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Set in Quebec at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, the story of Agnes White, a lonely orphaned girl fascinated by the "wrong" things--microscopes, dissections, and anatomy instead of more ladylike interests--who rises to the status of one of the world's most celebrated pioneering women doctors. Not only does she break through patriarchal academic barriers; she masters the science of the human heart, becoming a scholar of international fame, all...
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Jewelle Joseph volume 1
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"Not one to rest on her laurels, Jewelle Joseph is determined to add the new VP of Sales and Distribution position to her list of accomplishments. But she's not the only International Sales Executive vying for the position. From the glitzy office towers of Toronto to the glamorous world of the international television market in CAnnes, her colleague and competition, Chantal Mercier, schemes to obstruct Jewelle's path to the prized position.With mounting...
47) Cross bones
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Temperance Brennan volume 8
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A full week after death, a barely recognisable body is discovered in a closet. 'Death by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head' is the initial assessment, but the victim's relatives are adamant that this was not suicide. Extreme heat has accelerated decomposition, and Dr Temperance Brennan's forensic expertise is required. Even for her, it is virtually impossible to determine the trajectory of the bullet. But just as Tempe is attempting to make...
48) Celia, Misoka, I
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"A meditation on the meaning of life in an increasingly global world, from the award-winning Chinese-Canadian author Xue Yiwei Set in modern-day Montreal, Celia, Misoka, I is the poignant story of a middle-aged Chinese man who has been living in the city for fifteen years. After the death of his wife, he begins to reflect on his past and how he has ended up alone in Canada, a solitary member of the Chinese diaspora. It is in this period of angst and...
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"Twenty-eight-year-old Will, a teacher living in Montreal, has spent the last few months recovering from a breakup with his first serious boyfriend, Max. He has resumed his search for companionship, but has he truly moved on? Will's mother Katherine - one of the few people, perhaps the only one, who loves him unconditionally - is also in recovery, from a bout with colon cancer that haunts her body and mind with the possibility of relapse. Having experienced...
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After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Comăneci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.
51) Heroine
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"A classic feminist novel, resonating in a world of increasing radicalization, featuring a new foreword by Eileen Myles. It's October, 1980, the 10th anniversary of the October Crisis, when a radical Quebec group's actions led to the invocation of the War Measures Act. In a bathtub in a rooming house in Montreal in 1980, a woman tries to imagine a new life for herself: a life after a passionate affair with a man while falling for a woman, a life that...
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"A pocos días de fallecer su marido, Laura Cohen recibe en su consulta a un joven, Jacob Lambert. Su repentina desaparición abrirá una puerta al pasado familiar de Laura que la conducirá a una investigación que se remonta hasta el Holocausto. Laura Cohen, una mujer madrileña afincada en Montreal, ve cómo su apacible y exitosa vida junto a su marido Alexander, afamado psicólogo como ella, se trunca trágicamente cuando este muere en un misterioso...
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