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Searching the woods for an endangered plant, feisty ninety-two-year-old Victoria Trumbull is rewarded with the discovery of a little nest…
of cranefly orchids--and a body. Sequel to "Deadly nightshade", followed by "The cemetery yew". 2006.
Rose Windermere's family returns to England from India in 1835 after close friends are murdered. Fifteen years later Rose receives…
a cryptic message and discovers she's being stalked by businessman Raj Khanna. They fall in love while investigating the past and uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.
Edna Heathcott has had a difficult day. Finding the body on the stairs was bad enough, but now Detective Owl…
suspects her of being involved in the murder. And her boss, art dealer Gerald Fineberg has disappeared. Edna knows that she is the only one who can get to the bottom of this. c1991.
Fifteen-year-old George Ma, a recently adopted Asian, is crippled by loss of memory, the result of a horror-filled escape from…
his war-torn country. He becomes friends with "Hook", a paraplegic; Amy, a blind computer whiz; and Heather, who is deaf. Together they face the challenge of a motorcycle trip to Algonquin Park. For junior and senior high readers. c1988.
The author travelled over three-thousand kilometres in Canada in order to get the inside story on life with a travelling…
circus. He vividly describes the seductive freedoms and horrific risks of traditional circus life. He also shares the lives of the circus performers and their motivations for becoming a member of a travelling troupe. 1998.
Scott was a historian and lawyer, but foremost a poet. This collection, which was organized by Scott himself, shows both…
a reflective man and a public figure committed to human progress. Winner of the 1981 Governor General's Award for Poetry. 1981. Uniform title: Poems
In an Eastern European country, Cardinal Stephen Bem maintains a perilous balance between a totalitarian regime and a fanatical minority…
of church leaders. Short-listed for the 1987 Booker Prize. Strong language. Bestseller 1987. c1987.
Fiorito recalls his life growing as a poor, Italian boy in 1950s Fort William, Ontario. He shares memories of his…
father, and of the stories his father told about his own family. Strong language. c1999.
Max Macarthur, a young Vancouver lawyer, gets the break of his career when he assists in the trial defence of…
Shiva Ram Achrya, a cult leader charged with the brutal slaying of his followers. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1984.
Set in Manitoba, this emotionally-charged story reaches back nearly four decades into the life of present-day scriptwriter Amy Barber. Now…
in her forties, Amy begins to remember her past in vivid and haunting ways. As she travels to Toronto with her Polish lover, a parallel with this past begins to emerge. 1992.
Gestalt therapist, story-teller, teacher, writer, children's book editor, director of the first Headstart Program in New York State, Joan Bodger…
is a woman whose life has always been intertwined with stories. Her biography depicts how a life -- and a century -- can be shaped and given meaning by personal mythology, how the power of stories can repair a shattered life. While describing her own life she also includes sharp observations of the nuances of class, racial prejudice, and regional and national differences. Some strong language. 2000.
An overly confident alien menace is forced to confront a zor human alliance that has been forewarned, their insidious plans…
of infiltration now exposed. But all is not what it seems to be; the "vuhl menace" may not be the ultimate enemy, and the powerful puppetmasters that have lurked in the shadows have entered the endgame where ancient alien prophecies may have already determined the outcome. The fate of sentient life in the galaxy lies in the balance. Sequel to "The dark ascent". c2005.
Man and zor, once sworn enemies engaged in a mutual campaign of xenocide, now live side by side. The war…
is over, and Admiral Marais, the legendary "Dark Wing" - both Angel of Death and Species Saviour - is long dead, though some of his companions and participants in that great war still survive and have even chosen to live among the zor. Now a mystery from the past has become a threat to the present when an unholy menace jeopardizes both humans and zor alike. Whole space fleets have disappeared, with survivors stricken mad. And now man and zor must join forces to meet this adversary head on. Sequel to "The dark wing". Followed by "The dark ascent". 2003.
After a comet's tail delivers a virus that decimates Earth's adult population, 251 teens blast off on the Galahad to…
colonize another planet. But soon they discover a saboteur is on board, and they race to uncover the culprit's identity. Followed by "The Web of Titan". Winner of the EVVY Award for Best Young Adult Book. For senior high and older readers. 2005.
The war between humans and the zor race, aliens with a religious devotion to their hero, Qu'u, and to a…
lost magic sword, the gyaryu, is now long past. They work together to battle a race of mind-controllers, the vuhl. Jackie Lappierre finds herself appointed to retrieve the sword and use its powers to confront the vuhl. Some strong language, and some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The dark path", followed by "The dark crusade". c2004. (Dark wing ; 3)
16 new ghost stories, varied in locale, period, and style, including westerns, faux memoirs, and romance. In Glenn Hirshberg's "Dancing…
Men," the ghost is the shadow of the Holocaust, which haunts a survivor of the concentration camps. A grandfather clock is animated by the spirit of a murder victim in "The Ghost of the Clock", while the lingering influence of a madwoman who terrorizes a child appears in "Feeling Remains". Some descriptions of violence and strong language. 2003.
The Amish community of Gobbler's Knob holds everything Leah has ever desired until a pact with her older sister, lured…
by the outside world, leaves her clinging to God's promises. Followed by "The Betrayal". 2002.
The author presents a collection of anecdotes to demonstrate that animals are capable of being kind and compassionate. She tells…
of animals that helped their owners during medical emergencies, of those that rescued people, and of others who assisted in providing emotional therapy. Her subjects include dogs, cats, pigs, horses, and even an iguana. 1997.