This is the story of literary Georgian London, and in particular, the private life of Samuel Johnson. It details his unrequited love for Mrs. Thrale, and his relations with David Garrick, Oliver...
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Author: Bainbridge, BerylSummary: -
Author: DeFede, Jim.Summary:
"For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing so they could help. They placed their lives on hold for...
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Author: Truss, LynneSummary:
Who would have thought a book about punctuation could cause such a stir? This spirited and wittily instructional little volume was a huge bestseller. You don't need to be a grammar nerd to...
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Author: Adler, ElizabethSummary:
The descendents of Lily Molyneux raise questions about their family history and turn to Maude, Lily's niece, for answers. Maude tells the story of Lily's life in a fascinating narrative...
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Author: Richards, HarrietSummary:Few writers have Harriet Richards’ understanding of childhood, and fewer still can evoke the never-lost child at the heart of our adult experience. Like her previous, critically-acclaimed books,...
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Author: Kuipers, AliceSummary:
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Author: Johnson, HaroldSummary:Ben Robe is a retired political science professor who has returned to his reserve at Moccasin Lake, Saskatchewan, to live out his life in relative peace and solitude. But the complications of a...
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Author: Bowen, GailSummary:The topic for Charlie D's Valentine's night radio show is satisfaction. But when a caller warns of a plot to kill prostitutes the evening turns grim and the race to find the killer is on...
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Author: Prefontaine, Darren RSummary:
Gabriel Dumont is an iconic figure in Métis and Canadian history. In the popular imagination, he is well known for leading the Métis forces during the 1885 Resistance, and for being a renowned...
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Author: Van de Velde, JanitaSummary:
Join Jenny and her boyfriend Johnny on a round-the-world trip that will test their relationship. The reader gets all the details of her experiences - the parents at home get postcards with the...
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Author: Bowen, GailSummary:A young woman hands her baby to a perfect stranger - the daughter of Delia Wainberg, a lawyer in the same firm as Joanne Kilbourn's husband - and disappears. One close look at the child suggests a...
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Author: Margoshes, DaveSummary:
A collection of Dave Margoshes poetry.
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Author: Gray, AndrewSummary:Twelve dazzling stories offer a rare glimpse of a compelling cast of unlikely heroes, each valiant in the face of adversity, or humbled in the presence of forces beyond their control. Roaming from...
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Author: Johnson, Peter WiltonSummary:Gleeful and noisy celebrations greeted several dozen nervous young women when they stepped ashore in Victoria in September 1862, through a jostling crowd of boisterous, eager men. The hardships...
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Author: Forsythe, Mark, Dickson, GregSummary:In 1858, over eight decades had passed since Captain James Cook claimed the shores of what would become British Columbia for the British crown, but European settlers had shown little interest in...