Maes
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What do you do when you're being watched at every turn by creatures plotting to take over the world? Simon Carpenter is a normal 16-year-old living in Vancouver. Or is he normal? Any type of music drives him crazy. When walking by a homeless person, he can see the world through the drunken man's eyes. And when visiting a pet shop he hears a rabbit speaking to him. To solve these mysteries, he takes the rabbit home, only to discover that a foreign...
4) Locksmith
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Twelve-year-old Lewis Castorman is a master locksmith: there is no lock on earth that he is unable to open. He is therefore flattered when world-renowned chemist Ernst K. Grumpel invites him to his office in New York City and offers him a lock-picking assignment. His confidence quickly turns to dismay, however, when he learns this job will take him to Yellow Swamp in northern Alberta, the scene of a disastrous chemical spill a year earlier. He is...
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Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queen's University in Kingston in the 1930's, and editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, essayist, critic, professor, and novelist Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was one of Canada's pre-eminent literary voices for more than a half-century. Davies, with his generous beard and donnish manner, was the very epitome of the "man of letters," a term he...
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Felix Taylor once stopped a devastating plague, but now he must save his world from humankind itself. It's been a year since Felix Taylor travelled back to ancient Rome and saved his world from a lethal plague. Again his knowledge of Latin seems useless now that life in the 23rd century has returned to normal. But is it really? A stranger has discovered the time machine and used it to project back into the past. It becomes clear his purpose is to...
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Dans ce recueil, l'auteure fait entendre sa voix o se mêlent imaginaire, rêve et réalité. Des mots qu'elle a voulu spontanés, palpitants de vie, d'amour, d'empathie, de doute et d'espoir, de douleur et de lumière , des mots écrits en toute simplicité pour susciter l'émotion chez le lecteur.
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Short-listed for the 2012 Coast Reads Avi Greenbaum is Jewish and lives in West Jerusalem. Moussa Shakir is Palestinian and lives in East Jerusalem. Both are 15 years old, live without their fathers, adore their older brothers, and belong to the same soccer club. Avi commemorates the Holocaust and celebrates Israeli independence, while Moussa mourns on Nakba Day, marking the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. Their lives...
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For the first time, the Felix Taylor Adventures are available as together in this two-book bundle. Short-listed for the Snow Willow Young Reader's Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. Laughing Wold - Felix Taylor Adventure #1 - When a mysterious plague places humanity on the brink of eradication, Felix must project back in time and retrieve the only possible cure, a flower common in ancient Rome, but extinct for more than 2,000...
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Décryptez l'univers de Cervantès en moins d'une heure!
Considéré comme l'un des plus grands écrivains espagnols de tous les temps, Cervantès a mené une vie à l'image de celle de ses héros. Faite de mille et une péripéties toutes plus rocambolesques les unes que les autres, son existence est fascinante! Secrétaire d'un cardinal, prisonnier de guerre, collecteur d'impts ou encore suspecté de meurtre, il a pour ainsi dire tout vécu. Malgré...
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Les mémoires atypiques d'un ours en peluche!
Dans ses mémoires, un ours en peluche raconte sa vie avec sa Princesse, qu'il a vue naître, ou presque, et qui, sous ses yeux, grandit. Par la voix, tantt facétieuse tantt mélancolique, du vieil ours, leur existence commune s'écoule avec tendresse, des jeux de l'enfance aux premiers émois de l'adolescence. Une voix originale, o s'épanouit une certaine mélodie du bonheur. Quel que soit son âge,...
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Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada's history. In these books we explore Canada's literary heritage. Canadian letters have a prominent place in world literature, and its renown can be traced to authors such as these. Profiled are: pioneer chronicler of the wilderness Susanna Moodie, renowned novelist Robertson Davies, Quebec fiction writer Gabrielle Roy, and early twentieth century bestseller...
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Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent people in Canada's history. In these books we explore Canada's rich academic and philosophical history through the fascinating lives of some of its most influential figures. Profiled are: prescient media guru Marshall McLuhan, physician Lucille Teasdale, political philosopher George Grant, and novelist and literary theorist Robertson Davies. Includes George Grant, Lucille...
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Though a fierce snowstorm rages on Manhattan's Midtown streets nothing can dampen the excitement inside the Pierre Hotel ballroom. Hunt clubs from all over North America have gathered for their annual gala and nobody is in higher spirits than "Sister" Jane Master of the Jefferson Hunt in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Braving the foul weather, Sister and her young friend "Tootie" Harris go to a nearby tobacco shop and find themselves regaled by...
15) Feline fatale
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"Spring may be about to bloom in Virginia, but Harry is thinking about snow. Her friend Ned Tucker is in the House of Delegates, advocating for a bill to improve road clearing during bad weather. Tensions are high between political parties, and no one can agree on anything. But the statehouse is rocked when one of the young pages who assists the delegates dies under mysterious circumstances. Could his death be related to the political infighting?...
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"A mystery full of colorful characters (both two- and four-legged!), gorgeous country landscapes, timeless traditions, and the breathtaking thrill of the fox hunt, from the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Like a Fox. Amidst the revelry of the Christmas Hunt, mystery and intrigue abound! When the fanfare is interrupted by the discovery of a body, "Sister" Jane Arnold and her company of loyal hounds find themselves faced with a pressing...
17) The sand castle
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A life-changing lesson about family and the pleasure and heartbreak that comes with it is told in this story of two sisters, their motherless cousin, and their day-trip to the shores of Chesapeake Bay in August, 1952.
18) Isabel in bloom
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Making friends in a new city, and new country, is hard for twelve-year-old Isabel, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school helps her find her way.
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Sarah Mae wants to let you in on a little secret about being a good homemaker: It's not about having a clean house. She'd never claim to be a natural, organized cleaner herself―yet, like you, she wants a beautiful space to call home, a place where people feel loved and at peace. Where people can really settle in with good food, comfy pillows, and wide-open hearts. Is it possible to find a balance? To care for your heart―and your home―at the...