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Graduate student Roberta Spire asks middle-aged university librarian Matt Lane for access to sequestered letters of T.S. Eliot. Discussing Eliot…
reminds Matt of his deceased wife, whose mental illness paralleled that of Eliot's wife. And Roberta reminds Matt of his wife, too--each was unaware of her Jewish heritage as a child. Some strong language. 1998.
A guide to help people facing death make the best of their remaining days and cope with practical and psychological…
concerns. Includes advice on preparation and planning, retaining and relinquishing control, and making the gradual transformation from a physical to a spiritual existence. 1996.
Kiddo, a college and social dropout, lives on the dole in Amsterdam, mourning the premature death of his brother, Morton.…
Honoring Morton's final request, Kiddo witnesses the autopsy and begins a painful discovery of the darker side of his brother's life. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1995.
For eight years, Mary Lou Finlay had the pleasure of being the co-host of one of CBC Radio's most enduring…
institutions. On any given day she and Barbara Budd interviewed people on subjects varying from the Air India investigation to a man who invented a suit that would withstand an attack from a grizzly bear to a cheese-rolling contest in Cheshire. 2008.
To most Canadians, the politics of the United States, where fundamentalist Christians wield tremendous power, seem too foreign to ever…
happen here. But McDonald believes that the Canadian Christian right - infuriated by the legalization of same-sex marriage and the increasing secularization of society - has been steadily building organizations, alliances and contacts that have put them close to the levers of power. Shows how the religious right's influence on the Harper government has led to important but little-known changes in everything from foreign policy and the makeup of the courts to funding for scientific research and social welfare programs. c2010.
A collection of 25 recipes inspired by passages from the Anne books, by the granddaughter of L. M. Montgomery. Includes…
cooking tips and definitions of important terms, and each recipe comes with a list of utensils needed. Enjoy a non-alcoholic "Diana Barry's Favourite Raspberry Cordial", and "Marilla's Plum Pudding" - without the mouse! Grades 4-7. 2003.
A collection of travel diaries and registers, historical accounts, and other writings that portray the 2,140-mile recreational footpath running from…
Georgia to Maine. Traces the wilderness trail northward, depicting its history, geology, scenery, wildlife, and lore. 1996.
Graham Fox is reeling after breakings up with his girlfriend and moving to a new city, and school, in his…
senior year, but he soon finds himself playing wingman to Ethan Frost, who seems to have the art of meeting girls down to a science. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.
Niall Ferguson shows that finance is the foundation of human progress and reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind…
all history. The evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization, from ancient Babylon to the silver mines of Bolivia. 2009.
Drawing on his experiences as historian and journalist in the Middle East, Peter Mansfield explores social, political and historical aspects…
- from the pre-Islamic nomads of Arabia, the life of Muhammad and the rise of Arab power that followed to the Western colonial period, to the tragedy of Palestine and the modern Arab renaissance, reinforced by the power of oil. 1992.
A medieval whodunnit set in the city of York, where men are dying in mysterious circumstances. Owen Archer, a reluctant…
sleuth, apprentices himself to an apothecary, Nicholas Wilton, in an attempt to unravel the mystery. But it is via Wilton's beautiful young wife Lucie that the truth is revealed. 1998, c1994.
Four Arnold Lobel stories together in one audio collection! From Owl's surprising house-guest to the small pig's quest for the…
perfect mud puddle, Arnold Lobel's stories are filled with one-of-a-kind characters, and more than a little silliness too. K-3. 2009.
While taking a walk one summer day in Hoboken, three bored friends toss marshmallows to their giant chicken, Henrietta. A…
colorful chalk drawing of Henrietta they see on the sidewalk inspires them to discover the art world. Sequel to “Looking for Bobowicz” (DC27842). For grades 3-6. 2005.
Lawyer Daniel Ames becomes the scapegoat in a lawsuit involving a pharmaceutical company accused of causing birth defects. After being…
fired he is suspected of murdering his boss. Investigator Kate Ross and attorney Amanda Jaffe help him research the case. c2001.
The battle between Germany and the Allies for control of the Atlantic sea lanes was one that could have decided…
the outcome of the Second World War. Here the strategies of both sides and the maneuvers taken by them to ensure success both on land and on sea, are detailed.
When Aldous Huxley was sixteen, an eye disease left him with defective vision. Years later he discovered the method of…
visual re-education invented by Dr Bates. Huxley's vision improved dramatically, and in this book he describes the eye exercises of the Bates method (still in use today), and explores Bates' theory of the relationship between mental wellbeing and clarity of vision. 1994.
In the last months of the German occupation of Holland, a Dutch collaborator is shot in the street where Anton…
Steenwijk's family lives. The body is moved to their doorstep and, in retribution, their house is destroyed by German troops, Anton's parents are taken away and his brother chased and killed. Why did someone move the body and cause the destruction of his family? 1985.
Patients differ not only in species but in temperament. The author has learned a great deal about human as well…
as animal nature in her role of receptionist and auxiliary nurse. 1976.
One of 25 Hiroshima Maidens relocated from post-war Japan to America for corrective plastic surgery, Emiko remains in the U.S.…
as a student, then as a filmmaker. Anton is a German scientist who worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, and who married a part-Jewish survivor and refugee. When they meet during the filming of Emiko's documentary, the reverberations caused by the explosion of the bomb are explored, and the true implications of their involvement in that moment are revealed. 2001.