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Ten days in the hills
By Jane Smiley. 2007
For ten days in the L.A. hills, as the United States invades Iraq, middle-aged movie director Max and his lover…
Elena idly visit with friends and family. They watch movies and debate topics such as their diets, lovers, and politics. Includes strong language and sex. 2007.The Afghan
By Frederick Forsyth. 2006
Something big is about to happen - the intelligence community is certain of it. Exactly what will happen and where…
is open to wild speculation. To date, it has been impossible to infiltrate Al Qaeda, but now a daring new plan is in the works. A notorious Afghan named Izmat Khan, held at Guantanamo Bay for five years, is finally going to be released - or is he? Meanwhile, Iraq-born Colonel Mike Martin begins his impossibly dangerous mission. 2006.Tell
By Frances Itani. 2014
In 1919, after the end of the Great War, the men and women of Deseronto struggle to recover from the…
wounds of the past, both visible and hidden. Kenan, a young soldier who has returned from the war damaged and disfigured, confines himself to his house on the Bay of Quinte, wandering outside only under the cover of night. His wife, Tress, attempting to adjust to the trauma that overwhelms her husband and which has changed their marriage, seeks advice from her Aunt Maggie. Maggie finds joy in the choral society started by Lukas, a music director who has moved to the town from an unknown place in war-torn Europe. As the decade draws to a close and the lives of these characters become more entwined, each of them must decide what to share and what to hide, and how their actions will lead them into the future. Bestseller. 2014.The amazing absorbing boy
By Rabindranath Maharaj. 2011
Samuel is just 17 when his mother dies and he must leave Trinidad to live with the Toronto father he…
has only heard of. Samuel is lonely, but he has his memories of superheroes - his mentors - to guide him, as he sets out to explore what Toronto has to offer. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. Winner of the 2010 Trillium Award and the 2011 Toronto Book Award. 2010.The alchemist
By Paulo Coelho, Alan R Clarke. 1998
The story of an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a treasure. He journeys to the…
markets of Tangiers and into the Egyptian desert where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him. This story teaches us about the wisdom of listening to our hearts, reading the omens along life's path and following our dreams. Bestseller. 1998. Uniform title: Alquimista.The 9th judgment (Women's murder club. #9.)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2010
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends puzzle over motives in two cases they don't realize are linked. A well-known actor…
insists the Hello Kitty jewellery robber shot his wife, while the Lipstick Killer begins murdering mothers and children. Bestseller. 2010.The 8th confession (Women's murder club. #8.)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2009
The Women's Murder Club investigates the brutal death of street person Bagman Jesus. Meanwhile detective Lindsay Boxer reluctantly examines the…
high-profile case of young socialite couple Isa and Ethan Bailey, who mysteriously died in their sleep. 2009.Ten big ones: A Stephanie Plum Novel (Stephanie Plum novel. #10.)
By Janet Evanovich. 2004
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and her sidekick, Lula, witness a convenience store robbery. Because Stephanie can identify the…
culprit, she is a hit-list target. Stephanie tracks a killer and suppresses her attraction to Ranger. Bestseller. 2004.Thanksgiving
By Janet Evanovich. 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia. A chance encounter with a wayward pet rabbit introduces potter Megan Murphy to the animal’s owner, pediatrician Patrick…
Hunter. Megan and Patrick become unlikely guardians of an abandoned infant, and as Thanksgiving approaches, the pair contemplates making their makeshift family legitimate. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2006.Surtensions
By Olivier Norek. 2016
Cette soeur acceptera-t-elle le marché risqué qu'on lui propose pour faire évader son frère de la prison la plus dangereuse…
de France ? De quoi ce père sera-t-il capable pour sauver sa famille des quatre prédateurs qui ont fait irruption dans sa maison et qui comptent y rester ? Comment cinq criminels - un pédophile, un assassin, un ancien légionnaire serbe, un kidnappeur et un braqueur - se retrouvent-ils dans une même histoire et pourquoi Coste fonce-t-il dans ce nid de vipères, mettant en danger ceux qui comptent le plus pour lui ? Des âmes perdues, des meurtres par amour, des flics en anges déchus : la rédemption passe parfois par la vengeance. Prix Le Point du polar européen, 2016. 2016.Shaman (Le livre de poche ; #13371)
By Noah Gordon, Cécile Farkas. 1993
De 1839 à 1864 à l'orée de la guerre de Sécession, l'histoire mouvementée d'un jeune médecin écossais devenu l'ami d'une…
tribu indienne persécutée où il rencontrera la femme du titre. Livre comportant des passages de nature sexuelle et de la violence. Prix James Fenimore Cooper. 1995, c1993. Titre uniforme: Shaman.Sisters
By Stéphane Denis. 2001
Dans ce roman, centré sur les relations "contrastées" (jalousie, amour, etc.) de la célèbre Jackie Kennedy et de sa soeur…
Lee Radziwill, une Américaine plus toute jeune raconte sa vie et celle de sa soeur aînée, Jacks, peut-être moins douée et moins joliequ'elle mais dotée d'un charme irrésistible. Cette dernière épouse un futur président des États-Unis tandis qu'elle même se marie à un veil aristocrate européen. Une sourde rivalité opposera, durant toute leur vie, les deux soeurs, la cadette demeurant immanquablement dans l'ombre de l'aînée. L'auteur rend finalement hommage à la moins célèbre des deux soeurs en lui donnant la parole. Prix Interallié 2001.Suite française: roman
By Irène Némirovsky. 2004
Écrit dans le feu de l'Histoire, Suite française dépeint presque en direct l'Exode de juin 1940, qui brassa dans un…
désordre tragique des familles françaises de toute sorte, des plus huppées aux plus modestes. Roman bouleversant, intimiste, implacable, dévoilant avec une extraordinaire lucidité l'âme de chaque Français pendant l'Occupation (enrichi de notes et de la correspondance d'Irène Némirovsky), Suite française ressuscite d'une plume brillante et intuitive un pan à vif de notre mémoire. Prix Renaudot, 2004.Sonietchka: roman
By Ludmilla Oulitskaïa. 1996
"Mon Dieu, qu'ai-je fait pour mériter un tel bonheur" se dit une timide bibliothécaire, qu'un peintre renommé et plus âgé…
qu'elle remarque et épouse. Pauvreté, disgrâce, infidélités du mari: rien n'entame le bonheur mystérieux de la femme. Quand l'homme de sa vie mourra, elle vivra son chagrain puis rouvrira ses livres. Prix Médicis étranger 1996.Tangente vers l'est (Minimales)
By Maylis De Kerangal. 2012
A bord du Transsibérien, Aliocha, 20 ans, doit être conduit vers sa caserne d'affectation en Sibérie pour faire son service…
militaire. Alors qu'il tente d'échafauder un plan pour y échapper, il croise Hélène, une Française de 35 ans qui vient tout juste de quitter son amant Anton. Malgré les barrières de la langue, ils vont se comprendre et poursuivre ensemble le voyage. Prix Landerneau 2012. 2012.Swiss sonata
By Elspeth Cameron, Gwethalyn Graham. 1938
Set in a girls' boarding school in Switzerland in 1936. Combines penetrating insights into the behaviour of the girls with…
the first-time author’s insights into the dark clouds of war and hatred gathering over all of Europe at the time. Winner of the 1938 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Originally published in 1938, c2005.Sweetland: a novel
By Michael Crummey. 2015
For twelve generations, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now they are facing…
resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay on alone. That coot is Moses Sweetland, who refuses to leave. But in the face of determined opposition from his family and friends, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a desperately diminishing food supply, and battles against the ravages of weather, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the former islanders, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night. Bestseller. 2015.Tales from the Isle of Spice: a collection of new Caribbean folk tales
By Richardo Keens-Douglas. 2004
Three magical tales retold for middle readers: enter the richly magical world of Tales from the Isle of Spice and…
visit a bottomless lake where an enchanted princess lives; try your luck against the sinister woman who walks in moonlight stalking souls; catch a glimpse of the mysterious boy with an angelic face whose scarred body hides beneath the waves. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2005 Golden Oak Award. 2004.Taos lightning
By Johnny Boggs. 2018
Fifteen-year-old Evan Kendrick has traveled from New Mexico Territory to Galveston with his father, who will be competing in a…
horse race that's offering a 3,000 prize to the winner. But a terrible accident seriously injures his drunken father, forcing Evan to saddle up instead. Winner of the 2019 Spur best western juvenile fiction award. 2018.Take a chance on me (Christiansen family series. #1.)
By Susan May Warren. 2013
A romance buds when attorney Ivy Madison bids on widower Darek Christiansen at a charity auction, but she soon realizes…
that a man with whom she crafted a plea bargain three years earlier was the man responsible for Darek's wife's death. Followed by "It had to be you". 2013.