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Serious and literary fiction, Short storiesCanadian non-fiction, Anthologies, Essays
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A collection of Roy's articles, stories, and essays written over a period of 30 years. Translation of "Fragiles lumieres de la terre." 1982. Uniform title: Fragiles lumières de la terre.
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Ghost and horror stories, Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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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.
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Ghost and horror stories, Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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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.
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A collection of nine interlocking stories and one novella written by members of a reading club. The only requirement of…
the writers was that their semi-rural location be featured in the story in some way. 1996.
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In a collection of interlocking stories about friendships gone wrong, characters search for understanding and relief in a series of obsessional entanglements. Some sexual content. 1997.
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Award winning fiction, Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Collection of nine short stories takes the reader into an alternate universe of the mind. In "The Night of the…
Pomegranate," Harriet spends too much time outside looking at Mars instead of working on her solar system project. "The Hope Bakery" tells the tale of Sloane and his younger brother, Todd, and their strange trips into the woods. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 1993 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1993.
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Short storiesCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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The nine stories in this book allow us to enter an astonishing world – one both recognizable and slightly askew,…
the world we sometimes glimpse when on the cusp of waking from a daydream, or “funny” sleep: a modern teenage girl trying to navigate an embarrassing sex ed class, a middle-aged country-village minister in the 19th century who is experiencing a devastating crisis of faith, a young pilot’s widow coping with her grief by growing a Victory Garden during World War II, and more. Includes sex and strong language. 2012.
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This collection of short stories, set in both Canada and the United States, deals with men and women struggling with…
the changes of life. The characters adapt and grow, often humorously, with courage and passion.
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Short storiesCanadian non-fiction, Essays
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These twenty-two pieces by the Governor General's Award winning author Rudy Wiebe include fictional short stories often set in the…
West or the Arctic, as well as memories of his Mennonite childhood and his conflict with the community. c1995.
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Short storiesCanadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Poetry, Canadian travel and geography
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A compendium of writings including poetry, fiction and non-fiction, from those who have spent time reading the river. Beginning at…
the rivers source, Kostash takes the reader through 21 communities along the North Saskatchewan. Includes the work of Hugh McLennan, Eli Mandel, Aritha van Herk, John V. Hicks and Thompson Highway. c2006.
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School stories, Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Le pire prof, serait-ce celui d'éducation physique, de français ou d'histoire ? Laurence, Yo et Daphné nous font vivre, chacun…
leur tour, leur confrontation spectaculaire avec leur pire prof. Années 2-4. 2006.
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Second recueil d'une auteure terre-neuvienne, son premier à être traduit en français. Dix nouvelles solidement charpentées, qui évoquent avec art…
et réalisme l'intimité de personnages ordinaires à travers une série de petits faits admirablement mis en valeur. 2002, 2004. Titre uniforme: Open.
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Canadian authors (Fiction), Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Exploring the nature of desire and betrayal, these stories describe the disappointments and reconciliation of women whose lives have been…
torn by the pain of adultery. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c1996.
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Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Par une nouvelliste canadienne-anglaise de premier plan. Neuf nouvelles d'abord parues dans le New Yorker entre 1973 et 1979. Elles…
ont pour cadre divers pays d'Europe et pour dénominateur commun la figure de l'expatrié. 1992, c1989.
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Canadian authors (Fiction), Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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In these short stories, characters often express their grief or heartbreak in unusual ways. In "Plow Man," a man channels…
his pain over the loss of his wife into a strange fixation with snow plows. In "My Husband's Jump", the wife of a famous ski jumper who inexplicably vanished in mid-air copes with her pain by finding God. Author Grant treats the disasters and mishaps that befall her characters not with ridicule but with a wry sense of humour and a considerable amount of sympathy. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004.
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Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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A series of stories linked by the theme of love - that is, either the absence of or the yearning…
for. The stories are based on important events in the lives of ordinary people, like a cleaning lady's imaginative Saturdays or a divorced woman's search for sexual fulfilment. Some sexual content. 1994.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Unseen dangers, hidden talents, double lives, and mysterious strangers fill this collection of stories. Grades 4-7. 1999.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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A collection of short stories linked by the themes of sensuality and spirituality. Some descriptions of sex. 1997.
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Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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In this collection of short stories, a thirty-year-old woman who still lives at home anticipates the experience of a third…
date; a teenaged vegetarian supermarket cashier struggles to scan a package of offal; an inscrutable pelican in a crowded London park decides to try something different for dinner. 2010.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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This collection of short stories presents characters ceaselessly questioning their choices throughout life: a widower bemoans his son's interest in…
meditation, rather than the more easily understood sex and drugs; a father remembers to pick up his child for soccer practice, as a school shooting plays out on television; a teacher repeats her literature lecture for her lover, who listens on his deathbed. Some strong language. 2003.