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Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.Sophia Tolstoy: a biography
By Alexandra Popoff. 2010
As Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Tolstoy experienced both glory and condemnation during their forty-eight-year marriage. Drawing on newly available archival…
material, including Sophia's unpublished memoir, Alexandra Popoff presents a dramatically different and accurate portrait of the woman and the marriage. Some descriptions of sex. c2010.One on one: favourite conversations and the stories behind them
By Peter Mansbridge. 2010
Mansbridge collects his favourite interviews from the past ten years, book-ending each with his behind-the-scenes recollections and anecdotes. Mansbridge provides…
the inside story of prominent figures from all walks of life, including world leaders, music legends and sports heroes. 2010.Native peoples and cultures of Canada: an anthropological overview
By Alan D McMillan. 1988
A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada -- Indian, Metis and Inuit. Describes their traditional ways of…
life from prehistoric times to the present issues of land claims and self-government. 1988.Minerva's stepchild (Autobiography ; #3)
By Helen Forrester. 1979
The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival, but for 14 year old Helen, the battle is with…
her parents: to be allowed to lead her own life, after the years of neglect and inadequate schooling while she cared for her six younger siblings. She struggles against illness, caused by severe malnutrition and dirt, and the selfish demands of her parents, with amazing courage and perseverance. Sequel to "By the waters of Liverpool" (DC29720), followed by "Lime Street at two" (DC29719). 1979. (Autobiography ; 3)Bobbi Lee, Indian rebel: Indian Rebel
By Lee Maracle. 1990
The majority of this book, originally published in the 1970s, is an account of the author's early years as a…
native woman in Vancouver, California and Toronto. Filled with anger, pain and apathy, she found the strength to turn her life around.Another winter, another spring: a love remembered
By Louise de Kiriline Lawrence. 1987
Louise de Kiriline Lawrence describes her aristocratic Swedish childhood during the 1890s, her gruelling experiences as a Red Cross nurse,…
her passionate marriage to a Russian army officer, and her heartbreak during the Russian Revolution. 1987.An accidental Canadian: reflections on my home and (not) native land
By Margaret Wente. 2004
Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente traces her true-life coming-of-age as an expatriate American in suburban Toronto. She also comments,…
often comically, on such topics as Google, day spas, obesity, building your own home, and so-called Canadian royalty, chiefly Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul and Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel. 2004.A war bride's story: risking it all for love after World War II (Amazing stories)
By Cynthia J Faryon. 2004
Gwendolyn Cramer was one of 48,000 war brides transported to Canada between 1942 and 1947. Many of them were escorted…
across the ocean and handed over to their husbands with nothing more than a handshake and a cookbook. Following her heart to rural Saskatchewan, Gwen felt like a fish out of water, unable to milk a cow or cook on a wood stove, and then she had her in-laws to contend with. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.The rez sisters: a play in two acts
By Tomson Highway. 1988
Seven women attempt to beat the odds by winning the biggest bingo in the world and escaping their tortured lives.…
Winner of the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play and nominated for the Governor General's Award. 1988.Too close to the falls
By Catherine Gildiner. 1999
A coming of age memoir about growing up in Lewiston, New York, in the 1950's. Though told with humour, the…
author underscores the dark side of what at first seems a Norman Rockwell existence. Her reminiscences include stories about her mother - with her intellectual preoccupations and aversion to housework and visiting neighbours, she is an emblem of prefeminist frustration, and Hollywood - Gildiner delivered sleeping pills to Marilyn Monroe on the set of Niagara. Strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 1999.The Mishomis book: the voice of the Ojibway
By Edward Benton-Banai. 1988
The Ojibway is one of the largest groups of Native Americans, belonging to the Anishinabe people of what is today…
the northern United States and Canada. Documents the history, traditions, and culture of the Ojibway people through stories and myths. Draws from the traditional teachings of tribal elders to instruct young readers about Ojibway creation stories and legends, the origin and importance of the Ojibway family structure and clan system, the Midewiwin religion, the construction and use of the water drum and sweat lodge, and modern Ojibway history. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2010, c1988.In search of pure lust: a memoir
By Lise Weil. 2018
When Lise Weil came out in 1976, lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a…
culture, a movement. The air throbbed with possibility. But after fifteen years of torrid but ultimately failed relationships, Weil had to admit that desire was also a conduit for childhood wounds--and it tended to trump love, over and over again. When a friend invited her to attend a Zen retreat in the mid-'80s, she was desperate enough to say yes. Her first day of sitting zazen was mostly hell--but, smitten with the (female) roshi, she stuck with it. Ultimately, the dive into Zen practice became a turning point in her quest for love. 2018.One by one: a Danny Ryan mystery (A Danny Ryan Thriller #2)
By Sarah Cain. 2017
Recently widowed young Philadelphia journalist Danny Ryan gets an unexpected request from former high school acquaintance Greg Moss. Greg has…
been getting odd biblical texts and--worried that they were linked to the deaths of others in their class--he asks Danny to investigate. Then Greg, too, is killed. Violence and strong language. 2017Andi unstoppable: an Andi Boggs novel (An Andi Boggs Novel)
By Amanda Flower. 2015
Andi and her best friend Colin team up with her rival Ava to compete in a seventh-grade science project to…
be the first to spot a rare bird in the woods. They run into the town's resident ghost instead and investigate. For grades 4-7. 2015The last temptation (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries Ser. #3)
By Val McDermid, St. Martin`s Press. 2003
After the horrifying events of The Wire in the Blood (DB xxxxx), Tony Hill has left profiling work for academia.…
Two years later, Carol Jordan calls for advice on an unexpected undercover assignment. Her dangerous case is soon complicated by a stalking serial killer. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002The cook, the crook, and the real estate tycoon: a novel of contemporary China
By Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Liu Zhenyun. 2015
Liu Yuejin, a worksite cook and a thief, has his pack with money stolen. While searching for it, he discovers…
another bag which contains a USB card detailing corruption of high officials and putting him in danger. Translated from the original 2007 Chinese edition. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015My soul to take: Ashes to dust ; The day is dark ; Someone to watch over me (Thora Gudmundsdottir Ser. #3)
By Philip Roughton, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. 2012
Following Last Rituals (DB 80360), books two through five, written between 2006 and 2009, in the series featuring Icelandic attorney/sleuth…
Thóra Gudmundsdóttir. In Someone to Watch over Me, a young man with Down Syndrome is accused of burning down his assisted-living facility. Originally published in Icelandic. Strong language and some violence. 2013Sacrifice: A Novel (The Nevernight Chronicle Ser. #11)
By Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2008
Digging in the Shetland Islands peat, newcomer obstetrician Tora Hamilton unearths the body of a woman who had recently given…
birth and whose heart was removed. Tora becomes obsessed with investigating, even when the police, her colleagues, and eventually even her husband--a local--warn her against it. Violence and strong language. 2008Awakening: A Novel
By Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2010
Disfigured by a childhood accident, wildlife veterinarian Clara Benning generally prefers the company of animals to people. When a local…
man dies following a supposed snakebite, however, Clara's expertise is needed. As additional shocking snake incidents occur, it becomes clear that a human is involved. Violence and some strong language. 2009