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I saw three Chinas: one Canadian's experience in China, 1909-1989
By Molly Phillips. 1990
Born in Hong Kong in 1909, the author has witnessed the three modern eras of Chinese history: the final days…
of the Imperial Ching dynasty; the republican rule of Chiang Kai-Shek; and Communist rule since 1949. She describes the people, culture, and history of China as she experienced them. 1990.Always looking up: the adventures of an incurable optimist
By Michael J Fox. 2009
In this follow-up to "Lucky Man" (DC24587), movie and television star Fox discusses his work, politics, faith, and family. An…
advocate for stem-cell research, Fox describes the impact his Parkinson's disease has had on his life. Strong language. Bestseller. 2009.The sleeping buddha: the story of Afghanistan through the eyes of one family
By Hamida Ghafour. 2007
In 2003, journalist Ghafour was sent to Afghanistan, which she had fled in 1981, to cover the country's reconstruction. In…
a place totally changed from the world her parents had described, she discovered a school which teaches women a new kind of independence, her cousin's determined parliamentary campaign, and the archaeologist digging for his country's lost civilization in the form of a giant sleeping Buddha. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.Red land, Yellow River: a story from the Cultural Revolution
By Ange Zhang. 2004
In 1966, Zhang was a teen in Beijing when Mao Zedong began the Cultural Revolution. Though he was the son…
of a "bad guy" (a famous writer), he became swept up in the revolution, until the violence and his father's arrest made him question its goals. In 1968 was sent to a small village to learn how to farm, where he discovered his true calling - art. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2004.Justin n'avait que 8 ans: revivre après le deuil de son enfant
By Marie-Pier Savaria. 2021
Un papa, une maman, trois beaux enfants, du bonheur à profusion. Mais un jour, en jouant à retenir sa respiration…
sous l'eau dans la piscine d'un ami, Justin, l'aîné âgé de huit ans, perd la vie. Une mère peut-elle survivre à un tel drame ?Arissiel: récit] / 2], Benani (Série initiatique)
By Lise Bourbeau. 2006
"Incrédule devant l'existence de la réincarnation, Arissiel se réincarne pourtant en tant que fils de BENANI qui était le sien…
dans sa vie antérieure. Quel défi! Découvrira-t-il qui il était dans cette vie antérieure? Suite à une entente avec son guide spirituel, Ari développe des dons psychiques qui lui permettent d'aider d'autres personnes. Mais la vie lui réserve de nombreuses surprises qu'il ne sait pas toujours comment gérer. Après plusieurs années de conflits, il devra, entre autres, faire la paix avec son père. Comment arrivera-t-il à suivre son plan de vie? Ce livre vous touchera par ses nombreux exemples de réconciliations et de pardons. Il vise à inciter les lecteurs à se réconcilier avec leurs proches plutôt que de vivre avec des rancurs, des attentes et des émotions négatives." -- 4e de couvArissiel: 1
By Lise Bourbeau. 2005
Arissiel meurt tragiquement au cours d'un cambriolage. Face à son destin, il en veut à Dieu d'avoir écourté sa vie…
et à lui-même de ne pas avoir su en profiter. Il découvre ce qu'est la vie après la vie avec grande difficulté, jusqu'à ce qu'un guide de l'au-delà le prenne en charge pour l'aider à évoluer d'une façon accélérée. [...] -- 4e de couvSugarshuttle Express
By Sommer Marsden, Georgio Verona. 2012
Allotted Views
By K. D. Grace, John Lachatte. 2011
Naked Delirium
By Kristina Wright, Sommer Marsden, Velvet Tripp, Vanessa Sade, Fulani. 2012
The mind has the power to save us from depravity...or to drive us further to it! From hypnotic highs to…
paranormal possession, Naked Delirium delves deep into the human psyche to celebrate sex in altered states! Five twisted tales, with the illustrated version lusciously illustrated by Giorgio Verona.Sugarshuttle Express
By Sommer Marsden. 2012
Smoking Hot
By Fulani. 2012
Smoking Hot
By Fulani, Georgio Verona. 2012
Naked Delirium
By Kristina Wright, Sommer Marsden, Velvet Tripp, Vanessa De Sade, Fulani. 2012
The mind has the power to save us from depravity...or to drive us further to it! From hypnotic highs to…
paranormal possession, Naked Delirium delves deep into the human psyche to celebrate sex in altered states! Five twisted tales, with the illustrated version lusciously illustrated by Giorgio Verona.Allotted Views
By K. D. Grace. 2011
Midwinter Heat: Cariad Singles
By Sallyanne Rogers. 2013
Cariad means love... discover the new Cariad Singles collection of spicy romances. Tarot reader and New Age market trader Lucy…
finds the cards can't help her when it comes to deciding between two very different men. Jon the tattoo artist is sex on legs as well as being fun to hang out with, but Lucy's not sure she wants to tame a real bad boy. Toby, the new market manager, on the other hand, is smart, sexy and in control, but may not be quite what he seems. As the Waterleigh Bridge arts and crafts market gets ready for a Christmas Fayre with a difference, Lucy needs to work out who she can trust - with her heart as well as her head.The Embroidered Couch
By Lu Tiancheng, Lenny Hu. 2001
A book that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows, The Embroidered Couch is the first English translation of an erotic novel…
originally published in the early 17th century, attributed to Lu Tiancheng (b. 1580). Regarded as a notorious classic in Chinese literature, it has long been banned in China, and never been available in English.The White Hotel: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1981
By D Thomas. 1981
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE WHITE HOTEL is a modern classic of searing eroticism and sensuality set against…
the broad sweep of twentieth-century history.Now a BBC radio play starring Anne-Marie Duff and Bill Paterson, dramatised by Dennis Potter.'A novel of blazing imaginative and intellectual force' Salman Rushdie It is a dream of electrifying eroticism and inexplicable violence, recounted by a young woman to her analyst, Sigmund Freud. It is a horrifying yet restrained narrative of the Holocaust. It is a searing vision of the wounds of our century and an attempt to heal them. Interweaving poetry and case history, fantasy and historical truth-telling, THE WHITE HOTEL is a modern classic of enduring emotional power that attempts nothing less than to reconcile the notion of individual destiny with that of historical fate.'A remarkable and original novel . . . there is no novel to my knowledge which resembles this in technique or ideas. It stands alone' Graham Greene'Astonishing . . . A forthright sensuality mixed with a fine historical feeling for the nightmare moments in modern history, a dreamlike fluidity and quickness' John Updike'I quickly came to feel that I had found that book, that mythical book, that would explain us to ourselves' Leslie Epstein, New York Times