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The bridge to Holy Cross
Par Paullina Simons. 2003
This novel resumes the tale of Tatiana and Alexander as pregnant eighteen year old Tatiana leaves Russia thinking Alexander is…
dead. She begins her new life in wartime New York City where she finds work, friends and a life beyond her dreams. Alexander, an American trapped in Russia, has been arrested by Stalin's secret police as a traitor and a spy. Will the fate that once pulled them together so forcefully reunite them again? Sequel to "The Bronze Horseman" (DC33084). 2003.The book of sand (Modern Classics Ser.)
Par Jorge Luis Borges, Alastair Reid, Norman Thomas Di Giovanni. 1979
All these stories were written in the author's seventies. "Blind man's exercises", he calls them, but although increasing blindness has…
given his writings a deeper sadness, his way of conjuring with images is as potent as ever. 1979.The boat (Sven Hassel War Classics)
Par Lothar Günther Buchheim. 1999
This is the story of a German U-boat, her commander and crew, as they embark upon yet another hazardous patrol…
in the Battle of the Atlantic. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. 1999. Uniform title: Das Boot.The blackwater lightship: a novel
Par Colm Tóibín. 1999
Helen's brother is dying, and with two of his friends she waits for the end in her grandmother's crumbling old…
house. Her mother and grandmother, after years of strife have come to an uneasy peace. The six of them, from different generations and beliefs, are forced to come to terms with each other. 1999.The black prince
Par Iris Murdoch. 1975
The story of an author for whom, at 58, everything - writing, friendship, marriage and love - has turned sour,…
and of the increasingly complex relationships in which he has become enmeshed. 1975.The Bethlehem murders: an Omar Yussef novel
Par Matthew J Rees. 2007
For decades, Omar Yussef has taught history to the children of Bethlehem. When a favourite former pupil, George Saba, is…
arrested for collaborating with the Israelis in the killing of a Palestinian guerrilla, Yussef is convinced that he has been framed. With George facing imminent execution Yussef sets out to prove his innocence. 2007.The biographer
Par Virginia Duigan. 2008
When Greer Gordon met Mischa Svoboda, a driven Czech-born refugee painter, he was unknown. His debut at the small art…
gallery where she worked created a sensation, and their explosive love affair caused Greer to abandon her husband and career and embark on a nomadic life with Mischa. Twenty-five years later, Tony, a young art critic who is researching a biography of Mischa, arrives in the small Italian hilltop community where Greer and Mischa now live. Greer is consumed by anxiety, fearing the biographer may have unearthed the secret she had always intended to write out of her life story. 2008.The birthday party
Par Panos Karnezis. 2007
As dawn breaks on a small island late in the summer of 1975, a tycoon wakes up to oversee the…
final preparations for his daughter's birthday party. Finding out that she is pregnant, he tries to persuade her to end the pregnancy, as his private doctor - and oldest friend - is standing by to perform the procedure. Intersperses the events that unfold during the day of the party with the tycoon's rise to wealth and fame, from childhood in Asia Minor to old age, via Buenos Aires, New York, London and Paris. Some descriptions of sex. 2007.The art of sufficient conclusions
Par Sarah Dearing. 2012
"The Art of Sufficient Conclusions" is a genre-bending chronicle of one woman’s obsession to comprehend the slippery nature of truth.…
It’s a compelling literary mash-up of fiction, memoir, and archival material, tracing the complex processes of personal identity, belief and the creation of art itself. 2012.The best thing for you
Par Annabel Lyon. 2004
In three novellas, the author reveals the potential for darkness that lurks behind even the most perfect-seeming veneer. In "No…
Fun," a middle-class family in present-day Vancouver is thrown into turmoil when their teenage son is charged in connection with the beating of a disabled man. In "The Goldberg Metronome," a young couple discovers an antique metronome taped up and hidden under a sink in their new apartment. And in "The Best Thing for You", set in wartime 1940s Vancouver, a housewife in her twenties plots and carries out her husband's murder with sang-froid, with the help of her lover, a young grocery-store clerk. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2004.The Beothuk saga: a novel
Par Wayne Grady, Bernard Assiniwi. 2000
A portrait of three periods in the history of the Beothuk, from the spirit quest of the legendary leader Anin…
in the early ninth century, to the defense of their territory against European explorers and conquerors in the early days of colonization, to the tragic end of the Beothuk as English settlers capture and destroy the tribe. Uniform title: Saga des Béothuks.The best of times
Par Penny Vincenzi. 2009
Jonathan is a surgeon returning from a liaison with his mistress, Abi, and Georgia is an actress going to an…
audition along with her agent Linda. Toby and Barney are on their way to a stag party, Mary is going to the airport to meet her first love, farmer William watches the drama unfold across the hill, and Emma is also a surgeon. One heartbeat in time, and all their lives will be totally transformed. Descriptions of sex and violence and strong language. 2009.The beauty of humanity movement
Par Camilla Gibb. 2010
Maggie, Vietnamese but living in the States, has returned to her country of origin in search of clues to her…
dissident father's disappearance. The aroma of noodles leads her to a makeshift pho stall, owned by Old Man Hung, who has survived decades of poverty and political upheaval. Hung once had a shop that served as a meeting place for dissident artists, and he may hold the key to both her past and her future. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2010.The beginning and the end
Par Najib Mahfuz. 1989
A wife and her four children face the death of their husband and father and the economic hardships that will…
come to afflict their comfortable middle-class existence. At first these adjustments are somewhat comic, as schoolroom problems and adolescent love arise, but ultimately desperation threatens the hopes of each of the characters, who are all swept into the tragic downward spiral of fate. 1989. Uniform title: Bidayah wa-nihayah.The basketball player: and 3 more stories
Par Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier, Sheldon Cohen, Gilles Pelletier. 1996
Roch is sent to a boarding school; he's named to the basketball team on the first day, even though he's…
never played basketball in his life! Grades K-3. 1996. Taped with: The longest home run. A strange girl shows up to play baseball and hits a home run through the window of Sergeant Bouton; but Adeline is no ordinary girl -- she is a magician! Grades K-3. 1993. Taped with: The boxing champion. When spring melts the ice in Ste. Justine, boxing season begins in the Cote's summer kitchen. Young Roch is not much of a fighter, but spends the winter building up his muscles for next spring's matches. Grades K-3. 1991. Taped with: A happy New Year's day. New Year's Day 1941 is a special day for a young boy in the little village of Sainte-Justine, Quebec. Grades K-3. 1991. Uniform title: Joueur de basket-ball.The beach house
Par James Patterson, Peter De Jonge. 2002
Jack Mullen's life is working out perfectly, until his father greets him with the news that his brother, Peter, is…
dead. The police believe Peter committed suicide but Jack senses a darker dangerous truth and is determined to bring a killer to justice. 2002.The baby project
Par Sarah Ellis. 1986
Eleven-year-old Jessica and her family are not prepared for the changes a new baby makes in their lives. Then tragedy…
strikes and the family must find new strengths. Grades 4-7. 1986.The angel of Zin
Par Clifford Irving. 1984
The Gestapo sends Captain Paul Bach to investigate the murders of two prisoners and a Polish lieutenant at an SS…
camp. Bach begins to realize that he is a guilty party to the policy of extermination. Some strong language. 1984.The autumn of the patriarch
Par Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa. 1976
The Nobel Prize-winning author presents a many-layered, surrealistic, and subtly humorous description of the barbarism, squalor, and corruption surrounding the…
rule of a Latin American dictator. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1977. Uniform title: Otoño del patriarca.The angels weep (Ballantyne novels ; #3)
Par Wilbur A Smith. 1982
An exciting story of action, adventure and romance. Set in Rhodesia the novel's characters, both black and white, play out…
their parts in a turmoil of action during which the seeds of hatred and future tragedy are sown. Sequel to "Men of men" (DC29828). Followed by "The leopard hunts in darkness" (DC10169). 1982. (Ballantyne novels ; 3)