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Le voleur d'orchidées: [une histoire vraie] (Nouvelles Angleterres)
By Susan Orlean, Sarah Church, Sophie Brunet. 1999
En 1994, John Laroche et trois Indiens Séminoles sont accusés d'un vol d'orchidées rares dans les marais de Floride. Ce…
fait divers constitue le point de départ d'une passionnante enquête de la journaliste Susan Orlean dans une Floride inconnue des guides touristiques. 1999, c1998. Titre uniforme: The orchid thief.Le fantôme de l'opéra
By Gaston Leroux, Frank Milani, Paulette Collet. 1959
Avec l'art de l'intrique parfaitement nouee et l'inspiration diabolique qui ont fait le succès de Gaston Leroux, le perce de…
Rouletabille, le Fantome de l'Opera nous entraine dans une extraordinaire aventure qui nous tient en haleine de la première à la dernière ligne. Roman porte à la scène et au cinéma. 1959, c1910.Fast food nation: what the all-American meal is doing to the world
By Eric Schlosser. 2002
Vengeance: the true story of an Israeli counter-terrorist mission
By George Jonas. 2005
The mission of five ordinary Israelis: to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven…
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Details the mechanics, the horror, and the day-by-day suspense, as they changed identities constantly, moved from country to country, and were themselves tracked in turn (and some killed) by PLO assassins. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2005.The looming tower: Al-Qaeda's road to 9/11
By Lawrence Wright. 2006
Tells the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on interviews and first-hand sources, it…
investigates the extraordinary group of ideologues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them. Interweaving this story with events including the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the first attack on the World Trade Center, Lawrence Wright takes us into training camps, mountain hideouts and top secret meetings to explore how it all fed into the planning and execution of 9/11 - and reveals the complex origins of Al Qaeda's hatred of the West. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 2006.Saint Camber
By Katherine Kurtz. 1978
Although Camber has seen to the overthrow of Imre and the return of a Haldane king, Cinhil, to the throne…
of Gwynedd, he still cannot rest. Imre's sister Ariella is plotting to overthrow Cinhil. But Cinhil resents having been taken from his monastic studies and is not inclined to listen to Camber. Sequel to Camber of Culdi (DB 44586). Some violenceCamber of Culdi
By Katherine Kurtz. 1979
Lord Camber MacRorie, seventh earl of Culdi, wants only to retire to his family estate and return to his monastic…
studies. But Gwynedd is currently ruled by Imre and his sister Ariella, and Lord Camber knows the kingdom will never be safe until a Haldane monarch is returned to the throne. Prequel to Saint Camber (DB 44587). Some violenceMary Poppins from A to Z (Mary Poppins)
By P. L. Travers, Mary Shepard, P. L Travers, Dr P. L. Travers. 2006
For each letter of the alphabet, there is a brief description of a character or incident from the other Mary…
Poppins books. The featured letter in each segment begins as many words as possible. For grades 4-7. 1962The omen machine: Sword of Truth - a Richard and Kahlan Novel (Richard and Kahlan Ser. #1)
By Terry Goodkind, Tom Doherty Associates. 2011
After D'Haran rulers Richard and Kahlan dismiss a boy's dire prophecy and a fortuneteller's warning, they hear rumors that people…
are using dark magic to spy through mirrors and begin to wonder if the three events are connected. Sequel to Confessor (DB 65636). Violence and some descriptions of sex. 2011The crippled god (Malazan Book of the Fallen Ser. #10)
By Steven Erikson, Tom Doherty Associates. 2011
The Forkrul Assail seeks to annihilate humanity. Meanwhile, a mass of refugees stands on the First Shore of the realm…
of Kurald Galain and three Elder Gods work to free a powerful dragon. Sequel to Dust of Dreams (DB 70858). Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2011The Golden Fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles (Looking Glass library)
By Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany. 2010
Recounts the adventures in ancient Greece of Jason and his brave Argonauts, who sought the famous Golden Fleece. Includes mythical…
tales of Orpheus, Atalanta, Theseus, and Pandora and her secret box. Introduction by Rick Riordan. Originally published in 1921. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Newbery Honor. 2010The sixty-eight rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures)
By Greg Call, Marianne Malone, Gina Triplett. 2010
On a sixth-grade field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, Ruthie and Jack discover a small magic key that…
shrinks them to fit into the Thorne Rooms--minidioramas from different eras. But Ruthie and Jack are not the first visitors to explore inside these tiny rooms. For grades 4-7. 2010Dust of dreams: Book Nine of the Malazan Book of the Fallen (Malazan Book of the Fallen Ser. #9)
By Steven Erikson, Tom Doherty Associates. 2010
Adjunct Tavore, from Toll the Hounds (DB 70385), leads the Malazan army into the wastelands to fight for an unknown…
cause. Meanwhile, other clans converge there to confront their own destinies. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2009Red light, green light
By Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard. 1992
The runaway piggy
By James Luna, Laura Lacámara, Carolina Villarroel. 2010
A Mexican piggy cookie escapes from the bakery before it can be eaten and eludes an ever-growing line of people…
pursuing it. Includes recipe for piggy cookies. Una galleta de Cochinito Mexicana escape de la panadería antes de ser comida y escapa de una gran línea de gente siguiéndola. Incluye una receta para galletas de cochinito. For preschool-grade 2Day dreamers: a journey of imagination
By Emily Winfield Martin. 2014
La princesa and the pea
By Susan Middleton Elya, Juana Martinez-Neal. 2017
A rhyming bilingual fairy tale about a girl who must detect a pea beneath a mountain of mattresses if she…
is to marry the prince. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used in the text. For preschool-grade 2The end
By David Larochelle, Richard Egielski, David LaRochelle. 2007
Halloween skyride
By Ethan Long, Elizabeth Spurr. 2005
Lulu goes to witch school (I Can Read Bks.)
By Jane O'Connor, Emily Arnold McCully. 1987