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The circus at the edge of the earth: travels with the Great Wallenda Circus
By Charles Wilkins. 1998
The author travelled over three-thousand kilometres in Canada in order to get the inside story on life with a travelling…
circus. He vividly describes the seductive freedoms and horrific risks of traditional circus life. He also shares the lives of the circus performers and their motivations for becoming a member of a travelling troupe. 1998.The baby's table: over 100 easy, healthy and homemade recipes for the pickiest, most deserving eaters on the planet
By Brenda Bradshaw, Lauren Donaldson Bramley. 2004
Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss
By Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.Pocahontas
By Joseph Bruchac. 2003
Told from the viewpoints of Pocahontas and John Smith, describes their lives in the context of the encounter between the…
Powhatan Indians and the English colonists of seventeenth-century Jamestown, Virginia. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.Out of Muskoka
By James Bartleman. 2002
The memoirs of James Bartleman, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, detailing his rise from poverty and discrimination to the top of the…
diplomatic and vice-regal life. Born in 1939, Bartleman grew up in a canvas tent and a series of uninsulated frame shacks around Port Carling, Ontario. An American millionaire on holiday in Muskoka paved the road to higher education and diplomacy. 2002.In search of sleep: straight talk about babies, toddlers, and night waking
By Bonny Reichert. 2001
In a society that equates a sleeping baby with a good baby, night waking has become one of the most…
emotionally charged parenting issues. The author, a mother of two, reviews popular sleep-training techniques and the science of sleep cycles, explores the myths that surround night waking, and offers tips for coping. 2001.I'll be the parent, you be the kid: the hot button topics in parenting
By Paul Kropp. 1998
Dad alone: how to rebuild your life and remain an involved father after divorce
By Phil Clavel. 2003
A guide to help men fulfill their role as fathers in the aftermath of a broken marriage. Helps dads deal…
with their feelings and situations, so that they may remain involved fathers following a divorce. 2003.Fresh-air fiend: travel writings 1985-2000
By Paul Theroux. 2000
A collection of essays and articles written over a fifteen year period about the author's various experiences on five continents.…
In addition to the travel pieces, Theroux also includes his reminiscences, experiences as a kayaker and cyclist, readings from books of travel, profiles and appreciations of other writers, and works on the practices of other cultures. 2000.Abel's outback: explorations and misadventures on six continents, 1990-2000
By Allen J Abel. 2001
For many years, as a news correspondent, television host, and journalist, Allen Abel has travelled to some of the world's…
most fascinating, remote, or newsworthy spots to bring back his stories. This is a collection of travel pieces about his adventures on all six continents over a ten-year period. 2001.The mother of all baby books: an all-Canadian guide to your baby's first year
By Ann Douglas. 2001
The sequel to "The mother of all pregnancy books." Contains chapters on preparing for the early weeks of parenthood, getting…
to know your new baby, coping with the most common new parent worries, and much more. 2001.Kids are worth it!: giving your child the gift of inner discipline
By Barbara Coloroso. 1994
Coloroso presents her approach to parenting, based on three ideas -- kids are worth the effort parents give to raise…
them well, parents should treat children in a way that they themselves would want to be treated, and parents should act in a way that preserves the dignity of both parent and child. 1994.Indian school days
By Basil Johnston. 1988
In 1939, when Basil Johnston was 10 years old, an Indian agent took Basil and his sister to boarding schools…
run by Jesuit priests near Sudbury, Ontario. He writes of hunger, loneliness, abuse and culture shock as he describes the government's policy to assimilate Indians out of a life of "poverty, dirt and ignorance" into the "Canadian way of life".Letters to Judy: what kids wish they could tell you
By Judy Blume. 1986
This compilation of childrens letters has been put together by the author for parents who want to understand their children.…
These letters deal with many of the embarrassing issues that young people face in adolescence, from loneliness to first love, death, drugs, boyfriends, death and depression.Brothers at bat: the true story of an amazing all-brother baseball team
By Steven Salerno, Audrey Vernick. 2012
Recounts the 1938 formation of a semi-pro baseball team by the twelve Acerra boys in their New Jersey hometown. Describes…
the team's disbanding when six brothers went off to fight in World War II, and its revival after their return. For grades K-3The end of equality: work, babies and women's choices in 21st century Australia
By Anne Summers. 2003
Among the most contentious issues Australia faces at the beginning of the 21st century is one that many thought had…
been dealt with in the '70s: the condition of Australian women. Debate still rages over their position in the workplace, their alleged failure to 'breed' sufficiently, their lack of true economic equality, and their inability to penetrate in any real numbers the proverbial glass ceilings in corporate and public life. What happened to the so-called feminist revolution? Why do most women feel exhausted and trapped? Is there real choice in women's lives today?Anna's story
By Bronwyn Donaghy. 2006
On 21 October 1995, Anna Wood went to a party and took an ecstasy tablet. Three days later she was…
dead. A life destroyed. A family devastated. She was just fifteen. She was leaving school to start the job of her dreams. She was beautiful, she had a loving family and countless friends. Bronwyn Donaghy interviewed friends, family members and numerous professionals in order to write the story of the circumstances surrounding Anna's death and of her family's decision to try and turn tragedy into a positive force for good.It is a story of our times, a story with powerful resonances for Anna's generation and their parents, for counsellors, doctors and teachers, for anyone who values the sanctity of life.Bloodhound: searching for my father
By Ramona Koval. 2015
"I looked up the name in the phone book and rang the number. I tried to imagine the conversation that…
might ensue. ‘Hello? I was wondering if you’re the man who was recently at an auction and asked a woman named Mary if I was married and had children and was happy-and if you are, are you my real father?" Ramona Koval’s parents were Holocaust survivors who fled their homeland and settled in Melbourne. As a child, Koval learned little about their lives - only snippets from traumatic tales of destruction and escape. But she always suspected that the man who raised her was not her biological father. One day in the 1990s, long after her mother’s death, she decides she must know the truth. A phone call leads to a photograph in the mail, then tea with strangers. Before long Koval is interrogating a nursing-home patient, meeting a horse whisperer in tropical Queensland, journeying to rural Poland, learning other languages and dealing with Kafkaesque bureaucracy, all in the hope of finding an answer.Mr. Ding's chicken feet: on a slow boat from Shanghai to Texas
By Gillian Kendall. 2006
Gillian Kendall's adventure begins with a flier and a help-wanted ad: "English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher Needed." Intrigued,…
she answers the ad and soon finds herself accompanying a cruise from Shanghai to Galveston, Texas, teaching ESL en route to Chinese seamen, ship's officers, and mechanical engineers. And that's just the beginning! English lessons, of course, are only part of the story. She is the only female aboard, surrounded by Chinese men. The cosmopolitan graduate student suddenly has to adjust to an alien world, thick with cigarette smoke, unusual sea creatures, and male sexuality. Kendall invites readers to travel with her across cultural divides as deep and mysterious as the Pacific while she explores her own culture, orientation, and heart.