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Provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation of western Holland during the Second World War. Readers are there as…
soldiers fight in the muddy quagmire, enduring a battle that lasted three weeks and in which 6,000 soldiers perished. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007.
In the fall of 1669, the Nonsuch returns to London with a load of fur from Hudson Bay, and the…
lost journal from Henry Hudson's tragic search for a passage to Cathay in 1611. For Robert Bylot, a once-great maritime explorer, the book is a painful reminder of a past he'd rather forget. As Bylot relives his memories of a plague-ridden city, the mysterious alchemist John Dee, and mutiny in the frozen wastes of Hudson Bay, an age-old mystery is both revealed and solved. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.
"Tell It Slant" channels the lesbian couple of Djuna Barnes' "Nightwood", resetting their charged romance from 1920's Paris to contemporary…
Montreal's Plateau district. Nora Flood, indigent in body and soul, searches for love through a confused adolescence in Vancouver and a lonely stint in Toronto, before settling in Montreal. There, she meets Robin, a lover whose passionate nature teaches Nora that she must make a life for herself in the midst of uncertainty. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 2001.
Yeomans, a nurse involved in occupational and physical therapy, suggests ways to adapt gardening techniques to a number of physical…
challenges, including visual problems. Tips are included in each chapter, and 20 sample gardens provide ideas such as gardens which stimulate all of the senses, indoor and container gardens, and herb and dried-flower gardens. The sample gardens also include lists of plants by sensory categories, such as fragrant plants, plants to listen to, and plants which are pleasant to the touch. [1993], c1992.
One of Canada's master storytellers tells tales about the high country and the characters who stole his heart. In these…
fifty stories, Paul St. Pierre writes of the Chilcotin in a time that has passed from the land, a time that has gone beyond history into myth. 2001.
It's 4:00 am, April 29, 1903, and Nathalie lies awake in her coal town at the base of Turtle Mountain,…
listening for a train - the Spokane Flyer, bringing her cousin for a visit. Instead, Nathalie hears rocks tumbling down the mountain onto the town and the railway track. As she helps search for survivors, desperate questions fill her mind: how many have died? Will the men inside the mine be safe? And will the train be stopped in time? Grades 4-7. 2006.
In exploring the topic of teenage suicide, the author looks at relationships with family and friends, coping skills, and where…
teens can get help. She stresses the importance of self-esteem and parents with empathy. c1989.
Geeky teen pushover Tracy Bracey is finally dead, replaced by the beautiful and confident Tessa. After years of bullying, the…
darkness hovering over her appears to be fading. She has at long last become the vibrant woman she truly wants to be. With a promising music career taking off, the last thing she needs is the incessant matchmakers in town trying to hook her up with every wannabe cowboy available. Sequel to "Corey's catch". 2018.
Rebecca Stone steps forward to adopt the newborn of the one woman who offered her any real help when she…
was a new mother. But Rebecca is unprepared for what it means to be a white mother with a black son. Navigating motherhood for her will be a matter of learning how to raise two children whom she loves with equal ferocity but whom the world is determined to treat differently. 2018.
Catriona Mackenzie is unruly, unmarried, and unapologetic. When her beloved late-aunt's legacy comes under fire, she must cross paths with…
the provocative and mysterious Duke Hamlin Graham. Sequel to "Devil in tartan", followed by "Seduced by a Scot". 2018.
Veteran media executive Joanne Lipman finds workable solutions that individual managers, organizations, and government can employ to make work more…
equitable. Filled with anecdotes and stories from Lipman's own journey, this book shows why empowering women as true equals is an essential goal for us all, and offers a road map for getting there. 2018.
Shooting Dr. Colton Lee was an honest error, but soon Regan wonders if her entire plan to marry a man…
she's never met is a mistake. Colton, who buried his heart along with his first wife, insists he only wants someone to care for his daughter. Yet Regan is drawn to the unmistakable desire in his gaze. Sequel to "Breathless". 2018.
Pete Knight, a cowhand looking for work, heads for the town of Gunsight, Wyoming, just when a long-standing feud between…
the townsmen and the range men has reached the boiling point. 2018.
With a humorist's eye for detail and a convert's zeal, Litt takes us inside his eight years on the front…
lines of Obamaworld. In his political coming-of-age story, he goes from starry-eyed college student to nervous junior speechwriter to White House senior staff. In between lighthearted observations, he addresses one of today's most important issues: the legacy and future of the Obama movement in the age of Trump. 2017.
Two women--a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American…
socialite searching for her cousin in 1947--team up to discover the truth, no matter where it leads. Bestseller. 2017.
Henry and his brothers Hank and Hector are simply trying to get in all the fun they can before school…
starts, when a purple alien monster shows up and messes up their plans. Grades 3-6. 2016.
Circumnavigate the globe with Sir Francis Drake, spread the gospel in Africa with David Livingstone, survive the wilds of Jamestown…
with Captain John Smith, penetrate the wilderness with Daniel Boone, capture Mexico with Hernán Cortes, fight the British with John Paul Jones, and search for gold with Hernando De Soto. Grades 5-8. 2017.
Whether facing a band of Indians with Madeleine; saving lives at sea with Ida Lewis; experiencing the battlefields of the…
Civil War with Clara Barton, or learning the life story of Louisa May Alcott, you will be inspired by the faith, courage, and devotion of these ten girls from history. Grades 4-7. 2017.