Three political leaders presided over the reshaping of the North American continent during the fiery 1860s. Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were both born in Kentucky, Davis in June 1808 and...
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Author: Laxer, JamesSummary:
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Author: Paikin, SteveSummary:
A unique perspective on Ontario's most powerful political leaders from one of Canada's most astute and respected journalists. Includes: Bill Davis: Nation Builder, and Not So Bland...
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Author: Reed, Mary, Mayer, EricSummary:
Reed and Mayer combine the scholarship of Steven Saylor with the humor of Lindsey Davis. It is now two years after One for Sorrow and John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, is...
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Author: Rich, GeorgeSummary:
George Rich tells the story of growing up as a Labrador Innu caught between two worlds, the settlement of Davis Inlet and the nomadic world of his ancestors.
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Author: Drodge, TomSummary:
On December 10, 1942, at the height of the Second World War, a crew of seven men boarded the bomber plane Time’s A Wastin’ and departed the American air base at Narsarsuaq, Greenland, on their way...
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Author: Brown, GregSummary:
Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story and two recorded songs performed by John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Lucy Kaplansky, Guy Davis, Lynn Miles and the Wailin' Jennies. Night falls in wavelets of...
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Author: Jackson, JoanneSummary:
A year after the early death of his wife, John Davies comes hesitantly out of retirement to take a job at The Wheaton, a senior's residence. Having resisted 'getting involved' for his entire life...
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Author: BRETT, Simon (Ed.)Summary:
This anthology includes eleven new stories by the best of British: Robert Barnard, Lindsey Davis, Colin Dexter, Clare Francis, Robert Goddard, John Harvey, Reginald Hill, P.D. James, H.R.F....
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Author: Fitzgerald, Judith, Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle, Braid, Kate, Rigelhof, T.F., Plante, Raymond, Slade, Arthur, Wilson, John, Bridge, Kathryn, Stewart, Roderick, Stewart, Sharon, Macpherson, Margaret, goodall, lian, Paulin, Marguerite, Legaré, Francine, Evans, Gary, Cowley, Deborah, Shardlow, Tom, Kirk, Heather, Cimon, Anne, Vanasse, André, Larsen, Wayne, Henighan, Tom, Maes, Nicholas, Ferguson, Julie H., Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy Dymond, Sadlier, Rosemary, Argyle, Ray, Tidridge, Nathan, Martin, GedSummary:
This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of...
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Author: Donovan, JohnSummary:
The 40th anniversary edition of a groundbreaking teen classic. When the grandmother who raised him dies, Davy Ross, a lonely thirteen-year-old boy, must move to Manhattan to live with his...
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Author: Abbott, John S. C.Summary:
A biography of the American frontiersman David (Davy) Crockett.
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Author: Bart, JohnSummary:
Set in the UK in the 1970s, Middenrammers follows the story of young Dr. Brian Davis and his efforts to adjust to his new job in a Yorkshire fishing town. The town’s only hospital permits no...
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Author: Feinstein, JohnSummary:
In the highly acclaimed bestseller A Good Walk Spoiled, John Feinstein captures the world of professional golf as it has never been captured before. Traveling with the golfers on the PGA Tour,...
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Author: Paikin, SteveSummary:
A unique perspective on Ontario’s most powerful political leaders. Ontario’s fortunes and fates increasingly rest in the hands of the province’s premier. Critics say the role of premier...
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Author: Tannahill, Ellis, WilliamSummary:
In October 2012, lovers William Ellis and Jordan Tannahill moved into a former barbershop in Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood and turned it into an art space called Videofag. Over the...