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The collected works of Billy the Kid (Vintage International)
Par Michael Ondaatje. 2009
William Bonney, a.k.a. "Billy the Kid," killed his first man when he was twelve, and by the time he was…
twenty-one he had slain nineteen more. Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own imagination, Ondaatje imagines Billy's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country. A synthesis of storytelling, history, and myth. Winner of the 1970 Governor General's Award for Poetry. 2009.The concubine's children: portrait of a family divided
Par Denise Chong. 1994
Chong traces her family's history from China to Canada. Her grandfather left his wife and emigrated to Canada, accompanied by…
the concubine he bought in 1924. In Canada, they stinted and sacrificed to support his family in China. Chong tells of her grandparents and parents, and the visits she made to China to try to unite the strands of her family's past. Winner of the 1995 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1994.The dark and other love stories
Par Deborah Willis. 2015
The characters in these thirteen stories exist on the edge of danger, where landscapes melt into dreamscapes and every house…
is haunted. A drug dealer’s girlfriend signs up for the first manned mission to Mars. A girl falls in love with a man who wants to turn her into a bird. A teenage girl and her best friend test their relationship by breaking into suburban houses. A wife finds a gaping hole in the floor of the home she shares with her husband, a hole that only she can see. Full of longing and strange humour, these subtle, complex stories—about the love between a man and his pet crow, an alcoholic and his AA sponsor, a mute migrant and a newspaper reporter—show how love ties us to one another and to the world. Winner of the 2018 Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction. 2015.The coyote tracker: a Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger novel (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #5)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2012
After a prostitute is murdered at the Easy Nickel saloon, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe finds his best friend, Scrap Elliot,…
in jail and wrongly accused. A strangely familiar horse and a mysterious code are the only clues Josiah has to prove his friend's innocence and save him from execution. Once a Yankee reporter gets involved, Josiah is led to Blanche Dumont's House of Pleasures, where he learns of a thieving, jail-broken accountant with strange ties to both the Easy Nickel and the town's wealthiest banker. Winner of the 2013 Spur Award for Best original mass market paperback. 2012.The dark frigate
Par Charles Boardman Hawes. 1971
The English frigate on which Philip Marsham is training rescues 12 men from a sinking ship. Within three days, the…
rescued men have murdered the captain, seized the ship and sailed for the Caribbean in hopes of plunder and booty. Some violence. 1924 Newbery Award winner. Grades 5-8. 1971.The citadel of the Autarch (Book of the new Sun. #4.)
Par Gene Wolfe. 1983
Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, carrying with him the Claw of the Conciliator…
and the great sword, Terminus Est. All his travels are leading towards a destiny that he dare not refuse. Sequel to "The sword of the Lictor". 1983.The claw of the conciliator (Book of the new Sun. #2.)
Par Gene Wolfe. 1981
The Torturer Severian continues his journey of exile to the city of Thrax. He carries with him the ancient executioner's…
sword, Terminus Est, and the Claw of the Conciliator, a gem of extra-terrestrial power and beauty which no one man is meant to possess. Sequel to "Shadow of the Torturer". Followed by "Sword of the Lictor". 1981.Si cet endroit pouvait parler!: roman
Par Liliane L Gratton. 2001
Premier roman d'une auteure originaire de l'Est de l'Ontario. C'est dans ce milieu rural qu'elle situe son récit qui, autour…
du personnage central d'Angélique, évoque les secrets d'une famille et un drame amoureux. 2001.The book of Boy
Par Catherine Murdock. 2018
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his…
way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2019 Newbery Honor Book Medal. 2018.The break
Par Katherena Vermette. 2016
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break…
- a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2017. Winner of the 2017 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the 2017 Evergreen Award and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. 2016.The Canterbury tales: A Retelling (Recorded Books classics library)
Par Geoffrey Chaucer, Peter Ackroyd. 2011
Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal work, this retelling of "The Canterbury Tales" follows a party of travelers as they tell…
stories amongst themselves about love and chivalry, saints and legends, travel and adventure. Through allegory, satire, and humour, the tales help pass the time during their journey. 2011.The cellist of Sarajevo
Par Steven Galloway. 2008
Sarajevo, 1992. A cellist plays Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor as a memorial on each of twenty-two days following a…
mortar attack that kills twenty-two citizens who are standing in a bread line. The music deeply affects a sniper, a father, and an older man. Inspired by historic events. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Winner of the 2009 Evergreen Award. 2008.The book of sands: a novel of the Arab Uprising
Par Karim Alrawi. 2015
Set amid the upheaval of the Arab Spring and the brutal repression of a totalitarian regime. Tarek, a young father,…
watches as the city he lives in is mired in protests, hemmed in by barricades and strangely inundated by great flocks of birds. Facing the threat of police arrest, he flees with his nine-year-old daughter, Neda. As Tarek and Neda journey through villages razed by conflict towards a mountain refuge, they meet with fellow travellers from Tarek's past and his time as a political prisoner. The reunion reveals secrets that Tarek must come to terms with for his own and Neda's sake. 2013 winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. 2015.The breakwater house
Par Lazer Lederhendler, Pascale Quiviger. 2010
Paris. Two girls, Lucie and Claire, are born five days apart and become inseparable. One night, Lucie's mother Aurore starts…
telling what becomes a ten-year long family story to the girls, and when the girls turn 15, Aurore tells the final tale and disappears. Several years later, Lucie gives birth to a little girl, Odyssée, and she and Claire take turns telling stories to the child. But one day something unspeakable happens. Some descriptions of sex. c2010. Uniform title: Maison des temps rompus.The book of secrets: a novel
Par M. G Vassanji. 1994
In 1988 Dar es Salaam, retired schoolteacher Pius Fernandez finds the diary of a colonial official in British East Africa,…
which was lost on the eve of World War I. As Pius explores the mystery of the diary, he traces its story and the lives of its actors into his own life. Winner of the 1994 Dorothy Giller Prize. c1994.The Buddha of suburbia
Par Hanif Kureishi. 1990
The winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel 1990, this is the story of Karim Amir, "an Englishman born and…
bred - almost", who lives with his English mother and Indian father in the south London suburbs. 1990.The bonesetter's daughter
Par Amy Tan. 2001
San Francisco writer Ruth Young discovers a memoir by her Chinese mother, LuLing, while she is dealing with LuLing's failing…
memory. After deciphering the Chinese calligraphy, Ruth gains insight into her family heritage that improves her relationship with her mother. Some strong language. Bestseller. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.The book of negroes
Par Lawrence Hill. 2007
Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa, Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave…
in South Carolina. Years later, she forges her way to freedom, serving the British in the Revolutionary War and registering her name in the historic "Book of Negroes", a record of freed Loyalist slaves who resettled in Nova Scotia, only to find that the haven they sought was steeped in an oppression all its own. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2008 OLA Evergreen Award. Winner of Canada Reads 2009. Also known as "Someone knows my name". Bestseller. 2007.The body of Christopher Creed
Par Carol Plum-Ucci. 2000
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of…
the class outcast. As he searches for answers, he analyzes his own behaviour and discovers secrets in the victim's family. Some strong language. For Senior High readers. Michael L. Printz Honor. c2000.Seul on est: [poésie] (Poesie Ser.)
Par Serge Patrice Thibodeau. 2006
Trêve de solitude; dans ces poèmes, seul veut dire seulement, seul signifie unique. Écrite à partir d'un vers de Paul…
Valéry, cette poésie est un mélange audacieux de motifs tels que l'anecdote et le tableau de genre, le paysage et l'escamot (pop-up), où l'usage de la forme fixe délimite la façon d'être de ce poète qui signe là son douzième recueil. Gagnant du Prix du Gouverneur général catégorie poésie, 2007. 2006.