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Offers a collection of scripturally based short story views of six of the family members of Jesus Christ, including Mary,…
Joseph, Jesus' brother James, John the Baptist, Zechariah, and Elizabeth. 2014. Joseph, the protective stepfather -- Zechariah, the knowing uncle -- John the Baptist, the chosen cousin -- Elizabeth, the faithful aunt -- James, the doubting brother -- Mary, the loving mother.
There are not many people brave enough to say no to Irwin Dressler, Hollywood's scariest mob boss turned movie king.…
Even though Dressler is ninety-three years old, LA burglar Junior Bender is quaking in his boots when Dressler's henchmen haul him in for a meeting. Dressler wants Junior to solve a crime he believes was committed more than seventy years ago, when an old friend of his, once-famous starlet Dolores La Marr, had her career destroyed after compromising photos were taken of her at a Las Vegas party. Dressler wants justice for Dolores and the shining career she never had. Junior can't help but think the whole thing is a little crazy, but he starts digging. What he finds is that some vendettas never die; they only get more dangerous. Sequel to "Little Elvises", followed by "Herbie's game". 2013.
Strange things are occurring on Mars since the Ares 10 spacecraft arrived. Astronaut Valkerie Jansen may have just discovered evidence…
of microbial life, but she is trapped by a cave-in. Even worse, something unseen is terrorizing Bob Kaganovski and the rest of the crew. Compounding their problems, NASA's intense scrutiny is beginning to blur the crew's focus on the mission at hand. 2003.
When her car gets a flat tire, classical violin prodigy Amelia is rescued by Michael, a young Amish man. Amelia,…
who secretly fiddles in a country band, stays at Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, for a few days before returning to the English world. But she misses the simple life. Followed by “The bridesmaid”. 2012.
Young Max McDaniels battles trolls, water beasts, and other monsters in a hostile, poverty-stricken dystopian landscape profoundly transformed by the…
villainous Astaroth. Sequel to "The Second Siege"; followed by "The Maelstrom". Grades 3-6. 2011.
Marta Hendriks is onstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York when she learns of her beloved husband's death in…
a house fire. Fast-forward two years and countless therapy sessions, and Marta is ready to resume her career. In a stroke of luck, she's hired at the last moment to sing Violetta for the Paris Opera. She manages to keep her emotions under tight control and triumphs in the opening-night performance. But during one of her rare days off, Marta is caught in a sudden downpour, and dashing for the shelter of a subway station, she spots someone doing the same - her husband. Includes strong language. 2012.
Until his son was kidnapped and murdered, George Gates was a globe-trotting travel writer. Now he writes boring articles by…
day and broods at night. But when a retiring cold-case detective piques his interest with details of a missing writer, he feels compelled to discover her fate. 2010.
After 350 years as a Fetch, or death escort, Calder breaks his vows and enters the body of Rasputin, whose…
spirit causes rebellion in the Land of Lost Souls while Calder struggles to convey Ana and Alexis, orphaned in the Russian Revolution, to Heaven. Junior and Senior High. 2009.
A young prince joins forces with the Master Wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the…
loss of magic in Earthsea. Sequel to "The tombs of Atuan". Followed by "Tehanu". Junior High. 1994.
Sophia Chrysanthis is initially dazzled when the celebrated German archaeologist, Herr Obermann, comes in search of a Greek bride who…
can read the works of Homer and assist in his excavations of the city he believes is Ancient Troy. But Obermann's past turns out to be full of skeletons and when a young American arrives to question the archaeologist's methods and dies of a mysterious fever, Sophia wonders just how far he will go to protect his vision of Troy. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 2007.
Eva MacLean left her settled, Presbyterian Ontario life behind to accompany her young minister-veternarian husband to the "wilds" of northwestern…
B.C. in the early 1900s, during times of mining rushes and railroad-building. 1993.
Joyel Daggle has abandoned her family and set out on the open road, complete with a false identity to ward…
off the mysterious cigarette-smoking man she thinks is pursuing her. Her husband Raoul and 11-year-old daughter Juliette spend months following her. Along the way, they meet various eccentric characters including a priest who has fallen from heaven, a pope who keeps apologizing for the sins of the Church, Olga the kickboxer and even God. Some strong language.
It is May 2, 1942 in Montreal. All the women on Rue Fabre are pregnant; the fat woman next door…
is pregnant with the author himself. Tremblay has created the period in which many of the well-known characters in his plays were born. Prequel to "The first quarter of the moon" (DC15399). Canada Reads 2009. 1981. Uniform title: La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte.
Four months after he leaves his former life behind, Jack Farrell is skiing in Utah under the name of Nate…
Collins with a new face given him by government surgeons. He continues to court danger by participating in a Frenchwoman's documentary on skiing. Off the slopes, he relives the horror of his past by reading his wife's diary. Some strong language. 1994.
Ten essays investigating curiosities and oddities in natural history. A research physician presents his findings on real phenomena, such as…
odd showers of fish or frogs falling with rain; and unreal specimens, such as the Feejee mermaid--a fraudulent creature assembled from fish and animal parts. 1999.
Preacher, Smoke, and Matt comprise the Jensen family - three generations of legendary frontiersman. When a ruthless cattle baron brings…
a small army of hired guns to Preacher's neck of the woods, it falls to the Jensens to stand tall and return fire. And they intend to fight to the last man, because the Jensens never back down from a fight. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2010.
Peter Gzowski offers more letters and stories sent to his CBC Radio program, "Morningside." The selections include everything from memories…
of Christmas to Sarah Binks to thoughts from the Arctic. 1994. Uniform title: Morningside (Radio program).
Gerald Woodlore wakes one morning to find that he has reached the limits of what he can control. His company…
is in trouble, his wife Vicki is bending under the image of perfect happiness she constructs, and his son, Kyle, who quit school to volunteer with the military's civilian support staff in Afghanistan, has returned in the wake of a mysterious and traumatic event. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.