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The book of records / by Thien, Madeleine,1974-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The sublime, long-awaited, major new novel from the beloved author of the Giller Prize-winning, Booker Prize-shortlisted bestseller Do Not Say We Have Nothing. In "The Sea," a sprawling, mysterious building-complex that endlessly receives migrants from everywhere and seems to exist somewhere outside of normal space and time, adolescent Lina cares for her ailing father. Having landed at The Sea with only what could be carried by hand, Lina grows up with nothing but a trio of books to read--three volumes in a series about the lives of famous "voyagers" of the past. Soon, however, she discovers three eccentric neighbours in the building who have stories of their own to share. These neighbours are Bento (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Baruch Spinoza), a Jewish scholar in seventeenth-century Amsterdam who was excommunicated for his radical thought; Blucher (whose life mirrors Hannah Arendt), a philosopher whose academic promise in 1930s Germany became a quest to survive Nazi persecution; and Jupiter (or shades of Du Fu), a poet of Tang Dynasty China whose brilliance went unrecognised by the state, and whose dependence on fickle patrons barely sustained him while lesser artists thrived. As she grows up in the building, Lina spends many hours listening to the fascinating tales of these friends. But it is only when she is finally told her father's account of how the two of them came to reside in The Sea that she truly understands the unbearable cost of betrayal in her own life. And the combined force of these stories soon sets her on her own path into the unknown future. An adventurous, voyaging novel in which time occupies space uniquely, The Book of Records holds a mirror to the idea of fate in history, interrogates questions of legacy, explores how the political factors of a collective moment may determine an individual's future, and beautifully shows the infinite joys of art and intellectual endeavour. This is the great novelist Madeleine Thien at her most remarkable, exciting, engrossing, and enriching."--
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Books and reading; Families; Fathers and daughters; Immigrants; Interpersonal relations; Neighbors; Space and time; Storytelling;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The every baby book / by Preston-Gannon, Frann.;
This inclusive board book celebrates babies and families--what they share and what makes them unique.LSC
Subjects: Infants; Families;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The teenage body book / by McCoy, Kathy,1945-; Wibbelsman, Charles.; Stover, Bob.; Grady, Kelly.;
Includes Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Teenagers; Adolescence.; Sex instruction for teenagers.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mine! / by Oram, Hiawyn; Rees, Mary,1960-;
Claudia becomes very possessive of her toys when Isabel comes to visit.
Subjects: Sharing; Big books.;
© 2003, c1992., Frances Lincoln,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The far side gallery 4 / by Larson, Gary.;
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.;
© c1993., Andrews and McMeel,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Scooby-Doo! [periodical].
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.;
© c2007-, DC Comics,
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 11
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Silver in the bone / by Bracken, Alexandra,author.;
"Tamsin Lark goes on a quest to find the infamous ring from Arthurian legend to break her brother's curse"--Ages 14 and up.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Blessing and cursing; Magic; Quests (Expeditions); Siblings; Blessing and cursing; Magic; Quests (Expeditions); Brothers and sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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It's a magical world : a Calvin and Hobbes collection / by Watterson, Bill.;
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.;
© c1996., Andrews and McMeel,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Amelia to Zora : twenty-six women who changed the world / by Chin-Lee, Cynthia; Addy, Sharon; Halsey, Megan;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-31).
Subjects: Alphabet books; Women;
© c2005., Charlesbridge,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The guide : a novel / by Heller, Peter,1959-author.;
"The bestselling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, escaping his own grief, is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado where amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests he uncovers a plot of shocking menace"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Fishing guides; Fishing lodges;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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