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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Humour
Qu'est-ce qui fait rire les humoristes? Leurs échecs : spectacles qui tournent mal, numéros de gala qui flopent, erreurs techniques,… trous de mémoire, spectateurs turbulents et nombreuses autres humiliations. François Morency nous dévoile les histoires cachées mais ô combien divertissantes du métier de comique avec la complicité de vingt-sept de ses confrères. 2012.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history
In this vision of Canada, Saul unveils 3 founding myths: he argues that the famous "peace, order, and good government"… that supposedly defines Canada is a distortion of the country's true nature. He describes Canada as a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. Lastly, he believes that Canada has a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. c2008.
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Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Award winning non-fiction, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Humour
An account of life in a small town community in Sault Ste. Marie in the late 1930's and early 1940's.… Winner of the 1975 Stephen Leacock Award for humour. Strong language. 1974.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Canadian non-fiction, Humour
"The Office Cat" appeared in the "Medicine Hat News" from 1921 to 1951, but only a handful of people knew… who the Cat was. The column, the longest running of its kind in Canadian history, captured the essence of the era through its witticisms, limericks, jokes and inspirations. 1992.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history
Berton tells the story of how the Canadian Pacific Railway built a railway across the Prairies. More than 7,000 men… and 2,000 teams of horses drove the railway from Winnipeg to Calgary in record time, linking Canada from Ontario to the Rocky Mountains. Grades 4-7.