Canada's real-life Indiana Jones reminds us that the age of exploration is not over. When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where no...
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Author: Shoalts, AdamSummary:
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Author: Halton, DavidSummary:
A biography of Canadian foreign and war correspondent, Matthew Halton, written by his son, David Halton, drawn from archival research and interviews.
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Author: Kuich, BradSummary:
A few more interminable minutes ticked by and I thought I heard a vehicle coming from the north. I strained my ears and pointed north. My two compatriots nodded to confirm what I heard. The noisy...
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Author: Stackhouse, JohnSummary:
Drawing on his 30 years in newspapers, the former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail examines the crisis of serious journalism in the digital era, and searches for ways the invaluable tradition...
Genre: Literary arts, Canadian nonfiction -
Author: Schofield, AnakanaSummary:
Martin John sits beside you on the train. Can he see that look on your face? He needs to see that look in your eyes, the surprise of his touch upon your leg, and your repugnance. Despite his work'...
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Author: O'Neill, HeatherSummary:
From "The Robot Baby," in which we discover what happens when a robot feels emotion for the very first time, to "Heaven," about a grandfather who died for a few minutes when he was nine and...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Archibald, SamuelSummary:
A twenty-five-thousand-copy bestseller in Quebec, Arvida, with its stories of innocent young girls and wild beasts, attempted murder and ritual mutilation, haunted houses and road trips heading...
Genre: Short stories, Canadian fiction -
Author: Alexis, AndréSummary:
A bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic. Suddenly capable of more complex...
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Author: Philips, ElizabethSummary:
Henry is perpetually puzzled, a state that's painful, but also comforting - if all he does is pursue his admittedly odd hobby, assembling bird skeletons, then he doesn't have to solve the deeper...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Samuel, SigalSummary:
Brother and sister Lev and Samara Meyer live in Montreal’s Mile End—a mashup of hipsters and Hasidic Jews. They have a fairly typical childhood, other than that around the corner Mr. Katz is...
Genre: Religious fiction, Canadian fiction -
Author: Yee, DavidSummary:
From the shore of Ko Phi Phi in Thailand to a suburb in Utah to a mysterious Kafkaesque hole in the ground, carried away on the crest of a wave gives us brief glimpses into the lives of a sphinx-...
Genre: Canadian drama -
Author: Vanderhaeghe, GuySummary:
Among these nine stories: A teenage boy breaks out of the strict confines of his family, his bid for independence leads him in over his head. He learns about life in short order and there is no...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Winston, Mark L.Summary:
Bee Time presents Winston's reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural...
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Author: Fischbuch, NormanSummary:
This story begins in the late 1890's and documents the life of an ambitious young man who grew up eagerly looking forward to a comfortable and sheltered life in an isolated community in Russia...
Genre: Biographical fiction -
Author: Fletcher, DavidSummary:
A lone mountaineer's incredible ordeal when stalked by a three-ton Alaskan grizzly bear bent on his death.