INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who...
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Author:Ibbitson, JohnSummary: -
Author:Whellams, DavidSummary:In this second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, the veteran detective is called out of retirement once again. His assignment appears simple: travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered Scotland Yard colleague. But...
- Author:Moisan, MartinSummary:
This book is the result of a personal and professional journey. After having practiced general medicine in private practice and hospitals in Quebec for more than 15 years, Dr. Martin Moisan shares his observations with us. He concludes...
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Author:Robinson-Smith, TonySummary:Tony Robinson-Smith, his wife Nadya, and ten Bhutanese college students set out to run 578 kilometres (360 miles) across the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas. Joined by a stray dog, they slogged over five mountain passes, bathed in...
- Author:Kirkby, BruceSummary:
For fifteen years, Kirkby navigated an uncertain and uncommon path, embarking on some of the most challenging expeditions the world has to offer. Whether it’s gun fights and crocodile attacks while running Africa’s Blue Nile Gorge or...
- Author:Scott, MarianneSummary:
In the past five years the number of craft and artisan distilleries on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands has more than doubled. A change in the provincial liquor laws in 2013 made small-batch distilling a viable business and with...
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Author:Hamilton, IanSummary:Ava Lee goes deep inside the shady world of online gambling in the second installment of the pulse-pounding series. In The Disciple of Las Vegas, forensic accountant Ava Lee is hired by the richest man in the Philippines to recover $50...
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Author:Anderson, AntonySummary:Saturday, November 3, 1956. The United Nations about 10 p.m. Lester Pearson, Canada's foreign minister (and future prime minister) stands before the United Nations General Assembly. He is about read a proposal composed of seventy-eight...
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The Desirable Sister uses the framework of "colourism" to expose the circumstances of two sisters who are born into the same family with two different skin tones: one with skin fair enough she passes for white, the other with...
- Author:Koopmans, CarolSummary:
Provides information on the Denesuline also known as the Chipewyan Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
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Author:Medaglia, LinaSummary:A mesmerizing novel of betrayal, loss, and multiple identities, this is the story of Licia Giganteschi, for whom it takes half a lifetime to go back home, to a place she loves and hates at the same time. Licia grows up in the beautiful...
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Author:Buday, GrantSummary:Kobzar Literary Award, Finalist. Eric Hoffer Award, Shortlist. City of Victoria Book Prize, Finalist.
Vancouver, summer 1962. Cyril Andrachuk and Connie Chow are seventeen and in love. Cyril is the only Canadian-born member of...
- Author:Bellows, CharlotteSummary:
Shortlisted for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize A stunning memoir of coming of age and recovering from anorexia in the 2020s Charlotte Bellows wrote The Definition of Beautiful between the ages of fifteen and seventeen, in the...
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Author:Smith, RonSummary:“What is a stroke?” This is the question that plagues Ron Smith as he emerges from the carpet bombing of his brain. The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke is a first-person account of a massive ischemic stroke to the brain stem. Smith...
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Author:Neuhaus, MareikeSummary:In The Decolonizing Poetics of Indigenous Literatures, Mareike Neuhaus uncovers residues of ancestral languages found in Indigenous uses of English. She shows how these remainders ground a reading strategy that enables us to...
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Author:Weber, JoanneSummary:The Deaf House is Joanne Weber’s life story. It illustrates the work and passion of a woman who grew up deaf and became an advocate for the deaf. It is a story of pain, loss and defeat balanced with joy, gain, and victory. Joanne Weber’...
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Author:Ross, Jane, Kyba, DanielSummary:A classic, full-colour guide to one of Alberta’s most spectacular and underrated wilderness areas, The David Thompson Highway Hiking Guide continues to introduce adventurous tourists and locals to the heart of the Canadian Rockies....
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Author:Hadfield, Chris, Fillion, KateSummary:Young Chris loves pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploiring the universe. Only one problem--at night, he's afraid of the dark. Only when he watches the moon landing on TV does he realize how exciting the unknown can be. Inspired by...
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Author:Summary: - Author:Banting, ErinnSummary:
Provides information on the Cree Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
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