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The glass menagerie

By Tennessee Williams. 1972

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Modern classic fictionDrama
Human-narrated audio

Drama written in 1945 about a southern family with pretensions to gentility. Centres around the crippled daughter, Laura, who lives…

in a dream world so full of illusions that she becomes like the pieces in her own glass collection - too fragile to move from the shelf. 1972, c1945.

The heart does break: Canadian writers on grief and mourning

By George Bowering, Jean Baird. 2009

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Literature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Death and bereavement
Human-narrated audio

When Jean Baird's daughter, Bronwyn, died suddenly, Jean's instinct was to turn to books. Although she found that the thoughts…

of counsellors, psychologists, and self-help gurus were some help, the works that truly did were by literary writers, largely from the UK and the US. Jean and her husband George Bowering found little from Canadian writers on the subject, and this anthology of original pieces attempts to fill that gap. c2009.

The Dunsmuirs: alone at the edge

By Rod Langley. 1991

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Canadian non-fiction, Literature, Drama
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Robbie Dunsmuir, exiled from Scotland, becomes an indentured labourer in the Nanaimo coalfields. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the…

top when he discovers a coal deposit on Vancouver Island. Some strong language. Followed by "The Dunsmuirs : a promise kept". c1991.

The Donnellys: a trilogy

By James Reaney. 1983

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Canadian non-fiction, Drama
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A trilogy of three controversial plays, 'Sticks & Stones', 'St. Nicholas Hotel' and 'Handcuffs', telling the story of a generation…

of Irish settlers to Canada. A secret society organizes their massacre at the hands of more than thirty vigilante killers. Based on the true story of the Donnellys of Lucan, Ontario, in 1844. 1983.

The comeback

By John Ralston Saul. 2014

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Presents a powerful portrait of modern Aboriginal life in Canada, in contrast with the perceived failings so often portrayed in…

politics and in media. The author illustrates his arguments by compiling a remarkable selection of letters, speeches and writings by Aboriginal leaders and thinkers, showcasing the extraordinarily rich, moving and stable indigenous point of view across the centuries. 2014.

The comedy of errors: Critical Essays (Arden Shakespeare Ser.)

By William Shakespeare, R. A Foakes. 1993

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Movie and television tie-insDrama
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A dramatic comedy about a family divided exactly in half by a shipwreck. Each half contains one parent, one twin…

son and one twin slave. Their attempts to become reunited cause many mistaken identity mix-ups and are complicated by the father's impending execution if he does not produce a ransom. 1993.

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears

By Theda Perdue, Michael D Green. 2007

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Indigenous peoples
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Historians Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green paint a portrait of the infamous Trail of Tears. Despite protests from statesmen…

like Davy Crockett, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay, a dubious 1838 treaty drives 17,000 mostly Christian Cherokee from their lush Appalachian homeland to barren plains beyond the Mississippi. For 4,000, this brutal forced march leads only to their death. 2007.

The Berlin blues

By Drew Hayden Taylor. 2007

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Canadian fiction, General fiction, Humourous fictionDrama
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A consortium of German developers arrives at Otter Lake Reserve with an offer: they want to improve the local economy…

with the creation of "OjibwayWorld", a Native theme park. Designed to attract European tourists, it instead causes personal and political divisions within the local community, as well as hilarity. 2007.

The best of Shakespeare: Retellings Of 10 Classic Plays (The Opie library)

By E Nesbit, William Shakespeare. 1997

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Literature, Drama
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Ten of Shakespeare's plays retold in simple language. Nesbit compiled the collection after a visit to the poet's home with…

her children. She encouraged them to try reading some of the original plays, only to be told the writing was too difficult to understand. This volume includes Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Othello. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1997.

The art of dying: how to leave this world with dignity and grace, at peace with yourself and your loved ones

By Patricia Weenolsen. 1996

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Self help, Death and bereavement
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A guide to help people facing death make the best of their remaining days and cope with practical and psychological…

concerns. Includes advice on preparation and planning, retaining and relinquishing control, and making the gradual transformation from a physical to a spiritual existence. 1996.

The alchemy of loss: a young widow's transformation

By Abigail Carter. 2008

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Biography, Women biography, Death and bereavement
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When Abigail Carter realized that her husband, killed on 9/11, wasn't coming home, she began to grieve, basing her process…

on alchemy. First was blackening, which strips down lead to its original alloys and corresponded to her initial phase of disorienting grief. Then the whitening stage, which purifies the metal, was when new routines took hold and she started feeling as though she might make it, and lastly came reddening, when the base metal turns to pure gold, which corresponded to Carter's own enlightenment. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.

Success in your studies for Aboriginal students

By Brent Stonefish. 2007

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Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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This informative guide will help First Nation, Métis and Inuit adult learners excel and achieve their educational goals when attending…

a post-secondary program. It looks at the various aspects of student life that one may face while going to school. 2007.

Tales from Shakespeare

By Tina Packer. 2004

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Drama
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Ten of Shakespeare's best-known plays retold as stories: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado about Nothing, Macbeth, The Tempest,…

Othello, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. Includes a brief introduction to Shakespeare's life and times. Grades 5-8. 2004.

Stolen from our embrace: the abduction of First Nations children and the restoration of aboriginal communities

By Suzanne Fournier, Ernie Crey. 1997

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Canadian fictionIndigenous peoples biography, Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Describes the treatment of aboriginal children in Canada who were taken to live in residential schools. The story is told…

using interviews and anecdotes shared by those who attended the schools. The current state of aboriginal affairs is also discussed. 1997.

Storm of the century: An Original Screenplay

By Stephen King. 1999

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Ghost and horror stories, Movie and television tie-insDrama
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Screenplay for a TV miniseries. General store owner Mike Anderson recounts what happened when a blizzard struck Little Tall Island,…

Maine, and Andre Linoge arrived for a horror-filled visit. Eighty-year-old Martha Clarendon was the first to see the stranger, and he killed her with his wolf-headed cane. Some violence. c1999. Uniform title: Storm of the century (Motion picture)

Stolen life: the journey of a Cree woman

By Yvonne Johnson, Rudy Wiebe. 1998

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Rudy Wiebe collaborates with Yvonne Johnson, a great-great-granddaughter of Cree Chief Big Bear, to tell the story of her life.…

Born in Montana with a double-cleft palate, she experienced a life of physical and sexual abuse, and slid into alcoholism before participating in the murder for which she is now in prison. Strong language, descriptions of violence, descriptions of sexual violence. 1998.

Stolen continents: the new world through Indian eyes since 1492

By Ronald Wright. 1992

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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Wright details the European conquest of the Maya, Inca, Aztec, Iroquois and Cherokee peoples. He describes the resistance by these civilizations to foreign occupation and their struggles to survive.

Speaking our truth: a journey of reconciliation

By Monique Gray Smith. 2017

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Canada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack…

of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families. Guided by Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of Survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action. For senior high readers. 2017.

Starlight tour: the last, lonely night of Neil Stonechild

By Susanne Reber, Rob Renaud. 2005

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Canadian fictionIndigenous peoples biography, Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
Human-narrated audio

On a Saskatoon night in November 1990, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared, to be found dead in a field, his body…

frozen, three days later. The police investigation was cursory, but Neil's mother Stella refused to give up, as did witness Jason Roy, who had seen Neil, beaten and bleeding, in the back of a Saskatoon police cruiser the night he disappeared. It was only in January 2000, when two more men were found frozen to death, that the truth about Neil Stonechild's fate began to emerge. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.

Something cloudy, something clear

By Tennessee Williams. 1995

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Literature biography, Drama
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Autobiographical play set in 1940 dealing with Tennessee Williams' first love - a young Canadian draft dodger who was dying…

of a brain tumour. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1995, c1981.

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