)
A nod to the world of Oksa Pollock… to put under all the Christmas trees this season.
Little Red Riding Cap, Ali-Dingo and the Forty Thieves, The Merlicoquette Who Wanted to Be as Big as the Incompetent. Does that ring a bell? Well, yes, the Lunatrixes’ have their stories and legends too and they are quite reminiscent of our own...with humor and madness to boot. In these ten Christmas stories, written in the Lunatrixes’ special language, Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf let their imagination run wild.
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Photo ©Yury Toroptsov / Photo12.com
To be published November 14, 2014
Cendrine Wolf: 45 years old, she lives in Strasbourg. She studied sports and worked in the socio-cultural environment, in so-called “problem” neighborhoods. Dynamic, spontaneous and determined, she loves illustrating, speed in every shape and form, and fantasy literature.
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Sophie Audouin Mamikonian
Tara Duncan V.12: The Final Battle (Tara Duncan V.12: L’Ultime combat)
An explosive ending! The twelfth and final episode of the cult series!
Fan tasy Se rie s
Photo ©T. Langro
Published September 18, 2014 558 p.
Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian’s first writing attempts were feverish sketches of fantasy fiction. Since then, the pen has rarely left her hand. She wrote Tara Duncan between 1987 and 1990, but only found a publisher in 2003, when magic became fashionable thanks to Harry Potter. Tara Duncan’s rights have been sold in 15 languages. Married with two children, Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian lives in Paris.
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In this last volume of the first part of the Tara Duncan cycle, Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian uses her masterful writing and sharp wit to bring us the final adventure of Tara the Spellweaver and the Magicgang. But don’t be fooled by appearances, Tara and her friends haven’t finished surprising you…. Is all lost? Tara Duncan is exhausted. The power of her terrifying magic puts her on the front line in the fight against the comet that continually tries to devastate the demon planets and collect their souls. Slowly but surely the Spellweavers fall under their relentless assaults. And things become even more complicated when the Queen of the elves is assassinated in the Palace of Tingapour. Who wanted to stop the Queen from talking, and why? Not to mention the fact that Tara and Cal’s romance is wavering and the young woman has her doubts. Will Robin be able to recapture the heart of the beautiful heiress? Sent deep into space, Tara and the Magicgang, along with Archange, Master Chem, Mourmur Duncan, Mara or Seleba are going to unbury a secret that has been hidden for over five million years. Will Tara be saved in an ironic twist by her nemesis, Magistar? Or is this just another of Sangrave’s underhanded pranks to dominate the universe? The final combat has begun and not all will survive.
More than one million copies sold of the series
“Adventure, suspense, romance, humor… Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian gives her readers a high-flying finale!” LE MONDE DES ADOS
acquisitions
Adult Titles Agent Kasper & Luigi Carletti
Brad Meltzer
• Supernotes. Published by XO in May 2014 • The Book of Fate / Mort avec retour. Published by XO in January 2009
Antonia Hodgson
• The Devil and the Marshalsea. To be published by XO in January 2015
Rachel Joyce
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Published by XO in Sep. 2012 • Perfect / Deux secondes de trop. Published by XO in Feb. 2014 • The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. To be published by XO in April 2015
Mitch Albom
• Have a Little Faith / Le Vieil Homme qui m’a appris la vie. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2009 • For One More Day / Pour un jour de plus. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2006 • The Five People You Meet in Heaven / Les Cinq Personnes que j’ai rencontrées là-haut. Published by Oh ! in May 2004
Elisabeth Kostova
• The Historian / L’Historienne et Drakula. Published by XO in March 2006
Shin Kyung-Sook
• Please, Take Care of Mom / Prends soin de maman. Published by Oh ! in March 2010
Rula Jebreal
• Miral. Published by Oh ! in May 2010
Katherine Howe
• The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane / L’Ensorcelée de Salem. Published by XO in April 2010
Donald Mc Caig
• Rhett Butler’s People / Le Clan Rhett Butler. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2007
Kathleen McGowan
Allen & Sandra Parton
• Endal. Published by Oh ! in Dec. 2010
Greg Kincaid
• A Dog Named Christmas / Un chien pour Noël. Published by Oh ! in Nov. 2009
Kurt Cobain
• Journal / Le Journal de Kurt Cobain. Published by Oh ! in Nov. 2002
Mimi Alford
• Once upon a Story / Une singulière histoire d’amour. Published by Oh ! in Feb. 2012
Rebecca James
• Beautiful Malice / La Beauté du Mal. Published by Oh ! in June 2010 • Sweet Damage / La Vérité sur Anna. Published by XO in June 2014
• The Expected One / Le Livre de l’Élue. Published by XO in May 2007 • The Book of Love / Le Livre de l’amour. Published by XO in June 2009 • The Poet Prince / Le Livre du poète. Published by XO in June 2011
Young Adult Titles Shane Hegarty
• Darkmouth (4 volumes). V1 to be published by XO in May 2015.
John Grisham
• Theodore Boone : • Kid Lawyer / Enfant et justicier. Published by Oh! in Oct. 2010 • The Abduction / L’Enlèvement. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2011 • The Accused / L’Accusé. Published by XO Jeunesse in Nov. 2012 • The Activist / La Menace. Published by XO Jeunesse in Oct. 2013
Gayle Forman Kathy Reichs
• Virals / Viral. Published by Oh ! in Nov. 2010 • Seizure / Crise. Published by Oh ! in Sept. 2011 • Code. Published by XO in April 2013
Kerry Reichs
• Leaving Unkown / L’Épopée du perroquet. Published by Oh ! in March 2012
• Sisters in Sanity / Les Cœurs fêlés. Published by Oh ! in March 2010 • If I Stay / Si je reste… Published by Oh ! in April 2009 • Where She Went / Là où j’irai. Published by Oh! in Nov. 2010
Markus Zusak
• The Book Thief / La Voleuse de livres. Published by Oh ! in March 2007
Audrey Niffenegger
• Her Fearful Symmetry / Les Jumelles de Highgate. Published by Oh ! in November 2009
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