A Crown of Life tells the story of John McCrae, the soldier-doctor-poet who wrote "In Flanders Fields," the best know poem to emerge from the First World War, and which inspired the adoption of the poppy as the symbol of remembrance....
Public Library InterLINK 2018
In 2015, 85 audiobooks, originally produced by Public Library InterLINK and some funded by the BC government's Libraries Branch, were converted by NNELS from large-format reels. More information can be found in our August 2015 news release.
This collection highlights 29 more titles that were added in 2018.
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Author:Graves, DianneSummary: - Author:Anderson, William C.Summary:
Have you ever longed to voyage across country in a travel trailer? Camp under the stars? Barbecue your meals in the shadow of magnificent mountains? See the wonders of Canada? Fish wild northern waters? The Family Anderson rather did-...
- Author:Russell, AndySummary:
“As the dark closes in and the fire settles down to a deep and warming glow, there’s no nightcap better than a good story well told.”
Andy Russell is a master storyteller, and this collection of new and previously published...
- Author:Granfield, LindaSummary:
This book tells the story of Canada's war brides. 48,000 young women met and married Canadian servicemen in Europe during World War II. Nothing could have prepared them for their experience in this new land. Some regretted their hasty...
- Author:Grant, Robert S.Summary:
Offers readers a kaleidoscope of aviation stories from former bush pilot Robert Grant. Having logged more than 12,000 hours of flight time in the wilds of Canada, Grant takes the reader with him on his travels from coast to coast to...
- Author:Bower, TomSummary:
The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society.
- Author:Rowe, Dwayne W., Scission, Hal C.Summary:
Crude, rude, and pathetic are the adjectives that best describe these
reminiscences from the 1940s and 1950s. The authors recall a string of
trivial, and usually unpleasant, incidents from their disaster-prone
... - Author:Geiger, John, Beattie, OwenSummary:
In 1719, James Knight set out with two ships and 40 men to find the north-west passage, never to be seen again. This book records the authors' search for the truth behind their disappearance, using historical clues, archaeological...
- Author:Looker, JanetSummary:
Explores the history of the country's most devastating catastrophes. Some are caused by powerful natural phenomena and erratic weather patterns, others can be put down to tragic human error. These stories expose the human core: our will...
- Author:Donaldson, GordonSummary:
Offers profiles of the eighteen prime ministers who have led Canada's government from 1867 to the present, and assesses each one's influence on Canadian history.
- Author:Frolick, VernonSummary:
This amazing true life story of Charles Fipke, the mining exploration geologist who discovered the vast diamond fields in Canada's North, reads like spell-binding adventure fiction. Fire into Ice follows Fipke-an Indiana Jones of mining...
- Author:McLeod, CarolSummary:
Studies of famous Canadian women: Emily Carr, E. Pauline Johnson, Maude Abbott, Laura Secord, Mary Pickford, Judy LaMarsh, Karen Kain, L.M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery, Mazo de la Roche and Barbara Ann Scott.
- Author:Benedict, MichaelSummary:
Culled from the archives of Maclean's, these profiles include famous and infamous names from the worlds of politics, sports, business, entertainment and the arts. Covers Canadians from Diefenbaker to the Dionnes, from Mary Pickford to...
- Author:Denny, Cecil E.Summary:
Based on Denny's 1939 work, "The law marches west", this updated version chronicles the great march of the North West Mounted Police from Dufferin to Fort Whoop-Up in 1874. Facing rain, storms, locusts and a tornado, the Mounties...
- Author:Ignatieff, MichaelSummary:
In first-hand accounts, these celebrated writers explore the excitement and anguish of uprooting to a new country. Childhood memories, familiar streets, the aromas of local cooking, long-cherished plans -- to leave all this behind can...
- Author:Horwood, Harold, Butts, EdwardSummary:
Tells the stories of privateers, pirates, train robbers, early explorers, desperados, mutineers, traitors, gangs of outlaws, and fugitives tracked down by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Author:Newman, Peter CharlesSummary:
A biography of Diefenbaker.
- Author:Dobbs, KildareSummary:
In 1991, Kildare Dobbs travelled more than 7000 miles by bus along the world's longest national highway, the Trans-Canada, which runs from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Victoria, British Columbia.
- Author:Sorensen, Rob, Colburn, KerrySummary:
So, you want to be Canadian? Who doesn't these days? Canucks are enjoying a major renaissance in attention, from their enlightened social policies to their wild and wooly pop culture. This playful, trivia-packed book is a long-overdue...
- Author:Craig, JohnSummary:
You say you've never cast a line, can't tell a spinning-rod from a tackle-box, and could care less? Well, you're still going to enjoy this lighthearted look at the human condition, as seen in the weird and wonderful world of fishing....
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