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The ghost orchard: the hidden history of the apple in North America

By Helen Humphreys. 2017

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Food and drink
Human-narrated audio

Delving deep into the storied past of the apple in North America, Humphreys explores the intricate link between agriculture, settlement,…

and human relationships. She brings light to such varied topics as how the apple first came across the Atlantic Ocean with a relatively unknown Quaker woman long before the more famed “Johnny Appleseed”; how bountiful Indigenous orchards were targeted to be taken over or eradicated by white settlers and their armies; how the once-17,000 varietals of apple cultivated were catalogued by watercolour artists from the United States’ Department of Pomology; how apples wove into the life and poetry of Robert Frost; and how Humphreys’ own curiosity was piqued by the Winter Pear Pearmain, believed to be the world’s best tasting apple, which she found growing beside an abandoned cottage not far from her home. 2017.

The great American chili book

By Bill Bridges. 1981

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Food and drink
Human-narrated audio
Everything you always wanted to know about chili, plus more than 100 recipes. 1981.

The good life: Helen and Scott Nearing's sixty years of self-sufficient living

By Scott Nearing, Helen Nearing. 1989

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General non-fiction, Nature
Human-narrated audio

Describes how in 1932 a married couple left New York City for the backwoods of Vermont in search of a…

life of "simplicity, serenity, utility, and harmony." This account of their pioneering venture tells how they built a house, worked a self-sufficient farm, and lived a satisfying life in nature. c1989. Uniform title: Living the good life

The good news about careers: how you'll be working in the next decade

By Barbara Moses. 1999

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Careers and job hunting, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio

Workers today are changing how we think about the workplace by making choices that reflect not only economic considerations, but…

also individual needs and desires. Today's workplace is more flexible, encouraging us to incorporate our personalities and creativity into our working life. Moses discusses what type of worker will be more successful in the future, warns against today's frenetic busyness, and shows what motivates the new worker and how everyone can profit from future work trends.

The great game: the myth and reality of espionage

By Frederick Porter Hitz. 2004

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General non-fiction, Espionage, Criticism
Human-narrated audio

A study of how the literature of espionage compares with its actual practice, written by a former CIA officer. Hitz…

concludes that in most instances truth is more surprising and peculiar than fiction. For espionage fans interested in an insider's assessment of the reality behind the entertainment. Some strong language. 2004.

The G.I. diet cookbook: [200 easy, delicious recipes for permanent weight loss]

By Rick Gallop. 2006

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Food and drink, Nutrition
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Offers two hundred nutritious, low-G.I. recipes for breakfasts, lunches, snacks, appetizers, dinners and desserts. There are simple-to-prepare dishes for weekday…

meals, simmers and roasts for leisurely weekends, and elegant fare for entertaining friends. Includes recipes for Crunchy Granola, Creamy Seafood Chowder, Spinach-stuffed Chicken Breasts and Chocolate Cake with Ganache Icing. 2006.

The gift of a home: with decorations

By Beverley Nichols. 1972

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Family biography, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
With nostalgia and wit, the author describes his attempts to renovate stately Merry Hall and reclaim its four acres of grounds from wilderness. 1972.

The gilded ghetto: women and political power in Canada

By Sydney Sharpe. 1994

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Canadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Politics and government, Canadian politics and government
Human-narrated audio

Sharpe takes an in-depth look at women in Canadian politics, and their struggles in an arena of male privilege and…

influence. She documents the attitudes of male politicians towards women, from Pearson to Mulroney, and interviews women in all levels of politics across the country, such as Monique Begin, Sheila Copps, and Barbara McDougall. c1994.

The gatekeepers: inside the admissions process of a premier college

By Jacques Steinberg. 2003

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given the opportunity to observe the admissions…

process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges. Some strong language. 2002.

The first American: a story of North American archaeology

By Clara Winston, Richard Winston, C. W Ceram. 1971

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General non-fiction, Archaeology
Human-narrated audio

A wide-ranging account of the development of North American archaeology, with particular emphasis on early man, the Southwest, the American…

Indian, and the mound builders. 1971. Uniform title: Der erste Amerikaner.

The family cookbook: More Than 200 Favourite Tried, Tested And Trusted Recipes

By Good Housekeeping Institute (Great Britain) Staff. 2006

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Food and drink
Human-narrated audio

This book contains over 120 recipes and is divided into chapters including Stocking the Storecupboard, Cooking for One or Two,…

Cooking with Children, Quick Weekday Meals, Weekend Recipes and Cooking Family Meals for Special Occasions. Recipes range from the simple, such as pork and noodle stir fry, to encourage non-cooks into the kitchen, to Thai chicken curry and Moroccan spice poussin for the more experienced cook. At the beginning of each chapter there is helpful and practical advice about where to buy key ingredients, how to plan your meals in advance and build up a collection of recipes that you can have on standby whatever the occasion. 2006.

The family table: recipes & moments from a nomadic life

By Jazz Smollett-Warwell, Jake Smollett, Jussie Smollett, Jurnee Smollet-Bell. 2018

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Food and drink
Human-narrated audio

Growing up, Hollywood's Smollett siblings car-tripped between America's coasts thirteen times. With each new home, their mother would transform a…

long piece of butcher block into a smooth varnished table. That table would become the heart of the Smollett clan, where they gathered each night. Filled with personal stories and over 125 recipes, this book will bring you and your family to the dinner table. 2018.

The female eunuch (Flamingo Modern Classic Ser.)

By Germaine Greer. 1993

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Family and relationships, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio

Drawing from history, literature and popular culture, past and present, Germaine Greer's searing examination of women's oppression is at once…

an important social commentary and a passionately argued piece of polemic. Descriptions of sex. 1993.

The feminine mystique

By Betty Friedan. 2001

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General non-fiction, Social issues
Human-narrated audio

This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name," that launched the Second Wave of the feminist…

movement, and that has been awakening women and men with its insights into social relations. A new introduction by Anna Quindlen traces the book in her own history, we well as how it was prescient on consumer culture and domestic issues. Some descriptions of sex. 2001, c1963.

The everyday diabetic cookbook

By Stella Bowling, British Diabetic Association Staff. 2001

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Food and drink, Diabetes
Human-narrated audio

This diabetic cookbook contains over 200 specially created recipes which provide healthy, balanced meals. Each recipe lists calories per serving,…

fat, protein and carbohydrate content. The book also contains a section on diabetes and a healthy lifestyle. 2001.

The Delta is my home: Ehdiitat shanankat t'agoonch'uu = Uvanga Nunatarmuitmi aimayuaqtunga (Land is our storybook)

By Tom McLeod, Mindy Willett. 2008

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Canadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Nature
Human-narrated audio

Tom McLeod is an eleven-year-old boy from Aklavik, of mixed Gwich'in and Inuvialuit heritage. Tom tells us why his home…

in the Mackenzie Delta is a special place and why he loves to live on the land. He describes hunting for survival while being careful about how his people use the land. Grades 3-6. 2008.

The comfort food cookbook

By Johanna Burkhard. 1997

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Food and drink
Human-narrated audio
A collection of over 115 fast, easy-to-prepare comfort food recipes. c1997.

The elite forces handbook of unarmed combat

By Ronald Shillingford. 2000

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General non-fiction, Police and military
Human-narrated audio

The text covers practical self defence systems as used by the world's top soldiers. The book provides indepth detail on…

how soldiers defend themselves in an unarmed situation against assailants, knife attacks, bayonet attacks, firearms, chokes and headlocks. 2000.

The end of the line: how overfishing is changing the world and what we eat

By Charles Clover. 2006

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General non-fiction, Environment, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio

Clover describes how fishing with modern technology has nearly destroyed entire ocean ecosystems: New England's fisheries have collapsed, the fish…

stocks of West Africa's continental shelf are overexploited, and few cod are left in Newfoundland's Grand Banks. He blames trawlers with huge nets that destroy everything in their wake, celebrity chefs with endangered species on their menus, the European Union, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, and countries like Japan and Spain that persist in illegal fishing. 2006.

The essence of truth (Continuum Impacts Ser.)

By Martin Heidegger. 2004

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General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
This text offers an explanation of the most fundamental and abiding theme of Heidegger's philosophy - the relationship of an individual's existence to truth. 2004.

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