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Parasol Against the Axe: A Novel
Par Helen Oyeyemi. 2024
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ELLE, THE SEATTLE TIMES, LITERARY HUB, THE MILLIONS AND MORE!A tale…
of competitive friendship, elastic storytelling, and the meddling influence of a city called Prague.In Helen Oyeyemi’s joyous new novel, the Czech capital is a living thing—one that can let you in or spit you out.For reasons of her own, Hero Tojosoa accepts an invitation she was half expected to decline, and finds herself in Prague on a bachelorette weekend hosted by her estranged friend, Sofie Cibulkova. Little does she know she’s arrived in a city with a penchant for playing tricks on the unsuspecting. A book Hero has brought with her seems to be warping her mind: the text changes depending on when it’s being read and who’s doing the reading, revealing startling new stories of fictional Praguers past and present. Uninvited companions appear at bachelorette activities and at city landmarks, offering opinions, humor, and even a taste of treachery. When a third woman from Hero and Sofie’s past appears unexpectedly, the tensions between the friends’ different accounts of the past reach a new level.An adventurous, kaleidoscopic novel, Parasol Against the Axe considers the lines between illusion and delusion, fact and interpretation, and weighs the risks of attaching too firmly to the stories of a place, or a person, or a shared history. How much is a tale influenced by its reader, or vice versa? And finally, in a battle between friends, is it better to be the parasol or the axe?The bear and the nightingale: A novel (Winternight Trilogy #1)
Par Katherine Arden. 2017
Katherine Arden’s bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a…
gorgeous voice. "A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up."—Naomi Novik, bestselling author of Uprooted Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil. Then Vasya’s widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Fiercely devout, Vasya’s stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village. But Vasya’s stepmother only grows harsher, determined to remake the village to her liking and to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or a convent. As the village’s defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealed—to protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurse’s most frightening tales. Praise for The Bear and the Nightingale "Arden’s debut novel has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but is darker and more lyrical." — The Washington Post "Vasya [is] a clever, stalwart girl determined to forge her own path in a time when women had few choices." —The Christian Science Monitor "Stunning . . . will enchant readers from the first page. . . . with an irresistible heroine who wants only to be free of the bonds placed on her gender and claim her own fate." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Utterly bewitching . . . a lush narrative . . . an immersive, earthy story of folk magic, faith, and hubris, peopled with vivid, dynamic characters, particularly clever, brave Vasya, who outsmarts men and demons alike to save her family." — Booklist (starred review) "An extraordinary retelling of a very old tale . . . The Bear and the Nightingale is a wonderfully layered novel of family and the harsh wonders of deep winter magic." —Robin HobbThe future
Par Catherine Leroux. 2024
Longlisted for Canada Reads 2023 One of Tor.com 's Can't Miss Speculative Fiction for Fall 2023 Listed in CBC Books…
Fiction to Read in Fall 2023 One of Kirkus Reviews ' Fall 2023 Big Books By Small Presses A Kirkus Review Work of Translated Fiction To Read Now One of CBC Books Best Books of 2023 In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees. In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism—and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance. When a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city's orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can't imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, The Future is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love—togetherAutumn princess, dragon child (Tale of the Shikanoko #2)
Par Lian Hearn. 2016
In book two of Lian Hearn's Tale of Shikanoko series, a self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that…
turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his son to give up his wife to his older brother. A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne. A woman of the Old People seeks five fathers for her five children, who will go on to found the Spider Tribe and direct the fate of the countryLes super six du hockey : N° 4 - Les étoiles du match
Par Kevin Sylvester. 2022
See below for English description.Benny, Jenny, Karl, Stella, DJ et Mo sont transformés lors d’une expérience qui tourne mal, et…
ils deviennent « l’équipe la plus super que le monde ait jamais vue ».Heureusement, car ils doivent affronter des joueurs de hockey tardigrades à plusieurs appendices DANS L’ESPACE! Il se trouve que le dernier des Formatrons n’a pas été détruit lorsque les super six ont combattu le lapin géant et maléfique dans Méchant coup de lapin. Et maintenant, des Formatrons géants et très améliorés qui travaillent pour Richard, un astronaute reconverti en scientifique diabolique, menacent le monde avec un astéroïde qui pourrait tout détruire. Les super six pourront-ils utiliser leurs pouvoirs pour déjouer ces méchants engins? Découvrez-le dans ce quatrième livre de la série rempli d’action et d’humour.Meet six kids a lot like you. Except……Benny, Jenny, Karl, Starlight, DJ and Mo got zapped in an evil plot gone wrong — and became the super-est team the world has ever seen. Lucky thing, because they have to face off against enormous, multi-appendaged, hockey-playing tardigrades IN SPACE! Turns out the last of the Sizematrons was not destroyed in the Six-versus-evil-bunny saga of Hat Tricked. And now very enhanced giant tardigrades working for astronaut-turned-evil-scientist Richard threaten the world with an asteroid that would end it all. Can the Super Six use their hockey superpowers to thwart the baddies? Find out in this fourth action-packed, laugh-a-minute book in the Les super six du hockey series.Original title: Hockey Super Six #4: Shooting StarsD'enfers et d'enfants (Fictions)
Par Larry Tremblay. 2023
Dans cette collection de fictions mettant en scène des femmes et des hommes pris dans des engrenages glaçants, Larry Tremblay…
scrute sans jugement des détresses contemporaines et des abîmes universels. Une écriture au plus près des tremblements souterrains du corpsPaper dragons: The fight for the hidden realm
Par Siobhan McDermott. 2024
A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of the new…
must-read magical series destined to take the world by storm —p erfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, Skandar and Eragon. Let the competition begin! “A new classic fantasy adventure.” — Eoin Colfer, author of the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series An outsider in her village above the cloud sea, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging’s only hope of escape is to win the single invitation to train as a Silhouette: an apprentice to the immortals. After her ill-fated attempt to impress the Silhouette scout leads to a dragon attack on the jade mountain, Zhi Ging is sure that her chances, and her life, are over. But the scout spots her potential and offers her protection and a second chance. She’s in. In her lessons in Hok Woh, the underwater realm of the immortals, Zhi Ging must face the challenging trials set by her teachers to prove that she’s worthy of being a Silhouette—despite her rivals' attempts to sabotage her. But as Zhi Ging’s power grows, so do the rumours of the return of the Fui Gwai, an evil spirit that turns people into grey-eyed thralls. When the impossible happens and the Fui Gwai attack the Silhouettes, can Zhi Ging use her newly uncovered talents to save her friends and the world beyond? Or will the grey-eyed spirit consume them all? “A soaring, luminous new world." —Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of The Nevermoor seriesOld flames and new fortunes (Moonville #1)
Par Sarah Hogle. 2024
Fibs and squabbles and spells . . . oh my! A small, magical town tucked away in rural Ohio, Moonville…
is the perfect place for floral witch Romina Tempest to use the language of flowers to help the hopeful manifest love in their lives. After giving up on her own big romance eleven years ago, at least she can bask in others' happily ever afters. When the shop’s potential financier shares news of his wedding, Romina jumps at the opportunity to discuss the business . . . even if it means she has to fake-date her chaotic colleague Trevor to get an invitation. But all hell breaks loose when she discovers Trevor’s soon-to-be stepbrother is none other than Alex King: her high school sweetheart. Her greatest love. The boy who broke her heart. What starts as an innocent misunderstanding becomes a weeklong fake-dating scheme, as Romina quickly finds out she can’t deny her connection with Alex. Caught between her livelihood and her heart, Romina must decide if taking a second chance on first love is worth the riskSombre chaos: 1
Par Jennifer Pelletier. 2023
La Terre s'est purgée en reprenant le territoire qui lui est dû. Si plusieurs continents sont noyés, en cendres ou…
toujours coincés dans des brasiers infernaux, les habitants de Shaeganna, eux, ont construit une véritable forteresse à l'abri des dangers de dame Nature. Un lieu paisible en surface, mais pourri de l'intérieur. Louanie vit comme une recluse à l'extérieur de ce royaume; ce n'est pas par choix, mais par obligation. Vendue par ses parents à un retraité mythomane, elle ne peut que se soumettre à lui. Qui aurait pensé que de souffrir toutes ces années aux mains de ce mari sadique lui ouvrirait les portes de cette cité tant convoitée ? Bernée par la croyance que cette nouvelle vie serait digne d'un rêve, vu l'opulence qui y règne, Lou était loin de s'imaginer que de porter l'uniforme d'une Shae lui coûterait tout, même son identité... Elle comprend alors qu'elle a quitté un monstre pour un autre, sans pitié. Là où la torture est une tradition, naître femme est une abominationTodora: 2, La fleur du palais
Par Chanty Richer. 2022
Ititaouy, Égypte antique 1962 av. J.-C. La terre de Kemet est en deuil alors que le pharaon est assassiné pendant…
l'absence de ses fils. Pour sauver ses amis prisonniers, Todora doit user de stratagèmes pour entrer au palais. Mais le nouveau roi Sésostris doit d'abord écraser une révolte fomentée par ses demi-frères qui refusent d'accepter son droit à la succession. Entre les murs du harem familial, d'autres dangers guettent... La musicienne pourra-t-elle se fier à la reine Néférou pendant que son allié affronte les rebelles par-delà les montagnes désertiques ? Un récit d'aventures dans lequel s'entremêlent complots, magie, séduction et trahisonLa sainte paix (Noir)
Par André Marois. 2023
Jacqueline et Madeleine vivent de part et d'autre de la Mastigouche. Depuis que leurs maris sont morts, elles se contentent…
de se saluer de loin sans jamais se parler. C'est un arrangement qui leur convient : chacune profite de son petit coin de paradis sans être embêtée par l'autre. Alors, quand Madeleine traverse la rivière un jour pour lui annoncer qu'elle a l'intention de vendre sa maison, Jacqueline voit son monde s'écrouler. Catastrophe ! Un nouveau propriétaire s'incrustera dans le paysage, avec sa marmaille, ses fêtes, ou pire, ses locations de courte durée... Non, pas question !Les chroniques de Nicci: 4, Coeur de glace noire
Par Terry Goodkind. 2016
Alors que le général Utros et son armée sèment la terreur à Ildakar, Lila rejoint Bannon, prisonnier de Calvaire, le…
roi des Norukai. Ensemble, ils découvrent le plan dévastateur des esclavagistes qui veulent lancer la plus grande armada de l'histoire sur les citésTattered huntress (Thrill of the Hunt #1)
Par Helen Harper. 2024
Sure, I might be a low elf. But that doesn't mean I won't get up to high jinks. Daisy Carter…
knows she's not anyone special. She might be brave and resourceful. She might possess a touch more magic than your average low elf. But, when it comes down to it, she's just another delivery driver trying to make a living. Admittedly, life would be easier without her addiction to a dangerous drug called spider's silk-but she's got her reasons for that. Nobody's perfect. However, Daisy's world changes when she crosses paths with Hugo Pemberville, the celebrated high elf who's well known for being an accomplished treasure hunter. He's also an arrogant idiot who deliberately destroys Daisy's life. Before she knows it, she's thrust into a treasure hunting adventure that she could never have dreamed of. Daisy is determined to succeed, even if only to show Hugo that he's not as good as he thinks he is. But treasure hunting is more difficult and more dangerous than she'd expected. And Hugo is more annoying, more skilled-and, damn him, more alluring as wellLa colline du dernier adieu: roman
Par Marion Zimmer Bradley. 2016
Des siècles avant la naissance du roi Arthur et la venue des dames du Lac dans l'île d'Avalon, au temps…
de la conquête de la Grande-Bretagne par Rome, Elane, fille de druide, aime d'un amour interdit un jeune RomainThe coven (Coven of Bones #1)
Par Harper L Woods. 2023
Raised to be my father's weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do…
anything to protect my younger brother from suffering the same fate. My duty forces me to the secret town of Crystal Hollow and the prestigious Hollow's Grove University—where the best and brightest of my kind learn to practice their magic free from human judgment. There are no whispered words here. No condemnation for the blood that flows through my veins. The only animosity I face comes from the beautiful and infuriating Headmaster, Alaric Grayson Thorne, a man who despises me just as much as I loathe him and everything he stands for. But that doesn't mean secrets don't threaten to tear the school in two. No one talks about the bloody massacre that forced it to close decades prior, only the opportunity it can afford to those fortunate enough to attend. Because for the first time in fifty years, the Coven will open its wards to the Thirteen: thirteen promising students destined to change the world. If the ghosts of Hollow's Groves' victims don't kill them first... The Coven is book one in the Coven of Bones series and ends on a cliffhanger. This is a gothic, dark-academia, paranormal romance and includes elements that may be triggering to some listenersNoir Montréal
2023
A crown this cold and heavy (Kingdom of Lies #3)
Par Stacia Stark. 2024
Surrounded by enemies, I've never been further from my crown... Or closer to death. Amidst a betrayal we couldn't have…
anticipated, I'll do whatever it takes to find my way back to Lorian—before his fury lays waste to this continent. Alliances are being forged and broken, our enemies are unifying, and Regner's spiders are closer than ever before. We have only one chance to prevent him from attaining god-like powers and enslaving every human, fae, and hybrid across the four kingdoms. Meanwhile, the human king believes I'm trapped here, yearning for my death, and waiting for Lorian to save me. But Regner hasn't yet realized that I'll stop at nothing to free my people. And he's the one who should be afraid of meA kilt for christmas (Enchanted Highlands #3)
Par Tricia O'Malley. 2023
Legend has it that wishes made at the standing stones during Christmas come true. As if. Maisie Barron is over…
it. A small-town girl with big dreams, her frustrations lead her to make a silly wish at the standing stones outside Loren Brae. Little does she know, the magick found there will transform her wish into a catastrophic event that threatens the upcoming Christmas Book Festival. Weston Smith needs a break. Burnt out from his tenure-track professorship, he decides that a holiday in little Loren Brae, Scotland, will be the perfect escape he needs to recharge his batteries. The last thing he expects is to find the woman he's been waiting his whole life for. With the over-zealous help of a gaggle of elderly book club members, West finds himself on a real-life mission to woo the woman of his dreams. There's more than magic at play when sparks ignite. Snowed in, with an undeniable attraction brewing, only West and Maisie can save Loren Brae from the snowstorm of the century. Author's note: a handsome American takes on a lonely Scotswoman in this stand-alone, small-town, Scottish romance. Wicked banter, a highland ghost coo, and dogs dressed in kilts make this magical Christmas story the perfect happily-ever-afterLa frugalité du temps (GF #112e)
Par Sylvie Bérard. 2023
Nos banques de données généalogiques parmi les plus complètes et sophistiquées sur le marché nous permettent de vous offrir une…
expérience immersive dans votre histoire familiale. Voyez vos ancêtres s'animer devant vous. Observez comment ils vivaient. Interagissez avec eux... Passionnée de généalogie, Annick Paradis est intriguée par cette publicité aperçue sur l'un des sites de recherche qu'elle fréquente assidûment et elle décide de tenter l'expérience. Or, ces séances sont si stimulantes que, à chacun de ses retours, Annick trouve de plus en plus ennuyeux son emploi, de plus en plus distante sa compagne. Et que penser de ces pertes de mémoire qui l'accablent ?L'élu: roman (Fiction)
Par Catherine Perreault. 2023
L'élu, c'est Éli, fils d'Isabelle. Avec le cœur qui menace d'imploser, cette dernière nous entraine dans ses nombreux deuils, à…
la poursuite du fils qu'elle perd entre un hôpital et un centre d'hébergement où il devra désormais vivre. Il n'est pas tout à fait comme les autres et son histoire se déplie à travers les mots que sa mère lui adresse avec entêtement, en sachant qu'il ne pourra jamais les lire ni les comprendre. Éli est autiste, et sa mère, une femme qui lutte sur tous les fronts avec rage et abnégation, mais surtout, avec un amour qui transcende tout