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The abyss: A Novel
By Marguerite Yourcenar, Grace Frick. 1976
Freethinker Zeno of Bruges is a physician and philosopher. He is caught in the terroristic abyss between Protestants and Catholics,…
between mediaeval and modern thinking. Set during the Inquisition of the 16th century. c1976. Uniform title: Oeuvre au noir.Team of rivals: the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2009
In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how…
he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision for peace. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. Bestseller. 2009.Testament of youth: an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925
By Vera Brittain. 1933
First published in 1933, and rediscovered forty-five years later, this is a record of the author's experiences during the World…
War I years. Brittain tells not only of her own prematurely shattered youth, but that of an entire generation of young men and women who devoted themselves to the war effort. c1933.Sur le rivage
By Rafael Chirbes, Denise Laroutis. 2015
Sur le rivage démarre comme un thriller : Ahmed trouve deux cadavres et s'enfuit pour éviter les ennuis. Venu du…
Maroc en quête d'un emploi, il est condamné à la débrouille depuis que les chantiers tournent au ralenti. Car à Olba, la crise fait toutes sortes de victimes. Esteban, menuisier en faillite, ose à peine avouer sa déroute. Il passe ses journées avec son vieux père qui glisse lentement vers la démence. Francisco ne quitte pas le bar du coin. Il se croit philosophe, alors qu'il tue le temps. Sur la scène du roman résonnent les voix d'un pays. D'un personnage à l'autre, d'une génération à l'autre, se dessinent l'Espagne d'aujourd'hui et, au-delà, une Europe crépusculaire, ravagée par le doute ou tentée par l'extrémisme. 2015. Titre uniforme: En la orilla.Soeurs de sang (Vampire academy. #1.)
By Richelle Mead, Karen Degrave. 2013
Saint-Vladimir est une école privée hors du commun dans laquelle de jeunes vampires apprennent la magie. Rose Hathaway est une…
vampire, elle doit assurer la protection de sa meilleure amie, Lissa, princesse moroï. Entre intrigues, rituels nocturnes et premières amours, elles tentent d'échapper aux Strigoï, vampires immortels et ennemis jurés des Moroï qui veulent faire de Lissa l'une d'entre eux. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. Suivi de "Morsure de glace". 2013. Titre uniforme: Vampire Academy.Stardust: le mystère de l'étoile
By Neil Gaiman, Frédérique Le Boucher. 2007
D'un côté, il y a Wall, paisible village niché au sein d'une calme forêt anglaise. De l'autre, le pays des…
fées, univers d'enchantements, de sorcières, de licornes et de princes sanguinaires. Entre les deux, il y a le mur, l'infranchissable et épaisse muraille qui ceint le hameau et le sépare de féerie. Infranchissable? Pas tout à fait, puisque tous les neuf ans s'ouvre la foire des fées qui, durant un jour et une nuit, permet aux deux mondes de se rencontrer. 2007. Titre uniforme: Stardust.Suite française: roman
By Irène Némirovsky. 2004
Écrit dans le feu de l'Histoire, Suite française dépeint presque en direct l'Exode de juin 1940, qui brassa dans un…
désordre tragique des familles françaises de toute sorte, des plus huppées aux plus modestes. Roman bouleversant, intimiste, implacable, dévoilant avec une extraordinaire lucidité l'âme de chaque Français pendant l'Occupation (enrichi de notes et de la correspondance d'Irène Némirovsky), Suite française ressuscite d'une plume brillante et intuitive un pan à vif de notre mémoire. Prix Renaudot, 2004.Sublimes créatures (Black moon)
By Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Luc Rigoureau. 2013
Ethan, 17 ans, vit avec son père à Gatlin, au sud des Etats-Unis. Il rencontre Lena au lycée, et ils…
s'éprennent l'un de l'autre. Il apprend qu'elle est vouée à la magie, comme jeteuse de sort. La nuit de la seizième lune, celle de ses 16 ans, elle doit choisir son destin et devenir une sorcière à part entière. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2013. Titre uniforme: Beautiful creatures.Taking the biscuit: Buttered Side Down (Down to earth. #5.)
By Faith Addis. 2000
A gift of 800 worms isn't to everyone's taste, but Faith is delighted and plans to become Devon's first worm…
tycoon. Meanwhile Brian, in a government youth motivating program, is ferrying a bunch of Totnes' young bohemians around the countryside charting the local by-ways. Includes strong language. 2000.Tales of the city (Tales of the city ; #1)
By Armistead Maupin. 1989
A naive young secretary forsakes Cleveland for San Francisco, tumbling headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, cut…
throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous. Followed by "More tales of the city". Strong language. 1989. (Tales of the city ; 1)Taking chances (Heartland. #4.)
By Lauren Brooke. 2001
Amy's life has drastically changed. She's found herself taking on the huge responsibility of running Heartland, the horse refuge that…
was her mother¹s life work. The one constant for Amy has been her friendship with Ty, Heartland¹s 17-year-old stable hand. But the arrival of a new hand, Ben, throws everything off balance. By the time Amy realizes she¹s taken Ty for granted, it could be too late. Sequel to "Breaking free", followed by "Come what may". Grades 3-6. 2001.Tai-Pan: a novel of Hong Kong (Asian saga ; #2)
By James Clavell. 1975
Set during the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, the story tells of Dirk Struan's…
burning ambition to transform the barren island into the brightest jewel of the British Empire. The opium run was the surest way for him to achieve power and riches beyond his wildest dreams. 1975. (Asian saga ; 2)Stuart Little (A Harper trophy book ; J56)
By E. B White. 1945
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest…
friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden. Winner of the 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Grades 3-6. (A Harper trophy book)Sortilège (Black Moon)
By Alex Flinn, Luc Rigoureau. 2009
Je suis un monstre. Pourtant, autrefois, j'étais le type parfait : grand, beau, riche et... atrocement méchant. Je n'aimais que…
moi et c'est pour cela qu'un sort m'a été jeté. Je suis devenu une bête difforme, velue, monstrueuse. Il me reste deux ans pour être aimé d'une jeune fille. L'amour saura-t-il me trouver... et me sauver? Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2009. Titre uniforme: Beastly.Solo: a Star Wars story
By Joe Schreiber. 2018
Travel to a galaxy far, far away with a young Han Solo as he meets Chewbacca the Wookiee, encounters Lando…
Calrissian, and boards the Millennium Falcon for the first time. 2018.Silk
By Alessandro Baricco, Ann Goldstein. 2006
France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herve Joncour (a young silkworm breeder)…
has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms. In the course of his secret negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine. Although they are unable to exchange so much as a word, love blossoms between them, a love that is conveyed in a number of recondite messages. Descriptions of sex. 2006.Shane (Degrassi ; #12)
By Susin Nielsen-Fernlund. 1989
After his girlfriend, Spike, becomes pregnant, 14-year-old Shane must prove to his parents that he is not irresponsible. But Shane's…
new sense of independence backfires, and before he knows it, he is in trouble again. For junior and senior high readers. (Degrassi Junior High). 1989.Star Wars: the junior novel; Rogue one
By Matt Forbeck. 2016
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider adventure. #1.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2000
When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, Alex Rider goes from schoolboy to superspy within days as his world is…
turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission. For Junior High readers. Followed by "Point blank" (DC26006). 2000. (Alex Rider adventure ; 1)Strangers on a train
By Patricia Highsmith. 1966
Two men, a tennis star and a psychopath, meet by chance on a train and 'swap' murders. 'Some people are…
better off dead - like your wife and my father, for instance' as Bruno, the rich psychopath puts it, before proceeding to carry out his part of the bargain. A chance meeting and a rash conversation can lead to all sorts of trouble... 1966.