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By Patrick F McManus. 2002
Thirty-six humorous sketches about adventures and mishaps while hunting, fishing, and camping in the great outdoors. In the title piece,…
McManus entertains his granddaughter by recalling some childhood hijinks with a bear named Pooky who hibernated in his attic. 2002.By Jessica Dorfman Jones. 2008
Delivers proven tactics to help anyone cheat successfully through life. Shows how to creatively enhance a resume and beat a…
drug or polygraph test. Also reveals how to file fabricated tax and insurance forms. Each of the 32 chapters introduces the scam, reveals its risks and rewards, and describes the time-tested techniques for pulling it off. 2008.By Josh Freed, Jon Kalina. 1983
By Aldous Huxley, David Bradshaw. 1994
When Aldous Huxley was sixteen, an eye disease left him with defective vision. Years later he discovered the method of…
visual re-education invented by Dr Bates. Huxley's vision improved dramatically, and in this book he describes the eye exercises of the Bates method (still in use today), and explores Bates' theory of the relationship between mental wellbeing and clarity of vision. 1994.By Mary Bowring. 1976
Patients differ not only in species but in temperament. The author has learned a great deal about human as well…
as animal nature in her role of receptionist and auxiliary nurse. 1976.From Mounties to maple syrup, Rachel's school report (with comments from her brother Guy) answers questions like Why are cereal…
boxes written in French and English? How did a beaver become the national icon? What is a loonie? Provides information on Canadian spelling and pronunciation; symbols; uniquely Canadian foods like pemmican and fiddleheads; and the differences between Canada and the United States. Grades 3-6. 2004.By Arthur Black. 1989
By Peter Purves. 1981
The story of Tess is the story of how a guide dog is trained, from her early days as a…
puppy to the moment, 18 months later, when she is handed over to her blind owner, Mary. 1981.By Mike Lepine, Mark Leigh, Rolf Harris. 2001
Rolf Harris presents a collection of true animal tales featuring the cleverest and cheekiest animals and birds you'll ever meet.…
These tales include: Pepsi, the cat who hitched a 70mph ride on a van roof; the sheep dog who rounds up stray supermarket trolleys; the seals who saved a woman from drowning; and Barney, the police dog who was afraid of the dark. 2001.By Henny Youngman, Carroll Carroll. 1973
A collection of autobiographical one-liners from the Jewish comedian from Brooklyn's Lower East Side, which also includes anecdotes about famous…
show business personalities such as Al Jolson, Milton Berle, and Bing Crosby. 1973.By Nicole Dryburgh. 2010
Nicole went through surgery to remove a malignant tumour on her spine, then radiotherapy, a brain haemorrhage, blindness, loss of…
movement, chemotherapy, more chemotherapy, loss of hearing, more radiotherapy, and more surgery. Nicole also has raised thousands of pounds for charity, passed GCSE English after just 6 months' study, gone abseiling, visited New York, had meetings with royalty and government ministers, been the subject of a BBC TV documentary, won numerous national and local awards, and worked for the Teenage Cancer Trust. "Talk to the Hand" is a continuation of Nicole's very full life story, and includes her tips for overcoming setbacks and crises. 2010.By Larry Zolf. 1984
By Kevin Sylvester. 2005
Take a walk on the weird side! Odd, weird and just plain gross moments in sports await you, including yucky…
bathroom incidents, cursed teams, and spectacular losers. Find out why some hockey fans throw an octopus on the ice, how a dead guy got drafted, and how the hand of God may have decided a soccer game. Grades 4-7. 2005.By Rick Mercer. 1998
A collection of Rick Mercer's rants, taken from the popular television show "This hour has 22 minutes," against Canadian politics…
and political figures. 1998. Uniform title: This hour has 22 minutes (Television program)By Charles Ritchie. 1983
The author describes the wide variety of events and people that formed his everyday life while serving as Canadian ambassador…
to Washington during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Sequel to "Diplomatic Passport" (DC03281). c1983.By Dennis Miller. 2004
If you thought Dennis Miller was done ranting, guess again. Here he comments on everything from "War and Terrorism" to…
Enron; from "Obsessed Parents" to the "End of Class;" to "Truth in the Media," and so much more. Throughout, Miller is what we have come to expect from him: smart, cutting, laugh-out-loud funny, and more times than not - right. Strong language. 2002.Judy Conner refers to her former husband simply as "That X," which is perfectly understandable considering some of the antics…
he pulled. Inseparable from the family's brown dog, Conner's X performed naked synchronized swimming at the 1984 World's Fair - with the canine as his partner. And one fine spring day, while buzzing on bourbon, he delivered an especially touching gift to his wife - a .38 revolver. 2005.By Jean Little. 1990
Renowned author Jean Little describes her childhood with a visual impairment, the early death of her father, the shock of…
losing her remaining sight to glaucoma, and her battle with depression. A talking computer and her guide dog, Zephyr, brought her independence and freedom. Sequel to "Little by Little".A Los Angeles family, weary of city living, found a satisfactory alternative in northern British Columbia. The years in the…
wilderness, highlighted by the discovery of an important jade deposit, are humourously described. c1977.By Michael Kesterton. 1996
A collection of trivia taken from the "Social studies" section of "The Globe and Mail." Organized according to day and…
month, Kesterton provides strange statistics, anecdotes, and odd bits of history on subjects ranging from Godzilla and attack rabbits to income tax and tabloids headlines. 1996. Uniform title: Globe and mail.