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1) Dune
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the...
2) Dune messiah
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The sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit plots to seize control of the galaxy-wide empire of their supernatural leader, while on Arrakis, the Maud'dib, the heir to an unimaginable power, confronts new challenges.
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Dune chronicles volume 3
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The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities -- making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting...
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Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world's saviour, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity's future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past 3,500 years. Leto's rule is not a benevolent one. His transformation has not only made his appearance inhuman, but...
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Prelude to Dune trilogy volume 2
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Shaddam sits on the Golden Lion Throne, but he must produce a male heir, and his leadership is further threatened by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen whose primary targets are House Atreides and the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood.
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Book One of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture
Step into the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.
Before Paul Atreides became Muad’Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune . . .
Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew...
Step into the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.
Before Paul Atreides became Muad’Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune . . .
Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew...
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Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson return to the vivid universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, bringing a vast array of rich and complex characters into conflict to shape the destiny of worlds.As Shaddam sits at last on the Golden Lion Throne, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots against the new Emperor and House Atreides-and against the mysterious Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit. For Leto Atreides, grown complacent and comfortable as ruler of his House, it...
10) House Corrino
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Fearful of losing his precarious hold on the Golden Lion Throne, Shaddam IV, Emperor of a Million Worlds, has devised a radical scheme to develop an alternative to melange, the addictive spice that binds the Imperium together and that can be found only on the desert world of Dune. In subterranean labs on the machine planet Ix, cruel Tleilaxu overlords use slaves and prisoners as part of a horrific plan to manufacture a synthetic form of melange known...
11) 1939-1942
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Tandis qu'à Pointe-à-la-Truite Gilberte Bouchard et ses proches tentent de comprendre cette guerre si lointaine, en Normandie, la réalité est tout autre. Françoise Nicolas, fille d'un important producteur de calvados, épouse son bien-aimé Rémi à quelques heures de son départ au front.
Sans nouvelles du combattant pendant de longs mois, la jeune femme met au monde leur fils, espérant de tout coeur qu'il ait la chance de connaître son père...
12) 1942-1945
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Dans le deuxième volet de cette série dont l'intrigue se déroule sur deux continents, les grands événements de l'Histoire teintent le quotidien de gens qui nous sont chers. Tandis qu'en France Bertha et Jacob Reif, Brigitte, Rémi, Françoise et sa famille subissent directement les affres du conflit et s'affairent à survivre, Gilberte, Ernest et leurs proches tentent au Québec de trouver un sens à cette guerre horrible.
Des camps de la mort...
13) 1945-1948
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Une série bouleversante dans laquelle se ctoient des personnages de l'inoubliable série Les héritiers du fleuve ainsi que des familles françaises aux destins émouvants.
Même si la guerre est terminée, la vie tarde à reprendre son cours. Tandis que les survivants peinent à guérir leur âme écorchée, les disparus, eux, laissent des traces indélébiles et des cœurs brisés.
En Europe, la famille Nicolas trime dur pour faire renaître le...
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L'amour au temps d'une guerre
Entendez cette populaire série dont l'intrigue se déroule sur deux continents au temps de la seconde guerre mondiale et secoue sans relâche deux familles au Québec et en France. Ce roman historique aux accents de saga est livré en audio par l'auteure elle-même. L'amour trouvera-t-il toujours la force de vaincre?
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Tandis qu'à Pointe-à-la-Truite Gilberte Bouchard et ses proches tentent de comprendre cette...
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Best friends, Suzie and Mary, are enjoying living together in Garber. They are settling into their new lives and are finalising the renovations on the spectacular B & B on the beach. They find the perfect painting to decorate one of the rooms. It is painted by a local, young artist who committed suicide years earlier.
But then they find something hidden in the frame that piques their curiosity and they want to find out its significance. During their...
16) Seaside Secrets
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Suzie Allen gets a call to inform her that her estranged Uncle Harry has passed away and has unexpectedly left her Dune House, a beautiful house on the beach that was once a Bed and Breakfast. With her best friend, Mary, going through a messy divorce, the two decide to get away and go to the small town of Garber to see the house.
Despite the stunning setting, the house has been neglected for years and is in a terrible state of disrepair. Suzie and...
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Dune Island volume 4
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When her estranged aunt Dahlia dies, single mother, Lily Lindgren is surprised to inherit the family home and cranberry farm. Returning to Dune Island for the first time since Dahlia admitted to a terrible betrayal that shattered Lily's trust in her family, she's ready to sell up and finally create a stable future for her little boy. But her high-school crush and farm manager Jake Benson is determined to stop Lily's plan. After helping Dahlia turn...
18) Sands of Dune
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"Collected for the first time, these four previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to the splendor of the imperial homeworld of Kaitain, readers...
19) A Chance Fall
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In this new romantic comedy series by #1 Bestseller Fiona Grace, life gets turned upside down for April Faith when her daughter leaves for college, her corporate job jades her, and her husband abruptly walks out. April realizes she has lived life too long for others, and she needs a major change. She remembers Dune Island, her childhood summer home off the coast of Georgia, a place where nothing could go wrong in the world-and she needs to revisit...
20) A Chance Love
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In this new romantic comedy series by #1 Bestseller Fiona Grace, life gets turned upside down for April Faith when her daughter leaves for college, her corporate job jades her, and her husband abruptly walks out. April realizes she has lived life too long
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