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The case-book of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford Sherlock Holmes)
By Arthur Conan Doyle. 1928
These are the last 12 stories Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the…
1920's in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in fiction. 1928.The return of Sherlock Holmes (The Oxford Sherlock Holmes)
By Arthur Conan Doyle. 1917
Assumed dead after his terrible encounter with Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes returns to astonish the world by telling the miraculous…
story of his escape and the succeeding years of deception. Together again, Holmes and Watson embark on thirteen further intriguing and dangerous adventures. 1917.Quand j'avais huit ans
By Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton. 2013
See below for English description.Une adaptation du roman à succès Les bas du pensionnat pour les lecteurs débutants! Olemaun a…
huit ans et elle sait beaucoup de choses. Mais elle ne sait pas lire. Faisant fi des avertissements de son père, elle effectue un long voyage pour aller à l'école des étrangers. Au pensionnat, les religieuses lui retirent son nom. Elles rasent ses cheveux et la forcent à faire des tâches ménagères, mais Olemaun demeure imperturbable. Sa ténacité attire l'attention d'une religieuse vêtue d'une longue robe noire, qui tente de briser son esprit à la moindre occasion. Mais Olemaun est plus déterminée que jamais à apprendre à lire. Basé sur la vraie histoire de Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, cet album rend le roman à succès Les bas du pensionnat accessible aux lecteurs plus jeunes. Maintenant, eux aussi peuvent faire la rencontre de cette jeune fille remarquable qui nous rappelle tout le pouvoir que l'on détient quand on sait lire.Bestselling memoir Les bas du pensionnat (Fatty Legs) for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn. The nuns at the school call her Margaret. They cut off her long hair and force her to do menial chores, but she remains undaunted. Her tenacity draws the attention of a black-cloaked nun who tries to break her spirit at every turn. But the young girl is more determined than ever to learn how to read. Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and complemented by stunning illustrations created by Gabrielle Grimard, Quand j'avais huit ans makes the bestselling Les bas du pensionnat accessible to younger readers. Now they, too, can meet this remarkable girl who reminds us what power we hold when we can read. Original title: When I Was EightA minor chorus: A Novel
By Billy-Ray Belcourt. 2022
"An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada's most daring literary talents. An…
unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the novel he yearns to write, an autobiography of his rural hometown, the answers to existential questions about family, love, and happiness. What ensues is a series of conversations, connections, and disconnections that reveals the texture of life in a town literature has left unexplored, where the friction between possibility and constraint provides an insistent background score. Whether he's meeting with an auntie distraught over the imprisonment of her grandson, engaging in rez gossip with his cousin at a pow wow, or lingering in bed with a married man after a hotel room hookup, the narrator makes space for those in his orbit to divulge their private joys and miseries, testing the theory that storytelling can make us feel less lonely. Populated by characters as alive and vast as the boreal forest, and culminating in a breathtaking crescendo, A Minor Chorus is a novel about how deeply entangled the sayable and unsayable can become--and about how ordinary life, when pressed, can produce hauntingly beautiful music."Mécanismes NDN d'adaptation: notes de terrain (Queer)
By Billy-Ray Belcourt. 2022
"Qu'est-ce qui constitue un·e NDN?" Dans ce livre, Billy-Ray Belcourt tourne et retourne cette question en explorant la mort, le…
deuil, la colère, la violence et les affects qui en découlent. Infusé de culture populaire, Mécanismes NDN d'adaptation problématise de manière accessible les notions d'autochtonie et de queeritude pour les greffer à l'"histoire d'horreur canadienne" trop longtemps passée sous silence, tout en déconstruisant le poème et le livre, le temps et le territoire. Parfois formaliste, toujours percutante, l'écriture de Belcourt est un électrochocStoryteller Skye: Teachings from My Ojibway Grandfather
By Lindsay Christina King, Carolyn Frank. 2023
Have you ever wondered why Rabbit has such long ears? Or why Raccoon is wearing a mask? In this collection…
of funny and unique short stories, young Skye enlightens us in a number of Indigenous teachings, passed down to her from her Ojibway Grandfather. Through her natural gift of storytelling, Skye encourages other children to embrace the art and become storytellers, too!  Cannery row
By John Steinbeck. 1945
Cannery Row contains the quaintest crowd of flotsam and jetsam in Monterey Bay, California. Lee Chong, grocer creditor; Dora Flood…
and her girls at the Bear Flag Restaurant; casual labourers with reputations to keep; and Doc, loner and fount of all wisdom, the man for whom everyone wants to do business and who usually ends up paying. Some strong language. Followed by "Sweet Thursday" (DC37147). 1945.This side of paradise
By F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1920
The author's first novel, which catapulted him to fame at the age of 23, relates the life and times of…
a young college man born healthy, wealthy, and extraordinarily good looking. 1920.For whom the bell tolls
By Ernest Hemingway. 1940
The thirty-nine steps (Longmans' structural readers, stage 4)
By John Buchan. 1947
A room with a view (The Abinger edition of E. M. Forster ; v. 3)
By Oliver Stallybrass, E. M Forster. 1908
The love of a young British woman named Lucy Honeychurch for a British expatriate living in Italy is condemned by…
her stuffy, middle-class guardians, who prefer an eligible man of their own choosing. 1908.The thin man
By Dashiell Hammett. 1934
This classic detective story introduces the famous sleuth Nick Charles and his wife Nora. Nick's former client, the rail-thin inventor…
Clyde Miller Wynant, disappears and his secretary is found shot dead in her home. Everyone from Clyde's ex-wife Mimi (now married to Christian Jorgensen, who may or may not be crooked) to a visibly upset armed intruder to, via his lawyer, Clyde himself expects that Nick will take on the case. His denials being of no avail, he gives in to the inevitable and begins investigating. 1972, c1934.Whiteoak heritage (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #5)
By Mazo De la Roche. 1940
Renny returns from the First World War as the new master of Jalna. During his absence both his father and…
stepmother have died and he finds he has a baby stepbrother he has never seen before. He is soon to realise that both the estate and the family are badly in need of being taken in hand: the baby is a spoiled brat and Piers and Eden have made the most of their freedom. Sequel to "Young Renny" (DC31476). Followed by "The Whiteoak brothers" (DC04043). 1940. (Whiteoaks of Jalna ; 5)Good-bye, Mr. Chips
By James Hilton. 1934
The Whiteoak brothers (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #6)
By Mazo De la Roche. 1954
Matriarch Adeline has reached 98 and her grandson, Renny, is head of the Jalna household. This volume deals with the…
family's unfortunate investments in a fake gold mine. Sequel to "Whiteoak heritage" (DC31475). Followed by "Jalna" (DC31470). 1954. (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 6)American Beauty
By Edna Ferber. 1931
The Oakes estate, once the showplace of the Connecticut Valley, is in 1890 a starved and barren land. All that…
remains of the proud Oakes line is Judith, a spinster. Then Ondia Olszak comes to work, a rugged full-blooded Pole with a peasant’s natural love for the land, and together they struggle to save the farm. 1974, c1931.Variable winds at Jalna (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #15)
By Mazo De la Roche. 1955
In this episode of the family saga, Renny's daughter, the young Adeline, plans to marry her Irish lover, much to…
her father's displeasure. Meg and Finch find new loves, and old Nicholas dies, leaving various legacies. Sequel to "Renny's daughter" (DC05527). Followed by "Centenary at Jalna" (DC04620). 1955. (WWhiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 15)Maria Chapdelaine
By Louis Hémon. 1914
Mrs. Dalloway
By Virginia Woolf. 1976
Sister Carrie (American Library)
By Theodore Dreiser, James L. W West, Neda M Westlake. 1981
Now regarded as an American classic, the story of a naive young girl who seeks her fortune in Chicago. She…
stays with her sister and brother-in-law, but seeks an escape from the drabness of their existence. The author portrays her helplessness against the forces that shape her future. 1981.