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
Violence
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Author:King, StephenSummary: - Author:Dussault, SandraSummary:
En passant par cette porte, tu trouveras ce que tu cherches, mais aussi ce que tu n'as jamais cherché… Féroce et irascible comme le carcajou, Lucy Wolvérène, 17 ans, sent la colère bouillir en elle depuis qu'elle a été arrachée à la...
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Author:Cohen, JoshuaSummary:In a school where the football team rules, footballer Kurt and gymnast Danny form an unlikely friendship. When one of the gym team is viciously assaulted by the quarterback and his cronies, Kurt defends him, challenging the stereotypes...
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Author:Laplante, JacquesSummary:La violence a de multiples faces, toutes celles qu'on lui donne selon les soucis de l'heure et les jeunes font toujours partie de ces soucis. Le piège de la violence dans lequel le jeune peut tomber ne dépend pas uniquement de...
- Author:Fontaine, ValérieSummary:
Une fillette vivait seule avec sa mère. Mais voilà que cette dernière tombe amoureuse… et qu'elle fait entrer, sans le savoir, le grand méchant loup dans leur maison. Dès lors, les sourires tombent. Et les hurlements commencent. La...
- Author:Pierrot, EmmanuelleSummary:
Elle croyait qu'ici, à l'autre bout du monde, au confluent de la rivière Klondike et du fleuve Yukon, elle aurait le droit de vivre libre. De coucher avec qui elle veut, d'aimer qui elle veut, à visage découvert et sans honte. Mais...
- Author:Maréchal, MaëlSummary:
Je n'écris pas pour me faire comprendre ; j'écris parce qu'à l'intérieur de moi il y a une petite fille effrayée. J'écris parce que les livres de Nelligan, d'Hébert et d'Agnant brûlent entre mes mains. Parce que je rêve sans...
- Author:Campana, AurélieSummary:
Comment expliquer un attentat dans un cinéma aux États-Unis, dans une mosquée à Québec ou sur une promenade à Nice, en France ? Quelles sont les motivations qui poussent certains individus à commettre des actes aussi odieux que violents...
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Author:Hardcastle, KevinSummary:A feared cage fighter in Mixed Martial Arts, Daniel is closing in on greatness - until an injury derails his career. Out of work in his country hometown, Daniel slips into the underworld, moonlighting as muscle for a childhood-friend-...
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Author:Citra, BeckySummary:Fifteen-year-old Pam is assaulted when she and her twin brother, Danny, are walking home through the woods. Danny is frozen with fear and does nothing; luckily, Pam is rescued by a woman out walking her dog. Pam deals with the trauma by...
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Author:Girard, RenéSummary:René Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus...
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Author:Sitomer, Alan LawrenceSummary:Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.
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Author:Sitomer, Alan LawrenceSummary:Follows an African-American teenager through four years at her inner-city high school.
- Author:Burke, James Lee.Summary:
A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" ( The Denver Post ), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and...
- Author:Waggoner, TimSummary:
This is the novelization of the 2021 American slasher film and the twelfth installment in the Halloween franchise, which stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle reprising their roles from 2018's Halloween.
- Author:O'Neill, JohnSummary:
John O'Neill's gothic short stories, set in the Canadian Rockies, are haunted by the violence inherent in nature and humans. The mountains are majestic and impassive. The characters are surprising, bent, but also empathetic. Their...
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Author:Butler, JudithSummary:"In Frames of War, Judith Butler explores the media's portrayal of state violence, a process integral to the way in which the West wages modern war. This portrayal has saturated our understanding of human life, and has led to...
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Author:Phillips, WendySummary:When Natalie moves to a new high school she befriends 3 unwitting victims into her spider-web of manipulations, lies and deceit. Through the poetry and assignments of an English class we glimpse the world of the 4 teens. Natalie, whose...
- Author:Ahmed, AzamSummary:
A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter- from a global investigative correspondent for The New York...
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Author:Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:In "Evil Eye," we meet Mariana, the young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual. When her husband's brazen first wife visits one night, Mariana learns a terrible secret that could be a harbinger of doom for her marriage and very soul...
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