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Autobiography of Grammy Award-winning music producer Davis (born 1932), who took a job with Columbia Records in 1960 and launched…
Arista Records in 1974. Highlights the dozens of musicians he worked with, including Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart, and the Grateful Dead. Bestseller. 2012
Resource guide for U.S. military veterans and their families provides information on medical treatment, rehabilitation, counseling, transition, and other care…
needed for mental and physical health. Includes information on traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide, and other psychological issues. 2013
Fate connects four very different women: an extremely organized bodyguard, who is pregnant by her messy boyfriend; a young mother…
of twins, who is homeless again; a reclusive movie star, who learns her exploitative father is ill; and a loner dog-rescuer. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2013
Four novels tracing the development and familial relationships of Patrick Melrose. In Never Mind five-year-old Patrick deals with a sadistic…
father and an alcoholic mother. Mother's Milk explores the relationship between Patrick and his own five-year-old son Robert. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2012
As a baby Ewan Thatcher is stolen and replaced by a changeling. Ewan grows up in the Limestone Kingdom, a…
fairy land. Meanwhile, eight-year-old Colby Stevens befriends a genie. The two human boys meet--and must learn to navigate the mortal world together. Violence and strong language. 2013
Account of the 1850-1863 rebuilding of the U.S. Capitol while the country was debating the future of slavery. Discusses the…
role of Mississippi senator-turned-Secretary of War Jefferson Davis and the rivalry between Army captain Montgomery C. Meigs, the chief engineer, and architect Thomas U. Walter. 2012
After Sydney tracks down former alchemist Marcus, she questions her own loyalty to the group and acknowledges her increasing powers.…
Meanwhile, an evil magic user is targeting young witches. Sequel to The Golden Lily (DB 76175). Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2013
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière occupe une place particulière dans l'histoire du Québec et du Canada. Député de Lotbinière pendant 24…
ans, premier chef du Parti libéral du Québec et chef de l'opposition, il devient brièvement premier ministre du Québec à la suite de ce que certains appellent «le coup d'État du 2 mars 1878». Sa carrière politique ne s'arrête pas là : il est nommé ministre dans le cabinet de Wilfrid Laurier et finit sa carrière comme lieutenant-gouverneur de la Colombie-Britannique. Né et éduqué en France, de religion protestante, il offre un profil qui le distingue des politiciens de son époque. Ses adversaires ne cesseront de mettre en doute sa légitimité à représenter les Canadiens français catholiques, et le clergé ne manquera pas une occasion de s'opposer à cet improbable homme politique. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière est aussi un pionnier et un spécialiste de la conservation de la forêt au Canada. Mariant son amour pour la nature et sa curiosité pour les sciences naturelles à ses intérêts personnels, il a laissé son empreinte économique comme seigneur de Lotbinière et exploitant d'une entreprise forestière.
Comment peut-on entrer en contact avec un proche perdu en lui-même, qui ne nous reconnait plus ? Comment faciliter son…
retour parmi les siens ? C’est ce que Raymond Paul a voulu explorer en plaçant au coeur de son roman le personnage de Suzanne, que l’on avait pu découvrir dans Léa devant la mer (Druide, 2014). Accueillir celle qui s’était perdue dans les méandres du passé, c’est ce que vivent les proches de Suzanne dans ce roman qui démontre toute la force d’inclusion d’une famille aimante.
Paris-based writer and translator details her collaboration with perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour to develop a scent based on a romantic interlude…
she experienced in Seville, Spain. Chronicles her relationship with scents from childhood to the present. Includes discussion of historical perfumes. 2012
When sixteen-year-old Kyra, a potions master, tries to save the kingdom of Mohr by assassinating her former best friend Princess…
Ariana, she fails. Kyra and a piglet search for a way to complete her mission while the army pursues them. For senior high and older readers. 2013
Marine biologist Doc Ford agrees to help pilot Dan Futch search the Everglades for the five Navy torpedo bombers whose…
1945 disappearance gave birth to the Bermuda Triangle legend. But as Futch's sabotaged plane plummets to the ground, Ford begins to regret his decision. Strong language and some violence. 2013
Voici le récit d’une enfance qui se passe au Congo belge entre 1946 et 1955. À partir de ses souvenirs,…
Marie-Claude Hansenne brode cette autofiction qui, dans les yeux candides d’une enfant, jette un nouvel éclairage sur la colonisation d’une partie de l’Afrique. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui a dévasté la Belgique, les parents de la jeune Mathilde s’installent au Congo : le père fait partie des fonctionnaires envoyés par le gouvernement pour gérer sa colonie. Pour Mathilde, c’est le paradis d’une enfance libre et la petite fille y vivra des aventures qui façonneront sa vie entière, à l’instar de l’écrivaine Karen Blixen au Kenya.
New York Times columnist investigated solutions to his own dilemma of raising twins and caring for aging parents. Feiler condenses…
his three years of research findings into a manual that includes techniques for developing a family mission, setting allowances, and having difficult conversations. Bestseller. 2013
Recounts the life and career of the late founder of Apple, Steve Jobs (1955-2011). Covers his adoption and childhood, his…
friendship with Steve Wozniak, and his dynamic relationship with Apple--as chairman, head of the Mac department, advisor, and CEO--until his death. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012
Magnus d'Armand travels to his father's home planet of Maxima to learn more about his roots. When he arrives, Magnus…
discovers intrigues waiting for him. He must use his wits if he is to survive meeting his family. 1993
A fun introduction to prehistoric creatures that are not dinosaurs, and why! Everyone knows what a dinosaur is, right? Well,…
maybe not. Dinosaurs are actually just one type of extinct animal from prehistoric times. So, what sets them apart? Here, readers are introduced to ten prehistoric animals. Each one looks like a dinosaur. But it's missing at least one key characteristic of all true dinosaurs. Animal by animal, each of those characteristics is added to a growing list, until, by the end of the book, readers know just what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur! A dinosaur by any other name is . . . not a dinosaur, of course!
Captain Mueller is dead. Hanged, apparently by his own hand. But ex-police officer and war hero Sergeant August Neumann doesn't…
think it's quite so simple. How could it be with blackshirts, legionnaires, and communist sympathisers vying for control of the camp? Now Sergeant Neumann must navigate these treacherous cliques to find the truth while under the watchful eyes of his Canadian captors.Wayne Arthurson manages to hook you on the first page of this masterful mystery. The Traitors of Camp 133 is historical fiction at its best, a wonderful achievement, and a thoroughly entertaining read.--David Swinson, author of The Second GirlThe Traitors of Camp 133 is a murder mystery that delivers. Wayne Arthurson wraps his mystery in a fascinating subculture: German POWs in a Southern Alberta camp shortly after the Allies invade Normandy. It's a great read.--Todd Babiak, author of Come Barbarians and Son of FranceThe joy of this book is in the meticulously researched details; watching the way Arthurson's August Neumann navigates the peculiar society within the barbed wire (and without) is fascinating stuff, and the solid, satisfying mystery is the cherry on top.--Owen Laukkanen, author of The Watcher in the Wall
Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe…
in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too busy to see: Karen is deeply unhappy in the marriage and contemplating an affair, Charlotte, who is dealing with a chronic illness, is growing more and more distant, and Poppy is cracking under the pressures of her social circle. And there’s another problem. Benedict holds a rather terrible secret about his clean energy machine. Then, on Halloween night, an accident threatens to make everything far worse for the family. The accident kicks off a series of hauntings in their beautiful, historic home in affluent Belgravia, and the ghosts make it clear that they want something from them. Karen has to save her daughters — and herself. Meanwhile, Benedict is consumed by the knowledge that he has to achieve the impossible by Christmas. As time ticks ever closer to the revelation of his secret, he spirals further into despair . . . The Spirits Up is the story of a family haunted by the charmlessness of middle age and the cruelties of modern teenage life. Part social satire and part contemporary ghost story (with a hint of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol), it is an exploration of a timeless question: what happens when there’s nothing to believe?
When Sebastian goes undercover in the theatre to find a killer, things get… dramatic. In Three for Trinity, the third…
book in the Sebastian Synard Mystery series, offbeat humour meets suspense as a nefarious crime unfolds. Trying to run a tour business in COVID times is tough, especially when you’re home- schooling a teenager. But with the creation of the Atlantic bubble, Sebastian can offer a tour of the scenic, historic Bonavista peninsula to a small group. On the last night of the tour, an actor collapses at a socially distanced theatre performance. Sebastian rushes to help, but Lyle Mercer has been poisoned. When Sebastian goes undercover as an actor to try to discover the killer, he’s taking a risk in more ways than one. Will it upend his romantic relationship with police inspector Ailsa Bowmore?