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The golden mean
By Annabel Lyon. 2009
342 B.C. Aristotle is reluctant to set aside his own ambitions in order to tutor Alexander, the rebellious son of…
his boyhood friend Philip of Macedon. But the philosopher soon comes to realize that teaching this charming, surprising, sometimes horrifying teenager, heir to the Macedonian throne, forced onto the battlefield before his time, is a desperate necessity amid the ever more sinister intrigues of Philip's court. Some strong language, explicit descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c2009.The Horus road (Lords of the two lands. #3.)
By Pauline Gedge. 2000
By the middle of the Seventeenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, the country has been ruled by the foreign Setui, who…
only care to plunder it, for two hundred years. One family in Thebes, descendants of the last true Egyptian king, vow to overthrow the Setui. Ahmose, continuing the struggle that has claimed his father and brother, knows that he need a miracle to take the Setui capital and defeat his enemies. Sequel to "The oasis". 2000. (Lords of the two lands ; 3)Radiance
By Shaena Lambert. 2007
Eighteen-year-old Hiroshima survivor Keiko arrives in America for plastic surgery, sponsored by The Hiroshima Project. Keiko is expected to be…
a media darling, selected for her scarred beauty and her talent for putting words to the horrors she has witnessed. When Keiko does not perform as scripted, the Project presses her host, Daisy Lawrence, into drawing out the girl's horrific story, but Daisy must fight to enter Keiko's sphere of intimacy, and is shocked by what she learns there. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2007.Once upon a time, long, long ago
By Henry Shykoff. 1999
A girl, Eevo, and her brother Sim live nearly 50,000 years ago in what is now the Middle East. When…
their parents go on a trip, they are cast out of their home cave by their tribe. Despite their young age and Sim's lameness, they learn to create fire, shape tools, tame wolves and survive. Nominated for the 2001 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. Followed by "Just a Little Later With Eevo and Sim" (RC24291). 1999.Coventry
By Helen Humphreys. 2008
On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet stands on the roof of the Coventry cathedral beneath a full moon.…
That night, the Germans come to unleash destruction, and for Harriet, Jeremy, the young man who shares her duties as a firewatcher, and his free-spirited mother, Maeve, the bombings will resonate for the rest of their lives. As Harriet and Jeremy make their way through the burning city in search of Maeve, cold dread brings to life both a grief and a love that Harriet thought she had put behind her forever. 2008.A natural history
By Keith Oatley. 1998
In mid-nineteenth-century England, Dr. John Leggate is searching for a cure for cholera before the next outbreak occurs. The arrival…
of Marian Brooks, a talented pianist and writer, and their subsequent marriage, affects Leggate and his work as another cholera epidemic approaches. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.The ocean between
By Margaret Bunel Edwards. 1993
In 1874, Isabelle and her family must leave their comfortable life in France for a new life in Canada. Isabelle…
shrinks from the hardship, but pines for a handsome French army officer, Antoine. Grades 5-8. 1993.Nishka: roman] / [2
By Michel Noël. 2009
« Années 1960. Ojipik dit au revoir à son père Shigobi, à sa grand-mère Koukoumis, au Lac Cabonga, aux forêts,…
à sa chienne la Louve. Comme tant d'autres Anishnabés avant lui, l'adolescent part chez les Blancs apprendre à lire et à écrire, apprendre à « marcher sa vie ». A la tristesse du départ se mêle le désir de revoir Sylvie, la fille de Marie qui l'accueillera au village. La nouvelle vie d'Ojipik est aux couleurs de la ferme de Marie et de l'oncle Oscar; des parties de billes et de ballon chasseur dans la cour de l'école [...]. Une danse des jours brusquement interrompue par le décès tragique du père d'Ojipik qui précipitera le retour du jeune Amérindien sur ses terres pour quelques heures remplies d'émotions, d'étreintes et de souvenirs. Revenu au village plus grand, plus fort, mais avec une brume au coeur, l'adolescent verra naître en lui un nouvel espoir, un projet secret, retrouver sa mère... » -- 4e de couvLe pays au bout du fleuve: 1 (Le pays au bout du fleuve. #1.)
By Sylvie Gobeil. 2007
"Un après-midi de l'été 1665, au port de La Rochelle, Jeanne attend le signal de l'embarquement. Discrètement, elle surveille ses…
quatre filles qui jouent près du navire. Jean Gobeil, son mari, déborde d'enthousiasme à l'idée du départ, une décision qu'il a prise et à laquelle Jeanne a consenti par amour. Tout quitter pour le pays du non-retour l'effraie. "Jean ne vous entraînerait pas dans une aventure insensée. Fais-lui confiance", lui a conseillé sa mère. Malgré la foi en son homme, rien n'a préparé la jeune femme de 24 ans à ces neuf semaines en mer avant d'atteindre la ville de Québec. Jeanne affronte le premier hiver en Nouvelle-France avec un courage teinté de nostalgie. La France lui manque. Partout, elle n'aperçoit que de la neige et de la forêt. "Comment résister?", se demande-t-elle. Jean la rassure. Ensemble, ils défrichent et cultivent leur lopin de terre à l'île d'Orléans. Deux autres filles et deux garçons viennent compléter la famille. Couple d'exception dans ce Québec du XVIIe siècle où mariage ne rime pas nécessairement avec amour, Jeanne confie à l'une de ses filles : "Jamais je n'ai laissé le travail prendre le dessus sur l'amour". Une vie chargée d'émotions que celle de Jeanne, la Poitevine! Une vie où l'amour qui l'unit à Jean triomphera. même au-delà de la mort." -- 4e de couvLe chevalier Jordan (Best seller (Hurtubise HMH (Firme)))
By Maryse Rouy. 2006
" [...] L'histoire du futur chevalier commence le jour de ses sept ans et se finit lors de son adoubement.…
Pendant ces années d'apprentissage, il vit toutes sortes d'aventures qui le forcent à se surpasser. Par chance, à ses côtés, il y a toujours le fidèle Paulin, son frère de lait. Plus sage, plus réfléchi, c'est lui qui parle avec la voix de la raison. Mais quand il ne réussit pas à la faire entendre, il n'hésite pas à épauler son impétueux ami, sans souci des conséquences. Suivez-les, chevauchant Vif-argent et Centaurée, sur les routes pleines de pièges et de joies de leur enfance médiévale. " -- 4e de couvMary Janeway: The Legacy of a Home Child
By Mary Pettit. 2009
Mary Janeway, born in Scotland in 1887, came to Canada as a "home child" at a very young age. Separated…
from her brothers and sisters, the "tiny" Mary was sent as a domestic to a farm near Innerkip, Ontario. This is Mary’s story – a recreation of her life set in Victorian rural Ontario, from the time of the tragedy that split her family to her eventual escape from a life of drudgery. Robbed of her childhood years but buoyed by an inner resolve and an indomitable spirit, Mary Janeway reveals the tragic events surrounding this period of Canadian history – the Home Children. Mary Janeway was godmother to author Mary Pettit.Away
By Jane Urquhart. 1993
A stunning, evocative novel set in Ireland and Canada, Away traces a family's complex and layered past. The narrative unfolds…
with shimmering clarity, and takes us from the harsh northern Irish coast in the 1840s to the quarantine stations at Grosse Isle and the barely hospitable land of the Canadian Shield; from the flourishing town of Port Hope to the flooded streets of Montreal; from Ottawa at the time of Confederation to a large-windowed house at the edge of a Great Lake during the present day. Graceful and moving, Away unites the personal and the political as it explores the most private, often darkest corners of our emotions where the things that root us to ourselves endure. Powerful, intricate, lyrical, Away is an unforgettable novel.Changing Heaven
By Jane Urquhart. 1990
Two worlds are intertwined in this hauntingly beautiful story as it moves from Toronto to the English moors and to…
Venice, Italy. The time frame shifts between present and past, linking the lives of a young Brontë scholar (a woman in the throes of a troubled love affair), a turn-of-the-century female balloonist, and an elusive explorer with the ghost - or the memory - of Emily Brontë. Urquhart reveals something about the act of artistic creation, the ways in which stories enter our lives, and about the cyclical nature of love throughout time. This is a novel of darkness and light, of intense weather and inner calm.No Return: A novel of the Canadian election that vanished in Muskoka's backwoods
By Gordon Aiken. 2010
Canadians took politics seriously in the years following Confederation and Gordon Aiken’s novel about pioneer Muskoka and the fledgling nation’s…
capital shows why. Unique events in the Dominion’s second election, in 1872, inspired Aiken to write about Muskoka’s returning officer, Richard Bell, who refused to declare Liberal candidate A.P. Cockburn elected, even though he got the most votes. Consequent ground-breaking events included Bell’s summons to give an accounting of himself to the House of Commons, the first and only time an MP would be elected to parliament by members of the Commons itself, and reforms in Canadian election law including introduction of the secret ballot. Privately published as Returning Officer in 1982, and long since out of print, this Blue Butterfly edition is re-titled No Return. Completely reset and redesigned, with added maps and period photographs, this new edition also features J. Patrick Boyer’s afterword, "Gordon Aiken’s Quest and the Genesis of No Return." The political intrigues woven into Gordon Aiken’s rich tale of local and national affairs from 140 years ago will resonate with readers today, if its essential plots and human ambitions were simply updated by new technology and a fresh cast of characters to re-enact timeless dramas of mismatched lovers, a local judge fighting the newspaper editor, lumber barons playing both sides to keep their timber licences, and contractors changing political sides to win road jobs (or what today are termed "infrastructure projects"). Aiken, Member of Parliament for the same district a century later, wrote with deep understanding about Muskoka and its people and acute knowledge of parliamentary politics. No Return tells of one man’s struggle to support his chosen party, maintain his independence, confound his enemies, and hold his family together under duress.Einstein's Gift
By Vern Thiessen. 2003
Einstein’s Gift follows the life and work of Nobel laureate Dr. Fritz Haber, a man who risked everything for a…
country that never accepted him. Haber, a chemist who worked hard to enhance life, discovered too late that when his knowledge was put in the hands of the wrong people, millions would die and that his efforts to serve humanity were futile against political will, nationalism, and war. This updated edition of Vern Thiessen’s compelling play about the collision of power and pride still resonates with verve and vigour.Cousin Cinderella
By Sara Jeanette Duncan, Douglas Lochhead. 1973
After experiencing life in London, the narrator and her brother discover that they are Canadians, not colonials. Their encounters with…
Englishmen and Americans demonstrate that there are three distinct countries, each with a character of its own, but sharing common interests. This is an early novel on the eternal theme of identity.Changing Heaven
By Jane Urquhart. 1990
Two worlds are intertwined in this hauntingly beautiful story as it moves from Toronto to the English moors and to…
Venice, Italy. The time frame shifts between present and past, linking the lives of a young Brontë scholar (a woman in the throes of a troubled love affair), a turn-of-the-century female balloonist, and an elusive explorer with the ghost - or the memory - of Emily Brontë. Urquhart reveals something about the act of artistic creation, the ways in which stories enter our lives, and about the cyclical nature of love throughout time. This is a novel of darkness and light, of intense weather and inner calm.