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Red devil of the range
By Max Brand. 1934
Because he has to have the big-chested stallion at any cost, Ever Winton - the only man who can ride…
the wild mustang Red Pacer - makes a bargain with a notorious gunman. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 1934.Red dog, red dog
By Patrick Lane. 2008
B.C. Interior, 1950s. Elmer Stark is a violent man with a troubled past, and his wife Lillian, who married as…
a girl to escape life on the farm, now retreats into her own isolation. Older brother Eddy lives dangerously, fuelled by drugs and weapons, while his brother Tom attempts to conceal secrets and protect the family. Eventually, a horrific crime causes him to come face to face with a boyhood trauma. Descriptions of violence, explicit strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2009, c2008.Red doc>
By Anne Carson. 2013
In an original mix of poetry, drama, and narrative, Anne Carson brings the red-winged Geryon from “Autobiography of Red”, now…
called "G," into manhood, and through the complex labyrinths of the modern age. We join him as he travels with his friend and lover "Sad", and Ida, an artist, across a geography that ranges from plains of glacial ice to idyllic green pastures; from a psychiatric clinic to the somber house where G's mother must face her death. c2013.Red fairy book
By Andrew Lang. 1976
Red dog
By Louis De Bernières. 2001
Tales of a legendary mutt who became the beloved honorary 'mate' of labourers in the salt-and-iron works of northwestern coastal…
Australia. Red Dog was a 'red cloud kelpie, a fine old Australian breed of sheepdog' renowned for his restlessness, voracious appetite, libido, and remarkable flatulence, and memorialized with a bronze statue. 2001.Rebuilt: how becoming part computer made me more human
By Michael Chorost. 2005
Science writer recounts his decision to get a cochlear implant, or a computer surgically imbedded in the skull, to artificially…
restore hearing after he became totally deaf in 2001. Describes his physical and mental changes and reflects on the implications of technological advances on the deaf community and on humanity. 2005.Recipes from What's cooking with Ruth Fremes
By Ruth Fremes. 1982
Reclamation
By Sarah Zettel. 1996
Eric Born fled years ago from the Realm of the Nameless Powers and now works for the Vitae. When the…
Vitae kidnap Arla Stone from the Realm, Eric realizes they are planning to take over the planet. Eric knows he must rescue Arla so they can save their homeland. 1996.Red crystal
By Clare Francis. 1985
In a comfortable London suburb, the wife of the Commissioner of Police is blown to pieces when a parcel bomb…
intended for her husband explodes in her hands. The killing alerts Special Branch to the operations of a new and deadly cell of terrorists dedicated to the overthrow of order by the most violent and devious means - the Crystal Faction. 1985.Recalled by life: The Story Of My Recovery From Cancer
By Tom Monte, Anthony J Sattilaro. 1982
Red China today: The Other Side Of The River
By Edgar Snow. 1971
Red China blues: my long march from Mao to now
By Jan Wong. 1996
Born in Canada, Jan Wong began a rocky six-year romance with Maoism when she went to China in 1972. In…
this memoir, she describes leaving China as she became aware of the harsh realities of the communist system, and returning to China in the late 1980s as a reporter. She covered the crackdown in Tiananmen Square and the capitalist reforms of Deng Xiaoping. 1996.Red April: A Novel
By Edith Grossman, Santiago Roncagliolo. 2009
Peru, 2000. During this terrifying time of assassination, bribery, torture, and enforced disappearance, Felix Saldivar, a by-the-book and unambitious prosecutor,…
has been inexplicably put in charge of a horrible murder investigation. As it unfolds - full of paradoxes and surprises - Saldivar is compelled to confront what happens to a man and a society when death becomes the only certainty in life. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c2009. Uniform title: Abril rojo.Red cloud at dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly
By Michael D Gordin. 2009
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning", exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising…
international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the Soviet Union and the United States. Using newly opened archives, Gordin follows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race. 2009.Red dust road
By Jackie Kay. 2011
From the moment when, as a little girl, she realizes that her skin is a different colour from that of…
her beloved mum and dad, to the tracing and finding of her birth parents, her Highland mother and Nigerian father, Jackie Kay's journey in Red Dust Road is one of unexpected twists, turns and deep emotions. 2011.Red Dwarf: infinity welcomes careful drivers
By Grant Naylor. 1989
When Lister got drunk, he really got drunk. After celebrating his birthday with a Monopoly-board pub crawl around London, he…
came to in a burger bar on one of Saturn's moons, wearing a lady's pink hat and a pair of yellow fishing waders, with no money and a passport in the name of Emily Berkenstein. Joining the Space Corps seemed a good idea. Red Dwarf was bound for earth, but it never made it, leaving Lister as the last remaining member of the human race with only a dead man, a senile computer and a highly evolved cat for company. 1989.Red and me: my coach, my lifelong friend
By Alan Steinberg, Bill Russell. 2009
Former Boston Celtics basketball player Bill Russell, an African American, ruminates about his five-decade-long friendship with his coach, the late…
Red Auerbach, a Brooklyn Jew. Recounts the nine championships he and Auerbach won during the 1950s and 1960s, and discusses their shared values and mutual respect. Some strong language. 2009.Rebound rules: the art of success 2.0
By Rick Pitino, Pat Forde. 2008
Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino tells a personal story, describing how he rebounded from several major life crises, including the…
September 11th death of his best friend and brother-in-law and the loss of his toddler son Daniel. Recouping after such tragedies has been far more daunting than any coaching disappointments, although those too are discussed in this book. 2008.Ranger inspire la joie: la méthode KonMari pas à pas
By Marie Kondō. 2017
Trier, simplifier et embellir son intérieur a le pouvoir de rendre heureux. Marie Kondo expose la méthode qui l'a rendue…
célèbre. En plaçant la joie au coeur du rangement, elle nous fait redécouvrir le plaisir que nous procurent certains objets et écarter systématiquement tout ce qui nous encombre. Après les vêtements et les techniques de pliage, la consultante japonaise détaille chaque catégorie de biens qu'il faudra ranger pour que toute la maison soit en ordre : du bureau à la cuisine en passant par la salle de bains. Son livre est une source de motivation et un compagnon essentiel pour nous lancer dans cette grande révolution qui peut changer notre vie et nous permettre de ne plus jamais succomber au désordre ! 2017.Raymond Gravel: entre le doute et l'espoir
By Claude Gravel. 2015
Pour beaucoup, l'abbé controversé Raymond Gravel demeure un mystère, « la confluence d'ambiguïtés énormes », dira un de ses grands…
amis. Avec cette biographie, on en apprend davantage sur l'homme, sur le prêtre, un prêtre différent des autres. 2015.