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The author has spent many years as a trainer of guide dogs. He explains how the dogs are selected and…
trained, how they are matched with their new owners, and the training that the owner receives. 1984.
Quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is in North Carolina for experimental surgery, when he and his colleague Amelia Sachs are recruited…
for a local case. An odd teen nicknamed "Insect Boy" has killed a youth and kidnapped two young women, and the cops can't find him. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to “The coffin dancer”, followed by “The stone monkey“. 2000.
Author reviews the latest scholarly thinking about the Bronze Age origins and subsequent development of civilization in Etruria. A major…
section of the book deals with the geographical and cultural history of the major Etruscan city-states and their territories at the height of their power. 1980.
Jane used to help people in trouble start over with new identities. Her new husband, Carey, convinced her to stop,…
but now he needs her help. His mentor, a surgeon, is being falsely accused of murder and believes he will be killed. Meanwhile, someone is posing as Jane - and the impostor isn't out to help anybody. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 1998.
Mighton conceives of a world based on the assumption that each child has the potential to be successful in every…
subject. He argues that by recognizing the barriers that we have experienced in our own educational development, by identifying the moment that we became disenchanted with a certain subject and forever closed ourselves off to it, we will be able to eliminate these same barriers from standing in the way of our children. 2007.
Sammy Chan was sure she'd escaped her family obligations when she fled Vancouver six years ago, but with her sister's…
upcoming marriage, her turn has come to care for their aging mother. Sammy finds herself cobbling together a makeshift family history and delving into stories that began in 1913, when her grandfather, Seid Quan, then eighteen years old, first stepped on Canadian soil. Descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some descriptions of violence. c2007.
Mogor, a blond European who speaks seven languages, arrives at the Indian court of Akbar the Great proclaiming himself England's…
ambassador. The charlatan entertains the emperor with tales of a lost princess. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2008.
This book is packed with revelations as Rawnsley takes up the New Labour story from the day of its second…
election victory in 2001. There are inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal; and entertaining portraits of the main players as Rawnsley takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New Labour as well as the astonishing feuds and reconciliations between Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson. 2010.
John Carey has selected accounts of some of the most extraordinary events in history. Events range from the plague in…
Athens in 430 BC to the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. Exploration and discovery, historical figures, and great battles are all described by eyewitnesses. 1987.
When the man who murdered Eve Duncan's daughter was executed, Eve lost the chance to find her daughter's body. Now,…
as a forensic sculptor, she reconstructs faces to identify juvenile skulls. When a billionaire wants to hire her to work on a mysterious adult skull, she reluctantly agrees. Strong language and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 1998. (The Eve Duncan series ; 1)
When a collection of Incan artifacts goes missing, the Blue Djinn of Babylon dispatches twins John and Philippa Gaunt and…
their Uncle Nimrod to recover them. Along the way, John and Philippa encounter their friend Dybbuk, who was drained of his djinn powers but is determined to get them back. He's headed to an ancient Incan Empire where he believes he can regain his power, and will stop at nothing - even if it means opening a cursed portal, disturbing the enchanted kingdom of the Incas, and destroying the world. Can the twins stop their friend before it's too late? Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The day of the Djinn warriors", followed by "Five fakirs of Faizabad". 2009. (Children of the lamp ; 5)
Harry Fletcher is a charter boat operator who works off the coast of Mozambique. Harry has a secret in his…
past and the discovery of a treasure trove threatens to reveal that secret. Strong language. 1975.
When Tiki, a fairy, is "earthed" on Jan's foot, they both are terrified, but quickly become friends. Jan is sad…
because she cannot have children, and when Tiki performs a forbidden magic, she incurs the wrath of the Fairy Queen who seeks to exact revenge on Jan's family. Grades 3-6. 1988.
Amelia Peabody and her extended family, including her niece Lia and Lia's new husband, David, are headed to Egypt for…
the 1911 archaeological season. But their expedition is overshadowed by the accusation that David has been selling forged antiquities. Amelia's son, Ramses, strives to clear David as numerous bodies turn up. 1999. (Amelia Peabody mystery ; 11)
Teenager Jared Kingsley's actress mother sends him to live with his father, a famous director, whom he has never known.…
His father, stepmother, and obnoxious half-brother are performing a play in a reputedly haunted opera house. There Jared discovers his innate acting ability - and a sinister ghost. Grades 5-8. 1998.
String theory is a recent development in physics that, by positing that all which exists is composed of infinitesimally small…
vibrating loops of energy, seeks to unify Einstein's theories and those of quantum mechanics into a so-called "theory of everything." Greene offers a view of human understanding of space and time, beginning with Newton, moving through Einstein and quantum physics, and on to string theory and its hypotheses. c2004.