Xavier: 931 books

Following the sudden death of his father, Lawrence "Law" Crow must not only comfort his bereaved mother, but also find the strength to continue running the family business, a local and beloved lavender farm in the mountains of northern California. At first, consumed with his own grief and struggling...

When an irresistible discovery unravels the forbidden secrets of a man’s heart, the very fabric of his existence is threatened. Virago is the royal tailor of a corrupt prince. Left to care for his blind brother, Virago devotes himself to his trade until an unexpected delivery changes his...

BnF collection ebooks - "Rocheville, chef-lieu de canton de huit à neuf cents âmes, est un bourg charmant situé à vingt kilomètres de la station de Malauney, en plein pays normand, dans une vallée riante et pittoresque qu'arrose un ruisseau clair où se pêchent des truites de belle taille...

Le château de Cout-Kérieux, berceau de la famille d’Hector, était situé dans une des plus pittoresques contrées de cette vieille Armorique, si chère aux poètes et aux chroniqueurs. C’était une lourde et féodale demeure, de construction mi-partie ancienne et mi-partie moderne, qui présentait...

Depuis Pharamond, le premier des Mérovingiens, jusqu’à Louis-Philippe, le roi citoyen, aucun règne de notre histoire n’a été exploité par les faiseurs de romans et de vaudevilles avec autant d’acharnement que celui de Sa Majesté le roi Louis, quinzième du nom, surnommé le Bien-Aimé...

Quelques jours plus tard, Champcarré recevait à son tour Cécile, le général et son inséparable Rouillard, dans ses appartements de la rue de Grammont. Pour cette circonstance Moustache avait obtenu un congé de douze heures, qu’elle mettait à profit en étudiant avec M. de Pengoet,...

One man's dedication to what truly matters in his life - the family that amuses him, inspires him, and gives him a challenging purpose - is tested at once, making him question his significance, and ultimately, his role in the world. Inspiration works in mysterious ways and from unexpected...

Lazy hands make a man poor. There weren't many lazy hands on New York's cold streets. There wasn't much wealth to reach for either. Gilbert and Alec, a friendship of brothers between them, knew that. They'd seen the shivers at the children's home, the tears of poverty in the caretaker's eyes,...

The social discontent of the States is rising and The Civil War is about to tear the nation apart. This is a young man's struggle to find truth about his father, a wealthy factory owner in the South, and the choice that will impact his life and those around him, including the beautiful girl who is caught between him and the childhood friend he fights alongside with on the battlefield.

A picturesque seaside town on the Italian Riviera in the early 1960’s is the setting for life changing tragedy as seen through the eyes of one American with his friends alongside him, including the woman he loves and seeks to be like, his lifelong Ivy League friend with his attractive, diligent...

For centuries the ceremonial order of the Knights of the Tarasque have met to bear the effigy of a mythical beast through the Provencal town of Taracson. But one summer's night the ceremony is broken by a gruesome discovery: a mutilated body found at the feet of the effigy, apparently torn apart by...

Qu’est-ce qu’une œuvre d’art ? Comment l’étudier ? Ces deux questions résument le champ immense de l’histoire de l’art. Discipline autonome, par ses méthodes, son histoire propre et les œuvres mêmes qui en constituent l’objet, elle est en même temps une branche de l’Histoire...

Few poets have been as adamant about the uselessness of their art in the face of history as American poet George Oppen (1908–1984), and yet, few poets have been as viscerally convinced of the important role of the poem in restoring meaning to our words. Oppen came to maturity between two world wars,...

In the world of real estate, Deepak is king, building on the legacy left behind by his farsighted father. He has with him, a bright youngster Arjun, whose ambition to grow big at any cost lands him in trouble with a lot of people. Luckose, Deepak's advisor and close friend is his pillar of strength....