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État d'urgence: roman (Best-sellers)
Par Michael Crichton. 2006
Le réchauffement de la planète est-il un mythe ? Dans un techno-thriller d'une vitesse supersonique, Michael Crichton s'attaque aux tabous…
de l'écologie. San Francisco, corniche de Point Moody. Le milliardaire George Morton s'écrase du haut d'une falaise à bord de sa Ferrari - il venait d'annoncer qu'il retirait son soutien à la NERF, mouvement écologiste international... Meurtre ou accident ? Avant de disparaître, le milliardaire a laissé un message énigmatique. Peter, son avocat, et Sarah, son assistante, le décryptent... et se trouvent emportés dans une course-poursuite qui va les précipiter des glaces de l'Antarctique aux forêts vierges de Mélanésie en passant par les déserts de l'Arizona... -- 4e de couvCornes: ou, Les chèvres de Pan (Roman)
Par Alain Gagnon. 2009
Nous sommes toujours en Euxémie, région mythique d'Alain Gagnon, pays du policier Olaf Bégon et terre d'accueil de l'insolite, des…
phénomènes mystérieux. Un monstre cornu, apparemment jailli de nulle part, frappe, tue. Un professeur de psychologie et ses étudiants ont, en gros, repris l'expérience de Phillip le fantôme et engendré par la fusion de leurs capacités mentales une entité malfaisante qui terrorise toute l'Euxémie. Avec l'aide du curé radiesthésiste Timothéus Burle, du prestidigitateur occultiste et métaphysicien Miroslav Jenkell, et de Sam Edwards, qui remplace Olaf Bégon à la direction de la Sûreté municipale, l'enquêteur sur le paranormal Marc Darlan tentera de résoudre toute l'affaire d'une façon assez originale. Tout comme les grands fauves d'Afrique, on prendra le monstre au piège grâce à une chèvre, en l'occurence une femme dont l'être maléfique s'est épris. -- 4e de couvJunie B., first grader: shipwrecked (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #No. 6)
Par Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus. 2004
Junie B., first grader: boo --and I mean it! (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #No. 7)
Par Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus. 2004
It's almost Halloween, but Junie B. is afraid to go trick-or-treating because Paulie Allen Puffer told her that real monsters…
and witches come out that very night. With some help from a friend, Junie B. gets an idea for her own scary costume. For grades K-3. 2004A Palestine affair: A Novel
Par Jonathan Wilson. 2003
Jerusalem, 1924. English artist Bloomberg and his American wife, Joyce, a non-Jewish Zionist, arrive in British-ruled Palestine to begin a…
new life. After a murder in their garden Joyce has an affair with Robert Kirsch, the British policeman investigating the crime. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003Murder off mike: A Talk Radio Mystery (Talk Radio Mysteries Ser.)
Par Joyce Krieg. 2003
Outrageous Sacramento radio talk show host Shauna J. Bogart is devastated by the death of a colleague. The police rule…
it a suicide, but Shauna believes otherwise and launches her own on-air investigation--one that could lead to a gubernatorial candidate and the station's demise. 2003The great fire
Par Shirley Hazzard. 2003
1947. Thirty-two-year-old British major Aldred Leith comes from China to Occupied Japan to report on Hiroshima conditions. Postwar loneliness haunts…
him and his friend Peter Exley, who saved his life in battle. Leith falls in love with teenaged Australian Helen Driscoll, who is also struggling to recover from personal trauma. National Book Award. 2003Shepherds abiding
Par Jan Karon. 2003
This sequel to In This Mountain (RC 54446, BR 14211) centers on Reverend Kavanagh's restoration of an old créche. He…
transforms himself as he renews the decrepit set and as he interacts with the community: Hope at the bookstore, Andrew at the antiques shop, and the owners of the Main Street Grill. Bestseller. 2003The city of Ember: The First Book of Ember (The City of Ember #1)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2003
A city planned to survive for two hundred years, now in year 241, suffers shortages--and a secret message-bearing box is…
missing. Independent-thinking twelve-year-olds Doon and Lina exchange obligatory jobs and make a discovery that could change their known world. For grades 5-8. 2003Holidays on ice
Par David Sedaris. 1997
Six short Christmas tales by humorist, playwright, and National Public Radio commentator. Sedaris relives his stint as a department store…
elf in "SantaLand Diaries." In "Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!," a housewife facing homicide charges updates loved ones in her annual holiday newsletter. Bestseller. 1997So wild a heart
Par Candace Camp. 2003
Devin Aincourt, earl of Ravenscar, needs money to save his family estate and pay his gambling debts. Miranda Upshaw, a…
strong-willed American heiress, wants his estate and social status. The result is a marriage of convenience that turns deadly for Miranda. Prequel to Hidden Heart (BR 14565). Some descriptions of sex. 2002Secrets of the heart
Par Candace Camp. 2003
Seven years ago Rachel Aincourt tried to elope with another man on the eve of her marriage to Michael, the…
earl of Westhampton. Now, as she begins to love Michael, she discovers he leads a double life. Suddenly both existences are endangered. Sequel to The Hidden Heart (BR 14565). Some descriptions of sex. 2003Lucy: a novel
Par Ellen Feldman. 2003
A fictionalized account of Lucy Mercer's longtime love affair with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, beginning in 1914 when she was his…
wife Eleanor's social secretary. Describes Roosevelt's termination of the relationship in 1918 to preserve his presidential ambitions, Mercer's subsequent marriage, and resumption of the affair nearly twenty years later. 2003Christmas, present
Par Jacquelyn Mitchard. 2003
Elliott Banner and his wife, Laura, are driving home after celebrating their fourteenth wedding anniversary on December 23 when Laura…
experiences a painful headache. At the hospital, they learn Laura suffered a brain aneurysm and has only hours to live. Their family gathers around her bedside for a last Christmas Eve together. 2003The birth of Venus: a novel
Par Sarah Dunant. 2003
Renaissance Florence. Sixteen-year-old Alessandra Cecchi, the educated, artistic daughter of a wealthy merchant, is forced to marry an older man,…
who promises her freedom. Upon discovering his true intentions, she turns for love to an artist commissioned by her father. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2003The queene's Christmas
Par Karen Harper. 2003
London, England; 1564. Even as she feuds with her cousin Mary Stuart of Scotland, thirty-one-year-old Queen Elizabeth plans an old-fashioned…
Yuletide celebration. But when one of the kitchen help is murdered, court herb mistress Meg Milligrew and trusted companions join Elizabeth in hunting for the killer before he strikes again. 20032001, a space odyssey
Par Arthur C Clarke. 1999
On a voyage into the unexplored universe, the spacecraft Discovery hurtles its human passengers through time toward a confrontation with…
an unknown, powerful intelligence. Written for the production of a science fiction film of the same name. 1968Paradise: based on a true story of survival
Par Joan E Goodman. 2002
In 1542, sixteen-year-old French Huguenot Marguerite de La Rocque sails to America with her uncle. When he discovers Marguerite in…
the arms of her Catholic lover, he abandons them both on a Canadian island, where they struggle to survive. Some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2002Le chaos en marche: 3. La guerre du bruit (Chaos en marche)
Par Patrick Ness. 2009
"Trois armées marchent sur New Prentissville, chacune prêtes à anéantir les autres. La première, celle des Spackle qui avancent par…
milliers, attaque pour se venger. La seconde dirigée par le Maire, qui s'imagine déjà maître de Nouveau Monde. Celle enfin de Mistress Coyle, la terroriste, qui continue sa lutte de pouvoir avec le Maire. Todd et Viola n'aspirent qu'à être ensemble et sont confrontés à la complexité des choix à faire. Rapports de force, trahisons, ambitions... Comment espérer la paix ? Faut-il tuer des milliers de vie pour en sauver une ? Alors qu'une paix est conclue, Todd est blessé. Soigné par les Spackle, il semble revenir lentement à la vie tandis que les vaisseaux des colons s'apprêtent à se poser sur la planète Terre. L'avenir sera peut-être meilleur..." -- 4e de couv5150, rue des Ormes (Noir. Thriller)
Par Patrick Senécal. 2001