Based on his own boyhood experiences and the stories his father told, Minifie recounts the perils and pleasures of growing up on the Canadian prairies prior to and during the "dust bowl" period of the 1930's. He later...
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Auteur:Kingsolver, BarbaraSommaire:Twelve stories of hope, joy, and endurance, exploring the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone.
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Stories about Canada and Canadians. Some have appeared only in the "New Yorker," or in other books, but many are virtually unknown even to Mavis Gallant's devoted admirers. Winner of the 1981 Governor General's Award...
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Je suis revenu dans l'Est parce que mon coeur déboussolé avait perdu le nord. Correcteur à la pige dans la trentaine, jeune homme aux angoisses affectives étouffantes et incorrigible romantique, Max est de retour dans le quartier de son...
- Auteur:Enoch, SuzanneSommaire:
The MacTaggert brothers have one task: Find English brides or lose their land! Coll MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, is a big, brawny Highlander who doesn't like being told what to do-not even by his exasperated English mother who...
- Auteur:Medie, Peace AdzoSommaire:
Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding." Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious's...
- Auteur:Orth, StephanSommaire:
An award-winning writer reveals a changing China - one conversation and adventure at a time. When Stephan Orth lands in China, he knows it's his last visit, having lied about his job as a journalist to get into the country. So, he...
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Auteur:Enoch, SuzanneSommaire:In 1812, when rugged English soldier Gabriel Forrester learns he has inherited a Scottish estate, he resists giving up the battlefield--until he meets raven-eyed Fiona Blackstock. But Fiona, like any good Highlander, despises the...
- Auteur:Needham, LindaSommaire:
When Kailey Hewett is called to her ancient foster father's deathbed, she is alarmed to find a huge, menacing figure looming over him. He is Simon de Marchand, the king's sheriff, and he has just sworn to marry Kailey within the hour....
- Auteur:Walsh, JaneSommaire:
Country mouse Lady Honora Banfield arrives in London with one mission: to catch a husband. A perpetual wallflower, she's going to do whatever it takes to win a proposal from London's most eligible bachelor, including teaming...
- Auteur:Walsh, JaneSommaire:
Anne, the Duchess of Hawthorne, is tired of her reputation as the Ice Queen of London society. She resolves to leave behind her cold-hearted marriage to the duke-and to find a woman to keep her warm at night. Perhaps the dashing...
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Auteur:Myers, Beverle GravesSommaire:Venice, 1742: Tito Amato has regained his zest for performing and is once again singing lead roles at the Teatro San Marco. On opening night, the famous castrato has the entire audience entranced-except for one box with its scarlet...
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Auteur:Scott, ScarlettSommaire:He's the Duke of Carlisle, leader of a secret branch of the Home Office charged with keeping the peace amidst great peril and upheaval. By day, he hunts anarchists and murderers with savage intensity. By night, he rules over London's...
- Auteur:Maclean, SarahSommaire:
New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean follows her highly acclaimed Bombshell with Heartbreaker, featuring a fierce, fearless heroine on a mission to steal a duke's secrets ... and his heart. A Tempting ThiefRaised among...
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Auteur:Munro, AliceSommaire:Nine stories draw us immediately into that special place known as Alice Munro territory--a place where an unexpected twist of events or a suddenly recaptured memory can illumine the arc of an entire life. Men and women are subtly...
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Auteur:Berry, WendellSommaire:In the latest installment in Wendell Berry's long story about the citizens of Port William, Kentucky, readers learn of the Coulters' children, of the Feltners and Branches, and how survivors "live right on." "Ignorant boys, killing each...
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Auteur:JACOBS, AnnaSommaire:Lancashire, 1858. Annie Hallam has at last found complete happiness. She has three healthy children and adores her husband Frederick. After years of struggling to make a living in Blisden, Annie knows she deserves to enjoy her life. But...
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Auteur:Dickens, CharlesSommaire:When the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful niece Estella draw orphan Pip into the decayed luxury of their world, he begins to form desires above his station. An unexpected fortune from a mysterious donor grants Pip a chance at...
- Auteur:Cobb, William J.Sommaire:
Goodnight, a fishing town on the Gulf Coast of Texas, is slowly being swallowed by an increasingly lifeless sea. Shrimpers and fishermen, with nothing to catch, watch their vessels rot in the stagnant brine. And then a gigantic sea...
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Auteur:Evaristo, BernardineSommaire:The novel's twelve central characters lead vastly different lives. Amma is an acclaimed playwright whose work explores her Black lesbian identity; her friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's underfunded...
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