Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend...
Biography
- Author:Jordan-Fenton, ChristySummary:
- Author:Beazley, Kim E.Summary:
The inside story of one of Australia’s longest serving and most influential Ministers in Federal Parliament. Kim E Beazley threw off the shackles of a poor childhood to become a teacher, a Union Leader and the Member for...
- Author:Hendra, TonySummary:
At 14 years old, Tony began an affair with a married woman that ended when the jilted husband, a devout Roman Catholic, sent Tony to a Benedictine abbey. There, Tony met the remarkably kind and compassionate Father Joe. For the next...
- Author:Vonnegut KurtSummary:
- Author:Moore, JudithSummary:
"I am fat" begin's Moore's description of an abusive mother, ignored or teased by those around her, she has always been defined by her size. But as she traces her obsessions with food, and struggles with self image and troubled...
- Author:Hager, Jenna BushSummary:
Jenna Bush Hager, the former first daughter and granddaughter, author, and co-anchor of the Today show, shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her life.
- Author:HOCKEN, SheilaSummary:
Dog's eye view of puppyhood and the training of a guide dog. Emma is Sheila's guide dog.
- Author:HOCKEN, SheilaSummary:
The moving and often amusing account of how her dog helps a young blind woman achieve independence.
- Author:Vance, AshleeSummary:
Adapted for middle grade readers, this edition of New York Times bestseller Elon Musk provides an in-depth look at the engineer, inventor, explorer, and entrepreneur who seeks to revolutionize the space, automotive, and energy...
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
A biography of the first Tudor queen, who was the only living descendant of Yorkist King Edward IV and the mother of the infamous Henry VIII.
- Author:Morton, AndrewSummary:
They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth II and Margaret was dramatically altered.
- Author:Jackson, PhilSummary:
The head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers traces the life experiences and philosophies that inspired his championship-winning techniques, revealing how he forged successful teams by combining talents and promoting trust...
- Author:Freedman, RussellSummary:
A biography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.
- Author:Westover, TaraSummary:
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance...
- Author:Keelan, GeoffSummary:
During the First World War, Henri Bourassa - fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec - took centre stage in the national debates on Canada's participation in the war, its imperial ties to Britain, and...
- Author:Gatto, John TaylorSummary:
With over 70,000 copies of the first edition in print, this radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers' bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad...
- Author:Leger, DanSummary:
He cast himself as the ultimate insider, Parliament Hill’s man in the know. It made him a household name and one of the Canada’s bestpaid journalists. But Duffy wanted to get even closer and lobbied his way into the Canadian Senate,...
- Author:Bydlowska, JowitaSummary:
Three years after giving up drinking, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne at a party celebrating the birth of her first child. This marked her immediate, full-blown return to crippling alcoholism. This book...
- Author:Jacobs, A. J.Summary:
Jacobs attempts to become the healthiest man alive--at times to his (extremely patient) wife's chagrin. Relating his tussle with the often nonsensical world of dieting and exercise advice, Jacobs goes to excruciating (and hilarious)...
- Author:Netmaker, KendalSummary:
A story of success from one of the most unlikely places on the planet. The story develops on a First Nation reservation, in northern Canada. The child of a single mom of 4, living on welfare, was forever changed through a simple act of...