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Theti-Cheri asks Papyrus to accompany her to the temple of Mout-Sekhmet, where she is to conduct a ceremony to appease the goddess's wrath, kindled after the previous high priest committed crimes. Unfortunately, the day chosen by the princess is viewed as extremely inauspicious by the superstitious peasantry, and Papyrus, born among the simple people of Egypt, refuses the young woman's request, angering her. By the time he changes his mind and joins her, there are evil plans afoot ...

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Childhood is a time to learn about life. We discover love, but also such things as disease and death. We learn to share and be generous, but we also learn about the dangers of excesses, greed and gluttony. In other words, every day is a new adventure - especially when, like Cedric, you have a somewhat clumsy father, a grumpy but lovable grandfather... and a strong-willed almost-girlfriend with an occasionally volatile temper!

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There's no denying Gomer's genius. Mechanics, botany, chemistry, zoology, musicology... His brain is capable of sudden brilliance in everything at which he tries his hand. The problem is that, brilliant or not, his inventions are never quite right for either the time, or the place. Which leads to disaster after disaster, fuelling his colleagues' aggravation. Fortunately, he still has the loyalty of his cat and gull - and the unfailing affection of Miss Jeanne...

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Felix has done it. His painstaking efforts have paid off, and he is now listed on the Human Stock Exchange. A new, more affluent life begins - new house, new car, new opportunities - though he hasn't lost his burning desire to climb higher and higher. Unfortunately, the continued health of his stock requires not only constant hard work from him, but also, increasingly, sacrifices, compromises... and betrayals.

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Napoleon is furious. It appears the battle can no longer be won. The French cavalry is so exhausted it can t even gallop when charging. Ammunition is running out, while losses mount horrifically both in men and in irreplaceable officers But the Austrians have paid an equally steep price, and a complete defeat may yet be avoided. Louis-Fran§ois, Paradis, Fayolle Who will survive the terrible bloodbath the better to serve again in the next one?

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An enemy's vengeance from the grave traps Mortimer out of time. Professor Mortimer is bequeathed an old house in France by a former adversary: Miloch, the evil genius of SOS Meteors fame. Along with the house is a letter inviting the Briton, as the only man of worthy intellect, to discover a fabulous invention left behind by the departed. Following recorded instructions, Mortimer activates the device ...and wakes up a hundred million years in the past! Thus begins an incredible odyssey through time...Captain Francis Blake, dashing head of England's MI5. Professor Philip Mortimer, world-renowned nuclear physicist. The most distinguished duo of gentleman-adventurers, battling the forces of evil and their arch nemesis Olrik around the globe, below the earth, even across time itself...The 19th adventure of Her Majesty's finest protectors!

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Technorog is a planet essential to the economy of the Terran empire. For 200 years, it has been a centre of industry, research and agriculture. Suddenly, the indigenous population - believed long extinct - comes back to the planet they know as Alflolol. Earth's laws are strict: They must be allowed back on their ancestral grounds. But when Valerian and Laureline are assigned to facilitate their "reinsertion," they see the difference between the letter of the law and its spirit...

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The triads of Hong Kong are about to be introduced to the Tao of the Billionaire. Largo has disappeared. His friends and employees are trying to find him while they keep the W Group ticking, but no one seems to know what has happened to him-not even the Chinese authorities. It will be up to the billionaire, locked in a cell with a corpse as his only companion, to escape on his own before he can begin reassessing who are his allies and who are his enemies. KEY SELLING POINTS: *More than 10 million French-language copies sold*Two feature-length films starring Tomer Sisley as Largo Winch, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Stone, were released in France in 2008 and 2011.*Hugely popular series that has been translated into at least 8 languages The 12th adventure of the reluctant tycoon! Largo Winch is a rare breed of man: a multi-billionaire who distrusts money. Being rich does have advantages, but it also brings headaches, troubles, conspiracies, murder attempts and other despicable behaviour in competitors and underlings. Largo has to stay on top of it all...

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A Soviet rocket falls back to Earth carrying deadly bacteria. KGB Professor Voronov turns the extraterrestrial threat into a terrifying weapon that could be used to devastate the Western world-but he doesn't take into account the vigilance of Her Majesty's intelligence services. Soon, Blake and Mortimer are drawn into a lethal, shadowy war, from Moscow to London, where the stakes are no less than international peace and the real enemy may not be so obvious.

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Caleb (a human) and Mezoke (a Sandjarr) are paired up and trained as special agents to keep the intergalactic peace. This is a controversial and historic alliance given their races' longstanding enmity, and a lot of people are watching them. Their first mission is to keep war from breaking out between humans and Javlodes on the planet Senestam. Caleb acts as a mediator between the warring factions while dealing with an attack by Stilvulls (highly destructive insects) - and he also has to contend with his feelings for charming doctor Kim Vandersel. Mezoke is on the planet Upssal, trying to appease the Javlodes.

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Titusville, August 27, 1859: Colonel Drake discovers a deposit of oil - black gold! Immediately, the Oil Rush is on. The mayor of Titusville calls on Lucky Luke to help maintain order. When Lucky Luke arrives, everyone - from the sheriff to the undertaker - is drilling. As soon as a well is opened, the fight begins. In comes Barry Blunt, a rich prospector who buys up, one by one, all the oil shafts from their owners. But his more-than-suspicious methods draws the wrath of Lucky Luke...

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Jean-Baptiste Poulain has been hired by the Baron of Brac to tutor his son. When the young teacher arrives on the island off the coast of Brittany, he's immediately struck by how much the population seems to both hate and fear their lord. Which doesn't stop the locals from going after the aristocrat's people. Jean-Baptiste is brutally attacked - just after Nolwenn, the baron's son, is found beaten to death...

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A document has surfaced, listing the names of American citizens who had shady dealings with the secret police of former East Germany. The CIA sends Alpha to escort its owner and his family, but some of the implicated people are influential and have a long reach, while other countries see in the list an opportunity to blackmail potential agents within the higher spheres of US power. It is a mission that will definitely not be a pleasure cruise.

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The hilarious adventures of a pair of unlikely friends across the bloody fields of the American Civil War. The 16th volume of a humorous series that does not shy from the horror and absurdity of war. A quiet day in the Union Army ... Soldiers are resting, Blutch and Chesterfield are arguing, and the generals are plotting strategy. Things change suddenly with the arrival of a new regiment, sent as reinforcements to counter the imminent arrival of the Confederates. With them is a young dog, Sallie, who's been on every battlefield with her uniformed masters, and who takes an immediate liking to Chesterfield, to the point that she accompanies him on a dangerous scouting mission... Age 8+

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A first attempt to enter the world-ship and make contact with the Humans inside has failed after the exploration team was contaminated with deadly nanorobots. Only Marie, with her Mantris-improved body, was able to fight them off, and so she and Kim, who is also immune, make the decision to give it another try... before the authorities of Earth destroy the massive vessel, the robotic menace within... and its mysterious Human passengers.

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Paris 1793: Marie Crossholz manages the wax museum set up by her father. Against remuneration, some executioners allow her to mould the faces of guillotined aristocrats. After the French revolution, Marie Crossholz became Mme Tussaud. Disappointed by the marriage, she left for London with the ambition to create a wax museum. 30 years later, in 1835, she inaugurates the famous Tussaud which, since them, has not ceased to grow and has attracted millions of visitors. This is her amazing life story, beautifully illustrated.

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Thorgal's coming-of-age is painfully similar to the rest of his life: the young man finds himself tied up to the stone of sacrifice by Gandalf the Mad, king of the Vikings of the North and father of his beloved Aaricia. There, the Child of the Stars can do nothing but wait for the coming tide - and death. Until, that is, a mysterious sorceress with flaming red hair comes to offer him a deal: his life, and revenge, against one year in her service.

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Still with Annika, Jason McLane has the documents his godfather left for him to find in the Netherlands deciphered. Once translated, the text offers revelations of breathtaking importance - enough to change the geopolitical map for ever. But the killers sent by the Mayflower Foundation are still after them, while in Afghanistan, Jones and Carrington's situation goes from bad to worse. XIII will have to be on his best game to sort it all out - but at what price?

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After 70 years of life and almost 70 translated volumes, it was high time English-speaking readers were offered a hardback collected edition. For this first volume we chose to start with title that herald the golden age of the series. Doc Doxey's Elixir (including Manhunt) and Phil Wire (including Lucky Luke and Pill) were first published in 1955 and 1956, and already Luke is much closer to the cowboy that we now have in mind. The third volume, Rails on the Prairie, was the first collaboration between Morris and Goscinny - ushering in 30 years of a legendary collaboration.

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Poor Largo is beside himselfwith worry. The lovely Saidee, with whom he's fallen madly in love, hasvanished. In fact, she's being held prisoner by a CIA agent who'd forced her toinfiltrate a fundamentalist network hell-bent on blowing Winch up - but whichis actually being manipulated by a Russian businessman...Phew. Nothing is eversimple with Largo!How is he supposed to save his love, keep his group going - while also stayingalive, if at all possible?

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London, 1949. Onefoggy night, Rosie Lanesees her son Brian on the banks of the Thames.Only he died four months earlier; and when she comes near him, he crumbles intodust. An incident strikingly similar to Kathy's own encounter with Goring in Namibia.Pushing on with her investigation, the young British agent will have to contendwith bloodcurdling phenomena - monstrous insects, accelerated aging - as muchas the hostility of local Nazi sympathisers.

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The threads of multiple fates intertwine around Largo. Largo is in London for a board meeting with his group's various CEOs. At the same time, he's negotiating with a French aeronautics firm for a deal based upon a groundbreaking new technology. But the British capital seems to be the centre of a curious convergence: people with no apparent links to each other gravitate towards Largo and his inner circle. Old lovers, new flames, intelligence agencies, terrorists...Will the billionaire recognise his true allies amidst such a tangled web?

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On Puerto Blanco, life goes on. Captain Flynn is dead, murdered by his old nemesis. Emilio mourns his mentor and lover, yet finds unexpected companionship in Maria and Raffy. The three children left behind by the Barracuda have grown and found each other, but the dangers are many: De La Loya and his Spanish expedition; Ferrango, Maria's cuckolded husband; Flynn's killer; a scorned woman with a talent for poisons - And above all, a cursed diamond that carries madness and death.

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Billy's got a good life with Mum and Dad. Plenty of play, a little homework, and a smart, loving dog. Of course there's the occasional hitch: that nosy, bossy old maid of a neighbour - and her Siamese cat - or the cheeky beat cop Agent 22. But it's never too serious, and even Dad's occasional embarrassing blunders can't spoil things for long. After all, as long as you have friends, everything will be all right in the end!

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A proposed deal between one of Winch's companies and a Chinese group would require that the young billionaire come sign the contract himself in Hong Kong. But there is a problem: In his youth, Largo tangled with Chinese justice in occupied Tibet. He escaped from prison with the help of a Chinese arms smuggler, whose triad later helped rescue Simon from a Burma prison. But that help came with a price, and the triad will one day call in their favour.

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XIII survived the trip back to his childhood home. The Mongoose has finally been caught and is in a high-security jail. But there is still one piece of the puzzle missing, and when President Sheridan asks him to discover who the Number I is, the man now known as Jason McLane doesn't hesitate for long. His best chance: finding Kim Rowland wherever she may be hiding. But the Mongoose has powerful allies and won't stay locked up forever -

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The Daltons have escaped!A" Words that all fans of Lucky Luke know well. But this is the story of the first time that the idiotic brothers break out of jail. Driven by Joe's unshakable need to get revenge on Lucky Luke, the outlaws terrorise several towns before hatching a genius plan: Get the Lonesome Cowboy his very own wanted poster. As the local populace begins turning on him, Luke will display infinite patience in order to catch his quarry.

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XIII and Jones are on the run. Hunted by local authorities, they're suspected of three murders, including that of The Mongoose's hired killer. The sheriff of Green Falls, henchman to the town's biggest landowner, is all too happy to accuse the fugitives: The two men don't want certain details from the past to surface. XIII is going to have to survive long enough to dig up the truth about what really happened on the night of August 3rd long ago -

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Rin Tin Can, possibly the stupidest dog ever, is left in charge of watching the jail. Obviously, the Daltons escape and steal some horses and guns. Lucky Luke refuses to get involved, but when he witnesses the prison guards' incompetence and Rin Tan Can's remarkable lack of brains, he has no choice but to set out on the Daltons' trail of holdups and burglaries.

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In the middle of the night, a man runs through the narrow back alleys of Venice. Three men are after him. He breaks into a travel agency, where he faxes Winch a hastily scribbled message before being gunned down by his pursuers. The person who hands Largo Winch the fax in New York is also killed. The message says only: Beware of the doge. Our millionaire businessman hero thinks his friend, the gorgeous Charity, could be in trouble and heads for Italy. They are invited to a masked ball, where they indeed meet a doge. A Renaissance-era term for the chief magistrate of the former republics of Venice and Genoa.

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October 1961. The Soviet Union is working to create a supersonic bomber capable of launching nuclear weapons. Horrified by the warmongering of his political masters, one of the scientists working on the project decides to defect to the West with the aircraft's blueprints - but the KGB's reputation is well-deserved, and his attempt quickly turns into a nightmare. Soon, plans and counter-plans are put in action, and Buck and his friends find themselves thrust in the middle of a deadly game of spies...

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The legendary adventures of reporters Spirou and Fantasio, their squirrel Spip, and Franquin's Marsupilami - 75 years of the finest comics tradition! The 20th title of a series as fundamental as Tintin. Sometime after their adventures in Attack of the Zordolts, Spirou, Fantasio and the Count of Champignac have nearly finished repairing the damage done by Zorglub's ridiculous plans. Until that morning when they wake up in what appears to be their bedrooms, except... on the moon! The moon, yes, where Zorglub - again - has built a massive laboratory. Unfortunately, the cost of such a construction is colossal, and the somewhat-reformed evil mastermind had to find financial backers...

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Gomer is a genius and a walking hazard - it is known. But often overlooked is how he's far from the only one. In his daily efforts at subverting the professional world, he's often accompanied by his menagerie - trickster cat, temperamental gull, voracious mouse and even, on occasion, a goldfish - and his brothers in laziness and silly ideas, Jules and Bertie. Not to mention, sometimes, complete strangers instantly won over by his eagerness and imagination. Much to the chagrin of various authority figures!

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The enchanted and enchanting adventures of a young Sioux who speaks the language of animals. The 19th volume of a magical series for kids. In the middle of winter, while Yakari and his friends play in the snow, the tribe's hunters kill a terrified wapiti. A welcome catch, for the stocks of food are running low. But the next day, all the meat that had been left to dry has disappeared! The hunters set out after the thief, and soon begin to suspect a bear. Yakari then decides to visit his furry friends to identify the culprit... Ages 6-10

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Buck, Tumb, Sonny and Cindy have volunteered for a secret mission, and are practicing flying cargo planes across mountainous terrain. They're soon off to Afghanistan with new identities. Their cover: relief agency pilots. Their goal: locate a CIA agent who's gone missing while investigating an international arms ring. Between the traffickers, the government-imposed guides and the corrupt civil servants, will they find anyone they can trust?

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When a senator comes up with a probation program to redeem criminals in the USA, the Supreme Court offers him a chance to prove the feasibility of his idea...by trying it out on the worst Old West villains ever: the Daltons. As usual, it's up to Lucky Luke to keep an eye on the terrible four during their month-long trial period. If they can refrain from any crime during that time, they will be set free as good citizens...

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Soviet spies are running amok. On top of a series of acts of sabotage, they've also managed to provide their side with the plans for Buck's major operation. But for the commander of the newly arrived veteran Soviet squadron, Colonel Korsakov, ambushing outclassed American jets isn't enough, no matter how successful. What he must do is defeat Buck Danny himself ... in a duel! Even if that means cheating to ensure a victory vital to maintain troop morale...

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In the near future, Earth is falling to a catastrophic alien invasion: giant beetle-like creatures emerge without warning from spatio-temporal rifts, wipe out resistant in a certain zone, then seal it behind a completely impenetrable barrier. Entire sections of the planet have already been lost forever. With conventional weaponry powerless, the USA authorise a program that will turn five teenagers into pure geniuses. Will the test subjects find a defence, though... or will they become out of control themselves?

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This two-volume book includes "HA".H : Largo Winch gives a cocktail party to launch his foundation for war orphans when a waiter brings out one of his colleagues' severed head on a tray. He has been murdered by the drugs traffickers Largo is after. In a matter of hours, the billionaire's life is turned upside down. Dutch Connection : Two policemen are shot down as they arrest Largo Winch and he is charged with the murders. On top of that, he is accused of being part of the international heroin trade. Largo flees to Paris and ends up in the homeless community, with little hope of escaping the dire fate that awaits him : a lifelong jail sentence...

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Larry B. Max is an unusual specialist from a little-known branch of the I.R.S. (Internal Revenue Service), the all-powerful tax-collecting agency of the United States, which has every technological method at his disposal to link high finance and high crime. Max unravels the financial and logistical organisations which supports a huge drugs operation between Mexico and the US. In the process, though, the lines between legality and providing jobs for thousands of people, between prosperity and morals become blurred. This two-volume book includes "Narcocracy".

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Cedric is a little 8-year-old boy, a grumbler with a big heart, who shares his life with his parents, his grandpa, his school, his mates, and Chen, the love of his life, to whom he doesn't dare declare his feelings. It's not easy being a little boy! But Cedric works hard to preserve the peace. Luckily, Grandpa is always there for the hard knocks and the blue moods.

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At the funeral of old Baddy, everybody is moved except Ready, who has waited for the 100-year-old man's death a long time in order to buy his ranch. Unfortunately, the old fellow has an heir, Waldo, a 'tenderfoot' who arrives straight from his native England accompanied by his butler Jasper. Two worlds clash: the ancient, so refined, and the new, equally 'rustic'.

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A veritable secret war for power takes place behind the scenes in big financial groups. One of the most common methods of attack is the takeover bid: a would-be buyer offers to acquire all available shares of a rival at a determined price in order to control it. The W group is attacked by FENICO, a business conglomerate. As if this were not enough, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service also takes on Largo Winch. Will he lose his entire fortune? This two-volume book includes "Business Blues".

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Just as the infamous Daltons are being transferred to a Mexican prison, robbers attack the van and 'kidnap' the Daltons without realising it. Disappointed with their booty, they decide to hang the four brothers. In order to save their lives, brother Joe offers all his knowledge of organised crime with the leader of the bandits, Don Emilio. Meanwhile, the governor, sends Lucky Luke to their rescue...

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Introductory volume of the series following the adventures of Robin and Max, and which features all the classic fantasy elements: sorcery. fairies, werewolves, ghosts...In the first album Robin, while looking through his forensic scientist father's files, discovers the photo of a man whose body is pierced by hundred of holes. Convinced that this is the work of a vampire, Max and Robin go in search of the murderer.

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In the South of France village of Paillar, everyone is rugby-obsessed and even the roundabouts are oval! The Paillar team is afraid of one thing only: that some Englishmen will turn the local pub into a tea salon! When the All Blacks look for sparring partners to train for the World Cup, the Paillar star players - Light Bulb, Fat Neck, the Anaesthetist, Trumpeteer and Romeo - can't resist the call of the southern hemisphere. Cauliflower ears, broken noses and black eyes aplenty!

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