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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 31–35 Harriet Tubman / Laura Secord / Joey Smallwood / Prince Edward, Duke of Kent / John A. Macdonald
    Author:

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    ,

    Grant, J.J.

    Summary:

    Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

    Genre:

    Available Formats:

  • The Boy in the Picture The Craigellachie Kid and the Driving of the Last Spike
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    Summary:

    Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

    Genre:

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  • Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and Many More
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

    ,

    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

    ,

    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    Goodall, Lian

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    ,

    Evans, Gary

    ,

    Cowley, Deborah

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Kirk, Heather

    ,

    Cimon, Anne

    ,

    Vanasse, André

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

    Genre:

    Available Formats:

  • Bill Davis Nation Builder, and Not So Bland After All
    Author:

    Paikin, Steve

    Summary:

    2016 Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award — Winner A National Post Bestseller • The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 • 2016 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted The first autho

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • Paikin on Ontario's Premiers 2-Book Bundle Bill Davis / Paikin and the Premiers
    Author:

    Paikin, Steve

    Summary:

    A unique perspective on Ontario's most powerful political leaders from one of Canada's most astute and respected journalists.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • The Boy in the Picture The Craigellachie Kid and the Driving of the Last Spike
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    Summary:

    Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Juvenile nonfiction

    Available Formats:

  • Joey Smallwood Schemer and Dreamer
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    Summary:

    Known as the "only living Father of Confederation" in his lifetime, Joey Smallwood was an entertaining, crafty, and controversial politician in Canada for decades.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • Paikin and the Premiers Personal Reflections on a Half Century of Ontario Leaders
    Author:

    Paikin, Steve

    Summary:

    A unique perspective on Ontario’s most powerful political leaders. Ontario’s fortunes and fates increasingly rest in the hands of the province’s premier.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • The Paris Game Charles de Gaulle, the Liberation of Paris, and the Gamble that Won France
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Vaïsse, Maurice

    Summary:

    At a crucial moment in the Second World War, an obscure French general reaches a fateful personal decision: to fight on alone after his government’s flight from Paris and its capitulation to Nazi G

    Genre: History and geography

    Available Formats:

  • Canadian Political Bundle Nellie McClung / William Lyon Mackenzie King / John Diefenbaker/ René Lévesque / Maurice Duplessis / James Douglas / John A. Macdonald / Joey Smallwood / Wilfrid Laurier
    Author:

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    goodall, lian

    Summary:

    Presenting nine titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

    Genre:

    Available Formats:

  • Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and many more
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

    ,

    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

    ,

    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    goodall, lian

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    ,

    Evans, Gary

    ,

    Cowley, Deborah

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Kirk, Heather

    ,

    Cimon, Anne

    ,

    Vanasse, André

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    Available Formats:

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