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Je suis très à cheval sur les principes
By David Sedaris, Nicolas Richard. 2009
Porter un noeud papillon nuit-il gravement à la vie sexuelle ? Peut-on larguer son petit ami quand on ne sait…
ni cuisiner ni lire un plan ? Faut-il avoir peur des microbes dans les salles de cinéma ? Comment peut-on être Français ? Voilà quelques-unes des questions que pose David Sedaris dans ce livre en forme de one man show [...]. Complexé, capricieux ou exubérant, il nous raconte sa vie (et celle de sa famille fantaisiste) avec un sens de la comédie hors du commun. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: When you are engulfed in flames.Sous l'aile du bizarre: roman comique
By Kate Atkinson, Jean Bourdier. 2000
Sur une île désolée de la côte écossaise, Euphemie, dite Effie, fait à sa mère Nora le récit de sa…
vie d'étudiante à l'université de Dundee, tout en la pressant de questions sur ses véritables origines. A une chronique familiale insolite et mouvementée, dont les zones d'ombre se font de plus en plus inquiétantes, répond la réjouissante peinture d'une université des années 70, avec ses professeurs pompeusement monomanes et ses étudiants ignares et abouliques. Mais dans le récit d'Effie comme dans celui de Nora, le mystère est toujours présent et les questions se bousculent. Quelle est la femme mystérieuse qui suit pas à pas Effie dans la nuit hivernale de Dundee ? Pourquoi un détective privé nommé Chick apparaît-il toujours à point nommé ? Qu'est devenu le chien jaune aussi vite disparu qu'apparu ? La romancière de Dans les coulisses du musée, couronné par Lire meilleur livre de l'année 1996, emboîte à plaisir les intrigues, joue avec l'espace et le temps, sans jamais cesser de nous captiver. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Emotionally weird.Le matou ((Collection QA compact).)
By Yves Beauchemin. 2002
Confessions d'une accro du shopping (Une accro du shopping. #1.)
By Sophie Kinsella, Isabelle Vassart. 2004
"Votre job vous ennuie à mourir ? Vos amours laissent à désirer ? Rien de tel qu'un peu de shopping…
pour se remonter le moral... C'est en tout cas la devise de Becky Bloomwood, une jolie Londonienne de vingt-cinq ans. Armée de ses cartes de crédit, la vie lui semble tout simplement magique ! Chaussures, accessoires, maquillage ou fringues sublimes... rien ne peut contenir sa fièvre acheteuse, pas même son effrayant découvert. Un comble, pour une journaliste financière qui conseille ses lecteurs en matière de budget ! Jusqu'au jour où, décidée à séduire Luke Brandon, un jeune et brillant businessman, Becky s'efforce de s'amender, un peu aidée, il est vrai, par son banquier, qui vient de bloquer ses comptes... Mais pourra-t-elle résister longtemps au vertige de l'achat et à l'appel vibrant des soldes ?" -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The secret dreamworld of a shopaholic.Blonde attitude
By Plum Sykes, Christine Barbaste. 2005
"Blonde comme les blés et belle à se pâmer, l'excentrique et sexy Julie Bergdorf - richissime héritière des magasins de…
luxe du même nom - a vraiment tout pour plaire. Quotidiennement entourée d'une meute d'admiratrices, cible privilégiée des magazines people et déesse incontestée des boîtes de nuit fashion et autres restaurants huppés, la lolita de la mode règne en maîtresse absolue sur la toute-puissante jetset new-yorkaise. Seul hic, mademoiselle est célibataire. Et dans les quartiers hype où le chic du chic consiste à se pavaner au bras de son fiancé, cette situation relève de l'impardonnable faute de goût." -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Bergdorf blondes.J'ai toujours rêvé d'être célèbre
By John O'Farrell, Claudine Richetin. 2004
Depuis sa plus tendre enfance, Jimmy Conway a toujours rêvé d'être célèbre. A trente-cinq ans, il doit bien reconnaître qu'il…
a raté sa vie : il n'a pas réussi à sortir de l'annonymat.C'est alors que commence un extraordinaire voyage dans le monde de la célébrité. Jimmy bluffe et gravit toutes les marches de la gloire jusqu'au moment où il se retrouve dans une salle comble, pour une émission retransmise en direct à des millions de téléspectateurs, au cours de laquelle il doit exécuter un numéro comique. Il n'y a qu'un seul problème : c'est la première fois qu'il se produit en public... John O'Farrell a écrit une satire passionnante, infiniment amusante et bien observée de notre civilisation obsédée par la célébrité, convoyée par les médias, et en particulier la télévision. -- 4ème de couv. Titre uniforme: This is your life.Petits suicides entre amis (Collection Folio.)
By Arto Paasilinna, Anne Colin du Terrail. 2003
L'un a la corde au cou ; l'autre, le fusil sur la tempe. Le hasard a fait qu'ils ont choisi…
la même grange pour mettre fin à leurs jours. Cette rencontre fortuite convainc les deux désespérés qu'ils ne sont pas seuls, en Finlande, à vouloir mourir. Pourquoi ne pas fonder une association et commettre en groupe le geste ultime? Titre uniforme: Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha.Stone soup
By Tony Bonning. 2001
A weary fox stops by a farm with the hope of getting some spare food, but when the stingy animals…
decide that they won't share with him, he resorts to his wily ways to get some. Asking for a "drop of water to make some soup," the fox pulls a pot from his backpack, lights a fire, and drops a stone into the pot. He then declares that the soup is "not quite right," wondering whether some salt and pepper, turnip, carrot, cabbage, and corn would enhance its flavour. Grades K-3. 2001.The unbearable lightness of scones: a 44 Scotland Street novel (44 Scotland Street ; #5)
By Alexander McCall Smith. 2008
Bertie, the precocious six-year-old, still troubled by his rather overbearing mother, Irene, but finding escape in the Cub Scouts. Matthew…
is rising to the challenge of married life with newfound strength and resolve, while Domenica epitomises the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual. Narcissistic Bruce is wrestling with a big lifestyle decision, and Angus Lordie, portrait painter and pet owner, grapples with unexpected canine problems. And, finally Angus's dog, Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of temptation that no dog can resist. Sequel to "The world according to Bertie". 2008.Undermajordomo minor
By Patrick DeWitt. 2015
Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy…
is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for begetting brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as undermajordomo, he soon discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle’s master, Baron Von Aux. In the local village, he also encounters thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a delicate beauty whose love he must compete for with the exceptionally handsome partisan soldier, Adolphus. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder. Bestseller. 2015.The art of racing in the rain
By Garth Stein. 2008
Enzo, a mixed-breed dog, believes he will be reincarnated as a human. He stands by his master Denny Swift's side…
through Denny's race-car driving career, the birth of his daughter Zoë, the death of his wife Eve, and a bitter custody battle with Eve's parents. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008.The mummy lives! (Sam, dog detective.)
By Mary Labatt. 2002
Sam's friends, Jennie and Beth, visit a museum and see the mummy of a pharaoh who is said to walk…
the earth searching for his beloved missing dog! Now Sam has the mummy hot on her trail. Will she be able to elude this creepy corpse as he stalks Woodford looking for his shaggy white dog? Grades 3-6. 2002. (Sam, dog detective)The thrilling life of Pauline de Lammermoor (Pauline, btw. #one.)
By Edeet Ravel. 2007
Pauline is almost 14 and has decided to write about her life, and she's got lots of stuff to say…
- stuff about her friends and school and even her crazy, insane family. A family that includes an artist father who does paintings of shoes, and a mother who lives in a very crooked house and who frequently bursts into song. The thing Pauline discovers is that writing about your life isn't really that hard, but living your life? That's another story. For junior high readers. Followed by "The mysterious adventures of Pauline Bovary" (DC31353). 2007. (Pauline, btw ; 1) 2007. (Pauline, btw ; 1)The mysterious adventures of Pauline Bovary (Pauline, btw. #two.)
By Edeet Ravel. 2007
With life simply overflowing with pungent melodrama, it's all Pauline and her purple pen can do to record each twist…
of the plot. First, her best friend splits to become a teen ice queen. Then, Pauline's dragged into the revolting details of her divorcing parents' love life. And to top it off, she finds herself falling for a self-described "neo-existentialist" - much to the displeasure of her loyal boyfriend. How will she ever write her way out of this one? For junior high readers. Sequel to "The thrilling life of Pauline de Lammermoor" (DC31364). Followed by "The secret journey of Pauline Siddhartha" (DC33638). 2007. (Pauline, btw ; 2)Things are looking Grimm, Jill (Orca young readers)
By Dan Bar-El. 2006
Jill, the spoiled but brave sister of King Jack, has been made a Royal Guard-in-training by Sir Humpty Dumpty. After…
receiving a distress letter from F.G., she sets off to save the women of the neighbouring kingdom of Grimm from a mysterious affliction. With the help of a new friend, Mary (who is very contrary), Jill unravels the mystery while rescuing such fairy tale heroines as Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella and Gretel. Grades 2-4. Winner of the 2008 Silver Birch Express Award. 2006.TJ and the cats (Orca young reader)
By H. J Hutchins. 2002
TJ Barnes hates cats, but that does not stop a taxi from showing up at his door bearing his grandmother's…
four felines. The cats involve TJ in a series of adventures, including two that bring the police to his door. Grades 2-4. 2002.Bachelor brothers' bed & breakfast pillow book
By Bill Richardson. 1995
Hector and Virgil, a pair of endearing yet eccentric twins, confide the misadventures, misunderstandings, and other goings-on under the roof…
of their bed & breakfast. Here we meet Waffle the cat, Mrs. Rochester the parrot, the ghost of Mother, and their clientele of slightly confused but gentle bookish people.When life gives you lululemons
By Lauren Weisberger. 2018
Welcome to Greenwich, CT, where the lawns and the women are perfectly manicured, the Tito's and sodas are extra strong,…
and everyone has something to say about the infamous new neighbor. Let's be clear: Emily Charlton, Miranda Priestly's ex-assistant, does not do the suburbs. She's working in Hollywood as an image consultant to the stars, but recently, Emily's lost a few clients. She's hopeless with social media. The new guard is nipping at her heels. She needs a big opportunity, and she needs it now. Karolina Hartwell is as A-list as they come. She's the former face of L'Oreal. A mega-supermodel recognized the world over. And now, the gorgeous wife of the newly elected senator from New York, Graham, who also has his eye on the presidency. It's all very Kennedy-esque, right down to the public philandering and Karolina's arrest for a DUI--with a Suburban full of other people's children. Miriam is the link between them. Until recently she was a partner at one of Manhattan's most prestigious law firms. But when Miriam moves to Greenwich and takes time off to spend with her children, she never could have predicted that being stay-at-home mom in an uber-wealthy town could have more pitfalls than a stressful legal career. Emily, Karolina, and Miriam make an unlikely trio, but they desperately need each other. Together, they'll navigate the social landmines of life in America's favorite suburb on steroids, revealing the truths--and the lies--that simmer just below the glittering surface. Bestseller. 2018.French exit: A Novel
By Patrick DeWitt. 2018
Frances Price - tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature - is in dire straits, beset…
by scandal and impending bankruptcy. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. And then there's the Price's aging cat, Small Frank, who Frances believes houses the spirit of her late husband, an infamously immoral litigator and world-class cad whose gruesome tabloid death rendered Frances and Malcolm social outcasts. Putting penury and pariahdom behind them, the family decides to cut their losses and head for the exit. One ocean voyage later, the curious trio land in their beloved Paris, the City of Light serving as a backdrop not for love or romance, but self destruction and economical ruin - to riotous effect. Bestseller. 2018.Today I learned it was you
By Edward Riche. 2016
When a retired actor who frequents a city park is purported to be transitioning from man to deer, municipal authorities…
in St. John's, Newfoundland, find themselves confronted by an exasperatingly difficult problem. Complications mount as advocates, bureaucrats, police, and local politicians try to corral the situation, which escalates into an even bigger problem after the story blows up on Facebook. 2016.