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Chroniques du dimanche: 3
Par Stéphane Laporte. 2006
"[...] L'auteur propose dans ce troisième tome une autre sélection de ses meilleures chroniques dominicales publiées dans le quotidien La…
Presse entre 1996 et 2006. Avec sa plume toujours aussi mordante, Stéphane Laporte nous invite dans un univers où il est question d'actualité, de sport, de politique, de vie quotidienne et de souvenirs d'enfance. Ses textes, teintés d'humour et souvent touchants, inspirent la réflexion sur une foule de sujets. [...]" -- 4e de couvLion Boy: 2], Les fugitifs (Wiz)
Par Zizou Corder. 2005
En route pour Venise avec six lions échappés d'un cirque, Charlie est à la recherche de ses parents, deux scientifiques…
qui ont été enlevés. Il espère les retrouver dans la cité des Doges, et les lions qu'il a délivrés sont prêts à l'aider. Cependant, eux aussi ont leur quête à mener : ils veulent rentrer chez eux, en Afrique... Embarqués dans l'Orient-Express, les fugitifs rencontrent le roi Boris de Bulgarie et son intendant. Le roi leur offre l'hospitalité dans son palais vénitien. Mais Charlie, traqué de toutes parts, peut-il faire confiance à ses nouveaux amis ? -- 4e de couvLion boy: 3], La poursuite (Wiz)
Par Zizou Corder. 2006
Charlie Ashanti retrouve enfin ses parents au Maroc. Mais son vieil ennemi, Maccomo, le dresseur de lions, a soif de…
vengeance. Et la diabolique Corporation poursuit toujours Charlie et les siens. Leur but : s'emparer du vaccin contre l'asthme mis au point par les Ashanti. Au détour d'une ruelle d'Essaouira, Charlie est kidnappé et embarqué de force à bord d'un navire vers une destination inconnue. Ses amis, très inquiets, engagent une course-poursuite : il faut le sauver au plus vite. Car pour l'instant, Charlie est seul contre Maccomo. Et la Corporation n'est pas très loin... -- 4e de couvOfficer Friendly and other stories
Par Lewis Robinson. 2003
Eleven short stories set primarily in the seaside town of Point Allison, Maine. In "The Diver," a yuppie boater is…
challenged by a knife-wielding local hired to free the boat's propeller. In the title story, the arresting officer of two teenage hoodlums has a heart attack. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2003The scent of spiced oranges and other stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery Ser.)
Par Les Roberts. 2002
Ten stories of mystery and surprise. In "Little Cat Feet," felines help a private investigator solve his case. In the…
title work, a married man on a lonely stretch of highway acts in response to his infatuation with another driver. Violence and some strong language. 2002You are not a stranger here
Par Adam Haslett. 2002
Nine short stories involving characters who are mentally ill and their families. In "Notes to My Biographer," a depressed old…
man visits his homosexual son. "My Father's Business" details a psychiatrist's attempts to treat a reluctant patient. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2002Drinking coffee elsewhere
Par Zz Packer. 2003
Eight short stories featuring African American women facing a variety of challenges. In "Geese," a young Baltimore woman travels to…
Japan in hopes of making a fortune. The title story features a Yale freshman who isolates herself until a white girl, also a misfit, comes to her for help. Strong language. 2003The captain's wife: a novel
Par Douglas Kelley. 2001
In 1856, the captain of the clipper ship Neptune's Car falls ill at sea, leaving his pregnant young wife to…
command the vessel and its mutinous crew as they round treacherous Cape Horn. Kelley's novel is based on the true story of Joshua and Mary Patten. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001A hot and sultry night for crime
Par Jeffery Deaver. 2003
Twenty original short mysteries feature passion, murder, and heat from members of Mystery Writers of America, including Loren D. Estleman…
and John Lutz. An award-winning suspense writer edits the collection and prefaces each selection with an author profile. Some violence. 2003Entre le chaos et l'insignifiance: histoires médicales (Étoiles variables)
Par Jean Désy. 2009
"Dans Entre le chaos et l'insignifiance se côtoient l'extrême misère d'Haïti et celle de l'Afrique aussi bien que la belle…
utopie d'Hygiksvall en Scandinavie, où tous les citoyens sont médecins. Ces histoires médicales sont plus que des histoires. Ce sont des questionnements profonds sur l'humain et sur les forces du bien et du mal qui le traversent de part en part..." -- 4e de couvFinding our way: stories
Par René Saldaña. 2003
Short stories featuring Hispanic teens. In "The Good Samaritan," Rey's wealthy neighbor constantly breaks promises, and Rey has to decide…
whether to continue helping him. In "Finding Our Way," teenage boys deal with the death of one of their friends. For junior and senior high readers. 2003The king in the tree: three novellas
Par Steven Millhauser. 2003
Three novellas centering on illicit love. In the title piece, the king's counselor deplores the queen's affair but doesn't tell…
her husband. In Revenge a widow remembers her husband's infidelities and wants to punish his mistress. In An Adventure of Don Juan, the Spanish rake discovers unrequited love in England. Strong language. 2003The best mysteries of Mary Roberts Rinehart: Four Complete Novels By America's First Lady Of Mystery
Par Mary Roberts Rinehart. 2002
Collection of four classic mystery tales by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) written in the early twentieth century. Includes The Circular…
Staircase, The Man in Lower Ten, The Window at the White Cat, and The Buckled Bag. 2002The big sky: a novel
Par A. B Guthrie. 2002
1830s. Seventeen-year-old Boone Caudill leaves Kentucky and heads west after trying to kill his strict father. Traveling the Missouri River…
to the Rockies, Boone joins other mountain men, takes a native wife, and becomes as harsh as the wilderness. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Some violence and some strong language. 1947In this companion to Fishing for Chickens: Short Stories about Rural Youth (BR 14274), fourteen scenarios describe growing up in…
a big city. In "Alone and All Together," two Arab American sisters experience the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2002An unthymely death and other garden mysteries (China Bayles Mystery #12)
Par Susan Wittig Albert. 2003
China Bayles has settled into the quaint town of Pecan Springs, fallen in love with a former detective and opened…
an herb shop, all the while solving more than her share of mysteries. Interspersed in this collection of then puzzling cases are wonderful herbal tidbitsFifteen stories set in California during the 1850s Gold Rush. Archetypal characters--gold-fevered pioneers, gamblers, preachers, drunkards, cattle-robbers, and iron-willed women--experience…
twists of fortune and the realities of frontier life. Reuben H. Margolin introduces the collection, which spans the career of this author, poet, and literary critic. 1997The year of the hangman
Par Gary L Blackwood. 2002
Unruly fifteen-year-old Creighton Brown, banished from England in 1777, goes to live with his uncle in the American colonies, then…
nearly defeated by British forces. Abducted by patriot rebels en route to Florida, Creighton is taken to New Orleans, where he soon has to choose sides. For junior and senior high readers. 2002I, Richard
Par Elizabeth George. 2002
Five short stories of mystery and suspense. In "The Surprise of His Life," a wealthy middle-aged man decides to murder…
his trophy wife. In the title piece, a schoolteacher hopes to clear King Richard III's name by stealing a medieval letter from his friend's estate. Some strong language. 2002Le cavalier du Baïkal: roman (Romans, Nouvelles, Recits (domaine Francais) Ser. #Vol. 6062400)
Par Bernard Clavel. 2000
Avec ce talent de conteur qui lui est propre, Clavel nous entraîne sur les traces de Sadko, ce cavalier du…
Baïkal, aux temps où Jules César menait la guerre des Gaules