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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.By Mary Higgins Clark, Roxane Azimi. 1997
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.By Sharon Pollock. 1984
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.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.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.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.By Lauren Willig, Kate Kerrigan, Heather Webb, Jessica Brockmole, Jennifer Robson, Hazel Gaynor, Beatriz Williams, Marci Jefferson, Evangeline Holland. 2016
Nine stories exploring the lives of people in the last days of World War I and the years after. Includes…
stories by Lauren Willig, author of The Ashford Affair (DB 76719), and Beatriz Williams, author of Along the Infinite Sea (DB 82897). Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2016By Carla Neggers. 2015
While restoring a stately 1912 country home, Heather Sloan encounters a man from her past, Diplomatic Security Service agent Brody…
Hancock. His sudden interest in her causes Heather to suspect his motives. Sequel to Cider Brook (DB 78445). Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015By Virginia Kantra, Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day. 2008
Four tales of paranormal romance. In Lora Leigh's A Jaguar's Kiss Saban Broussard, a "breed" genetically engineered with animal DNA,…
has only one weakness--the desire to mate. Includes Angela Knight's Mad Dog Love, Alyssa Day's Shifter's Lady, and Virginia Kantra's Sea Crossing. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2008By Susan Krinard, Laurell K. Hamilton, Maggie Shayne, J. D Robb, J. D. Robb. 2001
Four romance novellas featuring the paranormal or the future. J.D. Robb's "Interlude in Death" includes lieutenant Eve Dallas, last seen…
in Seduction in Death (DB 53132). Others deal with witches, vampires, werewolves, and telepaths. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2001By William Styron. 1993
In The Long March, first published in 1952, unwilling soldier Lieutenant Tom Culver tells of military life and a forced…
thirty-six-mile march at a marine base in the Carolinas in the early 1950s. The play In the Clap Shack, 1973, is set in a Marine Corps urological ward in 1943. Private Wally Magruder is told he has almost incurable syphilis. Strong language and some violenceBy Gary D. Schmidt. 2007
Long Island, 1967. Seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood knows that Mrs. Baker "hates his guts" because she would have Wednesday afternoons free…
if he went to catechism or Hebrew school like his classmates. Mrs. Baker worries about her husband in Vietnam and introduces a reluctant Holling to Shakespeare. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor. 2007By Lisa Jackson, Lori Foster, Suzanne Forster, Debbie Macomber. 2005
Four short stories about women who find love in different ways. In "The Marrying Kind" by Debbie Macomber, Jason Ingram…
meets his first true love a few days before his wedding. In "The Brass Ring" by Lisa Jackson, Dr. Shawna McGuire's fiancé has amnesia. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2005By Vionette G Negretti. 2010
"This bestseller in Puerto Rico is the complete story of the only revolution against the United States, told from the…
perspective of Comandante Elio Torresola, who led the rebel forces to victory during El Grito de Jayuya. In 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists stunned the world when they succeeded in destroying the international image of the United States as the 'Champion of Democracy' by declaring the Republic of Puerto Rico and extending the reach of the rebellion into the heartland of the United States through a direct attack on President Truman. |Times of Upheaval| is the product of a three-year investigation by a journalist who delved into personal and official documents, including the FBI's so-called Secret Files on Puerto Rico, newspapers, books and theses at the University of Puerto Rico, and interviews with witnesses to the events, as well as with the revolutionaries and their families." -- Translation provided by NLSBy Matt Kish, Amber Sparks, Robert Kloss. 2012
The Desert Places is a pocket-sized edition of a hybrid text by Amber Sparks and Robert Kloss that explores the…
evolution of evil in worlds both seen and unseen and features full-color illustrations by Matt Kish, illustrator of the critically acclaimed Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page.By Linda Gaboriau, Larry Tremblay. 2010
As a sequel to Gold in Trib 1, Doug's new book, Mystery in Trib 2 is an interesting blend of…
fact and fiction; factual in terms of the flying, hiking, and gold-mining two friends enjoyed; fictional in the form of a cleverly woven mystery concerning the loss of a World War II military aircraft. The story is well researched and so masterfully formulated the reader will be hard pressed to separate historical fact from fiction. Mystery in Trib 2 portrays wilderness Alaska accurately and as it can be experienced by anyone fired with a lust for outdoor adventure.By Chantal Bilodeau, Larry Tremblay, Keith Turnbull. 2011
War Cantata translated by Keith TurnbullHow far will humanity go in its quest for power? Why do we desire to…
eliminate each other through war? War Cantata looks at ways the impulse for violence is transmitted from one generation to the next; for example, when a father teaches his son hatred to transform him into a soldier impervious to pity. Without focusing on a particular battle or soldier, this harsh, intense, choral text builds the rhythmic power of words to expose war's spiral toward hatred.In 2012, SACD (Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques), in partnership with France Culture, awarded War Cantata the Prix SADC for best world play written in French, and CEAD (Centre des auteurs dramatiques) awarded it the Prix Michel-Tremblay for the best play written in Quebec in 2012.Cast of 2 men and a chorusChild Object translated by Chantal BilodeauWith child as a blank page, a man sets about constructing his ideal companion manipulating personality, gender, and body. The child becomes the ultimate consumer good.Cast of 1 woman and 2 men