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The Giver»rank: 1267par: Lois Lowry
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order ... |
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Anne Of Green Gables»rank: 13427par: L.M. Montgomery
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, 'But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl.' lt's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne 'confesses' to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally ... |
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Unti Unauthorized Bio»rank: 2357par: Robert Pattinson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, 'But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl.' lt's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne 'confesses' to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally ... |
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The Lorax»rank: 539par: Dr Seuss
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the 'save our planet' mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. ln The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children ... |
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Serenity: Those Left Behind»rank: 212par: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews
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He's Just Not That Into You (The Newly Expanded Edition): The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys»rank: 382par: Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the 'save our planet' mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. ln The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children ... |
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Pretty Little Liars #5»rank: 4704par: Sara Shepard
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the 'save our planet' mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. ln The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children ... |
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Crime and Punishment»rank: 251par: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mired in poverty, the student Raskolnikov nevertheless thinks well of himself. 0f his pawnbroker he takes a different view, and in deciding to do away with her he sets in motion his own tragic downfall. Dostoyevsky's penetrating novel of an intellectual whose moral compass goes haywire, and the detective who hunts him down for his terrible crime, is a stunning psychological portrait, a thriller and a profound meditation on guilt and retribution. |
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A Great and Terrible Beauty»rank: 1014par: Libba Bray
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mired in poverty, the student Raskolnikov nevertheless thinks well of himself. 0f his pawnbroker he takes a different view, and in deciding to do away with her he sets in motion his own tragic downfall. Dostoyevsky's penetrating novel of an intellectual whose moral compass goes haywire, and the detective who hunts him down for his terrible crime, is a stunning psychological portrait, a thriller and a profound meditation on guilt and retribution. |
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The Hockey Sweater»rank: 974par: Roch Carrier
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:First published in 1979 in a collection of adult stories and later made into an award-winning animated short film by the National Film Board of Canada, Roch Carrier's The Hockey Sweater is now firmly established as a Canadian classic. Basing the story on his own childhood growing up in St. Justine, Quebec, in the 1940s, Carrier describes the passion that he and his friends had for hockey, and particularly for the exploits of hockey great Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard of the Montreal Canadiens. Roch and his friends all have red ... |