Jim Webb's pursuit of the truth about his grandfather's role in the Vietnam War puts him squarely in the sights of someone high up in the US military who wants certain events from that war left in the past. Webb goes on the run in the...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary: - Author:Anderson-Dargatz, GailSummary:
Sadie works as a framer, building houses. She lost her own home in a recent divorce and now lives with her two daughters in a rented bungalow. When her landlady says she needs to move out, Sadie finds there's a housing crisis in...
- Author:Gorkynian, Jean-PierreSummary:
Histoire d'un adolescent syrien, réfugié, à son premier hiver dans une polyvalente à Montréal Résumé Shams, adolescent rescapé de la guerre en Syrie, vit son premier hiver à Montréal. Après s'être violemment...
- Author:Dubois, GillesSummary:
Tiriganiak, une chirurgienne métisse, s'établit au Nunavut pour y ouvrir une clinique communautaire : elle, son mari, natif de la région, et leur fille, vivent paisi- blement dans ce territoire nordique à la fois beau et terrible, mais...
- Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:
Jack’s dad is tough on him, but he has learned to live with it. For the most part, Jack has it pretty good. He’s a star player on his high school basketball team with everything going for him; scoring records, popularity and an easy...
- Author:Butler, PaulSummary:
In 1925, in a London restaurant, J. Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line, has a quiet dinner with his daughter Evelyn. Through the extravagant foliage of the dining room, a young woman watches. Like Ismay, Miranda...
- Author:Hutchins, HazelSummary:
TJ may not like cats, but that doesn't stop a taxi from showing up at his door bearing his grandmother's four felines. Killer, Cleo, Kink and Maximillian the Emperor -- Max for short -- invade TJ's life and replace dinosaurs as the...
- Author:Hutchins, HazelSummary:
In this sequel to TJ and the Cats, TJ and his best friend Seymour are back, joined by a classmate Amanda. TJ does not believe in ghosts, so when he agrees to create a haunted house in his own home as a fundraiser, he does not anticipate...
- Author:Hutchins, HazelSummary:
When master fact-gatherers TJ and Seymour are asked to join the school Quiz Kids team, TJ thinks Seymour should take the stage at the upcoming contest against the high-pressure Fairview School team. TJ is already more than occupied...
- Author:Hutchins, HazelSummary:
TJ overcame his fear of cats in TJ and the Cats and his fear of ghosts in TJ and the Haunted House. Now, he's not so keen on facing his fear of failure. His best friend Seymour is determined to come up with the latest greatest invention...
- Author:Hutchins, HazelSummary:
TJ Barnes is back, playing with his crazy cats, T-Rex and Alaska, helping out in his parents' hardware store and goofing around with his best friend, Seymour. When Seymour announces that he has signed them both up for a football team,...
- Author:Calder, SusanSummary:
Julie Fox is on the run. A psychotic breakdown has shattered her career in Calgary, her marriage and her love for her child. Julie travels to California to search for her mother and learn the root of her problems. Clues at a cult-like...
- Author:Warsh, Sylvia MaultashSummary:
Short-listed for the 2002 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel Dr. Rebecca Temple has just returned to practice in an old converted house in the Kensington Market area of Toronto, six months after the death of her artist husband,...
- Author:Rhyno, GregSummary:
It's 1994 and Pete Curtis can't wait to get out of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Already, he's playing drums in a band whose songs belong on mix-tapes everywhere. Even though his new girlfriend seems underwhelmed, he knows it...
- Author:McDonald, AnneSummary:
Alex was in harmony with the water. He taught himself to swim and liked working the sea but always yearned for something more. His brother Reggie despised it all and yearned to escape. Mercy Coles lived in high society and yearned for...
- Author:Siemens, J. T.Summary:
Disgraced ex-cop Sloane Donovan has relied on her job as a fitness instructor to keep her mental illness and PTSD in check-until she finds a close friend dead, apparently by her own hand. Obsessive demons triggered and doubtful of the...
- Author:Seesequasis, PaulSummary:
Set in the early 17th century, Tobacco Wars follows the mythical and rollicking adventures of Pocahontas and playwright Ben Jonson, from the inns, alleyways and royal courts of London to pirates, perilous crossings and hostile warriors...
- Author:Riche, EdwardSummary:
When a retired actor who frequents a city park is purported to be transitioning from man to deer, municipal authorities in St. John’s, Newfoundland, find themselves confronted by an exasperatingly difficult problem.Complications mount...
- Author:Tsiang, Sarah Yi-Mei, Down, ChristianSummary:
This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. Toes have long had their place in songs, where they head off to market and enjoy roast beef, but they have been overlooked and underrepresented in children's books. That's...
- Author:Lappano, Jon-ErikSummary:
Tokyo lives in a small house between giant buildings with his family and his cat, Kevin. For years, highways and skyscrapers have been built up around the family’s house where once there were hills and trees. Will they ever experience...
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