Moll is born in Newgate prison to a petty thief and is soon left at the mercy of whoever will take her in. From this unfavorable beginning, the lusty, resourceful Moll loves and bargains her way from rags to riches, from prostitution in...
Action and adventure fiction
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Author:Defoe, DanielSummary: - Author:James, EldridgeSummary:
Des cris et des hurlements sortaient de l’intérieur et de l’extérieur de la salle, mais Billy Joe courait déjà aussi vite que ses jambes pouvaient le porter. Puis un autre coup de feu retentit, et il sentit une balle lui déchirer sa...
- Author:Majdalani, CharifSummary:
A young military recruit crosses paths with a compatriot who has dismantled a palace in Tripoli and is transporting it across the continent on a camel caravan.
- Author:Rohan, Richard, Wilson, G. WillowSummary:
Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City-until she's suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! When Kamala...
- Author:Wilson, G. Willow, Rohan, RichardSummary:
Who is the Inventor, and what does he want with the all-new Ms. Marvel and all her friends? Maybe Wolverine can help! Kamala may be fangirling out when her favorite (okay maybe Top Five) Super Hero shows up, but that won't stop her from...
- Author:Hanson, EdSummary:
These traditional reads are brimming with spirited characters and positive values—but with a little extra excitement and bite, so hold on to your hats! Written expressly for the middle grade struggling reader, the series does not...
- Author:Simpson, John, Cummings, RobertSummary:
Sequel to 'The Rent Boy Murders' It’s trouble in paradise for homicide detectives Pat St. James and Hank Capstone. After four years as Pat’s partner, Hank wants to move on from Homicide. Sensing the friendship might be about to implode...
- Author:Chaperon, DanielleSummary:
Travel the world with an intrepid explorer who's adventurous, brave and just a little bit forgetful. She searches for ancient loot but loses her swimsuit! Goes to beautiful places and misplaces three suitcases! From Canada to Nepal to...
- Author:George, Jean CraigheadSummary:
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."-The New York Times Book Review. Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live...
- Author:Rudin, PhyllisSummary:
In this coming-of-age story, Benjie Gabai is convinced he’s been the victim of a terrible cosmic hoax. Instead of being born in the 18th century as a French-Canadian voyageur, God has plunked him down in present-day Montreal, into a...
- Author:Périès, DidierSummary:
Une fois leurs études terminées, deux amies, Erika et Olivia, reviennent à Natagamau, une petite ville autochtone du Nord québécois, où elles ont passé leur enfance. Toutes deux, l’une médecin, l’autre vétérinaire, ont décidé de s’y...
- Author:Dubois, GillesSummary:
Après une vie d’aventures, Nanuktalva, un vieil Inuit, se retire à Timmins, dans le nord de l’Ontario. Il s’y lie d’amitié avec une petite fille de cinq ans, à qui il apprend tout ce qu’il sait sur la vie nordique, ses défis, ses...
- Author:Feagan, RobertSummary:
Napachee is tired of Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories. He is tired of the traditional Inuit hunt and of fighting with his father, who shuns snowmobiles for dog sleds and tents for igloos. When two men from the Edmonton zoo fly in to...
- Author:Thor, BradSummary:
The world’s largest bounty has just been placed upon America’s top spy. His only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth. But for Scot Harvath to accomplish his most dangerous...
- Author:Hobbs, WillSummary:
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in far northern Canada, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on...
- Author:Gutman, DanSummary:
Coke and Pepsi McDonald never asked to be geniuses. They never asked to get lowered into a basket of boiling french fries, frozen in ice cream, or kidnapped on a roller coaster either. But that's what happens when a villain named Archie...
- Author:Martin, Eric JasonSummary:
New Arcadia: Stage One is an epic journey back to the year 199X, an ancient era where you must use your fists, your wits, and your pager to survive. In real life, the year is 2023, and life is not great. John Chambers is a middle-aged...
- Author:Bendis, Brian Michael, Kwitney, AlisaSummary:
Under secret orders to assassinate the Widow, Hawkeye, the rough-edged marksman, finds himself caught up in a violent prison break that releases some of the world's most vicious and powerful criminals. Defying his superiors, Hawkeye...
- Author:Horowitz, AnthonySummary:
As fourteen-year-old telepathic twins struggle to escape the clutches of the Nightrise Corporation, one of them travels through dreams to a time when the evil Old Ones ruled and learns the role that he, his brother, and three other...
- Author:Hugo, VictorSummary:
Hugo's last novel about 1793, the year of the guillotine in France, captures the moment that shaped the destiny not only of France but of all European monarchy.
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