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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2021Picturing the Western Front
by Beatriz Pichel, Ana Carden-Coyne
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2023Picturing the Western Front
Photography, practices and experiences in First World War France
by Beatriz Pichel
Between 1914 and 1918, military, press and amateur photographers produced thousands of pictures. Either classified in military archives specially created with this purpose in 1915, collected in personal albums or circulated in illustrated magazines, photographs were supposed to tell the story of the war. Picturing the Western Front argues that photographic practices also shaped combatants and civilians' war experiences. Doing photography (taking pictures, posing for them, exhibiting, cataloguing and looking at them) allowed combatants and civilians to make sense of what they were living through. Photography mattered because it enabled combatants and civilians to record events, establish or reinforce bonds with one another, represent bodies, place people and events in imaginative geographies and making things visible, while making others, such as suicide, invisible. Photographic practices became, thus, frames of experience.
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FictionLes Chats des neiges ne sont plus blancs en hiver
by Noémie Wiorek
Morz is the northernmost land in the world. Centuries ago, the snow has stopped falling and the ice melted, becoming a shapeless, disgusting mud. There is a shadow to the east of Morz; the shadow of Noir, a maleficent spirit which will do anything to bring the kingdom to his demise. Right behind his steps, is the Second, a prodigious warrior, crueller and fiercer than every minion revolving around them. There is a child on Morz throne: He is expected to be as fervent as his ancestors to maintain the kingdom in the Light. But prince Jaroslav doubts his position and only wants one thing: to live in peace. And in the north, close to the mountains, the witches hatch, vengeful, devoured by their uncertain dream of making snow fall again on their fallen world.
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PoetryAugust 2015Au monde
Inventaire
by Antoine Dumas
This poetry book is the first one by a young Quebecer poet. It makes an inventory of the beauties and small tragedies of the world. Relying on the powerful talent of the author for creating very original and rare images that flow freely in their poems, Au monde inventaire’s beauty haunts us long after its reading. Shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the Émile-Nelligan Award More infos: https://bit.ly/3d9kSjz
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FictionLes Kerns de l'oubli
by Feldrik Rivat
Almenarch, an ancient and sovereign city, is trembling. Is she afraid of some humans’ weak ambitions? Cataxak the stranger? Ulnhor the Fallen King? Roch whose heart has rotted from rage? No. Above all, she dreads her last son, Erkan. A cursed, banished, hated warrior. An epic tale mixed with a redemption quest, The Kerns of Chronicles offers a vivid universe whose splendors entrance until the last page, thanks to excellent narration.
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LE LAC ASSASSINÉ
by Laurent Chabin & Christine Delezenne
A carp tells the sad story of the lake in which it has always lived. Like hundreds of lakes around the world, this lake is drying up. The lake’s surface, volume and water level decrease drastically until it is all reduced to a muddy puddle. Many sad consequences follow from these lakes drying up. An engaged graphic novel that denounces, strikes, disturbs and that really makes you want for things to change, and now !
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Children's & YAMay 2020This point you have to reach
by Mireille Disdero
Violette and Arnaud, 17-year-old high school students inseparable since the 7th grade, have a relationship that is constantly intensifying. They love each other. Life is beautiful... Violette, very active on the web, runs a literary forum and a blog where she expresses her passion for writing. But, after a party in Paris organized by the members of the forum, she is not the same anymore. Arnaud, who was not present at the party, is worried and wants to understand. What happened that night? And why can't she remember it?
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2006Confessions animales. Bestiaire
by Serge Bouchard
Vingt-trois textes du fameux anthropologue Serge Bouchard, écrits de sa plus belle plume, ludique et savante, et abondamment illustrés d’œuvres de Pnina C. Gagnon, artiste peintre qui a également sa propre patte, dans un style oscillant entre le réalisme et l’art naïf. Un livre idéal pour faire connaître et aimer le patrimoine naturel nord-américain ; aux plus jeunes par les illustrations, aux plus vieux par la richesse des textes. - Twenty-three texts by the famous anthropologist Serge Bouchard, written in his finest playful and wise pen, and abundantly illustrated with works by the painter Pnina C. Gagnon, who also has her own paw, in a style oscillating between realism and naive art. The ideal book to introduce and appreciate North American natural heritage, to the youngest through the illustrations and to the oldest through the richness of the texts.
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FictionLe Songe d'Adam
by John Ethan Py
The French answer to Stephen King's Pet Sematary! Present day, Germany, Black Forest. A father comes to live with his daughter. Soon, the girl will see and sense things that shouldn’t exist. When ghosts from both father and daughter’s past become more than memories, horror strikes. Disappearances in the heart of the woods demand an explanation that will defy what our mind can conceive. A horrific atmosphere that slowly grows among this terrifying Black Forrest, full of eerie myths, all guided by a masterful hand and chiseled writing. Welcome to the everlasting terror of Adam’s Dream!
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Children's & YAWONDERS AND LEGENDS ON DRAGONS
Dragons have inspired the imagination of mankind since the dawn of time. Each civilization, in its own way, has honored the wonderful creature. Then, as times changed, the same ones who had once adored it now called it a cruel and bloodthirsty monster.
by Séverine Pineaux
Rattling scales, breath of fire, twirling under the scarlet skies... Dragons have fed the imagination of men since the dawn of time, giving birth to many legends. Each civilization in its own way has honored the marvelous creature.As times changed, the same ones who had once adored it now called it a cruel and bloodthirsty monster, and its executioners became the heroes.In this book, we honor the “great fire-breathers,” these magnificent, untamable creatures, who have ignited a childhood passion that can never be extinguished and guide us as we go through life with our head in the clouds, on the back of our very own dragon…
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesStraight Ahead
by Emmanuelle Rey
Mauve, Tito and Diamond have been walking along the highway, under the scorching July sun, for the past three days. It was Mauve who decided everything, on a whim, when she realised that this time, her mom had really messed up. And, at fifteen, it was out of the question to be separated from her eight and two-year-old brothers to live with yet another rotten foster family. So the three siblings leave Montpellier and their chaotic life, closely tailed by the police. They leave to find Thierry and Martine, whose smiles and ratatouille chicken Mauve remembers fondly. They start walking straight ahead to Marseille and La Pointe Rouge, with the hope of a new life. Straight Ahead follows the singular path of Mauve and her two brothers, filled with life-altering adventures and realistic characters. Furthermore, in a series of flashbacks, Mauve tells us all about her mother—an eccentric woman who certainly doesn’t seem able to take care of her children, but who is full of love for them nonetheless. • The complexity of a mother-child relationship, when a mother’s love isn’t enough to make up for her shortcomings • The unique bond between siblings that will help them deal with life on the road • Interesting encounters and experiences — good and bad — that teach valuable life lessons
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Children's & YAThe Big Bad Graou
by Ingrid Chabbert / Guridi
Graou likes to be left alone and take a nap in the sunshine… until the day he meets a little girl who is just stubborn and brave enough to resist his attempts at scaring her away. She persists until she finds a common ground for them: books. Thanks to a book she leaves him, Graou discovers the joy of reading. And through their shared love of stories, the two newfound friends strike up a connection that will change both their lives. • Don’t judge someone on a first impression • A valuable lesson in unlikely friendship • Lovely flat-colored illustrations
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2017LES VOIES DU PANTHEON
by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE
Summary: Here, in The Ways of the Pantheon, here comes back to us stronger,love, filled with hope and promises, filled with gifts and graces thatonly humans can offer a glorious destiny. Also, the poetic work of the Cameroonian writer plunges us into thewonderful world of mysticism and daily life, where the painter ofhuman duality invites the human to fight again to be happy on earth
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JUSTICE
On his way home from a training session, Nolan witnesses an attempted rape and decides to take action. Seriously injured, he considers his intervention a failure and decides to get help from a priest with unconventional methods.
by Dario Alcide
On his way home from a training session, Nolan, a sportsman used to capoeira fighting, witnesses an attempted rape and decides to step in. Even if he manages to help the victim, he still ends up in the hospital, seriously injured. This violent beating weighs on the young man’s mind, and he gradually drifts into depression, unable to bear what he considers to be a failure.It is finally a meeting with a priest that will help him get back on his feet. It must be said that Father Franck has a very unique method for working with young people experiencing difficulties.The two other teenagers he takes care of at the same time, Valentina and Hervé, have had a difficult life. But this unusual trio seems to share something more than a simple patient/therapist relationship.Father Franck’s methods will lead Nolan into strange and sometimes dangerous situations. Will he manage to overcome his own demons to regain serenity?
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April 2021Allunia
by Tiphs
Trapped in a meaningless life, Leah is still looking to find herself. One thing is certain: she would never have thought of dying by lightning. But now, she is dead for sure. And she is in Allunia.Hunted, embarked by a rebellious group, Leah finds herself in this strange place where ancestral magic and new technology are intimately linked and where souls tend to have mysterious powers that, when misused, lead to terrible consequences.
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FictionOctober 2015ARC-EN-CIEL
by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE
Summary: This is the twenty-first century. This is the era of globalization. Theworld is changing and things are buzzing. Did you say the Internet?You said virtual world? Did you say information and communicationtechnologies? So Africa! Especially not to be left out! And at therendezvous of giving and re-conceiving, when the continents, bymutual agreement laughing out the universal song, perhaps the resultwill be a better world! And what will science do? And what will lovedo?
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FictionSeptember 2016The Deathbearer
by Angel Arekin
At 17, Seïs Amorgen is nominated to incorporate the biggest brotherhood of Asclepion’s kingdom. If he says yes, he will become one of the best warriors of the monarchy. If he says no, he will stay the frivolous and arrogant boy playing with the robbers in his hometown. While the shadow is extending through the country, Seïs must take a decision which will impact his life, and he must faces his own demons.
