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A city-by-city guide to the best hidden gems, local institutions and memorable places. For over five years, John Catucci has crossed North America uncovering the great joints and legendary restaurants that most of us have never heard of. Now, in You Gotta Go Here!, you'll learn what to do and see between meals: from roadside attractions to incredible experiences to the off-the-beaten path places that only locals know. Filled with photographs, great...
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Stacey MacAindra burns – to burst through the shadows of her existence to a richer life, to recover some of the passion she can only dimly remember from her past.
The Fire-Dwellers is an extraordinary novel about a woman who has four children, a hard-working but uncommunicative husband, a spinster sister, and an abiding conviction that life has more to offer her than the tedious routine of her days.
Margaret Laurence has given us...
The Fire-Dwellers is an extraordinary novel about a woman who has four children, a hard-working but uncommunicative husband, a spinster sister, and an abiding conviction that life has more to offer her than the tedious routine of her days.
Margaret Laurence has given us...
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Essential prose volume 122
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Short stories about immigrants beginning a new life in Canada.
66) Red Wolf
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Red Wolf is a young First Nations boy forced to move into a residential school and assume a new identity. Paralleling his story is that of Crooked Ear, an orphaned wolf pup he has befriended. Both must learn to survive in the white man's world.
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Felicia and Edgar meet as their mothers are dying. Felicia, a teen from an island nation, and Edgar, the lazy heir of a wealthy German family, come together only because their mothers share a hospital room. Felicia's mother dies and Edgar's "Mutter" does not--not right away, anyway. While Felicia and Edgar don't quite understand each other, and Felicia recognizes that Edgar is selfish, arrogant, and often unkind, they form a bond built on grief (and...
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"Having visited over 100 countries on 7 continents, renowned travel writer Robin Esrock has built a career chasing the extraordinary. His bestselling bucket lists feature experiences that are entirely unique, instantly memorable, wholly inspirational, and refreshingly accessible. On a personal journey to every province and territory, Robin focuses his insatiable curiosity on his adopted home of Canada, chasing the activities and destinations one must...
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Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use. Despite the "green" benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of communities large and small, stations and tracks have left little more than a gaping hole in Canada's landscapes. This book revisits the times when railways were the country's...
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Verena Vitek shot and killed a man when she was fifteen. A youthful refugee from the conflict in Serbia, Verena dreams of the day when she can legitimately kill again. Her chance comes when she joins an animal-rights activists cell headed by John Borrowman, a London, Ontario, zoologist. He's haunted by a recent trip to China in which he witnessed the barbaric practice of milking Moon bears for their bile, an ingredient in a growing variety of commercial...
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"From Canada's most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes another gripping journey into the vastness of Canada's landscape and history, following the route of the migrating peregrine falcon. In March of 2020, Adam Shoalts set out from his front porch--the first steps of an adventure that will change our sense of the way our everyday lives are connected to the vastness of our small planet. Shoalts portaged his canoe down his driveway to Lake...
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disc 1. During the years 1873 through 1896 John A. Macdonald copes with economic depression in the east, a new western revolt led by Louis Riel, debates over provincial powers, and the Canadian Pacific Railway is completed, allowing immigration across the country.
disc 2. During the years 1896 through 1915 the growth of agriculture, industry and immigration lead to an economic book, as well as intolerance and racism. Then World War I begins.
76) His whole life
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A novel about the deepening bond between mother and son even as the family comes apart.
78) Canada animals
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Highlights some of Canada's most beloved and iconic creatures.
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In recent years, the prime minister of Canada has made a name for himself on the international political stage, becoming known for his dynamic personality and influential leadership style. This fact-filled book explores the life the young leader, beginning with his early years as the son of Canada's fifteenth prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, and examining how his education and early days in politics helped him find his own voice. Vivid color photographs...
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