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- Author:Chong, CorinnaSummary:
Half-Asian teenager Grace (but she’d prefer it if you called her “Gray” instead) is not a perfect little supermom-in-the-making like her older sister Jessica, and would rather become a marine biologist than a mother&#...
- Author:Schulz, HerbertSummary:
Herbert Schulz gives us an inside''s account of the hardscrabble and often heartless prairie farm politics of the 1950s. The son of a CCF member, Schulz was an early organizer for the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and...
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- Author:Dea, ShannonSummary:
- Author:Dossetor, B. JohnSummary:
A pioneer in kidney transplantation in Canada in the late 1950s, Dr. John Dossetor was faced with making many ethical decisions in his ground-breaking research and practice in nephrology so it was with much personal experience that he...
- Author:Explorers, SuperSummary:
Monster trucks, fire trucks, garbage trucks, concrete pumping trucks and so many of the world's biggest trucks. They lift, haul, dig, pour, drag doing so much to work for us everyday. Here are so many of these trucks with photos of...
- Author:Kassam, Karim-AlySummary:
At the dawn of the third millennium, dramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and...
- Author:Fisher, ChrisSummary:
Over 320 common and interesting species of birds found in the Rocky Mountains region are brought to life by colorful illustrations and detailed descriptive text. Species accounts include characteristics for quick identification.
- Author:Ranson, RickSummary:
Rick Ranson has collected stories from all over North America, from the DEW Line and the drill ships of Working North to the raging waters of the Mississippi in Paddling South. Now, join this engaging raconteur as he ventures to one of...
- Author:Radford, Thomas J.Summary:
The badly damaged Tantamount docked at Port Border, seeking repairs, new crew members, and work. First Officer Nel Vaughn tries to drown her memories of the disastrous battle with the Guild in dingy taverns.
But there’s little...
- Author:Ryan, GarrySummary:
"When young Sharon Lacey travels from Canada to England in the spring of 1940 in search of the father she never knew, she finds herself called upon to participate in a much larger and more dangerous mission. For at eighteen, she is...
- Author:Bastien, BettySummary:
Blackfoot Ways of Knowing:The Worldview of the Siksikaitsitapi is a journey into the heart and soul of Blackfoot culture. In sharing her personal story of "coming home" to reclaim her identity within that culture, Betty...
- Author:Lang, C.A.Summary:
Capra Jorassian is a fugitive, thief, con-artist... and the best hope for a city besieged by oil and magic.
- Author:Miall, LaurenceSummary:
“Some days I wish something truly bad would happen so that I would have something genuine to worry about.” When his parents’ car is hit by a train, Luke, a failed actor, returns to his Edmonton hometown to attend their...
- Author:Bel&#x;Harold, AvivaSummary:
Brittany used to be a normal teen. She ate like one. She slept like one. And she even had typical mood swings. But finding her best friend dead changed everything. Grief could explain her loss of apetite and her lack of sleep. It might...
- Author:Arthurson, WayneSummary:
Métis journalist Leo Desroches has just been released from jail. Fortunately for him, he is re-hired at the paper to write a popular column about crime. It’s summer, the city is hot and buzzing with mosquitoes and it&#...
- Author:Allan, ChantalSummary:
Canada and the United States. Two nations, one border, same continent. Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbour? Allan examines how the American media has...
- Author:Ryan, David L.Summary:
In many commodity-based economies, rollercoaster boom-and-bust cycles have come to be viewed almost as an unavoidable characteristic. Framed mainly in the context of the Alberta economy, the articles in this volume explore a wide range...
- Author:Warner, GlenSummary:
This hilarious collection of jokes is written especially for all those Baby Boomers fast approaching their senior years. These jokes will keep you laughing for hours, that is, if you can remember where you put your reading glasses! *...