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Désirs, vertiges et autres folies
Par Elisabeth Locas. 2012
" Maxime Bousquet, vingt-sept ans, recherche laccomplissement avec un grand A. Dévouée à son travail de reporter, esclave dun téléphone…
qui ne dérougit pas, elle tente de trouver sa voie dans un monde où tous les coups sont permis et où sa blondeur ne lui fait pas que des cadeaux Avec cet horaire impitoyable, Maxime trouve-t-elle du temps pour lamour? Célibataire désillusionnée par la vie de couple et la vie de famille, elle veut plutôt profiter de sa jeunesse et de sa liberté auprès de son meilleur ami Charles et de ses grandes copines Simone, Gaëlle et Alexandra. Et auprès damants de passage, bien sûr. Au moment où Max croit que son existence ne peut pas être plus étourdissante, de troublants revers surviennent. Un big bang progressif qui la force à tout remettre en question. " -- 4e de couvMiranda's vines
Par Kimberly Kafka. 2004
Miranda and Bridie are lifelong, crisis-surviving friends. Miranda is riding the crest of her culinary career, and Bridie is a…
champion dogsled racer. Then disaster strikes both their lives, forcing them into drastic decisions and testing the bonds of their friendship. Strong language. 2004Shipwreck
Par Louis Begley. 2003
Prize-winning American novelist John North recounts his adulterous liaisons with obsessive French journalist Léa Morini. He reveals to a stranger…
in a Parisian cafe how he was confused by his desires and how he struggled to hide this ill-fated affair. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003The spinning man
Par George Harrar. 2003
Philosophy professor Evan Birch's life is thrown in turmoil after he becomes the main suspect in the kidnapping of a…
teenage cheerleader. Even his wife and one of his ten-year-old twins begin to question his innocence. Meanwhile, rumors fly around campus. Some strong language. 2003Scott free: a novel
Par John Gilstrap. 2003
To impress her estranged teenage son, Scott, self-help guru Sherry O'Toole treats him to a week-long Utah ski trip. Avoiding…
his mother, Scott boards a small plane headed for a concert--and crashes in a snowstorm. As Sherry's ex-husband arrives, Scott's fight for survival begins. Strong language and some violence. 2003Making things better: a novel
Par Anita Brookner. 2002
Young Julius Herz fled Nazi Germany to England with his relatives, beginning a self-effacing life of familial obligation. Now retired,…
the reclusive Herz faces each day with anxious regret, longing for fulfillment. He dreams of a cousin he once loved, turns to his ex-wife for companionship, and obsesses over a young neighbor. 2002Lucas
Par Kevin Brooks. 2003
Fifteen-year-old Cait befriends sixteen-year-old Lucas, a drifter on her home island off the English coast. Local bullies are suspicious of…
Lucas and eventually accuse him of rape, setting off a tragic sequence of events. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003Paranoia
Par Joseph Finder. 2004
When Adam Cassidy, a low-level employee of Wyatt Telecommunications, is caught rerouting funds, he receives two options--face embezzlement charges or…
become a spy at Trion Systems, Wyatt's largest competitor. Risking exposure, Adam infiltrates Trion but ultimately finds his loyalties tested. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2004Holy fools
Par Joanne Harris. 2004
Brittany coast, 1610. Five years ago a young, pregnant woman sought refuge in a convent. Now, as Soeur Auguste, she…
meets former lover LeMerle, who is masquerading as spiritual advisor to the new abbess. The manipulating false priest brings evil into the nuns' lives and shatters their peace. 2004Morningside Heights: a novel
Par Cheryl Mendelson. 2003
Tucked into Manhattan's west side, Morningside Heights, home of modest intellectuals, is a middle-class neighborhood threatened by gentrification. Longtime residents…
Charles and Anne Braithwaite and their children may be forced out of their beloved apartment. They contemplate moving to an affordable but lifeless suburb--until some shady business deals come to light. 2003The nominee
Par Brian McGrory. 2002
With his newspaper facing a hostile takeover, Boston investigative reporter Jack Flynn from The Incumbent (BR 13563) postpones a damaging…
story on Massachusetts governor Lance Randolph, nominee for U.S. attorney general, to help publisher Paul Ellis. When Ellis is murdered, Flynn searches for his killer. Violence and strong language. 2002Dead line: a novel
Par Brian McGrory. 2004
Boston Record newspaperman Jack Flynn from The Nominee (BR 15477) gets a lead from the FBI about an unsolved museum…
heist. A prime suspect is the estranged son of Boston's mayor. After a murder Flynn realizes he's involved in a deadly cat and mouse game. Strong language and some violence. 2004Storm warning
Par Jack Higgins. 2000
1944. During World War II, some loyal German expatriates trapped in Brazil plot to return to their homeland on the…
three-masted sailing ship Deutschland. With five nuns also aboard as passengers, captain Eric Berger and his crew attempt an impossible voyage across an ocean dominated by British and American navies. 1976Goodbye, Earl: a Bad Girl Creek novel
Par Jo-Ann Mapson. 2004
Continuation of the lives and loves of four female friends following Along Came Mary (BR 14680). Beryl's Alaska boyfriend abruptly…
disappears; Phoebe contends with willful five-year-old daughter in California; Ness nurses a friend dying of AIDS; and Nance suffers repeated miscarriages. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004The general's daughter
Par Nelson DeMille. 1992
Captain Ann Campbell, the base commander's daughter, is found dead on the Fort Hadley, Georgia, firing range. Army criminal investigator…
Paul Brenner and rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, Brenner's ex-girlfriend, must handle the politically explosive case. They uncover Campbell's shocking secret life. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1992The Christmas thief: A Novel
Par Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark. 2004
During a vacation weekend in Stowe, Vermont, lottery winner Alvirah Meehan and her friend private investigator Regan Reilly become involved…
in the case of a stolen Christmas tree. The tree, designated for Rockefeller Center, connects a scam artist, a swindled waitress, and a sparkling treasure. 2004Something happened
Par Joseph Heller. 1997
Disillusioned with the life he once had such high hopes for, forty-year-old sales executive Bob Slocum tries to come to…
grips with his work and family. In a stream-of-consciousness style, Bob ruminates about his past, present, and future until something unimaginable happens. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 1966Utop: roman
Par Marie-Christine Arbour. 2012
" Nous sommes en 1977. Il est possible de rêver de pays inconnus et de peuples authentiques aux moeurs radicalement…
différentes. Lexotisme vient avec sa part de mystère. À quarante ans, Leucid Roy, un citadin endurci qui travaille dans une boîte de nuit, décide sur un coup de tête de se lancer dans un périple en Équateur, jusque dans la jungle amazonienne. Il cherche le choc qui lui donnera une seconde envolée . Tu es fou , lui dit-on. Mais Leucid veut aller loin, très loin. Il part donc avec un guide et cinq autres voyageurs. Bidonvilles, montagnes majestueuses, jungle incoercible : Leucid nanticipait pas tant de décadence, la beauté côtoyant les pires laideurs. Et en senfonçant dans la jungle, les points de repère tombent, tous se sentent perdus, de plus en plus troublés par les dangers quils affrontent : araignées, serpents, maladies et bien sûr angoisse. Confinés à la hutte dun village, ils dépendent entièrement des Indiens pour survivre. Les sensations sexacerbent, le temps ralentit ; le quotidien est constamment à réinventer. Bien vite, tous malades les uns après les autres, ils seront confrontés à la mort, laquelle dans ce pays, nest que peccadille. Marie-Christine Arbour raconte ici une expérience inspirée de ses propres notes de voyage. Par ailleurs, cest surtout son style qui fait de Utop un roman exceptionnel. " -- 4e de couvThe clock winder
Par Anne Tyler. 1996
Baltimore, 1960. Eccentric elderly widow Pamela Emerson hires college-age drifter Elizabeth Abbott as a live-in helper. Pamela's unstable family, including…
her grown sons, rely increasingly on Elizabeth and absorb her into their bizarre and deadly personal dramas. Some violence. 1972Red tide: A Novel
Par G. M Ford. 2004
Seattle. While disgraced journalist Frank Corso attends ex-lover Meg Dougherty's photo exhibition, a terrorist releases a modified Ebola virus into…
a bus tunnel, killing 116 people. Police, firefighters, and federal officials race for answers. During the chaos Corso infiltrates the scene--and becomes a prime suspect. Violence and strong language. 2004