Originally published in London in 1775, One Thousand Valuable Secrets was Americanized and published in Philadelphia in 1795 in an effort to help the newly established United States become self-...
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Author: Andrews McMeel PublishingSummary:
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Author: Liss, SarahSummary:
'Will was pretty much the perfect role model.' — Beth Ditto, The Gossip In the spring of 2010, Toronto lost one of its most important queer civic heroes when local artist, DJ, activist, impresario...
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Presents the correspondence of various composers from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and many others write about their music, their...
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Author: Hislop, Marion E.Summary:
Dolls in Canada is two books in one. The first section is a personal and engaging look at dolls which make up our heritage; pioneer dolls, native people's dolls, dolls from various cultural groups...
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Author: Pike, Corinna, McCreery, Christopher, His Royal Highness The Duke of YorkSummary:
The first book to examine the various parliamentary maces, rods, badges, and chains of office used throughout Canada, Canadian Symbols of Authority details how these devices are used at every...
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Author: Henderson, JustinSummary:
Chronicling the intertwined lives of members of core grunge bands, Justin Henderson reveals the origins and inspirations of the grunge music movement. Illustrating the dramatic and emotional...
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Author: King, JamesSummary:
"Set in nineteenth-century Tokyo and twentieth-century Boston, Pure Inventions tells of the incredible adventures of Hiroshiprankster, forger, authenticator, and artist. The son of a Japanese...
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Author: Winter, Michael, DeWitt, PatrickSummary:
In 1914, the American artist Rockwell Kent escapes his bustling life in New York City for the quaint, rural town of Brigus, Newfoundland. He has been drawn north by the picturesque landscape of...
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Author: Hix, H. L.Summary:
Ley lines mark alignments of sacred sites such as ridgetops and ancient megaliths and create pathways between them. This book too marks alignments and creates pathways, but its sacred sites are...
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Author: Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house she calls the police...
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Author: Bown, Stephen R.Summary:
The immense eighteenth-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great Northern Expedition, from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North...
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Author: Kamienski, JanSummary:
For 16-year-old Jan Kamienski, life as he knows it ends when Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939. After a great deal of hardship, he joins the Polish Resistance and eventually, in 1941, is...
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Author: Schorr, BillSummary:
Gunther Grizzwell is your average family bear, with a wife and kids, a day job, and a bottomless appetite for anything from roadkill to the occasional forest hiker. This eBook only collection of...
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Author: Scoones, Anny, Amos, RobertSummary:
Join beloved storyteller Anny Scoones as she sets out to discover the quaint and quirky charms of Victoria, BC. Not just a book of facts, Hometown is a gentle stroll through a diverse region with...
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Author: Lange, KarenSummary:
Nevermore brings one of America's most enigmatic writers to the attention of a new generation of children. This intriguing photobiography examines the life and times of the author and poet who...