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Messenger
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Virginia Frances Schwartz |
Based on the lives of the author's mother and grandmother, tells the story of a widowed Croatian immigrant trying to keep her family together in the mining towns of Ontario in the 1920s and 1930s. |
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Belle of Batoche
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Jacqueline Pearce |
The story of the Riel Rebellion from a Metis point of view. |
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The walk
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Shaun Alexander |
Bible teacher and former professional football player Shaun Alexander describes five stages of spiritual maturity and shares his thoughts on the benefits of walking with God. |
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Guyland
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Michael S. Kimmel |
Why do so many guys seem stuck between adolescence and adulthood? Why do so many of them fail to launch? Just what is going on with America's young men?The passage from adolescence to adulthood was o… |
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The healing time of hickeys
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Karen Rivers |
Enter the diary of sixteen-year-old Haley, who is in her last year of high school (The Greatest Year of My Life, or TGYML). Haley likes to think she's just a normal girl, plagued with all the normal … |
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Anyway
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Arthur Salm |
At summer camp, twelve-year-old Max reinvents himself as daring and fearless "Mad Max," and although he regrets some of his behavior among strangers, he tries to keep some of that fearlessness when h… |
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Alexandria of Africa
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Eric Walters |
When Alexandria Hyatt is arrested for shoplifting a judge orders her to work for an international charity in Kenya where she must face a reality she could never have imagined. |
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Anyway*
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Arthur Salm |
At summer camp, twelve-year-old Max reinvents himself as daring and fearless "Mad Max," and although he regrets some of his behavior among strangers, he tries to keep some of that fearlessness when h… |
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Christmas Reunion
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Sharon E. McKay |
Children's historical novel.
"As Christmas, 1919, approaches, all of Canada breathes a sigh of relief. The Great War is over and families are reunited once more. After a bittersweet year in Montre… |
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The Shrinking of Treehorn
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Florence Parry Heide,Edward Gorey |
"If you want to pretend you're shrinking, that's all right," said Treehorn's mother, "as long as you don't do it at the table." But Treehorn wasn't pretending. He really was shrinking.
Hilarious c… |
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Seasons of life
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John N. Kotre |
Program 5, Late adulthood (Ages 60+). A variety of case studies look at the last stage of development when people consider whether the story of their life has been a good one. The significance of gra… |
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The End of Youth
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Rebecca Brown |
*The End of Youth* is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth’s hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid… |
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Sophie Hartley and the facts of life
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Stephanie Greene |
"Sophie, 10, doesn't want to turn into a moody teenager like her older brother and sister, and she certainly doesn't want to see The Movie (about gross adolescent body changes) at school. On the othe… |
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Juvenescence
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Robert Pogue Harrison |
How old are you? The more thought you bring to bear on the question, the harder it is to answer. For we age simultaneously in different ways: biologically, psychologically, socially. And we age withi… |
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Little Faith
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Nickolas Butler |
"A Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church"--
Lyle Hovde lives a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin … |
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Charlie Glass's slippers
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Holly McQueen |
When her iconic shoe designer father dies and surprisingly leaves the whole company to her, Charlie Glass decides to reinvent herself and revitalize the brand.
When Charlie's father, iconic shoe des… |
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Faire face à la trentaine
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Lauren Dockett |
Plus de trente femmes de tous les milieux partagent ici leur expérience face au tournant de la trentaine. [SDM]. |
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Finally
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Wendy Mass |
After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a we… |
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Passages
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Gail Sheehy |
Identifies patterns of age-related change and compares the developmental rhythms of men and women, deepening understanding of the stresses experienced by couples during the various stages of adult li… |
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Personality in adulthood
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Robert R. McCrae |
"Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this book offers an up-to-date statement of current knowledge on personality and adult development. Presented are compelling updates and refinements to … |
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