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The butterfly ward
By Margaret Gibson. 1976
Collection of compassionate short stories by an award-winning Canadian writer. Delves into the personalities of those who are considered "insane"…
by those of us who consider ourselves "normal." Gibson attempts to show that one person's so-called madness us another person's reality. Some strong language. 1976.The Bourne ultimatum (Bourne Ser. #Bk. 3)
By Robert Ludlum. 1994
Jason Bourne is forced from retirement by a series of terrifying events, starting with a cat-and-mouse chase to the death.…
The Jackal, Bourne's supreme enemy, has returned. And so Medusa - the dreaded secret society, seeking clandestine power, is once more flexing its vicious tentacles. The scene is set for carnage galore. Some descriptions of violence. 1994.The book thief
By Markus Zusak. 2007
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to…
a concentration camp. She befriends blond-haired Rudy Steiner, her neighbour obsessed with Jesse Owens. Together Liesel and Rudy steal books - from Nazi book burning piles, from the mayor's library, from the richer people of Molching. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. For Junior and Senior High readers. Some strong language. 2007.The bone collector (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #1)
By Jeffery Deaver. 1997
Lincoln Rhyme is one of the world's foremost forensic criminologists. He is also a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down.…
The cop who could once look at a crime scene and find the clues about a killer that no one else could see is now strapped in his bed and actually planning suicide, when he gets a call he can't ignore from his old partner on the force. Some descriptions of sex, strong language, and explicit descriptions of violence. Followed by “The coffin dancer”. 1998, c1997.The bookshop: A Novel
By Penelope Fitzgerald. 1978
A middle-aged widow, Florence Green, decides to open a bookstore in a five-hundred-year-old house in her small English town. She…
makes a noble start but is thwarted by Violet Gamart, who wants to convert "Old House" into an arts centre. 1997, c1978.The boy in the striped pyjamas
By John Boyne. 2006
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted…
by his people. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2006.The Bourne supremacy (Bourne ; #2)
By Robert Ludlum. 1986
Jason Bourne has announced his return. But who, now, is Bourne? Is he the quiet professor and loving husband, or…
is he the most deadly master of the killing arts the world has ever known? In a smoky disreputable cabaret in Kowloon, murder is swiftly and violently perpetrated and eleven letters are written in the dead man's blood. Sequel to "Bourn identity" (DC05315). 1986. (Bourne ; 2)The book of negroes
By Lawrence Hill. 2007
Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa, Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave…
in South Carolina. Years later, she forges her way to freedom, serving the British in the Revolutionary War and registering her name in the historic "Book of Negroes", a record of freed Loyalist slaves who resettled in Nova Scotia, only to find that the haven they sought was steeped in an oppression all its own. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2008 OLA Evergreen Award. Winner of Canada Reads 2009. Also known as "Someone knows my name". Bestseller. 2007.The boat (Sven Hassel War Classics)
By Lothar Günther Buchheim. 1999
This is the story of a German U-boat, her commander and crew, as they embark upon yet another hazardous patrol…
in the Battle of the Atlantic. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. 1999. Uniform title: Das Boot.The bonfire of the vanities
By Tom Wolfe. 1988
The millionaire hero, Sherman McCoy, is ripe for humiliation and finds it in plenty at the police Central Booking Bureau…
in the Bronx. There, after a freak accident involving muggers, his Mercedes and his mistress, McCoy learns that prosecutors, politicians and press are lining up to devour him with shameless relish. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1988.The body in the library (Jane Marple murder mysteries ; #4)
By Agatha Christie. 1942
The Colonel and Mrs Bantry had always believed that finding "a body in the library" only happened in books, until…
it happened to them. Whose body was it? And why should it be found in the library of Gossington Hall? Miss Marple investigates. Sequel to "The regatta mystery, and other stories". Followed by "The moving finger" (DC32950). 1942. (Jane Marple murder mysteries ; 4)The black room (The lost trilogy ; #2)
By Gillian Cross. 2005
What has happened to Robert? He's told his friend Tom a wild story of surviving danger and death in an…
underground cavern. Tom doesn't believe it - but he still gets caught up in Robert's desperate search for a girl called Lorn. Robert says that she saved his life - and if they don't find her before winter, she will die. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "The dark ground" (DC33236). Followed by "The nightmare game". 2005. (The lost trilogy ; 2)The black moon: a novel of Cornwall, 1794-5 (Poldark series. #5.)
By Winston Graham. 1973
Continues the saga of Ross and Demelza Poldark, George and Elizabeth Warleggan, and the enmity between the two households. Sequel…
to "Warleggan" (DC05367). Followed by "Four swans". 1973. (The Poldark series ; 5)Slash
By François X Côté. 2006
Le narrateur, qui est devenu homme tronc à cinq ans, suite à une rencontre malencontreuse avec une souffleuse, tente de…
trouver à travers l'écriture un exutoire à ses rêves. Prix Robert-Cliche 2006.The big idea: how to make your entrepreneurial dreams come true, from the a-ha moment to your first million
By Catherine Whitney, Donny Deutsch. 2008
In this companion to his nightly CNBC television series, The Big Idea, former ad man Deutsch profiles entrepreneurs who have…
visited his show and the lessons he's learned from them. The author relishes stories of little people, mothers, students, retirees and former screw ups, who had only a good idea and built multimillion-dollar businesses without MBAs. Entrepreneurial success stories are complemented by practical advice and resources for building a business. c2008. Uniform title: Big idea with Donny Deutsch (Television program)The BFG
By Roald Dahl. 2006
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie…
concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants. Grades 3-6. 2006.The birds on the trees
By Nina Bawden. 1971
Tempête de feu (Une aventure de Derrick Storm)
By Richard Castle, Françoise Fauchet. 2014
Derrick Storm rentre de vacances quand soudain, à plus de 6 000 mètres d'altitude, son avion part en vrille. Heureusement,…
Storm est là pour sauver la situation et, in extremis, éviter le crash. Dans le même temps, sept autres avions subissent le même sort et s'écrasent, faisant des centaines de victimes. A chaque fois, les passagers sont des personnalités riches et puissantes. La CIA fait appel à Storm pour enquêter sur cette affaire qui devient encore plus terrifiante quand de nouveaux avions s'écrasent. Un terroriste aurait-il réussi à fabriquer une nouvelle arme ? De Monaco à l'Egypte et au Panama, Storm va avoir fort à faire pour sauver le monde. Encore une fois ! 2014. Titre uniforme: Wild storm.The best of enemies: race and redemption in the new South
By Osha Davidson. 2017
C. P. Ellis joined the KKK as a youth. Ann Atwater quit her job as a maid to fight for…
civil rights. They met on opposite sides of the school segregation issue, yet forged a friendship. 2017.The best man to die (Inspector Wexford mystery. #4.)
By Ruth Rendell. 1981
Jack Pertwee was getting married in the morning and the darts club gathered in the pub to give him a…
send off. Charlie Hatton drove his lorry eleven hours down from Leeds just to be there. Charlie was Jack's best friend and he would be his best man. When the two finally parted at the Kingston Bridge, Jack felt as though his life was just beginning. But for Charlie Hatton life was just about to end. Sequel to "Wolf to the slaughter", followed by "A guilty thing surprised". 1981, c1969. (Inspector Wexford mystery)