Lila plans an April's fool party, but her plans are upset when her father refuses to let her have the kind she wants. But she is in for a big surprise.
A new edition of the Arthur Ellis Award winning crime novel Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of the B.C. criminal bar, is enjoying his retirement on B.C.Õs Garibaldi Island when he is dragged back to court to defend an old client. Nick ÒThe OwlÓ Faloon, one of the worldÕs top jewel thieves, has been accused of raping and murdering a psychologist. Beauchamp has scarcely registered how unlikely it is that the rascally Faloon could commit a savage murder when his own personal life takes an abrupt turn. His new wife, Margaret Blake, organic farmer and environmental activist, has taken up residence 50 feet above ground in a tree of an old-growth forest that she is determined to save for the eagles and from the loggers. Beauchamp shuttles between Vancouver and the island, doing what he can to defend Faloon, save the forest, and rescue his wife. Part courtroom thriller, part classic whodunit, April Fool sees Deverell writing at the top of his form, with a big dollop of humour.
In this bestselling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant and passionate journey as mysterious and compelling as his first life-changing work. Instead of a motorcycle, a sailboat carries his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus down the Hudson River as winter closes in. Along the way he picks up a most unlikely traveling companion: a woman named Lila who in her desperate sexuality, hostility, and oncoming madness threatens to disrupt his life. In Lila Robert M. Pirsig has crafted a unique work of adventure and ideas that examines the essential issues of the nineties as his previous classic did the seventies.
Everyone in the second grade always teases Lois Waller for acting like a baby. And now Lois really feels like a baby. Ever since her grandmother died, Lois' mother has treated her that way. Mrs. Waller barely lets Lois out of her sight. Then Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield have a sleepover party, and Mrs. Waller won't let Lois go. Lois decides enough is enough! She wants to be part of the fun, so she goes to the party anyway. Will Lois end up in big trouble -- or will Mrs. Waller see that Lois is growing up?
Elizabeth Wakefield catches Todd Wilkins cheating on a test! She promises not to tell if he doesn't do it again. But Todd can't help himself. Cheating seems much easier than studying. Then Mrs. Otis finds out what Todd is doing. Did Elizabeth tattle on Todd? Todd thinks so, and now their friendship may be ruined for good!