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This history is divided into three sections: 1818-1848, the search for the Northwest Passage; 1848-1859, the search for the lost…
Franklin expedition; and 1859-1909, the search for the North Pole. Berton describes hardship, heroism, murder and cannibalism, and stresses the important role played by the Indians and Inuit. Bestseller 1988.
1920's. In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living…
by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books, and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house are letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. 2010.
The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents had been killed, and they are forced…
to go and stay with Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children. For grades 3-6. Followed by "The reptile room". 2001. (A series of unfortunate events ; 1)
In this sequel to The Americans: "The Colonial Experience", historian Boorstin covers American history from the Revolution to the Civil…
War. He discusses Americans' search for a better way of life, discovering themselves and their capabilities, and coming together to establish a better community. 1965.
Two vintage tales of murder most foul. "The assize of the dying": Louis Stevenson tells the four responsible for his…
conviction for murder that he will call them to meet him at the Assize of the Dying. Two unexpected deaths follow, and a young couple determine to unmask the real murderer. "Aunt Helen": a story of blind obsession and psychological suspense starting with what looks like the perfect murder. 1991.
Based on the program developed at the Stanford University Arthritis Center. A self-treatment plan to help arthritic people lead a…
productive life, including: exercise, pain management techniques, problem solving, making everyday tasks easier, tips on traveling, joint protection, and self- help aids. Also includes information on diet and nutrition, and medications. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.
Ella Bayer and Ezra Gundy are in love and hope to marry someday, but she is a young Mennonite woman…
while he is an Amish man. One of them will have to forsake what they believe to embrace another way of life. 2012.
Amish-raised Ada Rupp knows it’s time to join the church, especially if she wants a future with handsome widower Will…
Gundy. But when she has the chance to travel to Switzerland as the caregiver of a young child, she leaps at the opportunity. Anxious to learn more about her forebears, Ada enlists the help of a young Mennonite scholar named Daniel, but even as she develops feelings for him, she cannot get Will from her mind - or her heart. 2011. (Women of Lancaster County ; 2)
A carved box containing two locks of hair and a century-old letter regarding property in Switzerland, along with a burning…
desire to learn about her biological family lead nurse-midwife Lexie Jaeger from her home in Oregon to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. There she meets Marta Bayer, a lay-midwife who desperately needs help after an Amish client and her baby die. Lexie learns the true meaning of the Pennsylvania Dutch word demut, which means to let be as she changes from a woman who wants to control everything to a woman who depends on God. 2011.
Izzy Mueller is an exceptional listener and gifted caregiver. She’s also a talented seamstress. As the young woman sits with…
her elderly patients, she quietly sews as they share their stories. Izzy is content with her life until circumstances reconnect her with someone she once loved. Zed Bayer, a Mennonite, is not what her family is hoping for in a spouse, and his creative interest in filmmaking is definitely at odds with her Amish upbringing. Sequel to "The Amish bride". 2013.
In "The Auerbach Will", ambitious young Essie Litsky defies a rigid upbringing by immigrant Russian Jewish parents to achieve wealth…
and success. But her children tear Essie and her husband Jack Auerbach's family apart in fights over their fortune, and Essie finds that money will not mend broken lives. 1984.
The "Book of the Dead" is the name given to a collection of religious and magical texts from Ancient Egypt.…
Their aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife, and to give him the power to leave his tomb when necessary. In this book, the text translated is that found in the papyrus prepared for the scribe Ani. 1985.
Jane says she doesn't want to be a burden to anyone - least of all to her lover, Toby. She…
has exchanged the L-shaped room of the earlier novel for a remote country cottage where she nurses her baby. Dottie, another stray, turns up with a proposal unlikely at first sight to succeed. Sequel to "The L-shaped room". 1970. (Jane Graham ; 2)
When vicar's wife Rosemary Sheffield realizes she has lost her faith, she takes a trip to the seashore to think…
it over. There she befriends a young Bosnian man, who follows her back home to the vicarage. Gossip that they are having an affair takes back seat to a more serious charge. The Bosnian is suspected of killing an unlikeable church member, and detective Charlie Peace is on the case. 1995.
It is June 1897 in New York City. Just as war between Spain and the U.S. is about to break…
out, a young Spanish diplomat's wife begs for help to find her kidnapped baby. Psychiatrist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and a handful of his friends investigate, only to arrive at a shocking conclusion. 1997.
Aging shoe repairman Jack Standini copes with the long-ago disappearance of his wife by carving exquisite angels while gazing out…
an elderly neighbour's garden. When Marilyn Monroe-wanna-be Lucille enters his shop and then his life, Jack considers her an angel (or at least a model for one). But then Buddy moves in next door, rips up the beloved garden, and makes plans to profit from Lucille's and Jack's talents. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1993.
A collection of thirty-one short stories; nine are new and the remaining twenty-two are selected and revised by the author…
from previously published collections. From working-class New England to Florida and the Caribbean and Africa, many of these tales tell of the anguish of parents and children moving apart, of husbands and wives and lovers facing the grim reality that their relationships are not going to improve. 2000.
A former Australian explains the Australians' lack of work ethic and love of leisure, and how this has affected the…
development of the nation. Terrill also traces the background of each major city, weaving together history and sociology. 1987.