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Hospital Sketches
By Louisa May Alcott.
Translations from the natural world
By Les Murray. 1993
Ravens, cuttlefish, sunflowers and a shell-back tick are among those non-verbal members of our natural world which find distinctive voices…
in this new collection of poems by Les Murray. Few poets could achieve such variety of approach to express character and feelings and to give us their vision of the universe. 1993.Insect lives: stories of mystery and romance from a hidden world
By Erich Hoyt, Ted Schultz. 1999
This text seeks to assemble some of the most unusual, dramatic and revealing writings about insects, ranging through history from…
the Bible to Darwin and Tom Eisner. The text varies from horror film extracts to scientific fact, and each section is introduced and annotated. 1999.Life on Earth: a natural history
By David Attenborough. 1979
Dieppe
By W. Denis Whitaker. 1992
What's going on down there?: answers to questions boys find hard to ask
By Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, Chava Castro. 1998
Written with two teenage boys as advisors, this book presents the facts about puberty for boys. It includes straightforward information…
about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, and also what happens to girls during puberty. The author includes answers to many related questions, and explains things in a factual but fun way. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 1998.The sound of war: memoirs of a CBC correspondent
By Peter Stursberg. 1993
Why seals blow their noses: Canadian wildlife in fiction & fact
By Diane Swanson. 1992
The Battle of the Huertgen Forest
By Charles B. Macdonald. 1963
An electrifying account of carnage and bravery... In September 1944, three months after the invasion of Normandy, the Allied armies…
prepared to push the German forces back into their homeland. Just south of the city of Aachen, elements of the U.S. First Army began an advance through the imposing Huertgen Forest. Instead of retreating, as the Allied command anticipated, the German troops prepared an elaborate defense of Huertgen, resulting in a struggle where tanks, infantry, and artillery dueled at close range. The battle for the forest ended abruptly in December, when a sudden German offensive through the Ardennes to the south forced the Allied armies to fall back, regroup, and start their attack again, this time culminating in the collapse of the Nazi regime in May 1945.Horse stories that really happened
By Diana Kimpton. 1999
Sex (H wise guides)
By Anita Naik. 1998
This book covers everything from periods to puberty, crushes to contraception and health to harassment. It reinforces the realities of…
sex for young people, with up-to-date information supplied by the Sex Education Forum. For junior high readers.Voices of a war remembered: an oral history of Canadians in World War Two
By Bill McNeil. 1991
These interviews with service and medical personnel, news reporters and photographers as well as workers and wives who remained at…
home provide a vivid picture of Canadian life during the war years.Noah's choice: true stories of extinction and survival
By David Day. 1990
The tragic, but fascinating, events that resulted in the extinction of animals such as the huge Steller's Sea Cow and…
the tiny Hawaiian Honeycreeper bird are told. Includes the inspiring stories of animals, such as the American Bison and the Grey Whale, that were rescued from the brink of extinction.At large: the fugitive odyssey of Murray Hill and his elephants
By Gary S Ross. 1992
When Murray Hill retired from the circus, he sold his elephants to Dick Drake, but "repossessed" them when he discovered…
that Drake was abusing the animals. Over the next 5 years, Murray put all his energy and ingenuity into hiding the elephants from Drake and the FBI. Strong language.James Herriot's dog stories
By James Herriot. 1986
While many of the stories have appeared in Herriot's other books, the focus on dogs in these 50 recollections provides…
new insight. As with most of Herriot's tales, these are sentimental, nostalgic, humourous and tragic.Boots and Saddles Or Life in Dakota With General Custer
By Elizabeth B. Custer.
The guest children: the story of the British child evacuees sent to Canada during WW II
By Geoffrey Bilson. 1988
During World War II, more than 7000 children were evacuated from Britain to Canada. Their fears and joys in this…
new country, as well as their difficulty in adjusting after their return to Britain, are revealed in these first-person narratives. 1988.Man-Eater!
By Jim Corbett. 1955
The guns of victory: a soldier's eye view, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, 1944-45
By George G Blackburn. 1996
Blackburn continues the story of the First Canadian Army's 4th Field Regiment. After the battle for Normandy, they pursue the…
German army through the Netherlands and Belgium, opening the Scheldt estuary. They endure the bitter winter of 1945, then fight in the Battle of the Rhineland through to ultimate victory. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 1996.The death of Yugoslavia: Yugoslavia - The Road To Breakdown
By Laura Silber, Allan Little. 1995
Written to accompany a television series, this book plots the road to war and the war itself in Yugoslavia, which…
began in 1991. Using careful research, eye-witness accounts and hundreds of interviews, the authors describe key events, ethnic cleansing, and also provide the facts behind the media coverage. They consider the future effects of the war and if anything could have been done to prevent it. Descriptions of violence and some strong language.