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My wicked earl
By Linda Needham. 2002
As wealthy Lord Everingham conducts an official investigation of a bloody political confrontation, his work is criticized in scathing publications…
written by a rogue calling himself Captain Spindleshanks. Furious, Everingham orders the Captain to be taken prisoner. 2002.My journey
By Olivia Chow. 2014
My sister lives on the mantelpiece
By Annabel Pitcher. 2011
Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his teenage sister, Jasmine for a…
'Fresh New Start'. Five years ago his sister's twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents are wrecked by their grief, Jasmine turns to piercing, pink hair and stops eating. The family falls apart. But Jamie hasn't cried in all that time. To him Rose is just a distant memory. For junior and senior high readers. 2011.My life as a spy: A Wry And Poignant Memoir Of Coming Of Age In The Cold War
By Leslie Woodhead. 2005
In 1956, Woodhead received a summons to National Service; it was the beginning of his "life as a spy". This…
is a funny, sad and highly atmospheric memoir of what it was like to be hurled into maturity in the 50s, amidst the peculiar circumstances of the Cold War, and how our lives can be formed by events and experiences we barely comprehend. 2005.My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
By Chelsea Handler. 2008
Chelsea Handler loves men and lots of them. She chronicles her romp through the different bedrooms of a variety of…
suitors, a no-holds-barred account of what can happen between a man and a sometimes very intoxicated, outgoing woman during one night of passion. From her short fling with a Vegas stripper to her even shorter dalliance with a well-endowed little person, from her uncomfortable tryst with a cruise ship performer to her misguided rebound with a man who likes to play leather dress-up, Chelsea recalls the highs and lows of her one-night stands with hilarious honesty. 2008.Mystery Writers of America presents The blue religion: new stories about cops, criminals, and the chase
By Michael Connelly. 2008
From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the…
woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves. In T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central", an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for their retirement. In Alafair Burke's "Winning", a female officer who is attacked in the line of duty must protect her own husband from his worst impulses. In Edward D. Hoch's "Friday Night Luck", a wanna-be cop blows his chance at a spot on the force--and breaks his case. 2008.My life in France
By Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme. 2006
The chef who changed America's culinary habits writes about the years after World War II that she spent in France.…
Julia Child recalls the difficulty of being an American in a French cooking school and the hard-won publication of her book on French cooking for Americans. Some strong language. 2006.My way: an autobiography
By David Dalton, Paul Anka. 2013
Autobiography of Canadian singer-songwriter whose lengthy career began as a teen idol in the late 1950s. Describes singing through the…
decades to a changing audience and hanging out with and writing hits for other singers, including Frank Sinatra and Buddy Holly. Some strong language. 2013.My life at Grey Gardens, 13 months and beyond: a true and factual book
By Lois Wright. 1978
Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie led an unconventional existence in Grey Gardens, a mansion in East Hampton surrounded…
by overgrown gardens and filled with fleas, cats, raccoons, and old rubbish. In 1975, they invited family friend Lois Wright to live with them. Lois' journal offers an intimate look at the daily lives of the Beales, and chronicles the events from Lois's arrival at the house through Edith's death in 1977. 2007, c1978.My memories of Jim Reeves: and other celebrities
By Joyce Gray Jackson. 2009
The story of star-struck Kentucky girl Joyce Gray, who grew up, moved to Nashville where she worked behind-the-scenes on behalf…
of such Music City legends as singer Jim Reeves. This book documents her professional and private lives. 2009.My life with Bing
By Kathryn Crosby. 1983
Kathryn Crosby discusses her first 12 years with her singer-actor husband, Bing, and their children. She describes the joys and…
difficulties of raising a family with the famous star, while she maintained her own acting career. 1983.Muslim child: a collection of short stories and poems
By Rukhsana Khan, Patty Gallinger. 1999
What is the true nature of Islam? What is its place within North American society? This collection of stories and…
poems for children will help foster understanding and tolerance. Grades 4-7. 1999.Mystery Ink: an anthology of mystery stories by Ontario writers
By Jake Doherty. 2007
A collection of 18 mystery stories, all of which capture both something criminal and various parts of Ontario, from Timmins…
to Port Hope to Gananoque. Authors include Eric Wright, Mary Jane Maffini, and Rick Mofina. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2007.My name is Louis
By Janet Craig James. 1988
A native Canadian from northern Ontario has the talent to draw and paint. When given the opportunity to move to…
Toronto to study and exhibit his work, he must choose between a career as an artist and the conventional life of his family. For junior and senior high readers.My people, myself
By Mary Lawrence. 1996
Born in 1950 on the Vernon, B.C. Indian reserve, Lawrence was placed in residential schools and then in a series…
of foster homes. Her dysfunctional upbringing led to substance abuse, which she was able to beat eventually. She recounts her dark years and subsequent recovery. 1996.My name is not Odessa Yarker
By Marian Engel. 1977
My life on earth & elsewhere
By R. Murray Schafer. 2012
A memoir by the internationally-acclaimed Canadian composer, music educator and writer R. Murray Schafer, traces the author's life and growth…
as an artist from his earliest memories to the present. Scenes from his youth as an aspiring painter, a music student at the University of Toronto and a sailor on a Great Lakes freighter give way to memories of his several years of work and wandering in Europe, where he gained a deeper understanding of his vocation, and found, especially in Greece, the inspiration for much of the astonishing music he would create after his return to Canada. 2012.My name is Paula Popowich! (Time Of Our Lives Ser.)
By Monica Hughes, Leoung O'Young. 1983
My heart is Africa: a flying adventure
By Scott Griffin. 2006
In 1996, Scott Griffin joined the Flying Doctors Service, which flies doctors to remote areas of Africa - by flying…
to Kenya himself. Griffin's two-year adventure included storms, equipment problems, and fuel shortages while flying to Africa, and upon arrival he circumnavigated the continent, flying over deserts, mountains and jungles both as a medical volunteer and tourist. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.Mysteries of the ancient world (National Geographic Special Publications)
By Donald J. Crump. 1979