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21) Circé
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Français
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Extrait: "L'un des grands bonheurs de la vie humaine, aussitt qu'on a passé l'âge, hélas ! des meilleures passions, c'est de se hasarder le soir, par un temps pluvieux, dans l'antre horrible et charmant o se font les ventes de vieux livres, pour peu que la vente échappe au choix vulgaire, à l'amateur content de peu."
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English
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Circé (pronounced seer-say) is how Joelle Circé Laramée prefers to be, addressed regarding her art. She is a queer feminist, an atheist, and a woman of transexual origin. Breaking Free, 45 years in the wrong body, is more than a memoir. It is a window to the artist's soul, with many raw and honest stories describing her journey towards womanhood. Circé has written a marvelous memoir, sharing her many life experiences all while, in the wrong body...
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Language
Français
Description
Circé des hirondelles est centré sur les rapports entre deux personnages: un « on » ou « nous », celui qui tient le discours dans le texte et un « elle », le personnage du titre. Les rapports multiples des 2 personnages commencent à la première strophe du premier poème et aboutissent peut-être au poème 47 qui exprime une fusion des 2 personnages,
Mais le on
Que l'on dit
N'est que l'enjleuse
De ses esprits lointains
Et sa voix fluette...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Insulted because her character has been left out of a movie of The Odyssey, Circe turns the entire movie crew into pigs, and when Wonder Woman intervenes the sorceress conjures up a portal that takes the hero into a realm of magical movie genres--and it is up to the reader to decide which genre Wonder Woman ends up in, and what dangers she must face there.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Wonder Woman recognizes that the Beastiamorphs overrunning the island of Valdonia are creations of her old enemy, Circe, so she sets out to deal with the threat; but she finds that the petulant king wants Superman, Circe has disguised herself, and the only clue is a strange, pea-sized stone hidden under a tower of mattresses on Wonder Woman's bed--and she has to untangle Circe's spell, defeat the sorceress, and prove to the king that she is a real...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Lasso of Truth is one of the many weapons and trophies that fill the halls of Paradise Island's palace, and it is one of Wonder Woman's favorite tools, which she used to defeat her ancient enemy, Circe.
27) Círculo armónico diatónico: Explorando la belleza y armonía de la música diatónica a través del círc
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Language
Español
Description
"CÍRCULO ARMÓNICO DIATÓNICO: Explorando la belleza y armonía de la música diatónica a través del círculo armónico" es un libro apasionante que sumerge a los músicos en el fascinante mundo de la teoría musical y la armonía diatónica.
En estas páginas, los lectores serán guiados a través de un viaje en el que descubrirán la riqueza y la complejidad de la música diatónica mediante el uso del círculo armónico. El círculo armónico...
29) Tanglewood tales
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English
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Originally published in 1853, author Nathaniel Hawthorne delivers a vibrant selection of mythological tales inspired by some of the most popular figures in Greek lore. Tanglewood Tales is filled with whimsical characters and their fantastical stories.
Nathaniel Hawthorne brings Ancient Greek mythology to life in this collection of Tanglewood Tales. The author reinterprets the stories for a younger audience with a broad appeal. The book contains heroes...
30) Ink and shadows
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English
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"Nora Pennington is known for her window displays, and as Halloween approaches, she decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl's Matilda and Madeline Miller's Circe. A family-values group disapproves of the magical themes, though, and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt. Suddenly, former friends and customers are targeting not only Nora and Miracle Books, but a new shopkeeper, Celeste, who's been selling CBD oil products....
31) Ariadne
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Language
English
Description
"A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid's stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice every year. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not...
32) Rebel angels
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Series
Gemma Doyle trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.
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English
Description
Hanged in an annual sacrificial ritual to Poseidon, seventeen-year-old oracle Leto awakens on an island inhibited by Melantho, a strange immoral girl with oceanic powers, who tells Leto the only way to break Poseidon's curse is to return to Ithaca and kill the prince.
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Series
Kingmaker chronicles volume 4
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English
Description
"The epic story continues in this brand new book in the USA Today bestselling Kingmaker Chronicles, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer Armentrout. The queen has been cursed, and Jocasta-herbalist and member of the royal family-is the only one who can brave Circe's Garden to save her. But with treachery brewing on Mount Olympus, only one thing is clear: Thalyria and its new royals are still pawns in an epic game of power one that might...
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English
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"Madeline Miller's Circe meets Cersei Lannister in a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best... You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign...
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English
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Powerful Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios, is sad to see Odysseus, King of Ithaca, depart from her island, Aeaea-but her heartbreak is eased after dolphins take her to Delos, where she explores a new love relationship.
Circe has a strained relationship with her mother, Perse, but when she finally listens to Perse's encouragement to seek out the amphibian god Glaucus, she's glad she's heeded her advice. Together, the two embark on underwater...
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English
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The four adult daughters of a Chicago couple--still madly in love after forty years--match wits, harbor grudges, and recklessly ignite old rivalries until a long-buried secret threatens to shatter the lives they've built. When Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, they are blithely ignorant of all that's to come. By 2016, their four radically different daughters are each in a state of unrest: Wendy, widowed young, soothes...
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English
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"On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, the regulars are telling stories when a wounded stranger enters carrying the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Many secrets must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known"--