Bowering satirizes cowboy tales with the rollicking adventures of rangy, red-haired, hell-bent Caprice, who on her black stallion with only a bullwhip as a weapon, tracks her brother's...
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Author: Bowering, GeorgeSummary: -
Author: Grisham, JohnSummary:
Just before committing suicide, a Mafia lawyer tells 11-year-old Mark Sway something that the police, the FBI and the Mafia want to know. With a one-dollar bill, Mark retains his own lawyer,...
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Author: Gough, LaurenceSummary:Genre: Canadian fiction
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Author: Crais, RobertSummary:
A gripping novel that envelopes L.A. detectives Cole and Pike in an ever-tightening web of conspiracies, secrets and murder.
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Author: Hoffman, JillianeSummary:
C.J. Townsend, a brilliant state prosecutor is well-known for keeping her cool while trying even the most horrific cases, and the latest suspect is a base as they come. As she builds her case, C....
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Author: Sandford, JohnSummary:
Louis "Mad-Dog" Vullion is a young attorney ... and a murderer. He kills for the sheer contest, playing an elaborate game for which he has written the terrifying rules. Police Lt....
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:
LuAnn Tyler is a tough, sly woman from Georgia. To escape a false murder charge she accepts a big lottery win and flees the country. But the lottery was fixed and she is tricked by a ruthless scam...
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Author: Coates, Kenneth, Morrison, BillSummary:
In 1918, the steamer Princess Sophia left Alaska for Vancouver, but during a storm she ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef - there were no survivors. Tracing the stories of many of the 353 aboard the...
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Author: Holmes, W. Leslie, Northorp, Bruce L.Summary:In the summer of 1981, as teenagers in British Columbia's lower Mainland disappeared, members of the RCMP swung into action. When they started discovering bodies, they began to wonder if this was...
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Author: Knighton, RyanSummary:
Knighton tells the story of his 15-year descent into blindness. Stumbling literally and emotionally into darkness, into love, and into adulthood, he provides a window into the human condition. He...
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Author: Collier, EricSummary:In 1930, Collier, his wife and young son reached the Stack Valley in B.C., where they lived in an abandoned cabin. He and his wife had promised her grandmother to bring the beavers back to the...
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Author: Maté, GaborSummary:
Gabor Mate, a doctor who himself has Attention Deficit Disorder, offers a completely new perspective on ADD, as well as hope and advice for those living with the challenges ADD presents.
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Author: Lane, PatrickSummary:Lane is not only an accomplished writer, he is also an avid gardener; and he is an alcoholic. In 1999, he went into rehab, then returned to his beloved garden, shaky but alive. For a year, he...
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Author: Francis, Daniel, Hewlett, GilSummary:Winner of Foreword Magazine's Best Nature Non-Fiction Award.
In 1964 when the Vancouver Aquarium obtained its first killer whale, Moby Doll, the prevalent attitudes towards killer whales...
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Author: Levy, PaulSummary:Few men can honestly be said to have attained the status of living legends in the BC business world, and even fewer women, but Lucille Johnstone, fondly known as "Tugboat Annie," was a notable...