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Barbara and Elliot Rifkin are middle-class boomers who have taken early retirement, have split their home into two apartments, and…
intend to live independently of family and emotional commitments. Their children and friends are appalled, but the Rifkins are determined to enjoy their freedom. But when the cost of that freedom comes too high, an unusual series of events cause an interesting compromise to occur. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 1999.
Detective Sam Klein investigates the murder of Emily Powers, a suffragette with many secrets. As the case takes him into…
the world of women's rights in 1914 Winnipeg, Sam encounters activist Nellie McClung as well as the tension between Victorian morality and street life. 2000.
From Provence to New York to Gloucestershire, through the savageries of a childhood with a tyrannical father and an alcoholic…
mother, to a young adulthood fraught with drug addiction, we follow Patrick Melrose's search for redemption amidst a crowd of glittering social dragonflies whose vapidity is the subject of his most stinging and memorable barbs. A story of abuse, addiction, and recovery; a depiction of a journey to and from the farthest limits of the human experience. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and some strong language. Contains the books “Never Mind”, “Bad News”, and “Some Hope”. c1992, 1994, 1998, 2003.
The authors describe a late bloomer as anyone who defies the notion that his or her best years are over…
and who responds to the later stages of life not as a crisis but as a quest. They relate the "secrets" of older people who took the initiative to make positive choices for their lives. 1995.
The life of Spanish tenor Jose Carreras was put on hold in 1987 as he struggled with leukemia. He recounts…
this and subsequent events, including his triumphant return to a successful operatic and concert career. 1991. Uniform title: Singen mit der Seele.
Burl Bennett is an obese, cantankerous obituary writer for a New York newspaper who inadvertently witnesses a mob killing. Fleeing…
the city, Burl settles in Utah, where his girth increases even more. Alarmed, Burl tackles his weight problem with surgery and returns home a new man in both body and personality. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. c1996.
The author was born in 1929 to parents who were actively involved with the Nazis. She writes of her childhood…
at a time of terrible upheaval in Europe. After the war she learn how distorted her world had been and later emigrated to New Zealand. 2000.
The author writes of her experiences living on the West Bank from the early 80s to the present. The book…
contains a diary she kept during the Israeli invasion of Ramallah in 2002. Daily chores such as buying food and visiting friends become Herculean tasks for anyone living in a state of siege. 2003.
For nearly five decades Diana Athill helped shape some of the finest books in modern literature. She edited (and nursed…
and coerced and coaxed) some of the most celebrated writers in the English language. The word 'stet' is an instruction on corrected proofs sent to a printer, meaning 'let the original stand'. This candid memoir writes 'stet' against the pleasures, intrigues and complexities of her life spent among authors and manuscripts. 2001.
Max Hardberger recounts his adventures repossessing ships and sneaking them out of lawless, third-world countries, often under the threat of…
death or imprisonment. His journeys lead him from corrupt ports in the Caribbean to the ice-bound docks of Vladivostok. 2010.
This text commences with how to assess your own strengths and weaknesses. Other topics covered are: how to improve your…
opening repertoire; how to prepare for competitive play; how to cope with time-pressure; and chessboard psychology. A summary of the most important rules of chess is also included. 1999.
This book presents an insider's view of the art world. The author, a dealer, reveals the processes of identification, deduction…
and restoration which can turn a grubby misattributed 'sleeper' into a major masterpiece. He reveals the men and women who have made these discoveries, the auctioneers whose job it is to spot the 'sleepers', and the dealers whose job it is to outwit them. 1995.
Stone cold: When Kelly is accused of fixing a race, she finds herself caught in an international web of moneyed…
decadence, seduction and murder, and must salvage her reputation and racing future whilst uncovering the truth behind her father's death. Stud Poker: Paul Raven's career ends in a tragic accident, so why does his best friend blame himself, and what about the other accidents? The answer lies in the dangerous games played by the highrolling members of an exclusive high-stakes poker school. Strong language. 1992.
Memories of Mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice…
ways and their false sympathy. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blonde locks she feels transformed. She's not Holly any more, she's Solace. She's older, more confident - the kind of girl who can walk right out of her humdrum life, hitch to Ireland and find her mum. So begins a journey as Solace swaggers and Holly tiptoes across England and through memory, discovering her true self, and unlocking the secrets of her past. For junior high and older readers. 2010.
Dru Anderson can sense evil, which helps when she and her Dad are tracking down ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the…
occasional reanimated corpse. It's a dangerous life, but it's the only one she knows. Then Dru's dad turns up dead and she suddenly finds herself in the middle of a deadly game where every move she makes could be her last. Senior High. 2009.