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Mysteries and crime stories
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Rome, 80 B.C. and Cicero is about to conduct his first important case, the defence of well-heeled farmer Sextus Roscius…
against the charge of killing his hated father. Gordianus the Finder, hired by Cicero to dig up evidence, soon learns why the elder Roscius was lured to his death: a summons from Elena, a young prostitute pregnant with a possible heir. Gorgianus's investigations lead him on the track of a brutal conspiracy, uncovering some sordid truths about the Roscius family in time for Cicero to set off the expected courtroom fireworks and invoke the wrath of the dictator Sulla. 1997, c1991.
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Biography, Law and crime biography
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He began with aspirations to be a great cop, but he was quickly exposed to a darker side of law…
enforcement. While partnered with a veteran, he witnessed an officer violating the very laws he had vowed to uphold and shared in his crime. One compromise led to another. Soon Davis faced arrest. From studying law at Loyola University and becoming and award-winning officer, he now became a fugitive and skilled survivalist, living off the land in remote forests in America and Canada, where he hid for over 20 years. Through a stranger's prayer the hostile atheist finally realized he was weary of running. He yielded his life to God and handed himself in. 2010.
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General fiction, Serious and literary fiction, Movie and television tie-ins, Mysteries and crime stories
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When a dead body is found in a beautiful lagoon, Jessica Fletcher has to face the fact that dark secrets…
may lie at the heart of her friends Walter and Laurie's dreams. She must delve into the past to reveal the truth and save an innocent man. 1995.
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Historical fiction
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Thracia, 30 AD: Even after four years military service at the edge of the Roman world, Vespasian can't escape the…
tumultuous politics of an Empire on the brink of disintegration. His patrons in Rome have charged him with the clandestine extraction of an old enemy from a fortress on the banks of the Danube before it falls to the Roman legion besieging it. Vespasian's mission is the key move in a deadly struggle for the right to rule the Roman Empire. Sequel to “Tribune of Rome”. Followed by “False God of Rome”. c2012.
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Science fiction
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Things come to a head in the galaxy of the Skywalker and Solos when Jacen Solo makes a horrifying decision…
from which there is no going back. For Luke, Han and Leia, nothing will ever be the same again. Sequel to “Exile”, followed by “Inferno”. 2007.
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General fiction, Historical fiction, Serious and literary fiction
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Ferrara 1570. The convent of Santa Caterina is filled with noble women who are married to Christ because many cannot…
find husbands outside. Enter sixteen-year-old Serafina, ripped by her family from an illicit love affair, howling with rage and hormones and determined to escape. While on the other side of the great walls, counter-reformation forces in the Church are pushing for change, inside, Serafina's spirit and defiance ignite a fire that threatens to engulf the whole convent. 2009.
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Biography, War and military biography, Police and military
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Half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers…
in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe. 2003, c1987.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Social issues
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In the supposedly enlightened 60s and 70s, violence against women was widespread. It wasn't talked about, and women had few,…
if any, options to escape their abusers. Yet in 1973, with no statistics, no money and little public support, five disparate groups of Canadian women quietly opened Canada's first battered women's shelters. Today, there are well over 600. Goodhand tracks down the rogue feminists whose work forged an underground railway for women and children, weaving their stories into an until now untold history. As they lobbied for funding, scrounged for furniture and fended off outraged husbands, these women marked a defining moment in Canadian history, triggering monumental changes in government, schools, courts and law enforcement. But was it enough to stop the cycle of violence? Forty years later, these pioneers describe how and why Canada has lost its ground in the battle for women's rights. Winner of the 2018 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction and the 2018 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book. 2017.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Sports fiction
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Terrified of being targeted by bullies for being overweight, Lionel tries to go through grade 8 attracting as little notice…
as possible. But Lionel discovers something about himself: he's fast. So Lionel takes up running. That leads to joining a running group, and being recruited for the school track team. But being on the track team and getting more attention brings him closer to the bullies he's been avoiding - and makes him a target. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories, Women sleuths
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Liz Ryerson believes that Hillcrest Village, her Toronto neighbourhood, is quaint and quiet, but stumbling over a corpse while walking…
her dog dissolves that illusion for good. When she realizes that she actually knew the dead man, a real estate broker who appraised the building she co-owns with her ex-husband, she becomes obsessed with solving the crime. Retired classics professor Maxime Bertrand is delighted to play Watson to her Holmes. For Liz, the investigation is a way of asserting control in a world she no longer recognizes. For Maxime, it's a way of becoming re-engaged in life after his wife's death. Neither of them anticipates the possibility of real danger, despite police warning them to stop meddling in criminal affairs. 2015.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories
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It’s 1989. The Troubles are raging in Ireland, bombs exploding in England. Father Brennan Burke is home in New York…
when news of his sister’s arrest in London sends him flying across the ocean. The family troubles deepen when Brennan’s cousin Conn is charged with the murder of a Special Branch detective and suspected in a terrorist plot against Westminster Abbey. The Burkes come under surveillance by the murdered cop’s partner and are caught in a tangle of buried family memories. 2015.
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Bestsellers (Fiction), Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Family stories, Movie and television tie-ins
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It's Jack's birthday, and he's excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked…
door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV, and the cartoon characters he calls friends, but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real - only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits that there's a world outside. Told in Jack's voice, "Room" is the story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. Bestseller. 2010.
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Biography, Music biography, Music
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By age 8 Bobby Darin knew he was doomed to die young. So he set out to become a showbiz…
legend by age 25. From his Grammy-winning smash hit "Mack the Knife" to his Oscar-nominated supporting role in Captain Newman, M.D., Darin left his mark on every aspect of show business that he touched. Now, 32 years after his death at age 37, we finally have a written, multilayered portrait of this brash, gifted artist. 2004.
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Historical biography, Politics and government biography, Politics and government, War, World War II
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Explores the relationship between the United States president Franklin Roosevelt and the British prime minister Winston Churchill before and during…
the Second World War. Explains how the two leaders shared intelligence secrets, bribed Spain to remain neutral, and trusted each other despite conflicting postwar national interests. 1999.
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United States history, Politics and government
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A critical look at the U.S. and its role as a superpower. Blum examines the U.S. foreign policy and its…
involvement in foreign elections and assassinations. He raises the question of why the U.S. has become the target of terrorists and discusses the issues of freedom and human rights in the U.S. 2000.
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Family stories, General fiction, Romance
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Conrad Morrisey has allowed himself to wallow in misery since his wife of more than fifty years, Rose, died four…
months ago. Worst of all, he has neglected Rose's lovely garden. The only thing he worries about now is his homing pigeons. When a storm drives him outside to check on them, he sees an angel, and the results turn his life around. 1998.
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Family stories
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After their parents die in a car crash, Scott, fifteen, and Gregg, seventeen, are shocked to learn their guardian is…
an unknown uncle who doesn't seem thrilled to get them. The boys move to his small Colorado town where they are immediately immersed in their young uncle's white-water-rafting business. Junior and senior high readers. 1998.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, History, True crime
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What would you do for absolute power? Step into the world of palatial intrigue, where holding the throne means evading…
death... or causing it. While Cleopatra of Egypt once rolled herself into a rug and was carried out past her enemies' noses, other royals were brutal when dealing with foes. Read the stories of ten sovereigns, including Vlad the Impaler, "Bloody Mary", and The Romanovs of Russia. Descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2009 Red Maple Non-fiction Award. 2008.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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Novelist Wagamese presents a collection of poems, including descriptions of his life on the road when he repeatedly ran away…
at an early age, and the abuse he received when the authorities tried “to beat the Indian right out of me.” Yet even in the most desperate situations, Wagamese shows us Canada as seen through the eyes and soul of a well-worn traveller, with his love of country and his love of people. c2011.
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Biography, Social issues, Travel and geography
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When Ryan's first-grade teacher told his class about countries where people didn't have clean drinking water, he became determined to…
change things. His first well was built in Uganda, and a local orphan named Akana Jimmy longed for a chance to thank Ryan. When they finally meet, an unbreakable bond unites these boys from very different backgrounds, and a long and sometimes life-threatening journey begins. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 3-6. 2006.