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The local Anishinaabe Indian tribe is furious to discover that Karl Lindstrom's lumber mill is after a grove of trees…
sacred to tribal lore. So when the mill gets bombed, killing a man, the tribe is blamed. But ex-sheriff Cork O'Connor has a different theory. 2010.
Matt Jensen - reared by legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen makes the mistake of riding into Purgatory, Arizona. Before he…
can even dismount his horse, he's arrested unjustly and sentenced to be hanged. 2009.
Godin shows business-minded individuals how the principle of the "Purple Cow" works. It is built around the premise that consumers…
have seen enough brown cows and they are tired of the same old, same old. But put a purple cow in front of them and they are eager to learn more. 2009.
Abby Rose is the privileged daughter of a software magnate who became a private investigator when she found out she…
was illegally adopted. Her latest case is a mystery woman, rescued from a car crash but badly mangled and in a coma. The only clue police found at the scene was one of Abby's business cards. 2008.
For seven years, Daisy Parker has been Jasper's lover and mother to Jay, his nine-year-old son. But when Jasper doesn't…
come home one too many nights, Daisy decides she's had enough. But Jasper hasn't been partying - he's been murdered. In shock, Daisy is further devastated when she learns that Jasper was married and has left everything to his wife. Now without a home, money, or a job, Daisy must figure out a way to support herself and Jay. Friends step in to help. But when a sexy ex-boyfriend resurfaces, Daisy's life becomes a lot more complicated. 2006.
Three stories about academics seeking tenure. In "Queen of the Jungle," a couple’s cat doesn’t approve of an adulterous affair;…
in "99," an anthropologist in Britain ends up in a village of druids; and in "Casting the Runes," an evil professor uses spells to steal manuscripts. 2006.
Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who…
live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own. Includes strong language. 2012, c2011.
A look at pulleys and gears and how they are used to make machines work. These two gadgets are used…
in escalators, cars, fishing rods, and many other places. Grades 2-4. 2001.
Although her father is greatly respected in their community, 15-year-old Kambili knows a frightening and abusive side to this man.…
In many ways, she and her family lead a privileged life, but Kambili and her brother Jaja are often punished for failing to meet their father's expectations. After visiting her aunt and cousins, Kambili dreams of being part of a loving family. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.
Recounts the history of hallucinogenic-drug research in Saskatchewan, and the pioneering work of Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer, and Duncan Blewett.…
They broke new ground in the 1950s and '60s in the use of hallucinogens, like mescaline and LSD, and the development of treatments for alcoholism and schizophrenia--until Timothy Leary hit the scene and undermined everything with his public pronouncements. Delving into the experiments, the researchers, as well as connections to notables like Aldous Huxley, Linus Pauling, and Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founder Bill W, Barber examines popularly held myths surrounding the drugs, and shows how the Saskatchewan research made extensive contributions to this scientific field and led to radical innovations in mental health, many of which have applications and relevance today. 2018.
Ottawa, during the Korean War. Martin O'Boy is 15 and living with Grampa Rip, a friend's elderly grandfather, so he…
can care for him. Martin gets a delivery job with a soft drink company and is paired with Randy, who steals from customers and subjects Martin to anti-Semitic rants. Randy knows that Martin lied about his age to get the job, so he blackmails him into silence about the thefts. When Martin falls in love with Gerty McDowell, the granddaughter of one of Randy's victims, he realizes he has to take action. Sequel to "Boy O'Boy" (DC25433). For junior and senior high readers. 2007.
An eye-opening account of recent battles over publicly financed stadiums in some of America's largest cities. The authors' interviews with…
key decision makers present a behind-the-scenes look at how and why powerful individuals and organizations foist these sports palaces on increasingly unreceptive communities. c2003.
Three years after events in "The Golem's Eye", seventeen-year-old magician Nathaniel ranks high in the British government and the djinni…
Bartimaeus is exhausted from serving him. Their destinies converge once again with Kitty's as they test the limits of this world. For Junior and Senior High readers. c2006. (Bartimaeus trilogy ; 3)
Frank Douglas, a successful Miami businessman, receives a heart transplant. After recovering from surgery, he begins to feel strange emotions…
and see phantoms. He then finds the donor's widow, Rory, and helps her financially and emotionally. Together they search for the truth about her husband's suspicious death. Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.
In this thorough evaluation of the legal culture and courtroom practices prevalent in sexual assault litigation, the author provides an…
even-handed account of the ways in which the legal profession unnecessarily--and sometimes unlawfully--contributes to the trauma and re-victimization experienced by those who testify as sexual assault complainants. Gathering conclusive evidence from interviews with experienced lawyers across Canada, reported case law, lawyer memoirs, recent trial transcripts, and defence lawyers' public statements and commercial advertisements, the book demonstrates that--despite prominent contestations--complainants are regularly subjected to abusive, humiliating, and discriminatory treatment when they turn to the law to respond to violations of their sexual integrity, and further examines how the legal profession can better respond to, and remedy, some of the factors that make sexual assault proceedings distressing for complainants. 2018.
Marion is lost on a dark and lonely road and thinks she is dreaming when she sees a motel sign…
shining in the darkness for Bates Motel. However, for Marion, the nightmare is only just beginning. First published 1959, 1999.
This manual is one of the first to concentrate on the general psychological principles which apply to all competitive sport…
and lead to competition success. Professor Rushall believes that there is an ideal form of preparation, and sets out to define a procedure which takes into account scientific knowledge recently gained about performance at the highest level of competition. He has personally studied athletes of international standing, and correlates his findings about what affects performance with recent psychological studies of how humans cope with stress such as occurs in competitive sport. 1979.
