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3) Bowling
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«Elle est l'abeille qui bourdonne les promesses de jours fleuris; la vie paraît miel à ses ctés. Et pourtant, j'appréhende la piqûre. Rien dans mon monde ne ressemble à l'éden. Il y a toujours un serpent qui mord, avilit et détruit.»
Jeune homme reclus, Tristan Beaulieu élabore le plan qui lui permettra enfin d'éliminer définitivement les démons qui le tourmentent et de se venger de ce qu'il a subi dans sa jeunesse. Alors qu'il écoule...
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"The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of "armage," everything changes once again. She's about to begin high school...with 2,300 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares...
15) Bowling Avenue
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After Delia's sister dies, she returns to Nashville to sell her sister's house. She is greeted by a variety of family members and "friends" and must decide who she will let in.
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Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet--the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today's fractured America. Twenty years ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small...
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We first met Shannon Olson—our semi-fictional heroine—in the witty and engaging Welcome to My Planet. Olson pioneered a daring new genre, a kind of fictional documentary, pulling no punches by using her own name, and engaging readers with her wry and direct style. In Children of God, Shannon is in her mid-thirties and besieged by reminders that her life doesn’t look much at all like the American Dream, nor like her...
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Winner of an Academy Award® for Best Documentary, filmmaker Michael Moore's "Bowling For Columbine" takes a somewhat humorous and oft-times serious look at firearms in the United States. Traveling throughout the country, Moore sets out to discover why Americans are so obsessed with their guns, which time and time again lead to violence. Moore also touches upon the tragedy at Columbine High, interviews NRA President Charlton Heston and takes on companies...
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