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  • Mary Pickford

    Canada’s Silent Siren, America’s Sweetheart

    par Peggy Dymond Leavey ...
    Collections Livre 30 - Quest Biography
    Mary Pickford's ambition, passion, innate talent, and savvy business acumen sent her career into the stratosphere and set the blueprint for the modern movie star. Born Gladys Louise Smith in 1892, Pickford was raised in a house on University Avenue in Toronto and began her acting career on the stage. However, her determination led her to the new world of motion pictures, where she not only ... En savoir plus

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  • Laura Secord

    Heroine of the War of 1812

    par Peggy Dymond Leavey ...
    Collections Livre 32 - Quest Biography
    After dragging her injured husband off the battlefield during the War of 1812, Laura Secord (1775-1868) was forced to house American soldiers for financial support while she nursed him back to health. It was during this time that she overheard the American plan to ambush British troops at Beaver Dams.Through an outstanding act of perseverance and courage in 1813, Laura walked an astonishing 30 ... En savoir plus

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  • Molly Brant

    Mohawk Loyalist and Diplomat

    par Peggy Dymond Leavey ...
    Collections Livre 36 - Quest Biography
    Molly Brant, a Mohawk girl born into poverty in 1736, became the consort of Sir William Johnson, one of the wealthiest white men in 18th-century America. Suspected of being a spy for the British during the American Revolution, Molly was forced to flee with her children or face imprisonment. Because of her ability to influence the Mohawks, her assistance was needed at Fort Niagara, and she found ... En savoir plus

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  • Mary Pickford

    Queen of the Movies

    par Christel Schmidt ...
    "Explains Pickford's roles as not only a talented actress, but also as a philanthropist and industry leader who managed to end up her own producer." — Time OutIn the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema's first great ... En savoir plus

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  • Storm Front

    A Derrick Storm Thriller

    par Richard Castle ...
    Collections Livre 1 - Derrick Storm Thriller, A
    From Tokyo, to Bonn, to London, high-level bankers are being tortured – and murdered. The killer, caught in a fleeting glimpse on a surveillance camera, has been described as a psychopath with an eye patch. And that means Gregor Volkov, Derrick Storm's old nemesis, has returned. Knowing only one man can match Volkov's strength and cunning, the CIA calls on Storm to track him down, figure out who ... En savoir plus

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  • The Keepers of the House

    par Shirley Ann Grau ...
    Grau’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, about the racial prejudice and long-buried secrets that threaten to destroy a distinguished Southern familyThe Howland dynasty began after the War of 1812, when a young Tennessee solider fighting for Andrew Jackson settled in Alabama. Over the next century, the Howlands accumulated a fortune, fought for Secession, helped rebuild the South, and established ... En savoir plus

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  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    The classic feel-good Sunday Times Bestselling novel

    par Deborah Moggach ...
    Enticed by advertisements for a newly restored palatial hotel and filled with visions of a life of leisure, good weather and mango juice in their gin, a group of very different people leave England to begin a new life in India. On arrival they are dismayed to find the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff more than a little eccentric, and the days of the Raj long gone. But, as they soon ... En savoir plus

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  • Clara: A Novel

    War Could Not Destroy Her Spirit or Lessen Her Love

    par Kurt Palka ...
    Inspired by a true story and based on a wealth of family documents, this elegant and compelling novel chronicles the lives of two families from the 1930s through the coming of the Nazis and World War II, and the long, difficult post-War period to the present. A must-read for fans of Irene Nemirovsky, Hans Fallada, and Bernhard Schlink's The Reader.This vividly realized, masterfully executed novel ... En savoir plus

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  • The Art of Racing in the Rain

    A Novel

    par Garth Stein ...
    The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein—a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it.“Splendid.” —People“The perfect book for anyone who knows that compassion isn’t only for humans, and that the relationship between two souls who ... En savoir plus

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  • The Secret of the Blue Trunk

    par Lise Dion ...
    Traduit par Liedewij Hawke ...
    In this true story, Armande Martel, a young nun from Quebec, is arrested by the Germans in 1940 during a stay at her religious order’s mother house in Brittany. She spends the war years in a German concentration camp. After her return to Canada, she leaves the Church, finds the love of her life in Montreal, and adopts Lise Dion.Growing up, Lise is familiar with only a few facts of her mother’s ... En savoir plus

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  • A Thousand Fiendish Angels

    Three Short Stories Inspired By Dante’s Inferno

    par J.F.Penn ...
    Three short stories inspired by Dante’s Inferno, linked by a book of human skin passed down through generations.Sins of the FleshWhen the tortured and mutilated corpse of a wealthy author is discovered, the police officer sent to investigate finds a curious diary amongst the occult objects at the scene. Will he uncover the author’s secret at the ruined chapel, and is he willing to pay the price ... En savoir plus

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  • The Book of Fate

    par Parinoush Saniee ...
    Traduit par Sara Khalili ...
    Selected as one of World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations of 2013Spanning five turbulent decades in Iranian history, from before the 1979 revolution, through the Islamic Republic, and up to the present, The Book of Fate is a powerful story of friendship and passion, fear and hope.A teenager in pre-revolutionary Tehran, Massoumeh is an average girl, passionate about learning. On her way ... En savoir plus

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