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This comprehensive anthology of Russell's writings brings together his definitive essays from the period of 1903-1959 It covers the most…
fertile and lasting work in every significant area he published in. With over 30 essays divided into 17 sections this book provides an invaluable introduction to the scope of Russell's thinking. 1992.
To avoid an arranged marriage, Charis runs away to Alexandria to become a doctor of Hippocratic medicine. She poses as…
the eunuch Chariton to conceal her identity, but finds it difficult to ignore her attraction for a colleague. Set in the years of the Roman Empire. Some strong language. 1986.
Examines a case involving scientific accountability, government funding of research, and the civil rights of scientists. Explains the origins of…
an accusation of fraud against DNA researcher Thereza Imanishi-Kari; the defence of her integrity by her co-author, Nobel Prizewinner David Baltimore; and their persecution in the 1980s and restitution in the 1990s. 1998.
1801. Captain Alan Lewrie, newly acquitted of slave stealing, takes command of the frigate Thermopylae and heads for the Baltic.…
Lewrie hosts a Russian peace delegation and joins the Battle of Copenhagen. Sequel to "Troubled Waters". Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009.
Matthew Stock, constable of Chelmsford, goes with his wife, Joan, to London's Bartholomew Fair and finds himself involved with a…
series of grisly murders, including an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I. c1986.
The author, a wildlife research biologist, describes his experiences in 1986-87 when he lived with a wolf pack in the…
high arctic region of Canada. He interacted with these wolves in their daily lives. 1988.
Eleven-year-old Jessica and her family are not prepared for the changes a new baby makes in their lives. Then tragedy…
strikes and the family must find new strengths. Grades 4-7. 1986.
Against his will and his nature, the hulking Gordon Rankin ("Rank") is cast as an enforcer - by his classmates,…
his hockey coaches, and especially his own father, Gordon Senior. When tragedy strikes, Rank disappears, but almost twenty years later he discovers that an old, trusted friend - the only person to whom he has ever confessed his sins - has published a novel mirroring Rank's life. The betrayal cuts to the heart, and Rank will finally have to confront the tragic true story from which he's spent his whole life running away. Some descriptions of violence, some descriptions of sex and explicit strong language. c2011.
Fifteen-year-old Greta travels with her brilliant father to a laboratory on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Her father has…
created a man-made black hole, but an accident with it spins her dad, along with all the other scientists, billions of years into the future, trapping in a particle of time. Three other kids live on the habitat, and, calling themselves the Aquanauts, they band together with Greta to travel through time in a frantic attempt to save their parents and themselves from being locked under the sea for eternity. For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.
Recovering from the isolation of caring for her recently deceased mother, Aurora Norquest begins to experience bewildering dreams. As she…
seeks to understand the voices that fill her sleeping hours, she learns that her mother has hidden a secret, a truth that could change Aurora's present and set a new course for her future. Aurora is aided in her understanding by Philip Cannon, the neighbor who shows more than a friendly interest. With love as his ally, Philip helps her to discern between truth and falsehood, the voice of guilt and the voice of God. 2004.
The Gestapo sends Captain Paul Bach to investigate the murders of two prisoners and a Polish lieutenant at an SS…
camp. Bach begins to realize that he is a guilty party to the policy of extermination. Some strong language. 1984.
Revised edition containing information on diabetes and its management, based on 1994 recommendations of the American Diabetes Association. Includes advice…
on exercise, alcohol, dining out, and eating while travelling; recipes for soups, breads, meats, poultry, seafood, eggs, cheese, yogurt, pastas, and desserts. 1996, c1978.
Macau. As English lawyer Doyle wastes away his nights and his money in the casinos, he contemplates his life. One…
night, he meets Dao-Ming, whom he at first takes to be another gambler. As their relationship grows, reality recedes. 2014.
Under orders from Queen Elizabeth I, Privateer Martin Frobisher took up the search for a northwestern route to Asia. On…
July 14, 1576, he sighted the most easterly tip of Arctic North America. Over the next three summers the area would be the scene of an adventure involving the fruitless search for a northwest passage, the first attempt by the British to establish a settlement in the New world, and the first major gold-mining fraud in North American history. 2001.
In 2008, Danny Wolfe, a Winnipeg Aboriginal man, was 31-years-old and awaiting trial on two counts of first-degree murder in…
at the Regina Correctional Centre. In spite of his young age, Danny had found himself in and out of correctional facilities since his teenage years, sometimes even finding his own way out. Now, fifteen years after his last break out of prison, Danny was orchestrating a bigger escape from a jail where the notion was inconceivable. This biography traces the early years of Daniel Wolfe's life, from his birth in Regina to his mother Susan Creeley, a First Nations woman; to his first brush with the law at the age of four and then his subsequent arrests; to the birth of the Indian Posse--the Aboriginal street gang in Canada that would eventually claim the title of the largest street gang in North America with over 12,000 members (from BC to Ontario, and even Texas, Oklahoma, and Arizona) and Danny at the helm; to Danny's death in 2010. Bestseller. 2016.