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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Family biography
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Poet Rachel Manley, granddaughter and daughter of two of Jamaica's national leaders, tells the story of the brilliant, artistic Manley… family, and the house that nurtured them: Drumblair. Winner of the 1997 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 1996.
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Biography, War and military biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction)
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Tibor "Max" Eisen was born in Moldava, Czechoslovakia into an Orthodox Jewish family. In the spring of 1944, gendarmes forcibly… removed Eisen and his family from their home. They were brought to a brickyard and eventually loaded onto crowded cattle cars bound for Auschwitz-Birkenau. Winner of Canada Reads 2019. Bestseller. 2016.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Parenting, Award winning non-fiction
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What does it mean to be growing up male right now, when ideas about masculinity are in flux and power… differences between the sexes are shifting? Award-winning Canadian journalist Rachel Giese connects with readers on both sides of the gender divide as she investigates how we can support boys to become their fullest and most honest selves. With empathy and insight, she tells stories of how boys from different races, classes and backgrounds are navigating the transition into manhood. Winner of the 2019 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. 2018.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Social issues
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Brown is not white. Brown is not black. Brown is an experience, a state of mind. Historically speaking, issues of… race and skin colour have been interpreted along black and white lines, leaving out millions of people whose stories of migration and racial experiences have shaped our modern world. The book takes a global look at the many social, political, economic and personal implications of being a brown-skinned person in the world now. Brown people have emerged as the source of global cheap labour (Hispanics or South Asians) while also coming under scrutiny and suspicion for their culture and faith (Arabs and Muslims). Packed with personal narratives and on-the-street reporting conducted over two years in ten countries from four continents. Winner of the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. 2016.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Law and crime
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A killer has been caught, convicted, and sentenced, the case closed, all in 114 days. No one suspected – least… of all the boy on death row – that it would take almost 50 years for a tiny piece of scientific evidence to answer the question: was he really the murderer? 40 amazing stories of how scientists solve crimes, reveal identities, untangle evidence, and discover the truth. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2013 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Honour Book Award. 2011.
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Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Poetry
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A finalist for several prestigious American poetry awards presents the first major collection of her work. Her observations offer insights.… In "Dried Butterflies" she describes her reaction to finding shoe boxes of pressed butterflies in her late Aunt Gertrude's closet, for no one knew she collected them. 1999.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Native peoples biography
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The last traditional Crow chief, Joseph Medicine Crow (born 1913), recalls growing up on a Montana reservation and relates some… of his experiences after leaving it. He describes the four coups - war deeds - that he accomplished in Germany during World War II that entitled him to be chief. Grades 4-7. 2006.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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These poems examine the haunting themes of inter-generational trauma, cyclical abuse, and inherited grief. Four generations of the dead take… turns narrating these themes, navigating from the Great Lakes through the Appalachian Mountains, and examining the fur trade, an exile from Minnesota, the experiences of West Virginia coal miners, and the legacy of mission schools. Black humour and satire fill the collection, illuminating a fierce determination to survive and resist colonization and the endurance of culture and identity under extreme duress. Winner of the 2014 Young Authors Award. 2013.
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Blindness and visual impairment, Eye-related medical conditions
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The author, who has glaucoma, offers practical advice for others who also have the disease. Describes the types of glaucoma, resources available, and medical therapies including diet and drugs. 1997.
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Award winning non-fiction, Law and crime, True crime
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On the night of October 30, 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was murdered with a golf club in her own back… yard. No arrests were made, despite troubling clues pointing to her neighbours Tommy and Michael Shakel, members of a rich and powerful family related to the Kennedys. In 1982, investigative reporter Leonard Levitt began to look into the murder and the rumours of a police cover-up, his discoveries leading to the case being reopened and a conviction finally being made more than 25 years later. 2005 Edgar Award Finalist. 2004.
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Award winning non-fiction, History, United States history
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In 1853, Commodore Perry travelled to Japan to open the way for American trade and whaling ports. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1986 Newbery Honor book. 1985.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Humour
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A new collection of essays from humourist Arthur Black, who takes on any subject, from political correctness to student bloopers.… And then there was the time he was caught in his backyard in the middle of the night wearing nothing but a bicycle helmet and a pair of boots, holding a bat caught in a fish net... Winner of the 1996 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal. 1996.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history
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A brief history of Canada, covering the period from Cartier and Champlain to the arrival of Pierre Elliott Trudeau on… the political scene. It covers the major historical events and the forces which have shaped our country. Originally written in 1953, this is the updated 1970 version. Winner of the 1953 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Literature biography
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Holmes' intention is to draw the reader into the labyrinthine complications of his subject's personality and literary power, until we… are left facing profound questions about the nature of creativity, the relations between sexuality and friendship, the shifting grounds of political and religious belief, and the limits of self-knowledge - and biographic knowledge itself. Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Award for Biography, and book of the year. Followed by "Coleridge: darker reflections". 1998.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Family biography
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In narrating his search for his roots, Vietnamese-American Pham alternates between two story lines: the first chronicles the author's hair-raising… escape to the U.S. in 1977 and his family's subsequent and somewhat troubled life in California. The second recounts his return to Vietnam almost two decades later as an Americanized but culturally confused young man. Pham pedals his bike the length of his native country while exploring the dilemma of being an outsider in both America and Vietnam. 2000 Whiting Writers' Award. Explicit strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. 2000, c1999.
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Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Drama
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An autobiographical play set in 1937. Eugene, the 15-year-old narrator, dreams of becoming a writer and fulfilling his sexual curiosity.… Includes strong language and sex. Winner of the 1983 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. 1984.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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Ferguson describes his attempt at walking the entire Ulster Way, a 560-mile path that circles Northern Ireland. Along the way,… this grandson of a Belfast orphan uncovers his own hidden family history. There are clues about a lost inheritance, a mysterious photograph, and rumours of a vast estate, but the truth when it comes is both surprising and funny. Winner of the 2010 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal. c2009.
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Award winning non-fiction, History, European history
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Chronicles the disaster that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed for five years straight. Describes the heartbreaking plight… of the peasants, who depended on potatoes for all their meals. A million died of starvation, and many more were forced to emigrate to America. Grades 5-8. Winner of Robert F. Sibert Award. 2001.
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Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Social issues
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns… of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Bestseller. Winner of the National Book Award. 2015.
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Blindness and visual impairment, Eye-related medical conditions
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Italian researchers examine the effects of blindness on the development and functioning of the human cognitive system. They demonstrate the… ways other senses evolve to help compensate for the absence of sight. 2011.