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As a young boy Marcello feels a conflict between pleasure in violent acts - like killing lizards - and his…
desire to be "normal." His struggle continues into adulthood during the Mussolini era, until he receives an assignment that causes him to lose control. Basis for the 1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Some violence. 1983, c1951. Uniform title: Conformista.
This text gives an account of Mozart's 22 operas. The author explores the operas from four points of view: the…
historical setting and Mozart's own life at the time; the libretto and librettist; the story line; and finally the music itself. 1986.
A compass of spatial dimensions as well as the usual four directions give a framework to twenty new stories ranging…
from science fiction to fantasy and a magical realism. The author finds comedy as well as tragedy as her satire stretches from a well-known TV series to a totalitarian America of the future. 1983.
Great gardens come down to careful planning. So this guide tells you how to create a superb garden from scratch,…
with your favourite flowers, vegetables and fruit, herbs, and effective landscaping. It lists popular species, gives techniques for sowing and maintaining, and controlling pests. 1994.
This anthology is drawn from the author's writings about the memories of men and women of a past era -…
farm labourers, shepherds, horsemen, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, sailors, fishermen, miners, maltsters, domestic servants and many others. 1994.
Aldminster Cathedral needs repair, and the dean is looking for funds. He creates a lot of animosity within the cathedral…
community when he puts the headmaster's historic home up for sale and decides to eliminate the boys choir. As a struggle develops within the religious community and lives are turned upside down, there is a hopeful note--the new chorister, Henry Ashworth, whose voice may be the answer to their prayers. 1988.
The cinder path from the Northumberland farmhouse symbolised defeat for Charlie Macfell. People saw him as a born loser, who…
always got the dirty end of the stick. At the root of it were boyhood humiliations by his brutal father, but was that all there was to Charlie? Then an opportunity emerged for him to display his inner strengths and integrity and to give the lie to those who thought him of no account. 1993.
Professor Robert Langdon from "Angels and Demons" investigates the crime scene of the Louvre's murdered curator. Joining him is French…
cryptologist Sophie Neveu. The clues left behind pit two Catholic societies against each other in search of the Holy Grail. Some violence and some strong language. 2004, c2003.
The story of Billy, whose Grandmother left him the "voodoo handbag" in her will, after he had sold her soul…
to science. The tales it told Billy would change his life for ever - and the lives of other people too. 1998.
When Killashandra's plans for an operatic career are frustrated, she decides to become one of the crystal singers, wealthy prima…
donnas who cut crystals from the rocks with their singing voices. Followed by "Killashandra" (DC33032). 1983. (Crystal singer trilogy ; 1)
Fifteen-year-old Jimmy tries to solve the murder of four campers in a New England state park and becomes convinced that…
it was not the work of bears. For junior and senior high readers. 1978.
Originally written to entertain the author's son, Christopher Robin, some of the verses are about the boy's stuffed animals. This…
volume contains both the first collection, "When we were very young," published in 1924, and the second, "Now we are six," published in 1927. Grades K-3. 1998.
Lee McKinney Woodyard, owner of Warner Pier's famous chocolate shop, is considering joining the library board. To help her decide,…
she checks out the board's monthly meeting . . . but someone has placed murder on the agenda. c2013.
Lee’s newest hire at Tenhuis Chocolates is making tongues wag, because Forsythia “Sissy” Smith is the granddaughter of Warner Pier’s…
only remaining resident hippie, and lives out at the Moose Lodge - once an informal commune in the forest east of town. The previous winter, Sissy’s husband, Buzz, was found shot to death, and local talk named Sissy the number one suspect, even though her alibi was airtight. Then the chief gossip is found dead, with Sissy on the scene. Was she lured there? Or is she the killer? Includes strong language. 2012.
Lee McKinney Woodyard discovers a dusty trophy inside TenHuis Chocolade that belongs to her aunt Nettie and her old high…
school singing group, the Pier-O-Ettes. It's a trophy that brings back terrible memories of an unsolved murder years ago, but before Lee takes aim at the past, someone is murdered. Lee needs to keep her eyes on the prize, hoping the trophy is a clue to finding the killer - before she's a target herself. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. 2011.
Ever since ‘Young Blackbeard’ became a hit movie, everyone has caught pirate fever, including the residents of Warner Pier. When…
Lee McKinney Woodyard and her husband take their boat out on Lake Michigan, they're stunned when a mischievous band of pirates hops on board. Lee's is the first boat boarded that summer, and the town couldn't be more amused by the mysterious buccaneers, but when a body washes up on shore, the pirates' antics stop being so entertaining. Includes violence and strong language. 2011.
TenHuis Chocolade has chocolate hearts for Valentine's Day, but Lee is getting no love from Private Detective Derrick Valentine. He's…
looking for their employee - a woman Lee and her Aunt Nettie have been harbouring for an underground railroad-type organization that aids abused women – so they tell him nothing. Then Valentine meets his end, Aunt Nettie becomes a suspect, and Lee has to find a way to free Nettie of guilt without exposing the innocent - and find a killer. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2009.