Henry Veggian introduces readers to one of the most influential American writers of the last half-century. Winner of the National Book Award, American Book Award, and the first Library of Congress...
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Author: Veggian, HenrySummary: -
Author: Lecker, RobertSummary:The first collection of critical essays devoted to the study of English-Canadian literary anthologies brings together the work of thirteen prominent critics to investigate anthology formation in...
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Author: Collingwood, HarrySummary:This is a very well-written and seamanlike book. The hero is young Harry Collingwood, the same as the pseudonym of the author. His father has not returned from a previous voyage to sea, and is...
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Author: Vermette, KatherenaSummary:When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house she calls the police to...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Indigenous materials -
Author: Davies, Wayne K. D.Summary:Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives,...
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Author: Colombo, John RobertSummary:Here are over 40 scary, hair-raising, and frightening stories of the supernatural and the paranormal. These are first-person narratives that are unexplained and possibly inexplicable. All of them...
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Author: Griggs, TerrySummary:Hero, the hyper-precocious and nosily omniscient narrator of Terry Griggs's riotous new book, 'The Discovery of Honey,' is not one to hide her light under a bushel, nor to conceal significant,...
Genre: Bildungsromans, Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Clark, JeromeSummary:Delivering the possible truths of more than 200 unexplained mysteries, this collection applies an authoritative, intelligent, and reasoned examination of strange artifacts and events that have...
Genre: Body, mind and spirit -
Author: Bergeron, Emilie; Villeneuve, CorineSummary:
Animals of Africa is an exotic classic that offers a safari of knowledge on the animals of the savannah and the jungle. While discovering Africa, you will get to know the animals in various ways;...
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Author: Bergeron, Emilie; Villeneuve, CorineSummary:
Farm Animals is a funny classic that introduces the various animals that live on a farm. The attractive pictures and the realistic cries will no doubt get the attention of the young kids and will...
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Author: Bergeron, Emilie; Villeneuve, CorineSummary:
Emoticats is a funny and educational book that shows various basic emotions personified by cats. Your child will be able to better identify and manage their emotions. The role-playing will allow...
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Author: Bergeron, Emilie; Villeneuve, CorineSummary:
Family Portrait is a engaging story that shows different kinds of families, living in various circumstances. Even if they are all different, they have one thing in common: LOVE! This story is...
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Author: Deverell, WilliamSummary:Lawyer Foster Cobb prosecutes the mysterious Dr. Au, the West Coast’s primary drug trafficker. But Cobb — under pressure of a failing practice and a disintegrating marriage — has himself taken up...
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Author: Knox, MichaelSummary:Play Out the Match, Michael Knox's first published collection of poetry, is also an extended meditation on the idea of reconciliation. Vivid and lyrical, the poems make use of various...
Genre: Canadian poetry -
Author: Mascarenhas, DerekSummary:Coconut Dreams explores the lives of the Pinto family through seventeen linked short stories. Starting with a ghost story set in Goa, India in the 1950s, the collection weaves through various...
Genre: Epic fiction, Short stories