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Ten green bottles: the true story of one family's journey from war-torn Austria to the ghettos of Shanghai

By Vivian Jeanette Kaplan. 2002

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fiction, Canadian fictionAward winning non-fiction, Biography, Family biography, Asian travel and geography, World War II
Human-narrated audio

For a brief period between 1938 and 1941, roughly 20,000 Jews found refuge from the Nazis in the one place…

not requiring visas, police certificates or proofs of financial independence: Shanghai. In 1939, the author's family made a month-long, 7,000-mile journey to Shanghai, struggling with heat, disease, poverty, and fear. With the war's end came the shock of learning what became of family and friends left behind in Europe. Descriptions of violence. 2002.

Sailors, slackers, and blind pigs: Halifax at war

By Stephen Kimber. 2002

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, World War II
Human-narrated audio

In May 1945, the city of Halifax erupted in a riot - a two-day orgy or boozing, looting, window-smashing, dancing…

in the streets, public fornication, and mindless mayhem to 'celebrate' the end of the war. The paternalism, privations, overcrowding, and tensions of a city at war created a situation waiting to explode, and an admiral's pride provided the match that set it off. Includes interviews with the people who lived through it - sailors, slackers (civilians), street urchins, prohibitionists, spies, profiteers, reporters, and just plain local folks. Some strong language. Winner of the 2004 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 2002.

100 cigarettes and a bottle of vodka: a memoir

By Arthur Schaller. 1998

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, War, World War II
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Arthur Schaller was eleven years old when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, a time when the reward for turning in…

a Jew was 100 cigarettes and a bottle of vodka. Separated from his family in the Warsaw Ghetto, Arthur managed to escape to the other side of the Ghetto wall, and posed until the end of the war as a Catholic orphan. Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1998.

Wow, Canada!: exploring this land from coast to coast to coast (Wow Canada! Ser.)

By Vivien Bowers. 1999

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

12-year-old Guy keeps a journal as he tours Canada with his parents and younger sister, Rachel. Learn about each province…

and territory, with information about major cities along the way, and other fun Canadian facts in sections like "According to Mom/Dad", "Exceedingly Weird", and "Food I Was Introduced to for My Own Good". Also included is "Guy's Family Car Trip Survival Tips". Grades 3-6. 1999.

The life and death of Adolf Hitler

By James Giblin. 2002

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Biography, Historical biography, Politics and government biography, War and military biography, World War II
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Biography of the German political leader whose racial prejudice and personal ambition shaped World War II. Traces Hitler's life and…

career from his birth in Austria in 1889 to his death in Berlin in 1945. Briefly discusses this tyrant's legacy. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8 and older readers. Siebert Award. 2002.

Tintin et le Québec: Hergé au coeur de la Révolution tranquille

By Tristan Demers. 2010

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Award winning fictionCanadian non-fiction, Lifestyle, Literature, Canadian travel and geography
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L'histoire d'amour entre Tintin et les jeunes lecteurs québécois a commencé bien avant qu'Hergé ne foule pour la première fois…

le sol américain, en 1965. Lors de son séjours au Québec, des milliers d'admirateurs se pressent autour de lui et, réciproquement, Hergé ressent d'emblée pour ce pays une sympathie profonde. Cet ouvrage à l'allure de journal retrace le voyage d'Hergé à Montréal, Québec et Manicouagan. Salon du Livre : Lauréat volet Vie pratique 2011. 2010.

The Island means Minago

By Milton Acorn. 1975

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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Poetry, Canadian travel and geography
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Prince Edward Island, its people and its history, is the theme of this book of prose and poetry by the…

noted Canadian author. Winner of the 1975 Governor General's Award for Poetry. 1975.

The boat who wouldn't float

By Farley Mowat. 1969

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Humour, Canadian travel and geography
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Mowat and a partner buy an old boat in Newfoundland with plans to repair it and sail to adventures around the world. 1969.

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