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The Ballad of Ronan McCoy

par Colin Morgan ...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller'A painfully optimistic book that does the favour of making you laugh as it breaks your heart' Kenneth Branagh'A tender, elegant novel about the beauty and importance of friendship…One of the most moving books I’ve read in some time' John Boyne***Brendan's best friend, his only friend, is Ronan McCoy. He knows things about Brendan that no one else does: about his ... En savoir plus

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller'A painfully optimistic book that does the favour of making you laugh as it breaks your heart' Kenneth Branagh'A tender, elegant novel about the beauty and importance of friendship…One of the most moving books I’ve read in some time' John Boyne***Brendan's best friend, his only friend, is Ronan McCoy. He knows things about Brendan that no one else does: about his
... En savoir plus
The Crazies

The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West

par Amy Gamerman ...

“Yellowstone meets Matlock” (Tom Clavin) in this dazzling tale of land lust and the American West, chronicling the rise and fall of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation rancher and the billionaires next door.Most locals in Big Timber, Montana, learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who ... En savoir plus

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“Yellowstone meets Matlock” (Tom Clavin) in this dazzling tale of land lust and the American West, chronicling the rise and fall of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation rancher and the billionaires next door.Most locals in Big Timber, Montana, learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who
... En savoir plus
Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

par J. D. Vance ...

Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"You will not read a more importa... ... En savoir plus

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Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"You will not read a more importa...
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White Rural Rage

The Threat to American Democracy

par Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway
... En savoir plus
Wastelands

The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

par Corban Addison ...

"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —From the Foreword by John GrishamThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard ... En savoir plus

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"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —From the Foreword by John GrishamThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard
... En savoir plus
Osebol

Voices from a Swedish Village

par Marit Kapla ...

Traduit par Peter Graves ...

A SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF SWEDEN'S AUGUST PRIZEWINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE'Osebol is a magnificent success; it is hard to imagine it better ... Kapla is a magician ... mesmerizing' Sara Wheeler, TLS'A simple, pared-back and do... ... En savoir plus

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A SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF SWEDEN'S AUGUST PRIZEWINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE'Osebol is a magnificent success; it is hard to imagine it better ... Kapla is a magician ... mesmerizing' Sara Wheeler, TLS'A simple, pared-back and do...
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Dover: The Collected Short Stories

par Joyce Porter ...

Collections Livre 11 - A Dover Mystery
Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction.Honestly, why should he even be bothered to solve the case?Collected here are eleven unforgettable short stories in the Dover series, from the 1969 story ‘Dover Pulls a Rabbit’, to ‘A Souvenir for Dover’.Editorial reviews:“Something quite out of the ordinary.” Daily Telegraph“Joyce Porter is a joy… ... En savoir plus

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Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction.Honestly, why should he even be bothered to solve the case?Collected here are eleven unforgettable short stories in the Dover series, from the 1969 story ‘Dover Pulls a Rabbit’, to ‘A Souvenir for Dover’.Editorial reviews:“Something quite out of the ordinary.” Daily Telegraph“Joyce Porter is a joy…
... En savoir plus
Dover One

par Joyce Porter ...

Collections Livre 1 - A Dover Mystery
Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?For its own very good reasons, Scotland Yard sends Dover off to remote Creedshire to investigate the disappearance of a young housemaid, Juliet Rugg.Though there's every cause to assume that she has been murdered – she gave her favours freely and ... En savoir plus

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Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?For its own very good reasons, Scotland Yard sends Dover off to remote Creedshire to investigate the disappearance of a young housemaid, Juliet Rugg.Though there's every cause to assume that she has been murdered – she gave her favours freely and
... En savoir plus
Second Chances at Mermaids Point

A warm, escapist, feel-good read from Sarah Bennett

par Sarah Bennett ...

Collections Livre 2 - Mermaids Point
‘Sarah Bennett is back, and better than ever!’ Rachel BurtonWhen her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on.Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it ... En savoir plus

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‘Sarah Bennett is back, and better than ever!’ Rachel BurtonWhen her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on.Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it
... En savoir plus
Mr Pim

par A. A. Milne ...

Gentle chaos sets in when the absent-minded Mr Pim calls in to see George Marden, bearing some innocent news...George is a fine upstanding citizen and a stickler for doing the right thing. He has a devoted wife, Olivia, and is guardian to his somewhat flighty niece, Dinah.But his careful peace is broken when Mr Pim casually announces that he’s recently seen an ex-convict from Australia, Telworthy ... En savoir plus

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Gentle chaos sets in when the absent-minded Mr Pim calls in to see George Marden, bearing some innocent news...George is a fine upstanding citizen and a stickler for doing the right thing. He has a devoted wife, Olivia, and is guardian to his somewhat flighty niece, Dinah.But his careful peace is broken when Mr Pim casually announces that he’s recently seen an ex-convict from Australia, Telworthy
... En savoir plus
Culture Gap

Towards a New World in the Yalakom Valley

par Judith Plant ...

"Judith Plant takes us on a journey we're not likely to forget. Thanks to her candour and the bold questions she leaves us with, this journey deepens our own search for relevance in a radically changing world."— Joanna Macy, author of Widening Circles: A MemoirThe time is the early 1980s. Judith Plant and her new partner, Kip, are ready for a change. Inspired by the charismatic Fred Brown, their ... En savoir plus

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"Judith Plant takes us on a journey we're not likely to forget. Thanks to her candour and the bold questions she leaves us with, this journey deepens our own search for relevance in a radically changing world."— Joanna Macy, author of Widening Circles: A MemoirThe time is the early 1980s. Judith Plant and her new partner, Kip, are ready for a change. Inspired by the charismatic Fred Brown, their
... En savoir plus
Good Neighbors

A page-turning psychological mystery from Mary Grand

par Mary Grand ...

'I thoroughly enjoyed this intriguing mystery set in a beautiful location with deliciously menacing undercurrents.' Frances EveshamIt was meant to be a safe place to start again...In need of an escape from her failing marriage, Nia agrees to house-sit her aunt’s cottage on the Isle of Wight. She feels sure the cosy close in a quaint harbour town will be a safe place to hide and figure out what to ... En savoir plus

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'I thoroughly enjoyed this intriguing mystery set in a beautiful location with deliciously menacing undercurrents.' Frances EveshamIt was meant to be a safe place to start again...In need of an escape from her failing marriage, Nia agrees to house-sit her aunt’s cottage on the Isle of Wight. She feels sure the cosy close in a quaint harbour town will be a safe place to hide and figure out what to
... En savoir plus
Eat Local, Taste Global

How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables

par Glen C. Filson, Bamidele Adekunle ...

Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables shows how the demand for ethnocultural vegetables on the part of Toronto’s South Asian, Chinese, and Afro-Caribbean Canadians is at odds with the corporate food regime. How does that regime affect the local food movement and ethnic groups’ access to their preferred foods? This book addresses that question and suggests that the ... En savoir plus

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Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables shows how the demand for ethnocultural vegetables on the part of Toronto’s South Asian, Chinese, and Afro-Caribbean Canadians is at odds with the corporate food regime. How does that regime affect the local food movement and ethnic groups’ access to their preferred foods? This book addresses that question and suggests that the
... En savoir plus
Dover Two

par Joyce Porter ...

Collections Livre 2 - A Dover Mystery
Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?One February evening in northern England, a young woman is shot in the head and left in a coma. Eight months later she dies, thus becoming a welcome excuse to dispatch the odious Inspector Dover as far as possible from London.It soon appears that ... En savoir plus

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Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?One February evening in northern England, a young woman is shot in the head and left in a coma. Eight months later she dies, thus becoming a welcome excuse to dispatch the odious Inspector Dover as far as possible from London.It soon appears that
... En savoir plus
We Are As Gods

Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America

par Kate Daloz ...

At the dawn of the 1970s, waves of hopeful idealists abandoned the city and headed for the country, convinced that a better life awaited. They were full of dreams, mostly lacking in practical skills, and soon utterly out of money. But they knew paradise when they saw it.When Loraine, Craig, Pancake, Hershe, and a dozen of their friends came into possession of 116 acres in Vermont, they had big ... En savoir plus

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At the dawn of the 1970s, waves of hopeful idealists abandoned the city and headed for the country, convinced that a better life awaited. They were full of dreams, mostly lacking in practical skills, and soon utterly out of money. But they knew paradise when they saw it.When Loraine, Craig, Pancake, Hershe, and a dozen of their friends came into possession of 116 acres in Vermont, they had big
... En savoir plus
Long Time Leaving

Dispatches from Up South

par Roy Blount Jr. ...

“I left the South in search of the Enlightenment. I’m pro-choice, in favor of gay marriage, and against creationism and the war in Iraq. But both my parents’ people are deep Southern from many generations, and I spent a little over a third of my life, including the presumably most formative years (toilet training through college), living in the South. Mathematically, that makes me just about ... En savoir plus

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“I left the South in search of the Enlightenment. I’m pro-choice, in favor of gay marriage, and against creationism and the war in Iraq. But both my parents’ people are deep Southern from many generations, and I spent a little over a third of my life, including the presumably most formative years (toilet training through college), living in the South. Mathematically, that makes me just about
... En savoir plus
Global Heartland

Displaced Labor, Transnational Lives, and Local Placemaking

par Faranak Miraftab ...

Collections series Framing the Global
Global Heartland is the account of diverse, dispossessed, and displaced people brought together in a former sundown town in Illinois. Recruited to work in the local meat-processing plant, African Americans, Mexicans, and West Africans re-create the town in unexpected ways. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the US, Mexico, and Togo, Faranak Miraftab shows how this workforce is produced ... En savoir plus

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Global Heartland is the account of diverse, dispossessed, and displaced people brought together in a former sundown town in Illinois. Recruited to work in the local meat-processing plant, African Americans, Mexicans, and West Africans re-create the town in unexpected ways. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the US, Mexico, and Togo, Faranak Miraftab shows how this workforce is produced
... En savoir plus
Fly Away Paul

par Victor Canning ...

Collections Livre 5 - Classic Canning
How far could you go living in another’s shoes?In a mid-life moment, Paul Morison travels from America to England to discover his mother’s roots. A chance encounter and uncanny resemblance leads him to agree to assume the identity of a famous singer for a while. But it’s not just the unnerving attentions of the adoring public that he must deal with.Seeking to regain his freedom, Paul flees the ... En savoir plus

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How far could you go living in another’s shoes?In a mid-life moment, Paul Morison travels from America to England to discover his mother’s roots. A chance encounter and uncanny resemblance leads him to agree to assume the identity of a famous singer for a while. But it’s not just the unnerving attentions of the adoring public that he must deal with.Seeking to regain his freedom, Paul flees the
... En savoir plus
The Road to Appledore

Or How I Went Back to the Land Without Ever Having Lived There in the First Place

par Tom Wayman ...

Acclaimed author Tom Wayman’s account of his shift from urban to rural.The recent pandemic accelerated an existing trend among urban Canadians to move to the country. Yet to quote from a 2022 Globe and Mail article, “People from cities don’t always realize what they’re getting into.”For anyone setting out in that direction, or dreaming of doing so, Tom Wayman’s The Road to Appledore, or How I Went ... En savoir plus

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Acclaimed author Tom Wayman’s account of his shift from urban to rural.The recent pandemic accelerated an existing trend among urban Canadians to move to the country. Yet to quote from a 2022 Globe and Mail article, “People from cities don’t always realize what they’re getting into.”For anyone setting out in that direction, or dreaming of doing so, Tom Wayman’s The Road to Appledore, or How I Went
... En savoir plus
The Golden Oldies' Book Club

The feel-good novel from MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh

par Judy Leigh ...

From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh'Judy’s done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book' Jennifer BohnetDeep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs ... En savoir plus

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From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh'Judy’s done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book' Jennifer BohnetDeep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs
... En savoir plus
Far From the Madding Crowd

par Thomas Hardy ...

Collections series Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present one of Hardy's most popular novels, and now a major film, from our range of timeless literary classics.‘I shall do one thing in this life – one thing certain – that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die’Independent and spirited, Bathsheba Everdene owns the hearts of three men. Striving to win her love in different ways, their ... En savoir plus

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HarperCollins is proud to present one of Hardy's most popular novels, and now a major film, from our range of timeless literary classics.‘I shall do one thing in this life – one thing certain – that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die’Independent and spirited, Bathsheba Everdene owns the hearts of three men. Striving to win her love in different ways, their
... En savoir plus
Icons of England

par Bill Bryson ...

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies.First ... En savoir plus

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This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies.First
... En savoir plus
You Only Live Once

The laugh-out-loud, feel-good romantic comedy from Maxine Morrey

par Maxine Morrey ...

Collections series The Read Yourself Happy Collection
Discover the unforgettable and utterly uplifting love story, from the award-winning top 50 bestseller Maxine MorreyPerfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Sophie Kinsella.When Lily’s husband dies, she moves to the edge of a tiny village, settling into a solitary life, her only real company her brother and his family. A quiet life becomes her safe space, with no risk of getting hurt.When her ... En savoir plus

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Discover the unforgettable and utterly uplifting love story, from the award-winning top 50 bestseller Maxine MorreyPerfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Sophie Kinsella.When Lily’s husband dies, she moves to the edge of a tiny village, settling into a solitary life, her only real company her brother and his family. A quiet life becomes her safe space, with no risk of getting hurt.When her
... En savoir plus
Falling for a French Dream

Escape to the French countryside for the perfect uplifting read

par Jennifer Bohnet ...

Escape to hills high above the French Riviera with international bestseller Jennifer Bohnet.After tragically losing her husband, Nicola Jacques and her teenage son Oliver relocate to his father’s family's olive farm in the hills above the French Riviera.Due to a family feud, Oliver has never known his father's side of the family but Grandpapa Henri is intent that Oliver will take over the reins of ... En savoir plus

$5.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Escape to hills high above the French Riviera with international bestseller Jennifer Bohnet.After tragically losing her husband, Nicola Jacques and her teenage son Oliver relocate to his father’s family's olive farm in the hills above the French Riviera.Due to a family feud, Oliver has never known his father's side of the family but Grandpapa Henri is intent that Oliver will take over the reins of
... En savoir plus

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