In How to Dress a Fish, poet Abigail Chabitnoy, of Germanic and Aleut descent, addresses the lives disrupted by US Indian boarding school policy. She pays particular attention to the life story of...
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Author: Chabitnoy, AbigailSummary:Genre: Poetry, Indigenous materials -
Author: Tuohy, Leigh AnneSummary:For the first time, the remarkable couple depicted in The Blind Side tells their own inspiring story. First came the bestselling book, then the Oscar-nominated movie, but until now, Leigh Anne and...
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Author: Sims, MichaelSummary:From Mary Shelley to H.G. Wells, a collection of the best Victorian science fiction from Michael Sims, the editor of Dracula's Guest.Long before 1984, Star Wars, or The Hunger Games, Victorian...
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Author: Winter, Michael; Moore, LisaSummary:The A List edition of Michael Winter’s brilliant fictional memoir, This All Happened depicts one man’s descent from love to fury over a calendar year. Featuring an introduction by Lisa Moore.In...
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Author: Wilkinson, Michael; Ambrose, Linda M.Summary:Early Pentecostal revivals swept through Canadian communities, big and small, in the early 1900s. Reports abounded of worshippers falling down at the altar, speaking in tongues, having dreams and...
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Author: Trinh, LindaSummary:
A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction -
Author: Kaufman, MichaelSummary:From founding the White Ribbon Campaign, the world's largest organized effort of men working to end violence against women, in the early 1990s, to his appointment as the only male member of...
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Author: Clemens, Michael D.Summary:
The stunning portrayals of the Canadian landscape in the documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, not only influenced cinematic language but shaped our perception of the...
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Author: Sims, MichaelSummary:
For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock HolmesA Penguin ClassicFor The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries,...
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Author: Hemon, Louis; Blake, W.H.; Gnarowski, MichaelSummary:Maria Chapdelaine, the quintessential novel of the rugged life of early French-Canadian colonists, is based on the author’s experiences as a hired hand in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area. A young...
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Author: Delisle, Jennifer Bowering, 1979-Summary:Part family memoir, part poetry, part love letter to Newfoundland and its people, The Bosun Chair is a lyrical exploration of how we are fortified by the places of our foremothers and forefathers...
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Author: Dornan, Christopher; Pammett, Jon H.Summary:Many saw it as a gamble for Jean Chretien: against the advice of party members, he called an early election. But the gamble paid off, and the Liberal Party cruised to their third straight majority...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Political science -
Author: Armstrong, JoleneSummary:Born near Park Valley, Saskatchewan, on Crown land, often referred to by locals as a road allowance community, Maria Campbell is the oldest of 8 children. Much of her early years are revealed in...
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Author: Prato, GregSummary:Comprised of all-new, exclusive interviews with Jets players, head coaches, and those closest to the organization, Sack Exchange is not only an eye-opening account of the Jets from this...
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Author: Hawthorne, NathanielSummary:
The short fiction of a writer who helped shape the course of American literature. With a determined commitment to the history of his native land, Nathaniel Hawthorne revealed, more incisively than...
Genre: Short stories, Classic fiction