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Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
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.Le fantôme de l'opéra
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.Lâchez pas les gars!: d'anciens cancres témoignent
By 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 respectifsPartir pour raconter: récit
By 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 femmeNorth and south (Oxford World's Classics)
By 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. 1855Novels and essays: Vandover and the brute ; McTeague ; The octopus ; Essays
By Frank Norris. 1986
The lover ; Wartime notebooks ; Practicalities (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
By Marguerite Duras. 2018
A collection of three works of fiction and nonfiction. The Lover, translated in 1985, explores a forbidden love affair of…
a teenage girl. Wartime Notebooks, translated in 2008, recounts Duras' experiences during World War II. Practicalities, translated in 1990, includes meditations on challenges and joys found in daily life. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2018Contemporary fiction: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By Robert Eaglestone. 2013
Literature professor explores form, genre, and how present-day novels display patterns that make us more intelligible to ourselves. Discusses blurring…
the line between reality and fiction, and analyzes emblematic examples of how novels engage with the past, present, and future. Expresses views on the role of literary criticism. 2013Daughter of Earth: a novel (G - Reference,information And Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.)
By 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. 19292015 Pushcart prize XXXIX: best of the small presses (Pushcart Prize #39)
By 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. 2015The cook, the crook, and the real estate tycoon: a novel of contemporary China
By 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. 2015Mirages of the mind (New Directions paperbook #1310)
By 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. 1990Sacrifice: A Novel (The Nevernight Chronicle Ser. #11)
By 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. 2008Awakening: A Novel
By 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. 2009Reynard the Fox: a new translation
By 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. 2015The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories
By Marina Keegan. 2014
Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…
college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014The wedding girl
By 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. 1999The most of Nora Ephron
By Nora Ephron. 2013
Writings by the Oscar nominee Ephron (1941-2012) include essays, the screenplay for When Harry Met Sally, the novel Heartburn, and…
her last unpublished play Lucky Guy. Topics range from the personal to the political. Introduction by New Yorker editor Robert Gottlieb. Some strong language. 2013Cartas a un joven novelista
By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2011
De forma epistolar, el autor ganador del Premio Nobel ofrece su visión sobre la génesis de las novelas. Al considerar…
las obras de Hugo, Cervantes, Hemingway, y Faulkner, entre otros, Vargas Llosa examina el arte de narrar y la vocación de la ficciónLa casa verde (Punto de lectura #4/14)
By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2008
La segunda novela por el autor ganador del Premio Nobel que tiene lugar en el desierto y las selvas de…
Perú. Don Anselmo construye un burdel en las afueras de Piura; la novicia Bonifacia sigue su conciencia en la misión de Santa María de Nieva, con resultados sorprendentes. Publicado originalmente en 1966. Algunas descripciones de violencia y de índole sexual