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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
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 readersA 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.Godplayer
By Robin Cook. 1983
At Boston Memorial Hospital, resident Robert Seibert finds a pattern of unexplained deaths following cardiac surgery. Most of the deceased…
patients were homosexual, mentally defective or terminally ill. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1983.Apt. 3
By Ezra Jack Keats. 1971
Alnilam
By James Dickey. 1987
Frank Cahill, diabetic and recently blind, searches for the truth about his son Joel's death in an Air Force training…
accident. Through his experiences at the base, Frank comes to perceive a profound relationship between the experience of blindness and the experience of flight. Some strong language. 1987.The stars grow pale
By Karl Bjarnhof. 1958
Vital signs
By Robin Cook. 1991
Pediatrician Marissa Blementhal has a thriving medical practice and a fairy-tale marriage, but she cannot get pregnant. When she discovers…
several other women at the Women's Clinic have the same problem, she and another doctor become suspicious. Some strong language. Bestseller 1991.All that remains: a novel (Kay Scarpetta Ser. #No. 3)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1992
Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta and homicide detective Pete Marino investigate the grim murders of four teenage couples. Some violence and…
some strong language. 1992. Winner of the 1995 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award.Cruel & unusual: a novel
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1993
All of the current cases before Virginia's chief medical examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, seem to be linked to a recently…
executed prisoner. A young boy's corpse is mutilated in the same manner as the prisoner's victim and then the prisoner's fingerprint appears at the scene of a supposed suicide. But when Scarpetta's assistant's murder also appears related, Scarpetta is shocked to learn that she is the prime suspect. 1993.Blind justice (A sir John Fielding Mystery Ser.)
By Bruce Alexander. 1994
Based on the life of the blind eighteenth-century justice Sir John Fielding, who, with novelist Henry Fielding, founded the Bow…
Street Runners. Known for his fairness, Sir John enlists the aid of Jeremy Proctor, a young boy unjustly accused whom Sir John has taken into his home. The case involves the double murder (by poison and gunshot) of Lord Goodhope. Followed by "Murder in Grub Street" (DC18288) 1994.Harvest
By Tess Gerritsen. 1996
Surgical resident Abby DiMatteo is excited to be considered for the prestigious cardiac transplant team. But when she must oppose…
her colleagues' plan to divert a transplant from a dying seventeen-year-old to a billionaire's wife, she is discredited. As she fights to clear her name, she is shocked at what she learns. 1996.Déjà dead: A Novel (A temperance Brennan Novel Ser. #1)
By Kathy Reichs. 1997
Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist in Montreal, is used to visiting recently discovered burial sites. But her newest case is…
different. The dismembered body and its decapitated head remind her of another case, and she is soon plunged into a frantic investigation to find a serial killer who is about to strike again. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and graphic descriptions of violence. 1997.Life support
By Tess Gerritsen. 1997
As emergency-room doctor Toby Harper investigates the disappearance of a patient and some unusual deaths, she finds problems at a…
wealthy retirement home. Toby's suspicions lead her to a handsome medical examiner whose findings heighten the mystery. Meanwhile Toby has ongoing difficulties with her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease. Some strong language and some violence. 1997.Ruth, a portrait: the story of Ruth Bell Graham
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1997
Written by a popular crime novelist -- a family friend -- this account of the wife of evangelist Billy Graham…
begins with Ruth Bell's early life in China as a child of missionaries. Because she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps, it took persuasion on Graham's part to convince her to marry him and become his helpmate. 1997.Murder in Grub Street (A sir John Fielding Mystery Ser.)
By Bruce Alexander. 1995
Blind magistrate Sir John Fielding investigates the murders of a publisher and his family. Although a visiting poet was found…
bloodied at the scene, Fielding enlists the help of his ward, Jeremy Proctor, to search for the truth. A shady Christian organization from America becomes suspect after a synagogue is burned. Sequel to "Blind justice". 1995.