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Sono passati quattro anni da quando Vianne Rocher e la figlia Anouk hanno lasciato il paese di Lansquenet. Hanno peregrinato di villaggio in villaggio, senza mai trovare stabile dimora: lo scandalo e le chiacchiere le hanno seguite, perseguitate, minacciate pericolosamente, ancora di più da quando Vianne ha dato alla luce la piccola Rosette. Alla fine hanno trovato rifugio e anonimato a Montmartre a Parigi e qui si sono rifatte una vita, assumendo un'altra identità. Ma tutto è diverso da prima. Sono spariti i tarocchi, gli incantesimi, persino Pantoufle, il vecchio compagno di giochi di Anouk, non esiste più. Il vento ha smesso di soffiare, almeno per un po'. Ma poi nella loro vita compare Zozie de L'Alba, la donna con le scarpe rosse, e tutto cambia. Zozie è tutto quello che era una volta Vianne: bella, solare e misteriosa. Offertasi di aiutare Vianne in negozio, ben presto lo trasforma pezzo per pezzo, e conquista la fiducia di Anouk e Rosette. Spietata, ambigua e seducente, Zozie ha un piano: distruggere la vita di Vianne, portandole via quello che ha di più caro. E mentre tutto quello che ama è in pericolo, Vianne deve scegliere: fuggire, come ha fatto tante volte prima, oppure affrontare il nemico più pericoloso con le uniche armi a sua disposizione: il cioccolato e la magia. Il libro è il seguito del famoso "Chocolat".

Lansquenet est un petit village au cœur de la France où la vie s'écoule, paisible et immuable. L'arrivée d'une mystérieuse jeune femme, Vianne Rocher, et de sa fille, Anouk, va tout bouleverser. D'autant qu'elle s'avise d'ouvrir une confiserie juste en face de l'église, la veille du carême ! Dans sa boutique, Vianne propose d'irrésistibles sucreries. Et beaucoup succombent à son charme et à ses friandises. Car le chocolatde Vianne soigne les espoirs perdus et réveille des sentiments inattendus. Tout cela n'est pas du goût du comte de Reynaud et du curé, convaincus tous deux que les douceurs de Vianne menacent l'ordre et la moralité. En tout cas, la guerre est déclarée. Deux camps vont s'affronter : les partisans des promesses célestes et ceux des délices terrestres.

Maddy Smith nació con una marca en la mano del color del óxido. Tenía forma de runa. Para la gente de su aldea, una marca de runa es una marca de «Ruina». Un símbolo de los viejos dioses, una señal de magia. Y eso, como todo el mundo sabe, conduce al caos. Es peligroso. Pero Maddy disfruta con la magia, aunque sólo sea para tener bajo control a los trasgos. Ahora, su mejor amigo y maestro, el Tuerto, ha regresado, y necesita que Maddy baje al Trasmundo para recuperar una valiosa reliquia de la Era Antigua. Si no, podría ser el fin. El Fin del Mundo, de nuevo...

Seducción, magia, humor. La autora de Chocolat deslumbra con estos exquisitos relatos.Los libros de Joanne Harris hablan del despertar de los sentidos y de la magia que se esconde tras nuestra realidad, aunque nos cueste encontrarla. En los cuentos aquí reunidos conviven monstruos envejecidos, ganadores de lotería suicidas, brujas urbanas, ancianas desafiantes… Un elenco sumamente original que sorprenderá e incluso, a veces, estremecerá al lector.

1610. Des bûchers de toutes sortes embrasent la France ceux des procès de sorcellerie, des tentatives de régicide ou des guerres de Religion. Actrice, danseuse, acrobate, Juliette doit quitter sa troupe pour une abbaye vendéenne où, après avoir donné naissance à Fleur, elle prend le voile. Mais réussit-on jamais à fuir son passé ? Le père Columbus est-il seulement le confesseur de la nouvelle prieure ? Juliette va devoir mener une lutte sans merci au sein du couvent, dans un déchaînement de passions, de pièges et de sortilèges. Un grand roman historique, sur fond de théâtre et de fanatisme, de fête et de magie, de vengeance et de liberté.

'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes, and everything begins to change...But this new friendship is not what it seems. Ruthless, devious and seductive, Zozie de l'Alba has plans of her own - plans that ...

Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.' Blueeyedboy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris: a dark and intricately plotted tale of a poisonously dysfunctional family, a blind child prodigy, and a serial murderer who is not who he seems. Told through posts on a webjournal called badguysrock, this is a thriller that makes creative use of all the multiple personalities, disguise and mind games that are offered by playing out a life on the internet.

Die zauberhafte Vianne Rocher hat ihr altes Dorf in Südfrankreich verlassen und lebt mit ihren Töchtern in Paris, wo sie eine Chocolaterie betreibt. Mit Charme, Ausdauer und ihren unwiderstehlichen Schokoladenkreationen nimmt sie die Menschen für sich ein. Dann tritt eine mächtige Gegenspielerin auf den Plan und Vianne gerät in große Gefahr.

B.B. vive con su madre y no tiene amigos. Su mundo social está en Internet, en un sitio llamado badsguyrock, donde se relaciona con Albertina. Allí con el nick de chicoojosazules, da a conocer todo lo que escribe, relatos siniestros donde la ficción, lentamente, comienza a confundirse con la realidad. Es que B.B tiene una historia que contar. La suya propia. Una historia repleta de mentiras y rivalidades. El pasado de un hombre que debió crecer, rodeado de silencio, en el centro de una familia disfuncional y perturbada.

Sleep, Pale Sister, a powerful, atmospheric and blackly gothic evocation of Victorian artistic life, was originally published before Joanne Harris achieved worldwide recognition. Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken. Drawn by her lover, Mose, into a dangerous underworld of intrigue and blackmail, she meets Fanny Miller, the brothel-keeper, and her shadowy daughter, Marta - murdered ten years ago on the day of Henry's weekly visit... And as friendship becomes possession and Henry's secret past is revealed, Effie and Marta plan their revenge together.

Joanne Harris' bestselling novels, "Chocolat", "Blackberry Wine" and "Five-Quarters of the Orange", are affectionately known as her culinary trilogy. In them, Joanne Harris whets our appetites with some tantalisingly delicious recipes taken from her own grandmere's recipe book. For, like Framboise, the heroine of "Five-Quarters of the Orange", Joanne has family recipes which have been passed down through the generations and which she shares with us now in a mouth-watering celebration of French cuisine. From pumkin soup to Moules Mariniere, from Tarte aux cassis to Fouace Aveyronnaise (Grandmother's festival loaf), and taking in salads, starters, fish, poultry and plenty more along the way, these are simple and stylish recipes from the heart of the French family kitchen. Illustrated with stunning integrated photographs and complemented by anecdotes from her family, past and present, "The French Kitchen" will be a must-have cookbook for all lovers of food and France.

Una celebración del placer, del amor y de la tolerancia. La esperada continuación de 'Chocolat', con 18 millones de lectores en todo el mundo. La singular Vianne Rocher vive en una casa fl

Una novela deliciosa y adictiva que ha inspirado la película protagonizada por Juliette Binoche y Johnny Depp. Un éxito de ventas internacional. El chocolate puede ser mucho más que un placer para