Service Alert
Entretien du site web le 24 avril à 22h HAE
Le site web sera indisponible le 24 avril à 22h HAE pour 15 minutes en raison de travail d'entretien prévu.
Le site web sera indisponible le 24 avril à 22h HAE pour 15 minutes en raison de travail d'entretien prévu.
Articles 1 à 20 sur 19486
Par Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.Par Kingsley Amis. 1990
Mild-mannered Harry Caldecote, a retired librarian, is determined to protect his time and privacy, but his sense of responsibility for…
an assortment of extended family members and friends leads to a life of adventure. Some strong language. 1990.Par C. S Richardson. 2007
Given less than a month to live, Ambrose Zephyr, alphabet-obsessed since childhood, decides to live out his last days traveling…
around the globe from A to Z. Ambrose and his wife begin in Amsterdam, and continue on to Berlin, Chartres, and the Great Pyramids. After Istanbul, the course of their journey takes an unplanned turn when Ambrose seeks out the destination most fittingly called home. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007.Par Beth Powning. 2004
Fifty-two year-old Kate is about to face her second winter since the untimely death of her husband. Her children are…
all grown up and have moved away, leaving her alone in her New Brunswick home. When Kate's sister gives her a collection of hatboxes containing letters from her grandparents' home, she begins to dream of her childhood. But as she reads the letters, she learns a tragic truth about her family's past. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2004.Par Brian Moore. 1987
In an Eastern European country, Cardinal Stephen Bem maintains a perilous balance between a totalitarian regime and a fanatical minority…
of church leaders. Short-listed for the 1987 Booker Prize. Strong language. Bestseller 1987. c1987.Par Peter Temple. 2007
Detective Joe Cashin has returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the…
nightmares fade from his last case. His quiet life is interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent community member. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community but Cashin's not so sure, as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice. Strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.Par Wayne Grady, Bernard Assiniwi. 2000
A portrait of three periods in the history of the Beothuk, from the spirit quest of the legendary leader Anin…
in the early ninth century, to the defense of their territory against European explorers and conquerors in the early days of colonization, to the tragic end of the Beothuk as English settlers capture and destroy the tribe. Uniform title: Saga des Béothuks.Par Sarah Ellis. 1986
Eleven-year-old Jessica and her family are not prepared for the changes a new baby makes in their lives. Then tragedy…
strikes and the family must find new strengths. Grades 4-7. 1986.Par Shyam Selvadurai. 2005
Sri Lanka, 1980. There is mystery surrounding the death of Amrith's beloved mother and alcoholic father, and because of the…
circumstances of his parents' marriage, his extended family shuns him. So when his Canadian cousin Niresh turns up with his father, Amrith is anxious to make a connection. Eventually, he realizes his feelings for Niresh go beyond friendship. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2005.Par Timothy Findley. 1988
These nine stories, which are linked in various ways, look at urban life, relationships and, especially, obsessions. The collection closes…
with "Stones", a compelling look at the landing at Dieppe told through the eyes of a boy contemplating his father's ruined life.Par J. M Coetzee. 2005
A bicycle accident changes Paul Rayment's solitary, self-sufficient life. Although his right leg is amputated, he refuses a prosthesis. Sixtyish,…
single, and childless, he must learn to navigate anew, physically and mentally, and he wonders whether he needs to be cared for - or loved. By the 2003 Nobel Prize winner. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2005.Par Emma Richler. 2001
Jemima Weiss grew up with a special feeling for her eccentric family. Now a worldly, yet troubled woman, Jem reflects…
on her formative years, as she struggles against becoming engulfed by the present. In seven episodes, she recounts her childhood in a family so extraordinary that it has left her adrift in the adult world. Some strong language. 2001.Par Eric Walters, Roméo A Dallaire. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Ian decides to work at "The Club" for his community service - but it turns out to be a…
soup kitchen in a bad part of town, and he is nearly mugged going there. He's saved by a pipe-wielding homeless man, a former soldier named Jacques who was stationed in Rwanda. Can Ian help Jacques, a man who has lost everything but his nightmarish memories? Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2007 White Pine Award. 2006.Par Ann Charney. 2001
Claire has come to France to find out what happened to her mother, Dolly, during her last stay in Paris.…
Dolly was a promising sculptor and ardent admirer of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, but she suffered a mysterious decline following her return home. Now, as severe panic attacks are forcing Claire to abandon her own work as a photographer, she decides to retrace her mother's footsteps in Paris and in the nearby countryside to look for an answer. 2001.Par Seamus Deane. 1996
Par Roddy Doyle. 2004
Henry Smart from "A Star Called Henry" (DC21822) lands in New York City in 1924, after leaving Ireland, his revolutionary…
friends, and his family. When mobsters run Henry out of town, he resettles in Chicago, becoming the frontman for Louis Armstrong. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2004. (Last roundup ; 2)Par Hugh Hood. 2000
Matthew Goderich is driving up to the lake for a possible reunion with Edie, from whom he has been separated…
for thirty years. Then it happens - he has a stroke. This novel takes the reader through the pain, the delusions, and the sudden interior crisis Matt experiences during this "cerebrovascular accident" and his twenty-eight hour stream-of-consciousness before death. 2000. (The new age ; 12)Par Kagiso Lesego Molope. 2002
It is the turbulent 1980's in apartheid South Africa. Tihelo, a thirteen-year-old girl, lives with her older sister Keitumetse and…
their mother Kgomotso in a township outside Pretoria. Kgomotso doesn't come home from her job as a maid one day, and is later found badly beaten. And Tihelo has other mysteries to contend with, such as what happened to her father, why is she fairer than the others in her family, and who is the partly white woman who lives in her township? Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2002.Par Erika De Vasconcelos. 2000
Traces the lives and loves of two Armenian women. Dzovig is a young woman brought up in the aftermath of…
the Armenian genocide and Vecihe is the mother of Dzovig's dead lover, Tomas. Slowly, over time, they both come to terms with the events that have led them to suffer the tragic consequences of political unrest. 2000.Par Michael Ondaatje. 2000
Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka but educated in the United States and England, returns to her homeland to help…
discover the source of an organized murder campaign that is contributing to the nation's problems with civil war and violence. However, when she and a Sri Lankan archaeologist find a mysterious skeleton which they name "Sailor," her search takes a very different turn. Winner of the 2000 Giller Prize. Winner of the 2000 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 2000.