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Murders and disappearances in one building ? but are they connected? Hollis Grant has fashioned a new life for herself with a foster child and a job as resident super of an eight-storey apartment building with a split personality. Hollis finds her...

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After being outcast to a small community, 10-year-old Michiko's life gets better when a former baseball star becomes her teacher. Second book in the Cherry Blossom Books series. Ten-year-old Michiko wants to be proud of her Japanese heritage but c...

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Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today's realities. Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first s...

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As well as fun and relaxation, cottage living throughout the seasons is a reminder that all of us, even the most urbanized individual, are part of the natural world. Listen carefully and you will hear cottage country whispering lessons that can ma...

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Undercover detective Jack Taggart infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel while investigating the disappearance of a young Canadian woman. Lily Rae is on holiday in El Paso, Texas, when she's kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. El Paso borders on one of...

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Sixty people died in 1857, leaving behind their stories and the tales of those involved. In 1857, the Desjardins Canal bridge collapsed under a Toronto-to-Hamilton train, creating one of the worst railway wrecks in North American history. Sixty li...

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Angus and his family are sent from Scotland in 1813 on a voyage to start a new life in the strange and cruel new land of western Canada. In 1813, cleared out from their beloved Scottish Highlands, 15-year-old Angus, his mother, father, small broth...

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What do you do when you're being watched at every turn by creatures plotting to take over the world? Simon Carpenter is a normal 16-year-old living in Vancouver. Or is he normal? Any type of music drives him crazy. When walking by a homeless perso...

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Explore the connection between people and places on the rugged shore of Lake Superior, the worlds largest freshwater lake. Conor Mihell offers a compelling image of Lake Superiors Canadian shore through colourful personality sketches, adventure st...

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On April 18, 2002, "friendly fire" killed four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, Canada's first combat deaths since the Korean War. On April 18, 2002, Alpha Company, Third Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was on a trai...

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The essence of a vibrant, growing, and changing Calgary is captured over the life of its development. Calgary is a typical boom-and-bust town that was first based on ranching and farming, then oil and gas, and now energy. And energy is what its ci...

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From one grenade exploding in 1920s Toronto to the seeds of a new war in Europe ? As Torontonians move to the beat of the Jazz Age, war is the furthest thing from their minds. Then a fatal grenade explosion outside a west end hotel room breaks the...

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When Marjorie's daughter began exploring archival records involving Britain's child-migration program, a home-child saga emerged. Marjorie Arnison was one of the thousands of children removed from their families, communities, and country and place...

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Treasure hunters have come to Oak Island seeking its cache, but have always left empty-handed. The Restall family lived and worked on the island, driven by their quest for riches and fame, encouraged by small successes, toughened by minor frustrat...

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This tract of land in Niagara-on-the-Lake has witnessed an amazing cavalcade of Canadian history. For 250 years a large tract of oak savannah at the mouth of the Niagara River designated as a Military Reserve has witnessed a rich military and poli...

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Most emigration from England was voluntary, self-financed, and pursued by people who, while expecting to improve their economic prospects, were also critical of the areas in which they first settled. The exodus from England that gathered pace duri...

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2014 Forest of Reading, Silver Birch Award - Shortlisted, Fiction 2014 Rocky Mountain Book Award - Shortlisted Are those cranky old folks at the retirement home really what they seem? Twelve-year-old Willa Fuller is convinced that the old folks in...

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A light-hearted and touching memoir of Bill Sherk's 30-plus-year career as a Toronto high school history teacher with a creative flair and passion for his work. Bill Sherk taught history to Toronto high school students for more than thirty years. ...

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Two sisters conduct a modern-day investigation into a Victorian-era murder of a toddler and discover their grandmother was a key witness. While researching her ancestry on the Internet one gloomy evening, Penny is astonished by what she finds. Urg...

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2013 Speaker's Book Award - Shortlisted Laura Secord is now famous for her singular feat of bravery during the War of 1812, but did she warn the British and help defeat the American invaders as her legend says? After dragging her injured husband o...

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Known as the "only living Father of Confederation" in his lifetime, Joey Smallwood was an entertaining, crafty, and controversial politician in Canada for decades. Born in Gambo, Newfoundland, Joseph ("Joey") Smallwood (1900-1991) spent his life c...

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Arguably, Sir John Willison had more influence on the evolution of Canada's emerging nationalism and public policy shifts than any other journalist had in his time or since. Sir John Willison (1856-1927) was the most influential Canadian journalis...

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The verdant lushness of Vancouver Island is not without its dangers... Summer on Vancouver Island gets off to a rocky start with the discovery of the body of a homeless man. RCMP Corporal Holly Martin notices drug paraphernalia nearby, and the aut...

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2014 Red Cedar Book Award Shortlisted 2014 Forest of Reading, Silver Birch Express Shortlisted, Fiction 2013 Diamond Willow Award Shortlisted 2013 Hackmatack Childrens Choice Book Award Shortlisted 2013 Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Award Shor...

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2013 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award - Shortlisted, Nonfiction Hamilton, Ontario, may seem just like any other city, but a haunted past is hidden beneath it. From the Hermitage ruins to Dundurn Castle, from the Customs House to Stoney Creek B...

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During the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 17 Canadians stood by Lieutenant-Colonel Custer's side. There were 17 Canadians present when Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong Custer made his last stand in the battle at Little Bighorn River in 1876. Som...

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NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat is the history of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War era. The reader is taken into the Top Secret world of NORAD, the joint Canadian-American North American Air Defence network. Ride along with the ai...

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As the second semester at the Vancouver International Ballet Academy approaches, how will four maturing dancers face the new challenges that await them? The Vancouver International Ballet Academy has opened its doors after the winter break, and ev...

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Little Jane encounters treachery and adventure on her voyage to the Nameless Isle in search of her parents' buried treasure. Second book in the Little Jane Silver Adventure series. Only two people have ever survived a trip to the Nameless Isle: Lo...

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One of Canadas most painful and breathtaking pictures of a soldiers life during the First World War. Peregrine Aclands novel All Else Is Folly is an irreplaceable depiction of the Canadian experience in the First World War. More than just a devast...

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