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This new collection of stories from McLean's CBC radio show "The Vinyl Cafe" features peculiarly Canadian traits, like shopping trips…
to the Bay, and a character who worries about being a hoser. The cast includes Margaret Dwyer, a suburban housewife who startles herself by shoplifting a pepperoni sausage, and record store owner Dave, whose humanity is challenged by a $563.30 bill for a sick guinea pig. Some strong language. 1995.
These nine stories, which are linked in various ways, look at urban life, relationships and, especially, obsessions. The collection closes…
with "Stones", a compelling look at the landing at Dieppe told through the eyes of a boy contemplating his father's ruined life.
In 1960, Richard and Sara Everton arrive in the remote Mexican village of Ibarra. Agnostics in a Catholic country, they…
are unprepared for the mysterious customs and superstitions of the townspeople. 1984.
Author of "Three Cups of Tea" and cofounder of the Central Asia Institute chronicles his school-building efforts and promotion of…
female literacy in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Discusses Mortenson's long-term goals and shares anecdotes about those impacted by his work. Bestseller. 2009.
Newspaper writer Zack Walker's former neighbour, dominatrix Trixie Snelling, asks him for assistance. Another paper plans to run a story…
on her, which will allow dangerous people from her past to find her. Zack risks his job trying to help - and finds himself held hostage. Strong language and some violence. 2007. (Zack Walker)
Jason Storm is ready to take off his badge and begin a peaceful life as a cattle rancher in Paradise…
Valley. But six hardcases have other plans as they raid the ranch of Storm's backer, killing him and bushwhacking his men, and then decide to take the town for themselves. With a cowardly sheriff, an inexperienced young deputy, and a rising body count, Paradise needs Jason Storm to load up, mount up, and clean up the town. Some strong language. 2010.
Ex-CIA agent Oliver Stone gathers Camel Club members to help con artist Annabelle Conroy escape an enemy. But Stone soon…
learns he, too, is on a hit list--comprised of those involved in a long-ago assassination. Bestseller. 2007.
Set on the island city of Orokos, an isolated civilization that - to its inhabitants - is the only place…
in the world. If there's more out there, no one knows, because anyone who's ever dared explore the waters beyond a certain limit gets torn apart by artificially intelligent drones patrolling just beneath the surface. Junior High. 2006.
Renegade police detective Kathleen Mallory left New York in search of answers about her past. Months later she turned up…
in a small Louisiana town with shocking evidence and a plan to seek revenge on the people who stoned her mother to death and the town which stood by and let it happen. Violence. Sequel to “Killing critics”, followed by “Shell game”. 1997.
This novel, based on the death of South African black leader Steve Biko, opens with the detention and interrogation of…
a young black nationalist, Sam Bhengu. Sam reviews his life in flashbacks, beginning with his childhood in Sophiatown. 1981.
Jenny Lovett goes to live with her Aunt Clara who is in service at the Big House. Jenny becomes friends…
with Josh, the house owner's son, who is more interested in birds than people. The two try to guard a rare bird from danger and discover why Aunt Clara is so unhappy. Grades 5-8. 1987.
Chicago. Harry Dresden, a wizard-for-hire specializing in paranormal investigations, helps the police probe the murders of mob enforcer Tommy and…
Tommy’s lover, Jennifer, an escort who worked for a powerful vampire. Clues indicate rogue sorcery, but there are no leads and no suspects. Some violence and some strong language. 2011.
On camera Jay Delaney had a dynamic appeal. Off-screen his blend of magnetism was even more potent. Not that Maggie…
was interested in him. She'd had quite enough problems in her life recently, and the last thing she wanted was an uninvited guest to disturb the peace and quiet of her solitary hideaway. 1989.
For five hundred years a statue of the Madonna has watched over Venice. Now, dulled by time and pollution, she…
is prepared for restoration. As Simon Raikes immerses himself in the painstaking task of cleaning and repairing, he is inexorably drawn to the stories of violence and lust which have surrounded this stone virgin. Includes sex and violence. 1985.
A history of Canada, told in Bowering's irreverent but well-researched style. He covers our country from the days of the…
dinosaurs, through to the arrival of Native Canadians and then the Europeans. Bowering shows how the agricultural, religious ad economic systems put into place by the first European settlers became the backbone of Canadian society. He also describes war, rebellion, and violence, as well as politics, business, and our relations with our neighbours. 2003.
The literature of the old west is very old, but stories from the region only began to appear after the…
civil war, as the short story emerged as a major literary form and the west emerged as a separate, distinctly American culture. This collection brings together fifty of the best stories of the old west, by some of America's finest writers, including Bret Harte, Stephen Crane, Jack London and Mark Twain. 1994.
There have been many attempts to explain the purpose of Stonehenge. Using archaeological detail and a knowledge of the heavens…
as they were many millennia ago, the author establishes the function of the stones themselves and what can be known of the religion that caused them to be erected. 1996.
One summer's day, a stranger carrying a great wealth in gold comes to Ratharryn. He dies in the old temple.…
The people assume that the gold is a gift from the gods. But the mysterious treasure causes great dissension, both without from tribal rivalry, and within. 1999.
'Steve Jobs' provides an account of Jobs' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews…
Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs' family members, this book is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation. Includes strong language. 2011.
"Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three." But it's dangerous…
being a Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire! Join Stick Man on his troublesome journey back to the family tree. Grades P-2. 2008.