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Island witch / by Jayatissa, Amanda,author.;: "Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father's craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise. Now someone-or something-is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara's father's help, the villages have accused him of carrying out the attacks himself. As she tries to clear her father's name, Amara finds herself haunted by dreams that eerily predict the dark forces on her island. And she can't shake the feeling that it's all connected to the night she was recovering from a strange illness, and woke up, scared and confused, to hear her mother's frantic cries: No one can find out what happened. Lush, otherworldly, and recalling horror classics like Carrie and The Exorcist, Island Witch is a deliciously creepy and darkly feminist tale about the horrors of moral panic, the violent space between girlhood and adulthood, and what happens when female rage is finally unleashed."--; Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Demonology; Dreams; Fathers and daughters; Villages; Witchcraft; Women;; Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Prisoner #1056 : how I survived war and found peace / by Ratnavel, Roy,1969-author.;: "An incredible rags-to-riches immigrant story from a prominent Tamil Canadian who fled torture and imprisonment, arriving in Canada with; Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ratnavel, Roy, 1969-; Businessmen; Financial executives; Refugees; Refugees; Tamil (Indic people);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
A passage north : a novel / by Arudpragasam, Anuk,author.;: "A Passage North begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan, newly returned to Colombo, that his grandmother's caretaker, Rani, has died in unexpected circumstances--found at the bottom of the village well, her neck broken. The news coincides with the arrival of an email from Anjum, a woman with whom he had a brief but passionate relationship in Delhi a few years before, bringing with it the stirring of old memories and desires. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from Colombo into the war-torn northern province for the funeral, so begins an astonishing passage into the soul of a country. At once a meditation on love and longing, and an incisive account of the impact of Sri Lanka's civil war, this procession to a pyre "at the end of the earth" shines a light on the distances we bridge in ourselves and those we love, and the indelible imprints of an island's past. Anuk Arudpragasam's masterful novel is an effigy for the missing and the dead, and a vivid search for meaning, even amid tragedy"--; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Railroad travel; Funeral rites and ceremonies;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The romantic : the real life of Cashel Greville Ross : a novel / by Boyd, William,1952-author.;: "From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author, a romp of a novel, at once intimate and panoramic, about the adventures and misadventures of a 19th-century zelig. One man, many lives ... Cashel Greville Ross experiences more of everything than most, from the rapturous to the devastating, from surprising good luck to unexpected loss. Born in 1799, Cashel seeks his fortune across the turbulence of multiple continents, from County Cork to London, from Waterloo to Zanzibar, embedded with the East Indian Army in Sri Lanka, sunning himself alongside the Romantic poets in Pisa. He travels the world as a soldier, a farmer, a felon, a writer, even a father. And he experiences all the vicissitudes of existence, including a once-in-a-lifetime love that will haunt the rest of his days. In the end, his great accomplishment is to discover who he truly is-which is the romance of life itself, and the beating heart of The Romantic"--; Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Ethical problems; Man-woman relationships; Men; Self-actualization (Psychology); Voyages and travels;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Vegetarian foods / by Townsend, Sue,1963-; Young, Caroline,1939-;: Includes bibliographical references (p. 44), Internet addresses and index.Presents a collection of meatless recipes from around the world, including walnut, fenugreek and yogurt soup from Iran, apple pancakes from the Netherlands, and pineapple curry from Sri Lanka. Also discusses the growing popularity of vegetarianism and how to maintain a balanced diet.LSC; Subjects: Vegetarian cookery; Cookery, International;; © c2009., Capstone Global Library,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
My life among the underdogs : a memoir / by Torres, Tia,author.;: "Tia Torres, beloved underdog advocate and star of Animal Planet's hit show Pit Bulls & Parolees, chronicles her roller-coaster life in this heartwarming memoir featuring some of her best-loved dogs. With inimitable honesty and characteristic brashness, Tia captures the spirit and heart of these intelligent and loving canines, while carrying us behind the scenes of her TV show, into the heart of post-Katrina New Orleans, onto the soundstages of Hollywood films, and even to the jungles of Sri Lanka"--; Subjects: Biographies.; Torres, Tia.; Dog rescue; Television personalities; Dog rescue.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
A Year of Last Things Poems [electronic resource] : by Ondaatje, Michael.aut; cloudLibrary;: One of the Globe and Mail's most anticipated books of 2024 With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, where he began his career over fifty years ago, and what a return it is. Born in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived here since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world – describing himself as a “mongrel,” someone born out of diverse cultures. Here, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed, he moves back and forth in time, from a childhood in Sri Lanka to Moliere’s chair during his last stage performance, from icons in Bulgarian churches to the California coast and loved Canadian rivers, merging memory with the present, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery, love and loss. At first sight it is a glittering collection of fragments and memories – but small, intricate pieces of a life are precisely what matter most to Ondaatje.  They make an emotional history. As he writes in the opening poem: “Reading the lines he loves / he slips them into a pocket, / wishes to die with his clothes / full of torn free stanzas / and the telephone numbers / of his children in far cities”.  Poetry – where language is made to work hardest and burns with a gem-like flame – is what Ondaatje has returned to in this intimate history.; Subjects: Electronic books.; Death, Grief, Loss; Love & Erotica; Places;; © 2024., McClelland & Stewart,; unAPI

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