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The elk hunt
Par Alan Edward Nourse. 1986
At age 52, the author was stricken by a massive heart attack while hunting elk. He reveals his torturous recovery…
and the strains his illness placed on himself and his family. 1986.The heart specialist: a novel
Par Claire Rothman. 2009
Agnes is stripped of a regular childhood when her father is accused of a horrific crime and abandons the family.…
Never considered ladylike, she is drawn to the "wrong" things, such as microscopes, anatomy, and dissection, that lead to her finding her calling as a doctor. Yet despite a rapid rise to stardom in the medical community, she soon finds herself up against the same glass ceiling faced by women in her field. Inspired by the life of Doctor Maude Abbott. Some descriptions of sex. 2009.The heart is highland: memories of a childhood in a Scottish glen
Par Maisie Steven. 2001
A fascinating month-by-month account of a child's life in the Scottish Highlands in the thirties and forties. Hardship and adventure…
combine with a strong sense of the value of life, the beauty of nature and the importance of humour, to produce a fascinating new book, which provides both a nostalgic and insightful account of the Scottish countryside and of the traditional Scottish way of life. 2001.Reveals how our premiere national publisher, McClelland and Stewart, was eventually sold to Random House, a division of German media…
giant Bertelsmann, for a dollar. Drawing on interviews done with those who engineered the deal, and on documents never before revealed, Dewar tells the story of how a savvy businessman, an accountant, a University President, and three major law firms 'danced through the raindrops' to evade a thirty-year-old public policy created to defend Canadian national sovereignty; explores both how the Investment Canada Act was enacted and how it was taken down, piece by piece, deal by deal. 2017.The Harrow Fair cookbook: prize-winning recipes inspired by Canada's favourite country fair
Par Moira Sanders, Lori Elstone, Beth Goslin Maloney. 2010
These recipes reflect the author's belief that when food is made from scratch, with wholesome, natural ingredients, it can't help…
but be delicious. The Harrow Fair Cookbook will inspire you to cook with what's local and seasonally available. Includes recipes for sour cherry jam, bread and butter pickles, peaches and cream pie, and lemon shake-ups. 2010.Compelling stories of David Brainerd, John Bunyan and William Cowper. How these sevants of God discovered hope in the midst…
of the harshness of life. Sequel to "The Legacy of Sovereign Joy". 2001.The handkerchief drawer: an autobiography in three parts
Par Thelma Ruck Keene. 2002
The author relives an extraordinary life, often at odds with the fog of convention surrounding religion, class distinctions, sex and…
war. During WWII she freelances her secretarial skill from the Balkans to the Middle East and Sicily. In 1966, she and her young son emigrate to Canada. Book reflects Thelma's curiosity, wit, and independent streak. 2002.The history of the future
Par David A Wilson. 2000
A look at the way in which people in the past imagined their own future: prophets, self-proclaimed Christs, astrologers, witches,…
utopians and economists - all of whom predicted the future, and almost always got it wrong. The author argues that prophecies tell us little or nothing about what will actually happen, but reveal a great deal about the changing hopes, fears, dreams and aspirations that informed the imagination of the past. 2000.The Hawk: Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks (Quarry rocks!)
Par Ian Wallis. 1996
Traces the life and times of musician Ronnie Hawkins, from his early rockabilly days in Arkansas through his later recording…
career. At the leading edge of the rock'n'roll era, he played with legends Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison, and formed friendships with Bob Dylan and John Lennon. Some strong language. 1996.Tells the story of how three scholars and one ambitious freshman crossed paths in the early sixties at a Harvard-sponsored…
psychedelic-drug research project, transforming their lives and American culture and launching the mind/body/spirit movement that inspired the explosion of yoga classes, organic produce, and alternative medicine. 2017.The hockey scribbler (Maple leaf audio)
Par George Bowering. 2016
Hockey forms the backdrop of our lives. The voices of 'Hockey Night in Canada' sportscasters are our soundtrack, and visions…
of skates scraping across the ice lull us to sleep. George Bowering, Canada's former poet laureate, is no different. Growing up in Oliver, BC, Bowering was entranced by the kids from Saskatchewan who skated and handled pucks as easy as breathing. His fascination with hockey followed him into adult life, from BC to Quebec and back again. Bowering followed his teams with a critical eye and a fan's passion, and his stories bring us on a cross-country hockey-themed road trip, with occasional forays into boxing, poetry, and sports fashion. 2016.The Horrors -- Book Two: terrifying tales (Terrifying Tales Ser. #2)
Par Peter Carver. 2006
More original short horror stories by Canadian authors. Tales of ghosts, werewolves, and vampires, including "Prince Sandred," about a necrophiliac…
prince searching for his perfect love. Other stories deal with aspects of teen life, like how do you deal with an abusive parent, or what happens if your teacher is a psycho murderer? Sequel to "The horrors - book one: terrifying tales" (DC28947). For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.The Horrors -- Book One: terrifying tales (Terrifying Tales Ser. #1)
Par Peter Carver. 2005
A collection of 15 horror stories by Canadian young adult writers. A yearbook editor makes psychic predictions about students' futures;…
when one girl is killed in an accident as foretold, the students realize they could be next. In another, a girl can't understand why her family has locked her out of the house and why no one will talk to her, but when she overhears her friends talking about a train crash, she realizes that she was the victim. Followed by "The horrors - book two: terrifying tales" (DC28948). For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.The house is not a home
Par Erik Nielsen. 1989
Erik Nielsen was elected a Member of Parliament for Yukon in 1957 and has spent the last 30 years in…
politics, rising from a backbencher to deputy prime minister. Nielsen describes the events and the politicians of this period, and airs his opinions of public policy, party politics, and the leaders he served. 1989.The horizontal Everest: extreme journeys on Ellesmere Island
Par Jerry Kobalenko. 2002
Ellesmere Island lays a mere 450 miles from the North Pole and has the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere…
east of the Rockies. For more than a decade, Kobalenko has traced the routes of explorers and Inuits, and broken many new trails across the frozen terrain of Ellesmere Island. He investigates the motives and mistakes of the island's first explorers, searches for clues to the mysterious disappearance of scientist-explorer Dr. Hans Kruger and the murder of an Inuit guide. 2002.The Horus road (Lords of the two lands. #3.)
Par Pauline Gedge. 2000
By the middle of the Seventeenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, the country has been ruled by the foreign Setui, who…
only care to plunder it, for two hundred years. One family in Thebes, descendants of the last true Egyptian king, vow to overthrow the Setui. Ahmose, continuing the struggle that has claimed his father and brother, knows that he need a miracle to take the Setui capital and defeat his enemies. Sequel to "The oasis". 2000. (Lords of the two lands ; 3)The heart of everything that is: the untold story of Red Cloud, an American legend
Par Bob Drury, Thomas Clavin. 2013
Draws on Red Cloud's autobiography, which was lost for nearly a hundred years, to present the story of the great…
Oglala Sioux chief who was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war. 2013.The honeydrum: tales from Arab lands
Par Gwendolyn MacEwen. 1983
Two of these pieces are original while the other five are derived, rather than translated, from oral and written folk…
tales and legends well-known in the Arabic speaking world. Grades 2-4. c1983.The hockey I love
Par Vladislav Treti͡ìak, V Snegirev. 1977
The history of the Bronte family: from Ireland to Wuthering heights
Par John Cannon. 2000
This account of the Bronte family traces their Irish ancestry from its murky origins around 1710 to 1820 when the…
Bronte family arrived at Haworth Parsonage, Yorkshire. Patrick Brunty was the eldest of a family of ten from Ballynaskeagh near Newry in County Down. His parents were uneducated and impoverished, but his father, Hugh, was known locally as a storyteller whose repertoire included the strange tale of Welsh Brunty, almost certainly a prototype for Heathcliff. Patrick won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, was ordained a Church of England priest, and held various ministries until finally he arrived in Haworth with his wife suffering from cancer and six young children. He cherished literary ambitions which he passed on to Charlotte, Emily and Anne; and this book points out certain themes and stories in their novels which could only have come from a profound knowledge of their Irish roots as told to them by their father. 2000.