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Khurrem, a Russian slavegirl, as fierce and wild as her own fiery hair, has been purchased for the Royal harem…
because the Sultan's wife needs a skilled needlewoman and this girl has an astonishing talent for embroidery. Many more talents emerge in this tale of intrigue and romance, conspiracy and conflict. Followed by “The shadow of God”. 1981.
Recounts the harrowing voyage of the author and his crew from Dingle, Ireland across the North Atlantic to Newfoundland in…
a 36-foot leather boat like those used in medieval times. Severin proves that a sixth-century Irish monk, St. Brendan, could have reached North America as legend claims. 1978.
This novel resumes the tale of Tatiana and Alexander as pregnant eighteen year old Tatiana leaves Russia thinking Alexander is…
dead. She begins her new life in wartime New York City where she finds work, friends and a life beyond her dreams. Alexander, an American trapped in Russia, has been arrested by Stalin's secret police as a traitor and a spy. Will the fate that once pulled them together so forcefully reunite them again? Sequel to "The Bronze Horseman" (DC33084). 2003.
Provides a contemporary take on everyday inspiration, including pushing the button for the elevator and it's already there, peeling that…
thin plastic film off new electronics, the other side of the pillow, the last day of school, and the five-second rule. Pasricha's optimism counters life's unending stream of bad news by identifying opportunities to "share a universal high five with humanity." Bestseller. Winner of the 2012 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. 2010.
San Francisco writer Ruth Young discovers a memoir by her Chinese mother, LuLing, while she is dealing with LuLing's failing…
memory. After deciphering the Chinese calligraphy, Ruth gains insight into her family heritage that improves her relationship with her mother. Some strong language. Bestseller. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.
A middle-aged widow, Florence Green, decides to open a bookstore in a five-hundred-year-old house in her small English town. She…
makes a noble start but is thwarted by Violet Gamart, who wants to convert "Old House" into an arts centre. 1997, c1978.
Account of the historical feud between two nineteenth-century American paleontologists -Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. After the Civil…
War both men amassed large collections of dinosaur bones discovered in the West, but their intense rivalry led to muckraking and scandal rather than scientific cooperation. 1999.
Examines the lives of 12 New York women, the wives and daughters of the managers of money and industry in…
the first part of the 20th century. Some strong language. 1984.
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted…
by his people. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2006.
Lewis Brading, owner of the priceless Brading collection of jewellery, is a frightened man. He's beginning to see thieves around…
every corner, which is ironic, given that it was through members of that profession that he amassed his famous collection. When he approaches Miss Silver to ask her to take on the role of private investigator, she turns him away with some free advice. 1996.
Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict there. In the…
following spring she returned to live with an Afghan family for several months. For more than 20 years Sultan Khan defied the authorities - be they Communist or Taliban - in order to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by the Communists, and watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. But while Khan is passionate in his love of books and hatred of censorship, he is also a committed Muslim with strict views on family life. 2003.
Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…
it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.
Jason Bourne has announced his return. But who, now, is Bourne? Is he the quiet professor and loving husband, or…
is he the most deadly master of the killing arts the world has ever known? In a smoky disreputable cabaret in Kowloon, murder is swiftly and violently perpetrated and eleven letters are written in the dead man's blood. Sequel to "Bourn identity" (DC05315). 1986. (Bourne ; 2)
Cervantes is the mouse who lives behind a wall of reference books in an antiquarian bookstore. His problem is Milo,…
the cat, who is waiting to catch him. But Cervantes knows how to read and Milo does not, giving Cervantes an unexpected advantage. Grades 3-6. 1995.
The author contends that when President Reagan honoured the fortieth anniversary of D-Day - the Normandy invasion of Europe -…
on June 6, 1984, he energized the nation and inspired a "New Patriotism." Recalls the way army Rangers scaled the French cliffs to defeat the Nazis and discusses Reagan's American legacy. 2005.
Officially declared an accident, the death of retired power broker Michael Hollins has left too many unanswered questions to satisfy…
his son, Tim. But as Tim conducts his own search for the truth, he discovers an uneasy connection to a Russian mob boss - and an alarming number of other mysterious deaths. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.
Portrays the life and inner conflicts of Gershon Loran, a young Jewish rabbi. While serving as a chaplain during the…
Korean War, he must reconcile his deep-rooted beliefs in Judaism with the struggle between light and darkness in a land where Judaism has never existed. 1981.
An autobiographical novel found among the author's papers after his death at the age of eighty. Ebenezer remembers his life…
on the isle of Guernsey from pastoral childhood to old age; from the time of the Boer War through World War II, when Guernsey was occupied by German troops, to the age of television and tourism. He also tells of his love/hate relationship with Liza. 1981.
In 1976, Robert Murphy first learns that he has a spinal tumour; he now is paralyzed from the neck down.…
He relates his medical treatment and suffering, but also examines the role of the disabled in society. He draws from history, literature, sociology, and psychology as a basis for his views and his means of coping. 2001, c1987.
Lee wants to be a Tarantula - a member of the biggest, most powerful gang in his neighbourhood. But when…
his initiation goes wrong and the police catch him robbing an auto supply store, Lee's father sends him to live with his aunt. He initially resists Aunt Reena and the customers of her café, but slowly learns to open himself up to his new surroundings. When Lee strikes up an unlikely friendship he is suddenly confronted by the ravages of violence, and is forced to face the consequences of his own aggression. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.