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The great fire

By Jim Murphy. 1995

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, United States history
Human-narrated audio

An account of the conflagration that levelled much of Chicago in 1871. Chronicles events from the fire's outbreak and rapid…

spread to its extinguishment by rain, as reported by survivors and in documents of the period. Examines the origins, circumstances, and official failures that contributed to the disaster. Grades 5-8. A 1996 Newbery Honor Book. c1995.

The girl in Saskatoon: a meditation on friendship, memory and murder

By Sharon Butala. 2008

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Law and crime biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, True crime
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

In 1962, Alexandra Wiwcharuk was found murdered on the banks of the Saskatchewan River. Nearly 50 years later, her murder…

still haunts Saskatoon residents, especially those who, like Butala, were Alexandra's friends. Compelled by her memories of Alex, Butala returns to that still-unsolved murder, writing an in-depth investigation of the tragic death, a nostalgic coming-of-age story, and an exploration of the nature of good and evil. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2008.

The galleys at Lepanto

By Jack Beeching. 1982

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Adventure and exploration, History, European history, War
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Popular history focuses on the events leading up to the battle of Lepanto in 1571 when galleys from Christian Europe defeated the Turkish grand fleet. 1983, c1982.

The forgotten trail: one man's adventures on the Canadian route to the Klondike

By Larry Pynn. 1996

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Adventure and exploration, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
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In 1992, Vancouver Sun journalist Larry Pynn decided to undertake an adventure. He followed the old Stikine Trail in the…

Yukon, by foot, horseback and canoe, to the Klondike. He discovered many relics, met colourful characters, and relived Canadian gold rush history.

The fence: a police cover-up along Boston's racial divide

By Dick Lehr. 2009

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Law and crime biography, Law and crime, Police and military, True crime, Lifestyle, Social issues
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The Fence documents the true story of a Boston police incident during which an undercover officer was brutally beaten by…

fellow officers who mistook him for a murder suspect. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c2009.

The Everest years: a climber's life

By Chris Bonington. 1987

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Adventure and exploration, Biography, Adventurers and explorers, Sports and games
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At the age of 50, the author, one of the world's best-known mountaineers, reached the summit of Mount Everest in…

1985 after four attempts. He chronicles his Everest expeditions and the ascent of Mount Vinson in the Antarctic with Frank Wells. 1987.

The end of the world

By Lewis H., ed Lapham, Peter T Struck. 1997

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Adventure and exploration
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Selections from letters, memoirs, reports, and a few imaginary portrayals, presenting first-person descriptions of human tragedies. Illustrates the impact of…

disasters on society, recounts instances of extreme brutality inflicted on groups and communities, explores the capacity for regeneration, and cites examples of people's responses to doomsday scenarios. 1998, c1997.

The enforcer: Johnny Pops Papalia : a life and death in the Mafia

By Adrian Humphreys. 1999

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Biography, Law and crime biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, True crime
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By the time Johnny "Pops" Papalia was gunned down at the age of 73, his massive crime network had earned…

him the nickname "Canada's Capone." Filled with tales of extortion, loan sharking, gambling and heroin, this book chronicles the rise and fall of Canada's most successful Mafia don. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.

The diary of one now dead

By Tom Drodge, Grover Cleveland Hodge. 2018

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Adventure and exploration
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On December 10, 1942, at the height of the Second World War, a crew of seven men boarded the bomber…

plane Time's A Wastin' and departed the American base at Narsarsuaq, Greenland, on their way back to the United States via Goose Bay, Labrador. After crossing the Davis Strait between Greenland and Labrador, the B-26 ran into rough weather and crashed at Saglek, Labrador. All of the crew survived. As per their training, they stayed with the wreck to wait for rescuers--but rescue never came. This is their incredible story, as related by the diary kept by the pilot, First Lieutenant Grover Cleveland Hodge. 2018.

The chosen ones: Canada's test pilots in action

By Sean Rossiter. 2002

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Adventure and exploration, Biography, War and military biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history
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From the dawn of aviation, Canada has produced intrepid pilots of renown. Learning their craft in some of the most…

difficult conditions anywhere, many of these flyers became expert pilots, navigators and mechanics. These great Canadians pilots were among the highest-scoring Allied aces of both world wars. 2002.

The Dillinger days

By John Toland. 2017

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Biography, Law and crime biography, Women biography
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John Dillinger's thirteen-month criminal career captured the imagination of Depression-era America and is chronicled here, along with fellow outlaws like…

Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, and Machine Gun Kelly. 2017.

The devil's defender: my odyssey through American criminal justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar massacre

By John Henry Browne. 2016

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Biography, Law and crime biography
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For the last four decades, Browne has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero the "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Moore, to…

Benjamin Ng of the Wah Mee massacre and Kandahar massacre culprit Sergeant Robert Bales, Browne's unceasing advocacy and the daring to take on some of the most unwinnable cases--and nearly win them all--has led 48 Hours' Peter Van Sant to call him "the most famous lawyer in America." But although the Browne that America has come to know cuts a dashing and confident figure, he has forever been haunted by his job as counsel to Ted Bundy, the most infamous serial killer in American history. Browne, a drug- and alcohol-addicted yet wildly successful defense attorney who could never let go of the case that started it all, here asks himself the question others have asked him all along: Does defending evil make you evil too? 2016.

The happy camper: an essential guide to life outdoors

By Kevin Callan. 2007

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Adventure and exploration, General non-fiction, Nature
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A compendium of basic wilderness instruction and well-tested campsite advice from one of North America's top canoeing and outdoors experts.…

Learn how to plan your trip, pack only what's needed, and beat the bugs, stake a tent, build a fire, ward off unwanted wildlife, and paddle a canoe. Also includes using maps and a compass, camp cooking, camping with dogs and kids, bruises, blisters and Band-Aids, and cold-weather camping. 2007, c2005.

The horizontal Everest: extreme journeys on Ellesmere Island

By Jerry Kobalenko. 2002

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Adventure and exploration, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Canadian travel and geography, Travelogues
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Ellesmere Island lays a mere 450 miles from the North Pole and has the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere…

east of the Rockies. For more than a decade, Kobalenko has traced the routes of explorers and Inuits, and broken many new trails across the frozen terrain of Ellesmere Island. He investigates the motives and mistakes of the island's first explorers, searches for clues to the mysterious disappearance of scientist-explorer Dr. Hans Kruger and the murder of an Inuit guide. 2002.

The Hindenburg disaster (A true book)

By Peter Benoit. 2011

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Adventure and exploration
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Have you ever heard of the famous Hindenburg blimp that crashed and burned in New Jersey on May 6, 1937?…

Learn about the history of airships (also called zeppelins after the man who invented them, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin), and the Hindenburg, and about what happened the day of the crash - how sixty-two people managed to survive, and that it’s still not known why the crash took place. Also includes facts about the blimps of today, statistics, and a timeline. Grades 3-6. 2011.

The Greenpeace to Amchitka: an environmental odyssey

By Robert Hunter. 2004

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Adventure and exploration, Canadian non-fiction, Environment, Politics and government
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Eleven landlubbing environmentalists and one old sea captain planned to pilot a small, aging fishing boat across 3,800 kilometres of…

the Gulf of Alaska in the middle of storm season to try to stop a hydrogen bomb test - and possibly be incinerated in the process. Launched from Vancouver, the 1971 odyssey failed to stop the bomb but did ignite a world-wide environmental movement. Written by a member of the expedition, the book captures the idealism and hope of the psychedelic '60s, while also telling a sea story, full of the debates and misadventures of the characters on board. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.

The Grey Fox: the true story of Bill Miner, last of the old-time bandits

By John Boessenecker, Mark Dugan. 1992

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Biography, Law and crime biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, United States history, True crime
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Between the years 1860 and 1911, Bill Miner's criminal career included stagecoach and train robberies. A gentleman robber who never…

killed, Miner believed that railroad companies robbed the public and he therefore had a right to rob them back. 1992.

The edge of fire: volcano and earthquake country in western North America and Hawaii

By Robert Wenkam. 1987

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Adventure and exploration, Science and technology
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Explains the basic geology of the unstable Pacific Coast and Central America to Alaska and the volcanically active islands of…

Hawaii. Discusses earthquake disaster planning in southern California and the probabilities of a major earthquake in the near future. 1987.

The dig tree: the extraordinary story of the ill-fated Burke and Wills 1860 expedition

By Sarah Murgatroyd. 2003

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Adventure and exploration, Adventurers and explorers, Travel and geography
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In 1860, an eccentric Irish police officer named Robert O'Hara Burke set out to Melbourne at the head of the…

most ambitious expedition of his age. Up until this point Australia had remained a truly dark continent, but times were changing. On 20 August Burke and his team of eighteen men made a confident start - journeying north towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. Accompanied by William Wills, a shy English scientist, he was prepared to risk everything to cross the continent. Meanwhile, John McDouall Stuart, a dour Scotsman with a fondness for the bottle, was already trekking north from Adelaide. The race was on. 2003.

The death of old man Rice: a true story of criminal justice in America

By M. L Friedland. 1994

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Law and crime biography, Law and crime, True crime
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A sensational trial -- questions about the influence of the media, expert witnesses, the issue of the death penalty, and…

the advantage of wealth. While it sounds like one of today's headlines, this actually happened in 1900. The author investigates the remarkable trial of two men accused of murdering William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University. 1994.

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