Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Affaires (biographies), Familles (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Affaires et économie, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
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Canadian Tire was founded by A.J. and John Billes in 1922 and grew to become a national institution. In 1986,…
one of A.J.'s sons decided to sell his company shares to a group of Canadian Tire dealers, sparking a feud with his sister, Martha. 1990 winner of the National Business Book Award. Strong language.
Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Essais et documents généraux, Sciences et technologies, Archéologie
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After covering a conference of mummy experts, science reporter Heather Pringle became so intrigued with mummies that she spent a…
year circling the globe, visiting leading scientists in the field. She also investigated preserved Italian saints, Scandinavian mummies in bogs, and frozen Inca princesses. Pringle researched Egyptian embalmers, the past public craze for mummy unwrappings, and the Russians' attempts to preserve Stalin, and along the way learned what mummies have to tell us about ourselves. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.