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Author: Perry, JulieSummary:Genre: Travel writing
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Author: Linden, CarolineSummary:
Raised in the splendor of Carlyle Castle, Philippa Kirkpatrick is not eager to wed and leave the only home she's ever known. She takes a liking to the castles new scandalously bold steward,...
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fiction -
Author: Dixon, SeanSummary:
It’s the 1830s. Two travelling minstrels are passing north from London, Ontario, with their song and dance show on the local circuit. Having fallen afoul of the law and desperate for a night’s...
Genre: Canadian drama -
Author: Backhouse, FrancesSummary:
Part of the Orca Wild series, this nonfiction book for middle-grade readers explores the important role beavers play as a keystone species. They were nearly driven to extinction for their furs,...
Genre: Juvenile nonfiction, Pets and animals -
Author: Farnsworth, John SeibertSummary:
John Seibert Farnsworth he lets us peer over his shoulder as he takes his notes. Follow him to a series of field stations where he teams up with scientists, citizen scientists, rangers, stewards,...
Genre: Essays -
Author: Brown, BrenéSummary:
In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an...
Genre: Self-help publications -
Author: Pacat, C. S.Summary:
Heroes and villains of a long-forgotten war are reborn and begin to draw new battle lines. Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. Then an old...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Young adult fiction -
Author: Holthaus, EricSummary:
Cimate change advocate and journalist Eric Holthaus offers a radical vision of our future, specifically how to reverse the short and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades...
Genre: Nature and the environment -
Author: Mulrennan, Monica E., Scott, Colin H., Scott, KatherineSummary:
How do Indigenous communities in Canada balance the development needs of a growing population with cultural commitments and responsibilities as stewards of their lands and waters? Caring for Eeyou...
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Author: Keith, Esmé ClaireSummary:
Rutledge, an aging, divorced man, has treated himself to a Cruise on the Mariola. The Cruise is not just any cruise. It's the whole shebang. It's around the world. It's a lifestyle change: G...
Genre: Humorous fiction -
Author: Wringham, RobertSummary:
Indolent dandy Robert Wringham (“superb”—The Telegraph) occupies a lazy, hazy, mazy world of geriatric flies, winking sparrows, and smiling labradoodles.
Witness!
– a ‘Hungry Hippos...
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Author: Balogh, MarySummary:
She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening-a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain. For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Keith, Esme ClaireSummary:
Rutledge, an aging, divorced man, has treated himself to a Cruise on the Mariola. The Cruise is not just any cruise. It’s the whole shebang. It's around the world. It’s a lifestyle change: G...
Genre: Dystopian fiction, Humorous fiction -
Author: Horn, Bernd, Bentley, Dr. Bill, Dallaire, Lieutenant-General (ret) RomeoSummary:
Undeniably, the 1990s were a period of crisis for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Drastic budget reductions and a series of endless scandals all collided to form the perfect storm. The outcome of...
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Author: Busch, Frank ChristopherSummary:
In a world without time and steeped in ceremony and magic, walks a chosen few who hold an ancient power: the Grey Eyes. True stewards of the land, the Grey Eyes use their magic to maintain harmony...