Originally published in 1967, Dave Godfrey’s debut collection features stories about hunting — in Florida, in Africa, and in northern Ontario. They are about the interplay of gun and subway, decoy and stock market, guide and draft...
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Auteur:Godfrey, Dave, Henderson, LeeSommaire: -
Auteur:Robertson, RaySommaire:Born a slave in 1847, but raised as a free man by the Reverend William King, David has rebelled against his emancipator and his predestined future in the church. He's taken up residence in the nearby town of Chatham, made a living...
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Auteur:Magee Labelle, KathrynSommaire:Daughters of Aataentsic highlights and connects the unique lives of seven Wendat/Wandat women whose legacies are still felt today. Spanning the continent and the colonial borders of New France, British North America, Canada, and the...
- Auteur:Agger, HelenSommaire:
Dadibaajim narratives are of and from the land, born from experience and observation. Invoking this critical Anishinaabe methodology for teaching and learning, Helen Olsen Agger documents and reclaims the history, identity, and inherent...
- Auteur:Nickerson, JaniceSommaire:
Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada provides genealogists and social historians with context and tools to understand the criminal justice system and locate sources on criminal activity and its consequences for the Upper Canada period (...
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Auteur:Lewis, Naomi K.Sommaire:One night, Agatha Winter's phone rings. Jasmine, her 13-year-old sister, has run away from home and needs to be picked up at the bus terminal. It's the anniversary of their mother's accident and subsequent split from the family. Jasmine...
- Auteur:Doolittle, RobynSommaire:
Reporter Robyn Doolittle was one of three journalists to view the video of Mayor Rob Ford apparently smoking crack cocaine and report on it in May 2013. Doolittle presents a portrait of a troubled man, a formidable family, and a city...
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Auteur:Batten, JackSommaire:Cause a "poker face" ain't just a song by Lady Gaga. Crang is a criminal lawyer. He loves jazz, old movies, Polish vodka, his Volkswagen convertible and his girlfriend Annie, not necessarily in that order. A wise-cracking WASP with a...
- Auteur:Taylor, Drew HaydenSommaire:
An Anishnawbe man, Arthur Copper, decides to repopulate the lakes of his home Territory with manoomin, or wild rice - much to the disapproval of the local non-Indigenous cottagers, in particular the formidable Maureen Poole. Based on...
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Auteur:Angus, CharlieSommaire:Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history. The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman George...
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Auteur:Delacourt, JohnSommaire:Lucien and Nataša might have slipped toward love, if her past in Sarajevo hadn't caught up with her. Nataša finds work modeling for a painter in Toronto, but he is murdered. Nataša disappears that night, running for her life....
- Auteur:Hopkinson, NaloSommaire:
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to revive old ways - farming, barter, herb lore. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient...
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Auteur:Harpur, TomSommaire:The search for meaning in our time of change and upheaval continues unabated. Tom Harpur, the bestselling author of The Pagan Christ and Water Into Wine, has been at the forefront of this modern challenge to humankind's spiritual...
- Auteur:Harpur, TomSommaire:
The search for meaning in our time of change and upheaval continues unabated. Tom Harpur, the bestselling author of The Pagan Christ and Water Into Wine, has been at the forefront of this modern challenge to humankind’s spiritual...
- Auteur:Munson, Marit K., Jamieson, Susan M.Sommaire:
Before Ontario there was ice. As the last ice age came to an end, land began to emerge from the melting glaciers. With time, plants and animals moved into the new landscape and people followed. For almost 15,000 years, the land that is...
- Auteur:Reynolds, JohnSommaire:
After serving two years in prison for breaking the neck of the man who assaulted his sister, Arden is released on bail. He lands a job working at Tuffy’s, a restaurant and bar on the beach strip, alongside his former cellmate, Slip...
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Auteur:Fogle, BruceSommaire:Every year, from the end of June to the end of August, Bruce and his family go to their cedar-clad cottage on the blue, wide lake. At first, this summer of 1954 seems like any other: floating in the row boat with Grace from next door,...
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Auteur:Fleming, AnneSommaire: -
Auteur:Cherubini, LorenzoSommaire:Aboriginal people want an education that reflects their cultural values and linguistic heritages, an education that will foster their children’s engagement and identity and not marginalize them as learners. This book turns the spotlight...
- Auteur:Freeman, VictoriaSommaire:
Victoria Freeman was only four when her parents followed medical advice and sent her sister away to a distant, overcrowded institution. Martha was not yet two, but in 1960s Ontario there was little community acceptance or support for...
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