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Author: Thornton, Stephanie MarieSummary:Genre: Historical fiction, Domestic fiction
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Author: Jean-Louis MorganSummary:
En ce début du XVIIIe siècle, la piraterie traverse son âge d'or et les bandits des mers perturbent le commerce maritime. Les propriétaires de navires marchands doivent parfois s'...
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Author: Lee, AshtonSummary:
Lovers of small town fiction are going to fall in love with The Reading Circle ." --Marie Bostwick, author of Between Heaven and Texas. Welcome to the quirky town of Cherico, Mississippi, where...
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Author: Alexander, CarolineSummary:
With richly evocative images and wonderfully entertaining anecdotes, Caroline Alexander transports you to the dense interior of equatorial Gabon. In One Dry Season, she chronicles her adventures...
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Author: Hilsum, LindseySummary:
Random House presents the audiobook edition of In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, written and read by Lindsey Hilsum. ** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ** 'It has always...
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Author: Peacock, MollySummary:
'Graceful yet precise, poetic yet deeply rooted in research, this exploration of an overlooked painter is gorgeous — a joy to read. Molly Peacock's insights and empathy with her subject...
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Author: Plaisted, CarolineSummary:
Faites la connaissance de Katie, Ellie, Charlie, Jamila et Grace. Elles sont cinq meilleures amies qui viennent tout juste de devenir des Brownies! Noël s’en vient et les premières Brownies de...
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Author: Berger, Marie Josée, Desrochers, AlainSummary:
Cet ouvrage collectif porte sur les enjeux et les méthodes de l'évaluation de la lecture et de l'écriture en milieu scolaire. Il comprend douze chapitres centrés sur des aspects...
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Author: Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La MotteSummary:
Madam Guyon is a heretic to some, but a saint to others. Living at a time when being charged as heretic was a matter of civil law, Madam Guyon was imprisoned and persecuted for her unyielding...
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Author: Hahn, Mary DowningSummary:
From the master of spookiness, Mary Downing Hahn. When malicious sprites called the Kinde Folke snatch Mollie's baby brother and replace him with a hideous changeling, Mollie travels through...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Bohjalian, ChrisSummary:
A Read It Forward Most Anticipated Book of 2021. A young Puritan woman - faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul?plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting...
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Author: Sainte-Marie, BuffySummary:
A love letter to Indigenous communities everywhere, this picture book gorgeously illustrated by Julie Flett celebrates seasons, nature, and community. Based on Academy Award-winning Cree icon...
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Author: Wood, NaomiSummary:
Narrated by Hemingway's four wives--Hadley, Fife, Martha, and Mary--this novel paints a complex portrait of the man behind the legend and the women behind the man.
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Author: Sherman, SusanSummary:
In the early 1900s, a young woman escapes the Warsaw ghetto to work as a domestic servant and finds the world opening to her through her connection with the scientists Pierre and Marie Curie.
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Author: Korzan, Mary Rita SchilkeSummary:
"When I wrote a tribute for my mother years ago, I never anticipated it would take a worldwide journey. Nonetheless, that is exactly what happened. The story I am about to share with you may read...
Genre: Poetry