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Hot art: chasing thieves and detectives through the secret world of stolen art
Par Joshua Knelman, Trena White. 2011
Knelman spent four years immersing himself in the mysterious world of international art theft, travelling from Cairo to New York,…
London, Montreal and Los Angeles. He befriends the slippery Paul, a master art thief; and meets Donald Hrycyk, a detective working on a shoestring budget to recover stolen art. His investigation finds there are only a handful of detectives, FBI agents and lawyers fighting a global battle against the thriving black market of international art theft, estimated to be one of the largest in the world. Includes strong language. c2011.Ghosts of Europe: journeys through central Europe's troubled past and uncertain future
Par Anna Porter. 2010
In 1989 the Berlin Wall was dismantled, and Communism gave way to democracy. Since that time the former borderlands of…
the old Hapsburg and Soviet Empires have been trying to invent their own versions of democracy and market-driven economics. But these experiments have led to a widening gap between rich and poor, the worldwide economic crisis has tested Central Europe's determination to live peaceably, and there are many disquieting signs of racial tensions returning. Winner of the 2011 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing. 2010.Always give a penny to a blind man: A Memoir
Par Eric Wright. 1999
Born into a family with ten children during the Great Depression in England, Eric Wright managed to earn a scholarship…
which enabled him to get an education and rise above his circumstances. At the age of twenty-one he decided to emigrate to Canada and ended up living in the wilderness of the Canadian northwest. He now writes crime novels. Winner of the 2000 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1999.How poetry saved my life: a hustler's memoir
Par Amber Dawn. 2013
Amber Dawn offers a frank, multifaceted portrait of her experiences hustling the streets of Vancouver, and how those years took…
away her self-esteem and nearly destroyed her. This autobiographical narrative is also a celebration of poetry and literature, which as the title suggests, acted as a lifeline during Dawn's most pivotal moments. 2013.Halifax, warden of the North
Par Thomas H Raddall. 1993
The history of Halifax from the Micmac to modern times is presented, with a focus on the city's historic military…
role and the effects of its strategic position. Winner of the 1948 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 1993.Brown of the Globe: statesman of Confederation, 1860-1880; Vol. 2
Par J. M. S Careless. 1989
The second volume of J.M.S. Careless' biography of George Brown follows Brown's association with the Confederation movement, his resignation from…
Parliament, and his continued influence until his assassination in 1880. Winner of the 1963 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. c1989.Freedom in Congo Square
Par Carole Boston Weatherford. 2017
As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday,…
when, at least for half a day, they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. There, they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. Chronicles the daily duties of such slaves--from chopping logs on Mondays, to baking bread on Wednesdays, to plucking hens on Saturday--and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. Capturing humanity's capacity to find hope and joy even in the most difficult of circumstances and demonstrating how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart. 2017 Caldecott Honor Book. 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Grades 2-4. 2017.Every falling star: the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea
Par Sungju Lee, Susan McClelland. 2016
This first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience is the intense memoir of a North Korean…
boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly re-creates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, his "brothers"; to be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. For junior and senior high readers. Winner of the 2019 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. 2016.Black Elk: the life of an American visionary
Par Joe Jackson. 2016
Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial,…
"Black Elk Speaks". Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be deconstructed--while the historical Black Elk has faded from view. Jackson provides the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising violence, Black Elk killed his first man at Little Big Horn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior and instead chose the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that haunted and inspired him, even after he converted to Catholicism in his later years. Winner of the Spur 2017 best western biography award. Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. 2016.Hunger: a memoir of (my) body
Par Roxane Gay. 2017
As a woman who describes her own body as "wildly undisciplined," Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between…
self-comfort and self-care. In this memoir, she explores her own past, including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life--and brings listeners along on her journey to understand and ultimately save herself. Bestseller. Winner of the 2018 LAMBDA Bisexual Non-fiction Award. 2017.Chester B. Himes: a biography (Griot audio)
Par Lawrence Patrick Jackson. 2017
Chester B. Himes was the twentieth century’s most prolific black writer, captured the spirit of his times expertly, and left…
a distinctive mark on American literature. Yet today he stands largely forgotten. The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author whose novels unflinchingly confronted sex, racism, and black identity. Winner of the 2018 Edgar Award for best critical/biographical book. 2017.Forgiveness: a gift from my grandparents
Par Mark Sakamoto. 2014
The heart-rending true story of two families on either side of the Second World War, and a moving tribute to…
the nature of forgiveness. Bestseller. Winner of Canada Reads 2018. 2014.Haunted Canada 6: more terrifying true stories (Haunted Canada Ser. #6)
Par Joel A Sutherland. 2016
Get underneath the covers, because between these book covers are stories about a supernatural sea hag that haunts Dobbin’s Gardens…
marsh on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, a used book from a Barrie, Ontario book shop that conjures up a ghostly figure that accompanies the buyer home, and a haunted playground at St. Ignatius School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winner of the 2017 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award. Grades 3-6. 2016.Hidden figures: young readers' edition
Par Margot Shetterly. 2016
The amazing true story of four African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments…
in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country. For grades 3-6. 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Best Illustration. 2016.From then to now: a short history of the world
Par Christopher Moore. 2011
Fifty thousand years ago, our ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches…
far into the cosmos. How did we get where we are today? From Hammurabi to Henry Ford, from Incan couriers to the Internet, from the Taj Mahal to the Eiffel Tower, from Marco Polo to Martin Luther King, from Cleopatra to Catherine the Great, from boiled haggis to fried tarantulas - this is the story of humanity. Winner of the 2011 Governor General's Award for Children's Text. Grades 4-7. 2011.Glenn Gould: a life and variations
Par Otto Friedrich. 1989
Glenn Gould, Canada's world-famous pianist, was a child prodigy. His 10 years of concert tours led to his disillusionment with…
live concerts and, in 1964, he retreated into the recording studios. Runner-up for the 1991 CNIB Torgi Award. c1989.How now shall we live?
Par Nancy Pearcey, Charles W Colson. 1999
Christianity is more than a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is also a worldview that answers life's basic questions…
and shows us how we should live as a result of those answers. Equips Christians to confront false worldviews and live redemptively in contemporary culture. 2000 Gold Medallion Award winner. 1999.Gulag: a history
Par Anne Applebaum. 2003
Washington Post columnist documents the evolution of the Soviet Union's forced labour camp system - from its origins during the…
Bolshevik Revolution, expansion under Stalin, and its dissolution after the dictator's death. The chronicle also examines the lives of prisoners and the unique society they formed. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 2003.Funny you should ask: weird but true answers to 115 1/2 wacky questions
Par Marg Meikle. 1998
A collection of questions and answers about strange superstitions and unusual customs, as well as everyday things that no one…
can remember a reason for doing. Questions ranging from "Can you go deaf from listening to a rock concert?" to "Why can't you tickle yourself?" are answered in a fun, informative way. Winner of the 1999 Silver Birch Award. Followed by "You asked for it!". Grades 4-7. 1998.Harriet Beecher Stowe: a life
Par Joan D Hedrick. 1994
Portrait of the nineteenth-century author of the popular serial novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852. In addition to Stowe's…
writing career of more than four decades and her influence on history, Hedrick considers Stowe's evangelical connections, her role as the mother of seven children, and her place among educated women. Pulitzer Prize winner. 1994.