From Jim Crow to the Last Best West. In 1910, twelve African American families from Oklahoma journeyed north to claim the promise of a better life in the Canadian West.
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Summary:A step-by-step guide to developing superior tracking teams. For over 35 years, Clifford Samon has trained working dogs, including police and search-and-rescue K9s.
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Author:Arnott, Bill
Summary:The stories of Vancouver and its communities as experienced on various strolls through the city, by bestselling BC author Bill Arnott.
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Author:Galer, Dustin
Summary:Beryl Potter was a reserved working-class mother of three living a decent life, or so it seemed, when a harmless slip and fall marked the unravelling of everything that she had known about herself
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Author:Alec, Elaine
Summary:Indigenous Peoples have always carried the knowledge necessary to heal. When our people heal, our families heal, our communities heal and our land will heal. You cannot have one without the other.
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Summary:A James Herriot for the 21st century recounts his adventures as a newcomer to Newfoundland.
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Author:Purdham, Adelle
Summary:"A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability." — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods Alone.
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Author:Martin, Tim.
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Author:Robertson, Eliza
Summary:Instant national bestseller — A vivid and meticulous true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women, while tracking the once-cold trail of a mur
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Author:Fogarty, Catherine
Summary:National bestseller – Someone You Know takes you into dangerous territory – behind closed doors where family, friendship and love can ultimately turn fatal.
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Author:Ling, Justin
Summary:The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men—the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur—from Toronto's queer community. Shortlisted for the 2021 Toronto Book Awards.
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Author:Perron, Sandra
Summary:Je me suis retournée pour jeter un dernier regard d'envie vers les troupes d'infanterie qui remontaient dans leur TTB.
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Author:Lomberg, Michelle
Summary:Provides information on the Ojibwa Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
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- s3://nnels-data-prod/CA/BC/BVAUCC/2265_Ojibwa.zipNarrator: Joan VieiraPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Knighton, Ryan
Summary:An irreverent, tragicomic, astoundingly articulate memoir about going blind—and growing up On his eighteenth birthday, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a congenital, progressi
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- s3://nnels-data-prod/CA/BC/BVAUCC/2666_Cockeyed_A_Memoir_etext.zipPublisher: Crane Library,