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Edward Mayhew and the former Florence Ponting are plunged into the crisis of their new marriage's impending consummation, or lack of it. Edward is a rough-hewn but sweet student of history, Florence is a female Oxford philosophy professor, intense but warm. Their fears about sex and their inability to discuss them form the story's centre. Some descriptions of sex.
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Still reeling from her recent divorce, Rachel Piers steps off the plane in Rome, prepared to embark on a demanding art restoration project that could enhance her reputation as a rising star in her profession. As she uncovers layers of grime on what could prove to be a lost Flemish masterpiece, Rachel finds that layers of her own soul - layers that she would rather have kept hidden - are being stripped away. 2004.
3) The hours
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CNIB
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The spirit of Virginia Woolf permeates the lives of several American readers as evidenced in this trio of tales about the author Woolf, a New Yorker planning a party to honour a writer, and a young mother reading Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1998.
4) Buddha Da
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CNIB
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English
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Anne Marie's Da, a Glaswegian painter and decorator, has always been game for a laugh. So when he first takes up meditation at the Buddhist Centre, no one takes him seriously, but as Jimmy becomes more involved in a search for the spiritual, his beliefs start to come into conflict with the needs of his wife, Liz. Cracks appear in their apparently happy family life, and the ensuing events change the lives of each family member.
5) Odd Thomas
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CNIB
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English
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He's odd. Odd Thomas, to be precise. Genius fry-cook at the Pico Mundo Grill, boyfriend to the gorgeous Stormy Llewellyn - and possibly the only person with a chance of stopping one of the worst crimes in bloody history of murder. Something evil has come to town in the form of a hyena - like shadows following him wherever he goes. Odd is worried. He knows things, sees things - about the living, the dead and the soon to be dead. He knows that on Wednesday...
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Piscine Molitor Patel, nicknamed Pi, lives in India, where his family runs a zoo. They decide to emigrate to Canada, but their boat, carrying some of their animals, sinks on the way. Left in a lifeboat are Pi, a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger named Robert Parker. With intelligence, daring and inexpressible fear, Pi, with his devout belief in three religions at once, manages to keep his wits about him as the animals...
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