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Entre les joies et les peines, les larmes et les sourires, l’Histoire s’écrit à travers les destins du quotidien, sur…
la scène internationale, et trouve chaque semaine un écho émouvant dans le magazine.
Phobic with an eidetic memory, teenager Hope Walton travels back in time to help rescue her mother, a member of…
a secret society of time travelers, who is trapped in twelfth-century England, in the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2016
Explores the intriguing and tragically short lives of the three literary siblings and discusses their classic works: Emily's Wuthering Heights…
(DB 25178), Charlotte's Jane Eyre (DB 47868), and Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey (DB 21671). For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012
Young, gay, black, and newly sober, Jed moves from Chicago to West Berlin--where he has fantasized about living since reading…
Isherwood. His cousin Cello allows him to move in with her family, but she distances herself from him. He reflects on their life growing up and his struggle to stay sober. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2016
Simon Ellis and the rest of the third grade prepare to participate in a spelling bee where Simon's competitive spirit…
takes over, until he realizes that sometimes the best way to win is to take a chance and let other people shine. For grades 3-6. 2015
When Raffa, a gifted young apothecary, makes a cure from a rare crimson vine he finds deep in the forbidden…
forest, the injured bat he saves is transformed into something much more than ordinary. For grades 4-7. 2016
Samantha Whipple, the last descendant of the Brontë family, is a new student at Oxford. After the death of her…
father, she becomes the sole heir to a supposed trove of Brontë personal papers and manuscripts. But she has to find them first. Some strong language. 2016
Seven short stories that explore the relationships among sons, fathers, and grandfathers. In "Dream Catcher," a boy spends a week…
with his estranged grandfather in Colorado and finally learns a thing or two about his stern dad. For grades 5-8. 2016
Sandy uncovers the terrible truth about the technology that created her, which now threatens all humanity with catastrophe. She also…
uncovers instability within the League. Meanwhile, she attempts to care for three young street kids from Callay. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014
Written in 1935, during the Depression, this novel follows Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a populist who wins the U. S. presidency…
on a platform of reform and traditional values. Once elected, he institutes totalitarian rule with the aid of a ruthless paramilitary force. Some strong language. 1935
Author of Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (DB 79323) profiles the life of modern art advocate Peggy Guggenheim…
(1898-1979). Discusses the influence of her Jewish heritage on her life; the artists she championed, including Jackson Pollock and Man Ray; and her at times chaotic personal life. 2015
Rodney's social life revolves around Boyle's Irish pub in New York City. When his best friend, Keith, prepares to get…
married and move to Chicago, Rodney is at a loss. Then, he meets Mairead. Determined to be an adult, Rodney must survive the mishaps that befall him. Descriptions of sex. 2010
Classic study of love, lust, marriage, and divorce, originally written by anthropologist Fisher in 1992 and revised and updated in…
2016, with new interviews, surveys, and scientific studies that attempt to understand the psychology and biology of human sexuality, relationships, and how and why we love. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2016
1787. Mary Jebb is spared execution in favor of transportation after she is convicted of conning a young man for…
a pound note. She vows revenge on his brother, Michael Croxon, who apprehended her. Five years later, Michael's wife, Grace, hires a cook with secret designs on the household. 2015
Tender Branson is the last surviving member of a suicide cult, dictating his story on a plane set to crash.…
In the hours he has left, Branson looks back on his time with the cult and the fame it brought him. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1999
Study of an elite, mysterious social network of crime writers called the Detection Club, which began in 1930, and the…
group's continuing influence on print and film storytelling. Founding members Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, and Julian Symons presided over the club for nearly forty years. 2015
Twenty-one-year-old Petty Moshen has been held prisoner by her paranoid father most of her life. When he dies, his will…
stipulates that she marry his acquaintance, to keep her safe. Instead, Petty flees--with the help of the grocery delivery guy--in hopes of learning about her past. Violence and strong language. 2015
Denver neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan has had a difficult year, losing her baby, her boyfriend, and possibly even her career. She…
goes to visit her father's campground in Sullivan's Crossing, Colorado, where she meets Cal Jones. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2016
Charlie Goldwyn has buried himself in work at his New York law firm since the death of his wife, but…
a drunken speech at an office party changes all that. Now he's an unemployed single father to five-year-old Caleb, and he needs to make a new plan. Some strong language. 2016
Set in an alternate Prohibition era where magic is the vice in speakeasies. Joan Kendrick is a talented sorcerer working…
for a gangster running a shine club. There she meets and falls for undercover federal agent Alex Danfrey, who comes to work on the magic show. Strong language. 2016