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The Berlin blues
By Drew Hayden Taylor. 2007
A consortium of German developers arrives at Otter Lake Reserve with an offer: they want to improve the local economy…
with the creation of "OjibwayWorld", a Native theme park. Designed to attract European tourists, it instead causes personal and political divisions within the local community, as well as hilarity. 2007.Écrivains contemporains du Québec: anthologie
By Lise Gauvin, Gaston Miron. 1998
Cette anthologie couvre trois décennies de littérature québécoise. Les auteurs visent à la diversité, à une répartition équilibrée entre les…
générations et les genres, les divers milieux, tendances et écritures. Pour chaque auteur, une notice bio-bibliographique d'un peu plus d'une page. 1998.Elizabeth Rex
By Timothy Findley. 2000
This drama brings together William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, as they and the members of Shakespeare's acting troupe discuss…
what makes a man a man and a woman a woman. Much of the dialogue is between Elizabeth, who has reigned in essence as a man, and Ned, one of the actors who throughout his career has played women. On the eve of the execution of the Queen's former lover, the characters come to unexpected conclusions about identity, sex, humanity and love. Some strong language. Winner of the 2000 Governor General's Award for Drama. 2000.Doc
By Sharon Pollock. 1984
Belle moral: a natural history
By Kathleen Gallagher, Ann-Marie MacDonald. 2008
Scotland, 1899. Following her father's death, amateur scientist Pearl MacIsaac struggles to discover the secret of her family's past, which…
her father had kept hidden with the help of the family doctor. A story of family secrets that have come to life and of the birth and evolution of ideas, including Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, contemporary medical beliefs and the concept of eugenics. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.An evening with W.O. Mitchell: a collection of the author's best-loved performance pieces
By Barbara Mitchell, W. O Mitchell, Ormond Mitchell. 1997
A collection of 31 pieces of Mitchell's writing which he often used in public readings. Some are from his novels,…
such as "Who has seen the wind" and "The vanishing point," and others are new to this collection. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 1997.An accidental Canadian: reflections on my home and (not) native land
By Margaret Wente. 2004
Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente traces her true-life coming-of-age as an expatriate American in suburban Toronto. She also comments,…
often comically, on such topics as Google, day spas, obesity, building your own home, and so-called Canadian royalty, chiefly Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul and Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel. 2004.Littoral ((Actes sud - Papiers).)
By Wajdi Mouawad, Isabelle Leblanc. 1999
En apprenant la mort de son père inconnu, l'orphelin Wilfrid décide de lui offrir une sépulture dans son pays natal.…
Mais ce coin du monde est dévasté par les horreurs de la guerre, ses cimetières sont pleins, et les proches de cet homme rejettent sa dépouille. A travers les rencontres douloureuses qu'il fera à cette occasion, Wilfrid entreprend de retrouver le fondement même de son existence et de son identité. -- 4e de couv.Fragments de mensonges inutiles: [pièce en un acte]
By Michel Tremblay. 2009
Sur un thème cher à lauteur, une pièce de théâtre - deux adolescents amoureux, vivant lun en 1959 lautre en…
2009, tissant mensonge sur mensonge pour cacher leur homosexualité qui montre que les préjugés résistent au temps. -- 4e de couv. 2009.Twisted tales from Shakespeare, in which Shakespeare's best-known plays are presented in a new light: the old light having blown a fuse; together with introductions, questions, appendices, and other critical apparatus intended to contribute to a clearer m
By William Shakespeare, Richard Armour. 1957
Tongue-in-cheek retellings of William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) best-known plays: Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of…
Venice, and Othello. Includes introduction, questions, appendices, and footnotes intended to contribute to a clearer misunderstanding of the subject. 1957.The birds
By Aristophanes. 1961
A Greek comedy featuring two fugitives from Athenian taxation and litigation, who persuade the birds to found a city in…
the clouds, Cloud-Cuckoo Land. In time, utopia under bird rule exists. First performed in 414 BCE. 1961.The Keillor reader
By Garrison Keillor. 2014
Thirty short science fiction stories. Includes "Aliens Ate My Pickup" by Mercedes Lackey, "Invasion of the Jack Benny Snatchers" by…
John Gregory Betancourt, and "The Santa Claus Planet" by Frank M. Robinson. Companion to This Is My Funniest (DB 65600). Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2007Speaking with the angel: original stories
By Nick Hornby. 2000
Twelve first-person narratives by British and American writers. New short stories by Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, Helen Fielding, Roddy Doyle,…
and Irvine Welsh. In Nick Hornby's "NippleJesus," a museum security guard recounts what happened to a controversial artwork. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2000The complete humorous sketches and tales of Mark Twain
By Mark Twain. 1996
Compiles 136 comic pieces written between 1862 and 1904, making up a complete collection of Twain's humorous works. Includes thirty…
selections from his five books about travel. Arranged chronologically by year of first publication, with an introduction by the editor, Charles NeiderBachelor girls
By Wendy Wasserstein. 1990
Twenty-eight essays and a one-act play by the winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for drama, which she received for…
the play, "The Heidi Chronicles." In a lighthearted, witty way, she discusses nail boutiques, the fitness craze, who wears plaid--and why, backstage at the Kabuki theatre, and lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe misanthrope (Dover thrift editions)
By Molière. 1959
Alceste vows to speak and act with complete honesty; he will no longer adhere to the conventions of the hypocritical…
society that surrounds him. Somewhat contradictorily, he prefers vain, coquettish Celimene to gentle, sincere Eliante. First published in the 17th century. 1959. Uniform title: Misanthrope.The best of Myles: A Selection from Cruiskeen Lawn
By Flann O'Brien. 1983
Collection of humorous and satirical newspaper columns written by the Irish journalist from 1939 to 1966. Among his creations are…
the Plain People of Ireland; the Myles na Gopaleen Central Research Bureau; Keats and Chapman, two absurdly erudite poets; and the brother, a man with a solution to everythingThe pelican: a comedy
By Martin Michael Driessen, Jonathan Reeder. 2019
In a small town on the Adriatic coast, postman Andrej and funicular railway conductor Josip discover each other's secrets and…
begin blackmailing the other. A strange friendship develops, but war looms. Translated from the original 2017 Dutch edition. Some violence and some strong language. 2019My Southern journey: true stories from the heart of the South
By Rick Bragg. 2015
Essays about life in the American South by the author of popular memoirs like All Over but the Shoutin' (DB…
46142). The seventy-two essays, many of which originally appeared in Southern Living magazine, are broken down into categories of "Home," "Table," "Place," "Craft," and "Spirit."2015