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The brothers Ashkenazi
Par Israel Joshua Singer. 1980
Social novel tells of the life of the Jews in Poland from the 1880s through the Russian Revolution to the…
rise of independent Poland. The story describes the influx of German weavers from Silesia and Saxony, the rise of the weaving industry, and its final collapse. Of the two Ashkenzai brothers, Jewish textile merchants, Max is the brilliant student and Jacob the pleasure lover. 1980. Uniform title: Brider Ashkenazi.The book of ifs and buts: stories (Vintage tales)
Par Rabindranath Maharaj. 2002
Nine stories that mainly deal with the experiences of ethnically Indian Trinidadian men who have immigrated to Canada. In "Swami…
Pankaj", a Trinidadian master farmer, who wishes nothing more than to retire to the Himalayas and become a mystic, leads a strange second life as a Brampton taxi driver. "The House in Lengua Village" concerns a schoolteacher who returns home, only to unexpectedly officiate at his father's funeral. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2002.The bride
Par Margaret Irwin. 1984
An old-fashioned historical romance first published in 1939. Charles II, barely eighteen and in exile in the Hague, attempts to…
rally the remaining royalists after his father's execution by Cromwell. Meanwhile Louise, a lovely cousin of the new king, falls passionately in love with the Marquis of Montrose, a gallant Scottish general. As Louise waits impatiently in Holland, her beloved Montrose dares to return home to avenge the old king's death. 1984, c1939.The bride's farewell
Par Meg Rosoff. 2009
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and…
flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. For Senior High readers. 2009.The book of lights
Par Chaim Potok. 1981
Portrays the life and inner conflicts of Gershon Loran, a young Jewish rabbi. While serving as a chaplain during the…
Korean War, he must reconcile his deep-rooted beliefs in Judaism with the struggle between light and darkness in a land where Judaism has never existed. 1981.The bluest eye (Picador Bks.)
Par Toni Morrison. 1994
This book chronicles the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio: Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola.…
Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by her family's frailty and the world's cruelty. 1994.The black madonna
Par Doris May Lessing. 1964
The blue flower
Par Penelope Fitzgerald. 1995
Based on the life of the Romantic poet Novalis. In late-eighteenth-century Germany, young Friedrich von Hardenberg falls in love with…
twelve-year-old Sophie von Kuhn. Although ignorant and unsophisticated, Sophie soon captures the hearts of the entire family. 1997, c1995.The big bad wolf (Alex Cross series. #9.)
Par James Patterson. 2003
Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues perplexed. Across the country, men and women are…
kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappear completely. These people are not being taken for ransom. They are being bought and sold. It seems that a shadowy predator known only as "The Wolf" is the mass criminal behind this terrible trade, bringing a new reign of terror to organised crime. Some strong language. Sequel to "Four blind mice" (DC25663), followed by "London bridges" (DC28329). 2003. (Alex Cross Series ; 9)The big gold dream
Par Chester B Himes. 1996
Pursuing two apparently unrelated murders, detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones are led into a squalid Harlem ghetto,…
where they confront the killer in an explosive showdown. Strong language and violence. 1996.The betrayers: a novel
Par David Bezmozgis. 2014
When Baruch Kotler, a disgraced Israeli politician, refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand regarding the West…
Bank settlements, his political opponents expose his affair with a mistress decades his junior. He and the fiery young Leora flee the scandal for Yalta, where he comes face to face with the former friend who denounced him to the KGB almost forty years earlier. In a mere twenty-four hours, Kotler must face the ultimate reckoning, both with those who have betrayed him and with those whom he has betrayed. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award. 2014.The betrothed: I Promessi Sposi (The Penguin classics)
Par Alessandro Manzoni, Bruce Penman. 1972
Set in the Milan area in the early 17th century. Follows the fate of Lucia and Renzo, two peasant lovers…
cruelly separated by the machinations of a lecherous Spanish nobleman. First published in the 18th century. 1972.The beautiful things that heaven bears
Par Dinaw Mengestu. 2007
In his store in a neighbourhood of Washington, D.C., Ethiopian immigrant Stepha Stephanos regularly meets with fellow Africans Ken the…
Kenyan and Joe from the Congo, discussing how their immigrant expectations measure up to the reality of life in America. Stephanos makes keen observations of American race and class tensions, seeing similarities to his hometown of Addis Ababa. When Judith, a white woman, and Naomi, her mixed-race daughter, move into the neighbourhood, Stephanos finds tentative prospects for friendship beyond his African compatriots. Some descriptions of violence. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. c2007.The apprentice's masterpiece: a story of medieval Spain
Par Melanie Little. 2008
Fifteenth-century Spain is a richly multicultural society in which Jews, Muslims and Christians coexist, but under the zealous Christian Queen…
Isabella, the country abruptly becomes one of the most murderously intolerant places on Earth. The Benvenistes, a family of scribes, are attempting to eke out a living, but they have a secret - they are Conversos: Jews who converted to Christianity. Now, with neighbours and friends turned into spies, fear hangs in the air. The story is written in verse. For junior high readers and older. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.The beauty bride (Jewels of Kinfairlie Series. #1.)
Par Claire Delacroix. 2016
Determined to save the family estates, Alexander, the new Laird of Kinfairlie, decides to auction off his sister Madeline's hand…
in marriage, never expecting his headstrong sister's reluctance to be 'sold' or her fierce refusal to accept her proposed bridegroom, the notorious Rhys Fitzhenry. 2016.The autobiography of my mother: a novel
Par Jamaica Kincaid. 2016
A deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, the daughter of a…
Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half-African father, loses her mother the moment she is born and must find her way on her own. 2016.The beauty's daughter
Par Monette Cummings. 1985
The apothecary's daughter (Recorded Books inspirational)
Par Julie Klassen. 2009
Wiltshire, England; 1813. Lillian longs to soar beyond her provincial limits. After enjoying London's sophisticated society and the attentions of…
wealthy suitors, Lilly returns home to help her ailing dad. Determined to resurrect his apothecary business, Lilly labours tirelessly - praying her family's secrets and her rivals' schemes won't cloud her future. 2009.The Ballad of Rosamunde (Jewels of Kinfairlie series.)
Par Claire Delacroix. 2016
A pirate queen trapped in the realm of Faerie, Rosamunde can only be freed by true love. The man she…
loved is lost to her forever so she believes herself doomed. Padraig, long in love with Rosamunde, believes his life to be worthless since she disappeared. When he hears of her capture by the Fey, he is determined to set her free--but can Rosamunde put the past behind her and learn to love anew? 2016.The bass saxophone
Par Josef Skvorecky. 1980
Two portraits of people whose love is for the forbidden in a totalitarian regime: Emoke loves God and a boy…
loves jazz. Nominated for the 1984 CNIB talking book of the year award. c1980. Uniform title: Legenda Emöke.