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The horn of a lamb
By Robert Sedlack. 2004
After Fred Pickle sustained a severe brain injury, he moved in with his Uncle Jack. Fred creates the perfect neighbourhood…
skating rink every year and the local NHL team means more to him than to the average fan. When the team's owner decides to move the team to the U.S., Fred contemplates an act of vengeance. Some strong language, and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.The bone cage
By Angie Abdou. 2007
Digger, a wrestler, and Sadie, a speed swimmer, stand on the verge of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.…
Both are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old and injured to compete? Their relationship is tested in the months leading up to the Olympics, which they know will be the realization or the end of a life's dream. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Canada Reads 2011. 2007.Robbiestime
By Donald Percy Dickinson. 2000
It is 1958 in the tourist outpost of Wasagam, Saskatchewan. Robbie Hendershot, the eleven-year-old son of a World War II…
rear gunner and his British war bride, is embarking on a summer that will change his outlook on life forever. When his British granddad takes his mother and younger brother back to England, he is left behind to uncover the mysteries of family, religion, friendship and the price of war. Strong language, some descriptions of violence and sex. c2000.La petite poule d'eau (Compact Ser. #No. 48)
By Gabrielle Roy. 1980
La Poule d'eau est une contrée doucement sauvage située au Nord-Ouest du Manitoba. Sauvage par sa végétation et son climat,…
c'est toutefois un pays hautement humanisé, par la qualité d'amour, de solidarité et de mansuétude qui caractérise ses rares habitants. c1950, 1980.La petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais ((Domaine français).)
By Lola Lafon. 2014
" Parce qu'elle est fascinée par le destin de la miraculeuse petite gymnaste roumaine de quatorze ans apparue aux JO…
de Montréal en 1976 pour mettre à mal guerres froides, ordinateurs et records au point d'accéder au statut de mythe planétaire, la narratrice de ce roman entreprend de raconter ce qu'elle imagine de l'expérience que vécut cette prodigieuse fillette, symbole d'une Europe révolue, venue, par la seule pureté de ses gestes, incarner aux yeux désabusés du monde le rêve d'une enfance éternelle. Mais quelle version retenir du parcours de cette petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais et qui voltigea, d'Est en Ouest, devant ses juges, sportifs, politiques ou médiatiques, entre adoration des foules et manipulations étatiques ? Mimétique de l'audace féerique des figures jadis tracées au ciel de la compétition par une simple enfant, le roman-acrobate de Lola Lafon, plus proche de la légende d'Icare que de la mythologie des dieux du stade , rend l'hommage d'une fiction inspirée à celle-là, qui, d'un coup de pied à la lune, a ravagé le chemin rétréci qu'on réserve aux petites filles, ces petites filles de l'été 1976 qui, grâce à elle, ont rêvé de s'élancer dans le vide, les abdos serrés et la peau nue. " -- 4e de couv.Japanese baseball and other stories: And Other Stories
By W. P Kinsella. 2000
A collection of baseball short stories that will delight all lovers of engaging storytelling and fans of the sport Kinsella…
chronicles in "Shoeless Joe," "Field of dreams," and "The thrill of the grass." Kinsella weaves his characters into the thrill of the game, be it in Japan, Central America, Canada or the U.S., with a variety of comic, tragic, and mystical results. 2000.Camp Ford: a western story (Five Star First Edition Western Ser.)
By Johnny D Boggs. 2005
In 1946 Win McNaughton, baseball player, umpire, and manager, looks back on his years as a POW at Camp Ford.…
McNaughton helped organize a baseball game between the Union prisoners and their Confederate guards. The game soon became a mini-Civil War, as the Confederates, with their fortunes waning on the real battlefields, struggled to maintain dominance on the diamond. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Cool water
By Dianne Warren. 2010
Juliet, Saskatchewan. Her inhabitants include the foundling who now owns the farm his adoptive family left him; the pregnant teenager…
and her mother, planning a fairytale wedding; a shy couple, well beyond middle age, struggling with the recognition of their feelings for one another; a camel named Antoinette; and the ubiquitous wind and sand that forever shift the landscape. Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for Fiction. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.42 km 195: roman
By Bernard Thomasson. 2015
" Courir est mon plaisir. Une échappée belle à portée de jambes. Courir est un besoin. Une bulle qui suspend…
la vie. Courir offre une liberté insolente. Une ligne de fuite. Mais courir peut rendre prisonnier. Moi, courir m'a sauvé." Pendant 42 km 195, le héros emmène le lecteur sur le parcours mythique du marathon de Paris, kilomètre après kilomètre. Ce roman est aussi un voyage historique depuis la bataille de Marathon, un tour du monde de 42 courses parmi les plus réputées de la planète, une promenade philosophique dans la tête d'un sportif, et une aventure humaine faite des élans, des doutes, des joies et des douleurs d'un coureur pas comme les autres. " -- 4e de couv.A beauty
By Connie Gault. 2015
In a drought-ridden Saskatchewan of the 1930s, self-possessed, enigmatic Elena Huhtala finds herself living alone, a young Finnish woman in…
a community of Swedes in the small village of Trevna. Her mother has been dead for many years, and her father, burdened by the hardships of drought, has disappeared, and the eighteen-year-old is an object of pity and charity in her community. But when a stranger shows up at a country dance, Elena needs only one look and one dance before jumping into his Lincoln Roadster, leaving the town and its shocked inhabitants behind. 2015.The secret mitzvah of Lucio Burke
By Steven Hayward. 2005
Toronto, 1933. Lucio, age 17, falls in love with a gorgeous Jewish radical, Ruthie, but Dubie, Lucio's best friend, is…
also in love with Ruthie and accidentally cuts off his finger at the moment he realizes it. Add to the mix immigrants, five unmarried Italian brothers, swastika-waving anti-Semites, an entire baseball team, an Irish priest, a plaster saint, the riot at Christie Pits, as well as the second-best ballplayer Toronto would ever see. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2005.The shadow boxer: a novel
By Steven Heighton. 2000
Sevigne Torrins, a prize fighter and sometime troubadour, leaves his home in Sault Ste. Marie on a quest. As he…
searches for his destiny, going as far away as Egypt, his journey teaches him about hope, love, fear and regret. Some strong language and descriptions of sex.Under this unbroken sky
By Shandi Mitchell. 2009
Western Canada, 1938. Ukrainian farmer Teodor Mykolayenko returns to his family, who have been living with his sister Anna, after…
a year spent in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. Channelling the great inner power that enabled him to survive drought, starvation, war, and Stalin, Teodor farms the land and watches his family heal and strengthen. But their hopes are short-lived when Anna's rogue husband returns with a plan that threatens to take away everything they've built. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2009.Un oiseau dans la maison: le cycle de Manawaka
By Margaret Laurence, Christine Klein-Lataud. 2010
A l'âge ingrat de douze ans, Vanessa MacLeod vacille au bord du gouffre séparant l'enfance de l'adolescence. Prise entre ces…
deux mondes, celle qui déteste le fait d'être si jeune grandit dans une imposante maison de briques où elle est un témoin privilégié de la vie qui bat au sein du nid familial. En huit histoires qui forment autant d'étapes d'un parcours menant à l'âge adulte et jalonné d'épreuves, de petits miracles et de grands deuils, elle se fera la chroniqueuse d'un clan fascinant, miné par la maladie et la folie. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: A bird in the house.The matter with Morris
By David Bergen. 2010
Morris Schutt, a prominent newspaper columnist, is experiencing disaster: his son has just been killed in Afghanistan; his newspaper has…
put him on indefinite leave; his wife seems headed for the door; he is strongly attracted to another woman; and his daughter appears to be having an affair with one of her professors. He tries Cicero, Plato and Socrates for truth and a discreet dating service for happiness, but discovers that they're not that easy to find. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.Waiting for Joe
By Sandra Birdsell. 2010
Joe Beaudry and his wife Laurie are on the lam in a stolen motorhome, after losing their home and business…
and sticking Joe's father in a nursing home. Joe wants to get to Ft. McMurray where he hopes to find work, but when Laurie maxes out their last credit card, he takes off hitchhiking. This leaves Laurie waiting for Joe, Joe trying to find meaning in a disappointing world, and a road which provides both of them with surprising answers. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2010.The roar of the butterflies: a Joe Sixsmith novel (Joe Sixsmith)
By Reginald Hill. 2008
Shocking allegations of cheating have been directed at one of the leading members of Luton's Royal Hoo Golf Course, Chris…
Porphyry. When Chris turns to Joe Sixsmith, PI, he's more than willing to help, only Joe hadn't counted on being charmed, kissed and then dangled out of a window all in the same day! Before long, though, Joe is on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing golf balls and ends with murder. 2008.The talk of the town
By Ardal O'Hanlon. 1998
Patrick Scully used to be his school's best striker, but now he's just a frustrated 18-year-old working in Dublin. Balls…
O'Reilly is getting all the attention, even from Scully's girlfriend. A weekend of drinking and fighting ensures that Scully's horrific secret will make him the talk of the town.The gift
By Dick Francis. 1998
Fred Collyer was once the best horse racing reporter around, but now he's just a bored, cynical drunk, off to…
cover the Kentucky Derby. In a stupor after a banquet he happens to overhear a fix going down. Will he even remember what he heard the next day, and if so, what will he do with the gift of such a major scoop?For love of the game (Large Print Ser.)
By Michael Shaara. 1993
The story of Billy Chapel, a baseball legend. Billy, a pitcher destined for the Hall of Fame, is ending his…
seventeenth season with a losing team when he learns that he is to be traded. Determined to end his career on his own terms, Billy pitches a perfect game as his finale. The commitment that Billy has for the game spills over into his love life. Strong language