Large Print Books 2009 Contents Introduction page 3 Fiction page 9 Mystery page 51 Romance page 86 Science Fiction page 93 Western page 94 Non Fiction page 96 Large Print Books in French page 130 Canadian Large Print page 137 2 Large Print Books Large Print books are complete, unabridged books designed with large, clear print on non-glare paper. You can find Large Print books at most branches of the Toronto Public Library. New this year are large print books in French. Placing Holds for Large Print Titles: You can place a hold for specific Large Print titles and have them sent to your local branch. If you need assistance, please ask the library staff to help you. You can also call Answerline (416-393- 7131 or TTY only 416-393-7030) to place holds for you. You can also place holds using your home computer. Access the TPL HomePage at www.torontopubliclibrary.ca and place holds using the online catalogue. Other collections you may find of interest: Described Videos – these videos contain narration that describes the action during breaks in the dialogue. You can find described videos in the TPL Catalogue under the Subject Heading 3 Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Audiobooks - are abridged and unabridged versions of popular books on CD or cassettes. These are available in all branches for anyone to borrow. You can place holds for audiobooks. E-books – An ebook or electronic book is a book you read on a computer. They can be read in a web browser such as Internet Explorer. You may need Adobe Acrobat to read some eBooks but other than that you will need no special software. eAudiobooks – are audiobooks that you can download. They are digital audio files you can download and listen to on your computer and on some portable music players. Download books, movies and music Overdrive – a new way to download popular books, movies, music and audiobooks. Enjoy them on your computer or make them portable for your MP3 player or PDA. 4 You can find ebooks and eaudiobooks at www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ebk_index.jsp . Talking Books – unabridged recordings of popular-interest fiction and nonfiction books, which have been read aloud. Talking books are available in DAISY format, Compact Discs or audiocassettes. You can use Talking Books if you have a perceptual disability that prevents or inhibits you from reading works in their original format (Section 32.1, Canadian Copyright Act). To borrow Talking Books you must fill out an application form, which you can get at your branch; on the web page www.torontopubliclibrary.caspe_ser_talk.j sp ; or by calling Home Library Service at 416-395-5557. A professional authority, such as a doctor, nurse, therapist or social worker must certify your eligibility on the application form. Completed application forms can be faxed to Home Library Services (Fax: 416-395-5594) or dropped off at your library branch. Other services available at TPL: Home Library Service : if you are confined to your home for three months 5 or more due to age, illness or injury, library staff can select and deliver materials to your home on a monthly basis. With Branch Pick Up Service , library staff select materials for you and then a friend or family member can pick them up for you at the most convenient branch. Please contact Home Library Services at 416-395-5557 for further information. 6 Large Collections of Large Print books are available at: Agincourt High Park Albert Campbell Highland Creek Albion Humber Bay Alderwood Jane Dundas Annette Street Kennedy/Eglinton Barbara Frum Leaside Beaches Locke Bendale Long Branch Bloor/Gladstone Main Street Brentwood Malvern Bridlewood Maria Shchuka Brookbanks Maryvale Centennial McGregor Park City Hall Mimico Cliffcrest Morningside Danforth Coxwell Mount Pleasant Dawes Road North York Central Deer Park Northern District Don Mills Oakwood Village Downsview Pape Danforth Eatonville Parkdale Eglinton Square Port Union Elmbrook Park Rexdale Evelyn Gregory Riverdale Fairview Richview Forest Hill Runnymede Guildwood S. Walter Stewart 7 St. James Town St. Lawrence Taylor Memorial Thorncliffe Weston Woodside Square Wychwood York Woods Yorkville 8 Fiction A Abbott, Jeff Collision The story of two men living very different lives. A successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride. The other, a former CIA agent known only as Pilgrim, whose current assignment for a fringe espionage agency is so treacherous, he doesn’t trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that they have been framed in an elaborate setup. Adiga, Aravind The white tiger Balram, the White Tiger, was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw- puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi behind the wheel of a Honda. Albert, Elisa, The book of Dahlia A young Jewish-American woman learns that she has brain cancer and through a series of flashbacks examines her wasted life. Archer, Jeffrey A prisoner of birth A man framed for the murder of his best friend seeks revenge against the four men who put him in Belmarsh prison, the highest-security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped. Atwell, Sarah. Through a glass, deadly Af ter glassblower Emmeline Dowell befriends troubled newcomer Allison McBride, she finds Allison's husband dead in her studio and her carefully constructed world shattered by the investigation . Auster, Paul Man in the dark August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter's house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget. As the night progresses, Brill's story grows increasingly intense, and what he is so desperately trying to avoid insists on being told. B Baker, Tiffany The little giant of Aberdeen County When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, all of Aberdeen joined in betting how huge the baby boy would be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the 10 price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was ill-equipped to raise this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane. When he, too, relinquished his grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated—Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the farm. Balogh, Mary The ideal wife When Abigail Gardiner knocks at the door of Miles Ripley, Earl of Severn, the last thing she expects is a marriage proposal. Desperate, she'd come to this charismatic stranger's home to plead for her future. Instead she shocks them both by saying yes. Her impulsive decision will have consequences neither she nor her new husband can foresee. Barbieri, Heather The lace makers of Glenmara Fleeing for Ireland in the wake of a failed relationship, fashion designer Kate Robinson finds herself in a coastal Gaelic village and bonds with the members of a lace-making society, through whom she finds healing by listening to their stories of loss and suffering. Bauermeister, Erica The School of Essential Ingredients Follows the lives of eight cooking students and their teacher in a class that meets in Lillian’s restaurant kitchen. Over the course of eight months, the lives of the characters mingle and intertwine, brought 11 together by the revealing, sensual, and comforting nature of what can be created in the kitchen. Bennett, Vanora Figures in Silk Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses—one in the arms of the king, the other in the world of silk. Berg, Elizabeth Home safe Recently widowed Helen Ames and daughter Tessa are about to embark on new adventures and change. Helen is shocked to discover that her mild-mannered and loyal husband had been leading a double life. The Ames’s had saved money for a happy retirement, planned in minute detail, but that money has disappeared in several big withdrawals by Helen’s husband before he died. Binchy, Maeve Heart and soul Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing a new underfunded heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland, and agrees to take it on for a year, despite pressures from her adult daughters and ex-husband. She assembles a wonderfully staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients. Before long they establish the clinic as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, courage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity. 12 Bond, Michael Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution When the Director of Le Guide urgently summons for Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful canine companion, Pommes Frites, it means only one thing - trouble. Mischief and troubles start when wild rumors involving the habits of a nun and the creditability of Le Guide are afloat. Even Pommes Frites’ name is becoming smeared. Pamplemousse is on the case but can he solve it before everything is ruined. Bondurant, Matt The wettest county in the world Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two granduncles. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after.