Large Print Books 2008 - Toronto Public Library

Albert, Susan Wittig
The tale of Hawthorn House : the cottage tales of
Beatrix Potter
After the popular Summer Fete in the village of Sawrey,
Beatrix finds a baby left on her doorstep with a note, a
scarab ring, and a sprig of hawthorn. As she tries to find
Flora's parents, she learns that a mysterious gray-haired
woman was the last person seen with the baby.
Alexander, Robert
Rasputin's daughter
Interrogated by the provisional government of
revolutionary Russia on the details of her father's death,
Maria, the daughter of Rasputin, remembers her father's
powerful influence over the throne and her struggles over
the discovery of his true nature.
Allen, Woody.
Mere anarchy
Features 18 witty, wild and intelligent comic pieces, this
book is a collection which includes: tales of a body double
- mistaken for the film's star - kidnapped by outlaws; a
pretentious writer forced to work on the novelisation of a
"Three Stooges" film; and, a nanny secretly writing an
expose of her Manhattan employers.
Amirrezvani, Anita.
The blood of flowers
Anticipating an arranged marriage only to discover that
her father has passed away without leaving her with a
dowry, a seventeenth-century Persian teen becomes a
servant to her wealthy rug designer uncle in the court of
the legendary Shah Abbas the Great, where her weaving
talents prove both a blessing and curse.
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