Born a slave in 1847, but raised as a free man by the Reverend William King, David has rebelled against his emancipator and his predestined future in the church. He's taken up residence in...
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Author: Robertson, Ray.Summary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction
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Author: Robertson, Ray.Summary:
Peter Bayle'heavy drinker, philosopher to-be, anemic lover'somehow finds himself in Kansas, writing a feature article on middle America's newfound love for hockey. There he meets,...
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Author: Robertson, Ray.Summary:
'So,' she says. 'Who died tonight?' Sam Samson, meet Samantha. Sam's a novelist: his dad has Alzheimer's, his mother died of stroke, his wife was killed seventeen...
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Author: Robertson, CarmenSummary:
La fugueuse, c'est Léa, la propriétaire d’une librairie de Québec, terriblement ébranlée par la disparition soudaine de sa sœur, victime d’un accident d’avion au large de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Cette...
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Author: Davies, RobertsonSummary:
From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, an expert art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the...
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Author: Robertson, DavidSummary:
Cole Harper is dead. Reynold McCabe is alive and free. Mihko Laboratories has reopened the research facility and is working to manufacture and weaponize the virus that previously plagued Wounded...
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Author: Robertson, JohnSummary:
Canada has the highest investment fees in the world, as well as a confusing tax system that features four-letter words like RRSP and TFSA. Fortunately there are low-cost index funds that make it...
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Author: Robertson, JohnSummary:
By the latter half of the third decade of the twenty-first century AD, ten years after the Paris Agreement on climate change, humankind has begun to make meaningful progress in curtailing its...
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Author: Robertson, DavidSummary:
Cole Harper is struggling to settle into life in Wounded Sky First Nation. He may have stopped a serial killer but the trouble is far from over. A creature lurks in the shadows of Blackwood Forest...
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Author: Robertson, DavidSummary:
A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a...
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Author: Robertson, DavidSummary:
When Richard's class from Big Spirit School takes a canoe trip, he and his classmates chance upon an ederly woman. She tells them the story of her grandfather, John Ramsay, of the Sandy Bar...
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Author: Robertson, DavidSummary:
Although Kathy loves poetry, she is far too shy to recite it in front of her class. But the story of Pauline Johnson, renowned as the Mohawk Princess, inspires Kathy to overcome her stage fright....
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Author: Robertson, DavidSummary:
When Cole's teacher catches him drawing rather than listening in class, he gives Cole a special assignment: an oral presentation on an important Aboriginal figure. Cole will do almost anything to...
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Author: Robertson, DavidSummary:
For Tyrese, history class is the lowest point of his school day. This is, until his friend Levi reveals a secret - a secret that brings history alive, in the form of one Gabriel Dumont. Through...
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Author: Robertson, JoanneSummary:
This is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (Water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future...