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The forgotten trail: one man's adventures on the Canadian route to the Klondike

By Larry Pynn. 1996

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Adventure and exploration, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

In 1992, Vancouver Sun journalist Larry Pynn decided to undertake an adventure. He followed the old Stikine Trail in the…

Yukon, by foot, horseback and canoe, to the Klondike. He discovered many relics, met colourful characters, and relived Canadian gold rush history.

The diving-bell and the butterfly: A Memoir Of Life In Death

By Jean-Dominique Bauby. 1997

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Movie and television tie-insBiography, Biography of persons with disabilities
Human-narrated audio
The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only functioning muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable account of being locked inside his own body. 1997.

The courage to compete: living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams

By Elizabeth Kaye, Abbey Curran. 2015

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Abbey Curran lives by the motto "If you can dream it, you can do it." She was born with cerebral…

palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not to. After realizing her own dream, she went on to help other disabled girls achieve their goals by starting Miss You Can Do It, a national nonprofit pageant for girls and women with challenges and special needs. In this uplifting memoir, Abbey tells a story of overcoming the odds, fulfilling her life's goals, and finding in herself the courage to compete, even as she continues to inspire the same spirit in others. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.

The elk hunt

By Alan Edward Nourse. 1986

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography
Human-narrated audio

At age 52, the author was stricken by a massive heart attack while hunting elk. He reveals his torturous recovery…

and the strains his illness placed on himself and his family. 1986.

The horizontal Everest: extreme journeys on Ellesmere Island

By Jerry Kobalenko. 2002

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Adventure and exploration, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Canadian travel and geography, Travelogues
Human-narrated audio

Ellesmere Island lays a mere 450 miles from the North Pole and has the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere…

east of the Rockies. For more than a decade, Kobalenko has traced the routes of explorers and Inuits, and broken many new trails across the frozen terrain of Ellesmere Island. He investigates the motives and mistakes of the island's first explorers, searches for clues to the mysterious disappearance of scientist-explorer Dr. Hans Kruger and the murder of an Inuit guide. 2002.

The Great Lakes

By Pierre Berton. 1996

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography, United States travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

Berton relates the history of the Great Lakes and the humans who have lived around them. From their birth during…

the Ice Age to the fight to save them from pollution, Berton tells the many stories which their shores have witnessed. 1996.

The education of Laura Bridgman: first deaf and blind person to learn language

By Ernest Freeberg. 2001

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography, Disabilities, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind…

at the age of two. Freeberg recounts Laura's transformation into a woman who voraciously absorbed the world around her under the tutelage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. 2001.

The day the world came to town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

By Jim DeFede. 2002

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Canadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Canadian history, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

As flights were temporarily grounded following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the town of Gander found itself hosting over 6,000 stranded…

commercial airline passengers. The people of Gander put up the unexpected guests in schools, community centres and even their own homes. A heartwarming story of strangers being greeted with exemplary kindness. 2002.

The center cannot hold: my journey through madness

By Elyn R Saks. 2007

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness.…

Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success. 2007.

The Canada chronicles: a four-year hitchhiking odyssey

By Matt Jackson. 2004

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

In 1997, Matt Jackson quit his job, strode to the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise, and began…

his journey. His plan was to hitchhike across Canada, expecting the trip to take three months - but didn't arrive in Newfoundland until three and a half years later. It's a good, old-fashioned road tale. 2004.

The Canadians

By Andrew H Malcolm. 1985

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Canadian politics and government, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio
From an American's point-of-view, Malcolm presents a picture of Canada and Canadians, our history, and our place in the world. 1985.

The Canada trip (Douglas Gibson Bks.)

By Charles Gordon. 1997

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

In the summer of 1996, Charles Gordon and his wife Nancy packed up the family car and drove across Canada…

and back. Gordon writes of the places they visited, the animals and other bizarre creatures they met, and the situations they found themselves in during the three month journey. 1997.

The boy in the moon: a father's search for his disabled son

By Ian Brown. 2009

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fictionBiography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Disabilities
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…

it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.

The body silent: The Different World Of The Disabled

By Robert Francis Murphy. 1987

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities
Human-narrated audio

In 1976, Robert Murphy first learns that he has a spinal tumour; he now is paralyzed from the neck down.…

He relates his medical treatment and suffering, but also examines the role of the disabled in society. He draws from history, literature, sociology, and psychology as a basis for his views and his means of coping. 2001, c1987.

The big book of Canada: Exploring The Provinces And Territories

By Christopher Moore, Janet Lunn, Bill Slavin. 2002

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Canadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Canadian history, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

A coast-to-coast tour of Canada, examining the history and geography of Canada's 10 provinces and three territories, filled with little-known…

facts and fascinating stories. Includes highlights of great historical moments, information about government and industries, and portraits of memorable men and women. There are also recipes for delicacies like Caribou Chilli, lists of the people who have gone over Niagara Falls, and things that people have seen in Lake Okanagan. For grades 4-7. c2002.

Terry Fox: his story

By Leslie Scrivener. 1981

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Sports biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
Twenty-one-year old Terry, who lost a leg to cancer, ran part way across Canada to raise money for cancer research, stopping only when he again became ill. 1981.

The Acadians: in search of a homeland

By James Laxer. 2006

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

In 1604, a small group of migrants fled political turmoil and famine in France to start a new colony on…

Canada's east coast. Their roughly demarcated territory included what are now Canada's Maritime provinces, land that was fought over by the British and French empires until the Acadians were finally expelled in 1755. In the absence of a state, what defines an Acadian today is elusive, and while their community, centred in New Brunswick, is more confident than ever, it is entering a contentious debate about its future. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.

Succeeding with LD: 20 true stories about real people with LD

By Jill Lauren. 1997

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities
Human-narrated audio

Profiles of twenty individuals who prevailed over various learning differences (LD), such as dyslexia and attention-deficit disorder. Each narrative account…

describes a particular LD, the obstacles it presented, and efforts to overcome its limitations. Grades 5-8. c1997.

Talk to the hand

By Nicole Dryburgh. 2010

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

Nicole went through surgery to remove a malignant tumour on her spine, then radiotherapy, a brain haemorrhage, blindness, loss of…

movement, chemotherapy, more chemotherapy, loss of hearing, more radiotherapy, and more surgery. Nicole also has raised thousands of pounds for charity, passed GCSE English after just 6 months' study, gone abseiling, visited New York, had meetings with royalty and government ministers, been the subject of a BBC TV documentary, won numerous national and local awards, and worked for the Teenage Cancer Trust. "Talk to the Hand" is a continuation of Nicole's very full life story, and includes her tips for overcoming setbacks and crises. 2010.

Switchbacks: true stories from the Canadian Rockies

By Sid Marty. 1999

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Literature biography, Adventurers and explorers, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

Sid Marty presents a collection of true Rock Mountain tales drawn on his own memories and those of friends and…

former colleagues. Among his subjects are: the old guide who built a staircase up a cliff; the stranded snowshoer who was rescued between rounds of beer in a Banff tavern; the man who catered to hungry grizzlies; an opinionated packrat with a gift for larceny; and a horse named Candy whose heart was as big as a stove. 1999.

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