"One day, not long ago, I was kidnapped by a bitter but fun-loving South Korean art collector named Mr. Jackie Lin who had been burned one too many times by art forgers and wanted a bit of revenge." So begins The Abduction of...
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Auteur: Dixon, SeanSommaire: - Auteur: Grisenthwaite, G. A.Sommaire:
Curious, uncanny tales blending Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style, from an electric voice in Canadian fiction These are stories that are a little bit larger than life, or maybe they really happened. Tales that could be...
- Auteur: Alexandra ZabjekSommaire:
In Canada, a woman is killed by her intimate partner every six days. Alberta has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the country. Starting in the 1970s, Alberta women's shelters have assisted women in crisis. Much more...
- Auteur: Peck, FrancesSommaire:
Wildfire season in the British Columbia Interior. Experienced firefighting pilot Rafe Mackie loses control of his airplane while doing a routine drop and plummets to his death. The investigation that follows unleashes revelations that...
- Auteur: Neil, DanialSommaire:
1963 - Finn Kenny has fled life in Ottawa after being implicated in an RCMP purge of suspected Communist sympathisers and homosexuals. He ends up on Vancouver Island working as a groundskeeper. Theodore Spencer, owner of Spencerwood...
- Auteur: Bellows, CharlotteSommaire:
A stunning memoir of coming of age and recovering from anorexia in the 2020s Charlotte Bellows wrote The Definition of Beautiful between the ages of fifteen and seventeen, in the wake of lockdown and in recovery from anorexia. In the...
- Auteur: Soop, AlexSommaire:
Following the immense success of his debut collection of horror stories, Midnight Storm, Moonless Sky, Blackfoot storyteller Alex Soop once again scares the wits out of readers while uncovering overlooked social anxieties and racism...
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Early in the pandemic, medical personnel were our front lines. What was that like? Through stories, art, and poetry, Canadian health-care workers from across the country recount their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
- Auteur: Ryan, GarrySommaire:
It's July 1948, and peace has been declared in Europe. Sharon Lacey, the formerly fearless fighter pilot, leaves the English home she has known for years and makes her way back to Canada to build a new life. But daily life in...
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This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness;...
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Wisdom River: Meditations on Fly Fishing and Life Midstream is a collection of stories, poetry, photos, art, recipes, and jokes that celebrate the wonders of fly fishing and the wisdom that can be gained from spending time on the river...
- Auteur: Ellis, Joy.Sommaire:
A young woman's body is found in a remote barn on the Fens. Before she was killed, one of her fingers had been cut off. Who is inflicting this violence and why? The young woman in the barn had been kept captive for some time. And the...
- Auteur: Palacio, R. J.Sommaire:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face — who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that...
- Auteur: Chilton, JohnSommaire:
Portrays the famed jazz singer's life and career, recounting her tragic fate stemming from stardom, loneliness, and drug addiction.
- Auteur: Aikenhead, SherriSommaire:
An award-winning journalist recreates the shocking story of the murder of “Bridgewater’s daughter,” Karissa Boudreau, in this riveting work of true crime. On January 29, 2008, just days after a bitter winter storm, Nova Scotians watched...
- Auteur: Edugyan, EsiSommaire:
Jusqu'au xxe siècle, les Noirs sont rarement représentés dans la littérature et l'art des nations occidentales et, quand ils le sont, ils n'apparaissent presque jamais comme des êtres humains à part entière. À l'instar des corps...
- Auteur: Larochelle, SamuelSommaire:
Florent, un garçon de dix ans, surprend une conversation entre ses mamans : devant l'état de la planète, elles se demandent si elles veulent avoir un deuxième enfant. À travers une série de mots impossibles à comprendre, il retient l’...
- Auteur: Gosselin, MathieuSommaire:
Gros gars est l’alter-ego de l’auteur et comédien Mathieu Gosselin, une facette de sa personnalité qui apparaît fréquemment pour l’empêcher d’avancer. Né « deep and delicious, double crème, triple chocolat », Gros gars remet tout au...
- Auteur: Mooney, HarrisonSommaire:
A narrative that amplifies a voice rarely heard - that of the child at the centre of a transracial adoption and a searing account of being raised by religious fundamentalists. Harrison Mooney was born to a West African mother and...
- Auteur: Namian, DahliaSommaire:
Bernés par les prestidigitations des ultrariches, nous regardons ceux-ci, stupéfaits, dilapider les ressources de la planète. Dans son roman Chien blanc, Romain Gary appelle «société de provocation» cet ordre social où l'...
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