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An Inuit family negotiates the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people, in…
the mid-nineteenth century. 48 episodes recount the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. Marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungry polar bear. The spirit world is alive and relations with non-humans are never taken lightly. And under it all, the growing intrusion of the qallunaat and the battle for souls between the Catholic and Anglican missionaries threatens to forever change the way of life of Sanaaq and her young family. 2014. Uniform title: Sanaaq.
The editor of Sarajevo's sole daily newspaper in the mid-1990s has drawn together nearly sixty of his previously published columns…
to form a journal of events in the besieged city. The author, who is Muslim and continues to live there with his Serbian wife and their family, chronicles the gradual destruction of the city, the actions of those in power, the daily carnage known as "ethnic cleansing," and the determination of those who choose not to leave. 1993. Uniform title: Journal de guerre.
Peopled with forensic archaeologists, horoscope writers, dental hygienists, butchers — Glover's stories are of our time yet timeless; spectacular fables…
that stand in any era, any civilization. Whether we be sexually ambiguous librarians or desperadoes of the most despicable kind, the author exposes the humanity lurking behind our masks, and the perversities that underlie our actions. Includes sex. c2013.
Medina's cosmopolitan education has freed her from the strict traditions of Islam but made her an outsider in her own…
country. Married to a weak minister in the General's government, she is locked in combat with her fanatically religious mother-in-law over the circumcision of her young granddaughter. 1981.
When Sandra Nichols is found murdered, her ex-husband is charged with wrongful death, and attorney Jerry Kennedy agrees to try…
the case. Kennedy becomes guardian for the orphaned children, sedulously gathers the needed evidence, and assails the ex-husband's alibi. Strong language. 1996.
Depicts life in England beginning with the Ice Age and concluding with modern times. Centres on the ancient town of…
Sarum, or Salisbury. The novel follows the lives of seven families from distinct historical periods, from the origins of Stonehenge and the Roman Conquest to the Reformation through to the 1980s. Bestseller 1987. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.
From 1888 to 1949, Canadian missionaries aimed to Christianize China's people, educate its youth, eliminate its disease and reform its…
agricultural methods. Within this atmosphere of religious and cultural imperialism, the church moved from simple evangelistic goals to active participation in Third World modernization. 1986.
Ellen Fairclough was one of the earliest women to be elected to the Canadian Parliament, and the first federal woman…
cabinet minister. In her story is an important chapter on the history of women and politics in this country. 1995.
Broke and unemployed, Julien, retreated from the world after his girlfriend was killed during a robbery attempt where she worked.…
Slowly, he begins to face the world again, working at "Granddad's" fruit stand. His life changes dramatically when he meets Annie, after chasing her down when she steals something from the stand. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1996. Uniform title: Avaleur de sable.
Robbie Blackstone is growing up in the gritty underworld of Toronto in the 1960s. As a young boxer he is…
surrounded by a throng of father figures with mixed motives. As the men battle for control of Robbie's life he is almost lost, until he begins to assert his independence and surprises them all. 1998.
Naylor exposes the post 9/11 global War on Islamic Terror as based on myth, misinformation, and even deliberate disinformation -…
all of it premised on misguided notions about the nature of terrorist financing and the structure and organization of terrorist groups. Naylor believes that the secret agendas behind, and the private interests that profit from, an illusory War on Terror may be far more dangerous than the events that led to it. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.
Saqiyuq is the Inuit word for a strong wind that suddenly shifts direction. This story of three consecutive generations of…
women reveals the contrasts of the ever-changing nature of life in the new territory of Nunavut. Appia deals with traditional life. Daughter Rhoda is part of the transitional generation and grand-daughter Sandra copes with modern times. 1999.
In the winter of 1999, three Canadians and three Omani Bedu set out across Arabia's great southern desert in an…
attempt to authentically recreate the 1947 crossing by Sir Wilfred Thesiger. Here they share the adventures and misadventures they experienced while crossing the vast, desolate desert. Winner of the 2001 Torgi Talking Book of the Year Award.
A critical, satirical biography of the mythical poet Sarah Binks, "the Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan". Binks found inspiration in everything…
from Ole, the hired man, to Rover the dog, and died a martyr to her poetic muse. Includes a wide selection of the poet's tenderest and most inspiring writings. Canada Reads 2003. Winner of the 1947 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. 1947.
In the 18th century, there is a world-spanning quest for the infinite book. A Slovakian count, a Venetian kabbalist, composer…
Antonio Vivaldi and a London printer, Nicholas Flood, are all haunted by an event in the past and are seeking knowledge and immortality through the power of books. 2001.
Set in the present day on a farm at the shores of Lake Erie, Urquhart weaves elements from the nineteenth-century…
past, in Ireland and Ontario, into a gradually unfolding contemporary story of events in the lives of the members of one family. There are ancestral lighthouse-keepers, seasonal Mexican workers; the tragedy of a young woman's death during a tour of duty in Afghanistan; three very different but equally powerful love stories. Some descriptions of sex. c2010.
From 1987 to 1994, John Fraser was editor of "Saturday Night" magazine. "Saturday Night Lives!" is a selection of his…
monthly diaries, in which he wrote whatever was on his mind. The diaries offer commentaries on Canada's political and cultural life, satires on the depopulation of Atlantic Canada, take-offs of Revenue Canada's income tax guides, and much more. The first and final diaries are narrated by John Fraser himself. c1994.