On July 2, 1992 the once-gigantic Newfoundland cod fishery was shut down. Twelve years later, 70,000 people had left, and coastal communities were struggling to survive.
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Summary:This 52-minute “documentary novel” about British women who married foreign soldiers during World War II is based upon real wartime diaries, letters, photos and recordings.
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Summary:A tale of two Jacks: one Jack the hero of traditional folktales; the other a retired fisherman passing the time in his fishing stage spinning tales of his youth.
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Author:Battery Radio
Summary:An investigation of Guglielmo Marconi and the first trans-Atlantic wireless transmission. Created for the centenary of Marconi's transmission.
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Author:Battery Radio
Summary:When the North Atlantic cod fishery collapsed in the 1990's, it catapulted over 30,000 fishers out of work - the largest layoff in Canadian history.
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Summary:This "radio archaeology project" excavates the chronicle of Saint Brendan in the 21st century with the help of Marcel Proust and modern sound recording equipment.
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Author:Summary:The remarkable story of Lanier Phillips and the shipwreck that changed his life. On February 18, 1942 the US Navy destroyer Truxton was shipwrecked off Newfoundland.
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Author:Saint-Cerny, Anne-Marie
,Noël, André
Summary:Lac-Mégantic, le 6 juillet 2013.
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Author:Anctil, Pierre
Summary:Pourquoi le Québec est-il une terre d’accueil singulière pour la communauté juive ? Comment la communauté juive l’a-t-elle transformé ? Comment s’exprime le judaïsme québécois et montréalais ?
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Author:Warren, Jean-Philippe
,Delâge, Denys
Summary:Le présent ouvrage raconte comment la « rencontre des deux mondes » entre les nations autochtones et les empires européens a provoqué un immense choc des cultures.
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Author:Giasson-Dulude, Gabrielle
Summary:Cet essai cherche dans l’oeuvre mimée d’Étienne Decroux les héritages d’une parole qui s’habite et prend racine dans son mutisme, considérant que toute voix origine du silence des corps.
Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Film, television and performing arts, French language materialsAvailable Formats:
Author:Forbes, Andrew
,Grenier, Daniel
,Messier, William S.
Summary:S’adressant tant aux geeks de statistiques qu’aux néophytes, De l’utilité de l’ennui est un livre sur la possibilité de trouver refuge et confort dans l’ordre, les traditions et les rituels du base
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Author:Lavoie, Frédérick
Summary:Voir Cuba avant que ça change ; Voir Cuba avant l’après. Sur l’île des Caraïbes, le présent semble pencher vers l’avenir.
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Author:Raleigh, Craig
Summary:"Craig Raleigh puts hunting into modern perspective, combining higher sensibilities and his firsthand insight into the hunting world to gently illuminate a part of human nature that was, and still
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Author:Summary:To millions of kids, the books they read are more than entertainment - they are mirrors to hold up to their own lives.
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