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Prized possessions
By Jessica Stirling, St. Martin`s Press. 2001
Widow Lizzie Conway strives to get her girls--Polly, Babs, and Rosie--out of the Glasgow slums and begins a flirtation with…
rent collector Bernard Peabody. However, the girls fall in love with wayward men. Polly's romance with Dominic Manone leads to questionable choices. Some violence and some strong language. 1998The cook, the crook, and the real estate tycoon: a novel of contemporary China
By Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Liu Zhenyun. 2015
Liu Yuejin, a worksite cook and a thief, has his pack with money stolen. While searching for it, he discovers…
another bag which contains a USB card detailing corruption of high officials and putting him in danger. Translated from the original 2007 Chinese edition. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015Safe from the sea
By Peter Geye. 2010
Noah returns home to reconnect with his dying father, thirty-five years after the wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat…
that his father only partially survived. When his father finally tells the story of the disaster, the two men reconsider each other. UnratedHousekeeping: A Novel
By Marilynne Robinson, Picador. 1980
Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, are haphazardly raised by their extended family in the small, lakeside town of Fingerbone.…
Their grandmother cares for them until her death, then two bumbling great aunts take over, and finally eccentric aunt Sylvie looks after them. 1980Bitter sweets
By Roopa Farooki, St. Martin`s Press. 2007
Bengali shopkeeper Nadim Rub dupes Ricky-Rashid Karim into marrying his lazy, illiterate thirteen-year-old daughter, Henna, beginning a series of deceptions…
that plague succeeding generations. Ricky and Henna's daughter Shona eventually confronts her own lies to save her sons. Some descriptions of sex. Orange Award nominee. 2007Fruit of the lemon: A Novel
By Andrea Levy, Picador. 2007
Faith, whose black Jamaican parents emigrated to England before she was born, recoils from the racism she encounters in her…
first job after college. She begins a journey of self-discovery after her parents send her to the islands to learn of her heritage. Some strong language. 1999The abstinence teacher
By Tom Perrotta, St. Martin`s Press. 2007
An evangelical church's complaint forces high school sex-education teacher Ruth Ramsey to adopt an abstinence curriculum. Meanwhile, soccer coach and…
born-again Christian Tim Mason angers Ruth by leading her daughter's team in an impromptu prayer. Their differences create an uneasy acquaintanceship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2007The naked savages
By Fred Mustard Stewart, Tom Doherty Associates, Fred M. Stewart. 1999
New York businessman Johnny Savage follows his friend Teddy Roosevelt into battle in Cuba, where he loses a leg. Returning…
home, Johnny takes a mistress and struggles to control his extended family's excesses. Sequel to The Young Savages (DB 46483). Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1999Xochitl and the flowers: Xochitl La Nita De Las Flores
By Jorge Argueta, Carl Angel. 2003
After moving to San Francisco from El Salvador, Xochitl and her mother sell flowers around the neighborhood. When her father…
rents an apartment with a big junk-filled yard, their new friends help the family create the garden of their dreams. English and Spanish language. For grades K-3. 2003The blue horizon (Courtney Family Adventures Ser.)
By Wilbur Smith, Wilbur A Smith, St. Martin`s Press. 2003
Southern Africa, eighteenth century. In this sequel to Monsoon (DB 49786), cousins Jim and Mansur Courtney continue trading throughout the…
continent in their father's footsteps. When Jim spies Louisa Leuven, a beautiful Dutch convict aboard a slave ship, he sets out to rescue her. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2003An American summer: a novel
By Frank Deford, Sourcebooks. 2002
Summer, 1954; Baltimore. Fourteen-year-old Christy meets a wealthy and beautiful twenty-three-year-old neighbor named Kathryn. She has been paralyzed and confined…
to an iron lung due to polio, yet helps Christy master his swimming technique and cope with growing up. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002Mrs. Fytton's country life
By Mavis Cheek, St. Martin`s Press. 2001
Angela Fytton, superwife, mother, and businesswoman, moves to the country after her husband, Ian, dumps her for a younger woman.…
Hoping to break up Ian's new marriage and win him back, Angela also leaves their two unruly teenagers with the newlyweds. Some strong language. 2000Les histoires pr©♭f©♭r©♭es de thomas (Thomas and Friends)
By Mattel. 2022
Découvrez six histoires palpitantes de Thomas le petit train bleu.Dans ce recueil, retrouvez six aventures de Thomas et ses amis…
sur l'île de Chicalor. Découvrez l'opération de sauvetage de Percy sous le déluge, les soucis de James avec ses wagons, les espiègleries de Thomas et bien d'autres histoires !Embarquez pour des aventures passionnantes aux côtés de Thomas, le petit train bleu, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry et toutes les autres locomotives de l'île de Chicalor ! Rejoignez-les dans d'incroyables chasses au trésor, pour effectuer de dangereuses missions de sauvetage, résoudre d'inquiétantes histoires de fantôme ou encore assister au couronnement du roi de Chicalor. Tchou, Tchou ! Tous à bord !Thomas et ses amis l'heure des contes (Thomas and Friends)
By Mattel. 2022
Retrouvez Thomas la petite locomotive bleue et tous ses amis dans leurs nombreuses aventures ! Entre les courses de vitesse,…
les missions spéciales, les monstres effrayants et les tempêtes de neige, impossible de s'ennuyer sur l'île de Chicalor.Treize petites histoires à lire ou à raconter, pour le plus grand plaisir des enfants... et de leurs parents !Embarquez pour des aventures passionnantes aux côtés de Thomas, le petit train bleu, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry et toutes les autres locomotives de l'île de Chicalor ! Rejoignez-les dans d'incroyables chasses au trésor, pour effectuer de dangereuses missions de sauvetage, résoudre d'inquiétantes histoires de fantôme ou encore assister au couronnement du roi de Chicalor. Tchou, Tchou ! Tous à bord !Découvrez les aventures de Thomas la petite locomotive bleue et de ses nombreux amis. Entre les missions spéciales confiées par…
monsieur Hatt, les pannes sèches, les grues grincheuses ou les nouveaux arrivants, on n'a jamais le temps de s'ennuyer sur l'île de Chicalor !Embarquez pour des aventures passionnantes aux côtés de Thomas, le petit train bleu, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry et toutes les autres locomotives de l'île de Chicalor ! Rejoignez-les dans d'incroyables chasses au trésor, pour effectuer de dangereuses missions de sauvetage, résoudre d'inquiétantes histoires de fantôme ou encore assister au couronnement du roi de Chicalor. Tchou, Tchou ! Tous à bord !Monsoon (Courtney Family Adventures Ser.)
By Wilbur A Smith, St. Martin`s Press, Wilbur Smith. 1999
In this sequel to Birds of Prey (DB 48319) Hal Courtney takes three of his four sons on a voyage…
to deter a pirate from looting ships off the coast of Africa. The Courtneys meet disaster when the youngest is kidnapped by Arabs. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1999Trece sentidos: una memoria
By Victor Villaseñor, Victor Villasenor. 2001
Abriendo con las bodas de oro de Lupe y Salvador, la familia Villaseñor vive con la pobreza, volencia y perjuicios…
de la gran Depresión en el sur de California. La familia se sostiene con amor, humor y alegría de vivir. Sigue a Lluvia de Oro (RC 50714). Contiene descripciones de índole sexual, de violencia y lenguaje injuriosoIn these hills
By Ralph Beer. 2000
After a lifetime spent writing and working on his family's cattle ranch outside of Helena, Montana, Ralph Beer has gathered…
his best magazine essays into one collection called "In These Hills". In thirty-three essays he provides a moving and elegiac tribute to lives now passed, an often humorous homage to the provincial, and an attempt "to fathom the place where we live... to decipher who we are."The story of a goat
By N. Kalyan Raman, Perumāḷmurukan̲. 2019
One evening, a giant gives an old man a runt of a goat kid to raise. The goat is soon…
named Poonachi. She observes the world around her, finds joys, even as she is wary of dangers. Translated from the original 2016 Tamil edition. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2018Sleeping arrangements
By Madeleine Wickham, St. Martin`s Press. 2008
British Chloe looks forward to staying at a friend's villa in Spain with her longtime partner Philip and their two…
sons. Meanwhile Hugh, who dumped Chloe years earlier, has unknowingly booked the same villa for his family. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2001