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The year of finding memory: a memoir
By Judy Fong Bates. 2010
Growing up in her father's hand laundry in small town Ontario, Fong Bates listened to stories of her parents' past…
lives in China, a place far removed from their every-day life of poverty and misery. But in spite of the allure of these stories, Fong Bates longed to be a Canadian girl. Fifty years later she finally went back to her ancestral home in China for a reunion that spiralled into a series of unanticipated discoveries. Some descriptions of violence. Canada Reads 2012. c2010.The worlds of a Maasai warrior: an autobiography
By Tepilit Ole Saitoti. 1986
The author's life story from his birth into a traditional society in Tanzania in 1949, through his education in a…
mission school and initiation as a warrior to his career as a game park guide and ranger. c1986.The West Indians in Canada (Groupes Ethniques Du Canada Ser. #No. 6)
By James W. St. G Walker. 1984
This examination of immigration from the West Indies to Canada begins with a background history of the West Indies, including…
the importation of African slaves, and discusses immigration to Canada from the 18th century to the present. Includes population statistics and suggestions for further reading. 1984.The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration
By Isabel Wilkerson. 2010
Chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South…
for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Bestseller. 2010.The tree of life
By Fredelle Bruser Maynard. 1988
The tiger in the attic: memories of the Kindertransport and growing up English
By Edith Milton. 2005
In 1939, Edith Milton and her sister left Germany by way of the Kindertransport, the program which gave Jewish children…
refuge in England. They were given shelter by a jovial British foster family. Edith chronicles these transformative experiences of exile and good fortune, a touching memoir of growing up as an outsider in a strange land. 2005.The terrible secret: suppression of the truth about Hitler's "final solution"
By Walter Laqueur. 1980
The ten things you can't say in America
By Larry Elder. 2000
Conservative African American talk-show host deplores the victimization of blacks based on race and analyzes myths that he suggests are…
perpetuated by politicians in order to retain power. Also blames liberal media and black leaders for creating artificial problems rather than addressing serious issues like illegitimacy. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2000.The story of Thanksgiving
By Robert Merrill Bartlett. 2001
Traces the history and customs of Thanksgiving, from the harvest festivals of the ancient world to American traditions in the…
twenty-first century. Tells how the Pilgrims spent their first few years in the New World and describes their thanksgiving celebrations with the Wampanoag Indians. Grades 2-4. 2001.The steampunk bible: an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature
By Jeff VanderMeer, S. J Chambers. 2011
Steampunk - a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitudes onto various forms of science-fiction culture - is a…
phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, and fashion. Traces the roots of this movement in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock Holmes. Steampunk evokes a sense of adventure and discovery, and embraces extinct technologies as a way of talking about the future. For junior high and older readers. Some strong language. 2012 Hugo Award for Best Related Work. c2011.The Scots in Canada (Canada's ethnic groups ; #1)
By J. M Bumsted. 1982
This history of the Scottish in Canada begins with a brief history of Scotland in the 17th and 18th centuries,…
and describes the several waves of Scottish immigration to Canada from 1763 to the present. Includes population statistics and suggestions for further reading. 1982. (Canada's ethnic groups ; 1)The rituals of dinner: the origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners
By Margaret Visser. 1991
Margaret Visser comments on how human society has turned the biological necessity of eating into a carefully cultured phenomenon. She…
investigates the history of table manners and how they have evolved, and the more general questions of how and why we insist on times and places for eating, specific equipment, decoration, and even the sequence in which foods are eaten. 1992, c1991.The remarkable adventures of "Portuguese Joe" Silvey
By Jean Barman. 2004
Few B.C. pioneers were as colourful as Portuguese Joe Silvey - a saloon keeper, whaler and pioneer of herring seine…
fishing. The author brings to life the story of Joe - the romance, the tragedy and the adventure - using interviews with his descendants and archival records to build an intriguing and entertaining portrait. 2004.The milk lady of Bangalore: an unexpected adventure
By Shoba Narayan. 2018
When Shoba Narayan, a writer and cookbook author who had lived for years in Manhattan, moves back to Bangalore with…
her family, she befriends the milk lady, from whom she buys fresh milk every day. These two women from very different backgrounds bond over not only cows, considered holy in India, but also family, food, and life. After Narayan agrees to buy her milk lady a new cow (she needs one and Narayan can afford it, so why not?), they set off looking for just the right cow. What was at first a simple economic transaction becomes something much more complicated, though never without a hint of slapstick. 2018.The October Crisis, 1970: an insider's view
By William Tetley. 2010
In October 1970, Robert Bourassa's provincial government refused to exchange twenty-three FLQ terrorists for political hostages. By the evening of…
15 October, 3000 outraged Quebecers appeared poised to riot and the federal government implemented the War Measures Act. The author, a minister in Bourassa's cabinet when the October Crisis broke out, describes the events drawing on new documentary sources, journalistic reports, and his own political conversations and diaries. 2010.The murder of Biggie Smalls
By Cathy Scott. 2000
Describes the rivalry between East and West Coast "gangsta" rap musicians that leads to murder. Chronicles the life of rap…
artist Biggie Smalls and his successful career under the guidance of Sean "Puffy" Combs. Smalls was murdered a few months after rival Tupac Shakur. Strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2000.The mourner's dance: what we do when people die
By Katherine Ashenburg. 2009
The death of a loved one has a profound - and unpredictable - effect on the lives of those left…
behind. Mourning is the price we pay for love, but how does anyone survive those first weeks, months, and even years after a death, and then eventually return to normal life? When her daughter's fiancé died suddenly, Katherine Ashenburg found herself drawn into the world of mourning customs, but finding little comfort in the stripped-down North American approach, she sought solace by exploring the rich traditions that have sustained mourners in cultures around the world and across centuries. Some strong language. 2009.The man in the white sharkskin suit: my family's exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
By Lucette Lagnado. 2007
Lagnado's father, Leon, used to conduct business in his signature white sharkskin suit in Cairo in the years between World…
War II and Nasser's rise to power. But with the fall of King Farouk, Leon and his family, like other Egyptian Jews, lost everything and had to flee. With all of their belongings packed into 26 suitcases, the family departed for any land that would take them. 2007.The life and times of Menachem Begin
By Amos Perlmutter. 1987
Traces Begin's early days in Poland to his last days as prime minister of Israel. This study distinguishes Begin and…
revisionism from the Jewish nationalism represented by Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir. 1987.The life of Langston Hughes: I, Too, Sing America
By Arnold Rampersad. 1986
This biography of the black poet and writer ranges from a tumultuous childhood in the American Midwest, through worldwide travels…
and ramblings to his early literary successes in New York. c1986.