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By Hélène Sévigny. 1990
" L'homme n'a rien vu venir de la fin de son règne, trop heureux de profiter des joies du moment.…
Qu'eut-il pu vouloir de mieux... ". Hélène Sévigny nous offre enfin la version masculine de son best-seller : L'autre femme. Avec son cynisme habituel et son réalisme implacable, elle nous présente un portrait si ressemblant de la nature humaine qu'elle nous amène dans un monde ou seules la vérité et l'audace prennent place. 1990.By Linda Byler. 2017
Hannah and her family still struggle with the events of The Homestead (DB 88593), but they are settling into life…
in North Dakota when tragedy strikes. As other Amish families decide to return to Lancaster, Hannah and her family face the same decision, even as she is being courted. 2017By Linda Byler. 2017
Teenaged Hannah resents her parents when they leave Lancaster County after losing the farm during the Depression. Settling in North…
Dakota, the family struggles without the support of the Amish community. Hannah seeks help from ranch hand Clay Jenkins and wrestles with her feelings for him. 2017By Ann Turner, Ann Warren Turner, James Ransome. 2015
By Marta Perry. 2012
Thirty-year-old Amish beekeeper Naomi Esch has spent fifteen years raising her siblings, but now that her father is remarrying, she…
must move out. Naomi stays with her brother while watching widower Nathan King's children. After rumors spread, Nathan proposes marriage--but Naomi wants to marry for love. 2012By Lawrence Dorfman. 2011
Bah! Humbug! It's that time of year again. Time to spend too much, drink too much, eat too much, smile…
falsely, dig down deep to try and find "good cheer," battle crowds, try to find parking in over-crowded lots, ignore surly clerks, bartenders, waiters, valets, and parking lot attendants, all in the pursuit of that moment of happiness known throughout the world as--dun, dun, dun: the Holidays. Has there ever been a time more suited to tapping into snark? With commentary, jokes, and quotes regarding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year's; on bad presents, worse in-laws, horrible children, and much more glorious excess. UnratedBy Robert Sullivan, Glenn Wolff. 2013
A father shares his Christmas memories with his daughter in this wry and snow-filled picture book about growing up in…
small town Massachusetts in the late 1950's and early 1960's. For grades 2-4By Carole Boston Weatherford, R. Gregory Christie. 2016
The story in rhyme of Congo Square--the one place that slaves could congregate in New Orleans on Sundays to celebrate…
their heritage by dancing and sharing music together. For grades K-3By Mike Huckabee. 2009
Talk-show host Mike Huckabee--a former presidential candidate, Arkansas governor, and pastor--shares experiences that taught him the true meaning of Christmas,…
emphasizing God, family, love, and hope instead of shopping and presents. Bestseller. 2009By Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason Wright. 2008
Twelve-year-old Eddie is mad that he didn't get a bike for Christmas--only a homemade sweater from his widowed mother. When…
Eddie's mom is killed on their way home from visiting his grandparents, his grandfather tries to teach the grieving boy about life, happiness, and faith. Bestseller. 2008By Lloyd C Douglas, Lloyd C. Douglas. 1999
With the Roman army, Marcellus Gallio is sent to Jerusalem, where he is ordered to put the Galilean Jesus to…
death. After he wins the martyr's robe in a gamble, it begins to have a powerful effect on him. 1969 introduction by Andrew M. Greeley. 1942Three short Christmas tales written in the 1850s. In "The Cricket on the Hearth" and "The Holly-Tree," misunderstandings between lovers…
are cleared up in time to make the holiday cheerful. Similarly, in "The Haunted House," lovers are eventually unitedBy Jack Newcombe. 1991
Eighty-seven old-fashioned and contemporary poems, stories, and essays that celebrate the joys of the Christmas season. In addition to many…
traditional tales such as Hans Christian Andersen's The Fir Tree, O. Henry's Gifts of the Magi, and Clement C. Moore's A Visit from Saint Nicholas, there are stories by Cleveland Amory, Willa Cather, Eugene Field, Arthur C. Clarke, Thomas Hardy, George Plimpton, and Queen VictoriaBy David G. Hartwell, Kathryn D. Cramer. 1987
Collection of seventeen ghost stories dealing with Christmas spirits and ranging from humor to horror. Scary, romantic, comic or vengeful,…
these big and little ghosts have all made an appearance during the Christmas seasonBy Jim Bishop. 1977
A journalist's reverential re-creation of the people, places, institutions, and events associated with the first Christmas. Bishop's evocative retelling is…
based on historical knowledge of the marriage customs, taxation, clothing, food, and other aspects of life around the time of Jesus' birthBy Kit Bakke. 2006
Kit Bakke imagines an exchange of emails with Louisa May Alcott that discuss life and society. She compares the radical…
politics of her youth and career as a nurse with Louisa's progressive beliefs and experiences as a Civil War nurse. Adult. UnratedBy Nicol Mikella. 2023
Après une rupture, la narratrice de Mise en forme voit ses repères lui échapper. Cloîtrée dans sa nouvelle chambre blanche,…
elle s'adonne à une pratique intensive du fitness, sculptant son corps pour reprendre le contrôle de sa vie. Mais les promesses des influenceuses ne l'aident pas à se sentir mieux. L'été suivant, en vacances à New York, elle accusera le choc de deux rencontres déterminantes : celles d'un inconnu hostile et d'un livre, The Red Parts de Maggie Nelson, qui lui feront mesurer ses forces et les dangers qui la guettent, elle et toutes les filles de la rue et du webBy Sonia Maasik, Nathanael West, Jack Solomon, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. 2004
By Ann Clare LeZotte. 2020
1805. Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates…
in a shared sign language. But a scientist determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness decides that she makes the perfect live specimen--and kidnaps her. For grades 4-7. 2020By Abdi Nazemian. 2019
New York City, 1989. Three teens discover their sexuality, romance, AIDS activism, and the revolutionary act of living life to…
the fullest in the face of impossible odds. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2019