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Paddington treasury (Paddington)
Par Michael Bond. 1999
Thirty-five Paddington stories collected to mark his fortieth year in America. Tales recount the adventures and misadventures of a very…
rare sort of bear from darkest Peru, who was found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown in 1965 on the Paddington Station railway platform. Grades 3-6 and older readers. 1999.Outerbridge reach
Par Robert Stone. 1992
As Owen Browne, a sailboat salesman from Connecticut, films his solo voyage around the world, Ron Strickland films interviews with…
Owen's wife, Anne. As Owen confronts the hostile seas, cynical Ron falls in love with Anne. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1992.Pagans and Christians
Par Robin Lane Fox. 1985
Our little secret: confronting child sexual abuse in Canada
Par Judy Steed. 1994
Steed presents an account of child sexual abuse in Canada. Although several cases of abuse are presented, the book focuses…
on two large-scale cases -- John Gallienne, a choirmaster at St. George's Church in Kingston, Ontario; and a case involving a network of abuse in Prescott, Ontario, in which 55 people were charged with sexually abusing 225 children. The author discusses the psychological impact which sexual abuse has on children, and the healing process necessary in order for children to recover from their trauma. 1994.Our future selves: love, life, sex and aging
Par Merrily Weisbord. 1991
Our story: Aboriginal voices on Canada's past
Par Tantoo, et al Cardinal, Tantoo Cardinal. 2005
Asked to explore seminal moments in Canadian history from an Aboriginal perspective, ten authors travelled through our country's past to…
discover the moments that shaped our nation and its people. From a tale of Viking raiders to a story set during the Oka crisis, they tackle a wide range of issues and events. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.Papal sin: structures of deceit
Par Garry Wills. 2000
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author--for "Lincoln at Gettysburg"--and practicing Catholic indicts the Church's hierarchy for the papal sin of deception. Calls…
for internal reform regarding teachings on birth control and abortion, priests' celibacy, and the ordainment of women. Challenges the Vatican's attitude towards the Holocaust. Bestseller. 2000.Pack of two: the intricate bond between people and dogs
Par Caroline Knapp. 1998
Knapp speaks to a wide variety of dog people, from animal behaviourists and psychologists to other owners whose dogs have…
deeply affected their lives, about the aspects of human-animal relationships. She explores the shift in canine roles from working partners to intimate companions and looks at how this new kinship becomes a template for what we most desire ourselves. 1998.Palace Walk (The Cairo trilogy ; #1)
Par Najib Mahfuz, William G Hutchins, Olive E Kenny. 1990
The life of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900s. Palace Walk…
is the street that courses between two long disappeared palaces. It is a powerful metaphor for this novel, showing a duality of the characters' lives, at once severe and alluring, in a society moving from tradition to modernity. Followed by "Palace desire". 1990. (Cairo trilogy ; 1) Uniform title: Bayna al-qasrayn.Our best years
Par Helen Hayes, Marion Glasserow Gladney. 1984
Overload
Par Arthur Hailey. 1979
Overcoming macular degeneration: a guide to seeing beyond the clouds
Par Yale Solomon, Jonathan D Solomon. 2000
The author is an ophthalmologist specializing in macular degeneration who was diagnosed with the condition in one eye in 1990…
and the other eye in 1997. He uses this combination of experiences to provide detailed information, advice, and reassurance in this guide for others with the disease. 2000.Outside passage: a memoir of an Alaskan childhood
Par Julia Scully. 1998
A woman's coming-of-age memoir recalls the two years she and her sister spent in an orphanage, her impoverished youth in…
a remote Alaskan town, and her teenage years during World War II, working in her widowed mother's roadhouse that served a rough trade of gold miners. 1998.Par une nuit d'hiver: roman (Mosaïc)
Par Nora Roberts, Karine Xaragai, Andrée Jardat. 2012
Quand, par une nuit d'hiver, la caresse des flocons éveille un tourbillon d'émotions nouvelles et de sensations intenses. Les quatre…
histoires réunies dans ce livre nous invitent au cour d'un hiver romantique et scintillant, où rêves d'amour et désirs passionnés se mêlent à la douceur feutrée de la neige. Coup de foudre pour Shane Abott, éprise de son nouveau voisin, un homme mystérieux au regard tourmenté qui semble n'aspirer qu'à la tranquillité et au silence, loin de toute présence féminine. Rêve inattendu pour Mac Taylor dont les jumeaux Jack et Zeke, se sont mis en tête de commander au père Noël une nouvelle maman. Rencontre troublante pour Hillary Baxter dont la carrière de mannequin ne lui avait guère laissé, jusqu'à présent, le temps de songer à l'amour. Passion de toujours pour Jason Law, qui, après des années passées à l'étranger, retourne dans le village de son enfance, reconquérir celle qu'il n'a jamais cessé d'aimer et qui avait promis de l'attendre. 2012. Titre uniforme: First impressions ; All I want for Christmas ; Blithe images ; Home for Christmas.Paint me rainbows
Par Fern Michaels. 1981
After Jill Barton is left standing at the altar, she gets in her car and heads north, ending up at…
an artists' colony in New England. There she meets Aggie Beaumont, who helps her heal, and Logan Matthews, the owner, who steals her heart. Some descriptions of sex. c1981.Outcast (Emma Grady trilogy ; #1)
Par Josephine Cox. 1991
On a fateful night in 1860, Thadius Grady realises, too late, that he has made a grave mistake in entrusting…
to his sister and her conniving husband, Caleb Crowther, his entire fortune and the daughter he adores. And history seems likely to repeat itself when Emma falls helplessly in love with Marlow Tanner, a young bargee. Some descriptions of sex. Followed by "Alley urchin" (DC33234). 1991. (Emma Grady trilogy ; 1)Our Kate
Par Catherine Cookson. 1969
Our turn
Par Kirstine Stewart. 2015
Kirstine Stewart got her first job when she applied for a position as a "girl Friday" at a film distribution…
house. Having worked her way up from the bottom--under women and men, leaders good and bad--she believes it's time we leaped past the question of how women might create change in the working world and exploit the fact that profound change is already under way. The digital revolution, and the wave of millennials who are entering the work force with very different expectations than the generations who preceded them, have created a new reality that demands a new style of leader with attributes and perspectives that make women the natural front-runners. The opportunity is there. The question Stewart tackles is, how do we seize it? Bestseller. 2015.Out of the past (Miss Silver mystery. #23.)
Par Patricia Wentworth. 1996
James and Carmona Hardwick are playing host to numerous friends at their family residence. The arrival of a figure from…
Carmona's past causes mounting tension, culminating in murder. Fortunately Miss Silver is present to unravel the complex mystery. 1996.Painted lives
Par Max Egremont. 1990
A young art restorer, George Loftus, is invited to decaying Cragham to assess a number of family paintings and stumbles…
across the diaries of the dead wife of the house. 1990.