After suffering a crippling injury during a tour of Afghanistan, Michael has returned home to a Canadian veteran's care facility. The last thing he wanted was to spend his time with a twelve-...
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Author: Murphy, ColleenSummary:Genre: Canadian drama
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Author: McDonough, Yona ZeldisSummary:
If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader,...
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Author: Frank, Steven B.Summary:
Charlie isn't looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade, chances are he'll finish it. And when he does, he'll grow older than the brother he recently lost. Armstrong...
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Author: Banks, MayaSummary:
Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but outsiders consider her "touched." Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn't speak. No one, not even her...
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Author: Armstrong, JohnSummary:
John Armstrong has worked as a paperboy, a caddy, and a Bible camp counsellor; as a janitor at the Regal Theatre, a shipper of video porn, and a real live punk rock star. As if those jobs weren't...
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Author: Armstrong, NickySummary:
Saving Jesse is based on a diary Nicky started when she was asked by physicians to record the frequency and duration of Jesse's seizures. It became much more than a simple log. Told at the pace of...
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Author: ARMSTRONG, LanceSummary:
Continuing where "It's Not About the Bike" left off, recounts Armstrong's life after cancer, his relationship with the French, disproved accusations of doping, and his work...
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Author: Armstrong, JohnSummary:
Some human lives can be measured in dogs. Writer/musician John Armstrong is such a person, and in A Series of Dogs, he takes the measure of his own, now at nine dogs' lives and counting. A...
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Author: Hamilton, Tyler and Coyle, DanielSummary:
A look into the world of professional cycling as seen by a teammate of Lance Armstrong.
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Author: Fretwell, Katerina VaughanSummary:
p>We Are Malala is an imagined dialogue between Nobel Peace winner Malala Yousafzai and the poet about historical, cultural and spiritual themes. Malala's autobiography, I Am Malala,...
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Author: Scadding, HenrySummary:
In 1873, Henry Scadding, former rector of Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity, wrote the definitive history of early Toronto. His detailed portrait of the streets, customs and prominent citizens...
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Author: Armstrong, KelleySummary:
An anthology of speculation fiction from nineteen Canadian authors, tackling the fine balance between mental health and mental illness. Authors include Kelley Armstrong, A.M. Dellamonica, Gemma...
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Author: Armstrong, ChrisSummary:
Chris Armstrong reveals how existing governing institutions are failing to respond to ocean crisis, arguing that we must do better to put equality, democracy, and sustainability at the heart of...
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Author: Atkinson, KateSummary:
Ten years after she was recruited as a spy, Juliet Armstrong presumes the events of those years are in the past. But a different war is being fought now, and she finds herself once more under...
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Author: Shetterly, Margot LeeSummary:
Now in a new edition for young readers, this is the true story of four African American female mathematicians known as "human computers" who helped John Glenn orbit the earth and Neil...