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Into the silence
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Wade Davis |
A beautifully evocative exploration of the inchoate motives of a group of British climbers who attempted to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s. There was patriotism, of course, but also a desire … |
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Prisonniers du frigo
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Gaël Corboz |
Maxime est désespéré: voilà un mois qu'il fouille tous les recoins de la maison dans l'espoir de retrouver Canapé, la souris rencontrée dans sa précédente aventure (cf. ##Prisonniers du sofa##). Mais… |
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The patrol
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Ryan Flavelle |
The patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier's experience in the Canadian Forces in the twenty-first century. This book isn't merely about the guns and the glory, it is about why w… |
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Les guerriers grecs
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Deborah Jane Murrell |
Une première initiation à l'univers des fantassins de la Grèce antique. Au fil des pages se dessine le contexte historique qui les a vus naître, de même que leur formation, leur équipement, les guerr… |
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Bravely into battle
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Strome Galloway |
Dieppe. World War II. |
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The immortals
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Tori Eversmann |
The Immortals is the story of Calli Coleman, a classically trained musician from a well-connected Baltimore family, who has no idea what's in store for her when her soldier-husband, Luke, is recalled… |
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Camus doit mourir
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Jean Charbonneau |
"Août 1944. Paris sera bientôt libérée des nazis. Euphorie, panique et barbarie cohabitent sous l'écrasante canicule. Mais avant que ne tombe le rideau, plusieurs croient avoir encore un rôle à jouer… |
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From this fertile valley
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Martha Lou Perritti |
It is a rare opportunity to meet the author behind the books she's written With "From This Fertile Valley," Martha Lou Perritti reveals her personal life and the path she traveled to become an author… |
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Love and longing
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Rob Burgess |
There is nothing romantic about the war, only pain of separation and losing someone you hold close to your heart. They have been married for years, but Jim Fisher and his wife, Jen, are blessed with … |
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Soul of a woman
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Rose, A. |
This tale, told through the eyes of a child, traces the journey of an American woman, dispossessed and struggling for survival through decades of poverty and homelessness. Her shining emergence from … |
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Cryin out
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Chardonnay (Author) |
"The book talks about how I dealt with a four-year-old who could not come to terms with the fact his dad will be gone for a whole year. The book gives an insight into our six-month struggle in how to… |
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Lendemains de guerre
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Rachel Seiffert |
Émouvant récit en ce que l'auteur "décrit les subtils débats intérieurs d'un homme brisé par la guerre, et les espoirs d'une femme amoureuse qui croit pouvoir le ramener à la vie" (quatrième de couve… |
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Empty Casing
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Fred Doucette |
Very amazing my hand went all the way up |
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