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The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
By Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales from Gold Mountain: stories of the Chinese in the New World
By Paul Yee. 1989
Girls to the rescue [book #1]: tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world
By Bruce Lansky. 1995
Ten stories where the clever, brave heroes of fairy tales are girls. In a typical fairy tale, a helpless girl…
waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the heroines in these stories are much too busy saving the day to wait around for Prince Charming. Grades 3-6. 1995.Fairy tale
By Alice Thomas Ellis. 1996
Eloise declares herself determined to have a baby. Simon doesn't want one, and Eloise's mother Clare sends her best friend…
to deal with the emergency. Clare turns up to join them just as Eloise returns from her wanderings with a newborn baby. Did she steal the baby? Or was she pregnant all along? The baby has startling green eyes, the cat won't stay in the same room with it, and Eloise behaves more and more oddly. 1996.Earth Elder stories: the Pinayzitt path
By Alexander Wolfe. 1988
Can you guess my name?: traditional tales around the world
By Judy Sierra. 2002
By order of the President (A presidential Agent Novel Ser. #1)
By W. E. B. Griffin. 2004
Seeking answers after an airplane hijacking in Angola, the U.S. president sends to Africa special forces major Charley Castillo, currently…
executive assistant to the secretary of homeland security. Castillo makes allies and enemies while uncovering the attackers' diabolical intentions. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2004.Agent of influence: a true story
By Ian Adams. 1999
A fictionalized account of the interrogation of John Watkins, a former Canadian ambassador to Moscow, in 1964. As a result…
of the cold war he was taken to a hotel room in Montreal to be debriefed by the RCMP upon his return to Canada. Three days later he was dead. Now Adams presents a fictionalized account of the last days of his life, and of the possible cause of his death. c1999.Absolute friends
By John Le Carré. 2003
Unassuming Bavarian tour guide Ted Mundy is actually a retired British double agent. After September 11, 2001, old friend and…
former colleague Sasha contacts him with a new mission: to stop an impending war in Iraq and become very rich in the process. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 2003.Incy-wincy moo-cow: a book of weird and wacky nursery rhymes (M. Y. Bees Ser.)
By John Cunliffe. 1999
Incy Wincy Moo-Cow? The Grand Old Duke of Pisa? Sing a song of half a shilling? Hickory Dickory - what?…
Traditional nursery rhymes will never seem the same again after reading this collection of alternative poetry. Original rhymes are also included so that readers can compare the two styles.The real deal
By Fern Michaels. 2004
Self-sufficient FBI agent Quinn Star left the bureau after a thwarted affair with her boss. When the same man asks…
her to return and guard the first lady, Quinn uncovers a plot to undermine the president. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004.The alchemist
By Paulo Coelho. 1999
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, longs to see the world and dreams about a treasure hidden in the Egyptian pyramids.…
He sells his flock and leaves his home in Spain, sails first to Tangiers, crosses the desert, and eventually reaches Egypt. Along the way, he is led by a series of spiritual guides, perhaps the most important of whom is the alchemist who advises him to follow his heart. 1999. Uniform title: Alquimista.Honour among thieves (Charnwood Large Print Ser.)
By Jeffrey Archer. 1993
Scott Bradley is sent by the CIA to discover why a beautiful young Mossad agent has been dropped into the…
Jordanian Embassy in Paris. Unexpectedly, Bradley begins to unravel an extraordinary plot by Saddam Hussein: with the connivance of one of the American President's Special Assistants, Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that the United States will have to retaliate. 1993.The key to Rebecca
By Ken Follett. 1980
German spy Alex Wolff steals the British army's secret plans and sends them to Rommel. British major William Vandam picks…
up Wolff's elusive trail and seeks to destroy him. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1980.The untouchable
By John Banville. 1997
Victor Maskell almost got away with it. Intelligent, respected, even knighted, Maskell must re-examine his values when his lifetime of…
treachery as a double agent becomes public knowledge. Through writing his memoirs, Maskell sorts through all the lies he has created, and lived, to find out who he really is and if his life has been worth living. 1997.The tiger claw: a novel
By Shauna Singh Baldwin. 2004
A story of love and espionage, cultural tension and displacement, inspired by the life of Noor Inayat Khan - code…
name "Madeleine" - who worked against the Occupation after the Nazi invasion of France. The novel opens in 1943; Noor traces the events that led to her capture, and exploring the consequences of her love for a Jewish man. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. 2004.Firewall
By Andrew McNab. 2000
An ex-SAS officer now working for British Intelligence finds himself to be a disposable pawn in a deadly game of…
cat-and-mouse between the superpowers. Being a deniable operative, he is in deadly danger, but he needs the money.The legacy
By Evelyn Anthony. 1997
After the suicide of his drug-addicted wife, Richard Farrington leaves his sons and goes on a cruise around Scandinavia. There…
he meets and marries Christina Nordohl and they return to England. Twelve years later Richard dies, leaving everything to Christina and her daughter, including a priceless Hebrew manuscript. Lawyer Rolf Wallberg is engaged to defend Christina against her stepson's battle to contest the will.The apocalypse watch
By Robert Ludlum. 1995
Harry Latham, aka Alexander Lassiter, has infiltrated the headquarters of the neo-Nazi organization Brotherhood of the Watch. They know he…
is an imposter, though, so his list of Nazi supporters in the United States and allied countries may be false. His brother Drew suspects the list is fake, and when Harry is killed, Drew assumes his identity in hopes of learning the truth. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 1995.The book of Daniel: a novel
By E. L Doctorow. 1996
Paralleling the real-life story of the Rosenberg espionage case, this novel tells of a young man whose parents are executed…
during the cold war for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. It portrays the Isaacson family before, during, and after the parents' arrest, trial, and execution. Some strong language. 1996.