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Isabelle Perrin

    Absolute Friends
    A Delicate Truth
    Sweet Caress
    The Pigeon Tunnel
    In The Pocket
    L'anglais de l'immobilier
    • L'anglais de l'immobilier

      • 119 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      " L'anglais de l'immobilier " regroupe les termes généraux et techniques, ainsi que les expressions et notions indispensables du monde de l'immobilier. Destiné aux étudiants et aux professionnels, cet ouvrage est pratique et simple d'utilisation : le vocabulaire, classe par thèmes et par ordre alphabétique, est listé dans les deux langues, français/anglais et anglais/français.

      L'anglais de l'immobilier
    • In The Pocket

      Ou l'art de savoir traduire en anglais les expressions françaises

      • 120 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Traduire une expression française mot à mot en anglais n'est pas sans provoquer rires et quiproquos.. Cet ouvrage recense 58 expressions françaises de tous les jours accompagnées de leur traduction littérale et véritable ainsi que d'un exemple pour une meilleure intégration.. Désormais, l'anglais n'aura plus de secret pour vous et vous le parlerez les doigts dans le nez, qui, on le rappelle, ne se dit pas « fingers in the nose », mais « hands down »..

      In The Pocket
    • "Out of the secret world I once knew I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for the reality.' The Pigeon Tunnel, John le CarrU's memoir and his first work of non-fiction, is a thrilling journey into the worlds of his 'secret sharers' - the men and women who inspired some of his most enthralling novels. From terrifying meetings with Yasser Arafat in war-torn Beirut to brilliantly observed encounters with the great figures of 20th century film, from Stanley Kubrick to Alec Guinness. The reader is swept along not just by the chilling winds of the Cold War or by the author's frightening journeys into places of terrible violence but, most importantly, by the author's inimitable voice. In this astonishing work we see our world, both public and private, through the eyes of one of the world's greatest writers."

      The Pigeon Tunnel
      4.0
    • Sweet Caress

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      When Amory Clay was born, in the decade before the Great War, her disappointed father gave her an androgynous name and announced the birth of a son. But this daughter was not one to let others define her; Amory became a woman who accepted no limits to what that could mean, and from the time she picked up her first camera, one who would record her own version of events. Moving freely between London and New York, between photojournalism and fashion photography, and between the men who love her on complicated terms, Amory establishes her reputation as a risk taker and a passionate life traveler. Her hunger for experience draws her to the decadence of Weimar-era Berlin and the violence of London's Blackshirt riots, to the Rhineland with Allied troops and into the political tangle of war-torn Vietnam. During her ambitious career, the seminal moments of the twentieth century will become the unforgettable moments of her own biography as well. In Sweet Caress, Amory Clay comes wondrously to life, her vibrant personality enveloping the reader from the start. And, running through the novel, her photographs over the decades allow us to experience this vast story not only with Amory's voice but with her vision. William Boyd's Sweet Caress captures an entire lifetime unforgettably within its pages. It captivates.

      Sweet Caress
      4.0
    • In 2008, a counter-terrorist operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted on the British crown colony of Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Cornwall, UK, 2011. A disgraced Special Forces Soldier delivers a message from the dead. Was Operation Wildlife the success it was cracked up to be--or a human tragedy that was ruthlessly covered up?

      A Delicate Truth
      3.8
    • Absolute Friends

      • 383 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      In this gripping novel, Ted Mundy, a failed writer and former spy, navigates life as a tour guide in southern Germany, burdened by debts and the responsibilities of a new family. Once a brave operative during the Cold War, he now grapples with the complexities of his past and the actions of his homeland. Mundy's life takes a turn when he reconnects with Sasha, an old friend and fellow spy, who has returned from years of wandering as a university lecturer. Sasha, a radical and dreamer, believes he has found the ultimate answer to life in the form of a mysterious billionaire philanthropist named Dimitri. This encounter offers Mundy and Sasha a potential escape from their financial struggles, but it raises unsettling questions. Who is Dimitri, and why does his wealth originate from obscure Middle Eastern sources? As the duo contemplates the implications of accepting Dimitri's help, Mundy remains skeptical, sensing that some gifts come with hidden costs. This novel weaves a rich tapestry of loyalty and betrayal, tracing the friendship of two men from the tumultuous 1960s in West Berlin through the shadows of Cold War Europe to the contemporary landscape of terrorism and shifting alliances. It is a poignant exploration of morality and the complexities of friendship in a changing world.

      Absolute Friends
      3.7
    • Our kind of traitor

      • 305 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Een criminele Russische miljonair die wil overlopen naar het westen gebruikt een jong Engels paar om in contact te komen met de Britse inlichtingendienst.

      Our kind of traitor
      3.6
    • Trio

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      "From the award-winning, best-selling author comes a rollicking novel with a dark undertow, set around three unforgettable individuals and a doomed movie set. A producer. A novelist. An actress. It's summer 1968--a time of war and assassinations, protests and riots. While the world is reeling, our trio is involved in making a disaster-plagued, Swingin' Sixties British movie in sunny Brighton. All are leading secret lives. As the movie shoot zigs and zags, these layers of secrets become increasingly more untenable. Pressures build inexorably. The FBI and CIA get involved. Someone is going to crack--or maybe they all will. From one of Britain's best loved writers comes an exhilarating, tender novel--by turns hilarious and heartbreaking--that asks the vital questions: What makes life worth living? And what do you do if you find it isn't?"--

      Trio
      3.5
    • The Tailor of Panama

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Harry Pendel is the charismatic proprietor of Pendel and Braithwaite Limitada of Panama, through whose doors everyone who is anyone in Central America passes; Andrew Osnard, mysterious and fleshly, is a spy. His secret mission is two-pronged: to keep a watchful eye on the political manoeuvrings leading up to the American handover of the Panama Canal on 31st December 1999; and to secure for himself the immense private fortune that has until now churlishly eluded him.

      The Tailor of Panama
      3.5