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American spy
Par Lauren Wilkinson. 2019
Because of her skin color, Cold War-era FBI agent Marie Mitchell is recruited to join a task force aimed at…
undermining the president of Burkina Faso. Over the next year, her work challenges her beliefs about her identity as a spy, lover, sister, and an American. Some violence and some strong language. 2019The Garden of Eden
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1987
Salvaged from three manuscript versions, this early novel is set in the 1920s in France and Spain. Young and successful…
writer David Bourne is honeymooning with his wife, Catherine. She has her hair cropped as short as a boy's and tells David of her yearning to play sex-role games. David temporarily acquiesces, but trouble begins to brew. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986Blood Lake and other stories
Par James Krusoe. 1997
A collection of eight darkly humorous short stories each revealing a bizarre twist on ordinary events. The title tale opens…
with two men fishing in a leaky boat on a lake of actual blood, so that occasionally they need to dip their lures in anticoagulant. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerMurder at the National Gallery
Par Margaret Truman. 1996
Luther Mason, curator at the National Gallery for more than twenty years, is finally getting the Caravaggio exhibit he has…
dreamed of. But Luther also has other visions--he plans to keep one of the original paintings and substitute a forgery. Some violence. BestsellerThe story of Paul Bunyan
Par Barbara Emberley. 1994
Includes tales of how the mighty lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe cleared the land for planting…
in Kansas and Iowa, and how they dug the Mississippi River. For grades K-3Once upon a galaxy
Par Josepha Sherman. 1994
Forty-two tales of folklore, fantasy, and science fiction. Five categories, each prefaced by an essay, include the fantastic voyage, the…
child who becomes a heroic leader, the hero ignorant of his origins, the quest for a magic item, and the cunning of the trickster. ViolenceHomecoming
Par Belva Plain. 1997
Annette Byrne, eighty-five, has had enough of the estrangement between her two sons and among other family members. She summons…
them all to her home on a wintry December day. Tensions are high, and harsh words begin to flow. Then a near tragedy puts a different light on the day for each of those present. BestsellerHere there be dragons
Par Jane Yolen. 1993
Five poems and eight stories about dragons by Jane Yolen, who precedes each with an introductory note about the piece.…
The collection includes "Why Dragons?" "The Dragon's Boy," "The Making of Dragons," and "Here There Be Dragons." For grades 4-7 and older readersTales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird
Par Vivian Velde. 1995
Humorous reworkings of thirteen folktales by the Brothers Grimm. In "The Granddaughter," Granny and the wolf find Little Red Riding…
Hood so disagreeable they both plot against her. After the oldest Billy Goat Gruff disposes of the troll in "The Bridge," he knocks both brothers into the water out of spite. For grades 3-6A dog's life
Par Peter Mayle. 1995
The author of A Year in Provence (RC 33617) presents the autobiography of the "mutt" Boy, who was abandoned at…
an early age by his mother, mistreated by his master, and eventually adopted by the Mayles. Boy tells how he learned to please and manipulate "the management" and mixes a lighthearted account of his adventures with advice on dealing with the human species. BestsellerHollywood kids: a novel
Par Jackie Collins. 1994
Spoiled offspring of dysfunctional Hollywood families share love and adventure. Jordanna Levitt, a movie producer's daughter, assists handsome, cruel movie-star…
Bobby Rush. Cheryl Landers runs a call-girl service with Grant Lennon, a struggling agent. Then an ex-convict turns on the heat. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. BestsellerThe cat who tailed a thief
Par Lilian Braun. 1997
A rash of petty thievery, newcomers in Pickax, a wedding, and a couple of murders Down Below keep Qwilleran, who…
has bought a condo for the winter, and his cats, KoKo and Yum Yum, busy during the holiday season. BestsellerWhere did Christmas come from?
Par Al Remson. 1996
"G" is for gumshoe
Par Sue Grafton. 1990
Kinsey Millhone has just taken the job of locating Irene Gersh's mother, Agnes, who has not been heard from for…
six months. Then Kinsey learns there is a contract out on her own life. As she pursues Agnes, Kinsey works under the watchful and romantically interested eye of security expert Robert Dietz. Strong language. BestsellerP'tit Loup: mes comptines pour m'endormir (P'tit Loup)
Par Orianne Lallemand. 2022
Six comptines originales à écouter grâce à des puces sonores pour accompagner le rituel du coucher : Ma jolie berceuse,…
Doudou, mon tout doux, Cette nuit, j'ai rêvé, Même pas peur, entre autres.Les comptines de mes 2 ans: livre sonore (Larousse jeunesse)
Par Bérengère Staron. 2021
Cinq comptines à écouter grâce aux puces sonores : Les petits poissons, Dansons la capucine, Mon petit lapin a bien…
du chagrin, C'est la baleine et Un petit pouce qui danse.Écoute et mime les comptines des petits coquins (Mon petit livre sonore)
Par Cécile Hudrisier. 2022
Cinq comptines traditionnelles à découvrir grâce à des puces sonores : Ainsi font, font, font, Pomme de reinette et pomme…
d'api, J'ai cassé la vaisselle à maman, Un petit lapin et Les petits poissons dans l'eau. Chacune est accompagnée d'un jeu de doigts à mimer avec les tout-petits.Mes petites comptines pour faire des câlins et se relaxer (Livres sonores. Grand livre sonore)
Par Isabelle Chauvet, Sejung Kim, Tiago Americo, Emilie Lapeyre. 2021
Mes premières comptines de Noël (Mes premiers livres à écouter)
Par Raphaëlle Michaud, Lysiane Beaulieu, Francis Benoît. 2018
Des comptines illustrées sur le thème de Noël. L'enfant peut écouter un extrait de chacune d'entre elles grâce à l'une…
des huit puces à actionner. Le CD audio contient quatorze comptines.Un concert d'été au clair de lune: une histoire, une chanson
Par Han Han, Hanhan. 2021
Au quatrième étage de l'immeuble où elle vit, Xiaomi aide ses parents à préparer le repas alors que le jour…
se couche et que la Lune ainsi que les étoiles brillent déjà à la fenêtre. Le logement se plonge tout à coup dans la noirceur et la fillette entend ainsi ses voisins se plaindre qu'il y a une panne d'électricité. Même si la vaisselle et les devoirs ne sont pas complétés, son papa propose de prendre l'erhu et l'accordéon et de faire un petit concert au jardin. La douce musique attirera bientôt tous les résidents du bâtiment, qui délaisseront leurs peurs pour profiter dans la bonne humeur d'une danse d'été. [SDM