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A geologist recalls the first scientific proposals of the theory that a large asteroid or comet had collided with Earth…
sixty-five million years ago, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. Describes the vehement debate that followed, the accumulation of evidence, and the discovery of a crater beneath the Yucatan peninsula that appears to substantiate the impact claim. c1997.
Discusses the human mummies of Egypt and how they were preserved, the discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia and…
the mummies of Peru. For junior and senior high readers. 1985.
Engaging tales by a young farmer in the hill country of Ireland. He offers accounts of ancient farming methods and…
portraits of self-sufficient people on subsistence farms. Followed by "The hills : more tales from the Blue Stacks." 1978.
In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes - one governing commerce, the other, politics…
- and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She investigates such examples as business fraud, government subsidies to agriculture and criminal enterprise. She provides a new way of seeing our public transactions and encourages us towards the best use of our natural inclinations. 1994.
Ruth and Ann met at a party, and it was hate at first sight, until a chance encounter in the…
bathroom led to an alliance of souls. For five years they shared everything, including truths about marriage, mortality and love, but then Ruth was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ann, a former nurse, puts her own life on hold to help Ruth cope with the debilitating illness and face the approach of death. In the last poignant months, as they socialize with Ruth's friends and talk about their friendship, the sharing becomes even more profound. Strong language.
Kamini has recently moved to Canada from India, but a series of acrimonious telephone calls plunges her into her family's…
past. Through Kamini, we meet her mother, Saroja, and learn of Saroja's passage from youthful dreams of becoming a doctor to a bitter old age, her young life marred by an arranged marriage to a man twice her age. c1996.
The author believes that parents are able to enhance their children's language skills by engaging in conversations with them. He…
provides strategies for interacting with children about their ideas, experiences and surroundings. 1988.
The collection of new and updated recipes are simple to prepare and healthy without losing any of their exotic flavours…
and aromas. Recipes include Aubergines in a spicy honey sauce; baby onions in tamarind and lamb with chickpeas and chestnuts. 1999.
When he follows his nose through the woods, Cub discovers a backyard tea party - with cookies! He is just…
about to dig in when the hostess of the tea party shows up. And she has several strong opinions on how Tea Party must be played. Cub tries to follow her rules, but just how much can one bear take, even for cookies? Grades K-3. 2013.
Following “Vinyl Tap Stories”, Randy tells more great stories from a life in rock - all of the fun, hardships,…
and adventure that haven’t been featured on the radio show. This is Randy Bachman, unplugged! c2014.
Gerry was young when she became pregnant and fled the altar just as she was about to take her vows…
to become a nun. Twenty-eight years later the child she gave up for adoption has come back into her life, a grown woman looking for answers. Meanwhile, she unexpectedly finds that her feelings for her lover, symphony conductor Aubrey Roellinger, have grown more complex and consuming. 2002. Sequel to "Stranger to Paradise". (Carson Springs Trilogy, book 2)
When Rita Golden Gelman traveled to Mexico during a two-month separation from her husband, she hoped to satisfy an old…
craving for adventure and, in the process, rejuvenate herself and her marriage. Little did she know it was the beginning of a new life, not just as a divorcée, but as a nomad of the world. 2001.
Into a white millionaire's Caribbean mansion come Jadine - graduate of the Sorbonne, art historian, an American black now living…
in Paris and Rome - and Son, a criminal on the run, uneducated, violent, contemptuous, an American black from small-town Florida. Son is a threat to her freedom; she is a threat to his identity. Strong language. 1983.
Drawing on long-classified documents, this is the official history of the war waged by Britain's Special Operations Executive on Benito…
Mussolini's Fascist Italy. It provides an account of SOE's clandestine efforts to strike at Italy and sever its alliance with Nazi Germany, uncovering missions as remarkable as a plot to assassinate Mussolini and plans to arm the Mafia. It also recounts SOE's attempts at causing trouble inside an enemy country as opposed to an enemy-occupied one. This is a tale of desperate daring and sacrifice, climaxing in one of the most extraordinary episodes of the war: the delicate and dramatic dealings between the Allies and the Italians that led to Italy's surrender in 1943. 2014.
A gift of 800 worms isn't to everyone's taste, but Faith is delighted and plans to become Devon's first worm…
tycoon. Meanwhile Brian, in a government youth motivating program, is ferrying a bunch of Totnes' young bohemians around the countryside charting the local by-ways. Includes strong language. 2000.
Seven stories tracing the history of the Kansas prairie from the first Native American encounters with the Spanish to the…
early nineteenth century. Each story includes a historical afterword. Some descriptions of sex. 1997.
A naive young secretary forsakes Cleveland for San Francisco, tumbling headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, cut…
throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous. Followed by "More tales of the city". Strong language. 1989. (Tales of the city ; 1)
Continues the story of the Werner family from the 1920s to the end of World War II. Paul is married,…
but still loves Anna, a former house servant. Widowed Leah is a successful dress designer and Meg is married to Donal, a bootlegger. Some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The golden cup". Followed by "Harvest" (DC18070). 1988.