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Frightened, over-protected and confined to a wheelchair, Ian is away from home for the first time when he goes to…
camp. But Ian becomes part of the gang when they come across abandoned buildings haunted by ghosts. Grades 5-8. c1984.
Our fear of untoward events can be eased with the logic of statistics and probability, and knowing how to evaluate…
what the real odds are of such events occurring. A multitude of applications of "the Probability Perspective" are laid out: calculating average losses at gambling, deciding which coincidences are truly surprising, understanding studies that show that a new drug reduces fatalities from a given disease, or even using uncertainty for one's own benefit. 2005.
It was such a hot summer. The sky was deep blue and the sun never faltered. All along Brambly Hedge,…
the mice did their best to keep cool. Poppy Eyebright sought refuge in the mossy shadows of the mill wheel; Dusty Dogwood took to walking by the banks of the cooling stream. Dusty and Poppy spent more and more time together, so no one was at all surprised when they announced their engagement. They decided on a very unusual setting for the wedding ceremony, but even they didn't realise just how unusual it was prove to be! Grades K-3. 1995.
Skeleton Key, une île des Caraïbes, proche de Cuba. Ce "paradis" tropical aux eaux infestées de requins est le repaire…
d'un inquiétant personnage, Alexei Sarov, ancien général de l'Armée rouge, qui a transformé sa propriété en un véritable camp retranché. Alex Rider est chargé par la CIA de découvrir ce qui se trame dans le bunker du général Sarov. Suite de "Pointe blanche", suivi de "Jeu de tueur". Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2004. Titre uniforme: Skeleton Key.
" 69 Année érotique, dit la chanson. Pas si sûr, en réalité ! Si certains pensent qu'auparavant régnait un calme…
plat en la matière, Secrets d'histoire et autres histoires d'alcôve prouve le contraire en dévoilant les épisodes sulfureux de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Rois et reines, hommes politiques, philosophes ou stars du show-biz Des lupanars aux pratiques débauchées des grands de ce monde, en passant par leurs correspondances épistolaires hautes en couleur, ce livre instructif va changer votre vision des choses. Découvrez les secrets inavoués de Jules César, Napoléon, François Ier, Marcel Proust, Salvador Dalí, Albert Einstein, Marilyn et bien d'autres encore... " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: History's naughty bits.
Je suis un monstre. Pourtant, autrefois, j'étais le type parfait : grand, beau, riche et... atrocement méchant. Je n'aimais que…
moi et c'est pour cela qu'un sort m'a été jeté. Je suis devenu une bête difforme, velue, monstrueuse. Il me reste deux ans pour être aimé d'une jeune fille. L'amour saura-t-il me trouver... et me sauver? Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2009. Titre uniforme: Beastly.
Alors qu'il participe à un voyage scolaire à Venise, Alex se lance à la recherche de Scorpia, qui doit lui…
permettre de connaître son destin... Il découvre qu'il s'agit d'une gigantesque organisation criminelle avec, à sa tête, Julia Rothman, qui affirme avoir connu le père d'Alex. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. Suite de "Jeu de tueur", suivi de "Arkange". 2004.
Stories inspired by the young city of Shenzhen, a market town north of Hong Kong that became a Special Economic…
Zone in 1980 as an experiment in introducing capitalism to Communist China. A city in which everyone is a newcomer, Shenzhen has grown astronomically to become a major metropolitan centre. These award-winning stories have been hailed as a Chinese "Dubliners". 2016. Uniform title: Chu zu che si ji.
Long before the Harvey Weinsteins there was Howard Hughes-the Texas millionaire, pilot, and filmmaker whose reputation as a cinematic provocateur…
was matched only by that as a prolific womanizer. In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood's glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul's obsessions with sex, power, and publicity trapped, abused, or benefited women who dreamed of screen stardom. 2018.
Schoolteacher Sarah McKenzie is desperate to help one of her students. With no one else to turn to she reluctantly…
asks Jesse James Harte, the handsome police chief, for help. Includes a free bonus story "Love Thine Enemy". 2018.
Although Jolene vowed never to look back, returning home isn't even a question when her mom faces a cancer scare.…
Which means running into Aiden Mannion all over town, the first boy she ever loved-and lost-and whom she can barely look in the eye. Sequel to "Herons landing". 2018.
When a prominent Scottish family faces a major scandal just before their daughter's wedding, they turn in desperation to Nichol…
Bain. Thankfully, Bain loves a challenge, but traveling with the bold, brash, raven-haired Maura has him viewing her as far more than somebody's problem. Sequel to "Tempting the laird". 2018.
A little help from the people of Henry Adams, Kansas, gives both Mal, a recovering alcoholic, and Gary, a store…
owner who reunites with his high school sweetheart, a second chance at happiness. 2018.
Lisa's father, Steve Jobs, was a mythical figure rarely present in her life. As she grew older, he ushered her…
into a new world of mansions, vacations, and private schools. But he could also be cold, critical, and unpredictable. When her relationship with her mother grew strained in high school, Lisa moved in with her father, hoping he'd become the parent she'd always wanted him to be. Bestseller. 2018.
Travel to a galaxy far, far away with a young Han Solo as he meets Chewbacca the Wookiee, encounters Lando…
Calrissian, and boards the Millennium Falcon for the first time. 2018.
The tech boom of our time is changing San Francisco at warp speed. Famously home to artists and activists, and…
known as the birthplace of the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the LGBTQ movement, the Bay Area has been transformed by Silicon Valley. But the richer the region gets, the more unequal and less diverse it becomes, and the cracks in the city's facade begin to show. Inspired by Studs Terkel's classic works of oral history, writer and filmmaker Cary McClelland has spent several years interviewing people at the epicenter of the Bay Area's rapid change: tech innovators, venture capitalists, coders, homeless advocates, pawn brokers, prosecutors and public defenders, tattoo artists, and tour guides. Silicon City masterfully weaves together their voices and unforgettable stories to create a dynamic portrait of a beloved city and a cautionary tale for the entire country. 2018.
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. 'So Tall Within'…
traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans. Grades K-3. 2018.