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Sexe, pot et politique
Par Lucie Pagé. 2016
L'existence de Joséphine prend une nouvelle tournure lorsque son mari, Robert, Bobby pour les intimes, est élu ministre des Finances.…
Elle réalise bien vite que les fréquentations douteuses de Robert se multiplient au rythme où s'effritent ses valeurs et ses principes. À cela s'ajoute une découverte qui la scandalise : son fils cadet fume du pot ! D'abord choquée, elle tente à son tour l'expérience, qui lui procure un plaisir fou. Une idée germe alors dans son esprit. Avec la complicité de sa grande amie Lilly et de ses domestiques, Mamadou et Ping, elle préparera un repas spécial que son mari donnera en l'honneur de plusieurs personnalités publiques influentes. Si elle voulait mettre du piquant dans son quotidien, Joséphine aura atteint son but. Mais les découvertes qu'elle fera changeront sa vie. Et celle de la planète. 2016.The Berlin blues
Par Drew Hayden Taylor. 2007
A consortium of German developers arrives at Otter Lake Reserve with an offer: they want to improve the local economy…
with the creation of "OjibwayWorld", a Native theme park. Designed to attract European tourists, it instead causes personal and political divisions within the local community, as well as hilarity. 2007.The best Western stories of Frank Bonham (The Western writers series)
Par Bill Pronzini, Frank Bonham, Martin Harry Greenberg. 1989
The Best of modern humour
Par Mordecai Richler. 1983
The beginning (Smoke Jensen. #1.)
Par William W Johnstone, J. A Johnstone. 2015
On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch…
in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861 shots were fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother went to war. Back at home, waves of violence crash over Kirby and his family, until the boy quickly becomes a man, riding with Brigg's Marauders, coming up against violent killers like Frank and Jesse James, and proving his own skill with a gun. For Kirby, the end of the war will bring no peace. His family is shattered by murder and destruction. And his father comes back from battle ravenous for revenge. Followed by "This violent land". 2015.The answer to everything
Par Elyse Friedman. 2014
John Aarons, a brilliant but perpetually broke artist, decides to start a New Age cult. And so, as half art…
project, half money-making scheme, The Answer Institute is born. The cult flourishes and grows exponentially, attracting a wide range of broken, strange, spiritually hungry individuals. The more successful the Institute gets, the more it spirals out of control. c2014.The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club
Par Gil McNeil. 2009
Jo Mackenzie, newly widowed with two young sons and a perilous bank balance, leaves London to take over her Gran's…
wool shop in her seaside hometown. There, she finds unexpected comfort in a knitting group that meets to trade gossip and, occasionally, a new stitch. When a new man enters Jo's life, the knitting club has even more trouble confining the conversation to knit one, purl two. Some strong language. c2009.The battle for Duncragglin
Par Andrew H Vanderwal. 2009
Twelve-year-old Alex, whose parents disappeared on a trip to Scotland many years ago, is spending the summer there. He and…
three newfound friends want to discover the secret of a sealed cave along the coast. The secret is far more powerful than anything they could have imagined, as they're catapulted back to the late 13th century to find the Scottish rebel William Wallace fighting a guerrilla-style war against the British. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. c2009.The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Par Mordecai Richler. 1959
The bad beginning (A series of unfortunate events ; #1)
Par Lemony Snicket. 2001
The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents had been killed, and they are forced…
to go and stay with Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children. For grades 3-6. Followed by "The reptile room". 2001. (A series of unfortunate events ; 1)The Badger's revenge (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #3)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2011
Tracking an Indian raiding party, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe and his compatriots run afoul of a notorious gang leader known…
as the Badger. As they are led to where the Badger is waiting, Josiah knows that time is running out. c2011.The autumn of the patriarch
Par Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa. 1976
The Nobel Prize-winning author presents a many-layered, surrealistic, and subtly humorous description of the barbarism, squalor, and corruption surrounding the…
rule of a Latin American dictator. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1977. Uniform title: Otoño del patriarca.The Artsy Smartsy Club (Hoboken chicken story. #3)
Par Daniel Manus Pinkwater. 2005
While taking a walk one summer day in Hoboken, three bored friends toss marshmallows to their giant chicken, Henrietta. A…
colorful chalk drawing of Henrietta they see on the sidewalk inspires them to discover the art world. Sequel to “Looking for Bobowicz” (DC27842). For grades 3-6. 2005.Tenderfoot
Par Mary E Trimble. 2010
Washington State, 1980. Corrie Stephens, a divorced travel writer, is eager to learn about ranch life, but reluctant to become…
involved - it's just not worth the heartache. Rancher J McClure, on the other hand, has been alone too long. Then things get complicated with the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2009.The alphabet thief
Par Bill Richardson. 2017
Texas Ranger
Par James Patterson, Andrew Bourelle. 2018
Terror in gunsight
Par Lauran Paine. 2018
Pete Knight, a cowhand looking for work, heads for the town of Gunsight, Wyoming, just when a long-standing feud between…
the townsmen and the range men has reached the boiling point. 2018.Texas flat: a western duo
Par Ray Hogan. 2018
Ten guns from Texas (A Duff MacCallister western.)
Par William W Johnstone, J. A Johnstone. 2016
When Duff MacCallister journeys to Texas to deliver 100 head of Angus cattle, he finds a land on fire. Unruly,…
lawless teams of fence cutters, branded Blue Devils by the locals, are rampaging across grazing land and cutting fences in the name of an eastern land company. The ranchers are fighting back, and Duff joins the fray. But the fight leads to Austin, and into an even deadlier mission. The governor's daughter has been kidnapped by Blue Devils. Duff and his partner Elmer are willing to go after her, but they're going to need more men and a lot more firepower. The best the governor can do is three outlaws who once served honorably in war. Now Duff MacCallister is going up again a fanatical, highly trained enemy, riding with gunmen he cannot fully trust. Once the shooting starts, there is no turning back--because Duff and his posse are heading straight into the bloody depths of hell. 2016.Texas blood feud (Byrnes Family ranch. #1.)
Par Dusty Richards. 2012