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The dialectical dancer
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Larry Zolf |
In his memoir, Larry Zolf the most personal of journalists, the most astute of astute observers writes like he talks: an amazing combination of amiable anecdotes, one-liners, sharp-eyed historical re… |
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Reading by lightning
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Joan Thomas |
Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck his faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairies. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restle… |
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The Heart Does Break
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George Bowering |
A collection of true stories about grief and mourning from some of Canada's best known writers. |
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Almost a great escape
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Tyler Trafford |
Novelist Tyler Trafford reconstructs the story of his mother's life--from her youth as a Montreal debutante to her final days as a casualty of an unhappy marriage--as he uncovers the mystery of her r… |
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Airborn
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Kenneth Oppel |
Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark sta… |
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Darkwing
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Kenneth Oppel,Keith Thompson |
As the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, a new world is left in its wake. . . . DuskHe alone can fly and see in the dark, in a colony where being different means being shunned — or worse. As the… |
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In translation
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Gabrielle Roy,Joyce Marshall |
"Gabrielle Roy was one of the most prominent Canadian authors of the twentieth century. Joyce Marshall, an excellent writer herself, was one of Roy's English translators. The two shared a deep and lo… |
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Bagels the brave
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Joan Betty Stuchner |
In this sequel to Bagels comes home, the Bernstein family heads off on a camping trip to Sasquatch Lake, only to encounter a series of mysterious happenings. |
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This is happy
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Camilla Gibb |
The bittersweet memoir of a writer whose child was born just after her partner left her, and how she carried on to make her daughter's life a happy one. |
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Have you seen birds?
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Joanna Oppenheim |
A simple description of different types of birds--how they sound and what they do. |
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Snapshot of a soul place in the land of special needs
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Kari Burk |
"Triumphs, challenges, hopes and fears: a mother and daughter's journey with Down syndrome in painting, drawing, photographs, poetry & prose. This is an extremely personal book about other people, bu… |
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Stephen Leacock
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Margaret MacMillan |
"Stephen Leacock's satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever" mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Histor… |
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Outlier
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Garrett Wilson |
An autobiography of Canadian lawyer and author Garrett Wilson. |
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Nice recovery
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Susan Juby |
The author's memoirs about dealing with alcoholism and drugs before reaching the age of 20, combined with a series of interviews with teenagers dealing with addiction and on the path to recovery. |
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Meet Manitoba children's authors
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M. D. Meyer |
Grade level: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, p, e, i, s. |
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The best of all possible worlds
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David Arnason |
"David Arnason has spent a lifetime along the shores of Lake Manitoba near the settlement of New Iceland, or Gimli as it is officially known. A keen observer, not much misses his notice and over his … |
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Waiting for the whales
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Sheryl McFarlane |
A lonely old man who waits each year to see the orcas swim past his house imparts his love of the whales to his granddaughter. |
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The walnut tree
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Martha Blum |
From back cover: A powerful, disturbing, and finally transcendent novel which sets the power of historical events against the personal forces of reconciliation and enduring love. With captivating det… |
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Certainty
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Madeleine Thien |
Madeleine Thien's stunning debut novel hauntingly retells a crucial moment in history, through two unforgettable love stories. Gail Lim, a producer of radio documentaries, is haunted by the mystery o… |
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Inside out
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Evelyn Lau |
"Ten years after the publication of her bestselling memoir, Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid, Evelyn Lau reflects on her life, relationships and her identity as a writer. Moving seamlessly between past… |
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