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Xanadu 3
1995
Editor Yolen describes this third collection of twenty-five stories and eleven poems as an "all-purpose fantasy melange." In "Mollusk Dreams,"…
a woman dreams of a refuge like a snail's shell. "Jo's Hair" relates the adventures of the mane Jo March sold in Little Women. The poem "Swan/Princess" tells of a princess becoming a swan and then a princess again. Some strong languagePersonnages secondaires (La Shop)
Par Jeanne Dompierre. 2023
Lorsque Chrystelle Fournier disparaît un soir de décembre, la vie des femmes qui l’entourent chavire. Ses deux amies d’enfance sont…
hantées par la peur, la culpabilité et les souvenirs douloureux, alors que sa mère se terre derrière un mur de rage et d’amertume. Il y a aussi une serveuse un peu revêche qui préférerait ne jamais avoir été mêlée à tout cela et une jeune journaliste férue d’histoires sordides qui rêve de se faire un nom dans le monde du true crime. Elles réaliseront que la violence est parfois tout près.The Mammoth book of fairy tales
Par Mike Ashley. 1997
Anthology of fifty-six tales. Includes both classic fairy tales and modern fantasies arranged alphabetically by title. Old favorites like "Beauty…
and the Beast," "Jack and the Beanstalk," and "Sleeping Beauty" appear with newer stories by Joan Aiken, Robin McKinley, and Jane Yolen. For junior and senior high and older readersLakestone, tome 1 (Lakestone #1)
Par Sarah Rivens. 2024
Dans la tranquillité trompeuse de la ville d'Ewing aux États-Unis, Iris, confinée à la bibliothèque, est plongée dans ses révisions.…
À des kilomètres de là, un mercenaire affronte le froid tranchant de la nuit, aussi glaciale que le cadavre qu'il vient d'enterrer. Ils n'ont rien en commun, pourtant tous deux ont le même objectif : amasser assez d'argent. Iris, pour payer ses frais de scolarité à l'université, le mercenaire, pour mener à bien sa mission. Mission dont elle est la cible. Désormais, son existence est liée à celle de cet homme, une connexion qui éveille en lui curiosité et désir. Arrachée à la vie qu'elle a toujours connue, la jeune étudiante se retrouve à la merci du mercenaire dont l'impulsivité a forgé la réputation, celui qui a été façonné pour tuer... Celui qu'on appelait LakestoneFamily family: A novel
Par Laurie Frankel. 2024
This program includes an author's note read by the author and a conversation between the author and Audie Award–winning narrator…
Patti Murin. ?"Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don't we ever get that movie?" India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actor. Armed with a stack of index cards (for research/line memorization/make-shift confetti), she goes from awkward sixteen-year-old to Broadway ingenue to TV superhero. Her new movie is a prestige picture about adoption, but its spin is the same old tired story of tragedy. India is an adoptive mom in real life though. She wants everyone to know there's more to her family than pain and regret. So she does something you should never do — she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Soon she's at the center of a media storm, battling accusations from the press and the paparazzi, from protesters on the right and advocates on the left. Her twin ten-year-olds know they need help – and who better to call than family? But that's where it gets really messy because India's not just an adoptive mother... The one thing she knows for sure is what makes a family isn't blood. And it isn't love. No matter how they're formed, the truth about family is this: it's complicated. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & CompanyFaebound: A novel
Par Saara El-Arifi. 2024
Two elven sisters become imprisoned in the intoxicating world of the fae, where danger and love lie in wait. Faebound…
is the first book in an enchanting new trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife . "A romantic fantasy of epic proportions, crackling with magic and passion."—Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree Yeeran was born on the battlefield, has lived on the battlefield, and one day, she knows, she’ll die on the battlefield. As a warrior in the elven army, Yeeran has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as a diviner, seeking prophecies of a better future. When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven Lands, both sisters are forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders. There they encounter the impossible: the fae court. The fae haven’t been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle are thrust into their seductive world, torn among their loyalties to each other, their elven homeland, and their hearts. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains a map and journal from the bookInto the sunken city
Par Dinesh Thiru. 2024
"Steal-your-breath adventure." — Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles Perfect for fans of Fable…
and House of Salt and Sorrows, this spectacular YA fantasy adventure debut is like nothing else, featuring a unique twist on Treasure Island, a magnetic second chance romance, and a thrilling heist where the reward is great—but the risks are even greater. In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rain never stops. For Jin Haldar, this life is nothing new—ever since her father died in a diving accident, she's barely made ends meet for her and her younger sister, Thara. Enter Bhili: a drifter who offers Jin and Thara the score of a lifetime—a massive stash of gold hidden in the sunken ruins of Las Vegas. Jin knows it's too dangerous. She stopped diving after her father's accident. But when her sister decides to go, Jin's left with only one choice: to go with her. A ragtag crew is assembled—including Jin's annoyingly hot ex-boyfriend. From there, a high-stakes heist ensues that's beyond even Jin's wildest fears. Crumbling ruins, sea beasts, corsairs, and a mysterious figure named João Silva all lie in wait. To survive, Jin will have to do what she promised herself she'd never do again: diveRadiant heat
Par Sarah-Jane Collins. 2024
When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman’s hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived . .…
. until she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it. . . . The blaze came out of nowhere one summer afternoon, a wall of fire fed by blustering wind. Yet, somehow, Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen blanket. As flames crackled around her, the bitter char of eucalyptus settled in the back of her throat, each breath more desperate than the last. The wildfire that devastated the Victoria countryside Alison calls home sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to obliterate the carefully constructed life she is living. When Alison emerges from her sheltering place, she spots a soot-covered cherry red car in her driveway, and in it, a dead woman. Alison has never met Simone Arnold in her life . . . or so she thinks. So what is she doing here? As Alison searches for answers across Australia’s scorched bushlands, she soon learns that the fire isn’t the only threat she’s facingThe new naturals
Par Gabriel Bump. 2024
From the Ernest J. Gaines Award-winning author of Everywhere You Don't Belong , a touching, timely novel—called a "tour de…
force" by Kaitlyn Greenidge ( Libertie ) and "wry and astonishing" by Publishers Weekly —about an attempt to found an underground utopia and the interwoven stories of those drawn to it. *Included in Fall Preview & Most-Anticipated Lists: New York Times , Washington Post , The Boston Globe , Vulture.com, ELLE.com, The Millions , and Lit Hub* An abandoned restaurant on a hill off the highway in Western Massachusetts doesn't look like much. But to Rio, a young Black woman bereft after the loss of her newborn child, this hill becomes more than a safe haven—it becomes a place to start over. She convinces her husband to help her construct a society underground, somewhere safe, somewhere everyone can feel loved, wanted, and accepted, where the children learn actual history, where everyone has an equal shot. She locates a Benefactor and soon their utopia begins to take shape. Two unhoused men hear about it and immediately begin their journey by bus from Chicago to get there. A young and disillusioned journalist stumbles upon it and wants in. And a former soccer player, having lost his footing in society, is persuaded to check it out too. But no matter how much these people all yearn for meaning and a sanctuary from the existential dread of life above the surface, what happens if this new society can't actually work? What then? From one of the most exciting new literary voices out there, The New Naturals is fresh and deeply perceptive, capturing the absurdity of life in the 21st century, for readers of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Jennifer Egan's The Candy House . In this remarkable feat of imagination, Bump shows us that, ultimately, it is our love for and connection to each other that will save usAn anthology of nineteen tales by both established writers and newcomers who continue the fantasy adventures of the Witch World.…
The protagonists in these stories include a young man dedicated to revenge, a young woman who learns a revealing secret about herself, a gentle giant beset by giant slayers, and a young woman who denies the existence of magic. For high school and adult readers. Sequel to "Tales of the Witch World 2."Jumeau jumelle (Récit)
Par Marisol Drouin. 2023
C'est un livre qui a été repris tant de fois, qui a déjà compté un millier de pages raturées. Et…
si c'était le dernier ? On y entre dans le temps du livre et dans le temps de la maladie : deux pièges monstrueux. Alors qu'une géante rouge grandit au centre du crâne de son frère, l'autrice tente de contenir les éclats de sa pensée. Son miroir jumeau lui renvoie les souvenirs de l'enfance, tout ce qui en elle a désiré que la vie soit magnifiée, sublimée. Elle n'a de cesse de réécrire encore et encore l'expérience de la peur et de la fragilitéJ'avoue que j'y ai cru: roman
Par Yves Chevrier. 2018
Voué autant par son coeur que par la volonté parentale à une vie de prêtrise, le narrateur décide très jeune…
de suivre la voie de Dieu. C'est la fin des années cinquante, moment charnière où la société québécoise se libéralise, alors que l'Église cherche désespérément à retenir ses ouailles.Revenant sur les années formatrices de sa vie, le narrateur raconte le paradoxe du curé anticlérical qu'il est devenu. Cette chronique toute personnelle prend, sans prétention, les dimensions d'une peinture sociohistorique du Québec et de l'Église au moment où le peuple canadien-français fait le pas vers ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler la modernité.Yves Chevrier offre une perspective unique à ce pan de l'histoire québécoise, donnant à voir cette implosion de l'Église de l'intérieur.J'avoue que j'y ai cru est un roman d'initiation double, celle d'un jeune homme et celle d'un peuple, livré avec fraîcheur et finesseAvec Troubles, nos ombres, Jennifer Bélanger aménage un espace sécuritaire où peuvent s'exprimer librement les personnes LGBTQ2IA+, hors des injonctions…
au bonheur et à la célébration. Ici, les ombres sont invitées à troubler la parole, avec leurs bagages remplis d'enfances difficiles, de traumatismes sociaux, de violences conjugales et de blessures encore vives qu'il importe de nommer pour valoriser nos expériences singulières, plurielles, complexesDes âmes consolées (10-18 #5837)
Par Mary Lawson. 2023
À Solace, dans l'Ontario, Clara, 7 ans, attend le retour de sa soeur tout en espionnant le nouveau voisin, Liam…
Kane. Ce dernier a hérité de la maison d'Elizabeth Orchard, une vieille femme en fin de vie qui cherche à expier une faute commise trente ans auparavant. À peine installé, Liam reçoit la visite de la police qui l'accuse d'un meurtreLes magiciens d'Enkidiev: 1, Anthel
Par Anne Robillard. 2023
Le passeur, un dispositif conçu par Skaïe pour imiter les vortex, est enfin prêt à être mis à l'épreuve. Wellan…
et Sierra se portent donc volontaires pour en faire l'essai. Toutefois, le dispositif est enclenché involontairement et Skaïe est engouffré dans le tourbillon d'énergie en même temps que ses deux amis. Ils atterrissent à Enkidiev, tel que prévu, mais pas du tout à l'époque programmée. Le passeur ayant été abîmé par l'eau, ils doivent chercher un moyen de le réparer tout en demeurant en vie, car Anthel, le magicien d'Emeraude, s'est donné comme mission d'éliminer tous ceux qui possèdent de la magie sur le continent... Combien de temps Wellan résistera-t-il à la tentation de venir en aide à ses ancêtres ?Red rabbit
Par Alex Grecian. 2023
"Impossible to put down." —Kelly Link, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Get In Trouble From bestselling author Alex Grecian comes…
a folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts—and where death is always just around the bend. Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit. On the road to Burden County, they're joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed schoolteacher with nothing left to lose. As their posse grows, so too does the danger. Racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen red stagecoach, they encounter monsters more wicked than witches lurking along the dusty trail. But the crew is determined to get that bounty, or die trying. Written with the devilish cadence of Stephen Graham Jones and the pulse-pounding brutality of Nick Cutter, Red Rabbit is a supernatural adventure of luck and misfortune. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor NightfireThe giant bear: An inuit folktale
Par Jose Angutinngurniq. 2021
One of the most terrifying creatures to be found in traditional Inuit stories is the nanurluk, a massive bear the…
size of an iceberg that lives under the sea ice. Its monstrous size and ice-covered fur make it an almost impenetrable foe. But when a lone hunter spots the breathing hole of the nanurluk on the sea ice near his iglu, he quickly uses his quick thinking and excellent hunting skills to hatch a plan to outsmart the deadly bear. Jose Angutingunrik, a gifted storyteller and respected elder from Kugaaruk, Nunavut, brings to life a story of the great nanurluk that has been told in the Kugaaruk region for generationsAu nom du bien-être: roman
Par Dan Bouga Boukari. 2019
Au nom du bien-être est le récit d'un Africain du sud du Sahara qui retrace toutes les vicissitudes de la…
vie des sociétés africaines. La pauvreté, l'immigration clandestine, la gestion chaotique des pays et les conflits armés paraissent comme les principaux problèmes de son temps. Au nom du bien-être personnel ou collectif, chaque acteur de la vie sociale tente, tant bien que mal, de se tirer d'affaireCode Noir
Par Canisia Lubrin. 2024
Here is groundbreaking, dazzling debut fiction from one of Canada's most exciting and admired writers.Canisia Lubrin's debut fiction is that…
rare work of art—a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure is deceptively simple: it departs from the infamous real-life "Code Noir," a set of historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire. The original Code had fifty-nine articles; Code Noir has fifty-nine linked fictions—vivid, unforgettable, multi-layered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past. Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees. This is a timely, daring, virtuosic book by a young literary star.Mort aux geais !: Capitale du nord, tome 2 (Capitale du Nord #4)
Par Claire Duvivier. 2024
Après les terribles meurtres de la maison De Wautier, le monde d'Amalia Van Esqwill s'est écroulé. Considérés comme les principaux…
suspects, Yonas et elle trouvent refuge dans les tumultueux Faubourgs de la ville. Mais s'ils peuvent se cacher de la garde havenoise, qui les protégera de l'emprise de l'enchantement ? Pour survivre, Amalia devra surmonter sa douleur, dompter ses peurs, s'adapter à la clandestinité... et accepter de confier son destin au jeu de la tour de garde