Bibliography
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
030 SYMON
Symons, Mitchell. Numberland : the world in numbers.
Numberland interprets the world around us through numbers, breaking
the most amazing and revealing of facts down to their bare bones.
Ordered in easily digestible sections such as 'Around the World', 'the
USA', 'Money', 'Religion' and 'History', the book navigates an ordered
path through a noisy world of information overload.
364.13 HARDI
Harding, Luke, 1968- author. The Snowden files : the inside story of the
world's most wanted man.
Looks at Edward Snowden who exposed the near-universal mass
surveillance programs of the United States government.
371.102 TEACH
Teaching for understanding : linking research with practice. 1st ed.
Describes the method of teaching for understanding and explains how
teachers can use it to increase their students' ability to develop a level
of understanding that will serve them throughout their lives.
378.1662 IB
Merson-Davies, Ashby. IB biology : student guide for internal assessment.
2nd ed.
A hands-on guide that covers 'design', 'data collection and process',
'conclusion and evaluation' whilst following the IB Biology Internal
Assessment criteria and guidelines very closely. It also includes many
useful hints and a very helpful section on statistical analysis.
378.1662 IB
Weem, Minka Peeters. Biology : [International Baccalaureate]. 3rd ed.
For use with the IB diploma programme, both Standard and Higher
levels, and includes a student CD, Biology Textbook.
609 ONETH
1001 inventions that changed the world. 1st U.S. ed.
Ancient world -- From Rome to revolution -- The industrial age -- The
age of empires -- Birth of the modern age -- War and peace -- Going
global -- The internet age. Provides brief accounts of over one
thousand inventions that have had a significant impact on the world,
arranged chronologically from prehistoric times to 2008.
612.82 CARTE
Carter, Rita, 1949-. The brain book.
The brain and the body -- Brain anatomy -- The senses -- Movement
and control -- Emotions and feelings -- The social brain -- Language
and communication -- Memory -- Thinking -- Consciousness -- The
individual brain -- Development and ageing -- Diseases and disorders.
An illustrated guide to the structure, functions and disorders of the
human brain. It helps readers gain insight into such esoteric aspects as
behaviour, language and communication and discover the nature of
genius. It is suitable for students and healthcare professionals.
629.454 LOVEL
Lovell, Jim. Apollo 13.
Recounts how after only fifty hours into its flight to the moon, the
"Apollo 13" spaceship was rocked by an explosion, and tells how the
ship was brought under control and the crew was safely returned to
Earth.
641.5123 STERN
Stern, Sam, 1990-. Sam Stern's student cookbook.
The strategy -- The equipment & storecupboard -- The basic
techniques -- Snacks & light bites -- Eggs -- Soups -- Pasta & pizza -Noodles, rice, grains & lentils -- Meat -- Fish -- Not just for
vegetarians -- Salads & Sides -- Puddings -- Cakes & breads. Sam
Stern's fourth cookbook and one written to suit the student's lifestyle,
health and budget.
641.5951 LIN
Lin, Shulian, 1951-. Jian yi jia chang cai = : Everyday dishes. Di 1 ban.
Bilingual Chinese-English cookbook for everyday Chinese dishes.
658.4 NUSSB
Nussbaum, Bruce. Creative intelligence : harnessing the power to create,
connect, and inspire.
Reclaiming our creativity -- The five competencies of creative
intelligence -- The economic value of creativity. Describes how to
harness creative ability for business success, and explores its
relationship to Indie Capitalism.
770 MCCUR
McCurry, Steve. Steve McCurry untold : the stories behind the photographs.
Steve McCurry (b.1950) launched his career as a photojournalist when,
disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into
Afghanistan thirty years ago. His remarkable coverage won him the
Robert Capa Gold Medal, which is awarded to photographers who
exhibit exceptional courage and enterprise. A recipient of an
unprecedented four World Press Photo first prizes in a single year,
many of McCurry's images have since become modern icons. Famous
for his work across Southeast Asia, McCurry's photographs are
beautiful, uplifting and affecting. This book includes the stories behind
the photos, as well as the photos themselves.
910.9 MODER
Hanbury-Tenison, Robin, author. The modern explorers.
Ranulph Fiennes -- Liv Arnesen -- Borge Ousland -- Pen Hadow -Mikael Strandberg -- Michael Asher -- Jon Muir -- John Hare -- Arita
Baaijens -- Robert Twigger -- Bruno Baumann -- Ghillean Prance -Sydney Possuelo -- J. Michael Fay -- Wade Davis -- Meg Lowman -Martin Holland -- Stephen Venables -- Chris Bonington --Rebecca
Stephens -- Haraldur Sigurdsson -- Karen Darke -- Tim Severin -Henk De Velde -- Jeff Macinnis -- Jon Turk -- Jason Lewis -- John
Blashford-Snell -- Robin Hanbury-Tenison -- Mirella and Lorenzo
Ricciardi -- Wong How Man -- Michel Peissel -- George Bass -- Andy
Eavis -- Jean-Francois Pernette -- Mark Norell -- Tahir Shah -- Franck
Goddio -- John Reinhard. 'The editors define explorers as those who
make "difficult, and often dangerous, unique journeys to bring back
news (scientific, topographic, cultural, psychological) from distant
lands" and state that "adventure is to exploration what story is to the
novel." The book is divided into eight sections: polar, desert,
rainforest, mountain, ocean, river, under sea/under land, and lost
worlds. The majority of entries are first-person accounts by the
explorers themselves about career highlights, major expeditions, or
pivotal adventures.'--from review.
919.804 FIENN
Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir, 1944- author. Cold : extreme adventures at the lowest
temperatures on Earth.
Few humans have evolved who can survive and thrive in the bitter
cold. Below a certain temperature, death is inevitable. This book is
about this aspect of our environment and about Sir Ranulph Fiennes'
own life experiencing the extreme cold, from his adventuring
apprenticeship 40 years ago on the Greenland Ice Cap to
masterminding over the past five years the crossing of the Antarctic
during winter; the 'coldest journey on Earth', where temperatures will
regularly plummet to minus 92 degrees C.
920 DAHL
Dahl, Roald. Boy : tales of childhood. 1st American ed.
Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which
includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.
920 GILOT
Gilot, Françoise, 1921-. Life with Picasso.
Françoise Gilot chronicles the ten years she spent with Pablo Picasso,
offering insight into the artist's personal life, habits, temperment, and
views.
920 GRANT
Grant, Linda, 1951-. Remind me who I am, again.
Author Linda Grant discusses her mother's diagnosis of dementia at
the beginning of the 1990s and describes her efforts to reconstruct her
family's history as a Jewish immigrant family and trace their roots
from Russia and Poland to New York and London.
920 HARRI
Dash, Joan. The longitude prize. 1st ed.
The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent
forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to
accurately determine longitude at sea.
920 HOUDI
Fleischman, Sid, 1920-. Escape! : the story of the great Houdini. 1st ed.
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape
artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in
1926.
920 MAH
Mah, Adeline Yen, 1937-. Chinese Cinderella : the true story of an unwanted
daughter.
The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she
lived until the age of fourteen with her father, stepmother, and siblings,
all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly
after giving birth to her.
920 NORTH
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?, author. 12 years a slave : a true story of
betrayal, kidnap and slavery.
Solomon Northup tells about being kidnapped and sold into slavery in
the South after having been a free citizen in New York during the mid1800s.
920 SULLI
Delano, Marfe Ferguson. Helen's eyes : a photobiography of Annie Sullivan,
Helen Keller's teacher.
Photographs, illustrations, and text chronicle the life of Helen Keller's
tutor, Annie Sullivan.
920 WORTH
Worth, Jennifer, 1935-. Call the midwife : a true story of the East End in the
1950s.
A memoir that chronicles the author's work as a midwife after training
with an Anglican order of nuns in the 1950s and working amid the
slums on the East End of London, covering the various people and
situations she encountered. Her memoirs were the inspiration for the
BBC TV series.
920 YOUSA
Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- author. I am Malala : the story of the girl who
stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban.
Malala Yousafzai's describes her fight for education for girls under
Taliban rule, the support she received from her parents to pursue an
education, and how the Taliban retaliated against her by trying to kill
her.
937 GANGI
Gangi, Giuseppe. Rome : then and now in overlay.
This book consists of pictures of classical Roman structures as they
appear today. There are transparent overlays showing artists'
reconstructions of the buildings as they originally appeared. There are
brief descriptions of the buildings; the introduction is an abbreviated
history of the Roman Empire, particularly as it concerns the buildings
shown in the book.
937.082 MACDO
Macdonald, Fiona. Women in ancient Rome.
Explores the role of women in the vast and expanding empire of
ancient Rome, and shows that while women had no legal status, they
did have some influence in business, the arts, and, in rare cases, the
public world.
938 NARDO
Nardo, Don, 1947-. Greek and Roman sport.
Discusses the role of sports in the ancient Greek and Roman world,
covering the Olympics, the glories of physical achievement, spectacle
sports, horse and chariot racing, and leisure sports.
940.1 COSMA
Cosman, Madeleine Pelner. Medieval holidays and festivals : a calendar of
celebrations.
The glories of medieval civilization -- January: Twelfth Night -February: St. Valentine's Day -- March: Easter -- April: April Fool's
Day -- May: Mayday -- June: Midsummer Eve -- July: St. Swithin's
Day -- August: Lammas Day -- September: Michaelmas -- October:
Halloween -- November: Catherning, or St. Catherine's Day -December: Christmas -- Transformations and illusions -- Medieval
recipes. Describes customs and activities associated with twelve
medieval holidays and festivals, from Twelfth Night through
Midsummer Eve and Halloween to Christmas. Also includes recipes
and instructions for making banners, decorations, and costumes.
CDAUD F COLLI
Collins, Suzanne. Catching fire. Unabridged.
Read by Carolyn McCormick. By winning the annual Hunger Games,
District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a
life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because
they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an
impending rebellion.
CDAUD F COLLI
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Unabridged.
Read by Carolyn McCormick. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen
accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a
grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls
are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
CDAUD F COLLI
Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Unabridged.
Read by Carolyn McCormick. Katniss Everdeen, having survived the
Hunger Games twice, learns she and her family and friends are in
danger because the Capitol holds her responsible for the unrest and
races against time to protect those she cares about and the people of
District 12.
DUT 439.31 CORNE
Cornelisse, Paulien, 1976-. Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding.
Speelse columns over hedendaags Nederlands taalgebruik.
DUT 920 KOELE
Koelemeijer, Judith. Hemelvaart : op zoek naar een verloren vriendin.
Zoektocht naar de dood van een jeugdvriendin die in 1985 op vakantie
in Griekenland omkwam bij een ongeluk.
DUT 968.048 BOSSE
Bossenbroek, M. P. De Boerenoorlog. Vierde druk.
Oorsprong van de apartheid. Eerste mediaoorlog. Voorproefje van de
Eerste én de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De Boerenoorlog (1899-1902)
behoort tot de meest intrigerende conflicten in de moderne
geschiedenis. Het verschil in status tussen supermacht GrootBrittannië en de twee nietige Boerenrepublieken Transvaal en Oranje
Vrijstaat, bewoond door afstammelingen van Nederlandse kolonisten,
was bizar groot. Toch moesten de Britten heel ver gaan om de oorlog
te winnen, tot en met systematische terreur tegen de burgerbevolking.
DUT F BOEKE
Bakker, Helene. Adem nood.
Susan lijdt aan Cystic Fibrosis, in het verhaal taaislijmziekte genoemd.
Haar nieuwe buurjongen Jim blijkt een grote voorliefde voor biologie
te hebben en wordt verliefd op Susan. Zij houdt de liefde echter af,
omdat ze niet lang meer te leven heeft. Susan kan nog wel een
belangrijke rol spelen in de hereniging van Jims ouders.
DUT F BOEKE
Hoefnagel, Marian. Transfer.
Transfer gaat over Klaas. Klaas is 17 jaar. Hij is een groot
voetbaltalent en wil het liefst spelen voor PSV. Als iemand aanbiedt
voor hem te onderhandelen, is hij dan ook dolblij. Maar waar heeft hij
nu precies voor getekend?.
DUT F BOEKE
Kooijman, Mirjam. Het experiment.
Yasmina en Laura zitten in een vmbo-examenklas. Ze vervelen zich en
gaan naar de kelders onder het flatgebouw waarin Laura woont. Als ze
vreemde geluiden horen, gaan ze zoeken waar die vandaan komen. Ze
ontdekken een laboratorium en het lijkt erop dat hun ouders hier meer
van weten.
DUT F BROKK
Brokken, Jan. De vergelding : een dorp in tijden van oorlog.
Wie legde op 10 oktober 1944 in Rhoon, onder de rook van Rotterdam
een onder stroom staande elektriciteitsdraad over de weg, waardoor
een duitse soldaat gedood werd?.
DUT F CAMPE
Campert, Remco. Hôtel du Nord : roman.
In deze kleine roman - eigenlijk drie nauw met elkaar verbonden
levensgeschiedenissen - is de illusieloze scriptwriter Manning de
hoofdfiguur. Naast hem komen de actrice Nora en de filmregisseur
Mike voor. Oppervlakkigheid kenmerkt alle drie. Ze zijn kleine
krabbelaars in de grote wereld van toneel en film, geld en ego’s.
Manning gaat er na het onverwachte succes van een film vandoor en
sluit zich op in het levenloze gat Duneville om ’te [gaan] leven zonder
conventies’, al was het maar als ’de held van een verhaal’.
DUT F DECOS
de Coster, Saskia. Wij en ik.
Deze roman gaat over de welgestelde familie Vandersanden, die in een
villawijkje op een berg in Vlaanderen woont. Het is een wat vreemde
familie, met mislukte mannen, manische huisvrouwen en getroebleerde
tieners. In het verhaal worden vader Stefaan, moeder Mieke en dochter
Sarah gevolgd. Het wordt al snel duidelijk dat Stefaan bezig is zijn
eigen ondergang te bewerkstelligen en het is vooral Sarah die
achtervolgd wordt door de neerslachtigheid van haar familie. In
Amerika, waar ze naartoe reist na de dood van haar vader, probeert ze
zich hieraan te ontworstelen.
DUT F DESME
De Smet, Marian. Rotmoevie.
De Nederlandse Eppo (ik-figuur) is al liftend op reis naar het zuiden.
Onderweg ontmoet hij Tabby, een Vlaams meisje van 18. Tabby
neemt Eppo mee in haar oude Volkswagen Golf. Al snel blijkt dat
Eppo en Tabby met nogal wat problemen worstelen. Aanvankelijk
proberen ze die voor elkaar te verbergen, maar dit lukt steeds minder
goed naarmate hun reis vordert.
DUT F GODIJ
Godijn, Wouter. Hoe ik een beroemde Nederlander werd : roman.
Een schrijver wil een ontroerende roman schrijven, maar ook een die
waarschuwt voor fascisme in de hedendaagse politiek.
DUT F HERTM
Hertmans, Stefan. Oorlog en terpentijn : roman.
Vlak voor zijn dood in de jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw gaf de
grootvader van Stefan Hertmans zijn kleinzoon een paar
volgeschreven oude cahiers. Jarenlang durfde Hertmans de schriften
niet te openen – tot hij het wél deed en onvermoede geheimen vond.
Het leven van zijn grootvader bleek getekend door zijn armoedige
kinderjaren in het Gent van voor 1900, door gruwelijke ervaringen als
frontsoldaat in de Eerste Wereldoorlog en door een jonggestorven
grote liefde. In zijn verdere leven zette hij zijn verdriet om in stille
schilderkunst. Stefan Hertmans’ jarenlange fascinatie voor zijn
grootvaders leven bracht hem uiteindelijk tot het schrijven van deze
aangrijpende roman.--by publisher.
DUT F HUFF
Huff, Philip. Niemand in de stad : roman.
Philip Hofman woont in het Weeshuis, een statig studentenhuis aan de
Amsterdamse Prinsengracht. Zijn beste vrienden zijn huisgenoten Matt
en Jacob, de eerste een impulsieve hartenbreker, de tweede een
beschouwend intellectueel. Door hen aangespoord laat Philip zich
steeds meer meeslepen in het studentenbestaan. Dan ontmoet hij de
beeldschone Karen. Zij zet een keten van gebeurtenissen in gang die
de zorgvuldig opgebouwde illusie van het Weeshuis te gronde richt,
met grote gevolgen voor de bewoners.
DUT F KOCH
Koch, Herman, 1953-. Zomerhuis met zwembad.
Een arts begaat een medische fout, die misschien geen fout is maar
opzet. We volgen de ik met zijn gezin op een vrolijke zomerse
vakantie, waarbij liefde, lust, overspel en geweld de gevaarlijke
ingrediënten zijn.
DUT F KRAIJ
Kraijo, Ineke. Kate.
1845. De 15-jarige Kate groeit op in een dorpje in Ierland, onder zeer
armoedige omstandigheden. Drama op drama doortrekt haar jonge
leven: haar babybroertje sterft net na de bevalling, vervolgens overlijdt
haar moeder aan kraamvrouwenkoorts, en als laatste slaat de vreselijke
aardappelziekte toe. Haar vader ontvlucht het huis, waardoor Kate
voor haar broers moet zorgen. Wanneer ze de pacht niet kunnen
betalen, wordt hun huisje verbrand en raken ze dakloos.
DUT F LANOY
Lanoye, Tom. Gelukkige slaven : roman.
Twee Belgische bannelingen gaan op zoek naar zichzelf in een wereld
die te groot en te chaotisch is geworden voor iedereen.
DUT F OPDEB
Op de Beeck, Griet. Vele hemels boven de zevende.
Vijf nauw met elkaar betrokken mensen vertellen ieder hun heel eigen
verhaal.
DUT F PFEIJ
Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard. La Superba : een roman.
Een schrijver doet per brief aan een vriend verslag van zijn uitbundige
leven in de Italiaanse stad Genua.
DUT F SCHRO
Schröder, Allard. De dode arm : een Romantisch leven.
Als hardnekkig verzwegen wordt wie zijn vader was, wordt een man
steeds nieuwsgieriger.
DUT F SIEBE
Siebelink, Jan. Oscar.
Twee bevriende jonge officieren worden na de capitulatie van 15 mei
1940 op een geheime missie via Zeeland naar Duinkerken gestuurd
waardoor sluimerende, onderhuidse spanningen bloot komen te liggen.
Gebaseerd op een ware gebeurtenis.
DUT F SOTO
Soto y Koelemeijer, Gerardo. De gestolen kinderen.
Miguel leidt een rustig leven als ambtenaar. Dan krijgt hij in een brief
het nieuws dat zijn wereld doet schudden op zijn grondvesten: hij is
geadopteerd. Hij gaat op zoek naar zijn herkomst, al zijn er weinig
aanknopingspunten. Zelfs zijn echte naam is onbekend. Twijfels en
onzekerheid knagen aan hem. Steeds meer onder druk gezet ontdekt hij
van alles over de ideologische 'herplaatsingen' die tijdens het Francoregime uitgevoerd zijn. Duizenden kinderen uit republikeinse (linkse)
gezinnen zijn in hun eerste levensjaren weggenomen en ter adoptie
aangeboden aan rechtse ouders. Terugdenkend aan de manier waarop
zijn ouders Franco aanbaden in zijn jeugd, begint Miguel het idee van
zijn adoptie te accepteren. Na een verrassend gesprek met een oudklasgenoot komt de waarheid eindelijk aan het licht.
DUT F VANDE
van der Vlugt, Simone. Morgen ben ik weer thuis.
Tweede zelfstandig te lezen deel uit de serie met de jonge Alkmaarse
rechercheur Lois Elzinga in de hoofdrol. Samen met haar team wordt
ze belast met de vermissingzaak rond de 11-jarige Britt, die na haar
turnles niet is thuisgekomen. De zaak rond Britt raakt Lois bijzonder,
omdat Britt net als Lois is opgegroeid zonder vader. Lois bijt zich vast
in aanvankelijk vage sporen. Als een duidelijk spoor door Duitsland
richting Polen gaat, stelt dit Lois voor problemen, omdat ze in het
buitenland geen bevoegdheden heeft.
DUT F VERST
Versteeg, Wytske. Boy.
De naamloze moeder is psychiater en wordt geconfronteerd met de
dood van haar Afrikaanse pleegzoon Boy. De psychische gevolgen
voor haar zijn groot. Gaat de politie uit van een ongeluk, de moeder
denkt aan moord. Gedreven door wraakzucht gaat zij op zoek naar de
moordenaar, naar zij vermoedt Hannah, de lerares drama van Boy.
DUT F WABLI
de Coster, Saskia. Zusjes. druk 1.
Anna en Lize zijn zusjes. Tweelingzussen. Anna en Lize horen samen.
Samen zijn ze één persoon, samen zijn ze A en L, AL, ALLES. De
zussen trekken samen de wereld rond. Anna op haar twee benen, Lize
op een been van zichzelf en op een houten been. De zusjes stelen om te
overleven. Ze blijven nooit langer dan een week in hetzelfde hotel. In
een gestolen dikke portemonnee vinden ze kaartjes met droge bloemen
erop. Die vreemde inhoud betekent het begin van een erg spannende
week. Zullen de zussen het overleven?.
DUT F WABLI
Vercauteren, Bart. Liefste kinderen.
Dertig jaar geleden verdween de vader van Waldo. Nu keert Waldo
terug naar Nedervelle, een dorp aan de Schelde. De baas van de
supermarkt wordt zijn vriend. Via deze vriend komt hij meer te weten
over zijn familie. Waarom verdween zijn vader, die een succesvolle
journalist was?.
DUT YA F BECKM
Beckman, Thea. Het helse paradijs.
De bewoners van Thule, een democratisch, door vrouwen geregeerd
land, waar natuur en milieu belangrijker zijn dan technische
vooruitgang, krijgen opnieuw te maken met de militaire
veroveringsdrang van het Groot-Badense Rijk. De "geweldloze"
sociale verdediging werkt zeer effectief. De bezetters worden
"vrijwillig" in de bevolking opgenomen. Hoofdpersoon is de jonge
taalgeleerde Kilian Werfel, die zich ondanks trouw aan zijn vaderland
steeds meer thuis gaat voelen in zijn nieuwe moederland.
DUT YA F GELEY
Geleyn, Frank. De vijand.
Margot (ik-figuur) is 15 als zij met haar klas op uitwisseling gaat naar
een school in Wallonië. Degene aan wie zij wordt gekoppeld, blijkt
een zwarte jongen te zijn. Zij schrikt, omdat haar vader haar streng
opvoedt en het zeker niet goed zou vinden dat zij bij een zwarte jongen
moet logeren. Margot en Julien vinden elkaar aardig, maar worden
onderweg naar huis ontvoerd door racisten die losgeld vragen.
DUT YA F LETTE
Letterie, Martine. Hanna's reis.
Amsterdam, januari 1942. De 15-jarige Hanna is een tegendraadse
puber. Als ze haar vriendin Anneke tegenkomt, dagen ze elkaar uit wie
de grootste durfal is. Hanna belandt op het politiebureau en wordt na
drie overtredingen geplaatst in het tehuis Paedagogium Achisomog,
onderdeel van de Joodse psychiatrische inrichting Het Apeldoornsche
Bosch. Het lijkt een veilige haven voor Joodse kinderen, want in
Amsterdam worden talloze Joden gedeporteerd, maar in januari 1943
wordt het tehuis in één nacht ontruimd.
DUT YA F MOLEM
Molemaker, Rom. Crisis.
Op vlotte wijze wordt het verhaal verteld van de 16-jarige exbajesklant Maikel die worstelt met zijn criminele verleden, met zijn
alcoholistische moeder en met Gerard, haar nieuwe, gewelddadige
vriend. Maikel weet niet meer bij wie hij zijn loyaliteit moet leggen,
maar als Gerard in zijn drift zijn moeder weer eens slaat, knapt er iets
bij hem. Na te zijn weggevlucht, ontmoet hij zijn oude bendeleden, die
hem prompt bedreigen. Maikel lijkt geen kant meer op te kunnen.
DUT YA F TEGEN
Tegenbosch, Buddy. Poker face : Ik steel, lieg en bedrieg.
Sem (16, ik-figuur) wordt gevraagd voor het eerste ijshockeyteam. De
trainingen zijn zwaar, maar Sem houdt het vol met hulp van Dave, die
hem tips geeft en mee uit neemt. Dave laat Sem kennismaken met de
pokerwereld. Opgezweept door zijn natuurlijke aanleg en het door
Dave verstrekte pepmiddel speelt Sem al snel voor grote bedragen en
raakt diep in de schulden. Dave heeft een klusje voor hem om zijn
schulden in te lossen, maar dan gaat het helemaal mis en heeft Sem de
hulp van zijn oude vrienden nodig.
DUT YA F VANDE
van de Coolwijk, Marion. Ademnood.
Sinds de 16-jarige Moon bijna in zee verdronken is, heeft ze
angstaanvallen, last van hyperventilatie en ziet ze tijdens zo'n aanval
dingen die in de nabije toekomst ook daadwerkelijk gebeuren. In een
ijssalon ontmoet ze Vince, zoon van de eigenaar. Zijn ouders zijn pas
gescheiden en daar heeft hij het moeilijk mee. Afwisselend in de ikvorm verteld door Moon en door Vince wordt langzaam duidelijk wat
de impact is van de gebeurtenissen op hun leven.
DUT YA F VRIEN
Vriens, Jacques. P.S. ik ben uw dochter.
De 13-jarige Sonia, zoekt na 10 jaar contact met haar vader. Door
middel van een intensieve briefwisseling, waarin beiden van hun hart
geen moordkuil maken, krijgt de lezer een duidelijk en eerlijk beeld
van Sonia en Ties. Sonia is uit huis geplaatst omdat ze bij haar moeder
niet meer kon wonen. Ze komt regelmatig in de problemen omdat ze
haar boosheid niet in de hand kan houden, maar hunkert naar liefde en
vriendschap. Ties, de vader, alcoholist en werkeloos acteur, duldt geen
gezag boven zich. Hij kon de verantwoording van het vaderschap 13
jaar geleden niet aan en kan dit nog steeds niet.
DUT YA F VRIEN
Vriens, Jacques. P.S. ik ben verliefd.
De 13-jarige Sonia is hopeloos verliefd op de 18-jarige soapster
Sander. Het is wederzijds, maar vanwege Sonia's leeftijd en Sanders
carrière moet de relatie geheim blijven. Een intensieve briefwisseling
met af en toe een geheime ontmoeting is het gevolg. Totdat een
roddelblad er lucht van krijgt.
DUT YA F WALLI
Wallis de Vries, Mel. Klem.
Tijdens een verblijf met de hele klas (5 atheneum) op Vlieland wordt
een van de leerlingen vermoord. In de ik-vorm vertellen klasgenoten
en begeleidende leerkrachten, maar ook de dader, over deze situatie.
Het vermoorde meisje was populair, maar door menigeen gehaat.
Velen lijken dan ook in aanmerking te komen als verdachte voor deze
gruweldaad. Als een van de klasgenootjes begrijpt wat er gebeurd is,
moet zij dat bijna met de dood bekopen.
DVD 541 CHEMI
Chemistry: material world series : Chemical reactions.
Rod Rees. This program examines the concept of chemical change and
the tremendous variety of chemical reactions that go on around us
every day. It also looks at some interesting examples of chemical
reactions in: 1) space shuttle fuel; 2) explosions; 3) fireworks; 4)
matches; 5) inflation of air bags. Common indicators of chemical
change are illustrated with everyday examples, such as change of
color, gas given off, and temperature change. The notion that the
change is not reversible is discussed; also the program features NASA
footage and interviews with explosives' and fireworks' experts.
DVD DUT F ALLES
Alles is familie.
Thijs Römer, Carice van Houten, Benja Bruijning. Verwikkelingen
binnen de familie van een succesvolle therapeute.
DVD DUT F BROKE
Broken Circle Breakdown.
Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens. Een temperamentvolle
americana-fanaat Didier wordt verliefd op de zweverige
tattookunstenares Elise. Ze krijgen een kindje dat dodelijk ziek wordt,
waarna ze uit elkaar groeien.
DVD DUT F BROKE
Broken Circle Breakdown.
Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens. "Director Felix Van Groeningen's
Academy Award-nominated, heartfelt drama charts the love story
between a Belgian couple who soon find their love tested to the limits.
Based on the stage play by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, the
film tells the story of the highs and lows in the life of Elise (Veerle
Baetens), who owns her own tattoo shop, and Didier (Heldenbergh),
who plays the banjo in a Flemish bluegrass band. In spite of major
differences, the pair fall in love at first sight, going on to enjoy an
idyllic lifestyle singing together in the band, and leading a life of rustic
simplicity in the Flemish countryside. Not long after, their happiness
appears to be complete with the birth of their daughter, Maybelle (Nell
Cattrysse). But when Maybelle later becomes gravely ill, Elise and
Didier's differing responses to the crisis throws their relationship into
turmoil and places a question mark on their future together. The movie
received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film."--from
publisher.
DVD DUT F HASTA
Hasta la vista.
Tom Audenaert, Gilles De Schryver, Robrecht Vanden Thoren,
Isabelle De Hertogh. Drie gehandicapte vrienden, twintigers, reizen
onder het mom van een wijntour naar een speciaal bordeel in Spanje
om hun maagdelijkheid te verliezen.
DVD DUT F JACKI
Jackie.
Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten, Holly Hunter. Dutch twin sisters
travel to America to look for their long-lost mother. Een 33-jarige
tweeling, die is opgevoed door twee vaders, vertrekt naar New Mexico
om hun onbekende draagmoeder hulp te bieden na een ongeluk.
DVD DUT F MIXED
Mixed kebab : [and] Kassablanka.
Mixed kebab -- Kassablanka. Cen Akkanat, Simon van Buyten, Lukas
de Wolf, Gamze Tazim, Roy Aernouts, Babette Manolo, Fred Van
Kuyck. MIXED KEBAB: Vertelt het verhaal van Ibrahim (27), een
Turks-Belgische duikelnicht die verliefd wordt op local boy Kevin
(19). Bram, in feite Ibrahim, wil zijn homoseksualiteit verborgen
houden voor zijn familie. Brams ouders vermoeden echter iets en
willen hem meteen koppelen aan Elif, zijn 18-jarige Turkse nicht.
Bram legt zich neer bij de hypocrisie maar wil Elif eerst ontmoeten.
Hij vraagt Kevin om hem te vergezellen naar Turkije.
KASSABLANKA: Het verhaal speelt zich af rond Zwarte Zondag (8
oktober 2000), de verkiezingsdag waarop het Vlaams Blok meer dan
een derde van de stemmen haalde. De twee gezinnen waarover het gaat
zijn een conservatief islamitisch gezin en een Vlaams gezin met een
neo-nazistische vader. Het loopt helemaal mis wanneer Leilah (dochter
van het islamitische gezin) en Berwout (zoon van het Vlaamse gezin)
op elkaar verliefd worden.
DVD DUT F TOTAL
Tot altijd.
Koen De Graeve, Geert Van Rampelberg, Lotte Pinoy, Iwein Segers,
Viviane De Muynck, Michel Van Dousselaere. Thomas and Mario are
friends for life. Lynn is the girl they both love and Speck the loose
cannon who is the fourth wheel to their wagon. Mario is a fiercely
ambitious young man with big plans for an exciting future. Just when
his political career is about to get under steam, he is suddenly
diagnosed with a disease that changes the course of his life. Based on a
true story, this is the journey of a combative Multiple Sclerosis patient
and the group of friends and family that stand by him to legalize
euthanasia in Belgium.
DVD F ABOUT
About a boy. Full screen version.
Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Isabel Brook, Sharon Small,
Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult. Will is a good-looking, smoothtalking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of
responsibility. So he decides to invent an imaginary son in order to
meet attractive single moms. Will gets a lesson about life from a bright
but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will
struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will
that you are never too cool to grow up.
DVD F ADVEN
The adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle.
Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Robert De Niro. Years after their TV
show is cancelled, Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose
are barely getting by on residual checks; they're wondering what to do
next when Fearless Leader the evil genius of Pottsylvania, transforms
himself from a cartoon into a living, breathing, nasty human being,
thanks to the assistance of television executive Minnie Mogul. With
the help of his newly flesh-and-blood henchmen Boris Badenov and
Natasha Fatale, Fearless Leader plots to take over the world. Can the
daring flying squirrel and the well-meaning but not especially bright
moose stop them?.
DVD F ALADD
Aladdin.
Voices: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan
Freeman, Frank Welker, Randy Cartwright, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas
Seale. Set in the mythical city of Agrabah, the story follows a streetsmart peasant, Aladdin, and his mischievous pet monkey, Abu,
through magical adventures.
DVD F ANNEO
Anne of Green Gables : trilogy. 5-disc collector's ed.
disc 1. Anne of Green Gables -- disc 2-3. Anne of Green Gables, the
sequel -- disc 4. Anne of Green Gables, the continuing story -- disc 5.
Bonus features. Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, Colleen Dewhurst,
Richard Farnsworth, Cameron Daddo. Three television movies follow
Anne's struggles as an orphan in a small maritime community, to her
triumphs as a young teacher and as a volunteer searching for her
husband on the battlefields of Europe.
DVD F BABEL
Babel. Widescreen ed.
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Koji Yakusho, Adriana
Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Mustapha Rachidi. A wealthy American is
touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an
international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is
struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together.
A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous
decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deafmute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and
the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother.
It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both
intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and
immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and
parents understanding their children.
DVD F BABEP
Babe : pig in the city. [Widescreen and full frame].
Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mickey Rooney. This sequel
takes the three musketeers Babe, Ferdy and Mrs. Hoggett on a crusade
into the midst of a large city where despite incredible obstacles, they're
able to turn enemies into friends, raise enough money to save the farm
and combine the two worlds into one. Once again, it's Babe's kind and
steady heart that achieves the miracles.
DVD F BLACK
Black Beauty.
Sean Bean, David Thewlis. Faithfully based on Anne Sewell's classic
novel, this beloved horse story is told by its hero, the gallant Beauty,
whose joyous and heartbreaking life takes him from idyllic days on a
country squire's estate to London's hard, cobblestoned streets, through
decades of owners both kindly and harsh.
DVD F BOUNT
The bounty.
Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier,
Tevaote Vermette. Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny against the
tyrannical disciplinarian Lt. William Bligh.
DVD F CALLO
Call of the wild.
Rutger Hauer, Bronwen Booth, Charles Powell, Burke Lawrence, Luc
Morissette, Robert Pierre Cote. Narrator, Richard Dreyfuss. Jack
London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from
his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated
until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although
the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the
wilderness.
DVD F GONEB
Gone baby gone.
Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John
Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan, Titus Welliver. Amanda
McCready is a 4-year-old who has disappeared from her Boston home.
The police make little headway in solving the case, so the girl's aunt
hires Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, private detectives. They
freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but
the family wants them for two reasons: they're not cops and they know
the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses,
Patrick and Angie must face drug dealers, gangs, and pedophiles, and
ultimately a moral dilemma that tears them apart.
DVD F GREAT
The great Gatsby.
Leonardo Dicaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton,
Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke. The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick
Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in
the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next
door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her
husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of
the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale
of impossible love, incorruptible dreams, and tragedy, and holds a
mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
DVD F JUNGL
The jungle book. Diamond edition.
Voices, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders,
Sterling Holloway. Animated adventures of Mowgli, an orphan boy
raised by wolves, who is encouraged to leave the jungle before the
return of the fearsome man-eating tiger. With his loyal panther-friend
Bangheera by his side, Mowgli sets out on a journey to the "man
village.".
DVD F LITTL
A little princess.
Woman's right -- My little princess -- Gift for Sara -- Miss Minchin's -Known by heart -- Too many rules -- Whistle for angels -- Gift for
Becky -- No make-believe -- Parent's day blues -- Poison from sky -Unhappy birthday -- Circle of safety -- Randolph bad news -- No
magic -- Others in need -- Indian fantasy -- Dirt on Minchin -Lavinia's curse -- Requiring care -- Rescue mission -- All girls are -Make-believe menu -- Real feast -- Elopement -- Risky escape -- In
Randolph house -- "Got to know me!" -- Princess again -- Goodbyes.
Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews, Rusty
Schwimmer, Arthur Malet, Vanessa Lee Chester, Errol Sitahal,
Heather DeLoach, Taylor Fry, Kelsey Mulrooney. After an exotic
childhood spent in India, young Sara Crewe finds herself in New York,
immured in Miss Minchin girls' school as her father sails off to World
War I. When he is lost, a severe reversal of fortune ensues. Thanks to
him, Sara knows that "All girls are princesses ... even if they wear rags
or are not pretty or smart." Summoning all the qualities of a true
princess, patrician and bereft Sara uses her creativity and sense of selfworth to spin magic dreams that sustain her during her time of trial.
DVD F ROBIN
Robinson Crusoe.
Pierce Brosnan, William Takaku, Polly Walker, Ian Hart, James Frain,
Damian Lewis. Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing
his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship
and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to
fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island,
until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being
sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he
has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice
tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from
master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference
in culture and religion.
DVD F TREAS
Treasure Island.
Eddie Izzard, Philip Glenister, Rupert Penry-Jones, Toby Regbo,
Donald Sutherland, Elijah Wood. Young Jimmy Hawkins signs on for
a journey of danger and adventure when he stows away on the pirate
ship of the infamous Long John Silver.
DVD F WHITE
The white queen : the complete series.
Janet Mcteer, James Frain, Rebecca Ferguson, Max Irons, Amanda
Hale. A riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent
times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and
deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the
perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth
Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for
power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the
English throne.
DVD FRE F ECUME
cume des jours.
’histoire surr elle et po tique d’un jeune homme id aliste et inventif,
Colin, qui rencontre Chloé, une jeune femme semblant être
l’incarnation d’un blues de Duke Ellington. Leur mariage idyllique
tourne à l’amertume quand Chlo tombe malade d’un n nuphar qui
grandit dans son poumon. Pour payer ses soins, dans un Paris
fantasmatique, Colin doit travailler dans des conditions de plus en plus
absurdes, pendant qu’autour d’eux leur appartement se d grade et que
leur groupe d’amis, dont le talentueux Nicolas, et Chick, fanatique du
philosophe Jean-Sol Partre, se délite.
DVD FRE F ENVAH
L'envahisseur : = The invader.
Issaka Sawadogo, Stefania Rocca. Clandestin africain ayant rejoint
l'Europe au risque de sa vie, Amadou a atterri il y a quelques temps à
Bruxelles dans l'espoir d'y trouver une vie à la hauteur de ses grandes
espérances, mais n'y récolte que la misère et l'exploitation. Amadou, a
strong and charismatic African man, is washed up on a beach in
southern Europe. Fate leads him to Brussels where, full of optimism,
he tries to make a better life for himself. Exploited by traffickers, his
daily life is slowly drained of hope, until he meets Agnès, a beautiful
and brilliant businesswoman.She is seduced by his charm and force of
character, while he projects all his hope and dreams onto her. The
illusion quickly shatters, and Agnès breaks all contact with Amadou,
who little by little sinks into destructive violence, struggling with his
inner demons.
DVD FRE 333.911 SOIFD
Arthus-Bertrand, Yann. La soif du monde. [France] : Universal, 2012.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand s'intéresse à l'un des enjeux majeurs pour la
survie des populations : l'eau. Aujourd'hui, dans un contexte de forte
croissance de la demande, d'augmentation de la population mondiale et
d'aggravation des effets des dérèglements climatiques, l'eau est
devenue l'une des plus précieuses richesses naturelles de notre
planète...
EBOOK 103 ENCYC
Encyclopedia of philosophy. 2nd ed.
v. 1. A Priori-Brownson -- v. 2. Brunner-Diderot -- v. 3. Dike-Geyser - v. 4. Ghose-Johnson -- v. 5. Jouffroy-Malebranche -- v. 6. MalrauxMarsilius -- v. 7. Marston-Rahner -- v. 8. Ramsey-Stahl -- v. 9.
Stammler-Zubiri -- v. 10. Appendix & index. English-language
reference source for philosophy," has been the cornerstone of the
philosophy reference shelf. Lauded for its clear and accessible
presentation of wide-ranging philosophical subjects, the Encyclopedia
has earned its place as a first-stop resource for general readers,
students and educators.
EBOOK 133 STEIG
Steiger, Brad. The Gale encyclopedia of the unusual and the unexplained.
Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Volume 1 -- Chapter 1
Afterlife mysteries -- Chapter 2 Mediums and mystics -- Chapter 3
Religious phenomena -- Chapter 4 Mystery religions and cults -Volume 2 -- Chapter 5 Secret societies -- Chapter 6 Magic and sorcery
-- Chapter 7 Prophecy and divination -- Chapter 8 Objects of mystery
and power -- Chapter 9 Places of mystery and power -- Volume 3 -Chapter 10 Ghosts and phantoms -- Chapter 11 Mysterious creatures -Chapter 12 Mysteries of the mind -- Chapter 13 Superstitions, strange
customs, taboos, and urban legends -- Chapter 14 Invaders from outer
space -- Glossary. Responding to the surging interest among students
for information on topics relating to magic, witchcraft, the supernatural
and other mysterious phenomena, Gale presents this in-depth,
comprehensive 3-vol. set. Information is arranged in an objective
manner, presenting varying viewpoints when appropriate, and is
written at a level that younger students and researchers can understand.
EBOOK 304.2 ENCYC
Encyclopedia of human geography.
List of entries -- Reader's guide -- Editorial board -- Contributors -About the editor -- Introduction -- Entries: A-Z -- Master bibliography
-- Index. Offers a comprehensive overview of the major ideas,
concepts, terms, and approaches of human geography. This
multidisciplinary volume provides cross-cultural coverage of the field
as it is understood in the contemporary world and takes into account
the enormous conceptual changes that have evolved since the 1970s.
More than 300 entries were written by an international team of leading
authorities in the field.
EBOOK 327.73047 MATLO
Matlock, Jack F. Reagan and Gorbachev : how the Cold War ended.
The author, ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Reagan
administration, shares his memories of the diplomatic negotiations and
personal relationship between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that led to the end of the Cold War.
EBOOK 363.7 ENCYC
Encyclopedia of environmental issues. Rev. ed.
v. 1. Abbey, Edward-Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane -- v. 2.
Dioxin-Lake Erie -- v. 3. Land clearance-sewage treatment and
disposal -- v. 4. Shantytowns-zoos, appendixes, indexes. Provides
information from numerous fields of knowledge relevant to the study
of environmental issues, including biology, geology, anthropology,
demographics, genetics, and engineering, and explains the
interrelationships of these issues.
EBOOK 390 WORLD
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life. 2nd ed.
vol. 1. Africa -- vol. 2. Americas -- vol. 3. Asia and Oceania -- vol. 4.
Asia and Oceania -- vol. 5. Europe. Covers cultural groups in Asia,
Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each volume is organized by
continent, covering history, politics, customs, religion, education,
human rights issues, teen life, and more.
EBOOK 391.009 PENDE
Pendergast, Sara. Fashion, costume, and culture : clothing, headwear, body
decorations, and footwear through the ages.
Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures
from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430
items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to
turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were
created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how
clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the
different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs.
EBOOK 398.2 GREEN
The Greenwood encyclopedia of folktales and fairy tales.
v. 1. A-F -- v. 2. G-P -- v. 3. Q-Z. Provides entries on themes and
motifs, individuals, characters and character types, national traditions,
and genres of folk and fairy tales from around the world.
EBOOK 503 VANNO
Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia. 10th ed.
Contains over ten thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide
information about theories, issues, and breakthroughs in the sciences
of plant and animal life, biology, chemistry, Earth, energy sources and
power technology, mathematics and engineering, medicine, physics,
and space, and includes photographs, drawings, tables, graphs, and
diagrams.
EBOOK 546 NEWTO
Newton, David E. Chemical elements. 2nd ed.
v. 1. A-F -- v. 2. G-O -- v. 3. P-Z. Provides in-depth information on
112 known chemical elements, plus coverage of recently discovered
elements 113 through 116 and 118.
EBOOK 577.82 WEIGE
Weigel, Marlene. UXL encyclopedia of biomes. 2nd ed.
Coniferous forest -- Continental margin -- Deciduous forest -- Desert - Grassland -- Lake and pond -- Ocean -- Rain forest -- River and
stream -- Seashore -- Tundra -- Wetland. Offers detailed comparative
essays on major biomes and their component ecosystems. Includes
entries on land biomes and water biomes and covers climate, elevation,
soil, water bodies, vegetation, animal life, food web, plant and animal
adaptations, endangered species, human effects on the biome and the
effects of the environment on humans' culture and economy.
EBOOK 578.62 WOODW
Woodward, Susan L., 1944 January 20-. Encyclopedia of invasive species :
from africanized honey bees to zebra mussels.
Vol. 1. Animals -- v. 2. Plants. Alphabetized entries examine invasive
species and their impact on the environment, covering 168 entries on
plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms, and including background
essays, general descriptions, and related information.
EBOOK 590 GRZIM
Grzimek, Bernhard. Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. 2nd ed.
"This is a revised and updated edition of one of the most authoritative
and comprehensive sources on the world's animals. Similar to the first
edition written by noted zoologist Bernard Grzimek and published in
1972, the second edition covers all types of animals in geographic
areas around the world. It includes high-quality photographs and
illustrations and a comprehensive index to all volumes."--"The Top 20
Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
EBOOK 903 JUNIO
Junior worldmark encyclopedia of the nations. 6th ed.
v. 1. Afghanistan-Bolivia -- v. 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina-Congo
(DROC) -- v. 3. Congo (ROC)-Fiji -- v. 4. Finland-Indonesia -- v. 5.
Iran-Lesotho -- v. 6. Liberia-Mozambique -- v. 7. Myanmar-Poland -v. 8. Portugal-Somalia -- v. 9. South Africa-Tuvalu -- v. 10. UgandaZimbabwe. Presents profiles of numerous countries of the world.
Topics include climate, plants and animals, population and ethnic
groups, religions, transportation, history, government, political parties,
judicial system, economy, education, arts, media, tourism, and famous
people.
EBOOK 909.097671 ENCYC
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world.
This encyclopedia looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so
in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13
centuries. Containing thematic articles, biographies of key figures,
definitions, illustrations, maps and more, this new encyclopedia fills a
need in this key area of religious studies.
EBOOK 909.825 HANES
Hanes, Sharon M. Cold War reference library.
Vol. 1-2. Almanac: Origins of the Cold War -- Conflict builds -Germany and Berlin -- Dawning of the Nuclear Age -- Homeland
insecurities -- Espionage in the Cold War -- A worldwide Cold War -Renewed tensions -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- Mutual assured
destruction -- An unsettled world -- Home front turmoil: the 1960s -Detente: a lessening of tensions -- A freeze in relations -- End of the
Cold War. Vol. 3-4. Biographies: Dean G. Acheson -- Konrad
Adenauer -- Salvador Allende -- Clement R. Attlee -- Ernest Bevin -Leonid Brezhnev -- George Bush -- James F. Byrnes -- Jimmy Carter - Fidel Castro -- Chiang Kai-shek -- Winston Churchill -- Clark M.
Clifford -- Deng Xiaoping -- John Foster Dulles -- Dwight D.
Eisenhower -- Mikhail Gorbachev -- Andrey Gromyko -- W. Averell
Harriman -- Ho Chi Minh -- J. Edgar Hoover -- Lyndon B. Johnson -George F. Kennan -- John F. Kennedy -- Nikita Khrushchev -- Kim Il
Sung -- Jeane Kirkpatrick -- Henry Kissinger -- Helmut Kohl -Aleksey Kosygin -- Igor Kurchatov -- Douglas MacArthur -- Harold
Macmillan -- Mao Zedong -- George C. Marshall -- Joseph R.
McCarthy -- Robert S. McNamara -- Vyacheslav Molotov -- Richard
M. Nixon -- J. Robert Oppenheimer -- Ayn Rand -- Ronald Reagan -Condoleezza Rice -- Andrey Sakharov -- Eduard Shevardnadze -Joseph Stalin -- Margaret Thatcher -- Josip Broz Tito -- Harry S.
Truman -- Zhou Enlai. Vol. 5. Primary sources: Cold War beginnings - George F. Kennan -- Winston Churchill -- Nikolai V. Novikov -Confrontation builds -- Harry S. Truman -- George C. Marshall -Harry S. Truman -- Communism spreads -- Isaac Don Levine -- Paul
H. Nitze -- Douglas MacArthur -- Those who strove for peace -Eleanor Roosevelt -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Homeland insecurities - J. Edgar Hoover -- Ayn Rand and Ronald Reagan -- House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC) -- Joseph R. McCarthy -The colorful Khrushchev -- Nikita Khrushchev -- Sergei Khrushchev -Nikita Khrushchev -- Endangered Berlin -- John F. Kennedy -- Nikita
Khrushchev -- John F. Kennedy -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- Robert F.
Kennedy -- John F. Kennedy -- Nikita Khrushchev -- Changing
superpower relations in the 1970s and 1980s -- Richard M. Nixon -Ronald Reagan -- End of the Cold War -- George Bush and Mikhail
Gorbachev -- George Bush. Covers the Cold War period between the
Western powers and the Communist bloc from the end of World War
II through 1989. Includes discussion of the historic causes of the
tension and information on the lives and actions of major figures, such
as Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin.
EBOOK 910.3 WORLD
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations. 13th ed.
v. 1. United Nations -- v. 2. Africa -- v. 3. Americas -- v. 4. Asia &
Oceania -- v. 5. Europe. Presents easy-to-understand information on
countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a
variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from
government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical
essays on national leaders.
EBOOK 912 COMPL
Complete atlas of the world.
A collection of more than sixty maps of the world with global facts
and statistics as well as discussion of the Earth's place in the universe,
the living world, the human condition, and other topics.
ESL ADVEN
Adventures of Tintin : Tintin's daring escape.
Based on the Steven Spielberg animated film. With AudioCD and
online teacher's resource bank.
ESL SHREK
Shrek.
Based on the first film in Dreamworks series. With Audio CD and
online teacher's resource bank.
F ALBOM
Albom, Mitch, 1958-. The time keeper.
Following his punishment for trying to measure God's greatest gift,
Father Time is granted his freedom and is sent on a mission to redeem
himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.
F ASPE
Aspe, Pieter, 1953-. The square of revenge. 1st Pegasus Books ed.
A bizarre burglary involving jewels being dissolved in super-strong
acid and a note with a square on it left behind sends Inspector Van In
on a strange investigation involving Latin phrases, kidnapping, and
stolen, priceless art.
F ASPE
Aspe, Pieter, 1953- author. The Midas murders. First Pegasus Books edition.
Faced with finding a connection between two murders and an
explosion in the middle of a popular tourist area in downtown Bruges,
Inspector Van In and feisty assistant DA Hannelore Maartens thwart a
series of terrorist plots to save innocent lives.
F ATWOO #3 MADDAD
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-. MaddAddam : a novel. First United States
edition.
After most of humanity is killed by a pandemic, survivors Toby, Ren,
Amanda and Toby's lover, Zeb, join up with the genetically engineered
Crakers against dangerous humans and pigoons.
F BAKKE
Bakker, Gerbrand, 1962- author. The detour.
A woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is
Emilie. An Emily Dickinson scholar, she has fled Amsterdam, having
just confessed to an affair. On the farm she finds ten geese. One by one
they disappear. Who is this woman? Will her husband manage to find
her? The young man who stays the night: why won't he leave? And the
vanishing geese?.
F BLACK
Blackman, Malorie, author. The noble conflict.
Years after a violent war destroyed much of the world, Kaspar has
grown up in a society based on peace and harmony. But beyond the
city walls, a vicious band of rebels are plotting to tear this peace apart.
It is up to the Guardians - an elite peacekeeping force - to protect the
city, without ever resorting to the brutal methods of their enemy.
F BLACK #1 NOUGHT
Blackman, Malorie. Noughts and crosses : includes the explosive short story,
Callum.
Callum and Sephy played together as small children, and their love is
forbidden, now he is a second class citizen, a member of the naughts,
and she is a cross, a part of the ruling elite, but when Sephy and her
mother are nearly caught in a terrorist bombing and Callum's father is
the prime suspect, more than there love is tested.
F BOYD
Boyd, William, 1952-. Waiting for sunrise.
Wrongly accused of rape, Lysander Rief, a young English actor, finds
his life taking a dangerous turn when the men who help him escape a
conviction recruit him for a lethal mission that leads him to a traitor
who is linked to his family.
F BROWN
Brown, Dan, 1964- author. Inferno.
Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon finds himself on the
run in Florence and in possession of a series of codes, created by a
brilliant scientist obsessed with Dante's classic poem "The Inferno,"
that may unlock a terrifying secret that could devastate life on earth.
F CHABO
Chabon, Michael. The Yiddish policemen's union :.
An alternate history novel in which Alaska was established as the
Jewish homeland after World War II and fifty years later the
inhabitants are being forced to leave their neighborhoods, but before
moving, detective Meyer Landsman is determined to find his
neighbor's murderer and uncover the truth behind his sister's accidental
death.
F COE
Coe, Jonathan,. Expo 58.
London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked
from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent on a sixmonth trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Brittania, a
brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at
Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century, and the first to be
held since the Second World War. As soon as he arrives at the site,
Thomas feels that he has escaped a repressed, backward-looking
country and fallen headlong into an era of modernity and optimism.
But his new-found sense of freedom comes at a price: the Cold War is
at its height and the mischievous Belgians have placed the American
and Soviet pavilions right next to each other.
F DAVID
Davidson, Andrew. The gargoyle.
A handsome, self-centered writer and producer of pornography,
burned over most of his body following an automobile crash, plans to
kill himself upon his release from the hospital, but he gradually
changes his mind when Marianne Engel, a beautiful sculptress of
gargoyles, begins visiting him, regaling him with stories of their
seven-hundred-year-old love affair.
F EAGLE
Eagleman, David. Sum : forty tales from the afterlives.
Contains forty short fiction stories in which the author imagines
different afterlife scenarios.
F ENGLA
Englander, Nathan. What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank.
What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank -- Sister hills --
How we avenged the Blums -- Peep show -- Everything I know about
my family on my mother's side -- Camp sundown -- The reader -- Free
fruit for young widows. A collection of eight short stories by
American writer Nathan Englander.
F FILER
Filer, Nathan, author. Shock of the Fall.
Ten years after his brother's disappearance, Matthew Homes tries to
understand what happened the night he and his brother snuck out of
the house in the middle of the night.
F GYLAN
Gyland, Henriette, author. The elephant girl.
When five-year-old Helen Stephens witnesses her mother's murder, her
whole world comes crumbling down. Rejected by her extended family,
Helen is handed over to child services and learns to trust no-one but
herself. Twenty years later, her mother's killer is let out of jail, and
Helen swears vengeance.
F HOSSE
Hosseini, Khaled. And the mountains echoed.
Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father
and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor,
is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through
poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweetnatured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything. What
happens to them--and the large and small manners in which it echoes
through the lives of so many other people--is proof of the moral
complexity of life.
F KHOUR #1 TEMPLA
Khoury, Raymond. Templar : The last Templar.
Archaeologist Tess Chaykin and FBI agent Sean Reilly investigate the
theft, by four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar, of a coding
device that could reveal the order's secrets about early Christian
history.
F KHOUR #2 TEMPLA
Khoury, Raymond. Templar : The templar salvation.
FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the Vatican Secret Archives in search
of a centuries-old document after his girlfriend, archaeologist Tess
Chaykin, is kidnapped by a terrorist who demands the document for
ransom and plans to use its explosive secrets to bring down the twentyfirst-century world.
F LEE
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird. Warner Books ed.
Eight-year-old "Scout" Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town
where her father is a lawyer.
F LEGUI #1 EARTHS
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-. The Earthsea cycle : A wizard of Earthsea.
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he
unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
F MCCAN
McCann, Colum, 1965- author. Transatlantic.
A tale spanning 150 years and two continents reimagines the peace
efforts of democracy champion Frederick Douglass, Senator George
Mitchell and World War I airmen John Alcock and Teddy Brown
through the experiences of four generations of women from a
matriarchal clan.
F ROTH #1 DIVERG
Roth, Veronica. Divergent.
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose
among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of
her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is
an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society
she lives in is not perfect after all.
F ROTH #2 DIVERG
Roth, Veronica. Divergent : Insurgent.
Tris Prior survives the Erudite simulation attacks that occur during the
time she expected to be celebrating her achievement of being ranked
first among the initiate class of her chosen faction, Dauntless. Even
though the Dauntless have been freed from Erudite mind control, a war
develops and secrets emerge.
F ROTH #3 DIVERG
Roth, Veronica, author. Divergent : Allegiant.
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered-fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and
betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits
she's known, Tris is ready. But will she be prepared to face impossible
choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love?.
F SENDK
Sendker, Jan-Philipp. The art of hearing heartbeats : a novel.
When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a
trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he
might be, until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a
Burmese woman they have never heard of, and Julia decides to travel
to the village where the woman lived, intent on solving the mystery
and coming to terms with her father's past.
F SHAFF
Shaffer, Mary Ann. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher
expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but
Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet
with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her
find inspiration for her next book, and her life.
F SLOCO
Slocombe, Romain. Monsieur le Commandant : [a wartime confession].
French Academician and Nazi sympathiser, Paul-Jean Husson, writes a
letter to his local SS officer in the autumn of 1942. Tormented by an
illicit passion for Ilse, his German daughter-in-law, Husson has taken a
decision that will devastate several lives, including his own.
F SPARK
Sparks, Nicholas. Safe haven. 1st trade media tie-in ed.
Katie arrives in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping to
hide from her past and avoid raising suspicions, but when she
reluctantly begins a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner
with two young children, and befriends her neighbor Jo, Katie is
forced to confront the dark secret she is hiding so that she can put
down roots and find true love.
F TARTT
Tartt, Donna, author. The goldfinch. First edition.
"A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives
an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by
his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make
sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by
one of the few things that reminds him of his mother, a small,
mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the
art underworld"--Provided by publisher.
F WILLI
Williams, John Edward, 1922-. Stoner.
William Stoner, the son of a dirt-poor Missouri farming family,
embraces the scholar's life after attending college, but his education
and marriage to a privileged young woman estranges him from his
family.
FRE 842 CORNE
Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Le cid. [Paris] : Éditions Gallimard, c1998.
Don Gomès, père de Chimène, approuve le mariage de sa fille et de
Rodrigue. Mais lorsqu'il apprend que le père de Rodrigue, don Diègue,
a été désigné gouverneur du prince de Castille à sa place, il soufflette
son rival. Don Diègue met alors la main à l'épée, mais il est trop vieux
pour se battre et don Gomès le désarme : c'est alors à son fils que don
Diègue demande de le venger. Rodrigue doit-il le faire comme le lui
impose son honneur, ou conserver l'amour qui le lie à Chimène ?.
FRE 842 CORNE
Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Cid. Le Cid : une tragi-comédie de Pierre
Corneille. Darnétal : Petit à Petit, c2006.
L'histoire de Rodrigue et Chimène est bien connue : tout concourt au
bonheur des deux amants, jusqu'à ce que Rodrigue accepte, question
d'honneur, de se battre en duel contre le père de Chimène. Vaincu, il
perd la vie ; vainqueur, il perd Chimène, donc la vie. L'essence du
dilemme cornélien tient en ces quelques mots, et c'est tout l'art de
Corneille que d'inventer une issue à cette tragédie en apparence
inextricable.
FRE 910.9198 DUBRE
Dubreuil, Nicolas. Mystères polaires.
Des énigmes autour du monde polaire qui racontent l'histoire des plus
grands explorateurs, des zones militaires de la fin de la guerre froide,
de la base américaine construite sous le Groenland, de l'île de
Sannikov, de la cité utopique soviétique nommée Pyramiden, etc.
Passant plus de huit mois par an près des pôles (notamment au
Groenland), l’explorateur Nicolas Dubreuil sillonne en kayak, à ski, en
traîneau et à pied les r gions de l’Arctique et de l’Antarctique. Il
revient sur les traces des plus grands explorateurs, ou ou visite des
zones militaires oubliées depuis la fin de la guerre froide... Par ailleurs,
grâce à son activité de conférencier, il évoque Camp Century, la base
nucléaire secrète construite par les États-Unis sous la calotte glaciaire
du Groenland dans les ann es 1960; l’île fantôme de Sannikov qui
influença les plus grands auteurs de SF; la conquête de l’Antarctique
par les nazis; Pyramiden, la cit utopique de l’Empire sovi tique, qui
comptera jusqu’à 2 500 habitants; les mensonges du navigateur de
Kerguelen qui, plutôt que d’avouer n’avoir jamais pos les pieds sur
les îles du même nom, invente un monde paradisiaque quand il revient
à la cour de ouis XV... Autant d’histoires que l’auteur s’attache à
mettre en scène de façon romanesque tout en les décryptant de manière
très sérieuse.
FRE 914.9332 AUBRY
Aubry, Françoise. Le Musee Horta Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles. [Waterloo] :
Ludion, s.d.
Cet ouvrage présente l'atelier et la maison à Bruxelles de l'architecte
Victor Horta, pionnier de l'Art nouveau en Belgique.
FRE 920 LIEBY
Lieby, Angèle, 1952-. Une larme m'a sauvée : [témoignage]. Paris : Les
arènes, c2012.
Transport e aux urgences de l’hôpital de Strasbourg pour un malaise,
Angèle Lieby perd connaissance et les médecins la plonge dans un
coma artificiel pour l’intuber. e quatrième jour, elle ne se réveille
pas. Or Angèle est consciente et souffre sans pouvoir réagir. A travers
le témoignage de Angèle Lieby, atteinte du syndrome de Bickerstaff,
ce document pose la question du don d'organes et de la douleur dans le
coma.
FRE 920 LORIA
K., Loriane. 15 ans, clandestine : Le journal d'une enfant sans papiers. Paris :
Editions Privé, 2008.
L'histoire de Loriane, originaire de l'Angola, arrivée en France il y a
quelques années avec son père, militant du Parti indépendantiste
cabindais. Le statut de réfugié étant réfusé à son père, la famille se
retrouve dans la clandestinité. Elève modèle, elle rédige un journal qui
retrace le quotidien des sans-papiers.
FRE F ABEL
Abel, Barbara. Après la fin. [Paris] : Fleuve Noir, c2013.
L'arrivée d'une nouvelle famille dans la maison voisine, leur ancien
domicile, accentue le malaise de Tiphaine et Sylvain, hantés par la
mort de leur fils et le suicide de leur ami et voisin David, le père de
Milo, dont ils sont depuis devenus les tuteurs.
FRE F AUDOU #3 INDIAN
Audouin-Mamikonian, Sophie . Indiana Teller : Tome 3, Lune d'automne.
Paris : Michel Lafon, 2013.
Katerina a été mordue par Tyler le loup-garou et est devenue une
créature monstrueuse qui cache néanmoins de grands pouvoirs qui
pourraient changer l'issue de la guerre. Le clan Teller décide de la tuer,
mais Indiana s'y oppose farouchement. Il est prêt à tout pour sauver
celle qu'il aime. Tyler, lui, ne rêve que de briser Indiana.
FRE F BENAM
Benameur, Jeanne, 1952-. Vivre c'est risquer. s.l.: : Thierry Magnier, 2013.
Quitte ta mère -- Si même les arbres meurent -- La Boutique Jaune --
Une heure, une vie. Regroupe quatre romans de Jeanne Benameur dont
les héros, quatre jeunes, sont à un tournant de leur vie.
FRE F GARNI
Garnier, Pascal. La place du mort : roman. Paris : Zulma, c2010.
Fabien Delorme perd sa femme dans un accident de voiture et
découvre en même temps qu'elle avait un amant, décédé à son côté
dans l'accident. Fou de douleur, il ressent la nécessité de connaître la
femme de cet homme et de lui la prendre, comme il avait pris la
sienne.
FRE F GAVAL
Gavalda, Anna, 1970-. Billie. Paris : Le Dilettante, c2013.
Roman mettant en scène deux personnages qui ont souffert dans leur
jeunesse mais qui, ensemble, vont se reconstruire.
FRE F KALOU
Kalouaz, Ahmed. Je préfère qu'ils me croient mort. Rodez : Editions du
Rouergue, c2011.
Après avoir été repéré par un recruteur, Kounandi quitte le Mali pour
jouer au football en France. Il découvre alors que la compétition est
rude entre les jeunes joueurs. Jugé non prometteur, il se retrouve
abandonné dans la banlieue parisienne.
FRE F KHADR
Khadra, Yasmina. Les anges meurent de nos blessures : roman. Paris :
Julliard, c2013.
Baptisé Turambo du nom de son village disparu, le héros est né dans
l'Algérie coloniale des années 1920. Le récit de son parcours
sentimental, marqué par sa cousine Nora, la prostituée Aïda, Louise la
fille d'un homme d'affaires ou encore la fière et indépendante Irène, se
mêle à celui de son ascension et de sa chute dans le monde de la boxe.
FRE F LFF
Bataille, Sylvie. Si c'était vrai. Paris : Hachette, c2005.
An illustrated graded reader about Lola who is unhappy when she
starts a new school in the fall; with activities to promote language
skills and answer key, and a CD recording of the text.
FRE F LFF
Coutelle, Annie. Le blog de Maïa. Paris : Hachette, c2009.
Maia decides to write a blog about her life like many of her
classmates.
FRE F LFF
Guérin, Virginie. Double je. Paris : Hachette, c2004.
Arthur and Valentine only know each other through the mail they send
back and forth, and Arthur has been lying about his name and his
school.
FRE F LFF
Guilloux, Michel. Julie Est Amoureuse. Paris : Hachette, c2013.
Julie rêve de lions en classe... Tout le monde la croit amoureuse ! Plus
tard, elle veut être photographe animalière et partir photographier les
lions en Afrique. Bref, elle a un projet comme Lucas, le voisin
d'Emma. Mais Julie ne va pas très bien : visions, difficulté à parler,
fièvre... que cache donc cet étrange comportement ?. "Julie?" says a
voice from another world. But Julie sees and hears nothing of where it
comes from. At the moment, she is in a wildlife sanctuary in Africa,
filming two lion cubs...
FRE F LFF
Gutleben, Muriel. La disparition.
A detective story in which Lorent Victor becomes friends with the
mysterious new girl Sarah, but when Sarah's father is accused of theft,
Victor knows something is wrong and sets out to investigate. For
students who have had a year of French. Includes exercises and CD.
FRE F LFF
Lamarche, Léo. Rémi et Juliette. Paris : Hachette, c2009.
Remi joins the drama club to spend time with his crush Juliette.
FRE F LFF
Leballeur, Agathe. Le trésor de la Marie-Galante. Paris : Hachette, c2005.
Alix et Ben sont sur le pont d'un petit bateau. Ils recherchent les
coffres pleins de bijoux et de pièces d'or de la Marie-Galante, un
navire qui a coulé là où ils se trouvent. Ben met sa combinaison de
plongée et ses palmes. Sans prévenir, il se laisse tomber dans la mer et
s'enfonce dans les eaux claires. le courant est très fort et il y a des
tourbillons. Mais est-ce le seul danger?. Alix and Ben risk diving in
dangerous water in order to retrieve a treasure trove of gold and jewels
from the wreck of the Marie-Galante.
FRE F LFF
Roy, Adam. Julie et le bateau fantôme. Paris : Hachette, c2008.
While Julie is on a world cruise aboard her ship encounters another
strange vessel.
FRE F LFF
Roy, Adam. Peur sur la ville. Paris : Hachette, c2005.
A vampire waits underground for the right time, knowing that a single
bite will make Alex immortal like her.
FRE F LFF
Roy, Adam. Le prisonnier du temps. Paris : Hachette, c2004.
Fifteen year-old Félix is part of the first crew on board the spaceship
Argos when a meteor shower puts the mission in danger.
FRE F LFF
Vardi, Mirela. La nuit blanche de Zoé. Paris : Hachette, c2008.
Zoe and her friends are searching for their ski instructor on the
mountain when an avalanche strikes.
FRE F LFF
Ventura, Chloé. Le coffret mystérieux. Paris : Hachette, c2009.
In 2420 the Earth, sky, and rivers have changed drastically from what
they used to be and the atmosphere is artificial, and one day, teenagers
Luke and Marc discover a mystery box labeled "2008.".
FRE F NOTHO
Nothomb, Amélie, author. La nostalgie heureuse.
Dans la lignée de «Stupeur et tremblements»et de «Ni d'Eve ni
d'Adam», un texte initié à l'occasion du dernier passage au Japon de
l'auteure pour le tournage du film "Empreintes".
FRE F PUERT
Puértolas, Romain. L'extraordinaire voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé
dans une armoire Ikea.
Aventure rocambolesque d'un fakir coincé dans une armoire, doublée
d'une pétillante histoire d'amour, qui va mener le lecteur aux quatre
coins de l'Europe et dans la Libye postkadhafiste.
FRE YA F DIEUA #2 MANON
Dieuaide, Sophie. La vie rêvée ou presque de Manon D. s.l. : Casterman,
c2012.
La suite des aventures de Manon D. : sa famille, le collège, sa copine
Julie et un certain Guillaume...
FRE YA F GUAST
Lethielleux, Maud. Mayo, ketchup ou lait de soja : roman. [Paris] : Thierry
Magnier, 2011.
Nouvelle arrivée à l'école, Elianor est une fervente végétarienne qui se
fait chahuter. Noah, lui, voudrait être son ami ; il adore le Nutella et le
ketchup. Cela ne va pas les empêcher d'être solidaires pour affronter le
terrible Sylvester.
FRE YA F LETHI
Lethielleux, Maud. Marre de l'amour : roman. [Paris] : Thierry Magnier,
2011.
Des parents pas drôles qui s'aiment trop et se disent tout. Comment les
séparer pour bénéficier des avantages des enfants de divorcés ? Pierrot
aimerait que ses parents s'aiment moins... Et il ne manque pas d'idées,
même farfelues, pour y arriver !.
FRE YA F MARCK
Marck, Bernard. Titanic: : l'instinct de vie. Paris : Flammarion, c2012.
Trois enfants se rencontrent à bord du plus grand et du plus beau
paquebot du monde, le Titanic : ils sont émerveillés. Le matin du 15
avril 1912, à 2h20, le Titanic sombre dans les eaux glacées de
l'Atlantique Nord, plus de deux heures après avoir heurté un iceberg.
Le premier SOS de l'Histoire est lancé dans la nuit noire et terrifiante.
FRE YA F THINA
Thinard, Florence, 1962-. Encore heureux qu'il ait fait beau : roman. [Paris] :
Thierry Magnier, 2012.
Personne ne comprend ni pourquoi ni comment la bibliothèque
Jacques-Prévert se retrouve à voguer sur l'océan. À bord, le directeur,
la bibliothécaire, un prof de technologie, la sixième F au complet, et
Saïd l'infernal, qui se trouvait là par hasard. Une fois l'incroyable
admis, il faut manger, boire, dormir, s'organiser. Chacun fait preuve de
courage et d'imagination pour transformer cette traversée en une
aventure joyeuse et inoubliable.
GN FRE F BOTTE
Bottero, Pierre. La quête d'Ewilan. Paris : Glénat, c2003.
Camille, 13 ans, est projetée dans un monde parallèle au moment où
un camion va l'écraser. Pour les habitants de ce monde, elle est Ewilan,
porteuse d'un don prodigieux. Elle s'aperçoit qu'il y a de nombreuses
connexions entre ces deux mondes et qu'elle peut passer de l'un à
l'autre.
GN FRE F CAZEN
Cazenove. Les sisters : Mon coup d'soleil, c'est toi! France : Bamboo
Edition, 2012.
Coup de soleil, coups d'éclats et éclats de rire : les Sisters sont en mode
vacances ! Wendy adore l'été, la plage et le soleil. Idéal pour prendre
des couleurs !Mais dès que sa petite sister est dans les parages avec ses
blagues à deux balles, sa capacité à toujours se mêler de tout, ce sont
plutôt des colères que prendrait Wendy!.
GN FRE F DUBUC
Dubuc, Maryse, 1977-. Les nombrils : un été trop mortel ! [Marcinelle] ; :
Dupuis, c2013.
Depuis sa rencontre avec Albin, un chanteur, Karine s’est loign e de
Jenny et Vicky pour rejoindre le groupe de "Albin et les albinos".
Albin, de son côt , a pris ses dispositions pour loigner Dan, l’ex de
Karine, tandis que Vicky et Jenny font tout ce qu’elles peuvent pour
faire rompre Karine et Albin , ce qui ne fait qu’aviver les tensions
entre les trois amies. Finalement, les trois jeunes filles se réconcilient
et l’ t peut commencer.
GN FRE F FALZA
Falzar. Dans les yeux de Camille : 1. Plus belge la vie/. Waterloo : La
Renaissance du livre, 2013.
Parce que les parents de Camille, 14 ans, divorcent, elle doit quitter
Paris pour s'installer à Liège en Belgique, le pays de son père. Sous la
forme de gags d'une page, cette bande dessinée raconte le quotidien de
la Belgique contemporaine, à la veille d'événements historiques
(abdication du roi, élections de juin 2014) vue à travers les yeux d'une
adolescente parisienne.
GN FRE F GROS
Gros, Stanislas. Le dernier jour d'un condamné : d'après l'oeuvre Victor.
Tournai : Delcourt, c2007.
Récit en bandes dessinées d'un prisonnier qui réfléchit sur sa vie durant
les heures qui précèdent son exécution... Au lecteur de l'accompagner
dans ses souvenirs et dans ses peurs, de partager avec lui toutes les
étapes qui mènent à la guillotine.
GN FRE F MIDAM
Midam, 1963-. Game over : Watergate. s.l. : MAD Fabrik, 2013.
Les aventures imprévisibles du petit Barbare, double virtuel de Kid
Paddle, l'inconditionnel des jeux vidéo.
GN FRE F MIDAM
Midam, 1963-. Game over : Yes I can ! s.l. : MAD Fabrik, 2013.
Le petit barbare, le double virtuel de Kid Paddle, est capable de
réaliser une multitude d'exploits, malgré sa petite taille et grâce à son
courage. Il lui en faut encore pour tenter de déjouer les pièges du jeu
vidéo dans lequel il est enfermé depuis si longtemps...
GN FRE F MIDAM
Midam., 1963-. Grrreeny : Un cadeau de la nature. [Paris] : Mad Fabrik,
c2013.
La suite des aventures de Grrreeny, le petit tigre écologiste au pelage
vert.
GN FRE F SATTO
Sattouf, Riad. La vie secrète des jeunes II. Paris : L'Association, 2010.
Recueil comptant plus de 150 histoires d'une page chacune, écrites à
partir de situations vécues et mettant en scène des gens (pas seulement
des jeunes) de la vie de tous les jours. Bien que l'éventail des
caractères croqués soit large, on en distingue des récurrents.
GN FRE F SEITE
Seiter, Roger. Sherlock Holmes et le Mystère du Haut-Koenigsbourg. Barr: :
Le Verger, 2013.
1909 : Guillaume II investit son énergie et son argent dans les terres
prises à la France. Mais derrière l'intérêt qu'il semble afficher pour
l'Alsace, se cachent peut-être d'autres projets... Pourquoi s'est-il pris de
passion pour cette vaste ruine qu'est le château du Haut-Koenigsbourg,
pourquoi s'acharne-t-il à la relever et y reçoit-il secrètement son étatmajor ? Depuis sa victoire sur Moriarty, sa longue disparition, son
retour à Londres et des centaines d'autres enquêtes, dévoilées ou
restées secrètes, Sherlock Holmes s'était éloigné du crime et de ses
mystères. Mais cette affaire autour de la forteresse va l'obliger à
reprendre du service. Voilà donc le détective le plus célèbre de tous les
temps qui débarque au château. Qu'est-ce qui se trame entre
l'empereur, l'architecte, le chapelier, le légat du pape et la jolie
historienne ? Dans ce territoire devenu un véritable échiquier
diplomatique et militaire, qui est un ami, qui est un espion ?.
GN FRE F VEHLM
Vehlmann. Seuls : Les arènes. Belgium : Dupuis, 2013.
Dans un pays dont les habitants ont mystérieusement disparu, cinq
enfants vont devoir apprendre à se débrouiller seuls. Les cinq héros se
retrouvent dans les arènes antiques de Néosalem, où de nouveaux
périls les guettent.
KOR F KIM
Kim, Tong-ni, 1913-1995. Saba n ŭi sipchaga : = The cross of Shaphan.
The Cross of Shaphan (Sabanui sipjaga, 1957), a fictional account of a
man crucified next to Jesus, combines the subject of political strife
with fatalistic attitude and critique of Western culture.
Textbook
Blink, Jocelyn. Economics : course companion.
Provides IB students with extra support in the economics classes.
Textbook
History of Europe and the Middle East : course companion.
The book includes source material for both Europe and the Middle
East, and includes exercises, exam questions and guidance on how to
approach the exam. Essay writing guidance as well as extended essay
suggestions are provided with connections made to theory of
knowledge. Profiles of important figures are included as well as
exercises and activities throughout--from publisher.
YA F BETAN
Betancourt, Jeanne. My name is Brain Brian.
Although he is helped by his new sixth grade teacher after being
diagnosed as dyslexic, Brian still has some problems with school and
with people he thought were his friends.
YA F BOURN
Bourne, Holly, author. Soulmates.
Every so often, two people are born who are the perfect match for each
other. Soulmates. But while the odds of this happening are about as
likely as being struck by lightning, when these people do meet and fall
in love, thunderstorms, lightning strikes and lashings of rain are only
the beginning of their problems. After a chance meeting at a local band
night, Poppy and Noah find themselves swept up in a whirlwind
romance unlike anything they've ever experienced before. But with a
secret international agency preparing to separate them, a trail of
destruction rumbling in their wake, they are left with an impossible
choice between the end of the world, or a life without love.
YA F CAMPB
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. The child's elephant.
Bat lives with his grandmother in the central African savannah and
rears cows. One day he finds a baby elephant, orphaned through
poaching - and so begins a very special relationship. But it is Bat’s
very expertise with elephants that suddenly catapults him into a new
life when he is abducted to become a child soldier.
YA F CARTE #1 GALLAG
Carter, Ally. Gallagher girls : I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill
you.
As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former
CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until
she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
YA F CARTE #2 GALLAG
Carter, Ally. Gallagher girls : Cross my heart and hope to spy.
Cammie Morgan is a CIA legacy and attends the premier school in the
world...for spies. The school hosts some mysterious guests with the
code name Blackthorne. When Cammie is blamed for a security breach
that threatens to expose the school's top secret status, she and her
friends face danger to clear Cammie's name and learn the truth about
Blackthorne.
YA F COLFE
Colfer, Eoin. Airman.
In the 1890s on an island off the Irish coast, Conor Broekhart is falsely
imprisoned and passes the solitary months by scratching designs of
flying machines into the walls, including one for a glider with which
he dreams of escape.
YA F COLLI #2 HUNGER
Collins, Suzanne. The hunger games : Catching fire.
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss
Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty
for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the
rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
YA F DELAN #4 WARDST
Delaney, Joseph, 1945-. Wardstone chronicles : The Spook's battle.
In the fourth instalment in the "Wardstone Chronicles", Mam has
returned to her own land, Greece, to fight the rising power of the dark
there. In a special room in the family farmhouse, she has left behind
trunks and boxes only to be opened by her youngest son Tom.
Meanwhile, in Pendle, the covens are rising and the three most
powerful witch clans are rumoured to be uniting in order to conjure an
unimaginable evil. Together, they will be capable of raising the dark
made flesh - the Devil himself. Tom and the Spook will need to set off
for Pendle quickly to avert the unthinkable but first Tom must journey
home. Could it be that the boxes will reveal more about his mother's
past? And will these powerful secrets place Tom's family in ever
greater danger?.
YA F DRAGT
Dragt, Tonke, author, illustrator. Letter for the king.
The thrilling story of one boy's battle against evil, set in an enchanted
world of chivalry, courage and true friendship. A classic of European
children's literature.
YA F FUNKE
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Dragon rider. [Deluxe ed.].
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home,
Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in
a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven. They
encounter both friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way and
struggle to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
YA F GAIMA
Gaiman, Neil. Fortunately, the milk.
While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by
aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.
YA F HIGGI #3 CHANCE
Higgins, Jack, 1929-. The Chance twins : Sharp shot.
This third gripping novel about the adventures of teenage twins Rich
and Jade Chance takes the action and adventure to a new calibre - then
pulls the trigger. With their secret agent dad in trouble, Jade and Rich
are flung into a headlong series of chases, fights and captures that
leads them to the arid deserts of the Middle East.
YA F HOROW #0 ALEX
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-. Alex Rider : Russian roulette.
Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest
nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him
to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became
a spy.
YA F HOROW #3 DIAMON
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-. South by south east : a Diamond Brothers story.
Tim is broke. So when a mysterious stranger offers him a wad of
money for his overcoat, it seems like a stroke of good fortune. But
there are worse things than being broke. Being shot, for one – which is
what happens to the stranger, and could soon be the fate of the
Diamond Brothers…Show More.
YA F HOROW #4 ALEX
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-. Alex Rider : Eagle Strike.
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the
South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop
star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture
hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and
the international drug trade.
YA F HOROW #4 POWER
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-. The power of five : Necropolis.
To stop the evil corporation Nightrise from unleashing its devastating
power around the globe, fifteen-year-old Matt and three other
Gatekeepers travel to Hong Kong to find Scarlet, the final Gatekeeper,
whose fate is inextricably joined to their own.
YA F KINNE #8 DIARY
Kinney, Jeff, author. Diary of a wimpy kid : Hard luck.
Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson,
has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving
to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap
of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice
turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hardluck story?.
YA F LEGUI #1 ANNALS
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-. Annals of the Western Shore : Gifts. 1st ed.
When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his
gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family-he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding
families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
YA F MUCHA #3 RYAN
Muchamore, Robert, author. Black Friday.
The Aramov Clan has splintered into two rival factions and Ryan is
joined by more CHERUB agents as his three year mission enters its
final phase.
YA F PRUE
Prue, Sally. Song hunter.
"A new Ice Age is coming. Winters are getting colder. There are fewer
mammoths to hunt and no trees from which to fashion spears to kill
them. A small group of Neanderthals is facing starvation this winter.
One of them, Mica, is full of ideas to avert the impending doom, but
the others simply won't listen to her. If something has never been
before then it is nothing and simply not worth thinking about. Even
Bear, who loves Mica, won't hear her. One night, Mica hears strange
voices calling in the darkness. They fill her with a deep sense of
longing. But to whom do these siren voices belong? And do they hold
the key to Mica's future?""--from publisher.
YA F PYLE
Burrows, John, 1972-. The adventures of Robin Hood.
Abridged version of the classic legend of Robin Hood, who plundered
the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared
him to the poor.
YA F RIDDE
Riddell, Chris, author. Goth Girl and the ghost of a mouse.
Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the
enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. One day William and Emily Cabbage
come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called
Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers,
the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching.
YA F RIORD #1 HEROES
Riordan, Rick. Heroes of Olympus : The lost hero.
Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find
themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are
demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by
Mother Earth herself.
YA F RIORD #1 KANE
Riordan, Rick. The Kane chronicles : The red pyramid. 1st ed.
Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the
Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his
two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer
to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has
existed since the time of the pharaohs.
YA F RIORD #2 HEROES
Riordan, Rick. Heroes of Olympus : The son of Neptune.
Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends
from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but
their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the
Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
YA F RIORD #4 HEROES
Riordan, Rick. Heroes of Olympus : The house of Hades.
"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work
together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth
escape the Underworld in the process"--Provided by publisher.
YA F SCOTT #2 SECRET
Scott, Michael, 1959-. The secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel : The
magician.
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their
magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte
de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo
Machiavelli.
YA F TORDA
Torday, Piers, 1974-. The last wild.
In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester
Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a
home for troubled children, when he meets a flock of talking pigeons
and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he's finally gone a bit mad. But
the animals have something to say...
YA F VANDE #1 SPUD
Van de Ruit, John. Spud.
In 1990, thirteen-year-old John "Spud" Milton, a prepubescent
choirboy, keeps a diary of his first year at an elite, boys-only boarding
school in South Africa, as he deals with bizarre housemates, wild
crushes, embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, and much more.
YA F VANDE #2 SPUD
Van de Ruit, John. Spud : the madness continues.
Spud, a scholarship student at an elite boys' boarding school in South
Africa, returns for a second year in 1991 to find things even more
chaotic, with new students, a house cat, girl troubles, and a
questionable part in the school play.
YA F VANDE #3 SPUD
Van de Ruit, John. Spud : learning to fly.
As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence,
he learns one of life's most important lessons: when dealing with
women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. 'I'm practically a
man in most areas,' writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday.
The year is 1992 and, as always in South Africa, radical change is in
the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncomfortable
redemption, but Spud Milton is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns
to boarding school as a senior.
YA F VANDE #4 SPUD
Van de Ruit, John. Spud : exit, pursued by a bear.
Spud Milton returns to boarding school for his last year as a
schoolboy.
YA F WELLS
Sasaki, Chris. The war of the worlds.
An abridged version of H.G. Wells' classic science fiction tale in
which, as life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their
terrifying machines invade the Earth.
YA F WOODI
Wooding, Chris, 1977- author. Silver.
When the students at Mortingham Boarding Academy find a group of
strange, silvery beetles on school grounds they are excited, but when
the beetles attack them and a mysterious virus starts spreading, a group
of mismatched students must work together to survive.
YA F YOUNG #2 DUSTLA
Young, Moira, author. Dustlands : Rebel heart.
After rescuing her twin brother from the Tonton, Saba experiences
disturbing telepathic visions while being hunted by a cunning enemy.