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L'intolérance: une problématique générale
By Lise Noël. 1989
L'intolérance et l'oppression peuvent prendre des visages multiples. On n'avait pas encore tente jusqu'ici de dresser un tableau d'ensemble qui…
montre comment s'articulent les rapports dominants/dominés autour des paramètres que sont l'âge, le sexe, la condition physique et mentale, l'appartenance ethnique, la langue ou l'orientation sexuelle. C'est ce que l'on trouve dans ce livre. 1989.Molière
By Roger Duchêne. 1998
Molière n'a pas laissé de confidences. Pas une lettre, pas un mot. Il a près de quarante ans quand il…
commence à faire parler de lui. Sa vie et son oeuvre font scandale. On l'accuse de ruiner la religion, la famille, la morale. Et d'avoir épousé la fille de sa maîtresse, sa propre fille... Qui ne se priverait pas de le cocufier abondamment. Ses ennemis forgent sa légende noire, ses amis une légende dorée. Cette biographie les replace enfin dans leur contexte. En les prenant au sérieux, sans les tenir pour vraies, en les présentant au lecteur pour qu'il puisse juger à son tour. 1998.The most beautiful house in the world
By Witold Rybczynski. 1989
Rybczynski's project to build a workshed gradually evolved into a full-fledged house. As he recounts his tale, he considers the…
theories and work of such architects as Palladio and Frank Lloyd Wright, the elements of classical architecture, and the structural descendants of the humble barn. 1989.Whirligig: selected prose and poetry
By Ernest Buckler. 1977
The shining mountain: two men on Changabang's west wall
By Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker. 1984
Recounts the endurance and determination of two British mountain climbers in making a forty-day ascent up the treacherous west wall…
of Changabang Mountain in the Indian Himalayas. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize. 1984.The land of Ulro
By Czeslaw Milosz. 1984
The author contends that the spirit of the 1980s, molded by mass media and political manipulation, is as immoral as…
the 1930s when various fanaticisms held sway. Ulro, Blake's mythical realm of spiritual pain, is used as a metaphor. Winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature. 1984. Uniform title: Ziemia Ulro.The farmer's bride collection: 6 Romances Spring from Hearts, Home, and Harvest
By Kimberley Comeaux, Debby Mayne, Susan Downs, Susan K. Downs, DiAnn Mills, JoAnn A. Grote, Ellen Edwards Kennedy. 2013
Novellas from six authors explore romance on the homestead. In Grote's A Homesteader, a Bride, and a Baby, set in…
1878 Minnesota, Lorette arrives for a visit with her sister's family only to find that they have all recently died from diphtheria--except for the baby. 2000The winner stands alone
By Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa. 2009
Amid the celebrity culture at the Cannes Film Festival, wealthy Russian businessman Igor Malev transforms himself into a killer to…
get his ex-wife Ewa's attention. Igor believes their relationship to be preordained and is prepared to destroy whole worlds for Ewa's love. Translated from Portuguese. Violence. 2009El vencedor está solo: novela
By Paulo Coelho. 2009
Amid the celebrity culture at the Cannes Film Festival, wealthy Russian businessman Igor Malev transforms himself into a killer to…
get his ex-wife Ewa's attention. Igor believes their relationship to be preordained and is prepared to destroy whole worlds for Ewa's love. Violence. Spanish language. 2009Shifter
By Virginia Kantra, Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day. 2008
Four tales of paranormal romance. In Lora Leigh's A Jaguar's Kiss Saban Broussard, a "breed" genetically engineered with animal DNA,…
has only one weakness--the desire to mate. Includes Angela Knight's Mad Dog Love, Alyssa Day's Shifter's Lady, and Virginia Kantra's Sea Crossing. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2008Have a little faith
By Sandra Kitt, Jacquelin Thomas, J. D. Mason, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, J. D. Mason. 2006
Four inspirational stories. In "Signs of Light," Brittany's young son is diagnosed with leukemia, but she finds help from an…
unexpected source. A woman puts her trust in God in "Faith Will Overcome." In "Maybelline," Olivia has cancer but finds friendship. In "Survival Instincts," Lynn forgives her attacker. 2006Miracle on 10th Street & other Christmas writings: And Other Christmas Writings (Austin Family Ser. #No. 8)
By Madeleine L'Engle. 1998
Selections from forty years of the award-winning author's reflections on Christmas themes conveyed in stories, poems, essays, letters, and journal…
entries. Topics follow the Christmas season: Advent, Incarnation, Epiphany, Glorious Mystery, Redemption, and Celebration. The title piece recalls a past Christmas when L'Engle feared her daughter had leukemia. 1998The best Christian short stories
By Bret Lott. 2006
Eleven stories by Christian writers, published between 1989 and 2006, about characters experiencing divine grace. Includes Homer Hickam's "Dosie, of…
Killakeet Island," the editor's "An Evening on the Cusp of the Apocalypse," and Larry Woiwode's "Firstborn," in which a young couple confronts the trials of childbirth. 2006On the road with the archangel: a novel
By Frederick Buechner. 1997
Nineveh, circa 650 B.C. Archangel Raphael carries two prayers for death to the Most High and fulfills the command to…
set everything right. Tobit, a blind man, and Sarah, a reluctant bride accused of murdering seven grooms, find unexpected answers to their mutual prayerTwo classic works by English Puritan John Bunyan (1628-1688). In the allegorical tale Pilgrim's Progress, the protagonist, burdened by sin,…
leaves the City of Destruction to find Zion, the city of God. His journey embodies Christian teachings. In Grace Abounding, Bunyan recounts his conversion and spiritual growth. 2004