Large Print Books 2008 - Toronto Public Library

Philbrick, Nathaniel
Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war
As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying new history of the
Pilgrims, the story of Plymouth Colony was a fifty-five year
epic that began in peril and ended in war. New England
erupted into a bloody conflict that nearly wiped out the
English colonists and natives alike. These events shaped
the existing communities and the country that would grow
from them.
Poitier, Sidney.
Life beyond measure : letters to my greatgranddaughter
One of America's great actors, multiple award winner
Sidney Poitier, offers lessons from his own remarkable life
in the form of letters to his great-granddaughter.
Pollan, Michael.
In defense of food : an eater's manifesto
Cites the reasons why people have become so confused
about their dietary choices and discusses the importance
of enjoyable moderate eating of mostly traditional plant
foods.
Preston, Douglas J.
The monster of Florence
New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston teams
up with Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to
present a gripping account of crime and punishment in the
lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy. The Monster of
Florence is a remarkable and harrowing story involving
murder, mutilation, and suicide - and at the center of it,
Preston and Spezi are caught in a bizarre prosecutorial
vendetta.
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