Emery: 393 books

‘One of my favourite reads so far this year.’ HELLO Magazine A must-read for fans of Kate Morton & Barbara Erskine. In 1920s Blackpool, eleven year old Rose wanders away from her parents and has a unique gift bestowed upon her. This gift will leave a haunting legacy, seeping down through the...

"It is a book I wish could have written, but am so much better for having read." --Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' A thought-provoking, emotionally-compelling romance featuring a girl, a boy, and the love that has the power to save or destroy them. Seventeen...

At seventeen, Cal and his mother move from the city to a remote island. His mother becomes withdrawn and Cal worries that she has found out that he is gay. His father, who is stationed overseas, has warned him that if she finds out about his sexuality, it will kill her. With no one to talk...

Seventeen year old Blaine is the odd one out at school, the loser, different. He finds solace in music and befriends the musical director of his church, Frederick. Their friendship blooms and feelings start to develop between them. He remains cautious about sharing his sexuality with his parents,...

A dog’s life as seen through the eyes of Jake—a beautiful, playful, and loving black Labrador Retriever. These stories will make you laugh and cry as he shows courage, loyalty, and an acceptance of those who are different. Jake faces things he doesn’t understand and always comes out a winner.

 A rich man and a poor man are found dead of gunshot wounds outside a seedy bar on Barrington Street in Halifax. The police declare it a murder-suicide, but bluesman/lawyer Monty Collins — hired to represent the victims families — suspects its a double murder. The case gets complicated...

Theres a killer on the premises of Christy Burkes pub in Dublin, according to graffiti spray-painted on the wall. Father Brennan Burke, Christys grandson, is asked to investigate the vandalism. Brennan has been tending bar a bit himself and is not all that keen on probing into the lives of his clientele....

Senator Grant Kirby loses his reelection bid because he refuses to respond to scurrilous accusations made against both himself and his wife by his opponent , Peter Anderson. After his wife's death, Kirby takes pen in hand to set the record straight in an engaging, action packed story of lawmen, Indians,...

Telepath Charmaine Joliet gets an offer she wants to refuse but can't. Someone from the old neighborhood knows a dark secret, one that could make Charmaine and her younger sister Jessi homicide suspects. But she'll keep quiet at a price, a very high price. The client "hires" Charmaine to...

College campuses have become rich sites of hip-hop culture and knowledge production. Despite the attention that campus personnel and researchers have paid to student life, the field of higher education has often misunderstood the ways that hip-hop culture exists in college students’ lives. Based...

Engage teens and ‘tweens with library programs that nurture developmental and social needs—and keep young patrons entertained. • Includes complete plans for more than a dozen educational and entertaining programs • Makes connections to STEAM and maker programming • Provides...

The primary mission of this text is clarifying many of the misconceptions about Paulo Freire’s theories, concepts and his implications for education. It revisits his ideas and explains more fully the philosophical influences that shaped concepts such as problem posing, conscientization and praxis....

This book brings together veteran and emerging scholars from a variety of fields to chart new territory for hip-hop based education. Looking beyond rap music and the English language arts classroom, innovative chapters unpack the theory and practice of hip-hop based education in science, social studies,...

Do you use the dictionary more than you think you should? Are the business memos you write filled with embarrassing spelling mistakes? Have you received a lot of low grades on your papers because of poor spelling? This easy-to-use book not only teaches you how to avoid misspellings, but also sharpens...