With characters ranging from the desperate to the obsessive to the wildly comic, Mark Anthony Jarman's 19 Knives employs dazzling linguistic verve and staggering metaphoric powers in every...
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Author: Jarman, MarkSummary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories
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Author: St. Clair, AnthonySummary:
In a world where a bottle of stout can change destinies, all Branwen Porter and her sister Zara want is to become brewers of the world’s oldest and most popular beer, Galway Pradesh Stout. But the...
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Author: Frazer, Coral CelesteSummary:
August 18, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited states and the US government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex...
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Author: Frizzell, Alan, Pammett, Jon H.Summary:
The General Election of 1997 did not turn out as Jean Chretien and the Liberal Party had planned. Chretien called an early election, believing that his party was in a position to retain the...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Political science -
Author: Jarman, Mark AnthonySummary:
Mark Anthony Jarman is one of Canada’s most original and compelling writers of short fiction. My White Planet is his latest collection of fourteen new stories, many of which have previously won or...
Genre: Short stories, Canadian fiction -
Author: Jarman, MarkSummary:
Mark Anthony Jarman is one of Canada’s most original and compelling writers of short fiction. My White Planet is his latest collection of fourteen new stories, many of which have previously won or...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Hinton, Anthony RaySummary:
"An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This program includes a forward written and read by Bryan Stevenson, and...
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Author: Conkling, WinifredSummary:
On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost eighty-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most...
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Author: Bateman, JackieSummary:
Winner, Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University’s First Book Competition.
Nondescript Rambunctious is a genre-busting thriller with a beating, human heart. More than a simple story of a...
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Author: Keyes, EdwardSummary:
A drug dealer turned informant navigates New York's underworld in a tale that "maintains tension" from an Edgar Award finalist (The New York Times Book Review). A twenty-nine-year-...
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Author: Johnson, VarianSummary:
"With a deft hand, Johnson shows us there's no such thing as "too young" when it comes to questioning big ideas like manhood, or even family."--Jason Reynolds, New York...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Westell, AnthonySummary:
For political buffs, this is a fascinating view of the politics of the Diefenbaker-Pearson-Trudeau era, including backroom information never before published. For media buffs, its an inside view...
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Author: St. Anthony, MichaelSummary:
When Aiden Campbell, a talented pastry chef with a shady past, meets Thomas Balducci, a young, up-and-coming composer, Aiden is reminded of the hope and ambition he used to have, back when he bore...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Hernandez, CarlosSummary:
Rick Riordan Presents a brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence that poses this question: What would you do if you had the power to reach through time and space and retrieve anything you want,...
Genre: Science fiction, Juvenile fiction