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The birthday of the infanta
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Oscar Wilde |
A grotesque dwarf falls in love with the beautiful Infanta. |
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Brief Lives
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Neil Gaiman |
An attempt to summon and imprison Death, results, instead, in the capture of Morpheus, the Sandman, who must regain the tools of his powers. |
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Winter door
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Isobelle Carmody |
In the midst of the worst winter on record, Rage is beset with worry. Her mother still hasn't fully recovered from her car accident despite Rage's successful quest for healing magic. Her stoic uncle … |
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Threads and flames
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Esther M. Friesner |
After recovering from typhus, thirteen-year-old Raisa leaves her Polish shtetl for America to join her older sister, and goes to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. |
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Positively
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Courtney Sheinmel |
Thirteen-year-old Emmy, grieving over her mother who died of AIDS, resentful of having to live with her father and pregnant stepmother, and despairing about her future, finds hope at a summer camp fo… |
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Unreconciled
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Michel Houellebecq |
Selected poems from the critically acclaimed author of Submission and The Elementary Particles. A selection of poems chosen from four collections of one of France's authors, Unreconciled shines a fre… |
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The white city
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Karolina Ramqvist |
"Karin knew what she was getting herself into when she fell for John, the high-flying criminal and love of her life. But she never imagined things would turn out like this: John is now gone and the c… |
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Aubrey and the terrible Yoot
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Horatio Clare |
Aubrey's father, Jim, has fallen under an horrendous spell, which Aubrey is determined to break. Everyone says his task is impossible, but Aubrey will never give up and never surrender even if he mus… |
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Quand Lemaire s'est pendu
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Matthieu Simard |
"Je n'ai pas peur de la mort. J'ai juste peur que si je meurs, personne ne s'en rende compte." (cf. p. 7). Solitaire, Martin trouve sa vie ennuyante à mourir. Depuis qu'il est tombé amoureux d'Anouk … |
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En attendant Gouda
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Matthieu Simard |
Martin est sauvé in extremis par un homme de main de Pavel. Il est ensuite conduit dans une usine désaffectée servant de laboratoire à d'énigmatiques chercheurs, dont Pavel s'avère être l'objet d'obs… |
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Plus vivant que toutes les pornstars réunies
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Matthieu Simard |
Solitaire, Martin trouve sa vie ennuyante à mourir. Alors qu'il confie à son oncle son vide intérieur, son incapacité à se sentir vivant, ce dernier lui conseille de vivre comme s'il allait mourir da… |
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J'ai le je t'aime précoce
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Matthieu Simard |
Martin se remet de sa nuit au laboratoire lors de laquelle Pavel a frôlé la mort. Grâce à sa présence télépathique, Martin l'aurait sauvé. Il retrouve ainsi son ami sur le toit de l'école où ils disc… |
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Du duct tape sur notre amour
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Matthieu Simard |
Alors qu'il reçoit Anouk en pleurs, qui lui avoue ne plus vouloir voir son père qui a manifestement abusé d'elle, Martin doit intervenir pour que Pavel puisse à nouveau s'autoguérir. Faisant libérer … |
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Knife edge (Noughts & Crosses #2)
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Malorie Blackman |
A razor-sharp and intensely moving novel, the second in the Noughts & Crosses trilogy.Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as i… |
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I Wish I Could Say I Love You
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Muriel Canfield Kanoza |
The unforgettable, true story of young woman's search for love and acceptance.
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All that matters
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Jan Goldstein |
Combining the unabashedly heart-warming sentiment of Robert James Waller’s The Bridges of Madison County or Nicholas Sparks’s Message in a Bottle, Goldstein’s ALL THAT MATTERS is an inspirational sto… |
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