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" Rafales d'automne occupe une place à part dans l'oeuvre de Sôseki, par la portée subversive de son propos, l'audace…
de son jugement moral sur son époque, qui est aussi un jugement politique. Deux jeunes gens, amis très proches depuis leurs études à l'université, font leurs premiers pas dans le monde. L'un est un esthète à la vie brillante d'un fils de famille prospère. L'autre est un aspirant romancier à la santé fragile, qui tire le diable par la queue. Leurs chemins vont croiser celui d'un professeur rebelle et excentrique, chassé pour insoumission à l'autorité de tous ses postes en province et décidé à faire entendre sa voix à Tôkyô. Et le vent qui se lève, ces rafales coupantes de l'équinoxe d'automne, sera celui de la révolte du savant, de l'homme de bien, face à la nouvelle société soumise aux puissances de l'argent qui s 'installe en ce début de vingtième siècle au Japon. Une révolte que Sôseki défend avec cette passion teintée d'ironie qui le caractérise. " -- 4e de couv.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), General fiction
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Rachel a commis une grave erreur et rencontre Marc dans un bistro pour sexcuser. Pour qu'il puisse comprendre son geste,…
c'est toute sa vie qu'elle doit lui raconter. D'abord sa jeunesse, bercée des analyses des commentateurs sportifs et des cris de la foule ; son adolescence de mouton noir au sein d'une famille au coeur tatoué bleu-blanc-rouge dont l'existence entière s'articule autour des patinoires et des calendriers de matchs ; et sa haine lentement développée pour le hockey. Puis son exil en Europe, là où les contes de fées sont de nouveau possibles ; sa quête de chefs-d'oeuvre de l'histoire de lart ; et sa collection de châteaux débusqués dans la solitude. Finalement, son retour en sol québécois et les effets de son voyage sur sa nouvelle vie. Qu'a donc fait Rachel de si terrible ? Pour le savoir, il faudra attendre la toute fin de ce roman vif et drôle, dans lequel les rêves de princesses tout comme ceux de Ligue nationale se heurtent à la réalité, au son d'une ballade de Paolo Noël. 2015.
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Biography, Sports biography
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''Nadal est l'un des joueurs de tennis les plus passionnants de sa génération. Jeune joueur, redoutable et puissant avec neuf…
titres en tournois du Grand Chelem à seulement 24 ans, Rafa est sans doute l'une des stars les plus emblématiques du tennis mondial. Élevé dans la ville de Manacor, à Majorque, parmi une famille de grands sportifs, Rafa a commencé à jouer au tennis à seulement trois ans. À l'âge de 12 ans, il remporte des titres espagnols et européens dans sa catégorie d'âge, et à 16 ans, il est classé dans le top 50 des meilleurs joueurs.Joueur très athlétique et déterminé, Nadal a pris le monde du tennis par surprise. Considéré à l'origine comme le spécialiste de la terre battue - il a remporté jusqu'à quatre victoires consécutives à Roland Garros - il a prouvé, au cours de ces dernières années, qu'il était également capable d'exceller sur des surfaces différentes. '' -- 4e de couv.
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Biography, Music biography
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Adulé comme interprète, Serge Rachmaninov (1873-1943) souffrit toutefois de voir sa propre musique presque systématiquement rejetée, suscitant les réticences de…
la critique et de ce public que l'on dit averti. Ses Concertos pour piano, mais aussi d'autres oeuvres, comme les Danses symphoniques ou L'Ile des Morts, sont pourtant d'incontestables chefs-d'oeuvre. 1994.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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In this time of ecological precarity, "Rag Cosmology" is an urgent invitation to reinvent our modes of engagement with the…
environment we not only inhabit, but are. Refusing the lamentation that leaves us as resigned witnesses to devastation, "Rag Cosmology" counters fatalist narratives with the pleasures of ecological entanglement and engagement. Tracing relationships between seemingly irreconcilable things--economy and ecology, weather and lust, bills and inner voices, wages of avoidance and wages of listening--these poems offer the intimate and lush language of thought that yearn for an imaginative reinvention of how we understand what we are part of and what we are losing. Winner of the 2017 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry (QWF). 2017.
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Fantasy
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Skylan Ivorson is the gods-chosen Chief of all Vindras clans. But the gods from whom the Vindrasi draw their earth-dwelling…
power are besieged by a new generation of gods who are challenging them for the powers of creation. The only way to stop these brash interlopers lies within the Five Bones of the Vektia Dragon, which have been lost for generations. Calling upon the ogres to fight their common foes, the Vindrasi soon find themselves in the middle of an even larger war. Sequel to "Secret of the dragon"; followed by "Doom of the dragon". 2012.
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Biography, Music biography, Music
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Memoirs of the classical sitar player from India who became popular in the U.S. in the 1960s. Recalls important events…
and people who influenced him or vice versa. Discusses his professional growth and details from his private life, and explains the history and principles of Indian music. 1997.
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Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Draws on historical records and contemporary cases of Aboriginal–police relations, such as the “Starlight Tours” in Saskatoon, as well as…
interviews conducted with Aboriginal people in Winnipeg’s inner-city communities. Examines how race and racism inform the routine practices of police officers and how they affect their encounters with Aboriginal people, and argues that resolution requires a fundamental transformation in the structure and organization of policing. Includes violence. 2012.
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Canadian fiction, Prairie fiction
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It's 1908, and twelve year old Erik faces the challenges of adapting to pioneer life on the Canadian prairie, and…
understanding what's really going on in his family. Grades 5-8. 2011.
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Canadian fiction, West coast fiction, General fiction, Historical fiction, Romance, War stories
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The story of two young lovers, Nathan and Leah, who meet in 1913. Defying the strict morality of the day,…
they run off to spend a few months together amid the splendour of the rural coast before being banished to separate continents. With the outbreak of WWI, the young rebels find themselves engaged in a life and death conflict. c2006.
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Biography, Politics and government biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian politics and government
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The author analyses Bob Rae's life and thinking before and after he joined the NDP, particularly when he was Premier…
during Ontario's first NDP government. Issues such as employment equity, the social contract, and fiscal policy are discussed. Also provided is a guide to influential members of the party and government, bureaucratic and political, and their own stories. c1994.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories
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An army vet coming off a successful turn leading a task force that took down infamous biker criminals, Detective Frank…
Yakabuski arrives in Ragged Lake, a nearly abandoned village, to solve the family’s murder. But no one is willing to talk. With a winter storm coming, Yakabuski sequesters the locals in a fishing lodge as he investigates the area with his two junior officers. Before long, he is fighting not only to solve the crime but also to stay alive and protect the few innocents left living in the desolate woods. 2017.
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Historical fiction
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In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt…
itself, most of civilization is on the verge of war. The young Gordianus--a born-and-raised Roman citizen--is living in Alexandria, making ends meet by plying his trade of solving puzzles and finding things out for pay. He whiles away his time with his slave Bethesda, waiting for the world to regain its sanity. But on the day Gordianus turns twenty-two, Bethesda is kidnapped by brigands who mistake her for a rich man's mistress. If Gordianus is to find and save Bethesda, who has come to mean more to him than even he suspected, he must find the kidnappers before they realize their mistake and cut their losses. As the streets of Alexandria slowly descend into chaos, and the citizenry begin to riot with rumors of an impending invasion by Ptolmey's brother, Gordianus finds himself in the midst of a very bold and dangerous plot--the raiding and pillaging of the golden sarcophagus of Alexander the Great himself. 2018.
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Biography, Science and medicine biography, Women biography
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In 1934, Irene Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the…
world: artificial radioactivity. This breakthrough allowed scientists to modify elements and create new ones by altering the structure of atoms. Curie shared a Nobel Prize with her husband for their work. But when she was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences, the academy denied her admission and voted to disqualify all women from membership. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to a brilliant leap of understanding that unlocked the secret of nuclear fission. Meitner's unique insight was critical to the revolution in science that led to nuclear energy and the race to build the atom bomb, yet her achievement was left unrecognized by the Nobel committee in favour of that of her male colleague. Presents the story of two women breaking ground in a male-dominated field, scientists still largely unknown despite their crucial contributions to cutting-edge research. Grades 4-7. 2016.
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Fantasy
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Most of south Brooklyn is in ruins and the nation is terrified. Nearly everyone that Lyric Walker loves is either…
missing or presumed dead, including the mesmerizing prince Fathom. It's up to Lyric to unite the Alpha before the second wave of a cataclysmic invasion wipes out mankind for good. Sequel to "Undertow"; followed by "Heart of the storm". For junior and senior high readers. 2016.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Women sleuths
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When an illegal immigrant falls from the sky, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat's investigation into his death quickly captures the…
imagination of her boyfriend, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jameson Rook. All is well until Rook decides Heat has arrested the wrong man. 2014.
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Mysteries and crime stories
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On the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme, a group of English officers having a last drink before…
returning to the Front make a promise to each other: if they survive the battle ahead--and make it through the war--they will meet in Paris a year after the fighting ends. They will celebrate their good fortune by racing motorcars they beg, borrow, or own from Paris to Nice. In November 1919, the officers all meet as planned, and though their motorcars are not designed for racing, they set out for Nice. But a serious mishap mars the reunion. In the mountains just north of their destination, two vehicles are nearly run off the road, and one man is badly injured. No one knows--or will admit to knowing--which driver was at the wheel of the rogue motorcar. Back in England one year later, during a heavy rainstorm, a driver loses control on a twisting road and is killed in the crash. Was it an accident due to the hazardous conditions? Or premeditated murder? Is the crash connected in some way to the unfortunate events in the mountains above Nice the year before? The dead driver wasn't in France--although the motorcar he drove was. If it was foul play, was it a case of mistaken identity? Or was the dead man the intended victim after all? Investigating this perplexing case, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge discovers that the truth is elusive--and that the villages on the South Downs, where the accident happened, are adept at keeping secrets. Sequel to "No shred of evidence". 2017.
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Romance, Historical romance
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Rachel English has traveled to Springwater to take a post as the frontier teacher. Although the ramshackle schoolhouse--and her half-wild…
pupils--are not what she had envisioned, Rachel spiritedly makes the best of her new surroundings. But when she takes a stand against the scandalous saloon across the road from the school, she is more than surprised by her own powerful attraction to the bar's part-owner, handsome widower Trey Hargreaves. The father of a beautiful part-Lakota Sioux girl, Trey appears to be everything that Rachel, with her proper Eastern upbringing, should avoid. When Rachel's fiance died during the Civil War, she turned her passions to teaching, and closed a door in her heart. Now Trey, with his troubled past, is the only man who can soothe her hidden sorrow, and give Rachel a chance to embrace the love of a lifetime. Sequel to "Springwater", followed by "Savannah". 2017.
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General fiction
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Iris Finch is a twentysomething socially awkward daydreamer and receptionist at Larmax, Inc., a company whose true function she doesn't…
understand (though she's heard her boss refer to himself as "a businessman"). Gradually, her boss' erratic behaviour becomes even more erratic, her co-workers begin disappearing, the phone stops ringing, making her role at Larmax moot, and a mysterious man appears to be living in the office suite next door. 2015.
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Biography, Music biography
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The author traces the history of inventions that significantly affected music in the United States, including descriptions of both the inventors and the musical instruments they invented. Grades 4-7. 2012.