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A breath of snow and ashes (Outlander. #6)
By Diana Gabaldon. 2005
Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling wife, Claire, are caught in the conflict between Great Britain and its American colonies. Jamie…
knows from Claire that Britain loses, but he tries to keep North Carolina loyal. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to “The fiery cross”, followed by “An echo in the bone”. 2005. (Outlander ; 6) If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.100 cigarettes and a bottle of vodka: a memoir
By Arthur Schaller. 1998
Arthur Schaller was eleven years old when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, a time when the reward for turning in…
a Jew was 100 cigarettes and a bottle of vodka. Separated from his family in the Warsaw Ghetto, Arthur managed to escape to the other side of the Ghetto wall, and posed until the end of the war as a Catholic orphan. Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1998.The private capital: ambition and love in the age of Macdonald and Laurier
By Sandra Gwyn. 1984
A compelling account of private life in the age of Macdonald and Laurier. The author has used personal letters, diaries,…
scrapbooks, memoirs and social columns. 1984 Governor General's Award winner. c1984.The temptations of Big Bear (New Canadian library)
By Rudy Henry Wiebe, Robert Kroetsch. 1973
In 1876, Big Bear, a Plains Cree, refused to let the government push his people off their land and onto…
a reserve. While courageous, his stand brought starvation to his followers and tore apart the Cree community and eventually his own family. A fictional account of Big Bear's struggle and the culture and history of the Cree Indians. Winner of the 1973 Governor General's Award.The time in between
By David Bergen. 2005
Ava Boatman and her brother, Jon, have come to Vietnam in search of their missing father, Charles. A Vietnam vet…
with a terrible secret that has turned him into an emotionally distant loner, Charles has made a pilgrimage to a small Vietnamese village. As Ada and Jon try to find Charles, they also deal with their own fears, in completely different ways. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Winner of the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize.Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be…
a princess, and the devious rat Roscuro, are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and ultimately, into each other's lives. Grades 4-7. 2004 Newbery Medal winner. 2003.The black echo (Harry Bosch. #1.)
By Michael Connelly. 1997
One Sunday Harry Bosch gets a call out on his pager. A body has been found in a drainage tunnel…
off Mulholland Drive, Hollywood. And Harry knows him. Billy Meadows was a fellow tunnel-rat out in Vietnam, running against the VC and against the fear that they called the Black Echo. At first Meadows looks like just another overdose victim but then comes news that he may have been involved in a huge bank heist eight months earlier, a case which the FBI are investigating. When Harry goes to the Feds to reveal what he has learned, they dismiss both him and his evidence out of hand. Followed by "The black ice". 1997.Concealed in death (Eve Dallas mysteries. #38.)
By J. D Robb. 2014
There is nothing unusual about billionaire Roarke supervising work on his new property - but when he takes a ceremonial…
swing at the first wall to be knocked down, he uncovers the body of a girl. In fact, 12 dead girls concealed behind a false wall. Luckily for Roarke, he is married to the best police lieutenant in town. Eve Dallas is determined to find the killer - especially when she discovers that the building used to be a sanctuary for delinquent teenagers and the parallel with her past as a young runaway hits hard. Winner of the 2015 RITA Award for Romantic Suspense. Sequel to "Thankless in death", followed by "Festive in death". 2014.The graveyard book
By Neil Gaiman. 2008
When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety…
and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. Winner of Hugo Award: Novel Category 2009, the John Newbery Medal 2009 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2009. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 2008.The blind assassin
By Margaret Atwood. 2000
Iris Chase is a lonely old woman who reflects on her life and on that of her long-deceased sister, Laura.…
Laura's novel, The Blind Assassin, won a cult following in the pre-war years with its sexual frankness, science fiction segments, and story-within-a-story technique. Spanning over decades, through war, turmoil and loss, the interconnected narratives spin a tale of devotion and deceit. Some strong language. 2000 Man Booker Prize. c2000.Anil's ghost
By Michael Ondaatje. 2000
Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, is a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human…
rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. Bodies are discovered. Skeletons. And particularly one, nicknamed 'Sailor.' What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past - all propelled by a rivetting mystery. Winner of the 2000 Giller Prize. Winner of the 2000 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 2000.The narrow road to the deep north
By Richard Flanagan. 2014
Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the…
rest of humanity, who were not. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014. Bestseller. 2014.The house of the scorpion (The House of the Scorpion)
By Nancy Farmer. 2002
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old…
leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. 2003 Newbery Honor book. 2002.King of the Wind: The Story Of The Godolphin Arabian
By Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis. 1976
Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred…
breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. Grades 4-7. 1976.Caddie Woodlawn
By Carol R Brink. 1990
At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy…
running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Grades 4-7. 1990, c1935.Snow falling on cedars: A Novel
By David Guterson. 1995
Set on an island in Puget Sound after World War II. Carl Heine has drowned, and fellow fisherman Kabuo Miyamoto…
is accused of murder. Covering the trial is a local reporter who was the defendant's wife's first love. As the trial begins, the entire once-peaceful community is tense with suspicion and prejudice. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. PEN/Faulkner Award. 1995.The god of small things
By Arundhati Roy. 1997
In Kerala, southern India, in 1969, the lives of Rahel and Esthappen change forever when their English cousin and her…
mother arrive on a Christmas visit. Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize.The museum of innocence
By Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely. 2009
Istanbul - 1975. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter…
of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Thus begins an obsessive but tragic love affair that will transform itself into a compulsive collection of objects - a museum of one man's broken heart. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2009. Uniform title: Masumiyet müzesi.Elizabeth and after
By Matt Cohen. 1999
It has been three years since Carl McKelvey left the small town of West Gull, Ontario. He returns to see…
his young daughter Lizzie and remembers the alcoholic violence that contributed to the end of his marriage. Two men - the town's most prominent businessman and his former wife's new husband - watch his every move. What McKelvey doesn't know is that a third man is watching him, a man who once loved McKelvey's mother, Elizabeth. Winner of the 1999 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 1999.The shipping news
By Annie Proulx. 1994
The story centers around Quoyle, a lowly newspaper reporter. When his wife, Petal Bear, runs off with another man and…
gets killed, Quoyle's aunt convinces the distraught man to move with his two daughters to an abandoned family home in Newfoundland. Quoyle goes to work for a sleazy paper covering the shipping news and learns to fit right in. Strong language. 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner. 1994.