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By Judith Saltman, Catherine Anthony Clark, Sheila Egoff. 1994
After they discover a golden pine cone near their home in British Columbia, 11-year old Bren and his 9-year old…
sister Lucy embark with their dog Ooshka on a search to find the rightful owner of the pine cone. Their journey is threatened by the dangerous Lake Snake, the evil Ice Witch, and the giant Nasookin, who all want the pine cone, too. Grades 4-7. 1994.By Mary Higgins Clark. 1980
While in Westlake Hospital, Katie DeMaio sees a woman's body being carried to a car in the middle of the…
night. The next day the woman is found dead and declared a suicide. 1980.By Henry Williamson. 1995
This tale of an otter's life and death in Devon, captures the feel of life in the wild as seen…
through the otter's own eyes. Grades 5-8. Originally published in 1927. 1995.By Ernest Hemingway, Denise Van Moppès. 1961
La guerre d'Espagne. Un roman de l'engagement et de l'héroïsme. Un hommage à l'idéalisme de certains intellectuels européens des années…
1930 et à leur besoin de participer à l'action. L'oeuvre a été inspirée à l'auteur par son expérience de correspondant de guerre auprès de l'armée républicaine en Espagne. 1995, c1961.By Roger Lemelin. 1973
En 1938, à Québec, vit la famille Plouffe, colorée, drôle, contrastée : Théophile, le père, typographe et ancien champion cycliste,…
la soixantaine; Joséphine, bonne mère, mais autoritaire et qui ne badine pas avec la religion; Napoléon, plombier et timide avec les femmes; Ovide, ouvrier dans la chaussure mais qui ne rêve que d'opéra; Guillaume; Cécile... c1973.By L. M Montgomery. 1988
Patricia Gardiner loves her home, Silver Bush, on Prince Edward Island. All her experiences -- a bout with scarlet fever,…
her first romance, her aunt's wedding and her mother's illness -- are shared with her friends, Bets Wilcox, Jingle Gordon, and the mysterious old Judy Plum. Grades 5-8. c1988, originally published 1933.By Janette Turner Hospital. 2007
Bewitched by the haunting violin she hears in the subway, MIT mathematician Leela-May Moore falls in love at first listen…
with mysterious musician Mishka Bartok. A series of terrorist bombings which overlap disappearances by Mishka cause Leela to tail her lover, only to be snatched off the street and interrogated by members of a shadowy private security force. Their leader is Cobb Slaughter, who has loved/loathed her since their blighted childhoods in South Carolina. Is Cobb simply tormenting Leela, or could Mishka really be a terrorist? Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2007.By Daphne Du Maurier. 1952
While in Italy, Philip's uncle Ambrose marries charming Rachel. When Ambrose dies unexpectedly, Rachel comes to England to live with…
Philip. Soon, Philip begins to suspect that Rachel murdered Ambrose. 1952.By Debbie Macomber. 1998
Lorraine's adventure begins with a trip to Mexico's Yucatan coast to search for her father. She finds him and finds…
herself in trouble. Enter Jack Keller-a renegade who helps Lorraine escape, but there are troubles ahead, including an attraction that's as risky as it is intense. 1998.By Ed O'Loughlin. 2016
In a journey shrouded in mystery and intrigue, Sir John Franklin's 1845 campaign in search of the Northwest Passage ended…
in tragedy. All 129 men were lost to the ice, and nothing from the expedition was retrieved, including two rare and valuable Greenwich chronometers. When one of the chronometers appears a century and a half later in London, in pristine condition and crudely disguised as a Victorian carriage clock, new questions arise about what really happened on that expedition--and the fates of the men involved. When Nelson Nilsson, an aimless drifter from Alberta, finds himself in Canada's Northern Territories in search of his brother, he meets Fay Morgan by chance. Fay has just arrived from London, hoping to find answers to her burning questions about her past. When they discover that their questions about their pasts and present are inextricably linked, the two will become unlikely partners as they unravel a mystery that traverses continents and centuries. Bestseller. 2016.By Nora Roberts, Joëlle Touati. 2016
"Shelby Foxworth a d'abord perdu son mari, porté disparu en mer, puis ses illusions. Car celui qui l'a séduite alors…
qu'elle était chanteuse dans les bars du Tennessee pour lui offrir une vie dorée dans la banlieue de Philadelphie était un menteur. Infidèle et faux comme le diamant qu'il lui a passé au doigt, il la laisse criblée de dettes. Et quand elle ouvre son coffre-fort, c'est pour y trouver des papiers d'identité multiples, de l'argent liquide et une arme. L'homme qu'elle aimait n'est pas seulement mort : il n'a jamais existé. Se réfugiant avec sa fille de trois ans dans sa ville natale, Shelby se reconstruit peu à peu et redécouvre timidement l'amour. Mais peut-on vraiment échapper à son passé ? " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The liar.By Danielle Steel, Eveline Charles. 2011
"Pour protéger sa fille, une femme doit se réconcilier avec son passé. Il y a onze ans, Alexa Hamilton quittait…
le sud des Etats-Unis, laissant derrière elle un époux infidèle et une belle-famille impitoyable. Désormais adjointe du procureur de la ville de New York, elle partage son temps entre son travail et sa fille Savannah, une ravissante adolescente de dix-sept ans. Tandis qu'elle engage des poursuites contre un tueur en série, sa fille reçoit d'inquiétantes lettres anonymes. Persuadée que le criminel en est l'instigateur, Alexa se retrouve face à un dilemme : doit-elle abandonner le dossier ou éloigner Savannah pour assurer sa sécurité ? A contrecoeur, elle choisit de l'envoyer chez son père, à Charleston, la ville où elle s'était juré de ne plus jamais retourner après leur douloureuse rupture..." -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Southern LightsBy Susanna Kearsley. 2018
1759. The North American colonies of Britain and France are pulled into war, and the loyalties of many New York…
merchants, who have secretly been trading with the French for years, are divided. When captured French officers are brought to Long Island to be billeted in private homes, it upends the lives of the Wilde family. Lydia Wilde, struggling to keep the peace in her fracturing family following her mother’s death, has little time or kindness to spare for her unwanted guests. And Canadian lieutenant Jean-Philippe de Sabran has little desire to be there. But by the war’s end they’ll both learn love, honour, and duty can form tangled bonds that are not broken easily. In the present day, Charley Van Hoek comes to Long Island to be the new curator of the Wilde House Museum. She doesn’t believe in ghosts, but as she starts to delve into the history of Lydia and her French officer, it becomes clear that the Wilde House holds more than just secrets. Bestseller. 2018.By Joseph Conrad. 1993
Marlow relates his journey into the centre of the Congo to find Kurtz. He finds that the farther he penetrates,…
the more compelling becomes his confrontation with the potential for inhumanity. 1993.By Nora Roberts. 2001
Wealthy American Trevor Magee returns to his ancestral village of Ardmore, Ireland, and falls in love with ambitious Darcy Gallagher.…
But the native ghosts have their own plans. Sequel to "Tears of the moon." Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2000. (The Irish trilogy ; 3)By Gabrielle Roy. 1983
Publié en 1945. Un grand classique de la littérature québécoise. Rappelons que "Bonheur d'occasion" raconte l'histoire d'un quartier pauvre de…
Montréal, Saint-Henri, et que les principaux personnages en sont une jeune serveuse de restaurant, un ouvrier de fonderie et un conscrit. c1945, 1983.By Christina Skye. 2004
Jess Mulcahey, a hotel evaluator, does her job pretending to be a minor European princess. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Hawk Mackenzie…
is at the same hotel, searching for a kidnapped and very special research animal. Jess has to leave quickly after filing her report, but a storm causes the claustrophobic inspector to find herself locked in an elevator with Hawk, who is experiencing the libido of a teenager because of an experimental medication. 2004.By George Orwell. 1949
By Rudy Henry Wiebe, Robert Kroetsch. 1973
In 1876, Big Bear, a Plains Cree, refused to let the government push his people off their land and onto…
a reserve. While courageous, his stand brought starvation to his followers and tore apart the Cree community and eventually his own family. A fictional account of Big Bear's struggle and the culture and history of the Cree Indians. Winner of the 1973 Governor General's Award.By Fern Michaels. 2011
Atlanta police detective Patrick "Tick" Kelly retreats to Mango Key, Florida, after his family is murdered. When ex-DEA agent Kate…
Rush and her friends show up to stake out a nearby mansion, Tick joins Kate in exposing a human-trafficking ring--and falls in love. Some strong language. 2011.