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  • Dance the Rocks Ashore
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    Lesley Choyce writes rings around most Canadian authors. Even so, the most recent of his five books of stories came out in 1988, and most are out of print.

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  • The Summer of Apartment X
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    Lesley Choyce’s novella The Summer of Apartment X is a beach book for grownups who remember how they got that way.

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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas / William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford
    Author:

    Ferguson, Julie H.

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    Henighan, Tom

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    Maes, Nicholas

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    Larsen, Wayne

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    Stewart, Sharon

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    Knowles, Valerie

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    Lahey, D.T.

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    Butts, Edward

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    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

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

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

    Fitzgerald, Judith

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    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

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    Braid, Kate

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    Rigelhof, T.F.

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    Plante, Raymond

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    Slade, Arthur

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    Wilson, John

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    Bridge, Kathryn

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    Stewart, Roderick

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    Stewart, Sharon

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    Macpherson, Margaret

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    Goodall, Lian

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    Paulin, Marguerite

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    Legaré, Francine

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    Evans, Gary

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    Cowley, Deborah

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    Shardlow, Tom

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    Kirk, Heather

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    Cimon, Anne

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    Vanasse, André

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    Larsen, Wayne

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    Henighan, Tom

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    Maes, Nicholas

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    Ferguson, Julie H.

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    Knowles, Valerie

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    Lahey, D.T.

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    Butts, Edward

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    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

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    Sadlier, Rosemary

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    Argyle, Ray

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    Tidridge, Nathan

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    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.

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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25 Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas
    Author:

    Ferguson, Julie H.

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    Henighan, Tom

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    Maes, Nicholas

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    Larsen, Wayne

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    Stewart, Sharon

    Summary:

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

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  • Canadian Adventurers and Explorers Bundle David Thompson / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Samuel de Champlain / John Franklin / George Simpson / Phyllis Munday
    Author:

    Lahey, D. T.

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    Henighan, Tom

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    Wilson, John

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    Shardlow, Tom

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    Bridge, Kathryn

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    Legaré, Francine

    Summary:

    Presenting six titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. Canada is a vast land with many remote regions to be explored.

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  • Thin Places
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    A dazzling story told in verse of sixteen-year-old Declan Lynch and the girl whose centuries-old voice rings in his head.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • The Boy from Left Field
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

    Summary:

    When Hawk’s baseball coach tells him how Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run nearby, the question arises: what happened to the baseball? Bullies, baseball, and kids who defy the odds.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Sea of Tranquility A Novel
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    For Sylvie, Ragged Island - and the whales who swam around it - is the only world she has ever known.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Pastoral fiction

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  • Shoulder the Sky
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    Winner of the 2003 Ann Connor Brimer Award, short-listed for the 2004 White Pine Award Martin Emerson’s family, friends, and even his therapist have trouble figuring him out.

    Genre: Psychological fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • Smoke and Mirrors
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 2005 CLA Young Adult Canadian Book Award Sixteen-year-old Simon has always been considered odd.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • Viking Quest
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

    Summary:

    Fifteen-year-old Rigg, son of Leif Eriksson, loves mystery and adventure.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Viking Terror
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 2007 Ottawa Book Award for Fiction When 17-year-old Rigg and his friend Ari hang a marauding wolf in the wilds of medieval Greenland, they get much more than they bargained fo

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Cold Clear Morning
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    Taylor Colby grew up in the tiny Nova Scotia fishing village of Nickerson Harbour, but his guitar-playing skill led him to become a much sought-after studio musician in Los Angeles.

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  • Driving Minnie's Piano
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    Novelist Lesley Choyce weaves together his real-life adventures living by the sea at Lawrencetown Beach on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore.

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