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By Michael Graves, Kristen Foote. 2017
Ahoy, me mateys! Upset your Mom swam away after you were born? Cry me an ocean. You've got me to…
show you the ropes! Well, at least until I get a craving for baby shark. Swim along and I'll teach you how to hunt using all six senses (a whole sense more than a human), why you can never stop moving (blimey, no--not even to sleep!), and what your most dangerous threat is (here's a hint: those sneaky landlubbers don't even live in our waters!). Aye, me hearties, learning How to survive as a shark is not as easy as it sounds! How to survive as a shark provides a unique take on fish science that will entertain and educate in and out of the classroom. Full of opportunities for extended learning, this book includes fun facts hidden throughout the hilarious illustrated story-- and after, a glossary of important terms and some real photos of great white sharks. If you've ever wondered how to think and swim like a shark, and you like to laugh while you learn, this book is for y For grades K-3By Kathleen Teahan. 2017
This fact-filled picture book for young readers celebrates the delicious cookie that got its start in a small town Massachusetts…
restaurant during the darkest days of the Great Depression. For grades 3-6By Grant Buday. 2020
Finalist for the 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes' Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize"Meticulously researched and vividly drawn, Orphans of Empire…
brings to life the half-forgotten world of early British Columbia. This is an immersive, shimmering novel." —Steven Price, author of #1 nationally bestselling By Gaslight and Giller-shortlisted LampedusaIn Grant Buday's new novel, three captivating stories intertwine at the site of the New Brighton Hotel on the shores of Burrard Inlet. In 1858 the serious and devoted Sir Richard Clement Moody receives the commission of a lifetime when he is sent to help establish "a second England"—what is now British Columbia. In 1865 Frisadie, an eighteen-year-old Kanaka housemaid, who is more entrepreneur than ingénue, arrives in New Brighton from Hawaii. She convinces Maxie Michaud to purchase the hotel with her, and it soon becomes the toast of the inlet. In 1885 Henry Fannin, a young, curious embalmer and magnetism devotee, having struck out in London and San Francisco, arrives in New Brighton and promptly falls in love with a tragic woman he hears crying on his first night at the hotel.Endearing, funny, and highly evocative of time and place, Orphans of Empire celebrates those living in the shadow of history's supposed heroes, their private struggles and personal agendas. Readers who loved Michael Crummey's Galore and Eowyn Ivey's To the Bright Edge of the World, will love this vivid novel of arrivals that prods at the ethics of settlement.By Alain Grandbois. 2004
"Dans sa toute première œuvre qu'il fait paraître à Paris en 1933, Alain Grandbois a voulu rappeler les grandes réalisations…
et les principales explorations de Louis Jolliet, l'une des figures les plus marquantes de la Nouvelle-France. L'auteur le suit à la trace dans ses expéditions sur le Mississippi en compagnie du père Jacques Marquette. Si Jolliet incarne les visées économiques et politiques de l'époque, Marquette représente bien sûr les aspirations religieuses de son temps. Grandbois accompagne aussi l'explorateur dans son expédition à la baie James et au Labrador où Jolliet entend conclure une alliance avec les Amérindiens. Tout en faisant œuvre d'historien, Granbois laisse libre cours à son imagination pour rendre encore plus vivante l'image héroïque et légendaire de l'un des grands personnages de l'histoire québécoise." -- 4e de couvBy Kai Cheng Thom. 2022
Connaissez-vous la chienne Laïka, la première de tous les êtres vivants à avoir voyagé dans l’espace? Ce livre vous raconte…
son histoire et les raisons qui l’ont poussée à quitter sa meute pour aller à la rencontre des étoiles. Quelque part entre le conte et la leçon d’histoire, Pour Laïka est un hommage aux liens qui unissent toutes les créatures de la Terre - et de l’Univers.By James Gladstone, Yaara Eshet. 2023
By Charles Margerison. 2011
Welcome to the secret world of spies. For obvious reasons, their lives are often shrouded in mystery however in this…
unique collection of short audio stories, you'll come 'face-to-face' with some of the world's most amazing spies, as their unique stories come to life. Meet the Russian spy who risked everything to share intelligence after being shocked at how the KGB were oppressinghis fellow Russians. Explore the fascinating and little-known story of Maria Poliakova, a daring young woman who played a key role in Hitler's ultimate downfall. Delve into the unbelievable life of Sidney Reilly who was the real-life inspiration for Ian Fleming's fictional character James Bond. Travel with Klaus Fuchs, a spy who leaked crucial nuclear bomb information from the USA, UK and Canada to the USSR. Each story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.By Charles Margerison. 2011
Meet Marie Curie! She was the first person in the world to be honored with two Nobel Prizes. Gain a…
unique insight into her amazing life and what actually inspired her. Get a personal insight into her relationship with her husband, Pierre. Be inspired by her amazing story as it comes alive through BioViews®?A BioView® is a short biographical story, similar to an interview. These unique stories provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions to our world.By Charles Margerison. 2011
Meet Charles Darwin, responsible for the theory of natural selection and author of On Origin of the Species. Darwin is…
arguably one of the most influential characters in world history, in that he redefined so many pre-conceived ideas. He was far ahead of his time. His amazing life comes alive through BioViews. You can follow the young Darwin from his early years, when his mother died, to his medical studies where his curiosity in natural order and development sent him off on explorations that would ultimately change the way the world is regarded.A BioView® is a short biographical story, similar to an interview. These unique audio stories provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions to our world.By Douglas Lochhead, Kate Madeleine Bottomley. 1973
In Honor Edgeworth the sole and sincere motive of the authoress has been to hold up to the mass the…
little picture of society, in one of its most marked phases, that she has sketched, as she watched its freaks and caprices from behind the scenes.Ottawa, in this work, is taken merely as a representative of all other fashionable cities, for the simple reason that it is better known to the writer than any other city of social repute. Her object in publishing the volume at all, if not clearly defined throughout the work, may be discovered here: it is primarily, to attract the attention of those who, if they wished, could exercise a beneficial influence over the sphere in which they live, to the moral depravities that at present are allowed so passively to float on the surface of the social tide. It would with the same word appeal to the minds and hearts of those women who are satisfied to remain slaves to the exactions of an unscrupulous society, at the sacrifice of their most womanly impulses, and their noblest energies; and would also remind some reckless sons of Ottawa, of how miserably they are contributing towards the future prosperity of their country, by adopting, as the only aim of their lives, the paltry ambition of an unworthy self-indulgence.The predominant feeling throughout the entire composition has been one of pure philanthropy, as the authoress desires to benefit her fellow-creatures, in as far as it lies in her very limited power.By Douglas Lochhead, Lance Bilton. 1973
By Earl Murray. 2003
You Can Almost Taste the Old West!Renowned for his detailed research and compelling characters, Earl Murray is an esteemed name…
in the historical fiction of the American Frontier and he proves it again in his newest novel of Old California.Los Angeles . . . in the1850s. John Dimas, a California Ranger goes undercover, following treacherous trails deep into the Sierra Nevada gold country in an attempt to do the impossible--infiltrate the elusive band of California's most notorious desperado, the feared Joaquin Murrieta. The course of this journey will take Dimas through a beautiful but perilous land, searching the daytime arenas where bullfights entertain bloodthirsty audiences, the midnight faro games and fandango halls where knife and pistol rule the night. Along the way, he will meet Maura Walsh, a beautiful lady of means come to unite with her fiancé, Trenton Kerns, a man with a dangerous connection to the evil and powerful Don Luis Markham. In a twist of treacherous fate, Dimas' secret mission will place him squarely in Markham's path. It is a confrontation he cannot hope to win. . . .Set against the raw turbulence and sudden violence of California's Gold Rush and the exploits of the famed Joaquin Murietta--the real-life inspiration for Zorro--Earl Murray's riveting new novel wonderfully re-creates a fascinating period in American history with the tension of a high-voltage thriller.By Robert Barr, Douglas Lochhead. 1973
By Douglas Lochhead, Margaret A. Brown. 1973
This work cannot be fully understood unless the reader is aware of the writer's motives. The book has a twofold…
meaning -- that of a political novel, and that of the portrayal of a great love and a religious drama. As Disraeli in his novels portrayed the political and social conditions of certain eras of his country, in a simple way this work is intended to portray the conditions existing in Canada at an era when the country was in a state of transition, with the idealistic conception of what the government of a country should be, the conception being based upon a knowledge of the inherent principles of Divine Right and upon Plato's Republic of Justice. The scene is laid prior to the last election during Sir John A. Macdonald's administration. There are no great questions at issue, politics are seen in their lowest form; the protective tariff had been adopted, and with the advent of machinery the old order of things was passing away; the new order had not yet brought any great issues before the people, and the election, commonly called the "Old Flag" election, was run merely on a sentiment of loyalty to the motherland. "My Lady of the Snows" is a woman who has been born "great," and one who has based her life on principles rather than the emotions, or Plato's theory that the emotions should remain subservient to the will.By Douglas Lochhead, Alexander Begg. 1973
By Charles Margerison. 2011
Meet Henry Wellcome. Discover his amazing life story in this unique audio story from The Amazing People Club. He may…
have saved your life with the medicines he developed and produced. Henry willed his entire fortune to further development and research to The Wellcome Trust, which is one of the largest biomedical charities in the world. Travel with Henry Wellcome from the log cabin in which he was born in Wisconsin on his epic journeys around the world, driven by his thirst for knowledge and insatiable curiosity. Henry Wellcome's story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.By Lewis York, Roger Olmos. 2014
Amb motiu del 40 aniversari de l'arribada de l'home a la lluna, Lumen visita el món llunàtic. Al final de…
la Segona Guerra Mundial (1945) les dues potències més poderoses de l'època, l'URSS i els EEUU, iniciaren el que s'anomenà la Guerra Freda. Una de les disputes més espectaculars fou la carrera de l'espai. Tant els comunistes com els capitalistes volien conquerir l'espai exterior, o si més no que ho semblés. L'URSS anava per davant amb els seus proyectes Sputnik, però els EEUU aconseguiren guanyar la partida més important: que un home trepitgés la Lluna. El 20 de juliol de 1969, a les 10:56 PM, Neil Amstrong posà un peu a la Lluna i davant una audiència televisiva de 600 milions de persones, sentencià: «Aquest és un petit pas per a l'home, però un salt gegantesc per a la Humanitat». Des d'aleshores, són moltes les veus que han dubtat de la proesa exposant una sèrie d'anomalies que surten a les imatges que es feren: ombres estranyes, reflexos, un firmament sense estrelles, un allunatge que no aixeca pols... Els autors d'aquest llibre han investigat el cas i han aconseguit parlar amb alguns testimonis (vinguts des del més recòndit de la seva imaginació) que podran oferir una mica de llum sobre tants enigmes... o no. Perquè, per molt que la Lluna giri, sempre manté una cara oculta. I, en aquest cas, resulta divertida, sorprenent i rigorosament incerta.By Lars Mytting. 2014
A family story of epic scale, by the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD and THE BELL IN THE LAKE."An intricate story…
about war, family, secrets and,yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The Times"So cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" ScotsmanEdvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in Norway with his taciturn grandfather, Sverre. The death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his mother. But he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow bound up with this mystery. One day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Perhaps Einar is not dead after all. Edvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from Norway to the Shetlands, and to the battlefields of France - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritance. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century.A TIMES BESTSELLERMytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone, BookanistaTranslated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell GarrettThe compelling first book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in…
the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.Jennie's heartwarming and heartrending sagas are richly praised!'Jennie Felton knows how to tell a cracking story and keep the reader gripped... if you enjoy reading books in the style of Catherine Cookson then this one is for you' Books With Wine and Chocolate'Another superbly woven and character-rich story from a saga author who writes from the heart' Peterborough Telegraph'Packed full of Jennie's signature strong heroines, this book will keep you guessing' MNR JournalShattered by tragedy, can the Donovan family find happiness again?When terrible tragedy strikes at the local colliery, the residents of Fairley Terrace's ten houses suffer more than one loss and, for Maggie Donovan at number six, the world turns upside down. Turning for comfort to the one man she can trust, she finds a sudden and undeniable passion instead. But any future with Josh Withers seems a betrayal of her past, and Maggie realises the only way to survive is to conceal a very dark secret of her own...*Includes a preview of the next book in the series and bonus material from the author.*Don't miss Jennie's the rest Families of Fairley Terrace series, which begins with Maggie's story in All The Dark Secrets and continues with Lucy's story in The Miner's Daughter, Edie's story in The Girl Below Stairs, Carina's story in The Widow's Promise and Laurel's story in The Sister's Secret.Plus look out for Jennie's page-turning standalones - The Stolen Child, A Mother's Sacrifice and The Smuggler's Girl - coming soon!By Harry Thompson. 2005
The 15th anniversary edition of a brilliant, action-packed and gripping novel of Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle - longlisted…
for the Man Booker Prize. New introduction from Daisy Goodwin.'A master storyteller' Sunday TimesIn 1831 Charles Darwin set off in HMS Beagle under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy on a voyage that would change the world. This is the story of a deep friendship between two men, and the twin obsessions that tear them apart, leading one to triumph, and the other to disaster.'An outstandingly good first novel. A page-turning action-adventure combined with subtle intellectual arguments. The meticulous research enriches this fascinating tale' Sunday Telegraph