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Faraway summer
Par Johanna Hurwitz. 1998
In 1910, orphaned Dossi, twelve, lives with her seamstress sister, Ruthi, in a New York tenement. Ruthi signs Dossi up…
for a Fresh Air Fund vacation on a Vermont farm. Dossi knows the family members are puzzled by her Jewish customs, but she can't understand why the daughter is so unfriendly to her. For grades 5-8Julie's wolf pack (Julie of the Wolves Ser.)
Par Jean George, Wendell Minor. 1997
This sequel to Julie (DB 40306, BR 10116) chronicles six years of the wolf pack family led by Kapu. The…
Eskimos call these wolves "Julie's wolf pack" because of the past connection between Julie and the wolves. Now on their own, the members of the pack face famine and disease. When Kapu is captured for a scientific experiment, Julie intervenes on his behalf. For grades 5-8The music school: short stories
Par John Updike. 1966
An anthology of twenty short stories, nine of them dealing with divorce, in a style that explores stream of consciousness…
and point of view. In the title work, the author ponders life and divorce while waiting for his beloved daughter at her piano lessonThe world out there: becoming part of the lesbian and gay community
Par Michael Ford. 1996
The author presents a young adult's guide to understanding and becoming a part of the gay and lesbian community. Discusses…
dating, sex, music, information sources, and educational opportunities. Offers portraits of gay subcultures in major American cities. For senior high and older readersHow bats see in the dark
Par Malcolm Penny. 1997
Explains how bats, with their poor vision, use echolocation--creating their own sounds and listening for echoes from nearby stationary objects…
and moving insects--to move about safely and hunt for food. Describes physical features, such as sensitive ears and specialized nose shapes, that assist in navigating without eyesight. For grades 3-6Ship of the line
Par C. S Forester. 1938
May 1810. Horatio Hornblower is now in command of his first ship, the HMS Sutherland, but he has one major…
problem--the crew is short by about 250 men. He hires whoever are willing and has them trained well enough to stage five solo raids against the French army and navy along the coast of Spain. Sequel to Beat to Quarters (RC 46120, BR 11555)Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme (L'Histoire immédiate)
Par Hervé Kempf. 2009
"Dans les innombrables débats qui ont accompagné la publication de Comment les riches détruisent la planète, une question fut inlassablement…
posée à l'auteur du livre : que faut-il faire ? C'est pour répondre à cette interpellation et à cette urgence que l'auteur a écrit ce nouvel ouvrage. Il le fait dans le même style à la fois radical et rigoureux. À ses yeux, il est urgent de changer de modèle. Ce n'est pas l'économie de marché en tant que telle qu'il s'agit de dénoncer, mais la forme nouvelle prise aujourd'hui par le capitalisme. Une forme qui, mécaniquement, privilégie le gaspillage, le saccage de la planète, l'inégalité et la consommation ostentatoire. Cette dernière, qui est le fait des plus riches, fixe pour la grande masse des modèles de comportements désastreux. Nul ne peut espérer sauver la planète si une remise en cause drastique de ce système prédateur n'est pas engagée. Face aux périls du moment, l'écologique et le social sont tragiquement liés". -- 4e de couvIn the drink
Par Kate Christensen. 1999
Claudia came to New York to become a reporter, but ended up ghostwriting the books of an aging and aggravating…
society woman. Now deeply in debt and drinking heavily, Claudia realizes she's secretly in love with her friend, William. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999The age of innocence
Par Edith Wharton. 1996
A novel of manners set in New York society in the 1870s, an age of convention, propriety, and tribal solidarity.…
Newland Archer is torn between his attraction to Countess Olenska, a femme fatale, and his security in a bland, but proper, marriage to her cousin May. Pulitzer Prize. 1920La traversée de l'été: roman
Par Truman Capote. 2006
Une histoire d'amour, le temps d'un été, entre Grady, une jeune fille de la haute société qui décide de ne…
pas accompagner ses riches parents en Europe et Clyde, un jeune juif mécanicien, sur fond d'Upper east side et de canicule. Une fois les parents partis, les deux jeunes gens passent des semaines d'amour dans l'appartement, avec vue sur Central Park. Lors d'une visite dans la famille de Clyde, Grady apprend que sa sœur récemment décédée n'avait jamais été à l'école car elle avait le cœur fragile et préférait fréquenter les garages du quartier et exercer ses surprenants talents de mécanicienne. Là le roman bascule. Grady prise dans le vertige de l'amour, au mépris des conséquences, se rebelle comme une petite fille gâtée et épouse Clyde. Confrontée à sa famille L'auteur précipite nos protagonistes d'un coup d'accélérateur impatient du haut du pont de Queensborough à bord d'une décapotable... [...] -- 4e de couvLifted up by angels
Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1997
In this sequel to Angels Watching Over Me (BR 11918), Leah is seventeen, her bone cancer is miraculously in remission,…
and she chooses to spend her summer working in a town near the Amish friends she met at the hospital. Her feelings for Ethan increase, but the reality of their differences is always present. For junior and senior high readersAmerican dreams
Par John Jakes. 1998
Continues the Crown family saga begun in Homeland (BR 09462). Paul, twenty-nine, a well-known photographer, travels the world making news…
documentaries, some of which get him in trouble with the British government. His cousin Carl satisfies a passion for cars and flying, becoming a daring aviator, and cousin Fritzi becomes an actress in Hollywood. Some strong language. BestsellerFrommer's 99 Washington, D.C (Macmillan travel)
Par Elise Ford. 1999
The trial
Par Franz Kafka. 1998
On his thirtieth birthday, Josef K., a conscientious bank official, is arrested in his lodgings on unstated charges. He is…
constantly thwarted in his attempts to clarify his situation even in court. A new translation by Breon Mitchell based on the restored 1914 textHuman voices
Par Penelope Fitzgerald. 1980
BBC employees struggle to keep Broadcasting House in operation during the bombing of London in World War II. Young intern…
Annie Asra, two department directors, and those around them face daily questions of survival but also grapple with workplace dramas and personal crises. Based on Fitzgerald's own wartime experiencesTouch
Par Laurence Pringle. 1999
Describes the sense of touch, how it differs from the other senses, how it works, and why it is important.…
Discusses related phenomena such as goose bumps and phantom limbs. Also examines the sense of touch in a variety of animals. For grades 3-6. 2000Disowned by memory: Wordsworth's poetry of the 1790s
Par David Bromwich. 1998
A critical interpretation of the first decade of Wordsworth's poetry. Combines biography, history, and psychology to provide a context for…
such pieces as "Tintern Abbey" and "The Old Cumberland Beggar." 1998I'm off to Montana for to throw the hoolihan
Par Stephen Bly. 1997
When Pepper married Tap Andrews, their dream was to live quietly on a ranch. Now that Pepper is pregnant, Tap…
is moving them and their eleven-year-old ward, Angelita, to a ranch in Montana. But trouble and bullets seem to follow Tap wherever he goes. Sequel to My Foot's in the Stirrup--My Pony Won't Stand (BR 11682)Attack of the graveyard ghouls (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 11)
Par R. L Stine. 1998
When Spencer Kassimir reads his essay about the graveyard ghouls in the town's cemetery, it gives his teacher an idea.…
The next day the class takes a trip up to the graveyard. Spencer forgets his backpack and returns that night to get it. But it is not Spencer who comes home. For grades 4-7The Amazon papers
Par Beverly Keller. 1996
Fifteen-year-old Iris gets a lot of grief from her aunt and mother for spending too much time on philosophy and…
sports and none on a social life. But when left alone with her cousin's small boys while her mother is on vacation, Iris develops a crush on an older guy that leads to disaster after disaster--including ruining her mother's car. For junior and senior high readers