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The book of records : a novel /

Thien, Madeleine, 1974-


The Book of Records opens inside "The Sea," a mysterious shape-shifting enclave, a staging-post for waves of migrants coming and going, a building made of time where pasts and futures collide. Here, a girl named Lina cares for her ailing father. Having arrived carrying her few possessions by hand, Lina grows up with only three books to read--a trio taken from a grand 90-volume series about the lives of famous "voyagers" throughout history. As she goes about daily life in the building, finding food and necessities for herself and her father, she befriends three eccentric neighbours, each with a story to share. There's Bento, an ex-communicated Jewish scholar from seventeenth-century Amsterdam (who resembles voyager Baruch Spinoza in one of Lina's books); Blucher, a philosopher from 1930s Germany who escaped Nazi persecution (and whose life mirrors that of Hannah Arendt, from another of Lina's books); and Jupiter, a brilliant but impoverished poet of Tang Dynasty China (whose story shadows that of voyager Du Fu). As Lina grows up, she spends hours with these three, listening to their fascinating tales. But it is only when her father, his strength fading, reveals how he and Lina came to seek refuge in The Sea that she begins to understand her own story, and the acts of love and betrayal shaping her life.
Date Published:2025

The Book of Records opens inside "The Sea," a mysterious shape-shifting enclave, a staging-post for waves of migrants coming and going, a building made of time where pasts and futures collide. Here, a girl named Lina cares for her ailing father. Having arrived carrying her few possessions by hand, Lina grows up with only three books to read--a trio taken from a grand 90-volume series about the lives of famous "voyagers" throughout history. As she goes about daily life in the building, finding food and necessities for herself and her father, she befriends three eccentric neighbours, each with a story to share. There's Bento, an ex-communicated Jewish scholar from seventeenth-century Amsterdam (who resembles voyager Baruch Spinoza in one of Lina's books); Blucher, a philosopher from 1930s Germany who escaped Nazi persecution (and whose life mirrors that of Hannah Arendt, from another of Lina's books); and Jupiter, a brilliant but impoverished poet of Tang Dynasty China (whose story shadows that of voyager Du Fu). As Lina grows up, she spends hours with these three, listening to their fascinating tales. But it is only when her father, his strength fading, reveals how he and Lina came to seek refuge in The Sea that she begins to understand her own story, and the acts of love and betrayal shaping her life.

Date Published:2025

The henna artist

Joshi, Alka,


24 unnumbered pages at the back of the book includes : acknowledgments, glossary of terms, the story of henna, the caste system in India, and recipes. Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist - and confidante - most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own... Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation and her livelihood. As she pursues her dream of an independent life, she is startled one day when she is confronted by her husband, who has tracked her down these many years later with a high-spirited young girl in tow- a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Suddenly the caution that she has carefully cultivated as protection is threatened. Still she perseveres, applying her talents and lifting up those who surround her as she does. Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman's struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel. --
Date Published:2020

24 unnumbered pages at the back of the book includes : acknowledgments, glossary of terms, the story of henna, the caste system in India, and recipes. Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist - and confidante - most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own... Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation and her livelihood. As she pursues her dream of an independent life, she is startled one day when she is confronted by her husband, who has tracked her down these many years later with a high-spirited young girl in tow- a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Suddenly the caution that she has carefully cultivated as protection is threatened. Still she perseveres, applying her talents and lifting up those who surround her as she does. Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman's struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel. --

Date Published:2020

Cruel summer

Yates, Maisey,


"Samantha Parker has the perfect life...But on the brink of their long-awaited empty-nest chapter, Will asks Samantha for something she never dreamed of: an open marriage. Desperate to keep her husband happy, Samantha proposes a summerlong separation with no contact...She's confident when the season is over, they'll get back together...Then Sam gets an adventurous offer from Will's best friend, Logan Martin, a classic-car restorer. Logan and Sam haven't had an easy relationship, but prickly Logan needs help driving across North America making deliveries...everything Sam thought about life is challenged--even her new connection with Logan"--
Date Published:2025

"Samantha Parker has the perfect life...But on the brink of their long-awaited empty-nest chapter, Will asks Samantha for something she never dreamed of: an open marriage. Desperate to keep her husband happy, Samantha proposes a summerlong separation with no contact...She's confident when the season is over, they'll get back together...Then Sam gets an adventurous offer from Will's best friend, Logan Martin, a classic-car restorer. Logan and Sam haven't had an easy relationship, but prickly Logan needs help driving across North America making deliveries...everything Sam thought about life is challenged--even her new connection with Logan"--

Date Published:2025

Just some stupid love story : a novel /

Doyle, Katelyn.


"A rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love or soulmates and a hopelessly romantic divorce attorney who does are forced together at their high school reunion fifteen years after their messy breakup and who, during a charged exchange, make a bet on the outcome of five relationships--including their own--over the next five years with the winner to be declared the ultimate authority on true love"--
Date Published:2024

"A rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love or soulmates and a hopelessly romantic divorce attorney who does are forced together at their high school reunion fifteen years after their messy breakup and who, during a charged exchange, make a bet on the outcome of five relationships--including their own--over the next five years with the winner to be declared the ultimate authority on true love"--

Date Published:2024

The 10th Kashub Day in Wilno, Ontario , May 3rd, 2008 : the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Polish Kashubs in Canada /



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The Fall : a novel /

Lescroart, John T.


Rebecca's first case as lead has her defending a man suspected in a foster child's death.
Date Published:2015

October : a novel /

Wright, Richard R.


Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
Date Published:2008

Far cry

York, Alissa,


"In a novel as moving as the entangled love stories at its heart, Alissa York, one of Canada's most distinctive writers, compellingly evokes an era of unspoken desires in which love and pain are braided together in dangerous knots. It's 1922 at Far Cry Cannery, a quarter-mile of boardwalk and wooden buildings strung along the rocks of Rivers Inlet on the northwest coast of British Columbia. The time has come for Anders Viken, storekeeper and honorary uncle to the recently orphaned Kit, to give an account of his secret self—from his first home in Norway, another land of islands and fjords, to his escape from his family's loving grip, to his wide-open years of rough living, and, lastly, to his dream of love—laughable, given who it is he loves. As the sockeye flood up the inlet, Anders sets all his secrets down for 18-year-old Kit, the only member of his chosen family he has left after her mother, Bobby, ran off, and her father, Frank, was found drowned near the cannery pier. As Anders does his reckoning (more confession than anything, given what he knows about what happened to her parents), Kit works on surviving, fending off the attentions of the cannery manager. Pushed into the adult world by her father's death and her mother's betrayal, the only thing Kit can think to do to earn her way is fish. Oars of her skiff in hand, she glides out into open waters, over the great returning school, and casts her net. This, at least, makes sense to her, as opposed to the convoluted, even tortured, workings of love"--
Date Published:2023

"In a novel as moving as the entangled love stories at its heart, Alissa York, one of Canada's most distinctive writers, compellingly evokes an era of unspoken desires in which love and pain are braided together in dangerous knots. It's 1922 at Far Cry Cannery, a quarter-mile of boardwalk and wooden buildings strung along the rocks of Rivers Inlet on the northwest coast of British Columbia. The time has come for Anders Viken, storekeeper and honorary uncle to the recently orphaned Kit, to give an account of his secret self—from his first home in Norway, another land of islands and fjords, to his escape from his family's loving grip, to his wide-open years of rough living, and, lastly, to his dream of love—laughable, given who it is he loves. As the sockeye flood up the inlet, Anders sets all his secrets down for 18-year-old Kit, the only member of his chosen family he has left after her mother, Bobby, ran off, and her father, Frank, was found drowned near the cannery pier. As Anders does his reckoning (more confession than anything, given what he knows about what happened to her parents), Kit works on surviving, fending off the attentions of the cannery manager. Pushed into the adult world by her father's death and her mother's betrayal, the only thing Kit can think to do to earn her way is fish. Oars of her skiff in hand, she glides out into open waters, over the great returning school, and casts her net. This, at least, makes sense to her, as opposed to the convoluted, even tortured, workings of love"--

Date Published:2023

Sweet little lies

Shalvis, Jill,



Date Published:2016

Emotional freedom : liberate yourself from negative emotions and transform your life /

Orloff, Judith.



Date Published:2009

A Hundred years of Algonquin



Date Published:1991

Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol.1: Fallout

Flynn, Ian, 1982-,


"Sega."--Cover. Join the blue blur for brand-new adventures as he and his friends race around the world to defeat the evil Dr. Eggman's robotic forces!
Date Published:2026

Her cold justice

Dugoni, Robert.


In a quiet South Seattle neighborhood, a suspected drug smuggler and his girlfriend are murdered in their home. When a young man named Michael Westbrook is accused of the brutal double homicide, his uncle JP Harrison turns to Keera Duggan to defend him. JP is Keera's trusted investigator, and he desperately needs Keera to save his nephew against escalating odds. The evidence is circumstantial--Michael worked with one of the victims, drugs were found in his possession, and he bolted from authorities. Ruthless star prosecutor Anh Tran has gotten convictions on much less. With the testimony of two prison informants, the case looks grave. But Keera never concedes defeat. To free her client, she must dig deep before Tran crushes both of them. As the investigation gets more twisted with each new find, Keera is swept up in a mystery with far-reaching consequences. This case isn't just murder. It's looking like a conspiracy. And getting justice for Michael could be the most dangerous promise Keera has ever made.
Date Published:2026

In a quiet South Seattle neighborhood, a suspected drug smuggler and his girlfriend are murdered in their home. When a young man named Michael Westbrook is accused of the brutal double homicide, his uncle JP Harrison turns to Keera Duggan to defend him. JP is Keera's trusted investigator, and he desperately needs Keera to save his nephew against escalating odds. The evidence is circumstantial--Michael worked with one of the victims, drugs were found in his possession, and he bolted from authorities. Ruthless star prosecutor Anh Tran has gotten convictions on much less. With the testimony of two prison informants, the case looks grave. But Keera never concedes defeat. To free her client, she must dig deep before Tran crushes both of them. As the investigation gets more twisted with each new find, Keera is swept up in a mystery with far-reaching consequences. This case isn't just murder. It's looking like a conspiracy. And getting justice for Michael could be the most dangerous promise Keera has ever made.

Date Published:2026

The Captive : a novel /

Foster, Fiona King, 1977-


In a secessionist rural state that has cut itself off completely from urban centres, where living is hardscrabble and poor but "free," Brooke Holland runs a farm with her husband and two daughters. Their existence at the fringes of modern society is tenuous--they make barely enough from each harvest to keep going--yet Brooke cherishes the loving, peaceful life they have carved out for themselves. She has even begun to believe she is free from the violent history she has kept a secret from her family. When escaped criminal Stephen Cawley attacks the farm, Brooke's buried talents surface, and she manages to quickly and harshly subdue him. Convinced that he has come in retribution for the blood feud that began years ago, Brooke sets out to bring Cawley to justice, planning to use the bounty on his head to lead her family into hiding far from danger. Fearing that other members of Cawley's infamous family will soon descend on the farm, Brooke insists that Milo and the girls flee with her, travelling miles on foot across an unforgiving landscape to reach the nearest marshal. Their journey, beginning at the onset of winter with little preparation, brings already strained family dynamics to the breaking point. As Brooke's ghosts--both real and imagined--close in, the ruthlessness that allowed her to survive her past may become the biggest threat to her hopes for a different future. What follows is a harrowing exploration of family loyalty, trauma and resilience.
Date Published:2021

In a secessionist rural state that has cut itself off completely from urban centres, where living is hardscrabble and poor but "free," Brooke Holland runs a farm with her husband and two daughters. Their existence at the fringes of modern society is tenuous--they make barely enough from each harvest to keep going--yet Brooke cherishes the loving, peaceful life they have carved out for themselves. She has even begun to believe she is free from the violent history she has kept a secret from her family. When escaped criminal Stephen Cawley attacks the farm, Brooke's buried talents surface, and she manages to quickly and harshly subdue him. Convinced that he has come in retribution for the blood feud that began years ago, Brooke sets out to bring Cawley to justice, planning to use the bounty on his head to lead her family into hiding far from danger. Fearing that other members of Cawley's infamous family will soon descend on the farm, Brooke insists that Milo and the girls flee with her, travelling miles on foot across an unforgiving landscape to reach the nearest marshal. Their journey, beginning at the onset of winter with little preparation, brings already strained family dynamics to the breaking point. As Brooke's ghosts--both real and imagined--close in, the ruthlessness that allowed her to survive her past may become the biggest threat to her hopes for a different future. What follows is a harrowing exploration of family loyalty, trauma and resilience.

Date Published:2021

Dirty work : my gruelling, glorious, life-changing summer in the wilderness /

Maxymiw, Anna.



Date Published:2019

The Biblio diet : live long, master metabolism, reduce pain, fight depression, and conquer cancer with healing secrets from the Bible /

Rubin, Jordan.


Introduction: saved by the book -- The biblical longevity blueprint: live long and live well -- Nourish to flourish -- A fast(er) path to health -- (Don't) eat that -- Eat this -- Fat: the good and the misunderstood -- The land of milk and honey -- Meat as medicine -- The bread of life -- Fruit for thought -- Please pass the salt -- A biblical spice rack -- The healing properties of essential oils -- Healing leaves -- Exercise by the book -- Mindset medicine -- The biblio eating plan. "Nutrition experts Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe offer a simple and holistic plan for building strength, health, and longevity. Based on the ancient wisdom of the Bible and confirmed by modern science, The Biblio Diet's ... plan invites you to experience a breakthrough in the health of your entire family by learning to eat and live God's way"--
Date Published:2025

Introduction: saved by the book -- The biblical longevity blueprint: live long and live well -- Nourish to flourish -- A fast(er) path to health -- (Don't) eat that -- Eat this -- Fat: the good and the misunderstood -- The land of milk and honey -- Meat as medicine -- The bread of life -- Fruit for thought -- Please pass the salt -- A biblical spice rack -- The healing properties of essential oils -- Healing leaves -- Exercise by the book -- Mindset medicine -- The biblio eating plan. "Nutrition experts Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe offer a simple and holistic plan for building strength, health, and longevity. Based on the ancient wisdom of the Bible and confirmed by modern science, The Biblio Diet's ... plan invites you to experience a breakthrough in the health of your entire family by learning to eat and live God's way"--

Date Published:2025

Pismo Swiete


Holy Bible
Date Published:1982

Walking on water : [the fifth journal of the Walk series] /

Evans, Richard Paul.


Subtitle from print version. "A novel"--Container. Unabridged. Compact disc. Series information provided by cataloger. Alan Christoffersen lost everything he held dear; his beloved wife was killed in a terrible accident; his partner stole his business from him; and the bank foreclosed on his home when he couldn't pay the mortgage. With seemingly nothing left to live for, Alan set out to walk from Seattle to the farthest point on the map, Key West. And now, after walking more than two thousand miles on a journey filled with surprises, dangers, and revelations, Alan Christensen finally reaches his destination.
Date Published:2014

Subtitle from print version. "A novel"--Container. Unabridged. Compact disc. Series information provided by cataloger. Alan Christoffersen lost everything he held dear; his beloved wife was killed in a terrible accident; his partner stole his business from him; and the bank foreclosed on his home when he couldn't pay the mortgage. With seemingly nothing left to live for, Alan set out to walk from Seattle to the farthest point on the map, Key West. And now, after walking more than two thousand miles on a journey filled with surprises, dangers, and revelations, Alan Christensen finally reaches his destination.

Date Published:2014

The Night fire

Connelly, Michael, 1956-


Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow gives Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before -- the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals. Bosch brings the murder book to Renée Ballard and asks her to help him find what about the case lit Thompson's fire all those years ago. That will be their starting point. The bond between Bosch and Ballard tightens as they become a formidable investigative team. And they soon arrive at a worrying question: Did Thompson steal the murder book to work the case in retirement, or to make sure it never got solved?
Date Published:2019

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow gives Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before -- the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals. Bosch brings the murder book to Renée Ballard and asks her to help him find what about the case lit Thompson's fire all those years ago. That will be their starting point. The bond between Bosch and Ballard tightens as they become a formidable investigative team. And they soon arrive at a worrying question: Did Thompson steal the murder book to work the case in retirement, or to make sure it never got solved?

Date Published:2019

Playaway Launchpad, the pre-loaded tablet : animal talk!, animals - ages 3-5, Pre-K to K


This pre-loaded tablet includes the following apps: Alphabet Coloring -- Barnyard Dance! - Boynton -- Boximal 123 -- But Not the Hippopotamus -- First Words for Toddlers 1- Animals -- Learn Spanish with Zoe -- Letterland Stories: Annie Apple -- My First ABC- Sight Words -- Toddler Fun Counting -- Wonder Bunny Alphabet Race.
Date Published:2015