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Mysteries and crime stories, Police procedural fiction
As he launches a probe into the killing of a freelance music journalist, Detective Inspector Alan Banks finds his investigation… journeying back in time more than thirty years and into the heart of the mystery surrounding a decades-old crime. 2006.
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Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Family biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Jean and Gordon Hay were a formidable pair. She was an artist and superlatively frugal; he was a proud and… well-mannered schoolteacher with a temper that could be explosive. Elizabeth, their oldest daughter, was said to be a difficult and selfish child. Elizabeth always suspected she would end up caring for her parents in their final years, a way of making up for the sins of her childhood, proving herself to be a good daughter after all. But as her parents, who had been ferociously independent people, became increasingly dependent on her, their lives changed utterly and so did hers. Philip Roth once said, "Old age is a massacre." This book takes you inside the massacre. Bestseller. Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 2018.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Ghost and horror stories
A charismatic cast of misfits, losers, and bruisers animate this novel set in Niagara Falls, a.k.a. Cataract City--a slightly seedy,… slightly magical, slightly haunted place, where seemingly ordinary lives are steeped in secrets, desires, troubled histories, and the occasional splash of mayhem. A bittersweet coming-of-age story about a small group of kids who, under the leadership of an eccentric uncle, spend one summer investigating the validity of local ghost stories and macabre urban myths--in almost every instance getting in way over their heads. Davidson draws us into his gritty world, reminding us that life's strange intensity and occasional magic is all around us. 2018.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Historical fiction
Concentrates on two absolutely crucial and dramatic years in Daniel Boone's life. It opens as Boone returns to the shabby… fort at Boonesborough, after escaping from the Shawnee in order to save his white family and friends from attack by the Indians and the Brits, ḁnd receives a decidedly mixed reception. His wife has assumed he's dead and taken most of their children east, and the others in the fort view him as a traitor, and regard his undeniable bond with the Shawnee with deep suspicion. Boone juggles his desire to protect the people of Boonesborough, in particular his daughter Jemima (the only one of his children who waited for him), and his love of the Shawnee people, especially his Indian father and wife. After a dramatic siege and successful defence of the fort against a force led by his adopted father, Blackfish, Daniel journeys to retrieve his family and finds a wife who still resents him for their oldest son's death. Rebecca takes over the telling of the story at this point, and up to the moment when--having lured them all once again into Kentucky, where he starts a new settlement--Boone realizes that he can't control the juggernaut of hate and conquest that will soon role over the Shuswap. 2018.
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Friendship stories
When fourteen-year-old Lindsay meets Talon, who lives in the secret Downsider community that evolved in the subterranean passages of the… subway built in New York in 1867, she and her new friend try to bridge the differences between their two cultures. For junior high and older readers. 1999.
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Bestsellers (Fiction), Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Family stories
Nuns that appear out of thin air, a dinner party at the Goebbels’, Quebec’s very own Margaret Thatcher, a grandma… that just won’t die (not until the archangel comes back)... This book is a yarn to rival the best of them, a big fat whopper of a tall tale that bounces around from provincial Rivière-du-Loup in 1919 to Nagasaki, 1990s Berlin, Rome, and beyond. This is the novel of a century—long and glorious, stuffed full of parallels, repeating motifs, and unforgettable characters—with the passion and plotting of a modern-day Tosca. Bestseller. 2018. Uniform title: Fiancée américaine.
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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Music biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Folk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. In this, Sainte-Marie’s first and… only authorized biography, music critic Andrea Warner draws from more than sixty hours of exclusive interviews to offer a powerful, intimate look at the life of the beloved artist and everything that she has accomplished in her seventy-seven years (and counting). Bestseller. 2018.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Multi-cultural fiction
Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching… job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, is close to rejecting her one hundredth marriage proposal. Though Ayesha is lonely, she doesn't want an arranged marriage. Then she meets Khalid, who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and dresses like he belongs in the seventh century. When a surprise engagement between Khalid and Hafsa is announced, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and his family, and the truth she realizes about herself. But Khalid is also wrestling with what he believes and what he wants. And he just can't get this beautiful, outspoken woman out of his mind. 2018.
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Bestsellers (Fiction), Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Native peoples fiction, Native peoples of Canada fiction
Franklin Starlight had long settled into a quiet and predictable life working his remote farm. But his contemplative existence is… turned upside down by the sudden arrival of Emmy, a woman who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. After Emmy has a run-in with the law, Starlight agrees to take in her and her daughter to help them get back on their feet. Over time, he introduces them to the land and patiently teaches them the skills that have allowed him not only to survive but to find communion with the world, and, gradually, this accidental family changes Starlight and Emmy in ways they never imagined. But Emmy's abusive ex isn't content to just let her go. He wants revenge and is hunting her down. "Starlight" was unfinished at the time of Richard Wagamese's death, yet every page radiates with his masterful storytelling, intense humanism, and insights that are as hard-earned as they are beautiful. Bestseller. 2018.
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Family stories, Movie and television tie-ins
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked… to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. Followed by "Princess in the Spotlight". For junior high readers. 2000. (Princess diaries ; 1)
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Mysteries and crime stories, Police procedural fiction
When Karen Drew is found sitting in her wheelchair staring out to sea with her throat cut one chilly morning,… DI Annie Cabbot, on loan to Eastern Area, gets lumbered with the case. Back in Eastvale, that same Sunday morning, 19-year-old Hayley Daniels is found raped and strangled in the dark tangle of cobbled alleyways they call the Maze, and DCI Alan Banks is called in. Banks finds suspects galore, while Annie seems to hit a brick wall - until she reaches a breakthrough, one that also involves Banks. It soon becomes clear that there are two killers in their midst, and that at any moment either one might strike again. Violence and strong language. 2008, c2007. (Inspector Banks ; 17)
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School stories
When sixteen-year-old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him,… an unlikely classmate comes to his aid. For senior high readers. 2002.
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Bestsellers (Fiction), Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Historical fiction
AnaIs Barbeau-Lavalette never knew her grandmother Suzanne, an artist who abandoned her husband and children in her youth and never… looked back. This is a fictionalized account of Suzanne's life over 85 years, taking readers through The Great Depression, Québec's Quiet Revolution, women's liberation and the American civil rights movement, offering a portrait of a volatile woman on the margins of history. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2019. 2017. Uniform title: Femme qui fuit.
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General fiction
Le jeune Arnljótur va quitter la maison, son frère jumeau autiste, son vieux père octogénaire, et les paysages crépusculaires de… laves couvertes de lichens. Sa mère a eu un accident de voiture. Mourante dans le tas de ferraille, elle a trouvé la force de téléphoner aux siens et de donner quelques tranquilles recommandations à son fils qui aura écouté sans sen rendre compte les dernières paroles dune mère adorée. Un lien les unissait : le jardin et la serre où elle cultivait une variété rare de Rosa candida à huit pétales. Cest là quArnljótur aura aimé Anna, une amie dun ami, un petit bout de nuit, et laura mise innocemment enceinte. En route pour une ancienne roseraie du continent, avec dans ses bagages deux ou trois boutures de Rosa candida, Arnljótur part sans le savoir à la rencontre dAnna et de sa petite fille, là-bas, dans un autre éden, oublié du monde et gardé par un moine cinéphile... -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Afleggjarinn.
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General fiction, Romance
Livros para Meninas 9-12: Gêmeas é a emocionante história de suspense de Casey, doze anos, que inesperadamente encontra-se cara a… cara com uma nova garota chamada Ali Jackson, a recém-chegada aluna à classe de Casey na escola. Normalmente, seria divertido ter uma nova garota na classe. Mas não desta vez! Quando Casey percebe que Ali é exatamente igual à ela, fica muito impressionada. Para piorar a situação, a paixonite de Casey, um menino chamado Jake Hanley e o garoto mais legal da classe, tem um interesse súbito por Ali, e Casey fica mais irritada do que nunca. "Quem é ela e por que ela tem a minha cara?" Esta é uma das muitas questões que Casey tem em mente, e está determinada a descobrir a resposta. No entanto, ela não está preparada para o resultado. Numa questão de dias, seu mundo, como ela já sabia, é virado de cabeça para baixo e as decisões que ela toma a levam à consequências que fogem ao seu controle. Gêmeas: Livro 1: Trocadas! é um livro fabuloso para garotas de 9 a 12 anos, e certamente se tornará um novo livro favorito. As amizades escolares, as paixões súbitas, o drama, e a emoção combinam-se para criar uma história de suspense e prazer, que você não poderá resistir.
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Poetry
Esquina em Tetuão de Mois Benarroch Livro de poemas publicado pela editora Esquío, dirigida por Julia Uceda Outros livros do… autor disponíveis em português: - 10 poemas (português) (Prêmio Yehuda Amijai 2012) (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch, translated by Pedro Paixao (Sep 27, 2013) - O Ladrão De Memórias (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Cátia A. G. Fernandes (Feb 18, 2015) - Às Portas de Tânger (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Catia A. G. Fernandes (Aug 24, 2015) Leva-me ao mar (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Maria Olinda Reis (Sep 14, 2015) - Lamentações do imigrante / (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and JEAN PIERRE BARAKAT (Sep 14, 2015) - Cachecol Blues / (Portuguese Edition) by Mois Benarroch and Getúlio Maia (Oct 5, 2015)
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General fiction
Raquel Dice (qualcosa di interamente inaspettato). C'é qualcuno dietro di noi che ci dice che da qualche parte esiste un'altra… persona nel mondo che vive una vita parallela alla nostra, che sente le stesse cose, che forse sta facendo le stesse cose in questo momento. Cosa accade, però, quando due linee parallele si incontrano? Succede l'impossibile e ciò che non dovrebbe accadere. Se l'anima gemella esiste e se abbiamo voglia di incontrarla, questo non vuol dire che l'incontro ci facilita la vita o ci dà soluzioni.
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General fiction, Biography
Um escritor judeu-espanhol chega a Madri para um encotnro de hispano-judeus, logo depois da norte do melhor amigo e da… irmã. Em Sevilha, acha um cachecol, que permanece em seu pescoço por 13 dias e, assim como chega, some e se perde em Madri. O cachecol se transforma em uma obsessiva reflexão sobre a perda e a despedida das coisas e das pessoas. O escritor se despede dos mortos, mas também de todas as pessoas de quem não pode se despedir e que nunca poderá. Depede-se dos sonhos. Enquanto isso, vêm a seu encontro judeus-espanhóis que ficaram perdidos por 150 na Amazônia, sobre os quais tinha escrito dez anos antes em um de seus romances. Terá inventado essa realidade? A realidade é fruto do que imaginamos? O romance viaja por vários países, Marrocos, Brasil, Nova York, Israel. E línguas: hebraico, francês, espanhol, português e, principalmente, o jaquetía, o judeu-espanhol do norte do Marrocos, que persevera em continuar uma morta-viva de uma cultura que não existe mais, de palavras e expressões que deixam para trás um mundo perdeu.Um escritor judeu-espanhol chega a Madri para um encotnro de hispano-judeus, logo depois da norte do melhor amigo e da irmã. Em Sevilha, acha um cachecol, que permanece em seu pescoço por 13 dias e, assim como chega, some e se perde em Madri. O cachecol se transforma em uma obsessiva reflexão sobre a perda e a despedida das coisas e das pessoas. O escritor se despede dos mortos, mas também de todas as pessoas de quem não pode se despedir e que nunca poderá. Depede-se dos sonhos. Enquanto vêm a seu encontro judeus-espanhóis que ficaram perdidos por 150 na Amazônia, sobre os quais tinha escrito dez anos antes em um de seus romances. Terá inventado essa realidade? A realidade é fruto do que imaginamos? O romance viaja por vários países, Marrocos, Brasil, Nova York, Israel. E línguas: hebraico, francês, espanhol, português e, principalmente, o jaquetía, o judeu-espanhol do norte do Marrocos, que persevera e
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Multi-cultural fiction
Quando o pai dos Benzimra morre, deixa um testamento no qual anuncia à sua família a existência de um filho… ilegítimo, fruto de uma relação com uma mulher muçulmana em Marrocos. Para receber a herança, a sua família deve fazer todos os possíveis para o encontrar. Empreendem então uma viagem até Tetuão, passando por lugares como Jerusalém, Madrid, Nova Iorque e Paris, à procura desse irmão perdido; uma viagem que os irá confrontar com as suas origens marroquinas, com o seu judaísmo, que os levará a questionarem-se sobre a sua identidade; uma experiência d qual não regressarão os mesmos. Uma obra que põe a descoberto como vive a sociedade israelita em pleno conflito entre sefarditas e ashkenazim, os laços e as tensões entre o mundo árabe e a Europa, entre a cultura do Médio Oriente e a cultura ocidental. Um mundo cheio de complexidades e refinamentos que são frequentemente distorcidos na versão apresentada pelos meios de comunicação. Uma história sobre um mundo pouco conhecido, o dos judeus do norte de Marrocos, repleta de intrigas, pontilhada por rasgos de humor e erotismo, que leva até ao incesto, mas deixando sempre a possibilidade de regresso a casa.
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Biography, Poetry
O livro contém poemas autobiográficos do autor que relatam suas várias vivências e sua experiência de se sentir como um… imigrante em seu próprio país. O livro original foi publicado em novembro de 2011.