For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each...
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Author: Williams, Terry TempestSummary:
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Author: Darke, EleanorSummary:
It is difficult for Todmorden Mills Museum visitors to imagine that this site so close to the busy Don Valley Parkway was once home to an important mill. As early as 1793 Governor Simcoe...
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Author: Osbourne, TomSummary:
Longlisted for the ReLit Award (2005) Foozlers is a 24-hour “Odyssey” that runs a juggernaut through the high- and lowlands of Vancouver. Jerry Lowe is the reluctant driver of a getaway car for...
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Author: Ferriss, TimothySummary:
We All Need Mentors. Here Are More than 100 of the World's Best. When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice' We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against...
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Author: Reardon, Terry, Turner, John N.Summary:
The story of the complex relationship between two world leaders during one of the greatest crises in human history. Born just two weeks apart in 1874, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie...
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Author: Lorinc, John, McClelland, Michael, Scheinberg, Ellen, Taylor, TatumSummary:
The story of the growth and destruction of Toronto’s first 'priority neighbourhood.' From the 1840s until the Second World War, waves of newcomers who migrated to Toronto - Irish, Jewish, Italian...
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Author: Kerber, ConradSummary:
In the wake of the Tour de France's fallen heroes, the story of one of history's most legendary cyclists provides a much-needed antidote. In 1907 the world's most popular athlete was not Cy Young...