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Confessions of A Guide Dog: The Blonde Leading the Blind
By Mark Carlson. 2011
Have you ever wondered what a guide dog does? How do they know to lead a blind owner? Can they…
understand traffic lights? Most importantly, how does the owner know where to pick up the poop? This memoir answers these questions and more. It tells what guide dogs are supposed to do. They're smart, loyal and well-trained but not all dogs are created alike. Musket is proof of that. He's definitely got a thing for treats and belly rubs. For the first time, the dog has his say. (Of course he needed a little help with the typing, since he doesn't have opposable thumbs. That's where author Mark Carlson came in. Still, Musket is the brains of the outfit.) Mark and Musket tell their story with humor, emotion, and Musket's occasional contradictions. And at the end of the day, Musket somehow manages to be a great guide dog too. Confessions of a Guide Dog was written so a wonderful, devoted dog could reach out to those who haven't been lucky enough to meet him. He'll make you smile, laugh, cry, and want to give him treats. This is their story. (And they're sticking to it.)Robert (Romans Casterman #33. Comme la vie)
By Niklas Rådström. 1996
The case-book of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford Sherlock Holmes)
By Arthur Conan Doyle. 1928
These are the last 12 stories Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the…
1920's in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in fiction. 1928.The return of Sherlock Holmes (The Oxford Sherlock Holmes)
By Arthur Conan Doyle. 1917
Assumed dead after his terrible encounter with Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes returns to astonish the world by telling the miraculous…
story of his escape and the succeeding years of deception. Together again, Holmes and Watson embark on thirteen further intriguing and dangerous adventures. 1917.Half the battle
By Lynn Hall. 1983
Two brothers enter a dangerous hundred-mile horseback race that has been widely publicized throughout New Mexico. For Blair, blind since…
birth, the race is his chance to prove to himself and everybody else that he has guts. But his brother Loren, tired of Blair getting attention simply by being blind, has a different kind of race in mind. Junior and senior high readersLight a single candle
By Beverly Butler. 1970
Cathy's life changes drastically when she loses her sight at fourteen. It takes courage and alertness to explore an uncharted…
world. But adjusting to blindness is often easier for Cathy than handling the reactions of the people around her. For junior and senior high readersJourney of the Spirit Man: a novel (Journey of the Spirit Man #01)
By George Mendoza. 2021
After losing a race that he believed would lead him to great things, Michael runs from his fears, and unexpectedly…
passes through a magical gate into a bizarre world. As Michael passes through one inconceivable test after another, his self-delusion collides with hard truths. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2020Belonging: a novel
By Deborah Kent. 1978
Fifteen-year-old Meg, who longs to be like everyone else, insists on enrolling in Ridge View High School instead of continuing…
at the special institute for blind students. During a very difficult year she learns that being like everyone else isn't as easy or as satisfying as she had imagined. A largely autobiographical first novel by a young blind author. For junior and senior high readersThe return of the king: being the third part of The lord of the rings (Lord of the rings. #3.)
By J. R. R Tolkien. 1965
Frodo and Sam go to Mount Doom with the intention of destroying the ring in order to overthrow the Dark…
Lord of evil. Sequel to "The two towers" (DC1058). Grades 4-7. 1965. (The lord of the rings ; 3) Uniform title: Lord of the rings (1986)Frodo inherits his uncle Bilbo's ring. To protect it from the powers of darkness, he must make a long dangerous…
journey. Sequel to "The hobbit" (DC2344). Followed by "The two towers" (DC1058). Grades 4-7. 1965. (Lord of the rings ; 1) Uniform title: The lord of the ringsCannery row
By John Steinbeck. 1945
Cannery Row contains the quaintest crowd of flotsam and jetsam in Monterey Bay, California. Lee Chong, grocer creditor; Dora Flood…
and her girls at the Bear Flag Restaurant; casual labourers with reputations to keep; and Doc, loner and fount of all wisdom, the man for whom everyone wants to do business and who usually ends up paying. Some strong language. Followed by "Sweet Thursday" (DC37147). 1945.This side of paradise
By F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1920
The author's first novel, which catapulted him to fame at the age of 23, relates the life and times of…
a young college man born healthy, wealthy, and extraordinarily good looking. 1920.For whom the bell tolls
By Ernest Hemingway. 1940
The thirty-nine steps (Longmans' structural readers, stage 4)
By John Buchan. 1947
A room with a view (The Abinger edition of E. M. Forster ; v. 3)
By Oliver Stallybrass, E. M Forster. 1908
The love of a young British woman named Lucy Honeychurch for a British expatriate living in Italy is condemned by…
her stuffy, middle-class guardians, who prefer an eligible man of their own choosing. 1908.Little house in the big woods (Little house books ; #1)
By Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1956
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother…
with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbours. Followed by "Little house on the prairie" (DC00304). Grades 3-6. 1956. (Little house books ; 1)The thin man
By Dashiell Hammett. 1934
This classic detective story introduces the famous sleuth Nick Charles and his wife Nora. Nick's former client, the rail-thin inventor…
Clyde Miller Wynant, disappears and his secretary is found shot dead in her home. Everyone from Clyde's ex-wife Mimi (now married to Christian Jorgensen, who may or may not be crooked) to a visibly upset armed intruder to, via his lawyer, Clyde himself expects that Nick will take on the case. His denials being of no avail, he gives in to the inevitable and begins investigating. 1972, c1934.A patch of blue
By Elizabeth Kata. 1961
A blind girl who knows only darkness and loneliness falls in love with a young man she meets in the…
park. No stranger to anguish himself, he introduces the sensitive girl to a new world of freedom and hope. 1961.The power and the glory
By Graham Greene. 1940
During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the "whisky priest" is on the run. With…
the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny. For senior high or older readers. 1940.Whiteoak heritage (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #5)
By Mazo De la Roche. 1940
Renny returns from the First World War as the new master of Jalna. During his absence both his father and…
stepmother have died and he finds he has a baby stepbrother he has never seen before. He is soon to realise that both the estate and the family are badly in need of being taken in hand: the baby is a spoiled brat and Piers and Eden have made the most of their freedom. Sequel to "Young Renny" (DC31476). Followed by "The Whiteoak brothers" (DC04043). 1940. (Whiteoaks of Jalna ; 5)