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Rachael Flynn receives an unsigned, heart-stopping letter: They're going to find a body at the Prairie Bluff construction site. He…
deserved what he got, but it wasn't supposed to happen. It was an accident. When the body is uncovered, Rachael and Detective Will Pendleton discover that the fifteen-year old victim, Randall Buckett, had been buried twenty-five years before. c2007.
Stephanie Potter gives up a promising academic career to marry Daniel Orton, while her sister, Frederica, enters Cambridge, and her…
brother, Marcus, begins recovering from a nervous breakdown. Byatt illuminates the conflicts between ambition and domesticity, confinement and self-fulfilment, while providing an observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s. Explicit descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The virgin in the garden" (DC30906). Followed by "Babel tower" (DC30818). 1985.
Prize-winning journalist reassesses the masculine role in U.S. society. Focusses on men born after World War II who feel angry…
at the discrepancy between perceived promises and the reality of their existence. Begins at a domestic violence meeting and progresses to numerous interviews with individuals in a wide range of occupations. Bestseller. 1999.
Best known for his role as Superman, actor Reeve discusses his life and career before and after the 1995 horseback…
riding accident that left him paralyzed. Reeve has faith that his injured spinal cord can eventually be repaired and is active in raising funds for research. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1998.
Ty Winslow, an obsessed tycoon with a sick curiosity, is well on his way to amassing a private collection of…
supernaturals such as vampires, demons, shamans, and witches, and plans to harness their powers for himself, even if it means killing them all. Elena Michaels, the world's only female werewolf, has also been kidnapped and imprisoned deep underground by Winslow. Separated from her Pack and unable to tell her friends from her enemies, Elena realizes that choosing the right allies is a matter of life and death. Some strong language, descriptions of sex and violence. Sequel to "Bitten" (DC22976). 2002.
Rudy Wiebe collaborates with Yvonne Johnson, a great-great-granddaughter of Cree Chief Big Bear, to tell the story of her life.…
Born in Montana with a double-cleft palate, she experienced a life of physical and sexual abuse, and slid into alcoholism before participating in the murder for which she is now in prison. Strong language, descriptions of violence, descriptions of sexual violence. 1998.
An autobiography of Canadian country singer Stompin' Tom Connors, continuing the story begun in "Stompin' Tom: before the fame". It…
follows his life from his first big break in 1967 to 2000, including his marriage and family, awards, comeback tour and music. Also covers the controversies and battles of his career as he attempted to get his message across. 2000.
In the first volume of his autobiography, Stompin' Tom Connors' talks about his life up to the age of 31.…
Born to an unwed teenager in Saint John, he grew up in the streets, two orphanages, and a foster home. When he was thirteen, he ran away and began a life which would see him visit just about every town in Canada. Some strong language. 1995.
This biography of the famous cosmologist looks at his early years and the brilliant theories he has developed during his…
career as well as the effect of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on his life and work. 1992.
Macmillan has great affection for Leacock's gentle wit and sharp-eyed insight. The renowned historian examines Leacock's life as a poor…
but ambitious student who rose to become an economist, celebrated academic, and, most importantly, the beloved humourist who taught Canadians to laugh at themselves. c2009.
Caroline's daughter, Kay, is getting married to the richest, most eligible boy in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the wedding for…
nine-hundred-plus guests is to be her parents' fiscal responsibility. Caroline's sister Taffy is hysterical over her husband's decision to leave her for a woman two years younger than her daughter. Meanwhile, the foundation of Caroline's house is in danger of collapsing and the contractor and his crew have all but moved in. 2002.
Psychic Cassie Neill fails to prevent a murder in Los Angeles and flees to North Carolina. Once there, however, a…
stalker invades her mind. No one believes her until a body is found. Then she becomes a suspect. Companion to "Hiding in the Shadows". Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2000. (Shadows trilogy)
Caterer Goldy temporarily moves to a Colorado castle to prepare an Elizabethan feast. Her husband, deputy Tom Schulz, is out…
of town tracking down stamp thieves. The castle turns out to be haunted and Tom's investigation leads him there as well. Some violence and some strong language. Sequel to “Tough cookie”, followed by “Chopping spree”. 2001. (Culinary mystery)
Nadia begins to realize that the German family she grew up with, and the woman who calls herself Nadia's mother,…
are not who they say they are. She unearths memories of a woman singing her a lullaby, of her real family, but where are they now? This story of a Lebensborn girl - a child kidnapped for her "Aryan looks" by the Nazis in their frenzy to build a master race - reveals one child's fierce determination to uncover her past against incredible odds. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2010.
1896. Elderly Susannah McKnight coaxes her granddaughter Mary to travel with her from their comfortable New York home to Canada,…
to visit someone Mary regards as an "old slave woman" and her young companion Free. But Mary's vision of Bethlehem Reid is altered when she learns that as teenagers Susannah and Bethlehem helped each other to escape to the North: Bethlehem to freedom and Susannah to her beloved home. Grades 5-8. c1992.
Sixteen traditional stories with European origins. In some of the tales, like "The Cat That Went A-Traveling," animals outsmart humans.…
In "Lady Featherflight," the daughter of a mean giant tricks him in order to help a young man she later marries. Source notes are provided. Grades 4-7. 1999.
After covering bloody events in Middle East war zones, a foreign correspondent returns to America determined to take time off.…
Lamb, also hoping to renew his boyhood enthusiasm for baseball, spends a summer observing sights, sounds, players, and fans in ballparks. This account chronicles his journey across the country and into the recesses of his memory. Some strong language. c1991.
RAF pilot Sean Riever heads for the mountains of Afghanistan. His work with mine-clearance takes him as close to war…
as he wants to get. But when a passenger plane is shot down by a stinger missile, the ghosts of the past return to haunt him. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.
Shrewd Mike Dime runs a detective agency in Philadelphia. A very attractive client, Nancy Canady, has a boyfriend, Chuck Western,…
who is in jail and claiming he was framed for the murder of his boss at the Jungle Club where he worked as a drummer. Is Western's attorney out to lose the case? The answer takes Dime into a steamy city in the grip of a heatwave where tempers are very short. 1982.
Alix Rebick is a survivor of the sexual revolution, but at forty-nine is resigned to spending the rest of her…
life alone. Returning to the bedside of her dying mother, Alix receives a final message that forces her to uncover family secrets that lie in pre-war Dresden. Joseph Shields, an American architect, is in a war - with Liverpool's underworld, with his wife back in Chicago who has left him and with memories of his time as a combat soldier. He is not interested in an affair with the woman who unlocks the city's secrets for him and is consumed with desire. Strong language. Descriptions of sex. 2002.