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Par Brian W Aldiss. 2001
En trois nouvelles fulgurantes d'une densité incroyable, B. Aldiss met en scène ces superjouets, les Supertoys, ainsi que les limites…
de l'intelligence artificielle, et s'interroge sur ce que peut être l'humanité et le rapport au réel. Kubrick et Spielberg en ont fait la trame du film A.I (Intelligence Artificielle). Les autres nouvelles qui composent ce volume sont d'autres histoires de notre avenir sur la capacité de l'homme à contrôler les progrès irrésistibles de la technologie sans perdre son humanité. -- 4e de couvPar Gabrielle Roy. 1995
Dans la communauté des Inuit de l'Ungava, où se sont implantés depuis peu les premiers Blancs, un drame se joue…
: celui de la confrontation entre les valeurs traditionnelles d'une civilisation millénaire et celles qu'apportent les Blancs, émissaires de la science et du progrès venus du Sud. -- 4e de couvPar Louis-Philippe Hébert. 2001
Les machines que nous présente Louis-Philippe Hébert carburent au rêve, c'est-à-dire au plaisir et à l'angoisse, à l'euphorie et à…
la gêne, à l'étrange et au familier. Et elles sont ancrées, curieusement, dans un espace rural. Le village de la manufacture est un labyrinthe dont chaque carrefour proposerait une énigme, dont chaque personnage serait un Minotaure, plutôt amical d'ailleurs, et qu'il est en tout cas tentant d'apprivoiser. -- 4e de couvPar Monique Bosco. 2003
Roman introspectif, poétique, qui s'apparente à l'autobiographie, La femme de Loth rapporte la confession d'Hélène, une immigrante juive de quarante…
ans abandonnée par son amant après une liaison d'une dizaine d'années. Comme la figure biblique changée en statue de sel pour avoir regardé derrière elle en quittant Sodome, Hélène se retourne sur son passé. -- 4e de couvPar W. Somerset Maugham. 2002
Stories and sketches about romance and tragedy in the South Seas. In "Rain" a contest of wills becomes a fight…
to the death during the monsoon season on Pago Pago. Mr. Davidson, a self-righteous missionary, confronts prostitute Sadie Thompson, demanding her repentance. Later adapted for stage and screen. 1921Par Walter Dean Myers, Mo Willems, David Levithan, Terry Trueman, David Lubar, Paul Acampora, Nancy Mercado, Edward Averett, Ronald Koertge, C. E. Thompson, Rene Saldana. 2005
Ten diverse short stories by well-known authors illustrate events that can shape a boy into a man. In Walter Dean…
Myers's "The Prom Prize" Fly raffles himself off for a date. In "Shockers" Steve finds a mentor in his girlfriend's father. For senior high readers. 2005Par Beatrix Potter. 1989
Collection of classic stories with animal characters by British author. Presented in chronological order with a brief note about the…
origins of each piece. Begins with "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," first published in 1902. For grades K-3 and older readers. 1989Par Deborah Noyes. 2004
Horror stories for young adults by authors Vivian Vande Velde, Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, and others. In Janni…
Lee Simner's "Stone Tower," a sorcerer's teenaged daughter fights to regain her will and free her boyfriend from an evil spell. For senior high readers. 2004Par Rudyard Kipling, Jerry Pinkney. 1995
Eight stories about the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves in a jungle in India.…
Presented in Kipling's preferred arrangement. Includes a ninth non-Mowgli tale "Rikki-tikki-tavi," about a valiant mongoose. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1894Par Michael Hague. 1995
Par Laura Kalpakian. 1999
Nine stories with unpredictable twists. In "Lavee, Lagair, Lamore, Lamaird" Miss Savage, the governess, wreaks time-delayed revenge on a bourgeois…
mining family by teaching the daughters truly offensive French. "The Delinquent Virgin" is a nativity scene statue that reappears in strange places. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999Par H. C Andersen. 2003
Modern English translation of twenty-two familiar and unfamiliar tales by Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). "The Little Mermaid" is…
told with its original dark ending. Contains notes on the stories and an essay introducing Andersen and his times. 2003Par Yiyun Li. 2005
Ten short stories about Chinese people coping with life in rapidly changing China and in the United States. In "Son,"…
Han, a naturalized American, returns home to Beijing and declares his homosexuality to his mother, who has become a Christian. 2005Par Roxana Robinson. 2005
Thirteen short stories exploring family relationships. In "Blind Man," a father copes with his daughter's fatal drug overdose. In "At…
the Beach," an incident involving a lost child ends a couple's indecision about having a baby. In the title piece, a feuding husband and wife host an opera scholar. 2005Par H. C Andersen. 2004
Thirteen short fairy stories, translated in 2004 by Naomi Lewis, with a biography of the Danish author and introductory headnotes.…
Includes old favorites and the less familiar "The Flying Trunk" and "The Goblin at the Grocer's." For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1840Par Donald J Sobol. 2003
Ten-year-old detective Encyclopedia Brown solves ten cases. In the title story, Encyclopedia figures out who got through the locked gates…
of a camp to steal his friend's camera. In "The Case of Nemo's Tuba," his attention to detail traps a liar. For grades 3-6. 2003Par Betsy Cromer Byars. 2004
The students in Mr. Magro's class submit stories for the SOS file about their biggest emergencies. When the day finally…
comes for them to read their twelve stories aloud for extra credit, they find an extra one written by a surprise anonymous author. For grades 3-6. 2004Par Leo Tolstoy, David McDuff. 1985
Four short stories by the nineteenth-century Russian author. In the title piece, a husband confesses to being so consumed by…
sexual jealousy that he feels compelled to murder his wife. The public outcry against the story published in 1890 caused Tolstoy to write the postface included here. 1985Par William Henry Lewis. 2005
Ten short stories featuring African Americans. In the title piece a black professor offers a white woman a ride to…
Staunton where he's going to visit a dying uncle. He remembers his uncle's warning about the danger inherent in such pairings. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2005Par Sharon Owens. 2003
Daniel and Penny Stanley are owners of Muldoon's Tea Rooms, known for its cozy atmosphere and luscious desserts. There residents…
of Belfast seek refuge from their various dilemmas, including dieting housewife Sadie, struggling artist Brenda, retired twin schoolteachers Beatrice and Alice, and failed novelist Henry. 2003