Drawing on unpublished personal accounts and interviews, Berton brings home what it was like for the young men, some no more than sixteen years old, who clawed their way up the sodden, shell-torn...
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Author: Berton, PierreSummary:Genre: Canadian nonfiction, War and military -
Author: Saul, John RalstonSummary:
Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada's past so that we may better understand its present -- and imagine a better future. Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul...
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Author: Kent, Jennifer McGrathSummary:Tony, Craig and Shawn are trapped on an ice floe in the Petitcodiac River in the middle of winter, and the rapid current is pulling them toward the ocean. Twelve-year-old Petra arrives and the...
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Author: Oppel, KennethSummary:
Dusk, the world's first bat, must lead his colony to safety in a time of changing species.
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Author: Shakespeare, WilliamSummary:The lovely Viola disguises herself as a young man and quickly falls in love with the Duke she serves. The Duke in turn sends the disguised Viola to woo his lady - the fiesty and impetuous Olivia....
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Author: Hobson, Richmond P.Summary:Epics of the West don't all belong to the last century. Here's a true tale of ranching in British Columbia told by a man who has built a cattle empire out of unexplored wilderness. In his first...
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Author: Fallis, TerrySummary:This is the story of a middle-aged copywriter in New York City. He's worked at the same ad agency for fifteen years, but one morning this copywriter finds himself fired from his job, and after he...