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A battlefield guide to the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps in April 1917. Includes a history of…
the battle, biographies of soliders, and information on the French town of Arras. 1996.
A battlefield guide to the Battle of the Somme, July to November 1916, one of the most horrific battles of…
World War I. Includes a history of the battle, biographies of soldiers, and information on the French town of Arras. 1996.
A battlefield guide to the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. Includes a history of the battle, biographies of…
soldiers, and information on the Belgian town of Ypres, now known as Ieper. 1915.
These 200 anecdotes come from all parts of Canada, range in time from Champlain to Gretzky and cover such fields…
as business, entertainment, sports, government, diplomacy, science, art and literature. 1988.
Someone within the inner circle of country-singing star Ricky Savage is making disturbing threats. Savage's sister-in-law, Detective Sharon McCone, hires…
Hy Ripinsky for protection, but Savage's crumbling marriage and upcoming tour create gaps in the security net, and the danger moves within striking range. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. c1996. (Sharon McCone mysteries ; 17)
Michael Grove was sixteen years old when he was convicted for the murder of Lisa Conroy, his beloved girlfriend. A…
public outcry against light penalties for young offenders ensured that Michael was tried as an adult and received a harsh sentence, but six months into his imprisonment, the true murderer confessed. Michael was released, but quickly found that the stigma of imprisonment and the (wrongful) rap for murder was not an easy thing to escape. Descriptions of sex, some strong language and some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2008.
The first book of Montale's poems is one of the greatest of modern poetry. Mazza has been translating Montale for…
some years, faithfully conveying his lyrics and expressing the musical, rhythmic, incantatory and lexical elements of the Italian language. 1983.
A story about loyalty, survival, families and friendship, set against the backdrop of an intolerable existence in war-torn Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old…
Parvana lives in Taliban-controlled Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Masquerading as a boy, Parvana goes to work in the streets so that her family can eat. Parvana becomes the breadwinner. Grades 5-8. 2000.
Despite intimidation from the underworld, a courageous newspaper crime reporter reveals the authentic story of forty years of the international…
narcotics racket which is now centred in Montreal. 1976. Uniform title: Filière canadienne.
Frederick Frye, a full-time moonshiner and constant drunk, finally abused his family so severely that his wife felt compelled to…
kill him. The women of Prince George stood behind her and because of the circumstances, the jury acquitted her. 1984.
Dr. Frye has collected all his essays on Canadian writing and painting which he believes are of permanent value. Includes…
his annual surveys of English Canadian poetry which originally appeared between 1950 and 1960.
Paris. Two girls, Lucie and Claire, are born five days apart and become inseparable. One night, Lucie's mother Aurore starts…
telling what becomes a ten-year long family story to the girls, and when the girls turn 15, Aurore tells the final tale and disappears. Several years later, Lucie gives birth to a little girl, Odyssée, and she and Claire take turns telling stories to the child. But one day something unspeakable happens. Some descriptions of sex. c2010. Uniform title: Maison des temps rompus.
The British royal yacht Britannia, with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip aboard, is hijacked by the IRA. Their goal is…
to force a withdrawal of all British troops from Northern Ireland within 7 days. As anarchy reigns in Belfast and pro-Irish violence erupts in the United States, the American president must decide where his interests lie. Descriptions of violence. 1993.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist investigates the life and crimes of spy Robert Hanssen, who was arrested in February 2001. Examines Hanssen's…
psychological and sexual profile and his motivations in betraying his country. Discusses the FBI's uneven performance under director Louis Freeh. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2002.
Cal Sherman came to Mad Horse Basin looking for a place to settle down after the civil war, but the…
basin was on the brink of war between cattleman Mel Powers and the sodbusters, and Cal was headed for a deadly showdown before he knew it. 1992.
In 1844, Eileen Mulkerin is about to lose her ranch in Malibu when an ancient Indian, survivor of the Old…
Ones, leads her to a hidden cache of gold. Some descriptions of violence. 1974.
A philosophical novel permeated with Jewish thought and folklore. The French-born Jewish headmaster of a midwestern private school fears that…
neither he nor his teaching has made any difference to the world. The limitations with which he restricts himself blind him to the mark of promise in an apparently dull student eclipsed by her brilliant mother. 1983.