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Dark Lord: DÍas de Escuela

Homson, Jamie

Publié en 2012

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Este libro de inigualable genialidad ha sido escrito por mí, Dark Lord, el Señor Oscuro (¡Oscurísimo!) también conocido como Dirk Lloyd. Mi archienemigo me desterró a la Tierra atrapado en el cuerpo de un adolescente debilucho y sin poderes, oh, vil indignidad. No será fácil acostumbrarme a este extraño planeta y sus tremendas complicaciones: una familia adoptiva, las clases, los amigos, los matones de la escuela, los tele-transportadores de voz (que ustedes llaman celulares), las chicas… ¡Pero les aseguro que gozaré de una venganza brutal!… en cuanto termine la tarea. Compra este libro o sufrirás uno de estos terribilísimos castigos: o Un periodo de condena en las Mazmorras del Destino. o Ser enviado a las Pozas de la Metamorfosis para ser transformado en embutido. o Caer maldito bajo el hechizo de la Alopecia Súbita. La elección es tuya… ¡JUO, JO, JO!

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The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop

Marchese, John

Publié en 2007

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How does a simple piece of wood become a violin, the king of instruments? Watch and find out as Eugene Drucker, a member of the world–renowned Emerson String Quartet, commissions Sam Zygmuntowicz, a Brooklyn craftsman, to make him a new violin. As he tells this extraordinary story, journalist John Marchese shares the rich lore of this beloved instrument and illuminates an art that has barely changed since the Renaissance. Marchese takes readers from start to finish as Zygmuntowicz builds the violin, from the first selection of the wood, to the cutting of the back and belly, through the carving of the scroll and the fingerboard, to the placement of the sound peg. Though much of the story takes place in the craftsman's museum–like Brooklyn workshop, there are side trips across the river to the rehearsal rooms of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln center, and across the world. Stops on the itinerary include Cremona, Italy, the magical city where Antonio Stradivari (and a few of his contemporaries) achieved a level of violin–making perfection that has endured for centuries, as well as points in France and Germany integral to the history of the violin. A stunning work of narrative nonfiction that's also a finely crafted, loving homage to the instrument that most closely approximates the human voice.

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Fall on Your Knees

Macdonald, Ann-marie

Publié en 2002

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They are the Pipers of Cape Breton Island — a family steeped in lies and unspoken truths that reach out from the past, forever mindful of the tragic secret that could shatter the family to its foundations. Chronicling five generations of this eccentric clan, Fall on Your Knees follows four remarkable sisters whose lives are filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Their experiences will take them from their stormswept homeland, across the battlefields of World War I, to the freedom and independence of Jazz-era New York City. Compellingly written, running the literary gamut from menacingly dark to hilariously funny, this is an epic saga of one family’s trials and triumphs in a world of sin, guilt, and redemption

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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard Rate thi

Murray, Liz

Publié en 2010

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In the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard. Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, when her family finally unraveled, Murray found herself on the streets. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep. Eventually, Murray decided to take control of her own destiny and go back to high school, often completing her assignments in the hallways and subway stations where she slept. She squeezed four years of high school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. Breaking Night is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds.

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Totoche

Valckx, Catharina

Publié en 2005 L'école des loisirs

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1 vol. (non paginé [31] p.)

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The Stonecutter

Läckberg, Camilla

Publié en 2013

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Named by major media outlets, such as USA TODAY, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, as a main successor to Stieg Larsson, Swedish author Läckberg is on the rise. Her new novel, which The Washington Post has already named as one of their “Ten Books We Love This Year” and praised as “richly textured and downright breathtaking,” continues the story of local detective Patrik Hedström and his girlfriend, Erica Falck, the beloved crime-solving duo whose first child has just been born. But while they celebrate this new life, a suspicious drowning claims a little girl they knew well. As the murder’s implications widen, Patrik’s investigation threatens to tear apart the rural fishing village of Fjällbacka, where a secret lurks that spans generations. A deeply satisfying third installment in her internationally bestselling series, The Stonecutter will establish Läckberg for the U.S. audience once and for all. As USA TODAY says, “If you haven’t yet read the equally entrancing Ice Princess and The Preacher, what are you waiting for?”

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Blanche-neige

Grimm, Wilhelm

Publié en 2013 Deux coqs d'or

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illustrateur : Klauss, Anja C. / collection : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb43737798w / 1 vol. (non paginé [27] p.)

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Petit Ours brun joue dans la neige

Aubinais, Marie

Publié en 2015

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illustrateur : Bour, Danièle / collection : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb44298217f / 1 vol. (non paginé [14] p.)

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Lola

Dunrea, Olivier

Publié en 2002 Kaléidoscope

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Lola une petite oie très coquette adore la couleur rouge de ses bottes. Un jour, elle rencontre Olga et débute alors une grande amitié.

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the bourne objective

Lustbader, Eric Van

Publié en 2010

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After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed while in Indonesia, he fakes his death to take on a new identity and mission- to find out who is trying to assassinate him. In the process, Bourne begins to question who he really is and what he would become if he no longer carried the Bourne identity. Across the globe, an American passenger airliner is shot down over Egypt-apparently by an Iranian missile-leaving the world wondering if it was an accident or an act of aggression. A massive global team lead by Soraya Moore is assembled to investigate the attack before the situation escalates. When Bourne's search for his would-be assassin intersects with Soraya's search for the group behind the airplane bombing, Bourne is thrust into a race to prevent a new world war. But it may already be too late.

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C'est à moi, ça !

Van Zeveren, Michel

Publié en 2010 L'école des loisirs

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L'histoire se passe dans la jungle où une toute petite grenouille trouve un oeuf perdu...

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Splat fait son spectacle !

Auerbach, Annie

Publié en 2013 Nathan

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illustrateur : Brantz, Loryn / collection : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb42729364m / 1 vol. (non paginé [25] p.)

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