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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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A guided tour of the English cottages, castles and countryside spots that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used as settings for the Sherlock Holmes stories. 1985.
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Family and relationships, Humour
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Writer Ritter has been observing men for as long as she can remember, and has come into direct or imaginary…
contact with a fair few of them. Her alphabetical itinerary starts with Amigos and ends with Zealots, travelling via Dads, Heroes, Non-Committals, Outlaws, and many others. A collection of stories about good and bad relationships, family conflicts, love affairs, and Catholicism, which is part memoir, part comedy, and part inspirational handbook for the cynical. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2004.
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Family and relationships
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Unhappiness in marriage often has a simple root cause: we speak different love languages, believes Dr. Gary Chapman. While working…
as a marriage counselor for more than 30 years, he identified five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. In a friendly, often humorous style, he unpacks each one. 1992.
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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Novelist, critic, and biographer White, who moved to Paris in 1983, describes his wanderings through the city's arrondissements, including districts…
congenial to writers, African-Americans, Jews, artists, gays and lesbians, and royalists. A flâneur is someone who strolls about a city with no specific purpose, yet is attuned to its history and character. Bestseller. 2001.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Family and relationships
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A collection of true stories, written by some of Canada's best writers, about "the first time" -- their first sexual…
encounter. The writers include Brian Doyle, W.P. Kinsella, and Julie Lawson. Descriptions of sex. Junior high and older. 1995.
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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Award-winning journalist and author Simon Winchester takes readers on a personal tour of the Balkans. Combining history and interviews with…
the people who live there, Winchester offers a fascinating glimpse into the complex issues at work in this chaotic region. 2001.
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Arts and entertainment, Literature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Family and relationships, Parenting
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The true story of author Gilmour's decision to let his 16-year-old son drop out of high school, on the condition…
that the boy agree to watch three films a week with him. Examines how those years changed both their lives. From French New Wave and Kurosawa to De Palma, film noir, and Billy Wilder, Gilmour describes key moments in each film, as he teaches his son about life and the vagaries of growing up through the power of the movies. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Canada Reads 2012. 2007.
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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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A history of the Mediterranean world from the dramatic creation of the sea when the Atlantic flooded across the barrier…
of land connecting Morocco and Gibraltar and plunged over a cliff 50 times the height of Niagara. The transformation of man in this rich region from hunter-gather to a settled form of existence was the beginning of civilisation and so began the process that was to transform the whole area. 1987.
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Family and relationships, Health and medicine, Psychology, Self help
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Explains how women experience stress differently from men and provides techniques and problem-solving skills to reduce it. Includes examples of…
dealing with family life (including teenagers and mates), common work problems, sexual difficulties, and aging - along with other unavoidable everyday tensions. 2000.
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Family and relationships, General non-fiction
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Drawing from history, literature and popular culture, past and present, Germaine Greer's searing examination of women's oppression is at once…
an important social commentary and a passionately argued piece of polemic. Descriptions of sex. 1993.
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Canadian non-fiction, Travel and geography, Asian travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Taras Grescoe plunges into the ruts where the tourists are thickest, starting at the tip of Spain's Land's End and…
finishing, nine months later, on the soldier-patrolled beaches of China's End of the Earth. Along the way, he crosses the entire Eurasian landmass, experiencing all sorts of travel such as all-inclusive resorts, pilgrimages, and bus tours. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2003.
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Family and relationships
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This book introduces three Indian couples whose relationships illuminate cultural shifts: Veer and Maya, a forward-thinking professional couple tested by…
Maya's desire for independence; Shahzad and Sabeena, whose desperation for a child becomes entwined with the changing face of Islam; and Ashok and Parvati, whose arranged marriage blossoms into true love. 2018.
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Travel and geography, European travel and geography, Travelogues
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Greece as seen through the eyes of a sensitive traveller - English classicist, archaeologist, and former Jesuit priest, whose poetic…
observations about the land and its people are interspersed with personal narrative. c1981.
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Travel and geography, European travel and geography, Travelogues
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The author recounts his 1500 mile journey, much of it on foot, through Eastern Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Romania,…
making personal connections with people in the turbulent region, and learning more about himself and his parents who had escaped from there years before. 1997.
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Journals and memoirs, Canadian non-fiction, Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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They arrived as tourists in Corfu, Wendy from Canada and James from England. They enjoyed the sun, an idyllic beach,…
olives, fresh apricots and marinated lamb, and long evenings of storytelling at the local taverna. But what captivated James and Wendy was the way the islanders embraced them, and how their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love. Some strong language. 2005.
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Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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A witty account of a first journey to England with visits to Windsor, Oxford and London. Sequel to "84 Charing Cross Road". 1983.
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Family and relationships
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Dan Savage recounts his family's campaign to convince him and his boyfriend, Terry, to get married, and explores how his…
family's attitudes towards gay marriage reflect those of contemporary American society. 2011.
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Biography, Women biography, Family and relationships, Humour
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Author Schlosberg, humiliated by being seated at the dreaded 'Singles Table' at weddings, embarked on a quest not necessarily for…
'Mr. Right', but at least for 'Mr. Remote Possibility'. She tried everything from a Kenyan game park, Club Med, and a millennial New Year's Eve celebration in Jackpot, Nevada to feng shui, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, and online dating. To celebrate her 1,001 days of celibacy, she set off for an arctic mountain-bike trip but wound up stranded in Russia, where, finally giving up hope, things began to change. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.
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Family and relationships
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When he was diagnosed with cancer, acclaimed author Bruce Feiler couldn't stop thinking about what would happen to his two…
young daughters. As a result, Feiler contacted six men who would act as a Council of Dads for his children after he was gone. Here, Feiler chronicles his battle with cancer and his quest to secure his children's futures. 2010.
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Biography, Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Taking the fire that destroyed the Fenice theatre in 1996 as his starting point, John Berendt creates a portrait of…
Venice and its extraordinary inhabitants. Beneath the exquisite facade of the world's most beautiful historic city, scandal, corruption and venality are rampant, and John Berendt is a master at seeking them out. It is the inhabitants of Venice who are the real stars of this story: Ezra Pound and his mistress, Olga; poet Mario Stefani; the Rat Man of Treviso; or Mario Moro self-styled carabiniere, fireman, soldier or airman, depending on the day of the week. 2006.