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Journals and memoirs, Law and crime biography, Award winning non-fiction
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WINNER PRIX FEMINA AND PRIX DU ROMAN NEWSA 2019 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (Evening Standardã?»New Statesman ã?»Lit Hub)Paris, January…
7, 2015. Two terrorists who claim allegiance to ISIS attack the satirical weeklyCharlie Hebdo. The event causes untold pain to the victims and their families, prompts a global solidarity movement, and ignites a fierce debate over press freedoms and the role of satire today.Philippe Lançon, a journalist, author, and a weekly contributor toCharlie Hebdo is gravely wounded in the attack. This intense life experience upends his relationship to the world, to writing, to reading, to love and to friendship. As he attempts to reconstruct his life on the page, Lançon rereads Proust, Thomas Mann, Kafka, and others in search of guidance. It is a year before he can return to writing, a year in which he learns to work through his experiences and their aftermath.Disturbance is not an essay on terrorism nor is it a witness’s account ofCharlie Hebdo. The attack and what followed are part of Lançon’s narrative, which, instead, touches upon the universal. It is an honest, intimate account of a man seeking to put his life back together after it has been torn apart.Disturbance is a book about survival, resilience, and reconstruction, about transformation, about one man’s shifting relationship to time, to writing and journalism, to truth, and to his own body.
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Award winning non-fiction, Nature, Animals and wildlife
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When Pippin, a helpless baby fawn, was abandoned by her mother on the property of Isobel Springett, Isobel brought her…
home. Isobel’s Great Dane, Kate, who had never had puppies of her own, adopted Pippin immediately. Kate raises Pippin to become an independent wild deer, but one who always returns to visit her best friend. Winner of the 2013 Blue Spruce Award. Grades K-3. 2012.Available copies:
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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At 9 years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium…
in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen as mindless killing machines, but Eugenie knew better and set out to prove it. Despite many obstacles in her path, Eugenie was able to study the creatures she loved so much. From her many discoveries to the shark-related myths she dispelled, Eugenie's wide scientific contributions led to the well-earned nickname "Shark Lady". Winner of the 2018 Blue Spruce Award. Grades K-3. 2017.Available copies:
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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"Mingan my village" is a collection of 15 faces and 15 poems written by young Innu. Given a platform to…
be heard, the children chose to transport readers far away from the difficulties and problems related to their realities to see the beauty that surrounds them in nature. Winner of the 2013 Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec (5-11 years category). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2014.Available copies:
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A picture and poetry book to read with your ears, see with your fingers and feel with your eyes! All…
the creatures in Snizzly Snouts are strange and quirky! They symbolize the wonderful diversity in our society. The book utilizes clear letters, contrasting and tactile pictures, audio (DAISY/MP3 or standard CD) and Braille. The CD contains a verbal description of the whole book and also serves as a GPS for the fingers, cleverly showing readers how to feel the pictures. In this way, children with and without a reading impairment learn playfully to broaden their experience of life. Winner of "White Raven Special Mention 2012" and "Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2013". 1 DAISY CD and 2 standard AudioCDs included. Grades K-3. 2013. Uniform title: Rare snuiters.Available copies:
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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In this introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals, young children explain why they identify with different creatures such…
as a deer, beaver or moose. Illustrations show the children wearing masks representing their chosen animal, while the few lines of text on each page work as a series of simple poems throughout the book. In a brief author’s note, Danielle Daniel explains the importance of totem animals in Anishinaabe culture and how they can also act as animal guides for young children seeking to understand themselves and others. Grades K-3 and older readers. Winner of the 2016 TD Fan Choice Award. 2015.Available copies:
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Social issues
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This is a letter of sisterhood to Malala Yousafzai, expressing the belief that every girl has the right to go…
to school. After being shot by the Taliban for the simple act of going to school in her native Pakistan, Malala has become an international girls' rights crusader and the youngest person ever to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. This book is written as a letter from girls around the world to Malala, whom they recognize as a leader, a champion, and a friend. Winner of the 2015 Golden Oak Award. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2013.Available copies:
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Movie and television tie-insAward winning non-fiction, Biography, Family biography
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Frank McCourt recollects his "miserable Irish Catholic childhood" in the squalor of Limerick. Absent any support from his glib, but…
shiftless, alcoholic father, the family suffered hunger, cruelty, disease, and the death of children. McCourt recounts his story without rancour. Strong language. Winner of the 1998 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Pulitzer Prize Winner. 1996.
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Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Award winning non-fiction, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Humour
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An account of life in a small town community in Sault Ste. Marie in the late 1930's and early 1940's.…
Winner of the 1975 Stephen Leacock Award for humour. Strong language. 1974.
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Arts and entertainment, Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Beaucoup plus qu'un catalogue commenté de 65 oeuvres d'art (peintures, photographies, sculptures, dessins, vidéos, collages, etc.) qui constituent la "réserve…
d'oxygène" de l'auteur, ce bel album propose une somme d'aperçus et de réflexions sur l'art, sur les relations entre les arts, en particulier l'écriture et les arts visuels, sur l'omniprésence du corps dans les arts de représentation, etc. Prix du Gouverneur général 2006, catégorie études et essais. 2005.
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Award winning non-fiction, History, European history
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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. 2003.
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Movie and television tie-insAward winning non-fiction, Biography, Family biography
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Frank McCourt recollects his "miserable Irish Catholic childhood" in the squalor of Limerick. Absent any support from his glib, but…
shiftless, alcoholic father, the family suffered hunger, cruelty, disease, and the death of children. McCourt recounts his story without rancour. Strong language. Winner of the 1998 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Pulitzer Prize Winner.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Politics and government biography
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Award-winning author chronicles the life and times of America's second president, New Englander John Adams (1735-1826). Examines his pivotal role…
as revolutionary, diplomat, and politician as well as his friendship - and rivalry - with Thomas Jefferson. Primary sources detail his relationship with his wife, Abigail, four children, and notable contemporaries. Pulitzer Prize winner. Bestseller. 2001.
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Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Politics and government biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Examines the formative influences on Pierre Trudeau's childhood, his knight-errant youth, his charismatic ascent to the Liberal Party leadership, and…
his dramatic first decade as prime minister. Concludes with his bittersweet triumphs in fighting off the separatists in the 1980 referendum campaign and his battle with provincial premiers to patriate the Canadian constitution. Followed by "Trudeau and our times. v. 2: the heroic delusion". Winner of the 1990 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Bestseller. 1990.
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Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Family biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Jean and Gordon Hay were a formidable pair. She was an artist and superlatively frugal; he was a proud and…
well-mannered schoolteacher with a temper that could be explosive. Elizabeth, their oldest daughter, was said to be a difficult and selfish child. Elizabeth always suspected she would end up caring for her parents in their final years, a way of making up for the sins of her childhood, proving herself to be a good daughter after all. But as her parents, who had been ferociously independent people, became increasingly dependent on her, their lives changed utterly and so did hers. Philip Roth once said, "Old age is a massacre." This book takes you inside the massacre. Bestseller. Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 2018.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Historical biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Humour, Canadian politics and government
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A compelling account of private life in the age of Macdonald and Laurier. The author has used personal letters, diaries,…
scrapbooks, memoirs and social columns. 1984 Governor General's Award winner. c1984.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, War, World War II
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In the final volume of his trilogy on Canada's 4th Field Regiment, Blackburn returns to its formation in 1939. He…
traces its development from a motley crew of volunteers training on old equipment -- when they had equipment at all -- to a highly skilled military unit ready for action in Normandy. Winner of the 1998 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1997.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Science and technology, Archaeology
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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.
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Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Indigenous peoples biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Winnipeg broadcaster and musician Wab Kinew decided to spend a…
year reconnecting with the accomplished but distant aboriginal man who’d raised him. “The Reason You Walk” spans that 2012 year, chronicling painful moments in the past and celebrating renewed hopes and dreams for the future. As Kinew revisits his own childhood in Winnipeg and on a reserve in Northern Ontario, he learns more about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. Bestseller. Winner of the 2016 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. 2015.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Poetry
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Dominated by feminine prescences, this collection includes new poems that celebrate the birth of the poet's daughter, and a personal elegy for Mary Farl Powers.