Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his...
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Author: Sherwin, AllanSummary:
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Author: Sayers, Dorothy L.Summary:
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these classic BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' Golden Age crime novels. Gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey starred in a number of...
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Author: Sayers, Dorothy L.Summary:
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey with Sarah Badel as Harriet Vane and co-starring Peter Jones, Rosemary Leach and Peter Vaughan in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Society's...
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Author: Dozois, GardnerSummary:
This dazzling anthology includes epic interstellar adventures, tales of space and wonder, from some of the brightest names in science fiction. Authors include Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Gregory...
Genre: Science fiction, Short stories -
Author: Mosley, WalterSummary:
Mosley's novel features Tempest Landry, a black man shot down by an over-eager cop. But that's not the end of the line for Tempest. Unwilling to accept St. Peter's judgment that he spend eternity...
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Author: Massie, Robert K.Summary:
Biography of the minor German princess who was brought to Russia by Empress Elizabeth and became Catherine the Great (1729-1796). Details her marriage to Peter III and ascendance to the throne....
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Author: Jones, StevenSummary:
The only book written specifically for sufferers, as well as their carers and loved ones, this empowering book takes a sensitive and understanding approach to schizophrenia, providing all the...
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Author: Jones, Edward P.Summary:
Lost in the City features 15 poignant short stories, each set in Washington, D.C. Far removed from marble monuments and the offices of rich politicians, the nation's capital that Jones captures is...
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Author: Richardson, PeterSummary:
A Mother Jones "Best Book of 2009," A Bomb in Every Issue uncovers the largely untold story of Ramparts magazine, the spectacular San Francisco muckraker that captured the zeitgeist of...
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Author: Jones, StevenSummary:
Fully updated and revised, this new edition of Coping with Bipolar Disorder draws on the combined expertise of three leading specialists to offer a comprehensive and practical guide to the causes...
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Author: Atkey, Mel, McLeod, Rev. MaggieSummary:
When We Both Got to Heaven places James Atkey (1805-1868) on the shores of Georgian Bay at the time of treaty negotiations between the First Nations people of the Saugeen, Nawash and Colpoy's...
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Author: Hutchings, KevinSummary:
Literature emerging from nineteenth-century Upper Canada, born of dramatic cultural and political collisions, reveals much about the colony's history through its contrasting understandings of...
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Author: Graham, Kenneth, Kolentsis, AlysiaSummary:
Today, debates about the cultural role of the humanities and the arts are roiling. Responding to renewed calls to reassess the prominence of canonical writers, Shakespeare On Stage and Off...
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Author: Kendi, Ibram X.Summary:
A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author...
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Author: Mayle, PeterSummary:
In French Lessons, Mayle broadens his horizons and sets out on a gastronomic voyage to every region of France, ready to eat and drink his way into blissful oblivion. Along the way, Mayle unearths...
Genre: Food and drink