Progressions presents another batch of erudite and entertaining essays on a variety of topics covering Saskatchewan's literary development, as well as tributes to some of the major contributors to that history, and a pictorial...
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Author:Carpenter, DavidSummary: -
Author:Carpenter, David, Riess, Kelly-AnneSummary:Volume 3 shifts its focus to Regina's literary culture and to the coming generation of younger writers, but it continues to examine the best work from Saskatchewan. The impact, the relevance, the illuminations of our best writers' work...
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Author:Carpenter, DavidSummary:A valuable addition to any bibliophile's collection! The rich history of a province's literature, in the essays of well-known writers from across the Prairie and Canadian literary landscapes. Saskatchewan's literary history is both...
- Author:Carpenter, DavidSummary:
A valuable addition to any bibliophile's collection! The rich history of a province's literature, in the essays of well-known writers from across the Prairie and Canadian literary landscapes. Saskatchewan's literary history is both...
- Author:Karpan, RobinSummary:
Discover 50 unforgettable natural wonders to see before you "kick the bucket". In every case, it's something special that leaves you with a sense of wonder, where you can't help but say, "Wow! This is really cool."
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Author:Esrock, RobinSummary:On his personal quest to check off the best of his home country, travel writer and host Robin Esrock catalogues must-sees, including nature, food, culture, history, adrenaline rushes and quirky Canadiana. After spending years crafting...
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Author:Butala, SharonSummary:In 1961, a country singer named Johnny Cash chose a beautiful young woman named Alexandra Wiwcharuk to be his "Girl in Saskatoon" and sang to her in front of a hometown crowd. A few months later she would be found brutally...
- Author:Scarrow, KristineSummary:
Saskatchewan Book Award —Shortlisted
Strategy is everything when it comes to gaming — and girls.
Zach is used to living in a world of legendary battles, epic journeys, and life-or-death situations. As a gamer, he is hard-...
- Author:Payment, Diane P.Summary:
Diane Payment has a long personal association with Batoche; her study is the culmination of thirty years of documentary and field research as a participant-observer within the community. Her inquiry draws on a range of dictated and...
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Author:Vanderhaeghe, GuySummary:The Englishman's Boy brilliantly links together Hollywood in the 1920s with one of the bloodiest, most brutal events of the nineteenth-century Canadian West - the Cypress Hills Massacre. Vanderhaeghe's rendering of the stark, dramatic...
- Author:Merasty, Joseph AugusteSummary:
This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their...
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Author:Porter, PamelaSummary:It is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad...
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Author:Stegner, WallaceSummary:Bo Mason, his wife, and two boys live a transient life of poverty, drifting from place to place, seeking a living. The conflict between the hardscrabble existence and Bo's pursuit of the American dream gives the book great resonance and...
- Author:Charyk, John C.Summary:
The author of the LITTLE WHITE SCHOOL-HOUSE series began his teaching career of forty-five years in a small rural town in Alberta. He recounts his experiences and those of others in this portrayal of the life and spirit of the one-room...
- Author:Warwaruk, LarrySummary:
Saskatchewan's most established writers come together with the province's brightest new voices to create a comprehensive anthology that showcases some of the finest literature in the world. Their talents are combined with works by...
- Author:Campbell, Maria, Farrell Racette, SherrySummary:
Stories of the road allowance people are old men's stories, translated by Maria Campbell and given to you in the dialect and rhythm of her village and her father's generation. In the M¿Æis oral tradition, these stories must be said...
- Author:Reber, SusanneSummary:
A teen's suspicious death, a shocking police cover-up and a mother's search for truth: this landmark investigation into justice and Canada's Indigenous people is re-issued and updated here for the first time in over a decade. In 1990,...
- Author:Public Legal Education Association of SaskatchewanSummary:
Please note: legislation affecting adults in special-care homes may vary significantly from province to province. If you are looking for this information for a province other than Saskatchewan, please ...
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Author:Pacholik, BarbSummary:Compiled by Regina Leader-Post crime and court reporters Barb Pacholik and Jana Pruden, this volume contains accounts of 40 unique crime stories that have taken place in Saskatchewan over the course of the past century. Some of the...
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Author:Caron, MaiaSummary:This historical novel reimagines the North-West resistance of 1885 through the Métis women of Batoche, and in particular the rebellious outsider, Josette Lavoie. When Riel arrives from Montana, he discovers that Josette is the...
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