Under siege in the harsh African desert. Their only choice: rise up against ruthless renegades... or die. After weeks of suffering from exhaustion and starvation, Jaym and D’Shay, conscripted NorthAm Blenders, have helped dozens of...
Violence
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Author:Koch, HermanSummary:Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy.
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Author:Comeau, JoeySummary:Now in one volume, Lockpick Pornography and its thematic sequel, We all Got it Coming
Lockpick Pornography is a genderqueer adventure story, and We All Got It Coming is about a young couple...
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Author:Manguel, AlbertoSummary:In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. The end of ethnic nationalism -- building...
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Author:Kinch, MichaelSummary:In the year 2069, turning seventeen means mandatory Global Alliance work assignments that range from backbreaking drudgery to deadly canal labor. Trying to survive in a world that's been ravaged by plagues and environmental disasters,...
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Author:Thilliez, FranckSummary:When Detective Lucie Henebelle's friend goes blind after watching an extremely rare and violent film, Lucie realizes she must get to the bottom of it, especially when nearly everyone who comes into contact with the film turns up...
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Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
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Author:L'AMOUR, LouisSummary:In 'Riders of the Dawn', a young gunslinger is changed for the better by a meeting with a beautiful woman. A classic range-war western, this novel features that powerful, romantic, strangely compelling vision of the American...
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Ce roman au ton intimiste propose une réflexion sur l’oubli et la banalisation de l’horreur. Assis à la terrasse d’un café de Cholula, l’antique Cité Sacrée du Mexique, un journaliste écrit un article sur « Hiroshima, soixante ans plus...
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Author:Sontag, SusanSummary:Watching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity--a daily commonplace in our "society of spectacle." But are viewers inured--or incited--to violence by the daily depiction of cruelty and horror? Is the viewer's perception...
- Author:Noël-Maw, MartineSummary:
La paisible ville de Moose Jaw est le théâtre de violentes attaques de la part d'un clown sinistre. En tentant de découvrir qui est le « zozo » qui rôde dans le parc Wakamow Valley, Luc et Chloé, amis inséparables, apprennent le...
- Author:Lambert, KevinSummary:
Les ouvriers et ouvrières de la scierie de Roberval sont en grève. Sous l'apparente cohésion de la lutte, on découvre rapidement les revendications plus personnelles de chacun. Ils partagent toutefois un même désir d'...
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Author:Cole, SusanSummary:Frank, clear-eyed and consistent, this collection of Susan G. Cole's writings bucks the backlash against feminist ideas. With a twist on 'Lesbian Chic,' Madonna and other icons, Cole analyzes the many forms of violence against women....
- Author:Slaughter, KarinSummary:
Andrea Cooper thinks she knows everything about her mother, Laura. But all that changes when an afternoon trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea sees a totally different side of her.
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Author:Ward, LizaSummary:Liza Ward's spellbinding first novel is told from the very different points of view of three narrators mysteriously linked by a shocking crime and their efforts to heal the past. Based on the Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate...
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Author:High, StevenSummary:Over the span of seven years, hundreds of people displaced by mass violence told their stories to the Montreal Life Stories project. From the outset, the project’s organizers sought to develop an alternative model to traditional oral...
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Author:Surani, MoezSummary:From poet-provocateur Moez Surani comes Operations—a book-length poetic inventory of contemporary rhetoric of violence and aggression, as depicted through the evolution of the language used to name the many military operations conducted...
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Author:Schneider, JosephSummary:A body so badly burned that it could be mistaken for a movie prop...except for the smell. That's not something the LAPD finds lying on the street every day. And when Detective Tully Jarsdel is called to the scene, it's clear to him that...
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Author:Connie Guberman, Margie, WolfeSummary:Women and children live in the shadow of violence all the time. Rape, child abuse and sexual assault, pornography, wife battery and sexual harassment are facts of everyday life in our society. In No Safe Place, all of these issues are...
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
In the small town of Castle Rock, strange Leland Gaunt sets up a curio shop called "Needful Things" where people can buy anything they desire -- for a price! Some Violence and strong language
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