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A tale set in a bleak future society torn by class divisions follows the experiences of secret revolutionary Darrow, who…
after witnessing his wife's execution by an oppressive government, joins a revolutionary cell and attempts to infiltrate an elite military academy. 2014.
For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars.…
Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create. Followed by "Green Mars". 2000.
Growing up on the Caribbean island of St. Chris, Grace Carpenter never feels like she really belongs. Although her large,…
extended family is black, she is a redibo. Her skin is copper-coloured, her hair is red, and her eyes are grey. A neighbour taunts her, calling her “a little red jacket,” but the reason for the insult is never explained. Only much later does Grace learn the story of her birth mother and decipher the mystery surrounding her true identity. 2015.
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s,…
both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find? For junior high readers. 2014.
As the Civil War breaks out, India, a young Southern girl, summons her sharp intelligence and the courage she didn't…
know she had to survive the war that threatens to destroy her family, her Virginia home, and the only life she has ever known. Junior and Senior High. 2008.
Mickey Dupree was a very successful criminal attorney with a lot of enemies, one of whom killed him at his…
country club. The cops focus their attentions on Virgil Cain, who threatened Mickey after he earned an acquittal for Alan Comstock, the man accused of murdering Virgil’s wife. When Virgil is thrown in jail with no investigation, he escapes, determined to find Mickey’s killer before the killer finds him. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2012.
San Francisco. Six diverse women down on their luck feel they have no choice but to work for pimp Clyde…
Brooks. The women bond together despite their problems and help Clyde raise his handicapped daughter Keisha - until tragedy strikes. 2005.
It hasn't rained in two months, and the sweltering heat has everything and everyone primed to erupt. First, Sheriff Rhodes…
must keep his cool when a local reporter accuses him and other elected officials of corruption. Next, a hunting shack mysteriously burns to the ground with a good 'ole boy county commissioner inside. Someone wanted him dead - but who? Sequel to "A romantic way to die", followed by "A mammoth murder". 2004.
Why did two women plummet to their deaths off the same cliff in the Iles-de-la-Madeleine within 24 hours? And what…
does the young Dr. Robidoux, who had slept with both women on a single night and was the last person to see each alive, have to do with the mystery? Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1994. Uniform title: Lune rouge.
On an important diplomatic mission to Aziziland, an Englishman and his wife fail to recognize the dangers involved. In the…
isolated English settlement, the wife increasingly begins to rely on the advice of the handsome native commissioner. 1978, c1931.
VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation) head Joe Gunther and his team are called in to investigate a series of violent…
deaths that appear unrelated until telltale clues reveal a link among them. Sequel to "The price of malice", followed by "Tag man". 2010.
At the turn of the century, two immigrants new to America marry and start a family. Generations later, two of…
their great-great-grandchildren, FBI agent Charlie and journalist Lauren, meet and fall in love while investigating a hate bombing in Wyoming. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. c1998.
In 1968 a Soviet submarine sank off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been.…
Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile. We now know that the Soviets had lost track of the sub; it had become a rogue. The Nixon administration launched a clandestine, half-billion-dollar project to recover the sunken K-129. The successful recovery effort helped forge new relations between the U.S. and the Soviets, even as it revealed a treacherous plan to provoke war between the U.S. and China - a plan that, had it succeeded, would have had devastating consequences. 2005.
Red Green, Bill, Harold, and the other members of Possum Lodge share their hard-won wisdom about cars. They discuss projects…
from the handyman's corner, driving and car care tips, and what to say to the judge. Also includes "The Possum Lodge Car Song Book." 1997.
Following the hurricane in which her fiance is killed, Tami's astonishing determination and sense of preservation leads her back to…
civilization in Hawaii over 40 days' sailing away, all with a broken mast, ruined navigational instruments and a very limited water and food supply. This story is also a poignant love story, as the spirit of her lost lover motivates her on to beat the elements and save herself. 2002.
When Henry VI comes to the throne, it is clear that he is more suited to the monastic life than…
that of the court; not so for his dainty but dominating wife, Margaret, the Red Rose of Anjou. Sequel to "Epitaph for three women". Followed by "Sun in splendour". c1982. (Plantagenet saga ; 13)
Winn tells about joining a band of birdwatchers and nature lovers in New York City. She records stories about Central…
Park and its wildlife--especially a pair of captivating hawks--during a six-year period. 1998.