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Recalls the boyhood years of Ontario's future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal…
oil-lamp lighting. As a half-breed kid, he was caught between two worlds. His Native mother's fight with depression flowed from that dilemma, while his father, a white, working class, guy who never had any money, made the best home brew in the village - and his specialty was raisin wine. 2007.
Melanie is busy adjusting to married life, moving into a bigger place, tutoring her challenging students, and keeping a watchful…
eye on her worrisome beautiful new neighbour. Melanie's investigative pedigree comes to light and she is urged to investigate a murder at a local nursing home. 2005.
Newly named head of an international task force dedicated to combatting terrorism, John Clark is looking forward to getting his…
teeth into a new mission, and the opportunities start coming in thick and fast. Clark and his associates try to figure out where all this activity is heading, but can't predict the real threat: a group of terrorists so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life on earth. 1998.
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job. Ramona tries…
everything she can to make things better. Sequel to "Ramona the brave". Followed by "Ramona and her mother". Grades 3-6. 1977.
Ramona Quimby, age nine, is starting fourth grade in Mrs. Meacham's class with new friend Daisy and old friend Yard…
Ape. Ramona also has fun at home with her big sister Beezus and a new baby sister, Roberta. Sequel to "Ramona Forever" (DC05240). Grades 3-6. 1999. (Ramona series)
Lieutenant Lord Ramage of the Royal Navy, aristocrat, adventurer, and romantic lover, confronts a secret plot that threatens to destroy…
the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars. Sequel to "Governor Ramage, R.N.", followed by "Ramage and the guillotine". 1975, c1974. (Lord Ramage novels ; 5)
A noted animal lover recounts the childhood influences that formed his anticruelty outlook and led him to found the Black…
Beauty Ranch, a refuge for abused and abandoned animals. Tells the stories of the cats, dogs, goats, horses, and other creatures that have found sanctuary with the author. 1997.
The soil of the African savanna is dry and beginning to crack. Then the porcupine smells the rain coming, the…
zebras see it, and the rhino feels it. It rains, and rains, and rains, making everything lush and green--until it stops, and the land becomes dry and hot again. Grades P-2. 2000.
In the 1870s, Josselyn "Red" O'Rourke was a reckless, dangerously wild woman, determined to claim half of her late father's…
Colorado mine. In her way stood Durango, a rude but handsome ruffian who was dangerous to challenge. He dared to expose her passion and satisfy the lust that tore at both their souls. 1991.
The future looks bleak and loveless for Captain Nicholas Ramage R.N., with his new and beautiful wife missing at sea…
and possibly dead. This does not concern the Admiralty, as they give him sealed orders "To be opened off Gibraltar". The war against the French must go on and his assignment is to effect the rescue of a number of British admirals, generals and aristocrats who are being held by Bonaparte as hostages. Sequel to "Ramage's trial", followed by "Ramage at Trafalgar". 1985.
Conflict between the sexes lies beneath the surface of this science fiction novel. Tepper portrays a mother who is sought…
by a world of grim misogynists, and her son who is torn between loyalty to his mother and heroic visions linked to a male-dominated world. 1990.
Christy Loren, who has inherited her mother’s psychic powers, has the ability to locate the bodies of young women who…
have been murdered. In an attempt to escape her gift, Christy retreats to her aunt’s home in Virginia, only to confront a similar situation when one woman is found dead and another is missing. 1989.
In John Rain's line of work enemies are inevitable, no matter how good you are, and any attachment is a…
weakness. But when the death of a stranger on a crowded subway threatens Rain's carefully maintained anonymity he realises it's not just his own life at stake, but that of the one person he's come to care about - the victim's daughter. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 2003.
The title novella "Raise the Red Lantern" tells the story of Lotus, whose father's suicide forces her to become the…
concubine of a wealthy merchant. Crushed by loneliness, despair, and cruel treatment, Lotus finds her descent into insanity both a weapon and a refuge. "Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes" is an account of a family's struggles during one momentous year; plagued by disease, death, and the shady promise of life in a larger town, the family slowly disintegrates. Finally, "Opium Family" details the last years of a landowning clan whose demise is brought about by corruption, lust, and treachery. 2004, c1993.
With the Treaty of Amiens signed, and the Calypso about to be paid off, Ramage and his new bride can…
at last honeymoon in France as guests of the Count of Rennes. But Napoleon - his armies restocked - has all foreigners and French royalists arrested and sent to Devil's Island, the French prison colony. Ramage escapes capture, but the danger is enormous as Ramage collects useful information for the Admiralty and plans a daring rescue. Sequel to "Ramage & the renegades", followed by "Ramage's trial". 1996.
Lieutenant Lord Ramage is summoned to the Admiralty, where the First Lord gives him command of the brig Triton and…
three sealed despatches addressed to the admirals off Brest and Cadiz and in the Caribbean. Sequel to "Ramage & the drumbeat", followed by "Governor Ramage R.N.". 1996.
Includes parenting solutions to everyday challenges such as bedtime, homework and responsibilities, techniques to help children cope with disappointment, fear…
and jealousy, and tools to deal with both parental and child anger. Also contains strategies to end arguing and reduce conflict, tips for fostering co-operation and respect, and effective discipline techniques. 2006.
Two days out from Jamaica on a routine patrol against privateers, Captain Ramage and his ship Calypso come upon a…
sight that horrifies even his battle-hardened crew. Sequel to "Ramage's mutiny", followed by "Ramage touch". 1996.
Lord Ramage, the navy's youngest and most junior captain, is ordered to set sail for Diamond Rock, off the West…
Indian island of Martinique. It is a routine mission - to blockade the French in Fort Royal - but the Juno, his new command, is not a routine naval vessel. Sequel to "Ramage & the guillotine", followed by "Ramage's mutiny". 1996.
Raimu fut l'un des plus populaires comédiens du cinéma français. Orson Welles le considère comme le plus grand acteur du…
monde. Pour Marcel Pagnol, son fidèle complice de la fameuse trilogie, "Marius, Fanny et César": "Monsieur Raimu est un génie." 1988.