In the winter of 1868 a name Montreal society associated with art, good breeding, and culture became fodder for scandal mongers. The Notman name, synonymous with fine photography, was suddenly making headlines featuring the words "...
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Author:Naves, Elaine KalmanSummary: -
Author:McFetridge, JohnSummary:“An extremely good crime novel, brimming with historical verisimilitude . . . with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery.” — Booklist on Black Rock
In the weeks before hosting the 1976 Summer...
- Author:Nasrallah, DimitriSummary:
Winner, 2011 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2016 Swiftly paced, poignantly moving, and beautifully imagined, Niko is the powerful epic...
- Author:Morissette, GuillaumeSummary:
Set in Montreal, New Tab spans a year in the life of a twenty-six year old videogame designer as he attempts to reset his life, in the process chronicling with humor disillusion, boredom, self-destruction, Facebook chats, Concordia...
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Author:Myles, Stephanie, Brochu, ClaudeSummary:The decline and fall of the Montreal Expos. In 1969, the Montreal Expos played their first game. Thirty-two years later, the team that once boasted baseball’s best farm system is nearly dead. In this book, former Expos president Claude...
- Author:Alkallay, RachelleSummary:
The Montreal Police Association Museum, the Bank of Montreal Museum, the Printing Museum of Quebec, Just for Laughs Museum. Never heard of them? Neither have most Montrealers or visitors to Montreal. The city has dozens of "little"...
- Author:Medres, Israel, Segal, J.I.Summary:
Winner of the 2001 Canadian Jewish Book Awards: Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Prize for Yiddish translation, Montreal of Yesterday was originally published in Yiddish in 1947. It had earlier appeared in installments in the pages...
- Author:Lebel, Pierre-MathieuSummary:
« La géographie, ça s’apprend par les pieds », disait Raoul Blanchard. Lorsqu’il s’agira de communiquer l’expérience de la ville, cependant, on n’aura sans doute pas de mal à dénicher un romancier pour dire que le roman est capable de...
- Author:Brownstein, Bill, Habor, DanielSummary:
24 Montreal locations, each visited at a different hour of the day. 24 hours in the life of a city that never sleeps. Author Bill Brownstein writes about the owners, workers, and patrons; Daniel Haber took the pictures. These are...
- Author:Haugland, BillSummary:
In 1969, a call for revolution and an explosion at the home of Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau draws Ty Davis, a young television reporter, into the realm of underworld chaos and violence. A colleague is accused of a crime he did not commit...
- Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:
A psychological time bomb is triggered in Kellen O’Reilly as he begins to experience disturbing “flashbacks” to his unresolved and turbulent past.
It is winter in Montreal. Dr. Satorius, head of Coldhaven Manor, a psychiatric...
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Author:Laprade, Pat, Hébert, BertrandSummary:Montreal was the proving ground for some of the biggest names in wrestling, including Andre the Giant, Abdullah the Butcher, and the infamous Mad Dog Vachon; it was the site of the first midget battle ever; and made famous worldwide for...
- Author:Leslie, Mark, Krishnasamy, ShaynaSummary:
A collection of ghost stories, eerie encounters, and gruesome tales from one of Canada’s most interesting cities. Montreal is a city steeped in history and culture, but just beneath the pristine surface of this world-class city lie...
- Author:Collette, Jean Yves, Guérin, ClaudeSummary:
Chacune des trente-six photographies couleur de ce livre a été saisie dans la ville elle-même, sinon dans l’île de Montréal. Si les images ne montrent souvent que des détails infimes de la cité, elles n’en évoquent pas moins des aspects...
- Author:Pipar, RosetteSummary:
Amour de la musique, passion de l’enseignement, expression artistique, voilà bien ce qui a animé les quatre directeurs musicaux des Petits chanteurs du Mont-Royal depuis 60 ans. Tradition et succès obligent. L’aventure se poursuit et se...
- Author:Chicoine, JeanSummary:
Du Québec au Manitoba, d’un livre volé à la rédaction de son propre récit, le narrateur traîne son désir jusque dans les quartiers populaires de Winnipeg. Mais plus que les aventures sexuelles, c’est la co-habitation des langues...
- Author:Burgess, Joanne, Linteau, Paul-AndréSummary:
Le Vieux-Montréal est depuis longtemps un espace connu et reconnu, aussi bien pour les Montréalais que pour les visiteurs de l’extérieur. Faudrait-il en changer l’identité ? Que penser du projet de créer, à Montréal, un Quartier de l’...
- Author:St. John Mandel, EmilySummary:
Lilia Albert can't remember many details from her childhood--she just knows she was always on the move. As an adult, she travels compulsively, leaving behind friends and lovers all over the world. But when one man refuses to let go and...
- Author:Ferguson, Trevor, Raoult, Marie-MadeleineSummary:
Chassés de l’asile de Lougain, Sparrow Drinkwater et son excentrique mère entreprennent un périlleux voyage vers la Nouvelle-Orléans où ils découvrent qu’une force obscure dirige et manipule leur vie. Sparrow se retrouve bientôt seul à...
- Author:Marineau, MichèleSummary:
Ainsi commence l'histoire de Karim, une histoire à plusieurs voix et à multiples facettes, qui va de Beyrouth à Montréal en passant par Chlifa, ce village par-delà les montagnes que tentent d'atteindre Karim et Maha, là-bas, au Liban....
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