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Le voleur d'orchidées: [une histoire vraie] (Nouvelles Angleterres)
Par Susan Orlean, Sarah Church, Sophie Brunet. 1999
En 1994, John Laroche et trois Indiens Séminoles sont accusés d'un vol d'orchidées rares dans les marais de Floride. Ce…
fait divers constitue le point de départ d'une passionnante enquête de la journaliste Susan Orlean dans une Floride inconnue des guides touristiques. 1999, c1998. Titre uniforme: The orchid thief.Fast food nation: what the all-American meal is doing to the world
Par Eric Schlosser. 2002
Vengeance: the true story of an Israeli counter-terrorist mission
Par George Jonas. 2005
The mission of five ordinary Israelis: to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven…
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Details the mechanics, the horror, and the day-by-day suspense, as they changed identities constantly, moved from country to country, and were themselves tracked in turn (and some killed) by PLO assassins. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2005.The looming tower: Al-Qaeda's road to 9/11
Par Lawrence Wright. 2006
Tells the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on interviews and first-hand sources, it…
investigates the extraordinary group of ideologues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them. Interweaving this story with events including the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the first attack on the World Trade Center, Lawrence Wright takes us into training camps, mountain hideouts and top secret meetings to explore how it all fed into the planning and execution of 9/11 - and reveals the complex origins of Al Qaeda's hatred of the West. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 2006.Bring up the bodies: a novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy Ser. #2)
Par Hilary Mantel. 2012
England, 1535. Katherine of Aragon is dying and rumors of Anne Boleyn's infidelity are flying around court. Thomas Cromwell is…
charged with deposing Anne so King Henry VIII can marry Jane Seymour. Sequel to Wolf Hall (DB 70074). Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Man Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2012The leftovers
Par Tom Perrotta, Tom Perrota. 2011
Millions disappear in a Rapture-like instant--and not just Christians. Those left behind react in different ways. Laurie Garvey joins the…
Guilty Remnant, a silent cult; her son follows a prophet; and her daughter and husband--the town's mayor--are left to flounder. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011Wolf Hall: a novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy Ser. #1)
Par Hilary Mantel, Henry Holt and Co.. 2009
Thomas Cromwell, a closet Protestant and blacksmith's son who becomes advisor to Henry VIII of England, realizes that he can…
accumulate power and wealth by assisting the king in obtaining an annulment and simultaneously help commoners and his country by destroying the corrupt Catholic clergy. Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2009A fairy-tale fall (Step into reading. Step 2 : reading with help)
Par Apple Jordan, Francesco Legramandi. 2010
In this beginning reader, six Disney princesses enjoy Halloween activities in separate easy-to-read stories. Step 2 in Step into Reading.…
Features characters and stories from Disney animated films. For preschool-grade 2The abstinence teacher
Par Tom Perrotta, St. Martin`s Press. 2007
An evangelical church's complaint forces high school sex-education teacher Ruth Ramsey to adopt an abstinence curriculum. Meanwhile, soccer coach and…
born-again Christian Tim Mason angers Ruth by leading her daughter's team in an impromptu prayer. Their differences create an uneasy acquaintanceship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2007Snobs
Par Julian Fellowes, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
Well-mannered Londoner Edith Lavery lands Charles, the decent but decidedly dull earl of Broughton. Edith grows tired of their marriage…
and her priggish but polite in-laws, so when a television company arrives to film a period drama, Edith dallies with the leading man. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2004The world according to Mister Rogers: important things to remember
Par Fred Rogers. 2003
Words of wisdom by the late Fred Rogers--composer, writer, puppeteer, and beloved host of TV's "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" who dedicated…
his life to serving children through public television. His stories, anecdotes, and insights on life ultimately speak to being yourself, understanding love, and discovering the rewards of inner discipline. Bestseller. 2003Spies: a novel
Par Michael Frayn, Henry Holt and Co.. 2002
Following one of their mothers around the neighborhood, two British schoolboys during World War II imagine that she is a…
German spy. Stephen and Keith soon enter the world of grownups and become entangled in events beyond their comprehension. Whitbread Award. Bestseller. 2002The ground beneath her feet: a novel
Par Salman Rushdie, Henry Holt and Co.. 1999
On St. Valentine's Day, 1989, forty-four-year-old singer Vina Apsara dies in an earthquake in Mexico. Her childhood chum from Bombay,…
the photographer Rai, tells of the music career Apsara shared with her great love, Ormus Cama. Rai reveals that he also loved her. Some strong language. BestsellerThe Christmas tree
Par Julie Salamon. 1996
Inspired by the New Jersey nuns who in 1995 donated a large Norway spruce to Rockefeller Center for its official…
Christmas tree. The Center's chief gardener tells this tale of his yearly search for the perfect Christmas tree and of what happens when the one he wants is the best friend of an elderly nun. BestsellerSleeping at the Starlite Motel: and other adventures on the way back home
Par Bailey White. 1995
Collection of thirty-seven short stories depicting places, experiences, and acquaintances in White's life. One story tells of a family member's…
desire to "reunite" the Chippendale chairs that are now scattered throughout the family. Another portrays a woman who feels she has the right to pick from the town's rose garden because she was once the rose queen. BestsellerTrue colors: a novel
Par Doris Mortman. 1994
Isabelle de Luna, whose mother was murdered and whose father was accused of the crime, was raised as a sister…
to Nina Duran, who was adopted as a baby by the Durans. When Nina learns the truth about her past, she flees to New York, becoming a TV celebrity. Isabelle becomes a world-renowned artist. Both women are haunted by a past that must be understood before they can find true love. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe water is wide
Par Pat Conroy. 1972
An account of the year that the author spent teaching eighteen fifth- through eighth-grade African-American children in an ill-equipped, two-room…
school on Yamacraw Island, off the South Carolina coast and the public fight with the school board that cost him his job. Junior and senior high and older. 1987, c1972.Mama makes up her mind: and other dangers of southern living
Par Bailey White, B. White. 1993
A collection of White's tales, some of which have been heard on "All Things Considered," regarding life in rural south…
Georgia. They include "Turkeys," which tells of the time an ornithologist used her 102-degree temperature to help hatch sixteen wild turkeys, and "Porsche," which describes the car White's father left home in, that now sits on the porch with other accumulated items. BestsellerRightfully mine
Par Doris Mortman. 1989
Gaby Cocroft, just divorced, moves to New York to start a new life. She becomes known as Gabrielle Didier--a wealthy…
French widow--and enters the world of antiques. Her past may be the creation of her imagination, but her knowledge of antiques is real and she soon becomes a force to reckon with. Descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe City of Joy
Par Dominique Lapierre. 1985
Focuses on the lives of a Bengali rickshaw man, a young Polish priest, a Jewish-American surgeon, an Assamese nurse, and…
Calcutta's own Godfather. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1985. Uniform title: Cité de la joie.