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- The Quaker / by McIlvanney, Liam,author.;
"Glasgow, 1969. Violence is a fact of everyday life in the city--the inevitable by-product of razor-gang warfare, organized crime, sectarian hatred, and an absence of hope. But a new sort of savagery has the city in thrall: three women have been found dead in the abandoned tenements and rubble-strewn courtyards of Glasgow's east end, killed on the streets by a monster they call The Quaker. He could be anyone--that man there in the pub, your children's teacher, that quiet workmate from the office or shop-floor. The newspapers are in a frenzy, the powers-that-be are helpless, the city is terrified. Weeks turn into months, and Glasgow's finest are no closer to identifying a suspect. The case needs to be closed--or just closed down--so that the city can begin to heal, move on, and forget. Enter Detective Inspector Duncan McCormack, an outsider from the Highlands, who's been sent in to review the investigation, point out any mistakes, and then quietly, firmly, shut it down. But just as McCormack is about to file his report, another body is found. The Quaker has struck again ... Brilliantly crafted with great depth and nuance, The Quaker is an electrifying thriller that expertly captures the gritty atmosphere of paranoia and hopelessness in a city on the verge of a great upheaval."--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Serial murderers; Women; Detectives; Serial murder investigation;
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- The purchase / by Spalding, Linda.;
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- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Family life; Frontier and pioneer life; Quakers; Slaves; Values;
- © c2012., McClelland & Stewart,
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- Dodger boy / by Ellis, Sarah.;
An American draft dodger turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family.LSC- Subjects: Draft resisters; Quakers; Interpersonal relations in adolescence;
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- Arrowood and the meeting house murders / by Finlay, Mick,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: ARROWOOD AND THE THAMES CORPSES, ISBN 9780008324520. In this fourth entry of the 'Arrowood Mystery' series, Private Investigator William Arrowood agrees to help a group of African travellers that have sought sanctuary inside the walls of the Quaker Meeting House avoid capture. But when he arrives at the Meeting House, he finds that two people have been murdered and the others have fled into the night. The hunt for the killer leads Arrowood into the dark heart of Victorian London.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Private investigators; Murder;
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- The heretic / by McIlvanney, Liam,author.;
"Set in 1976, seven years after the murders recounted in Liam McIlvanney's breakout novel, The Quaker, this new Glasgow noir novel is a standalone mystery featuring serial character, Detective Duncan McCormack. McCormack has returned to Glasgow after a stint with the Metropolitan Police in London. The reason for his return is left a lurking mystery throughout. He is investigating a series of murders that seem at first to be the result of random bouts of violence among Glasgow's poor and destitute. McCormack, however, has insight into Glasgow's underground that many of his colleagues don't. He has a secret of his own that he guards carefully but that takes him places and introduces him to people that prove essential to his investigations"--Amazon.com.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Gay fiction.; Historical fiction.; Noir fiction.; Gay police officers; Murder;
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- The Mighty Macs [videorecording] / by Bittner, Lauren.; Boreanaz, David,1971-; Burstyn, Ellen,1932-; Chambers, Tim.; Florence, Margaret Anne.; Shelton, Marley.; Springer, Whitney.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by William Ross ; cinematography, Chuck Cohen ; edited by M. Scott Smith.David Boreanaz, Ellen Burstyn, Marley Shelton, Carla Gugino, Lauren Bittner, Margaret Anne Florence.In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.- Subjects: Basketball; Catholic college students; College sports; Feature films.; Sports films.; Women basketball players;
- © c2012., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
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- Bad River / by Cotton, Ralph W.;
Following a tip from a prisoner in Yuma Penitentiary, Ranger Sam Burrack is riding to the Mexican Valley to hunt down the Cowboy Gang, notorious bandits who have topped the Most Wanted list for the past year. The crooks have fled to Río Malo and settled in under the protection of corrupt town officials. Now, with new recruits including the infamous Russian assassin Kura Stabitz, they're robbing banks and trains on both sides of the border. "I will tell you where they are," Escalante had said, "only because I know that Stabitz will kill you and bleed you like a dying pig!" Burrack knows it won't be easy. He won't find the gunmen just waiting to be arrested in Bad River. But with patience--and a little luck--he will find them nearby, maybe in the limestone mountains, maybe in the caves above the old Quaker mission. He'll smoke them out like rats if he has to. That was the job, and a ranger always gets the job done...- Subjects: Western fiction.; Burrack, Sam (Fictitious character); Cowboys; Outlaws;
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- What comes after / by Tompkins, JoAnne,1956 July 10-author.;
"After the shocking death of two teenage boys tears apart a community in the Pacific Northwest, a mysterious pregnant girl emerges out of the woods and into the lives of those same boys' families--a moving and hopeful novel about forgiveness and human connection. In misty, coastal Washington state, Isaac lives alone with his dog, grieving the recent death of his teenage son Daniel. Next door, Lorrie, a working single mother, struggles with a heinous act committed by her own teenage son. Separated by only a silvery stretch of trees, the two parents are emotionally stranded, isolated by their great losses--until an unfamiliar sixteen year-old girl shows up, bridges the gap, and changes everything. Evangeline's arrival at first feels like a blessing, but she is also clearly hiding something. When Isaac, who has retreated into his Quaker faith, isn't equipped to handle her alone, Lorrie forges her own relationship with the girl. Soon all three characters are forced to examine what really happened in their overlapping pasts, and what it all possibly means for a shared future. With a propulsive mystery at its core, What Comes After offers an unforgettable story of loss and anger, but also of kindness and hope, courage and forgiveness. It is a deeply moving account of strangers and friends not only helping each other forward after tragedy, but inspiring a new kind of family"--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Grief; Forgiveness; Pregnant teenagers;
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- 1666 : a novel / by Chilton, Lora,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200)."The survival story of the Patawomeck Tribe of Virginia has been remembered within the tribe for generations, but the massacre of Patawomeck men and the enslavement of women and children by land hungry colonists in 1666 has been mostly unknown outside of the tribe until now. Author Lora Chilton, a member of the tribe through the lineage of her father, has created this powerful fictional retelling of the survival of the tribe through the lives of three women. 1666: After the Massacre is the imagined story of the indigenous Patawomeck women who lived through the decimation of their tribe in the summer of 1666. Told in first person point of view, this historical novel is the harrowing account of the Patawomeck women who were sold and transported to Barbados via slave ship. The women are separated and bought by different sugar plantations, and their experiences as slaves diverge as they encounter the decadence and clashing cultures of the Anglican, Quaker, Jewish and African populations living in sugar rich "Little England" in the 1660's. The book explores the Patawomeck customs around food, family and rites of passage that defined daily life before the tribe was condemned to "utter destruction" by vote of the Virginia General Assembly. The desire to return to the land they call home fuels the women as they bravely plot their escape from Barbados. With determination and guile, Ah'SaWei WaTaPaAnTam (Golden Fawn) and NePa'WeXo (Shining Moon) are able to board separate ships and make their way back to Virginia to be reunited with the remnant of the tribe that remained. It is because of these women that the tribe is in existence to this day. This work of historical fiction is based on oral tradition, written colonial records and extensive research by the author, including study of the language. The book uses indigenous names for the characters and some of the Patawomeck language to honor the culture and heritage that was erased when European colonization of the Americans began in the 16th century. The book includes a glossary for readers unfamiliar with the language and names"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Enslaved persons; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous women; Indigenous women; Massacres; Potomac Indians;
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- Them wild woods : the transatlantic letters of an Irish Quaker family, 1818-1877 / by Jackson, Bill.;
These letters describe the life of an Ulster Quaker shop-keeping family whose daughter emigrated to New York State in 1818. The bulk of the letters are from Ireland between 1818 and 1843.Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Irish; Irish; Quakers; Quakers;
- © 2011., Ulster Historical Foundation,
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