Chairman of Fools explores the plight of Farai Chari, a supposedly successful writer, professor and self-acclaimed artist, living in an African culture in which tradition weighs heavy and middle class aspirations are crude. Farai yearns...
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Auteur:Alharthi, Jokha, Booth, MarilynSommaire:In the village of al-Awafi, in Oman, two families are joined by marriage: Mayya, the eldest of three sisters, marries Abdallah, son of a wealthy merchant, after suffering her first heartbreak. Abdallah's passionate love for his...
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Auteur:Traill, Catherine Parr StricklandSommaire:What did you eat for dinner today? Did you make your own cheese? Butcher your own pig? Collect your own eggs? Drink your own home-brewed beer? Shanty bread leavened with hops-yeast, venison and wild rice stew, gingerbread cake with...
- Auteur:Farrow, RonanSommaire:
In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost. In 2017, a routine...
- Auteur:Leamer, LaurenceSommaire:
For years, Capote attempted to write what he believed would have been his magnum opus, Answered PrayersEsquire, the thinly fictionalized lives (and scandals) of his closest female confidantes were laid bare for all to see. The blowback...
- Auteur:Myers, MikeSommaire:
Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic...
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Auteur:Trollope, AnthonySommaire:Trollope examines the Victorian woman and her predicament. "What should a woman do with her life?" asks Alice Vavasor, who vacillates between two suitors, and each woman has her own answer.
- Auteur:Perry, AnneSommaire:
Murders just didn't happen in respectable areas like Callander Square - and yet, there had been two in a short space of time. But Charlotte Pitt was curious. Inspector Pitt's wife had not formed the habit of meddling in her husband's...
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Auteur:Jacobs, AnnaSommaire:Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. Its folk are an independent breed - and in 1827 they are a thorn in the side of the vicious mill owner in the valley below.
- Auteur:Smith, LeeSommaire:
This collection of nine stories, ranging from poignant ballads to delightfully inventive forms, will make you chuckle and leave you with a satisfying sense that no matter how unruly or warped life may seem, equilibrium can be found...
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Auteur:Polak, MoniqueSommaire:In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Daniel is forced to examine his own behavior after the teasing of a classmate gets out of hand.
- Auteur:Plaisted, CarolineSommaire:
Faites la connaissance de Katie, Ellie, Charlie, Jamila et Grace. Elles sont cinq meilleures amies qui viennent tout juste de devenir membre des Brownies. C’est le jour de la pensée, une journée pour se rappeler des Brownies à travers...
- Auteur:Tóibín, ColmSommaire:
Enniscorthy, Irlande, années 1950. Comme de nombreuses jeunes femmes de son âge, Eilis Lacey ne parvient pas à trouver du travail. Par l'entremise d'un prêtre, on lui propose un emploi en Amérique, à Brooklyn. Poussée...
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Auteur:Summers, SheilaSommaire:On a blustery, November morning, a young girl and her mother set off on their annual Thanksgiving week trip to Grandma Shy’s country cottage in the rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It will be a week filled with tender hugs,...
- Auteur:L'Amour, LouisSommaire:
The Last Lawman.. He was all that stood between a small town and the violence of the land: a young ex-rancher who was wearing a badge to feed his family. But Borden Chantry hadn't chosen an easy way to make a living - or to stay...
- Auteur:Creighton, HelenSommaire:
A collection of traditional Nova Scotian folktales, superstitions and home remedies compiled by the Canadian folklorist and author of Bluenose Ghosts. Beginning in 1928, Dr. Helen Creighton traveled across her native Nova Scotia seeking...
- Auteur:Perry, AnneSommaire:
When the body of a boy is found in the filthy sewers of Bluegate Fields, Inspector Pitt is called to investigate. The boy was clearly upper class, so what was he doing in one of London's most dangerous slums? Before his death, the...
- Auteur:Sanderson, Douglas, Norris, J. F.Sommaire:
"It's been a long time now, nearly two years since we met at that party." "Yeah," Tessie said bitterly, "and nearly five years since I was a clever little girl who thought she'd found a way to make a hundred dollars. There was only...
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Auteur:Dickens, CharlesSommaire:Bleak House follows the fortunes and relationships of three characters whose fates are tied to the obscure inheritance case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, which is tied up in endless litigation. While many deserving and undeserving claim the...
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Auteur:Dickens, CharlesSommaire:Bleak House opens in the twilight of foggy London, where fog grips the city most densely in the Court of Chancery. The obscure case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs, the romance of...
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