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The boy on the bridge
Par Mike Carey. 2017
Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the…
boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. 2017.The bone clocks: a novel
Par David Mitchell. 2014
Following a huge fight with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is…
no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics - and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly's life, affecting all the people Holly loves - even the ones who are not yet born. Bestseller. 2014.The border vixen (Border chronicles. #5.)
Par Bertrice Small. 2011
Scotland, 1536. Dugald Kerr declares that any man who can best his granddaughter Maggie in riding, running, and fighting can…
marry her and inherit his lands. King James V learns of the challenge and sends his cousin Fingal to compete. Sequel to "The border lord and the lady". Followed by "Bond of passion". Includes strong language and sex. 2011.The children of men
Par P. D James. 1992
In 2021, infertility has spread like a plague, and no babies have been born for a quarter of a century…
anywhere in the inhabited world. The old are driven to despair and suicide, the young are beautiful, violent, and cruel, and the middle-aged try to sustain normality under the rule of the Warden of England. When Theo Faron, an Oxford historian, meets a women who is one of a group challenging the regime, he is drawn into unimaginable horrors. 1992.The carpet people
Par Terry Pratchett. 1993
In the beginning was endless flatness. Then came the carpet, now home to many different tribes and people and there's…
a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the carpet; the story of power hungry mouls and of two Munrung brothers, setting out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened. It's a story that will come to a terrible end if someone doesn't do something about it. 1993.The cat who walks through walls: a comedy of manners
Par Robert A Heinlein. 1985
The bride bed (Romantic sounds audio)
Par Linda Needham. 2003
The fiery Lady Talia resides in a castle of great strategic importance. With his eye on the castle, King Stephen…
wants Lady Talia tamed. He assigns Lord Alex de Monteneau to protect the maiden and make certain she is properly married off. Lady Talia has beaten back would-be husbands before, and the last thing Lord Alex counts on is becoming a suitor himself. But he could never anticipate just how quickly he would fall for his charge. 2003.The Cannaways
Par Graham Shelby. 1978
In 1697, Brydd Cannaway, an ambitious young English wheelwright, sets off for Vienna to apprentice himself to a famed coach…
maker. When he finally returns to his village to settle down, he has experienced love and has had many adventures. Prequel to "The Cannaway concern." c1978.The butler's revenge
Par Margaret Powell. 1984
In 1937 a new butler comes to the Stewart household. John Barrett is handsome, ambitious and unscrupulous. His interest is…
caught by any pretty girl - but the object of his attentions turns out to be Eleanor Stewart, one of the daughters of the household. A story of love, money and social taboos. 1984.The call of earth (Homecoming. #2.)
Par Orson Scott Card. 1993
Nafai and Lady Rasa, the leaders of the city-state of Basilica, seek to implement the will of the Oversoul to…
mount an expedition to long-lost Earth. But now the ambitious and brilliant General Moozh, using the fruits of a forbidden technology and disregarding the Oversoul, is preparing to conquer Basilica for his own purposes. Sequel to "The memory of Earth" (DC13294). Followed by "The ships of Earth" (DC13826). 1993. (Homecoming ; 2)The bride
Par Margaret Irwin. 1984
An old-fashioned historical romance first published in 1939. Charles II, barely eighteen and in exile in the Hague, attempts to…
rally the remaining royalists after his father's execution by Cromwell. Meanwhile Louise, a lovely cousin of the new king, falls passionately in love with the Marquis of Montrose, a gallant Scottish general. As Louise waits impatiently in Holland, her beloved Montrose dares to return home to avenge the old king's death. 1984, c1939.The bride's farewell
Par Meg Rosoff. 2009
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and…
flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. For Senior High readers. 2009.Textomachie: [roman] (Jeune plume)
Par Frédéric Tremblay. 2012
" À sa naissance, Adam Dufort a été baptisé lenfant-texto. Sur ses vieux jours cependant, le poids de cet héritage…
lui pèse : alourdi par les souvenirs, il sen libère dans un récit qui est également celui de sa génération; comme tant dautres, il a été élevé avec le texto, a appris à travers lui, a aimé, haï et travaillé grâce à lui. De la famille à lère du texto jusquà la création de la télépathie technique, en passant par le texto-terrorisme, 70 ans de mémoire textoïque montrent comment le texto a écrit Adam plutôt que linverse. Cette ode à la magie du texto est aussi un clin dœil à ses travers. Fido et Telus auront-ils été les dignes successeurs de Gutenberg? " -- 4e de couv.Terre des autres (Romans ; #82)
Par Sylvie Bérard. 2004
Sur une planète extrêmement chaude et ensablée, les Darztls, une race de gros lézards, ont érigé une civilisation complexe. Pour…
eux, cette terre s'appelle Sielxth. Un jour, un vaisseau-colonie en provenance de la Terre se pose en catastrophe sur cette planète. Constatant qu'elle est habitable, les humains décident de s'y établir. Pour eux, cette terre portera le nom de Mars II. Terre des Autres : la fascinante chronique d'un choc extrême des cultures, un roman d'une rare intensité. 2004.Station Eleven
Par Emily St. John Mandel, Gérard De Chergé. 2016
" Le premier jour, éclosion de la grippe géorgienne. On estime qu'elle pourrait contaminer 99% de la population. Deux semaines…
plus tard, la civilisation s'est effondrée. Vingt ans après. Une troupe présente des concerts et des pièces de théâtre aux communautés regroupées dans des campements de fortune. La vie semble de nouveau possible. Mais l'obscurantisme guette, menaçant les rêves et les espérances des survivants. " -- 4e de couv.The bloody sun (Darkover series.)
Par Marion Zimmer Bradley. 2017
For Jeff Kerwin, Darkover meant home, the home he had left as a child, the home he had longed for…
through the many years. Yet, he was to be terribly disappointed when he finally returned. First he learned that there were not records of any kind of either his birth or childhood on Darkover. And then, after he renounced his Terran allegiance and joined the natives attempting to free Darkover from Earth's control, the Darkovans accused him of being a spy. Someone was betraying them. Had Jeff been conditioned on Earth for just that purpose? Jeff Kerwin began to wonder just who, and what, he really was. 2017.The black stars (Planet thieves series. #2.)
Par Dan Krokos. 2014
Mason Stark has a problem with minding his own business. This worked to his advantage when he stole back his…
world from the alien Tremist. Now Mason is called upon to use that very curiosity as a spy at the Tremist school for soldiers. At least his best friend, Merrin, daughter of the Tremist king, is there to keep an eye on him. Mason's bound to find trouble, but with the Tremist working on a secret weapon, trouble may come looking for him instead. Sequel to "The planet thieves". For junior high readers. 2014.The Black Key (Lone City trilogy. #3.)
Par Amy Ewing. 2016
For too long, Violet and the people of the outer circles of the Lone City have lived in service of…
the royalty of the Jewel. But now, the secret society known as the Black Key is preparing to seize power. While Violet knows she is at the center of this rebellion, she has a more personal stake in it--for her sister, Hazel, has been taken by the Duchess of the Lake. Now, after fighting so hard to escape the Jewel, Violet must do everything in her power to return not only to save Hazel, but the future of the Lone City. Sequel to "The white rose". For senior high readers. 2016.The blue flower
Par Penelope Fitzgerald. 1995
Based on the life of the Romantic poet Novalis. In late-eighteenth-century Germany, young Friedrich von Hardenberg falls in love with…
twelve-year-old Sophie von Kuhn. Although ignorant and unsophisticated, Sophie soon captures the hearts of the entire family. 1997, c1995.