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  • Aviation Pioneers of Canada 7-Book Bundle Brace for Impact / Air Canada / and 5 more
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    The Aviation Pioneers of Canada 7-Book Bundle presents the high-flying insight of Peter Pigott, in a special collection chronicling the aviators, aircraft, and drama of over a century of Canadian f

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Illustrated works

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  • From Far and Wide A History of Canada's Arctic Sovereignty
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    In the early 20th century the Canadian North was a mystery, but the Canadian military stepped in, and this book explores its historic activities in Canada’s Arctic.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

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  • Robertson Davies Magician of Words
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queen’s University in Kingston in the 1930’s, and editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, ess

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, General fiction

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  • Laughing Wolf
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 2010 Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Award - Snow Willow and for the 2010 Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award It is the year 2213.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Crescent Star
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Avi Greenbaum is Jewish and lives in West Jerusalem. Moussa Shakir is Palestinian and lives in East Jerusalem.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • Canada in Sudan War Without Borders
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    An ancient Arab proverb states, "When Allah made the Sudan, he laughed." Had he known the country’s future, he would have done better to cry.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Canada in Afghanistan The War So Far
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    It has been said that Canada is a country with too much geography and too little history. Afghanistan has too much of both.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction

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  • Flying Canucks Famous Canadian Aviators
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    Flying Canucks tells the fascinating story of aviation in Canada through this collection of 37 biographies of important aviators in our nation’s history.

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

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  • Flying Canucks II Pioneers of Canadian Aviation
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation.

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

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  • Locksmith A Felix Taylor Adventure
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens, long-listed for the 2009 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Twelve-year-old Lewis Castorman is a master locksmith: there is no lock on

    Genre: Juvenile fiction

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  • On Canadian Wings A Century of Flight
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    Be prepared to soar!

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Illustrated works

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  • Royal Transport An Inside Look at The History of British Royal Travel
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    The conveyance of royalty, whether to Balmoral or Buffalo, by Rolls Royce or Canadian Pacific train, has its own mysterious traditions and protocols.

    Genre: History and geography, Political science

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  • Taming the Skies A Celebration of Canadian Flight
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    It is a cruel irony of history that as we celebrate the centenary of flight on December 17, 2003, aviation is in a tailspin and airlines are disappearing in Canada.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Wings Across Canada An Illustrated History of Canadian Aviation
    Author:

    Pigott, Peter

    Summary:

    From the eccentric Fairey Battle to the lethal-looking CF-18, from modern airliners that have no defects (and no character) to the classic North Star (which had both), here is the ultimate line-up

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Illustrated works

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  • Transmigration
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    What do you do when you’re being watched at every turn by creatures plotting to take over the world? Simon Carpenter is a normal 16-year-old living in Vancouver. Or is he normal?

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Paranormal fiction, Young adult fiction

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