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With a failed marriage behind him, teacher Harry Flint sets about changing his own life and researching that of his…
ancestors. The deeper he digs, the more he realises that the past is closer than he had ever imagined. 2011.
When Dermot O'Connor was diagnosed with a severe form of multiple sclerosis (MS), the 'incurable' and degenerative neurological disorder, he…
resolved to heal himself. Eight years after diagnosis, Dermot is in the best physical and mental health of his life. The revolutionary health system he created draws on both the proven approaches of Eastern medicine and scientifically established Western healthcare principles. The success of his approach has shown that it can restore good health no matter what your illness or condition. The groundbreaking five-step plan will show you what to eat, how to detox, how to improve your emotional condition, and how exercise can transform your health. 2007.
Reggie Montis leaves his wife and takes up a teaching post in a small village. Almost immediately, new problems beset…
him, and old ones follow him to his new refuge. Includes strong language. 1979.
Neither Stapling Manor nor any of the fine family possessions of this stately home really belongs to Lady Laura, but…
for more than twenty years she has enjoyed them undisturbed. No one is worried except old Cosmo Brierley, trustee of the estate, who has no control over the eccentric aristocrat. But when the owner of the estate arrives from America, there are surprises in store. 1972.
Fifteen-year-old Gabriel is continually embarrassed by his teacher/writer father, but when he goes to live with him in Los Angeles…
in an apartment complex full of unusual characters, Gabriel gains new insights into himself and his father. For junior and senior high readers. c1992.
When a new director takes over a repertory company and selects a controversial winner in a new playwrights' contest, trouble…
begins and soon corpses dot the Oregon community. When the niece of the theatre's owner is indicted for murder, ex-policeman Charlie Meiklejohn and his psychologist wife, Constance Leidle, set out to clear her name. Some strong language and some violence. 1987.
A man walks out of a meeting in Sweden and disappears without a trace. Years later, a neighbour spots someone…
who looks like the missing man in Bangalore. Could it be the same man? And what connection, if any, does he have to the baffling case that Inspector Ann Lindell is handling back home? Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2011. Uniform title: Hand som skälver.
Set in post-Civil War America. Damarais Fanshawe is seduced while working as a nursemaid. She becomes an Episcopal nun, but…
after losing her religious faith, she trains as a doctor. Throughout, she is torn by her love for Guy Parrish. c1984.
With income from his Fort Lauderdale beach pub, Harry Rice finances his avocation as a private investigator. When Harry is…
hired to locate a stolen gun collection, he becomes embroiled in adultery, smuggling, and murder -- of which he himself is a suspect. An elusive naked dancer and an iron-pumping mobster add colour. Some strong language. 1995.
Jack and Janet Smurl live in West Pittston, Pennsylvania with their four daughters, Jack's parents, and four spirits. A gruesome…
saga of supernatural encounters based on statements by the Smurls, their neighbours and the Warrens, a demonology team who investigated the possession of the house. c1988.
When Jean Baird's daughter, Bronwyn, died suddenly, Jean's instinct was to turn to books. Although she found that the thoughts…
of counsellors, psychologists, and self-help gurus were some help, the works that truly did were by literary writers, largely from the UK and the US. Jean and her husband George Bowering found little from Canadian writers on the subject, and this anthology of original pieces attempts to fill that gap. c2009.
Physician traces the life of nineteenth-century British naturalist and explorer Alfred Wallace (1823-1913), a colleague of Charles Darwin. Examines Wallace's…
lower-class background, self-education, and socialist views. Discusses his acceptance of spiritualism, environmentalism, and other ideologies scientists typically avoided. Also covers his research travels into dangerous tropical jungles. 2004.
Award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster examines the life and times of Athenian philosopher Socrates (469-399 B.C.E.). Explores the world Socrates…
inhabited, the ideas he espoused, and his seminal influence on Western thought. 2010.
A young boy in the 18th century records his experiences with ghosts and family tragedy in a journal. A century…
later, the journal is found by the manor tenant, Henry James, whose attempts to publish the writings are thwarted. Now the manor is occupied by E.F. Benson who inadvertently brings the whole business into the open. 1991.
Jeanie Deans, a peasant girl, is the heroine of this eighteenth-century novel that revolves around a Scottish prison. Jeanie treks…
from Edinburgh to London to gain a pardon for her sister Effie, falsely accused of child-murder, but Effie escapes with her lover. Meanwhile, when John Porteous, a guard condemned for murder, is reprieved by the queen, a mob takes justice into its own hands. 1982, 1830.
Recounts an extraordinary journey into one of the most inaccessible places on earth, and a pilgrimage to the heart of…
Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of beyul, or mystical sanctuaries, lies at the eastern edge of the Himalayas, veiled by a colossal waterfall in the forbidding Tsangpo gorge. After years of investigation, world-class climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker and his National Geographic-sponsored team made worldwide news by finding a magnificent 108-foot-high waterfall-the legendary grail of both Western explorers and Tibetan pilgrims. 2004.
Jackson, Mississippi; 1962-1964. College grad and fledgling writer Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, who is white, searches for a publication-worthy project. She…
interviews two African American maids about their relationships with their employers. Dangerously violating integration laws, the women collaborate on a book that breaks new ground. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2010, c2009.
Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn's hectic job as a school inspector in…
the Yorkshire Dales more than difficult. But for Gervase, the focus, and challenge, remains the frankly spoken children. However, the new school year doesn't get off to the best start after a teacher intimates that Gervase has let him and his school down. Sequel to "Up and down in the dales". 2008.
The brilliant adventuress Ethelberta disguises her humble origins and brings her family to London, installing them incognito in her town…
house as servants, happily exploiting the attentions of four different suitors in a plot rich in schemes. 1996, c1876.