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  • Embattled Nation Canada's Wartime Election of 1917
    Author:

    Dutil, Patrice

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    MacKenzie, David

    Summary:

    Embattled Nation explores Canada’s tense wartime election of 1917.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

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  • Canada 1911 The Decisive Election that Shaped the Country
    Author:

    MacKenzie, David

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    Dutil, Patrice

    Summary:

    One hundred years ago, Canadians went to the polls to decide the fate of their country in an election that raised issues vital to Canada’s national independence and its place in the world.

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  • Macdonald at 200 New Reflections and Legacies
    Author:

    Dutil, Patrice

    ,

    Hall, Roger

    Summary:

    A modern look at a classic leader. Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

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  • The John A. Macdonald Retrospective 2-Book Bundle Macdonald at 200 / John A. Macdonald
    Author:

    Dutil, Patrice

    ,

    Hall, Roger

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special 2-book bundle contains a number of perspectives on a man who was arguably Canada’s most famous political leader, a figure of legendary proportions in the history of Canada’s birth and

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

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  • Longshot
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    John Kendall agrees to write the biography of a National Hunt racehorse trainer.

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Narrator: Narrator: Maureen Taylor
  • Whip hand
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    An entertaining story combining horse racing, detection, suspense and a sensitive study of human relationships.

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      Narrator: Narrator: Leon Waller
  • Wild horses
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    Thriller set in the world of horse racing, Thomas Lyon, a film director, finds himself caught in a moral dilemma when a close friend confesses to him on his deathbed, mistaking Thomas for a priest.

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      Narrator: Narrator: Gil Clark
  • Second wind
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    Perry Stuart, TV meteorologist lives a calm and ordered life. That is, until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small aeroplane as a holiday diversion.

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Narrator: Narrator: Tony Saunders
  • Shattered
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen video tape.

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Narrator: Narrator: Tony Saunders
  • The sport of queens
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    Autobiography of one time Queen Mother's steeplechase jockey, now a well known thriller writer.

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Narrator: Narrator: Joyce Foreman
  • Straight
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    Another thriller set in the world of horse racing by this best-selling author.

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      Narrator: Narrator: David Thatcher
  • To the hilt
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    Living in his remote Scottish eyrie Alexander Kinloch is used to seeing hikers. But unlike his usual visitors, they are not asking for a cup of tea or directions.

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      Narrator: Narrator: Elwyn Edwards
  • Bolt
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble.

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      Narrator: Narrator: Tony Britton
  • Break in
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    About family relationships and about the use and abuse of power as champion jockey Kit Fielding seeks to defend his sister and her husband (a race horse trainer) from a spiteful newspaper campaign.

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      Narrator: Narrator: Richard King
  • Come to grief
    Author:

    FRANCIS, Dick

    Summary:

    Ex-champion jockey turned investigator, Sid Halley, first seen in Odds Against and Whip Hand, uncovers an obnoxious crime committed by a friend.

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      Narrator: Narrator: Harry Fenwick

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