Sharpe's Triumph

Literature & Fiction

BERNARD, CORNWELL

Genre Fiction

Perennial

The Lone Pilgrim

Laurie Colwin

Short Stories & Anthologies

A zoo that will always be here for you and the animals

The Zoo That Never Was

Science & Math

LAWRENCE, R.D.

Nature & Ecology

Autobiography of the Philadelphia Flyers superstar.

Fire on Ice

Lindros, Eric

Starkman, Randy

Biographies & Memoirs

Features a guide to the attractions, suggests restaurants and lodgings, describes day trips in the Paris region, and provides information on the sights and shops of Paris

The Harpercollins Guide to Euro Disneyland 1992

Travel

HarperCollins

Europe

From Publishers Weekly\nIn graceful and ironic style, Foran, a young Canadian who taught in Beijing in 1989 and 1990, tells of the lives and hopes of students he grew close to. The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, after which Foran left for eight months, is the omnipresent lens for his account. Zhou Shuren, a rock 'n' roll-loving "artist as yet undiscovered by his art," tells of his arrest, imprisonment and coercion by the police to translate the potentially subversive lyrics of his Duran Duran tape. To Foran, outdoor basketball games provide an opportunity to sketch the taxonomy of the school: undergraduates, seeking freedom and self-expression, make lousy teammates, while older players "had long since given up expelling anger physically." A brief section about the days surrounding Tiananmen is punctuated with resonant quotations from the Chinese essayist Lu Xun. After the massacre, some students avoid fraternizing with their foreign teacher; others ask desperately about emigration. One laments, "We have nothing and believe in nothing also." Yet another bravely plans to write a thesis on the politically incorrect topic of media coverage during the student movement. 
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Sketches in Winter: A Beijing Postscript

Foran, Charles

Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion

LESLIE HALLIWELL

Reference

Bart Simpson's Guide to Life : A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed

The world's most popular delinquent reveals all in the only tie-in book to the BIGGEST TV show of 1997! Written and illustrated by Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson's Guide to Life is chock full of the kind of humour that keeps Simpsons devotees hooked to the show. Including such gems as Dr Bart's Miracle Cures, Homer's Dozen-Donut-A-Day Diet and the beauty secrets of Marge ('Never pluck protruding nose hair' death may result. Instead, use a lightweight Weedwacker') and Homer ('The scent of chili dogs, onions and beer, when eaten in combination, makes women swoon'). With guest appearances by all the great Simpsons characters, including Lisa, Moe, Barney, Millhouse, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mr Burns and Smithers. Like the shows themselves, Bart Simpson's Guide to Life has something to please all age groups and is so crammed full of fun that you'll spot something new every time you read it.

Humor & Entertainment

Groening, Matt.

Humor

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

WINCHESTER, Simon

Professionals & Academics

When Paula inherits the fragments of her grandfather Paddon's journal, she embarks on an imaginative and obsessive journey to recreate the troubled history of her ancestors. From the hardships of the early frontier, through the Great War and Depression, and into the boom times of the fifties, Plainsong brilliantly captures the story of four generations of a family and a prairie town shaped by the sweeping forces of change.

Plainsong

Huston, Nancy

United States

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