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The boys' book : how to be the best at everything / by Enright, Dominique.; Macdonald, Guy.; Catlow, Nikalas,1975-;
Provides instructions for a number of activities that boys can do such as fight a crocodile, rip a phonebook in half, and more.
Subjects: Boys; Boys; Amusements; Handicraft for boys;
© 2007, c2006., Scholastic,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kindred / by Butler, Octavia E.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Science fiction.; African American women; Slaveholders; Time travel; Slavery; Slaves;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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150 glimpses of the Beatles / by Brown, Craig,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Draws on previously unexamined lore and celebrity testimony in a kaleidoscopic group portrait of the Fab Four that reveals lesser-known examples of their indelible and enduring cultural impact.
Subjects: Biographies.; Beatles.; Rock musicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gulliver's travels / by Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745,author.; DeMaria, Robert,Jr.,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Classics; Literary; Voyages, Imaginary; Travelers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The night manager / by Le Carré, John,1931-author.;
In flight from a failed marriage and his own past, Jonathan has taken refuge in the luxury hotel trade. Driven partly by a desire for atonement and partly by an inherited patriotism, Jonathan, a veteran of clandestine operations in South Armagh, allows himself to be recruited as a British secret agent with a mission to expose the murderer of the woman he himself betrayed.
Subjects: Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shoes for Anthony / by Kennedy, Emma,1967-author.;
"This 1944 World War Two drama tells the story of Anthony, a boy living in a deprived Welsh village, anticipating the arrival of American troops. Suddenly, a German plane crashes into the village mountain. A Polish prisoner-of-war survives and is brought into the community where he builds a close relationship with Anthony. Later, the villagers discover one of the Germans on the plane has survived and is still on the mountain."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; Interpersonal relations; Prisoners of war;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fall on your knees / by MacDonald, Ann-Marie,1958-author.;
The story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. James Piper abuses his daughter, atones by sending her to New York to study singing while he goes to war, she returns pregnant, dies in childbirth when her mother opens her to save her twins. One of the twins dies, mother commits suicide, the second twin contracts polio while being baptized in a creek by an aunt, the aunt is raped by James.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Family; Sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A song of comfortable chairs / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: THE JOY AND THE LIGHT BUS COMPANY, ISBN 9780735281196. In this 23rd installment in the beloved 'No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency' series, Grace Makutsi encounters a pair of quandaries that will require all of her and Mma Ramotswes cleverness and generosity to resolve.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character); No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization); Office furniture industry; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Tower of dawn / by Maas, Sarah J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Following the shattering of the glass castle and the deaths of his men, Chaol pursues recovery by searching for healers in the southern continent while trying to convince Dorian and Aelin to ally with him and Nesryn in order to avoid war.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Healers; Imaginary places; Kings and rulers; Love; Magic; Survival; Assassins; Healers; Imaginary places; Kings, queens, rulers, etc.; Love; Magic; Survival;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shame on me : an anatomy of race and belonging / by McWatt, Tessa,author.;
'Shame on Me' is an exploration of history and identity, colour and desire from a writer who, having been plagued with confusion about her race all her life, has at last found kinship and solidarity in story. Tessa McWatt has been nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Toronto Book Awards. Her parents emigrated to Canada from Guyana when she was three. She lives in London. A Dewey Diva Pick. Book Club.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; McWatt, Tessa.; McWatt, Tessa; Authors, Canadian; Authors, Guyanese; Race.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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