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The great code: the Bible and literature

By Northrop Frye. 1982

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Canadian non-fiction, Criticism, Christianity, Religious texts, Writing

Canada's renowned literary critic and theorist analyses the Bible as the single most important influence in the imaginative tradition of Western art and literature. 1982.

The golden thread: a reader's journey through the great books

By Bruce Meyer. 2000

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Criticism, Writing

Meyer shows how all the greats - Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare and numerous other classic writers - are still… very relevant. Using his trademark approach to reading and understanding, he takes readers on an exciting voyage of discovery through some of the most important works of Western literature. 2000.

The far side of the street

By Bruce Hutchison. 1976

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Biography, Literature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Writing

This is the 1970s autobiography of the journalist and historian whose life and writing influenced many Canadians. British Columbia-raised, his… life spanned some formative years of the province's political history. As a journalist he met and wrote about many prime ministers, and became recognized as an influential thinker. 1976.

The elements of style

By William Strunk, E. B White. 1979

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A compendium of specific tips to encourage writers to be clear, brief, and bold. This fourth edition of E.B. White's… revision of Strunk's classic style manual is modestly updated to accommodate gender references and to provide fresh examples. Contains a foreword by Roger Angell. 2000, c1979.

The heart of everything that is: the untold story of Red Cloud, an American legend

By Bob Drury, Thomas Clavin. 2013

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Biography, Native peoples biography

Draws on Red Cloud's autobiography, which was lost for nearly a hundred years, to present the story of the great… Oglala Sioux chief who was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war. 2013.

The great war for civilisation: the conquest of the Middle East

By Robert Fisk. 2005

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History, War, Writing

Journalist Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East for the last 30 years, covering every major event from the… Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the Gulf War to the ongoing war in Iraq. Reaching back into the long history of invasion, occupation and colonization in the region, he describes how a history of injustice "has condemned the Middle East to war." Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2005.

The education of Augie Merasty: a residential school memoir (The regina Collection)

By David Carpenter, Joseph Auguste Merasty. 2015

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Biography, Native peoples biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)

Joseph (Augie) Merasty was one of 150,000 children taken from their families and sent to residential schools. Merasty takes readers… inside his time at residential school, where he was taught to be ashamed of his family and his culture and where he experienced emotional and physical abuse. But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty’s sense of humour and warm voice shine through. 2015.

The bush garden: essays on the Canadian imagination

By Northrop Frye. 1971

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Canadian non-fiction, Criticism, Essays, Writing

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.

The best of writers & company

By Eleanor Wachtel. 2016

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Writing

Eleanor Wachtel is one of the English-speaking world's most respected and sought-after interviewers. This book, celebrating her show's twenty-five year… anniversary, presents her conversations with legendary authors like Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, and J.M. Coetzee, who share their views on process, the writing life, and the hazards of literary fame. 2016.

The Best of Rolling Stone: 25 years of journalism on the edge

By Robert Love. 1993

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Music, Writing

A collection of "thirty-seven examples of the art of journalism as practiced at the Rolling Stone." The articles appeared in… issues from 1969 to 1990. The range of subjects includes actors, musicians, politics, and AIDS. Among contributors are Hunter S. Thompson, P.J. O'Rourke, and Tim Cahill. Each entry is abridged and prefaced with a note by the writer. Some strong language. 1993.

Telling tales

By John Fraser. 1986

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Arts and entertainment, Biography, Canadian non-fiction, Writing

The author, a journalist, tells of his experiences with various well-known figures, including David Suzuki, Margaret Laurence, and Peter Newman. 1986.

Tango on the Main

By Joe Fiorito. 1997

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Canadian non-fiction, Essays, Writing

A collection of newspaper essays by Montrealer Joe Fiorito, who won the 1996 National Newspaper Award for these columns. You'll… meet Milo who is seven and having the lousiest day of his life, Jackie of the Ritz, chambermaid to the stars, and Nantha, single father, man about town, as well as many others. 1997.

Suddenly they heard footsteps: storytelling for the twenty-first century

By Dan Yashinsky. 2004

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Arts and entertainment, Literature, Writing

The art of storytelling is very much alive in today's world. Yashinsky has lived with storytelling all his life, first… listening to storytellers and then becoming one himself. It's the traveler who stops to hear the voice of the dusty little mouse on the road who is rewarded with the treasure. 2004.

Shannen and the dream for a school (A kids' power book #4)

By Janet Wilson. 2011

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Biography, Native peoples biography

The true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who… have been fighting for a new school since 1979 when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. Shannen's fight took her all the way to Parliament Hill and was taken up by children around the world. Shannen’s dream continues today with the work of the Shannen's Dream organization and those everywhere who are fighting for the rights of Aboriginal children. Grades 3-6. 2011.

Stolen from our embrace: the abduction of First Nations children and the restoration of aboriginal communities

By Suzanne Fournier, Ernie Crey. 1997

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Canadian fiction, Native peoples biography, Canadian non-fiction, Native peoples, Native peoples of Canada

Describes the treatment of aboriginal children in Canada who were taken to live in residential schools. The story is told… using interviews and anecdotes shared by those who attended the schools. The current state of aboriginal affairs is also discussed. 1997.

Strange things: the malevolent North in Canadian literature (Clarendon Lectures In English)

By Margaret Atwood. 1995

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Canadian non-fiction, Criticism, Writing

The author writes of the imaginative mystique of the Canadian North. In discussing the work of writers like Robert Service,… Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, and Margaret Laurence, she talks of northern folklore, myth, and imagery. Originally presented as the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University. 1995.

Stories of my life

By Katherine Paterson. 2014

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Writing

From her childhood in China to the moment she won her first National Book Award, literary icon Katherine Paterson shares… the personal stories that inspired her children's books. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2014.

Starlight tour: the last, lonely night of Neil Stonechild

By Susanne Reber, Rob Renaud. 2005

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Canadian fiction, Native peoples biography, Canadian non-fiction, Native peoples, Native peoples of Canada

On a Saskatoon night in November 1990, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared, to be found dead in a field, his body… frozen, three days later. The police investigation was cursory, but Neil's mother Stella refused to give up, as did witness Jason Roy, who had seen Neil, beaten and bleeding, in the back of a Saskatoon police cruiser the night he disappeared. It was only in January 2000, when two more men were found frozen to death, that the truth about Neil Stonechild's fate began to emerge. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.

Startle and illuminate: Carol Shields on writing

By Carol Shields, Anne Giardini, Nicholas Giardini. 2016

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Writing

In the course of her career, which included novels as well as poetry, short stories, biography and plays, Carol Shields… was encouraging of other writers: she read and commented on her friends' manuscripts, taught writing classes, and spoke and wrote on the craft of writing. This is her guide to the writing process, from conception to publication. Drawn by her daughter and grandson from her correspondence with other writers, essays, notes, comments, criticism and lectures, it helps answer some of the most fundamental questions about writing: why we write at all, whether writing can be taught, what keeps a reader turning the pages, and how a writer knows when a work is done. 2016.

Sinc, Betty, and the morning man: the story of CFRB

By Donald Lamont Jack. 1977

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Arts and entertainment, Canadian non-fiction, Humour, Writing

A delightful and funny history of Canada's biggest radio station. Includes interviews with well-known personalities, such as Betty Kennedy and Gordon Sinclair. c1977.

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