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The bloody red hand: a journey through truth, myth and terror in Northern Ireland
By Derek Lundy. 2006
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Canadian fictionHistorical biography, Religious biography, Family biography, History, European history
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.Tooling around: crafty creatures and the tools they use
By Ellen Jackson, Renne Benoit. 2014
Printbraille
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Nature, Animals and wildlife
Human-transcribed braille
Presents rhyming text with realistic nature artwork in an introduction to animals and the surprising tools they use, from a…
dolphin that protects its nose with a sponge to a deer that bedecks its antlers with mud and grass. Grades K-3. 2014.Available copies:
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A doorway in time
By Herbert O'Driscoll. 1985
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Canadian fictionBiography, Religious biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio
The rector of Christ Church in Calgary recalls the happy days of his youth in Ireland and examines the Celtic roots of his faith. 1985.
A walk on the tundra
By Rebecca Hainnu. 2021
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General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Canadian fiction, Multi-cultural fictionNature
Human-narrated audio
During the short Arctic summers, the tundra, covered most of the year under snow and ice, becomes filled with colourful…
flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens. These hardy little plants transform the northern landscape, as they take advantage of the warmer weather and long hours of sunlight. Caribou, lemmings, snow buntings, and many other wildlife species depend on tundra plants for food and nutrition, but they are not the only ones... A Walk on the Tundra follows Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra. There, Inuujaq learns that these tough little plants are much more important to Inuit than she originally believed. In addition to an informative storyline that teaches the importance of Arctic plants, this book includes a field guide with photographs and scientific information about a wide array of plants found throughout the Arctic