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- Author:Wedderburn, AndrewSummary:
- Author:Gordimer, NadineSummary:
Mehring, a rich industrialist, has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. Gordimer offers a fascinating study of the forces and relationships that seethed in...
- Author:Bennett, JonathanSummary:
A lyrical, heartbreaking story of ardour and devastation
In this powerful novel of love and family, a doctor named Paris follows a nurse to a country on the brink of civil war. When a confrontation does break...
- Author:VanLiere, DonnaSummary:
Taking what he hopes will be his first long-term job, lonely department store security officer Chaz McConnell reaches out to a four-year-old child, while Gloria Bailey, a charity worker who has taken in a single pregnant woman and a...
- Author:Abe, JulieSummary:
"The best friends to enemies to lovers story I needed in my life! The Charmed List utterly enchants with its delightful characters and heartfelt themes of family, friendship, and first love. I adored this fun-filled and swoony road...
- Author:Cabane, OliviaSummary:
What if charisma could be taught? For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart, figured it out and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people'...
- Author:Bell, WilliamSummary:
Lee wants to be a Tarantula -- a member of the biggest, most powerful gang in his neighborhood. When his initiation goes wrong and the police catch him robbing an auto supply store, Lee's father sends him to live with his aunt in New...
- Author:Greive, Bradley TrevorSummary:
Ten years after its first printing, Bradley Trevor Greive's global best-seller The Blue Day Book has become a modern classic and is still bringing smiles to readers around the world. And because we all still have bad days now and...
- Author:Kennedy, A.L.Summary:
Elizabeth Barber is crossing the Atlantic by liner with her perfectly adequate boyfriend, Derek, who might be planning to propose. In fleeing the UK — temporarily — Elizabeth may also be in flight from her past and the charismatic...
- Author:Manley, RachelSummary:
Friends since attending university in Jamaica, Lethe and Daniel have long realized they would never be good for each other. But Lethe is Daniel's muse, and theirs is a connection that proves unbreakable as they spend the next thirty...
- Author:Arden, JannSummary:
A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwriter, member of Canada's Music Hall of Fame and star of her own hit TV sitcom. A little bit All Creatures Great and Small, a little...
- Author:LaHaye, Tim F., Dinallo, Gregory S.Summary:
In a story of hope and lessons of forgiveness, Dylan Cooper, a talented photographer, is captivated by the snow-covered small-town charm of Newbury despite the current economic depression.
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
The newest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series. Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned home from the Middle East, only...
- Author:Pooley, ClareSummary:
"A clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think." 'Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author. The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected...
- Author:Miller, Rachel WilkersonSummary:
Showing up means connecting with others in a way that makes them feel seen and supported. And that begins with showing up for yourself: recognizing your needs, understanding your physical and mental health, and practicing self-...
- Author:Harbach, ChadSummary:
At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.
- Author:Hanh, Thich NhatSummary:
The author helps us move beyond the perils and frustrations of misrepresentation and misunderstanding to learn the listening and speaking skills that will forever change how we experience and impact the world.
- Author:Fagan, CarySummary:
In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving, pudding-obsessed father. Nor...
- Author:Stewart, Ariene Hamilton, Morris, Lee, Johnson, JanaSummary:
What better way for girls to get to know themselves and their friends than with The All-New Teen Quiz Book? This fun book quizzes over all of the important and trendy things in a girl's world: guys, style, friends, family, school...
- Author:Crummey, MichaelSummary:
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BMO WINTERSET AWARD From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Innocents, a dark, enthralling novel about love and its limitations, the corruption of power and the power of...