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In 2157, Earth is in the grip of nuclear winter. When news of another life-sustaining planet reaches the people, plans…
for a space journey begins. Some strong language. c1985. Uniform title: Terra!
In 1699, Louis XIV sent an embassy to the King of Abyssinia, hoping to lure that country, nominally Christian for…
centuries, into the political and religious orbit of France. Jean-Baptiste Poncet, gifted apothecary/physician to the pashas of Cairo, is the hero of this romantic epic embroidering up the known details of that long-forgotten embassy. 1999. Uniform title: Abyssin.
Vienna, the autobahn. A taxi leaves the carriageway and strikes the crash barrier, flinging its male and female passengers out…
of its back doors as it spins through the air. The driver cannot explain why he lost control; he only says that the mysterious couple in the back seat seemed to be about to kiss. The investigation into the deaths uncovers a mutually destructive obsession, one mirroring the conflicts of the Balkans. Some descriptions of sex. 2010. Uniform title: Aksidenti.
"I just want to know: why do you think that people treat each other the way that they do? Is…
there something that happened to you that made you want to help people? And, finally, what, if anything, do you think one kid can do to make a difference?" Responding to these questions, people including Roméo Dallaire, Robert Munsch, Marc Garneau, and Rick Hansen have shared their wisdom, experience, and convictions about how to counter suffering and cruelty. Walters also profiles five young people who have already found ways to help. For junior high readers. 2008.
Delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world - artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If…
it's true that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction in 2006 and 2007? Explores money, lust, and the self-aggrandizement of possession in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work of art valuable while others are ignored. 2008.
In 1604, a small group of migrants fled political turmoil and famine in France to start a new colony on…
Canada's east coast. Their roughly demarcated territory included what are now Canada's Maritime provinces, land that was fought over by the British and French empires until the Acadians were finally expelled in 1755. In the absence of a state, what defines an Acadian today is elusive, and while their community, centred in New Brunswick, is more confident than ever, it is entering a contentious debate about its future. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.
Set in a remote corner of the Roman Empire at a time of political unrest and spiritual uncertainty, Testament is…
the story of how one extraordinary man, a man of enormous charisma and passionate belief, alters forever the lives of those around him. It is told from four distinct points of view: Yihuda, a dedicated freedom fighter; Yeshua, a holy man; Yeshua's mother Miryam; and Miryam of Migdal, who travels with Yeshua through Galilee. 2002.
Veterans of World War II detail their war years to remember and honour lost comrades, and to understand themselves and…
be understood by others. These stories have never been publicly released. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.
Faith genuinely wants to be a good Catholic girl and she's pretty sure Jesus loves her, though the evidence is…
sometimes difficult to find. The trouble is, Faith's angry with everyone in her family. She breaks every commandment and finds herself torn between who she wants to be and who she is. 2002.
"Why are some of our prayers answered while some are not? How do we get God's attention? How do we…
get the divine 'Yes'? In a simple, straightforward style, Anthony DeStefano takes on the mysteries of prayer. He casts a wide net to appeal to all Christians everywhere without compromising the gospel one iota. c2007.
A journalist's humorous and nostalgic ruminations on his life at the half-century mark. He reflects wistfully on the youthful joys…
of junk food and junk music, the thrill of anticipation of his first kiss, and the lost innocence of the America he knew as a child. c1997.
New York City paediatrician David Beck's wife and lifelong sweetheart, Elizabeth, was tragically murdered eight years ago by a serial…
killer. Or so he thought. But the young doctor suddenly begins receiving mysterious e-mails containing information only Elizabeth would know. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001.
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Friedman and foreign-policy expert Mandelbaum warn against America's "dangerous complacency" in the face of…
global challenges and suggest government policies for increasing prosperity. Bestseller. 2011.
Freethinker Zeno of Bruges is a physician and philosopher. He is caught in the terroristic abyss between Protestants and Catholics,…
between mediaeval and modern thinking. Set during the Inquisition of the 16th century. c1976. Uniform title: Oeuvre au noir.
Princess Serena of Badenstein intends to flee - from her violent father and from the man to whom she's been…
pledged in a political marriage of convenience. Karl von Lohenberg is without a country, a title - and a bride if he lets Serena get away. A ruthless man, he takes her to a secluded island, hell-bent on seduction. But he discovers a broken woman behind the prim princess facade. The time they spend together mends her spirit and touches his soul, but how will she react when she finds out how he's deceived her? 2013.
A young white woman, ignorant and innocent but ready to endure heat, disease and danger for her husband's sake, arrives…
in Nigeria in the 1920s. Sixty years later her son retraces her steps, trying to discover and portray on film her path from that arrival to the appalling confrontation twelve months later beneath Tefuga Hill, with only her diary to help him. 1986.
Andrew Thale checks out an old family property neglected since Aunt Harriet's death, years ago. Far from being deserted, Thale's…
Folly is inhabited by a quartet of charming squatters, former guests of his aunt. All is not well however as an old friend of the "family" disappears and Andrew is drawn into the search. 1999.
Mirjana plans to travel from Seville to Grenada to take her place as the third wife of Yusuf, emir of…
that kingdom. On the way, the caravan is attacked by El Cid in response to Mirjana's secret request. But things do not go the way she had planned. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1982.
In this comedic-farce, Robert, escaping from a complicated affair, runs to Venice in the hope of simplifying his life. In…
Venice, he finds that nothing is the way it seems, even the pensione has a body buried in the garden. 1979.