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On a Monday night in October in a small seaside town in Suffolk, a woman is brutally murdered. As the…
police go about their routine investigation, Tess's world of nappies, Elastoplast and fish fingers begins to unravel. Suddenly nothing is certain, the mundane becomes charged with significance, established relationships begin to crumble, and places that once were safe are safe no longer. Descriptions of sex. 2003.
Clive James has produced a collection of essays on subjects which he claims to have a great interest in. James'…
obvious intelligence, imagination and irreverence known to many millions across the world is used to great effect in comprehending and aiding the reader to understand what makes human beings tick. His Australian patriotism comes through in his naming of the first part "Australian sons". Includes strong language. 1988.
Singer Robbie Williams takes fans behind the scenes of his 2001 tour, revealing both the mechanics of the pop machine…
and the story of his own life. Getting his start in the boy band Take That, Williams had a shaky start to his solo career but eventually struck big with the song "Angels". He talks candidly about himself, revealing a far more mature individual than the egotistical womanizer image perpetrated by the tabloids. 2001.
Through an accident when he is young Nooroo, the beautiful brumby son of Buzz, comes to a caring family and…
a loving little girl. In spite of the friendship and the excitement he finds there, he knows that at heart he will always belong to the Snowy River Mountains. Grades 3-6. 1981.
An Inspector Wexford mystery. Kingsmarkham doesn't have too many complaints about its first annual rock festival, but then in a…
nearby quarry two lovers find a body that makes even Reg Wexford's stomach lurch. All he can discover is that there is a strange connection with the star of the festival. Some violence. Sequel to "Murder being once done", followed by "Shake hands for ever". 1973.
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbour, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to…
New York State to find out who she is. With the help of some old photographs she uncovers family secrets. Grades 5-8. c2004.
Les soldats de Barrabas sont une équipe de mercenaires (une douzaine au départ, leur nombre tendant à diminuer au fil…
des missions, à cause de tous les salauds qui leur veulent du mal) menés par le colonel Nile Barrabas, un ancien du Vietnam (comme il se doit) qui se voir confier des (sales) missions par un sénateur. Titre uniforme: Eye of the fire.
The author takes issue with the view that intimate relationships are the exclusive source and measure of mental and personal…
satisfaction. He reasons that many creative people work alone and that voluntary and enforced solitude may have a restorative value. 1988.
Makali was a concert pianist, internationally famous. He was also the most dangerous man in Europe, a ruthless assassin. When…
an irresistible force meets an immovable object, trouble usually ensues. When Makali met Asa Morgan there could only be one solution. Death. 1980.
It is the conference season and love is in the air. Academics Philip Swallow, Morris Zap and Persee McGarrigle are…
on the move. It is Persee who first sees the fair, if ambiguous, Angelica and sets out to woo the lady. The quest is timeless but the obstacles are aggressively modern. Includes strong language and sex. 1984.
A bicycle accident changes Paul Rayment's solitary, self-sufficient life. Although his right leg is amputated, he refuses a prosthesis. Sixtyish,…
single, and childless, he must learn to navigate anew, physically and mentally, and he wonders whether he needs to be cared for - or loved. By the 2003 Nobel Prize winner. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2005.
The story of two divorced mothers who have become best friends. Problems arise when B.B.'s ex-husband moves next door to…
Margo, who falls in love with him. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1983.
During the spring of 1778, young Richard Bolitho takes command of the British ship "Sparrow", a sloop of war with…
a crew of untried men. Sequel to "In gallant company" (DC38015). Followed by "To glory we steer" (DC28383). 1972. (Richard Bolitho novels ; 6)
Bestselling author of "The Automatic Millionaire" (DC27883) urges women, regardless of age or marital status, to secure their financial futures.…
Offers plans for investing, teaching kids about money, spending wisely, and aligning resources with personal values. Revised edition of the 1999 original includes success stories and Internet strategies. 2003.
Bach offers advice on how couples can keep their financial lives in sync, with strategies on such concerns as investments,…
retirement and insurance. Bach also believes that all couples (gay and straight, married and unmarried) need to identify values as well as goals as their first step toward achieving financial security. 2003.
Stuart Horten, ten-years-old and small for his age, moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his…
friends. And then he meets his neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and things get even worse. But in Beeton begins the strangest adventure of Stuart's life as he is swept up in a quest to find his great-uncle's lost workshop. Grades 3-6. 2011.
