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La jungle ((Collection 10/18 ; 954. L'appel de la vie))
By Upton Sinclair. 1963
Le joueur d'échecs (Bibliothèque cosmopolite ; #24)
By Stefan Zweig. 1985
Renny's daughter (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #14)
By Mazo De la Roche. 1951
Renny's daughter travels to Ireland and becomes involved in a frustrating romance. Sequel to "Return to Jalna" (DC04270). Followed by…
"Variable winds at Jalna" (DC31472). 1951. (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 14)The Dharma bums
By Jack Kerouac. 1958
In 1955 two young men search for Truth the Zen way in their dissolute wanderings on America's West Coast. A…
story that celebrates the freedom of those who have opted out of conventional society. 1986, c1958.The wild palms
By William Faulkner. 1939
Faulkner takes us down two paths, apparently unconnected. The title story is about two lovers in an ultimately disastrous affair.…
In the other, "Old Man," a convict accidentally freed during a flood struggles to save himself and a pregnant woman whose fate has been thrust into his hands. The stories alternate and never touch, until the very end. c1939.Intruder in the dust (Vintage International)
By William Faulkner. 1991
Classic novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author about Lucas Beauchamp, an elderly African-American of immense dignity who is in a…
Mississippi jail charged with the murder of Vinson Gowrie, a white man. A mob assembles in anger, while evidence to prove Lucas's innocence is collected by two sixteen-year-old youths, one white and one African-American, and an elderly, aristocratic spinster. 1991.Bless the beasts and children
By Glendon Swarthout. 1970
Six boys, neglected and scarred as a result of absentee parents or broken homes, become outcasts at an expensive summer…
camp in the canyon country of Arizona. Together they set out to rescue a group of doomed buffalo, a mission that takes on dangerous proportions. For senior high and older readersThe call of the wild
By Jack London. 1903
Buck, a St. Bernard, is stolen and trained to be a sled dog in the Alaska gold fields. Abused by…
both men and dogs, Buck learns to fight ruthlessly until he finds in John Thornton a master he loves and respects. c1903.Colonel Effingham's raid
By Berry Fleming. 1988
A satire about a retired officer who returns to his Georgia hometown to wage battles in a newspaper column, covering…
the war in Europe. However, he has lost touch with the people of Fredericksville, and his column fractures the community's serenity. First published in 1943. 1988.Islands in the stream
By Ernest Hemingway. 1970
Under western eyes (Penguin classics)
By Joseph Conrad. 1910
Sister Carrie (American Library)
By Theodore Dreiser, James L. W West, Neda M Westlake. 1981
Now regarded as an American classic, the story of a naive young girl who seeks her fortune in Chicago. She…
stays with her sister and brother-in-law, but seeks an escape from the drabness of their existence. The author portrays her helplessness against the forces that shape her future. 1981.Ivanhoe
By Walter Scott. 1819
Scott's noble knight, Ivanhoe, returns home from the Crusades to claim Rowena, an Anglo-Saxon princess, to be his bride. Before…
long he is embroiled in the struggle between Prince John and his brother Richard the Lionheart. 1819.The trumpet of the swan
By E. B White. 1970
Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to…
play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home. Grades 4-7. 1970.Mrs. Dalloway
By Virginia Woolf. 1976
These happy golden years (Little house books ; #7)
By Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1953
Laura and Almanzo enjoy a delightful romance while she teaches in the district schools. They marry and begin a long…
and happy life together. Sequel to "Little town on the prairie" (DC02005). Followed by "The first four years" (DC39038). Grades 4-7. 1944 Newbery Honor book. 1953. (Little house books ; 7)American Beauty
By Edna Ferber. 1931
The Oakes estate, once the showplace of the Connecticut Valley, is in 1890 a starved and barren land. All that…
remains of the proud Oakes line is Judith, a spinster. Then Ondia Olszak comes to work, a rugged full-blooded Pole with a peasant’s natural love for the land, and together they struggle to save the farm. 1974, c1931.Variable winds at Jalna (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #15)
By Mazo De la Roche. 1955
In this episode of the family saga, Renny's daughter, the young Adeline, plans to marry her Irish lover, much to…
her father's displeasure. Meg and Finch find new loves, and old Nicholas dies, leaving various legacies. Sequel to "Renny's daughter" (DC05527). Followed by "Centenary at Jalna" (DC04620). 1955. (WWhiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 15)The Whiteoak brothers (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #6)
By Mazo De la Roche. 1954
Matriarch Adeline has reached 98 and her grandson, Renny, is head of the Jalna household. This volume deals with the…
family's unfortunate investments in a fake gold mine. Sequel to "Whiteoak heritage" (DC31475). Followed by "Jalna" (DC31470). 1954. (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 6)Good-bye, Mr. Chips
By James Hilton. 1934