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Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love.Oscar and Lucinda is now available as a Faber Modern Classics edition.
Shift
When Scarlet Usher went camping with her best friend on Halloween night, she did not expect it to change everything about her life. While she learns the ins and outs of modern day lycanthropy, she struggles with knowing who she can trust. Her lifelong best friend, his egomaniacal roommate, or the mysterious man who turned her into a werewolf to begin with? And of all the difficult choices Scarlet is faced with, one of them will change the course of her life, and the lives of all those around her, forever.
Indivisible by Two
A leading expert on twins delves into the stories behind her research to reveal the profound joys and real-life traumas of 12 remarkable sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets. Segal unravels these moving stories with an eye for the challenges that life as a twin (or triplet or quadruplet) can pose to parents, friends, and spouses, as well as the twins themselves.
The Upper Tanana Dene
The Upper Tanana Dene conveys the history and knowledge of Dene elders to current and future generations. Oral accounts reveal a unique and compelling perspective on a traditional way of life and offer fascinating commentary on a holistic way of life that is as relevant today as it was generations ago. These narratives, along with photographs and illustrations, show the history of the region alongside a detailed portrait of the people themselves. As young Dene migrate to towns and cities far from their homeland on the upper Tanana River of east central Alaska, they may never learn what it was like living from the land. In these interviews elders express concern that young Dene are becoming i...
National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Fragile Blood
Others thought she had everything a woman could want, an adoring husband, two wonderful children and a life many would be envious of, other than Agnes. This is a novel, based on a true story, about an American nurse who leaves her native Oregon and starts up a new life in Freiburg with her German husband. Early on in her marriage she realizes that her relationship with the young physicist-teacher is deteriorating. She doesn't love him anymore, yet is reluctant to admit it. What is she to do? The dilemma is a common one. The emancipated, loving and direct manner in which she finally approaches separation and continues on with her life is all but common. Her pursuit? She wants to find her soul mate, and what a surprise it is when she does. Her life is turned upside down, and in more ways than one. This is a book for any responsible bumbler or stumbler, male or female, who is equipped with a loving heart and an open soul and, who has decided to live life according to intuition, even though it can be scary sometimes.
