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Oscar et la dame rose
By Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. 2002
Douze lettres adressées à Dieu par un petit garçon malade de douze ans et qu'une dame visite à l'hôpital. On…
peut imaginer cette dame rose sous la figure de Danielle Darrieux, qui a d'ailleurs tenu son rôle sous forme de monologue au théâtre. Troisième volet de la Trilogie de l'invisible. 2002.Numéro zéro: [roman]
By Umberto Eco. 2015
En 1992, à Milan, un groupe de journalistes, cinq hommes et une jeune femme, sont embauchés pour créer un nouveau…
quotidien qu'on leur promet dédié à la recherche de la vérité, mais qui se révèle un pur instrument de calomnie et de chantage. Ils fouillent dans le passé pour mettre en page leur "numéro zéro", et c'est le présent qui leur saute au visage... L'ombre de Mussolini, donné pour mort, domine tous les événements italiens depuis 1945 : est-ce là le délire d'un journaliste d'investigation paranoïaque ? Mais alors, pourquoi le retrouve-t-on assassiné un beau matin ? Attentats, tentatives de coup d'État, empoisonnements, complots, stratégie de la manipulation, de la désinformation et de la tension : quand tout est vrai, où est le faux ? 2015.Amour, chocolats et autres cochonneries (Lime et citron)
By Evelyne Gauthier. 2007
Amélie Tremblay, 28 ans et toujours célibataire, se donne trois objectifs pour améliorer sa vie avant la trentaine: trouver un…
homme qui va l'aimer et la respecter, déménager dans un appartement insonorisé et obtenir de meilleures conditions de travail. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 2007.Lavage à froid uniquement: roman
By Aurore Py. 2016
Tout est dit ou presque : ce roman intelligent et drôlissime vous propose de suivre les (més)aventures d'une jeune trentenaire…
qui se retrouve nez à nez avec un macchabée en sortant la poussette de ses jumeaux du placard de l'entrée. Parce qu'elle s'ennuie à pleurer, elle décide de se mêler de l'enquête policière et ça donne un roman extrêmement bien écrit, enlevé et malicieux. 2016.Gros-câlin: roman (Folio Ser. #No. 906)
By Romain Gary. 1974
Michel Cousin, employé à Paris dans une boîte genre I.B.M., participe à un voyage organisé au Maroc. À la porte…
d'une hôtel-tous-frais-compris, il voit un serpent python, qui lui plaît et il l'adopte. 1974.Dance, Gladys, dance (Nunatak first fiction series ; #31)
By Cassie Stocks. 2012
27-year-old Frieda Zweig is at an impasse. Behind her is a string of failed relationships and half-forgotten ambitions of being…
a painter. In front of her lies the dreary task of finding a real job and figuring out what “normal” people do with their lives. Then, a classified ad in the local paper introduces Frieda to Gladys, an elderly woman who long, long ago gave up on her dreams of being a dancer. Frieda’s uncanny connection with this kindred spirit causes her to see her life in a new way — as anything but ordinary. Winner of the 2013 Leacock Medal for Humour. 2012.Frogger (Adventures of Bug and Frogger.)
By Frank B Edwards. 2000
Eleven-year-old Frogger spends his time wandering around the town of Tichburg trying to be helpful to everyone. But he is…
about to learn that life in Tichburg is not as easy as it should be for a kid who just wants to keep everybody happy. Grades 3-6.Based on a true story: a novel
By Elizabeth Renzetti. 2014
Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera,…
and for falling down drunk in public; but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely). When Frances Bleeker, an insecure and not very successful American tabloid journalist tells Augusta that a man she once loved has written a book, Augusta becomes terrified that her life story will be revealed as the web of lies it really is. She sets out on a trans-Atlantic journey from London to California to seek revenge on her former lover, a journey that will require Frances’ reluctant help. 2014.Good grief: a novel
By Lolly Winston. 2004
Thirty-six-year-old Sophie Stanton, widowed after three years of marriage, experiences all the emotional stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression,…
and overeating. Acceptance accompanies a madcap new life with college friend Ruth in Oregon, where Sophie mentors a wild teenager and ventures out on dates. 2004.Dave cooks the turkey
By Stuart McLean. 2005
Hapless Dave is at it again, promising his beloved wife Morley that he will take care of the Christmas turkey…
while she takes the kids to work at the food bank. Dave fails to realize quite what's involved, and the result is a Homeresque struggle to beat all the odds and somehow get an unappetizing, frozen, and slightly scarred bird home and roasted in time for Christmas dinner - before Morley cooks Dave's goose. 2005.Dan versus nature
By Don Calame. 2016
Shy and scrawny Dan Weekes spends his time creating graphic novels inspired by his dream girl and looking out for…
his mom as she dates every man in the state of California. Then his mom drops a bomb: she and her latest beau, Hank, are engaged, and she's sending her "two favourite men" on a survivalist camping trip to "bond." Determined to trick Hank into showing his true flawed colours on the trip, Dan and his nerdy germaphobe best friend, Charlie, prepare a series of increasingly gross and embarrassing pranks. But the boys hadn't counted on a hot girl joining their trip or on getting separated from their wilderness guide, not to mention the humiliating injuries Dan suffers in the course of terrorizing his stepdad-to-be. With a man-hungry bear on their trail, no supplies, and a lot of unpleasant itching going on, can Dan see his plan through now that his very survival depends on Hank? For senior high readers. 2016.When the evil Turbo Toilet 2000 was defeated, George and Harold thought their toilet troubles were over. Unfortunately, their problems…
were only beginning. Just when you thought it was safe to flush, the Turbo Toilet 2000 strikes back. The carnivorous commode known for devouring everything in its path has built up a real appetite for revenge. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2014.Bridget Jones's diary: a novel
By Helen Fielding. 1998
Despite a long list of resolutions, British Bridget Jones's year gets off to "an exceptionally bad start" when her parents…
try to fix up their thirtyish dateless daughter with their friends' unappealing divorced son. But all is not lost - it appears that Bridget's crush on her boss is developing into a two-sided flirtation. Strong language. 1998.Addition
By Toni Jordan. 2008
Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts - the letters in her name (19), the steps she takes every morning to the local…
cafe (920). Grace counts everything, because that way there are no unpleasant surprises. Seamus Joseph O'Reilly (also a 19) thinks she might be better off without the counting. If she could hold down a job, say, or open her cupboards without conducting an inventory, or leave her flat without measuring the walls. As Grace struggles to balance a new relationship with old habits, to find a way to change while staying true to herself, she realises that nothing is more chaotic than love. 2008.A boy of good breeding: a novel
By Miriam Toews. 2005
Life in Winnipeg didn't go as planned for Knute and her daughter. But living back in Algren with her parents…
and working for the longtime mayor, Hosea Funk, has its own challenges: Knute finds herself mixed up with Hosea's attempts to achieve his dream of meeting the Prime Minister - even if that means keeping the town's population at an even 1500. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2005, c1998.The high road
By Terry Fallis. 2010
Just when Daniel Addison thinks he can escape his job as a political aide, MP Angus McLintock brings down Parliament…
with a deciding vote, and wants Daniel to manage his next campaign. They decide to take the high road against a candidate known for dirty tricks, and turn the race into a nail-biter. While there's a political storm in the capital, a side-splitting visit from the U.S. President and his alcoholic wife, cookie-throwing seniors, and even a Watergate-style break-in, McLintock just keeps on daring to do the unthinkable: tell the truth. Some strong language. Sequel to "The best laid plans" (BR75424). Bestseller. 2010.Big trouble
By Dave Barry. 2000
South Florida. When two hit men from Jersey attempt to eliminate embezzler Arthur Herk, they are interrupted time and again…
- by his stepdaughter Jenny's high school friends playing pranks; a homeless man living in his yard; and home invaders with a miniature Russian nuclear bomb. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 1999.The van (Rabbitte family saga ; #3)
By Roddy Doyle. 1991
The third installment in an Irish family saga focuses on Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. Now unemployed, Jimmy pals around with his…
baby granddaughter and tries to keep up with his back-at-school wife by struggling through the classics. When his friend Bimbo is also laid off, Jimmy is overjoyed until Bimbo buys a fish-and-chip van, makes Jimmy his partner, and proceeds to ruin everything. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The snapper" (EB67256). 1991. (Rabbitte family saga ; 3)Zartog's remote
By Herbie Brennan. 2000
Rachel pointed the remote control and pressed the button to change channel - and the television turned into a teddy…
bear! It all started with Zartog, an alien with enormous eyes and no nose. Rachel is a girl also with enormous eyes, but she has got a nose and she is being bullied at school. Between them Zartog and Rachel muddle up their remote controls; Zartog gets the TV remote while Rachel gets the power to change things around. Grades 2-4.Thanks and giving all year long: Marlo Thomas and friends
By Marlo Thomas, Christopher Cerf. 2004