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  • William C. Van Horne Railway Titan
    Author:

    Knowles, Valerie

    Summary:

    William C. Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, Van Horne started working in the railway business at a young age.

    Genre:

    Available Formats:

  • 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.

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

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

    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:

  • William C. Van Horne Railway Titan
    Author:

    Knowles, Valerie

    Summary:

    William C. Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, Van Horne started working in the railway business at a young age.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

    Available Formats:

  • First Person A Biography of Cairine Wilson Canada's First Woman Senator
    Author:

    Knowles, Valerie

    Summary:

    Cairine Wilson, Canada’s first female senator, was one of nine children raised in an atmosphere of rugged Scots liberalism and strict presbyterianism by affluent Montreal parents in the late ninete

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • From Telegrapher to Titan The Life of William C. Van Horne
    Author:

    Knowles, Valerie

    Summary:

    William Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Business and economics, Canadian nonfiction

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  • Strangers at Our Gates Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540-2006 Revised Edition
    Author:

    Knowles, Valerie

    Summary:

    Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians’ perception of themselves as a country and as a society.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • On Remembrance Day
    Author:

    Creasey, Eleanor

    Summary:

    An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Juvenile nonfiction

    Available Formats:

  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30 William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford
    Author:

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

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

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    Available Formats:

  • 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.

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

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

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    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:

  • Strangers at Our Gates Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540–2015
    Author:

    Knowles, Valerie

    Summary:

    In this new and revised edition, Knowles explores new materials relating to multiculturalism and immigration.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • Hallam Square
    Author:

    Jacobs, Anna

    Summary:

    Lancashire, 1858. Annie Hallam has at last found complete happiness. She has three healthy children and adores her husband Frederick.

    Genre: Historical fiction

    Available Formats:

    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 39:43:20
      Narrator: Anne Dover
      Publisher: Vision Australia, Sat, 01/01/2005 - 12:00
  • Like no other
    Author:

    Jacobs, Anna

    Summary:

    Rachel Smedling is not like other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man.

    Genre: Historical fiction

    Available Formats:

    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 34:15:28
      Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie
      Publisher: Vision Australia, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • Cherry Tree Lane
    Author:

    Jacobs, Anna

    Summary:

    For Mattie Willit, caught in a thunderstorm running away from her bullying stepfather,rescue comes in the form of Jacob Kemble,a widowed farmer living with his two young children.

    Genre: Romance fiction

    Available Formats:

    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 25:32:37
      Publisher: Association for the Blind of Western Australia, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00

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