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Hooks
Hooks grapples with discrepancies between a Western and an Eastern take on prostitution in a country where tradition and necessity cast disturbing slants on the truth.
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Street shadows
Pica and Scruff must navigate the challenges of friendship in order to survive in the city.
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Haunted ontario
Join Ontario ghosthunter Terry Boyle as he conjures up a treasury of spectral delights that include apparitions at the former Swastika Hotel in Muskoka, the woman in the window at Inn at the Falls in Bracebridge, and poltergeists galore in Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, among many other unearthl...
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The train doesn't stop here anymore
Once the economic and social lifeblood of Canada, the country's railways and heritage stations are a fading part of the patrimony of communities across the nation.
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On leaving bai di cheng
Our guides - a publisher (Caroline Walker), a heritage consultant (Robert Shipley), a travel writer (Ruth Lor Malloy), and a scholar (Fu Kailin) - lead us on a sometimes comical and frequently troubling tour of the Yangzi gorges region.
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A journey just begun
This book tells the story of the only indigenous Canadian Anglican religious order for women, the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine, in a way that celebrates the Sisters’ past, describes their present, and looks forward to their future. It focuses on God’s transforming love in the lives of the Si...
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Haunted ontario 4
Explore the world of the unknown in these in-depth accounts of actual, unexplained paranormal experiences. Terry travels to each location to interview the people involved and get a first-hand understanding of supernatural activity. Learn the historical significance of the spirit activity and join...
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The strange gift of gwendolyn golden
Gwendolyn Golden has a bad temper and hates to read. She's a pretty normal teenager until … one morning she wakes up on the ceiling. Along with her many average teenage qualities, Gwendolyn Golden can also fly. What’s happening to her?
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Through a canadian periscope
A colourful and well-researched account of Canada's submarine service, from its beginnings on the first day of the First World War to its uncertain future today. Ferguson details the careers of the Canadians who served in British submarines in all theatres of the Second World War then goes on to ...
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Hard lessons
This book brings together the voices of contemporary labour leaders, activists, old timers, and academics to discuss the first hundred years of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union.
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The sadness of geography
A riveting story of a boy whose courage, perseverance, wit, and occasional burst of good luck guided him to the safety of his adopted home, Canada.
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Seeking a better future
Seeking a Better Future is the first major study of emigration from England to Ontario and Quebec. Extensively documented with previously unpublished passenger lists and details of more than 2,000 ship crossings, the book provides insights on how, why, and when Ontario and Quebec acquired their E...
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Harry flammable
High schooler Harry Flanagan dreams of working in the film industry. When an epic movie begins filming in his town, he pleads with his high school's Work Experience counsellor to find him a placement. But will Harry's reputation as a fire starter, and his Harry Flammable nickname, obstruct his am...
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Keeping ontario moving
The development of roads and highways was critical to early economic and social development of Ontario. This book traces the history of roads and the road-building industry in Ontario from the eighteenth century to today, and documents how roads and bridges have developed, introducing the contrac...
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The sound of one team sucking
A hilarious and strangely insightful meditation on the futility of Leafs fandom … a self-help book for recovering Toronto hockey fans wherever they may live. Longtime Leafs fan and “de-motivational guru” Christopher Gudgeon sets out to help fellow addicts as they stick with their struggling team...
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The canadian honours system
This updated, full-colour illustrated book recounts the history of Canada's various national orders, decorations, and medals.
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The paris game
Long dismissed as a vain and arrogant self-seeker chasing glory, Charles de Gaulle is revealed in The Paris Game as a transformative figure of the twentieth century whose unflagging determination brings France back from defeat and saves it from the twin threats of Communism and dictatorship
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In search of sam
Determined to discover her dead father’s past, which was a mystery even to him, eighteen-year-old Dani Lancaster heads into B.C.’s Interior. Her search eventually leads her to a tiny rustic community, charming in its own way but full of secrets. Here, Dani’s digging reveals more than she was sear...
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Living up to a legend
Diana never knew her famous grandfather, First World War flying ace Billy Bishop. Still, his heroic legacy has towered over Diana even from the grave, shaping her life in ways that she never expected. Now she presents a granddaughter’s view of this Canadian icon.
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Dead air
Someone is killing big name right-wing media personalities. When ex-cop Mike Cobb is hired as a bodyguard for a conservative radio superstar, he and his partner, crime journalist Adam Cullen, are thrust into the line of fire.
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The toronto carrying place
The Toronto Carrying Place trail linked Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe, and helped shape the development of Ontario. Its influence is still felt today, though much of the original trail is obscured. Glenn Turner guides readers on a three-day journey that reconnects modern-day Toronto with its histor...
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Sir john's echo
As Sir John A. Macdonald intended, throughout Canada’s history, the federal government has been the primary force in nation-building and crisis response. Because of its ability to represent all Canadians, John Boyko argues forcefully that Ottawa, not the provinces, must be recognized as the natio...
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Cemetery of the nameless
Violin virtuoso Victoria Morgan and her devoted piano accompanist are on yet another European tour. While playing to a full house in Vienna, Tory leaves the stage and disappears in the middle of this important concert, leaving behind a puzzled audience. Why would a seasoned professional do someth...
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Conceiving
Infertility affects between 10 and 15 percent of couples in western countries, and causes major suffering. This indispensable reference presents current medical approaches that can help prevent and treat infertility. It aims to inform hopeful parents in the clearest possible terms about what they...
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Oak island family
Treasure hunters have come to Oak Island seeking its cache, but have always left empty-handed. The Restall family lived and worked on the island, driven by their quest for riches and fame, encouraged by small successes, toughened by minor frustrations and major setbacks, pressing on until their q...
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Canadian folk
A collection of lives and stories that provides a fascinating look at the eminent and no so eminent characters who came before us and left their colourful mark on Canada’s history.
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Green mama
From detoxifying the nursery to choosing healthy food and skincare options, Green Mama helps parents make the best decisions for protecting their children as well as the environment.
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Imperial immigrants
Between 1815 and 1832, Great Britain settled more than 3,500 individuals, mostly from the Scottish Lowlands, in the Ottawa Valley. These government-assisted emigrations, which began immediately after the Napoleonic Wars, are explored to reveal their impact on Upper Canada.
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After the bloom
Rita Takemitsu is a newly single mother raising her daughter in 1980s Toronto. When her mother, Lily, goes missing, Rita sets out to find her. In the course of her quest, Rita uncovers a host of secrets surrounding her mother’s internment at a camp in the California desert during the Second World...
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On the rim
How do you cope when your husband of more than 30 years announces he's leaving and you didn’t see it coming? Ellen thought these would be her marriage's golden years, but instead she learns that everything she thought they held jointly are in his name. She plummets into depression, but a spur-of-...
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Boy from nowhere
Allan Fotheringham has had a distinguished and lengthy career as one of Canada's pre-eminent newspaper and magazine journalists. A long-time columnist for Maclean's, he's met everybody from Bobby Kennedy andPierre TrudeautoThe Beatles and Nelson Mandela.
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Inside the museums
Illuminates Toronto's early history through its small heritage museums and their prized objects. For the first time, it showcases the scattered historic homes and other buildings as a single community.
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The commander
From his humble beginnings in Musgrave Harbour, Harry Steele became one of Newfoundland’s most successful entrepreneurs.
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The greatest lake
By exploring the connection between people and place on the rugged coastline of Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake, Conor Mihell weaves first-hand experiences as an outdoor adventurer with compelling character studies of cottagers and entrepreneurs, personal essays, and investigat...
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The slip
Professor Philip Sharpe is having a bad day when he appears on a live televised debate. But things will only get worse when, flustered on air, he makes some wildly inappropriate remarks. The “slip” goes viral and Philip’s life and marriage go into a tailspin. His life unravelling, Philip hatches ...
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Practically perfect
Is it possible to commit the perfect murder? The killers profiled by author Dale Brawn in Practically Perfect certainly thought so. These individuals believed they could beat the criminal justice system. In the end, they all find out that crime really doesn't pay.
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A crucible of fire
This fifth book in the six-part series Upper Canada Preserved examines the pivotal period between July and August of 1814, with particular emphasis on the events that led up to and took place at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane on July 25 and the subsequent reversal of military fortunes that led to the...
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Festival man
In this satirical send-up of the Canadian music scene, maverick band manager Campbell Ouiniette makes a final, flailing, and destructive bid for glory as he attempts to pull the ultimate scam on the Calgary Folk Festival.
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Direct democracy in canada
A well researched analysis of three national referenda in Canada: prohibition in 1898, conscription in 1942, and the Constitution in 1992.
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Five roses
Five Roses is a novel about overcoming the emotional fallout of a shattering loss. Fara, Maddy, and Rose’s lives intersect in Pointe St-Charles, Montreal, where a backdrop of gentrification mirrors the traumas that haunt these women, as well as their search for new bonds in place of their familie...
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The instructor
When nineteen-year-old Simone Paris followed her art instructor/ lover Otto Guest to Mexico, she had no idea of the impact the decision will have on the formation of her personal identity. When Otto reappears, six years later, Simone is confronted with forgotten relics from her past and feelings ...
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Rich by thirty
Financial analyst and public speaker Lesley-Anne Scorgie knows that the road to financial independence starts in young adulthood. Drawing on her personal experience, she presents the perfect advice about saving, investing, and budgeting. The book lays out everything twenty-somethings need to know...
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Freedom of expression
This book detailing the protections, limits, and interpretation of freedom of expression in Canada is the second in a series exploring key topics pertaining to Canadian law.
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Rails across ontario
For the first time, train buffs and history lovers will have a book that explores the heritage of Ontario’s railways, from its oldest stations to its highest bridges, glamorous hotels (and some not-so-glamorous ones), scenic and historic train rides, rail trails, and sagging old ghost towns.
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Endgame
Harvey Keill, ex-manager of the Ladykillers, arranges a reunion for his notorious punk band on a remote island off the coast of Seattle. But once the band and their eclectic entourage arrive, a dark secret emerges from their past to haunt them as, one by one, the guests begin to fall prey to a my...
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The greatest athlete (you've never heard of)
Canada’s first Olympic gold medallist couldn’t walk until he was ten, spoke nine languages, became the greatest runner of his generation, and was mistaken for an American for seventy years because the Americans wanted to keep him.
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Di-bayn-di-zi-win (to own ourselves)
Explores an Ojibway-Anishinabe world view and way of life through the cultural, political, social, and academic events in Canada over the past fifty years.
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Of courage and determination
In the dark, early days of the Second World War, the Allies desperately tried to slow down the Axis tide of conquest. With victory slipping away, the Allies turned to special operations forces such as the First Special Service Force or Devil's Brigade to carry the fight to the enemy.
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Transmigration
Simon Carpenter is a normal 16-year-old. Or is he? When the strange powers he possesses lead him to realize that there are strange creatures with a plot to take over the world, his failure to stop it could lead to worldwide disaster.
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The burying ground
Thaddeus reunites with an old friend in less-than-cheerful circumstances to catch a grave robber who is preying on a vagrants' cemetery and stealing more than bodies. The two soon find themselves entangled in a mystery that stretches back to the typhus epidemic of 1847, and the legacy of a scanda...
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The truth about brave
Whether saving animals from a factory farm or dealing with her sister's eating disorder, Robin struggles to choose whether taking action would be heroic – or going too far. Worried she's a wuss compared to her friend Zo-Zo, Robin takes the risk of following her own path, and finds her inner truth...
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The power of the pen
Sir John Willison (1856-1927) lived and worked after the development of fast trains and the telegraph, mostly before the widespread use of the telephone, and almost entirely before radio mattered in news. As a newspaperman, though, he was the most important Canadian journalist of his era.
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The town below
A bestseller in Quebec when it originally appeared, The Town Below has been called the "pioneer novel of working-class Quebec" and exploded, with great controversy, the smothering social and religious strictures prevalent among postwar Québécois.
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White jade tiger
On a trip to Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia, thirteen-year-old Jasmine falls through a doorway back to the 1880s, and finds herself in caught up in a scramble for a lost amulet — and a race against time. Will she ever make it back home?
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Touch
For better or worse, digital business has fundamentally changed how organizations hire, market their services, and connect with stakeholders. The problem is, in an effort to use technology to connect more effectively, we have lost the humanity — that critical person-to-person connection. This boo...
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Screwed
On film, on the page, in fashion, and in a host of other areas, female desire is routinely shown as subordinate to male desire — when it isn’t suppressed altogether. In a series of rebellious, humorous, and well-documented essays, Lili Boisvert sketches the contours of what could be true sexual l...
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Brace for impact
So many planes seem to fall from the sky or disappear completely. But are accidents really so common and why do they happen in the first place? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safest form of travel.
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Good as gone
After dropping out of school, 23-year-old Anna Pottier became Layton's fifth and final wife. She was 48 years his junior. As Irving's partner, she shared his world until Parkinson's and early-stage Alzheimer's changed both of their lives, and Pottier had nothing left to give.
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Twilight is not good for maidens
Holly Martin’s RCMP detachment on Vancouver Island is rocked by an attack on a woman camping alone. At another beach a girl is garrotted. The case breaks open when a third woman is raped and gives a description of the assailant.
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Aquariums
An intimate and wide-sweeping climate fiction story that examines the staying power of the human race through the life of a young marine biologist who works to save ocean ecosystems, woven together with the stories of her ancestors.
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They fought in colour / la guerre en couleur
A photographic exploration of Canada’s First World War experience, presented for the first time in full, vibrant colour, with complementary essays by some of our country’s leading public figures.
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All the libraries toronto
All one hundred branches of the Toronto Public Library appear in this whimsical colouring book for adults.
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Moses, me, and murder
It's 1866 in Barkerville, British Columbia, and a man has disappeared. Ted MacIntosh learns from the local barber Moses that his friend Charles has failed to arrive in town. What happened to him? Slowly, Ted and Moses unravel the story of a cruel murder.
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200 years at st. john's york mills
St. John’s Church at York Mills was built in 1816 on land that had been donated by pioneer settlers: a little log building that was the first parish church in the City of Toronto. The brick church that stands there today, completed in 1844 and enlarged over the years, stands as a welcoming place ...
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Sir john a.'s crusade and seward's magnificent folly
Secret deals, romance, and international intrigue all figure in this rousing tale of historical speculation focused on Sir John A. Macdonald and set on the eve of Canada's birth in both London, England, and Highclere Castle, now widely known as the real-life location for the popular television se...
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The guinea pig club
The Guinea Pig Club was a group of airmen seriously burned in airplane fires, who braved the experimental procedures that laid the groundwork for reconstructive surgery. This book explores the remarkable people and events behind this medical transformation that emerged from the Second World War.
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The many deaths of tom thomson
Commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of Tom Thomson's death, cultural historian Gregory Klages offers the deepest look to date at the historical record, testimony, and archives about the artist’s tragic and mysterious demise. Putting the whole range of theories under examination, he separa...
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Property
In the early 1970s an innocent teenager who had led a sheltered life was forced to leave her family and enter into a polygamous and abusive relationship with a man called the Prophet. In 2008, nearly 40 years later, in the dead of night she fled and created a new life.
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Pauline johnson
Canada's first Native writer, Pauline Johnson, exemplified the duality of culture in early Canada through her half-Mohawk, half-English heritage. Her unique poetry and presention style remain a legend in Canadian literary history.
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The scarlet macaw
Entwined mysteries unfold in two time periods in Singapore as artist Maris Cousins, devastated by the sudden death of her mentor, gallery owner Peter Stone, becomes immersed in fictional stories of love and betrayal from the city's past, mysteriously left to her by Stone. Soon she is caught up in...
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Fighting to lose
Newly released FBI and MI5 documents provide a fresh interpretation of key events during World War II, showing how German military intelligence, which was secretly opposed to the Nazis, aided the Allies.
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Tomes of terror
It's been said that books have a life of their own, but there's more than literature lurking in the cobwebbed recesses of dusty bookstores and libraries across Canada. Read about some of the most celebrated and eerie bookish haunts, and try to brush off that feeling of someone watching from just ...
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The canadian federal election of 2015
The Canadian Federal Election of 2015 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and the election outcome. The chapters, written by leading academics, examine the strategies, successes, and failures of the major political parties, and the changing nature of Canadian electoral poli...
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Raising royalty
Raising Royalty examines the struggles and successes of twenty sets of royal parents over the past thousand years as they raised their children in the public eye. From Edgar and Elfrida in Anglo-Saxon times to William and Kate today, Raising Royalty discusses centuries of royal parenting.
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Metal on ice
Canada has produced many successful proponents of the genre known as heavy metal. Drawing on interviews with the original artists of the 1980s, this book provides a new perspective on the dreams of musicians shooting for an American ideal of success ... and ultimately discovering a uniquely Canad...
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Hostile seas
Set in 2008, Hostile Seas is a personal account of life on board Canadian naval ship HMCS Ville de Québec as the crew attempts to escort pirate-menaced cargo ships carrying World Food Programme aid to Mogadishu.
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Dancing with robots
Five human superpowers give us a unique advantage in a world being taken over by robots and other advanced technology. Learn to harness your superpowers to survive, compete, and thrive in today's advanced world.
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All else is folly
All Else Is Folly is a living memory of the Canadian experience in the First World War. Praised by Sir Robert Borden, this novel both commemorates and mourns the Canadian soldiers who fought for peace in a landscape of treachery.
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Cover before striking
The characters in Cover Before Striking — ranging from pyromaniacs to Olympic athletes to Catholic priests—are all pushing their lives to new levels of intensity, danger, or passion as they test their limits and those of the world. A new short story collection from award-winning author Priscila U...
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Canada's world wonders
Take an eclectic journey across Canada to seek out our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks, such as the relics of a famous gold rush, North America’s only walled city, indigenous deep heritage, spectacular landscape features, and awe-inspiring feats of engineering.
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Driven to succeed
Hungarian-born Frank Hasenfratz fled his native land in 1956 after the revolution to free his nation from Soviet domination failed. He eventually settled in Guelph, Ontario, where he founded Linamar, now the second-largest maker of auto parts in Canada. This is Frank's story as well as that of th...
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The underground railroad
This richly illustrated book examines Toronto’s connection to slavery and to the system of secret routes, safe houses, and “conductors.”
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The accidental captives
In April 1941, a passenger ship sailing from New York to Cape Town was attacked and sunk by a German raider. The passengers were pulled from the water and transported to Nazi-occupied France, where the majority were released. Among those left behind were seven Canadian women. This is the tale of ...
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Gridiron underground
Gridiron Underground traces the Canadian lifeline that brought talented African-American football players who were overlooked, ignored, or prevented from playing football in their home country from the 1940s right through to the present day.
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Darkling green
Just when things seem to have calmed down at Eldritch Manor, spring comes with new complications. The King of the Fairies arrives with his entourage, and mistakes in Mab’s knitting cause ruptures in time that make a supernatural portal open in the backyard pool. And on top of all that, Willa unco...
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Something wiki
Something Wiki is a light-hearted, contemporary middle-grade novel narrated by twelve-year-old Jo Waller, who idolizes her older brother and uses Wikipedia as a secret diary. But when her brother and his girlfriend move back to the family home, Jo’s whole world is thrown into chaos.
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John a. macdonald
Shocked by Canada's 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances to avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country's first ...
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Bosworth 1485
A great battle that shaped the history of England and founded a new royal dynasty is expertly related and explained by a leading historian, with detailed illustrations and supplementary facts.
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Ontario and quebec’s irish pioneers
Taking on the myth that Irish settlers in Canada were a wave of famine victims, Lucille Campey reveals the pioneering achievements of the Irish who began populating — and thriving in — Ontario and Quebec a century before the famine of 1840. The second volume of the Irish in Canada series brings a...
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Almost criminal
Almost Criminal is a tightly wound tale of steadily building suspense. It's the time of the New Prohibition, and it's a story of a young man's eagerness to impress his mentor and earn the trust of his family, and his desperate attempt to escape before violence sweeps him, and everyone he loves, a...
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Bury your horses
A disgraced pro hockey goon crashes his motorcycle in the Chihuahuan Desert and finds his life entangled with the inhabitants of a local ranch.
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Circle of stones
Nik's world shatters the day his girlfriend, Jennifer, disappears. Determined to find her, he embarks on a cross-country journey revealed through chance encounters with a series of connected strangers. As the story circles back to where it began, questions grow ever more urgent — like who is sear...
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What every parent should know about school
Best-selling author and educator Michael Reist looks at what our schools are really like today and what needs to change. A passionate advocate for children, he presents an honest picture of contemporary school life, offering parents a wealth of advice for navigating their way through the system.
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Campaign confessions
John Laschinger, Canada’s only full-time campaign manager, opens up about the fifty campaigns he has worked on around the world. From smoke-filled backrooms to social media, Laschinger gives unflinching detail on everything in a campaign manager’s arsenal.
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Stalled
There are many things North Americans take for granted — including a robust economy. But the past fifteen years have seen persistent stagnation that threatens the results of fifty years of previous growth. Without letting rising consumer debt cloud the question, Michael Hlinka diagnoses Canada’s ...
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Arnhem 1944
The story of one of the most dramatic and important battles of the Second World War is expertly related and explained by a leading historian, with detailed illustrations and supplementary facts.
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Breakthrough!
Canada's greatest medical breakthrough might well be insulin, but the telephone, the light bulb, the jetliner, the BlackBerry, and basketball also had Canadians behind them. Author John Melady showcases the praiseworthy products, fascinating ideas, and machines with global appeal that the planet ...
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New dark ages
The X Gang has lost one of its friends to Earl Turner, a far-right presidential candidate, and the gang is encountering new signs of hate practically everywhere they go.
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101 fascinating hockey facts
Brian McFarlane, hockey historian, author, and Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster, delivers 101 fascinating facts about the game he’s loved for over eighty years.
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The allegra series
In this brilliant recasting of a traditional love triangle, three artists find their way into the heart of genius, and of darkness, emerging strangely and irrevocably intertwined.
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