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Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.
Sue Johanson has assembled the most frequently asked questions about sex and relationships which she has encountered on her popular…
radio and television programs. The book is written in question and answer format and arranged alphabetically according to topic. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1995.
Samuel Blink is the hero of this story, but he doesn't know it yet. Right now, he and his sister…
Martha are in the back of his parents' car. He has no idea a giant log is about to fall from the sky and change his life forever. He doesn't know that he and Martha will be forced to move to Norway and eat their Aunt Eda's smelly brown cheese. He hasn't the slightest clue Martha will disappear into Shadow Forest - a forest full of one-eyed trolls, the sinister huldre-folk, deadly Truth Pixies and a witch who steals shadows. A forest ruled by the evil Changemaker. A forest so dangerous that people who enter never return. Grades 4-7. 2007.
Addresses the most pressing health issues women face today and provides everything needed to take charge of your health -…
from finding a gynecologist to having a happy sex life to planning or avoiding a pregnancy. Covers questions related to sexuality, hormones, STDs, pregnancy, menopause, fibroids, and ovarian cancer, and helps you overcome embarrassment and other common obstacles to understanding and safeguarding your personal health. Includes sex. c2012.
Theo is mingling with the cream of Charleston society at the engagement soiree of the season. But as they eagerly…
await the dazzling young couple’s arrival, the groom meets with a freak accident. The exquisite wedding ring - a family heirloom from the crown of Marie Antoinette - is mysteriously missing. Theodosia suspects that trouble is brewing. But when she goes to the authorities, they treat her like she’s been reading tea leaves, and that’s the surest way to put Theodosia’s kettle on the boil. Includes violence. 2003. (Tea shop mystery)
Deborah Channing accidentally discovers that her natural father is serving a life sentence for murder. With marriage to a socialite…
now hanging in the balance, Deborah sets out to prove her father's innocence. Some strong language. 1985.
Fulfilling a promise to his dying mother, Leo Nolan ventures from Canada to Ashland, Kentucky, in search of his long-lost…
Uncle Jack. There, as Nolan is tracing his uncle's mysterious past, he travels back in time to relive the final days of Jack's life. Strong language. 1996.
A childhood spent living with her father on a traveling carnival has taught Carny Sullivan how to spot a con…
man. When Logan Brisco comes to the town of Serenity, Texas, he wins over the entire population. Logan wants to bring an amusement park to town, but Carny is suspicious. As she tries to unveil Logan's true intentions, Carny finds herself drawn to him in ways that she never imagined. 2011.
When India bursts into flaming hatreds and bitter bloodshed during the dark days of the Mutiny, Captain Alex Randall and…
his superior's wife, the lovely raven-haired Winter de Ballesteros, are thrown unwillingly together in the struggle for survival. 1979.
In 17th century England, Jordan is found abandoned in the slime of the River Thames and adopted by the Dog…
Woman. Together they witness the Civil War, the execution of King Charles and the Great Plague. All these events occur alongside an extravagant fantasy where 12 dancing princesses systematically murder their husbands and families live suspended from ceilings. 1990.
Terry Scarborough, author of a bestselling book about race, is brutally murdered just when he is poised to reveal a…
divisive Thomas Jefferson letter. Defense attorney Paul Madriani must find the letter and a missing Supreme Court judge to prove his young racist client's innocence. Some violence. 2008. (Paul Madriani novel)
This text is an anthropological study of the intimate lives of three New Guinea tribes from infancy to adulthood. Focusing…
on the gentle, mountain-dwelling Arapesh, the fierce, cannibalistic Mundugumor, and the graceful headhunters of Tchambul - Mead advances the theory that many so-called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences but reflect the cultural conditioning of different societies. 2001.
How did queens find happiness? In courts bristling with testosterone - swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals - many…
had love affairs. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard had courtiers; Catherine the Great had a long list of sexy favourites; Empress Alexandra had Rasputin and Marie Antoinette had count Axel Fersen. 2006.
Darren Flynn, high school student and star swimmer, is incredibly good-looking with a perfect life, until 'the thing' happens -…
'the thing' with Mr. Tracy, his English teacher. 'The thing' was how Darren would think of it afterwards, but did it happen at all? As everything and everyone around him changes, and Darren feels he can trust no one, he searches for his identity, finding answers in the most unexpected places. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005.
In a future world, four teenagers with different psychic skills form a bond while trying to defeat the gory rule…
of the Overlords. Encouraged and trained by Shade, their mysterious leader, Drum, Ella, Ninde, and Gold-Eye confront hideous monsters, who would rather capture them for their body parts than kill them. Violence and some strong language. Junior and senior high readers. 1997.
Grace Dorian, sixty-one, is nationally known for her advice column. Her daughter Francine and granddaughter Sophie help manage Grace's empire…
from their Connecticut home. But things begin to crumble when, at times, Grace becomes confused. A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease sets in motion a chain of events that leads to romance and uncovers shocking secrets. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1996.
Using the personal impressions of the poet's intimate friends, Rosemary Sullivan builds a composite portrait of Gwendolyn MacEwan, the Toronto…
poet who died in 1987 at the age of 46. The daughter of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother, MacEwen's story is a painful one, yet the richness of her art and inner life redeemed the pain. Winner of the 1995 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.
Twenty-one-year old Dicey struggles to be successful in the boatbuilding business while facing family concerns, romantic problems, and the uncertainties…
of a drifter who offers to help her in her work. Sequel to "Dicey's song". For junior and senior high readers. 1989.
A young woman disguises herself as a man and opens a shop to help her impoverished family. She is a…
great success and there is only one flaw in the venture: she falls in love. For junior and senior high readers. 1984, c1982.