WINDMILLS OF THE GODS

Sidney Sheldon naît en 1917 dans une famille juive de Chicago. Son père exerce sans grand succès toutes sortes de métiers et le jeune Sheldon doit trouver des petits boulots pour payer ses études. Mais c'est le monde du spectacle qui l'attire... Il écrit quelques chansons et, à vingt ans, il est engagé par la MGM pour lire des scenarii à 17 $ de l'heure.
Le voici dans la place : il va vite ouvrir les portes. Engagé par Zanuck à la Fox, il se fait un nom dans le milieu du show-business. Après avoir monté à Broadway La veuve joyeuse, la célèbre opérette de Franz Lehâr, il enchaîne films et comédies musicales. Son carnet d'adresses devient un véritable Who's Who du cinéma et de la scène. Il les a tous connus ou dirigés : Cary Grant, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Danielle Darrieux, Deborah Kerr, Shirley MacLaine, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra... Dans Ma part de nuit, chaque rencontre lui est prétexte à camper un portrait ou à raconter une anecdote.
Parmi ses réussites à la télévision, dont toutes n'ont pas traversé l'Atlantique, il faut citer Pour l'amour du risque, avec Robert Wagner et Stefanie Powers, diffusé plus de cinq ans à la télévision française.
Malgré tant d'occupations, Sheldon restait obsédé par une histoire tournant autour d'un personnage de psychiatre. Il en fit un roman, La face dans l'ombre. Une autre vie encore, celle d'auteur de best-sellers, commençait pour Sidney Sheldon.
Ma part de nuit est le fidèle reflet d'une existence mouvementée et d'une carrière bien remplie que Sidney Sheldon [1917-20071 évoque avec franchise et humour.

Ma part de nuit - Mémoires

A beautiful woman attends a family gathering following the mysterious death of Harry Stanford, claiming to be his long-lost child and stating her rights to a share of the tycoon's estate, in a hypnotic, roller-coaster novel.

Morning Noon & Night

OPERATION DOOMSDAY ... ACTIVE ... Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy. But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening... From Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy's past why the women he loves the most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden on the Swiss Alps...

Operation jugement dernier

Four women leave their Spanish convent and enter an alien world of uncertainty, romance, and suspense.

The Sands of Time

ANGEL OF THE DARK

MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT - The internationally best-selling 'The Other Side of Midnight' was dominated by the man who is Sheldon's most magnificent creation.

 'Constantin Demiris'Billionaire, art lover, womaniser.and killer. To Noelle, the woman who betrayed him, and Larry, the man who stole her, Demiris brought a chilling retribution. But Demiris' terrible revenge is far from complete.

 'Ioannina, Greece'In the seclusion of a remote convent a young woman emerges from the trauma of memory loss.

 'Catherine Alexander'Larry's widow, sees Demiris as a benefactor, the man who restores her faith in the future. How can she know the fate he has in store, or that her life is bound up with other victims of his mighty ego? From the exotic shores of the Mediterranean to post-war London, 'Memories of Midnight' is a passionate, unforgettable story of an innocent woman's fight against a terrifying destinyIn this deadly game, there can only be one winner.If Judd is to survive he must play the game to win. This is Sidney Sheldon's first novel - a gripping, intense thriller that brought him fame as a bestselling novelist.

Memories of Midnight

He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fiancee. Amassing her own media empire, on her fortieth birthday, she looks back. What went wrong?

Un Plan Infaillible

Lara Cameron, an insecure, ruthless, and beautiful self-made billionaire finds that everything she has ever desired and won has become swiftly imperiled.

WINDMILLS OF THE GODS

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