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After taking a position as social secretary in the Whitney household, Amory meets a pilot, Gareth. When Gareth crashes on…
a flight to Alaska, Amory is the only one who believes that he is alive. First published in 1931. 1988.
A biography of the famous Canadian conductor, composer, and organist, Sir Ernest MacMillan. MacMillan conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from…
1931-1956, and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir from 1942-1957. Schabas traces MacMillan's continued commitment to his country and music throughout his life. c1994.
Features 250 recipes and an abundance of nutrition-related information written by practicing dieticians. You'll enjoy breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners…
that taste wonderful, yet can be prepared in surprisingly little time. Provides information on food preparation and healthy eating while satisfying the desire to create appetizing meals for every occasion. 2007.
Escaping Germany, Weilbach describes her surreal experience aboard the refugee ship the St Louis, refused the right to land by…
Cuba, the United States and Canada, and finally forced to turn back to Europe, where England and other countries eventually provided some sanctuary. She recalls her experiences in London - loneliness, confusion, and an incomprehensible language but also the healing acceptance of classmates and teachers. With the approach of World War Two, the mass evacuation of her school to the countryside brings a return to village life, with surprising happiness and the hint of a better future, despite the immediate chaos of war. c2011.
Colin Dobbs, a salty-tongued, irreverent English professor is obsessed with acquiring the hide of the grizzly bear that mauled him.…
It is his deep disappointment in himself that has led him on this strange quest. Bestseller 1986. Runner-up for the 1986 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1984.
A collection of seven stories on the theme of family relationships. It examines the experience of alienation and the conflict…
between generations and cultures. Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the City of Vancouver Book Award. Regional Finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Some strong language. 2001.
Western Texas, 1880s. Brothers Hewey and Walter Calloway hire on at C.C. Tarpley's ranch for six bits a day. Walter…
meets a girl, but to keep him from settling down Hewey volunteers them for a cattle drive. Meanwhile a fugitive outlaw stalks Hewey and a range feud ignites. Some descriptions of violence. Followed by "The good old boys". 2005.
One New Year's in Camelot, when King Arthur's knights of the Round Table are feasting, a bright green giant bursts…
in and issues an unusual challenge. Sir Gawain, the king's nephew, courageously accepts. What follows are sword fights, monsters, magic, knights in shining armour, dragons, adventure - and a lesson in humility and honour. Grades 5-8. 2004. Uniform title: Gawain and the Grene Knight.
When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the middle of Sunday lunch to say that her younger sister, Tess, is…
missing, she boards the first flight home to London. But as she learns about the circumstances surrounding her sister's disappearance, she is stunned to discover how little she actually knows of her sister's life and unprepared for the terrifying truths she must now face. 2010.
Four Christmas stories from Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught. Deveraux's include "Just Curious", where, in the snow-covered hills of Virginia,…
a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages. In McNaught's "Double Exposure", a determined young woman photographs a magnificent wedding at a reclusive tycoon's Newport estate, and manages to unlock the secrets of a man's heart. Some descriptions of sex. 2001.
Desmond and Deirdre O'Hagan will soon have been married for twenty-five years. Naturally there must be a celebration - but…
who is going to arrange it? And will the right people come? The past secrets and present fears of family and friends are unveiled in this collection of stories. Each story is separate from, yet connected to, the others, all culminating in the last revealing drama - the celebration itself. 1988.
Six of them came to Laramie that early summer: six gunfighters all hungry for money and not too fussy about…
how they earned it. They all had their reasons - greed was not a factor in every case. Bannerman, toughest and fastest, had a special reason: one of the six had backshot a friend, and there was no charge for what he intended to do to that man. Even if it disrupted the plans for the main job for which he had been hired. And that would put him on the wrong end of the gun. Five guns. 2009.
Daco Ward is a drifter with just seventy cents in his pants' pocket when Bill Dodds offers him a job.…
But Dodds has a way of making enemies. He bests Tucker Lankton at cards and Lankton, backed by his sidekick Ed Crants, vows to get even. And Daco too didn't like the feeling that Dodds had made a fool of him. A man couldn't walk away from such things. He had a score to settle. Now Daco would find himself in the middle of a deadly game of deceit and murder; the prize being the riches of Silveroo. 2008.
Dreary fiftyish spinster Carrie Birch seems an "unlikely corpse" but turns up murdered in her Kentish village of Nettleton. Detective…
Inspector Luke Thanet discovers a likely motive though, when he learns that the drab little cleaning lady knew some of the villagers' most volatile secrets. c1982.
In this conclusion of the tale begun in "Over Sea, Under Stone," Will Stanton, the Welsh boy Bran, and the…
Drew children try to locate the crystal sword that alone can vanquish the strong forces of Dark. Sequel to "The Grey King" (DC03593). Grades 4-7. 1977.
Sixteen year old Simon, an autistic savant in Chicago, unknowingly cracks a secure government code. He becomes the focus of…
covert global forces and the innocent target of a deadly plan. Strong language. 1996.
When Oliver Hawthorne becomes a magician in Devon, he thinks he has escaped from the control of his father, Tiger…
Single. But when Tiger gets entangled in the illegal enterprises of the Orlov family from ex-Soviet Georgia, Oliver feels obliged to help him. Descriptions of violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999.
Bibulous but brainy Charles Paris is cast as a bartender in a situation comedy on television but soon becomes embroiled…
in a situation tragedy. He sniffs a murderer when members of the company die in supposed accidents. Between bouts with wine and women, the self-appointed sleuth makes headway in finding the culprit. Some strong language. Sequel to “The dead side of the mike”, followed by “Murder unprompted”. 1981.