This book explains that, as the human population tops seven billion, animals are running out of space causing them to invade urban neighborhoods and that the urban neighborhoods must create space to accommodate wildlife if we are to...
Suburban life
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Author:Downer, AnnSummary: -
Author:Roe, LisaSummary:After years of struggling to make ends meet, Ginny, a single mom from Queens, falls for sweet divorced Jeff and relishes the idea of moving with her quirky eleven-year-old daughter Harri to his home in an upscale New Jersey suburb. Even...
- Author:Shortall, EithneSummary:
Big Little Lies meets One Plus One in this story of three women neighbors looking for a fresh start, and the love affairs, rivalries, and scandals found on the other side of the white picket fence. One happy street. Three pretty houses...
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Author:Eugenides, JeffreySummary:The five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strict household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie and Lux are pulled deeper into isolation by their...
- Author:Benedict, ElizabethSummary:
Successful New York City psychotherapist Eric Lavender feels confident that he's a confirmed bachelor. Then he meets sexy divorce attorney Colleen O'Brien Golden. In a whilrwind of change, Eric finds himself married and enjoying his new...
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Author:Bhat, ShashiSummary: - Author:Bhat, ShashiSummary:
When Mira Acharya's father dies, the challenges facing her Indo-Canadian family become that much more daunting. Ravi, her autistic older brother, requires special care but longs to be just like other children. Their mother must...
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Author:Keil, RogerSummary:The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present urbanization is often referred to as an 'urban revolution', most of this startling urban growth worldwide is happening at the margins of cities....
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Author:BERG, ElizabethSummary:When is a marriage worth saving, and when is it worth letting go? Tells the story from the point of view of a man who goes overnight from being a husband to becoming his wife's roommate, working through denial and pain toward...
- Author:Saunders, JessicaSummary:
Rachel Miller is a lawyer and mother of two who's just as comfortable in a courtroom as she is on the sidelines of a soccer field. Sure, her marriage is on autopilot, her parents are overly involved, and the other suburban moms are...
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Author:Giles, W. MarkSummary:Winner of the W.O. Mitchell/City of Calgary Award.
A debut collection, these stories are set in the corporeal world of adult endeavour: the mall, the office, the subdivision. It’s these settings that W. Mark Giles exploits—...
- Author:Siddons, Anne RiversSummary:
A spellbinding tale of unearthly terror that vibrates with tension, passion, and suspense. When a new house is built in a peaceful Southern neighborhood, terrifying things begin to happen. Slowly, with cold calculation, the house drives...
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Author:Maude PichereauSummary:«Tous les matins de la semaine, je regarde les conducteurs, chacun seul dans son véhicule, rouler ou plutôt, couler tranquillement vers le fleuve Montréal. Un jour, bientôt, je quitterai cette banlieue pourrie.» Iriook est en guerre...
- Author:Berry, MichelleSummary:
Welcome to Blind Crescent, where everyone is watching, but nobody sees a thing. In this fictitious slice of suburban life, Michelle Berry peels back the pretensions of manicured lawns and the rictus smiles of friendly neighbours. With a...
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Author:Barclay, LinwoodSummary:Bad Move introduces Linwood’s reluctant hero, Zack Walker, a science fiction writer and perpetually worried father who moves his family from the dangerous city to the peaceful suburbs, and runs headlong into the law of unintended...
- Author:Joella, EthanSummary:
From the author of A Little Hope--a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick--comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip...
