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Lilly Yazhi knows all she needs to know about Clay Tahoma. Sure, he's got a certain appeal befitting his Navajo…
roots, but she's not falling for Clay's silent, "earthy" attractiveness. She certainly won't make the same mistake as Clay's ex-wife. Only trouble is, her heart and mind have committed to different resolves. Sequel to "Moonlight road", followed by "Wild Man Creek". 2011.
When crime novelist Hector Lassiter hears his old friend Hemingway's missing manuscripts have turned up, he visits Hemingway's widow Mary…
to make sure the manuscripts don't reveal too many of Lassiter's personal details or hint too strongly at his writing methods. Meanwhile, professor Richard Paulson is determined to prove Mary killed her husband despite the commonly held belief that the great author committed suicide. As the two men endeavour to find answers to the mysteries surrounding Hemingway, it becomes evident the FBI was somehow involved. Sequel to "Toros & torsos", followed by "One true sentence". 2010.
Dr. Alex Pattakos is a cofounder of the Innovation Group consulting firm. Here he illustrates acclaimed selfhelp guru Viktor Frankl's…
keys to finding meaning in even the most hopeless situations. Growing from his time spent in a Nazi concentration camp, Frankl's principles are easy to adopt and will help listeners press forward to escape mental ruts in their quest for a more fulfilling life. 2008.
While Mia tries to get over breaking up with her boyfriend, she discovers a diary kept by a former princess…
of Genovia from the 1600s, the contents of which could change the fate of her country forever. Followed by "Forever Princess". Junior and Senior High. 2008.
After defying the ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her…
biggest challenge ever. She must lead the people of Sylum back to the Enclave and persuade the Protectorat to grant them refuge from the wasteland. In Gaia's absence, the Enclave has grown more cruel, more desperate to experiment on mothers from outside the wall, and now the stakes of cooperating or rebelling have never been higher. Is Gaia ready, as a leader, to sacrifice what - or whom - she loves most? Sequel to "Prized". For senior high and older readers. 2015.
Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumour to guide…
her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime. In order to see her sister again, Gaia must submit to their strict social code, but how can she deny her sense of justice, her curiosity, and everything in her heart that makes her whole? For senior high readers. Sequel to "Birthmarked", followed by "Promised". 2015.
Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her…
help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life. For senior high readers. 2005.
From the church pew to the dinner table, the stories and lessons handed down from one generation to another impart…
the messages that guide and shape our lives. The contributors to this collection distill that age-old wisdom into rich and varied tales of life's lessons. 2004.
Nick Rafter is a seasoned federal prosecutor who has just been appointed as a judge. Though he should be content,…
he feels unsure in his new post after he discovers that his clerk is a gorgeous young woman from his past, Samantha Parker. Nick feels he can't trust her, or himself - one moment of passion could lead to scandal and the end of both their careers. But as they work closer and closer together, their intense longing for each other threatens to explode in a blaze of lust. 2004.
Fifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy, but everyone there is just a bit more sophisticated, gorgeous, and…
wealthy than she thought possible. So Reed decides to get close to the Billings Girls, the most beautiful, intelligent, and confident girls on campus. She quickly discovers that inside their secret parties and mountains of attitude, the Billings Girls have skeletons, and they'll do anything to keep their secrets private. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2006.
The author takes a personal journey across the country to discover how Canada's entrepreneurial companies fit into the new technology-driven…
world. The companies he profiles - and exalts - protect the nation's ecology while bringing about better living through their inventions, such as canola oil. While searching for a prototype for the ideal Canadian high-tech enterprise, Atkinson advises seven attributes for success: make it simple; be humane; make it fun; exploit a niche; think big, act small; exploit unplanned discoveries; act with total confidence. Some strong language. 2001.
Having vanquished the dragon Perdoneg, Marwen becomes the heir to the Wizard's staff. But the staff is sought by another,…
whose past is intertwined with Marwen's. He holds the power of the Prism Moon, and danger lurks closer than Marwen believes as she finds herself drawn to this evil power. For Junior and Senior High readers. 1993. (Northern lights young novels)
In 1900, fourteen-year-old Rosetta faces unimagined hardships when she and her small sister Flora are sent from an English orphanage…
to Canada after surviving a perilous journey across the sea, only to have their dreams of a family crushed. Grades 5-8. c1997.
Vivienne Yellow is an American, in a Paris hospital bed after being hit by a truck. Through hazy memories, coloured…
by her own morphine-stoked sexual longings, she recounts pieces of her past. The only link to the outside world is Sonia, a fellow patient, who brings Vivienne stories of what's happening outside of her hospital room. 2003.
Autobiographical reveries from the final years of a French author who began writing in prison. Genet revels in his associations…
with rebellious groups, including the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Black Panthers. The author maintains a certain detachment from which he observes and sympathizes. But, by his own account, he never quite surrenders to the political agendas of the groups that engage his interest. 1992. Uniform title: Captif amoureux.
A full repertoire of the many recipes served at the beloved Lower East Side restaurant Prune over the last thirteen…
years from one of America's most recognized chefs and established literary talents. The recipes are written from the unique perspective of cook to cook. 2014.