J. Robert Oppenheimer: reluctant father of the atomic bomb, enthusiastic lover of books, devoted husband and philanderer. Engaging with the books he voraciously read, and especially the Bhagavad Gita, his moral compass, this lyrical...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Tucker, AaronSummary: - Author:Pasquella, A.G.Summary:
Honourable ex-con Jack Palace struggles to repay an unstable criminal who saved his life. What does a man do when he gets out of jail? Jack Palace hits the streets, plunging back into a violent world of crime and corruption. Jack wants...
- Author:Petriw, MyroslavSummary:
Winner of the 2002 Anna Pidruchney Award For New Writers On a visit to Ukraine to retrieve a family heirloom secretly buried by his grandfather during the Second World War, Yaroslaw, a Ukrainian-Canadian university student, stumbles...
- Author:Saint-Pierre, ÉlianeSummary:
On a prédit un destin exceptionnel à Yändicha, une belle Huronne du Canada, passionnée de danse et éprise de liberté. Lors d'un spectacle à Québec, Etienne Gallois, le directeur d'une troupe de théâtre, remarque l...
- Author:Sauder, B.L.Summary:
Hong Mei and her single mother have had to move from town to town in modern China – as soon as townsfolk get suspicious that her mother's magical healing powers are, in fact, truly magical, they move on, usually in the middle of the...
- Author:Körner, MiriamSummary:
Jeremy lives in a small community where winters are long and stray dogs roam the streets. When peer pressure leads Jeremy into a bad prank, he is immediately struck with guilt - and that's when Jeremy's life changes forever. Trying to...
- Author:Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Vince lives in a small town, a town that is divided right down the middle. Indians on one side, whites on the other. The unspoken has never been challenged. But when Vince’s friend Sherry starts seeing an Indian boy, Vince is outraged...
- Author:Mulder, MichelleSummary:
Yeny and her family have escaped from the violence in their mountain village in Colombia to live in the city. But danger remains all around her — from groups of armed men who have kidnapped her uncle to a scary bully at school. Yeny...
- Author:Bonny, Sandy MarieSummary:
Historian Tanis and high school teacher Neil just purchased their dream home on Saskatoon’s west side: a fixer-upper with plenty of character and an abundance of history to uncover. The house, however, also comes with a crumbling ruin...
- Author:Boyes, AmySummary:
When plain, outspoken Yorkshire schoolgirl Marjory Thompson immigrates with her rambunctious family to Canada in 1904, her parents are convinced that fortune awaits in the flat farmland of Manitoba. Before long, the impatient Marjory...
- Author:Bourke, PatSummary:
It is the end of the First World War, and thirteen-year-old Meredith yearns to become a teacher. But she must leave school to help support her family, moving to the city to work as a maid in a wealthy doctor's home. As the deadly...
- Author:Simic, GoranSummary:
These eight stories deal with ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, war and its aftershocks prominent among them, where the reality is often much more surreal than fiction.
- Author:Hartt-Snowbell, SarahSummary:
Annie can't believe her eyes! The "Santa" in the mall looks so much like her grandfather's friend, Simon. A Jewish Santa? Annie lines up to get a closer look and ends up "placing an order." Simon Greenbaum, flat broke, has taken the job...
- Author:Brossard, NicoleSummary:
Nominated for a Governor General's Award for Translation. Yesterday, on my way back from the museum: my head is full of images of storms. A boundless sea of paintings and photographs. Other storms I build like a backdrop, with sombre...
- Author:Schwartz, EllenSummary:
Yossi Mendelsohn works hard to help his family survive after they flee Russia to find a better life in Montreal. He sells newspapers and carries bundles from the garment factory. Yossi longs to play "le hockey" with the French boys, but...
- Author:Tourond, Sarah-AnneSummary:
A lyrical story that encourages the spiritual wellness of young learners. Each page is a reminder that we are all relations and can find solace in the plants and animals, land and sky, and Ancestors around us. Using the teachings of the...
- Author:Doyle, BrianSummary:
When Ryan's dad runs away from home because of the change of life, Ryan is sent to spend the summer with his aunt in Peggy's Cove. He goes fishing, almost gets into big trouble and learns a lot about tourist behavior, but most of all he...
- Author:Becker, HelaineSummary:
In this picture book, two young children discover that reading can be enjoyed anywhere and everywhere. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
- Author:Odor, JasminaSummary:
Jasmina Odor’s rich writing invites us to step into the shoes of Croatian immigrants living in Canada, and the Croatian soldiers and families who remain behind. Each passionate story in this collection varies in perspective, and yet all...
- Author:Harris, DougSummary:
Winner, Quiddity Award for Best Book Trailer. Shortlisted, Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and QWF First Book Prize. You're the kind of guy who falls in love after one date. Marginalized and alienated, perennial fuck-up Lee...
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