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Canadian fictionHistorical biography, Religious biography, Family biography, History, European history
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Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Indigenous peoples history
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A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada -- Indian, Metis and Inuit. Describes their traditional ways of…
life from prehistoric times to the present issues of land claims and self-government. 1988.
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Asian history
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Born in Hong Kong in 1909, the author has witnessed the three modern eras of Chinese history: the final days…
of the Imperial Ching dynasty; the republican rule of Chiang Kai-Shek; and Communist rule since 1949. She describes the people, culture, and history of China as she experienced them. 1990.
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Canadian fictionHistory, Frontier and pioneer life
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A collection of tales from Russell's youth, including legends heard at camps long ago and stories of horses, owls, grizzlies, old mountain men and cunning city slickers. 1998.
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history
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In this vision of Canada, Saul unveils 3 founding myths: he argues that the famous "peace, order, and good government"…
that supposedly defines Canada is a distortion of the country's true nature. He describes Canada as a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. Lastly, he believes that Canada has a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. c2008.
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Canadian fictionBiography, Literature biography, Family biography, History, Asian history, War
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In 2003, journalist Ghafour was sent to Afghanistan, which she had fled in 1981, to cover the country's reconstruction. In…
a place totally changed from the world her parents had described, she discovered a school which teaches women a new kind of independence, her cousin's determined parliamentary campaign, and the archaeologist digging for his country's lost civilization in the form of a giant sleeping Buddha. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.
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French Canadian fiction, Suspense and thrillers, Canadian fiction, Mysteries and crime stories, Historical fiction, WesternsHistory
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"Fort Edmonton, 5 mai 1885.Trois mois après avoir joint les rangs du 65e bataillon de Montréal, le capitaine Georges Villeneuve,…
assisté du lieutenant Bruno Lafontaine et du docteur Paré, entend la déposition sous serment de François Lépine, un interprète métis qui a survécu au massacre de Lac-à-la-Grenouille." -- 4e de couv
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Historical fiction, Canadian fictionHistory
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"Au contraire des caricatures contemporaines qui classent la société du XVIIe siècle en courtisans du roi et en gueux de…
la rue, ce récit de la vie d'un médecin de l'époque, Jacques-Philippe Cornutti, présente l'image d'un homme soucieux de son apparence. Attachée à ses valeurs, sa quête de sens est cependant assujettie aux aléas du destin et de ses rencontres. Il en découle une quête d'identité aux multiples facettes et en constante mutation. "La vie des salons ne valait guère mieux que celle de la rue. Les attroupements, les réceptions et les distractions réunissaient des foules inconscientes et inconséquentes. Les rumeurs de la ville ne l'atteignaient pas et ne l'intéressaient pas. Le choix entre poudrés et pouilleux lui paraissait n'avoir aucun sens. Tout lui semblait fiction, décor, un théâtre absurde dans une mauvaise mise en scène. Il en vint à croire qu'il n'était pas de son temps." -- 4e de couv
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French Canadian fiction, Canadian fiction, Historical fictionHistory
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1849. Chemin du Roy. Une fillette passe à un cheveu d'être piétinée par le cheval du boghei d'Emma Portelance, une…
femme avant-gardiste de Québec. Constatant son état pitoyable, Emma ramène l'enfant chez elle pour la soigner. Deux ans auparavant, Fanette a dû s'exiler avec sa famille pour échapper à la famine qui sévissait en Irlande. Devenues orphelines, Fanette et sa soeur aînée, Amanda, sont placées chez des cultivateurs, où elles mènent une vie misérable. Pour améliorer son sort, Amanda part avec un négociant en promettant à Fanette de revenir la chercher, mais elle disparaît mystérieusement. Fanette s'enfuit...