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The beauty of humanity movement
Par Camilla Gibb. 2010
Maggie, Vietnamese but living in the States, has returned to her country of origin in search of clues to her…
dissident father's disappearance. The aroma of noodles leads her to a makeshift pho stall, owned by Old Man Hung, who has survived decades of poverty and political upheaval. Hung once had a shop that served as a meeting place for dissident artists, and he may hold the key to both her past and her future. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2010.The beginning and the end
Par Najib Mahfuz. 1989
A wife and her four children face the death of their husband and father and the economic hardships that will…
come to afflict their comfortable middle-class existence. At first these adjustments are somewhat comic, as schoolroom problems and adolescent love arise, but ultimately desperation threatens the hopes of each of the characters, who are all swept into the tragic downward spiral of fate. 1989. Uniform title: Bidayah wa-nihayah.The basketball player: and 3 more stories
Par Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier, Sheldon Cohen, Gilles Pelletier. 1996
Roch is sent to a boarding school; he's named to the basketball team on the first day, even though he's…
never played basketball in his life! Grades K-3. 1996. Taped with: The longest home run. A strange girl shows up to play baseball and hits a home run through the window of Sergeant Bouton; but Adeline is no ordinary girl -- she is a magician! Grades K-3. 1993. Taped with: The boxing champion. When spring melts the ice in Ste. Justine, boxing season begins in the Cote's summer kitchen. Young Roch is not much of a fighter, but spends the winter building up his muscles for next spring's matches. Grades K-3. 1991. Taped with: A happy New Year's day. New Year's Day 1941 is a special day for a young boy in the little village of Sainte-Justine, Quebec. Grades K-3. 1991. Uniform title: Joueur de basket-ball.The beach house
Par James Patterson, Peter De Jonge. 2002
Jack Mullen's life is working out perfectly, until his father greets him with the news that his brother, Peter, is…
dead. The police believe Peter committed suicide but Jack senses a darker dangerous truth and is determined to bring a killer to justice. 2002.The baby project
Par Sarah Ellis. 1986
Eleven-year-old Jessica and her family are not prepared for the changes a new baby makes in their lives. Then tragedy…
strikes and the family must find new strengths. Grades 4-7. 1986.The angel of Zin
Par Clifford Irving. 1984
The Gestapo sends Captain Paul Bach to investigate the murders of two prisoners and a Polish lieutenant at an SS…
camp. Bach begins to realize that he is a guilty party to the policy of extermination. Some strong language. 1984.The autumn of the patriarch
Par Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa. 1976
The Nobel Prize-winning author presents a many-layered, surrealistic, and subtly humorous description of the barbarism, squalor, and corruption surrounding the…
rule of a Latin American dictator. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1977. Uniform title: Otoño del patriarca.The angels weep (Ballantyne novels ; #3)
Par Wilbur A Smith. 1982
An exciting story of action, adventure and romance. Set in Rhodesia the novel's characters, both black and white, play out…
their parts in a turmoil of action during which the seeds of hatred and future tragedy are sown. Sequel to "Men of men" (DC29828). Followed by "The leopard hunts in darkness" (DC10169). 1982. (Ballantyne novels ; 3)The assault
Par Harry Mulisch, Claire Nicolas White. 1985
In the last months of the German occupation of Holland, a Dutch collaborator is shot in the street where Anton…
Steenwijk's family lives. The body is moved to their doorstep and, in retribution, their house is destroyed by German troops, Anton's parents are taken away and his brother chased and killed. Why did someone move the body and cause the destruction of his family? 1985.The ash garden: a novel
Par Dennis Bock. 2001
One of 25 Hiroshima Maidens relocated from post-war Japan to America for corrective plastic surgery, Emiko remains in the U.S.…
as a student, then as a filmmaker. Anton is a German scientist who worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, and who married a part-Jewish survivor and refugee. When they meet during the filming of Emiko's documentary, the reverberations caused by the explosion of the bomb are explored, and the true implications of their involvement in that moment are revealed. 2001.Terrasse à Rome
Par Pascal Quignard. 2000
Au 17e siècle, un fiancé jaloux défigure l'amant de sa belle, un graveur, en lui jetant au visage de l'eau-forte.…
S'ensuit, en 47 "gravures", une histoire grave faite de non-dits et de clairs-obscurs propres à envouter le lecteur. Prix de l'Académie française, 2000.Testament à l'anglaise
Par Jonathan Coe, Jean Pavans. 1995
Michael Owen, un jeune homme dépressif et agoraphobe, a été chargé par la vieille Tabitha Winshaw d'écrire la chronique de…
l'illustre famille Winshaw. Il va découvrir des vices et des méfaits d'une ampleur insoupçonnée. Par une nuit d'orage, alors que tous sont réunis au manoir de Winshaw Towers, la vérité éclatera. Descriptions régulières de violence et quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 1997, c1995. Titre uniforme: What a carve up!.Tell him you're married: short stories
Par Stanley Wm Rogal. 2002
A collection of linked short stories in which an un-named narrator witnesses the day-to-day events that make up relationships. In…
"Hardline," a father and his children don't get along. In "Friends," a group of people play a dangerous drinking game. Some strong language. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.The alley cat: a novel
Par Yves Beauchemin. 1986
This novel, set in Montreal in the 1970s, recounts the struggle of Florent Boissonneault against the wicked and powerful Egon…
Ratablavasky who backs Florent's purchase of a restaurant and then steals it from him. 1986. Uniform title: Matou.The alphabet sisters
Par Monica McInerney. 2004
Anna, Bett and Carrie Quinlan were childhood singing stars, The Alphabet Sisters. As adults they haven't spoken for years, ever…
since Bett's fiancé left her for another sister. Now Lola, their larger-than-life grandmother, summons them home for her 80th birthday extravaganza and a surprise announcement - she wants them to revive their singing careers and stage a musical she has written. Rehearsals get underway, and family secrets begin to be shared and revealed. But just as the rifts begin to close, The Alphabet Sisters face a test they never imagined. 2004.The all of it
Par Jeannette Haien. 1986
Kevin and Enda escaped from their mad father and found refuge in a tiny Irish village where they lived as…
man and wife. Fifty years later, Kevin's death impels Enda to confess to Father Declan, a world-weary priest. 1986.The alchemist
Par Paulo Coelho, Alan R Clarke. 1998
The story of an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a treasure. He journeys to the…
markets of Tangiers and into the Egyptian desert where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him. This story teaches us about the wisdom of listening to our hearts, reading the omens along life's path and following our dreams. Bestseller. 1998. Uniform title: Alquimista.Territorial rights
Par Muriel Spark. 1979
In this comedic-farce, Robert, escaping from a complicated affair, runs to Venice in the hope of simplifying his life. In…
Venice, he finds that nothing is the way it seems, even the pensione has a body buried in the garden. 1979.Seul dans le noir
Par Paul Auster. 2009
Un veuf septuagénaire insomniaque s'invente une histoire angoissante qui ne doit se terminer que par sa propre mort. Beaucoup de…
langage grossier, quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, et descriptions explicites de violence. 2009. Titre uniforme: Man in the dark.Serpentine: [nouvelles] (L'ombre de Bragelonne)
Par Mélanie Fazi. 2008
Une aire d'autoroute qui devient un refuge à la nuit tombée. Une ligne de métro où l'on fait d'étranges rencontres.…
Un restaurant grec dont la patronne se nomme Circé. Une maison italienne où deux enfants croisent un esprit familier. Tels sont les décors du quotidien où prennent racine ces dix histoires. 2008.