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The crossing (Point Ser.)
Par Gary Paulsen. 2006
Manny is a fourteen-year-old homeless boy in the Mexican border town of Juarez. Always hungry and struggling to survive, he…
dreams of making the crossing to the U.S. Robert, an alcoholic American sergeant, is haunted by the memories of friends who died in Vietnam. When Manny tries to steal from Robert, they begin a strange relationship that leads to Robert's death and Manny's chance for survival. Some descriptions of violence. For high school and older readers. 2006.The day after tomorrow: a novel
Par Allan Folsom. 1994
American surgeon Paul Osborn is sitting in a cafe when he spots the man who killed his father in 1966.…
Without thinking, he attacks the man. This sets in motion a chain of events involving seven decapitated bodies, a massive train wreck, and an international conspiracy. Set in Paris in 1994. Violence, strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. c1994.The daughter of the manor
Par Betty Neels. 1997
Leonora Crosby was irritated to be always caught out in awkward moments by the new village GP, James Galbraith. She…
was engaged to Tony, but James's stalwart support as Leonora tried to keep her parents' decrepit manor house running smoothly made her doubt the wisdom of her engagement. Even so, there was little point in admitting she loved James, when he showed so little sign of caring for her. 1997.The dancer and the thief
Par Antonio Skármeta, Katherine Silver. 2008
After the fall of Pinochet's dictatorship, the government releases certain nonviolent criminals to lower the prison populace. Returning home, thief…
Ángel seeks out notorious criminal Nicolás with plans for an ambitious heist, but Nic has vowed to live a law-abiding life while mending his relationship with his estranged wife and son. Nicolás' bankruptcy, Ángel's persistence, and the presence of the latter's dancer girlfriend, Victoria, draws these three characters fatefully together. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c2008. Uniform title: Baile de la victoria.The convenient wife
Par Betty Neels. 1990
"You have no family, no home and no prospect of marrying". Professor Duert ter Laan-Luitinga's solution to Venetia's problems was…
for her to marry him; a marriage of convenience for both partners. Foolishly she agreed, and found herself wishing with all her heart that the stranger whom she had married would one day grow to care for her as much as she loved him. 1990.The crystal frontier: a novel in nine stories
Par Carlos Fuentes, Alfred J Mac Adam. 1998
Nine stories by the award-winning Mexican author are tied together by the title reference to the border between Mexico and…
the United States. Fuentes explores the cultural and economic differences between the Hispanics and the Anglos where they intermingle geographically. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 1998, c1995. Uniform title: Frontera de cristal.The cities of the plain (In search of lost time ; #4)
Par Marcel Proust. 1922
The Chronoliths
Par Robert Charles Wilson. 2001
Scott Warden is studying Thai beach culture and struggling to support his wife and daughter when a large monument appears…
in the jungle. The artifact is a chronolith commemorating the conquest of Thailand--20 years in the future. When Warden returns to the U.S., more chronoliths appear, to devastating effect. As the chronoliths approach America, Scott joins Hitch Paley and Sue Chopra in a race to find a way to change the future.The comfort of strangers
Par Ian McEwan. 1981
For Mary and Colin, on holiday in a city where everything is strange to them and they are continually lost…
both physically and mentally, it is easy to close their eyes to the hidden danger lurking behind Robert's apparent friendliness. 1981.The cloning of Joanna May
Par Fay Weldon. 1989
Joanna May is sixty and divorced when she discovers that her ex-husband, 30 years ago, had produced four clones of…
her. When the five meet, they find that their powers are multiplied and the guilt diminished. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1989.The Captain and the enemy
Par Graham Greene. 1988
This evocative novel centers on a young boy growing up in odd and touching circumstances and on his relationships with…
various unusual and poignant people. Victor Baxter inhabits a world populated by the devil, schoolteachers and Amalekites. The captain wins Victor and removes him to a much less certain world, where identities change to suit the needs of the moment. In this book, Graham Greene portrays a young mind learning to distinguish 'the captain from the enemy', as Victor develops into a young man well able to exist in and to manipulate this shadowy new environment. 1988.The book of beasts: a novel
Par Bernice Friesen. 2007
1965. James, a half-English, half-Irish boy, is taken on a visit home to Ireland by his mother. She soon decides…
to leave her husband and stay there, and although James is initially traumatized, he eventually becomes close to his uncle and his grandmother. His grandmother decides that James should become a priest, and he studies to do so, only to lose his faith as he enters adulthood. Through it all, James is deeply embittered at his father's apparent abandonment. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. Some descriptions of violence. c2007.The Carpathians
Par Janet Frame. 1988
Mattina Brecon, a wealthy New Yorker, spends a few months in the small New Zealand city of Puamahara. Mixing the…
mundane with the surreal, the story details the lives of the people on Kowhai Street where Mattina lives. 1988.The castle: a new translation, based on the restored text
Par Franz Kafka. 1954
An allegory of man's struggle against an illogical bureaucracy. A land surveyor, known only as K, is constantly frustrated in…
his attempts to gain entrance into a mysterious castle, which is administered by an extraordinarily complicated and inaccessible bureaucratic hierarchy. 1969, c1926. Uniform title: Das Schloss.The children's book
Par A. S Byatt. 2009
Olive Wellwood, a famous writer, writes for each of her children a separate private book, bound in different colours and…
placed on a shelf. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh the children play in a story-book world, but their lives, and those of their rich cousins, children of a city stockbroker, and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. 2009.The caretaker
Par Thomas William Simpson. 1998
Samantha Henderson's husband, Gunn, receives a mysterious job offer that includes a lot of perks, especially a house with a…
caretaker. Sam becomes involved with the servant, not realizing he's a threat to her family. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. 1998.The cheetah chase
Par Karin McQuillan. 1994
Jazz Jasper, American owner of a Kenyan safari company, sets out to solve a murder and protect an endangered species.…
She witnesses the gruesome death of investigative reporter Nick Hunter. Aided by Nick's widow, an animal-rights activist, and police detective Omondi, Jazz traces Nick's last moves, gradually discerning that whoever is behind his murder may also threaten the survival of the cheetah. Some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "Elephant's graveyard" (DC31008). c1994.The cellist of Sarajevo
Par Steven Galloway. 2008
Sarajevo, 1992. A cellist plays Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor as a memorial on each of twenty-two days following a…
mortar attack that kills twenty-two citizens who are standing in a bread line. The music deeply affects a sniper, a father, and an older man. Inspired by historic events. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Winner of the 2009 Evergreen Award. 2008.The chalk circle man (Commissaire Adamsberg series.)
Par Sian Reynolds, Fred Vargas. 2009
When chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris, the press and psychiatrists have a field day, but…
Police Commissioner Adamsberg insists on being kept informed of new circles and the increasingly bizarre objects which they contain: empty beer cans, four trombones, a badge proclaiming "I Love Elvis," a doll's head. Adamsberg senses the cruelty that lies behind these seemingly random occurrences, and soon a circle with decidedly less banal contents is discovered: the body of a woman with her throat savagely cut. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, explicit descriptions of violence. 2009, c1996. (The Commissaire Adamsberg series) Uniform title: L'homme aux cercles bleus.The chain of destiny
Par Betty Neels. 1989
Suzannah Lightfoot was alone in the world, when Guy Bowers-Bentinck came to her rescue. "He's so tiresome and ill-tempered and…
impatient and he must hate the sight of me", Suzannah reflected as fate kept throwing them together. It was because of this she wasn't prepared to join the queue of females wanting to marry him, wasn't it? 1989.