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The residents of Pickax are delighted that the old bombed-out Pickax Hotel is reopening with a whole new look. Everyone…
is thrown into a topspin when one of the hotel's first guests winds up a victim of murder. Qwilleran and his brilliant Siamese put their whisker-twitching, crime-solving talents to work to find a killer. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who saw stars“, followed by “The cat who smelled a rat“. 2000.
Seventeen-year-old Alton turns cards for his wealthy uncle Lester, a champion bridge player who lost his vision to diabetes. Alton…
becomes intrigued by his eccentric relative, the game of bridge, and a mysterious girl. Junior and Senior High. 2010.
Mirabella Matthews' Aunt Jolly died unexpectedly and mysteriously, and as a result, Mirabella has inherited her villa in the South…
of France. Driving there on the way from the train with Verity, the young woman she picked up along the way, Mirabella is run off the road by a motorcycle and she soon discovers that the dangers do not end there. It turns out that Aunt Jolly had a past, and as the various men who were a part of it show up at the villa, Mirabella and Verity must find out who can be trusted and who is using charm to mask the face of a murderer. 2016.
As Tito's rule in Yugoslavia draws to a close, life in Egon's grimy foundry town consists of dismal inhabitants wearing…
tattered clothes, bumming cigarettes from one another. Is it any wonder that running out of his one luxury - Cartier perfume - brings Egon to the edge? A man will do anything for his perfume, even if it means cheating a young Gypsy girl of her Playboy, blackmailing a lascivious preacher, publishing an atrocious poet, or conspiring with a band of uncouth cowboys. Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004, c1987. Uniform title: Operacija Cartier.
First published as a magazine article in 1950, this book deals with Buck's feelings about her daughter Carol's mental retardation.…
Buck, noted for her humanitarian work with children, relates her struggle to understand and help her daughter. She was perhaps the first prominent person to openly acknowledge a retarded child, and as such broke a national taboo with her article's publication. 1992.
Award-winning documentarian Miller focuses on the real meaning of Carbon trading, where countries can buy and sell anothers' carbon emission…
through a system where carbon credits are traded like stocks and bonds. It’s really a zero-sum formula where the amount of carbon-based pollution is not being reduced, only moved by brokers among countries. Credits are then given which are used to bankroll huge industrial operations, many of which are ravaging both the world's poor and their environments, many of which are aboriginal. 2013.
J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the search for a Baroque masterpiece Bach's cello suites have become some of the most…
enduring pieces in history, but they remain shrouded in mystery - about when and how they were composed, whether they were originally intended for the cello, how much influence Bach's second wife had on their composition, and what happened to Bach's original manuscript. Covers Bach and the missing manuscript from the eighteenth century; Pablo Casals and the discovery of the music in Spain in the late nineteenth century; and Siblin's own infatuation with the suites in the twenty-first. Canada Reads 2012. c2009.
Carl W. Montaine, potential heir to a fortune, has recently married Rhoda against his family's wishes. Though it is more…
than seven years since the death of Gregory Moxley, Rhoda's previous husband, she is still afraid to collect his insurance. She also wonders if she could be prosecuted if Moxley's body is ever found. Poorly disguised as Helen Crocker, Rhoda consults criminal lawyer Perry Mason. 1989, c1934.
Portrays three generations of the Chains, a Jewish Brooklyn family, from 1919 to 1960. A passionate, streetwise story that begins…
with the founding father of the dynasty, "Crazy Jake" Chain. Strong language. 1980.
Liza Jarrett was born on the last stroke of midnight as the 20th century began. Just as she never forgets…
this, neither does she forget her mother's humiliation in the big house where she "did". Growing up during the First World War she marries Frank, a mystic and faith healer and unemployed steel worker. She rears her children through the Depression to the Second World War and her real trial of strength. It is also the story of Stephen, a young homosexual social worker. 1986.
This is a fictional account of the lives of the six daughters of George III, the "mad king" of England.…
Trapped by fear of disapproval from their father, the young princesses resort to living like nuns, or to secret love affairs. Though cherished and protected, their lives were sad and frustrated. 1974.
While honeymooning on Lake Erie, Jennifer Kaine and her husband Daniel, who is blind, meet Christian singer Vali Tremayne. Vali…
retired after the death of her fiancé. Now it appears that her life is also in danger. With the help of God, the Kaines lend Vali their support. Sequel to "Storm at daybreak", followed by "Tangled web". 1995, c1987. (Daybreak mysteries ; 2) Uniform title: Domino image
Features lots of great projects using cardboard boxes, designed for indoor or outdoor play. Chapters discuss where to find boxes…
of different sizes, what a basic tool kit consists of, how to use paint and glitter, when adult help is needed, and the time involved in constructing the creations. Clearly labeled and illustrated steps, lists of supplies, handy tips, suggested variations, and "Reality Check" fact boxes are found throughout. The authors - a father and his two sons - deliver plenty of humour along with the instructions. Grades 3-6. 2006.
Mattina Brecon, a wealthy New Yorker, spends a few months in the small New Zealand city of Puamahara. Mixing the…
mundane with the surreal, the story details the lives of the people on Kowhai Street where Mattina lives. 1988.
An allegory of man's struggle against an illogical bureaucracy. A land surveyor, known only as K, is constantly frustrated in…
his attempts to gain entrance into a mysterious castle, which is administered by an extraordinarily complicated and inaccessible bureaucratic hierarchy. 1969, c1926. Uniform title: Das Schloss.
On her way back to the Fengate estate from the Case Has Altered pub, Dorcas Reese is strangled to death…
on the Lincolnshire fens. Two weeks earlier, Verna Dunn was shot to death at Fengate. Scotland Yard detective Richard Jury's investigation becomes problematic when his former lover Jenny Kennington turns into the prime suspect in both crimes. Some strong language. 1997.
A chance encounter between two Norwegians, a Communist novelist and a former Lutheran pastor, leads the pastor to confide his…
life story and his spiritual struggles to the writer. The pastor confronts philosophical issues concerning betrayal, death, and the crux of faith. 1996. Uniform title: Karjolsteinen.
Two men were shot and killed at the Montreal Cotton Company in 1895. This is the dramatic story of the…
trial of Valentine Shortis, a young Irish immigrant who was accused of the murders. 1986.
Vermont Bureau of Investigation head Joe Gunther chases Boston-based drug runners who murdered a Vermont cop at a routine stop…
near Canada. Sequel to "Chat", followed by "The price of malice". 2008.
Prominent businessman John Addison persuades Perry Mason to spring Veronica Dale, a sweet young thing, from the local jail where…
she was locked up overnight for vagrancy. Once her release is arranged, however, Mason discovers that this innocent-looking girl, who is new in town, is part of an elaborate blackmail plot and wanted for murder. Some strong language. 1990, c1948.