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By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.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.By Bruno Dellinger. 2002
L'auteur, qui possédait des bureaux au 47e étage de la tour numéro un du World Trade Center, raconte les événements…
qui ont boulversé sa vie et celle de milliers d'autres personnes en ce fatidique 11 septembre 2001. [SDMBy François Cardinal. 2019
Qu'ont en commun l'ex-joueur de la LNH Steve Bégin, l'auteur, compositeur et interprète Dan Bigras, l'humoriste Mathieu Cyr, les hommes…
d'affaires Jean-Pierre Léger et Alexandre Taillefer, le comédien Claude Laroche ou le peintre et auteur de renommée internationale, Marc Séguin? Certes, ce sont tous des hommes, mais ils sont tous aussi des décrocheurs scolaires, que ce soit par rébellion, par ennui, pour cause d'hyperactivité, de pression ou d'anxiété sociale... Aujourd'hui, ceux qui étaient alors considérés comme des cancres , au désespoir du système scolaire et, parfois de leurs parents, sont devenus des modèles de performance qui excellent dans leur travail parce qu'un jour, ils ont trouvé une passion, un point d'ancrage, un mentor, une motivation qui leur ont permis de se hisser parmi les meilleurs dans leurs domaines respectifsBy Michèle Ouimet. 2019
Pendant vingt-cinq ans, Michèle Ouimet a parcouru la planète. Du Rwanda à l'Arabie saoudite, en passant par l'Iran, le Pakistan,…
l'Afghanistan, la Syrie, le Mali, l'Égypte, elle a couvert les guerres, les révolutions, les désastres naturels. Elle nous donne ici le passionnant récit de sa carrière de grand reporter international, nous laissant voir les coulisses du métier. Elle, québécoise, féministe, athée, nous entraîne sous la tente de seigneurs de guerre et sur les traces de djihadistes qui refusent de la regarder parce qu'elle est une femmeBy Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell, Angus Easson. 2008
Transplanted from the "civilized" South of England, Margaret Hale enters a grim new world in industrial Milton-Northern. The cultural shock…
leaves her reeling, but for her growing attraction to mill owner John Thornton. Friendship with the daughter of a union leader awakens her activism. 1855By Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth Cobbs. 2016
Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler are firebrands in different parts of the world until they are brought together during the…
American Revolution. They both work for freedom and deeply love one another, despite challenges from both outside and inside their marriage. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2016By Agnes Smedley. 1987
Marie Rogers grows up in rural America, torn between helping her family financially and furthering her own education. She eventually…
travels to San Francisco and then on to Asia, involved with the Socialist Party. Includes foreword by Alice Walker and afterword by Nancy Hoffman. Some violence and some strong language. 1929By Various, Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2015
Sixty-five pieces of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, originally published by small presses. Includes works from Russell Banks, author of A…
Permanent Member of the Family (DB 77852), and Louise Glück, author of Poems 1962-2012 (DB 79850). Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015By Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Liu Zhenyun. 2015
Liu Yuejin, a worksite cook and a thief, has his pack with money stolen. While searching for it, he discovers…
another bag which contains a USB card detailing corruption of high officials and putting him in danger. Translated from the original 2007 Chinese edition. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015By Matt Reeck, Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi, Aftab Ahmad, Mushtāq Aḥmad Yūsufī. 2015
Basharat Ali Farooqi's life is one of misadventure, even as he schemes for a better life. He relocates with his…
family to Pakistan during the Partition and tries to settle in, but he longs for the childhood home he remembers. Translated from the Urdu edition. Some strong language. 1990By Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2008
Digging in the Shetland Islands peat, newcomer obstetrician Tora Hamilton unearths the body of a woman who had recently given…
birth and whose heart was removed. Tora becomes obsessed with investigating, even when the police, her colleagues, and eventually even her husband--a local--warn her against it. Violence and strong language. 2008By Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2010
Disfigured by a childhood accident, wildlife veterinarian Clara Benning generally prefers the company of animals to people. When a local…
man dies following a supposed snakebite, however, Clara's expertise is needed. As additional shocking snake incidents occur, it becomes clear that a human is involved. Violence and some strong language. 2009By James Simpson. 2015
A classic trickster narrative from twelfth-century Europe, this tale features a wily and gleefully amoral fox and his many victims.…
Focuses on the benefits of being clever over being virtuous and how, in a world of ruthless competition, clever subjects might outwit both their rulers and enemies alike. 2015By Madeleine Wickham, St. Martin`s Press. 2009
Ten years ago, Milly married her American friend Allan so he could stay in England with his male lover. But…
now, just days before Milly is to wed her fiancé Simon, a chance encounter threatens to expose her secret. To avert scandal, Milly must find Allan. Some strong language. 1999By Alex Myers. 2014
In the latter days of the American Revolution, former indentured servant Deborah Samson runs away from home. Seeing no future…
for herself as a single woman, she disguises herself as a man and joins the army. She must deal with her dual identities. Violence. 2014By Dennis McFarland. 2013
1864. Deserted by his comrades, Union soldier Summerfield Hayes struggles to survive in the woods after being wounded in battle.…
His thoughts turn to his pre-enlistment life with his sister in Brooklyn. Once rescued, he is sent to a hospital in Washington, where Walt Whitman befriends him. Violence. 2013By Douglas Clegg, Perseus. 2010
Gull Island, Georgia. While on vacation, young Beau follows his cousin Sumter into a mysterious shack on the boys' family's…
property and is terrified by what he sees. Sumter spends the summer secretly sacrificing animals--and promising vengeance. Violence and strong language. 1991By Alan Jacobson, Perseus. 2008
Virginia. FBI profiler Karen Vail's messy divorce and custody battle hamper her hunt for a serial killer known as Dead…
Eyes. As the investigation continues, she learns facts about her past that link her to the killings. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2008By Drude Krog Janson, Gerald Thorson, Orm Øverland. 2002
An authentic story of life in Minneapolis in the late nineteenth century. That ring of authenticity comes clearly from the…
mind and craft of an artist at work. For the contemporary reader, the novel provides a glimpse of an immigrant society, a culture in exile, and the immigrants' responses to the social scene. It has been sadly neglected in the history of American literature, despite its unusually forward-looking portrayal of a self-reliant, career-minded woman and its importance within America's regional and urban literary traditions. Adult. Unrated