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At the heart of this powerful novel is a son's account of his mother's voyage into the world of neurological…
disease, where she loses first her memory, and then her very identity; only to gain, at the end, a strange serenity. As the son tells her story, he grows obsessed by his mother's transformation beyond her self, and sets out on his own quest for self-discovery. 1993.
The selection includes early poems published in 1826, when Elizabeth Barrett was 20, to the last poems she wrote before…
her death at age 55. Religious verse, lively ballads, social reforming and political poetry - all seemed to have had a good reception, as well as the better-known romantic poems. The selection shows the poet's versatility and also her development, as an inspiring and innovative writer. 1988.
Ghoulish stories of ghosts and witches, startling "jump" stories, macabre songs, frightening legends, and modern-day horror stories. Tales of hauntings,…
walking corpses, dancing bones, vampires, monsters, and narrow escapes from death. Let the faint of heart beware! For grades 4-7 and older readers.
The author interweaves her own childhood memories with the telling of each tale. The order of the stories corresponds with…
their position on the Hindu religious calendar. For junior and senior high readers. 1985.
Elana Rose Rosen and her mother have just moved to an apartment in New York City. On her prized scooter…
with the silver and blue stripes, Elana excitedly explores her surroundings. New friends, old friends, a winning field day, and a silent, young friend (Petey, with whom she enjoys a special relationship) fill her days as she fills sheet after sheet of paper with her experiences, acrostics, and drawings. Grades 3-6. 1993.
When a fire in an abandoned garage threatened the lives of her newborn kittens, Scarlett courageously went in the burning…
building to retrieve them one by one. The story of this cat's devotion made headlines in 1996. 1997.
At a second-rate English school, the students are dissatisfied, the faculty and staff depressed and the administrators addled. A student…
rebellion erupts in pranks. Finally a schoolboy is poisoned and Superintendent Pumfrey is called to investigate. 1984. Uniform title: Little victims
A collection of twenty articles in which eminent scientists and authorities, such as Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov, take a…
critical look at popularized paranormal phenomena, including UFO's, psychics, and ancient astronauts. c1981.
British Intelligence agent Bruce Murdoch must discover the truth about Felice Damon. More than just beautiful, she lives in an…
isolated corner of Scotland and has an unusual knowledge of military developments. 1974.
Inmate Kate Fitzgerald, a Freud expert, is offered parole by prison psychiatrist Gardonne if she can uncover what researcher Anders…
Konzak has found that will "make psychoanalysis obsolete". When key players - who were all last seen with Kate - begin turning up dead, she suspects she's being set up - who would believe a convict who murdered her husband? All she can hope is that following the threads of Konzak's research will keep her one step ahead of Gardonne, and lead her to the real killer. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.
Bobby Orr redefined the defensive style of hockey - he was the first to infuse the defenseman position with offensive…
juice, driving up the ice, setting up players and scoring some goals of his own. He was the first player to win three straight MVP awards, the first defenseman to score twenty or more goals in a season. But history will also remember Bobby Orr as a key figure in the Alan Eagleson scandal, and as the unfortunate player forced into early retirement in 1978 because of his injuries. Some strong language. 2006.
When Theodore Calvert walks out on his wife and daughters, and then his wife dies, the daughters call the Blessed…
Sacrament Convent their home. Anna eventually returns to the outside world while Therese stays in the convent. One day a mysterious gardener named Francis arrives and has everyone but Anna charmed. Strong language, descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.
A collection of stories about Richardson's encounters with some of Canada's unique and interesting inhabitants -- eccentrics all. Among the…
colourful cast of characters is a Nova Scotia hermit who went AWOL fifty years ago, a Quebec woman who models her life on Barbie, and a Vancouver prophet and duck fancier. 1997.
Nicholas Linnear's enemy has taken flight from Vietnam to regroup and mount the assault that will solidify his ultimate power…
- and destroy Linnear. With the help of New York police detective Lew Croaker and the dazzling, cunning Vesper Arkham, Linnear pursues his prey - placing the woman he loves into the vengeful path of criminal genius. 1995.
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favourite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown,"…
when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Coliseum. Grades 3-6. 2000. (The time warp trio)
Beginning with his roots in the Montreal Canadien development system in the 1950s and 60s, this book examines the life…
and times of hockey legend Scotty Bowman. Hunter details Bowman's coaching debut with the St. Louis Blues in 1967/68 and his triumphant return to Montreal, the site of five Stanley Cup wins in the 1970s.
Sixteen-year-old Gale Murray is a sullenly defiant runaway until the source of his pain--a shockingly abusive, religious father and an…
unseeing mother--is uncovered. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1982.
Cass Hutt, bull rider, has lost his rodeo partner, severing Cass's only ties to his world. With nothing and no…
one to hold him, Cass is led back East by the sudden arrival of a mysterious land deed, back to Scotch River, Nova Scotia, and the sketchy boyhood memories he left to die there. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and some strong language. 2006.
The Owenses recount their efforts from the early 1990s to 2005 to conserve wildlife in and around North Luangwa National…
Park in Zambia by offering villagers alternatives to poaching ivory. They describe befriending an orphan elephant, encounters with lions and other African animals, and dangers from poachers. 2006.