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  • After Canaan : essays on race, writing, and region
    Author:

    Compton, Wayde

    Summary:

    These varied essays explore the language of racial misrecognition (a.k.a.

    Genre: Essays, History and geography

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      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
  • You Can Have a Dog When I'm Dead Essays on Life at an Angle
    Author:

    Benedetti, Paul

    Summary:

    Hamilton Spectator columnist Paul Benedetti’s essays paint a wonderfully funny portrait of family life today.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Humour

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  • The Canoe in Canadian Cultures
    Author:

    Hodgins, Bruce W.

    ,

    Jennings, John

    ,

    Small, Doreen

    Summary:

    The canoe is a symbol unique to Canada. One of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after, the canoe is Canada’s most powerful icon.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Sports and recreation

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  • No Easy Task Fighting in Afghanistan
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    ,

    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    This collection of essays explores how fighting in the rugged, hostile lands of Afghanistan is no easy task. Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Social science

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  • Ontario's African-Canadian Heritage Collected Writings by Fred Landon, 1918-1967
    Author:

    Smardz Frost, Karolyn

    ,

    Walls, Bryan

    ,

    Bates Neary, Hilary

    ,

    Armstrong, Frederick H.

    Summary:

    Ontario’s African-Canadian Heritage is composed of the collected works of Professor Fred Landon, who for more than 60 years wrote about African-Canadian history.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, History and geography

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  • Perspectives on the Canadian Way of War Serving the National Interest
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    Summary:

    Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilized military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Political science

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  • The Difficult War Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces
    Author:

    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    The Difficult War: Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces is a collection of essays that deals with theoretical concepts related to insurgency as well as to the practice of irregu

    Genre: Essays, History and geography, Political science

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  • Eight Decades The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut
    Author:

    Plaut, W. Gunther

    ,

    Plaut, Jonathan V.

    Summary:

    W. Gunther Plaut is one of Reform Judaism’s most acclaimed twentieth century rabbis and scholars. He is a gifted writer and intellectual whose ideas garner devotees throughout the world.

    Genre: Essays, Religion and spirituality

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  • MacMillan on Music Essays by Sir Ernest MacMillan
    Author:

    MacMillan, Ernest

    ,

    Morey, Carl

    Summary:

    In addition to his activities as conductor, administrator, educator, composer, and organist, Sir Ernest MacMillan (1893-1973) found time to write more than one hundred essays and lectures on music.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Essays

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  • Majesty in Canada Essays on the Role of Royalty
    Author:

    Coates, Colin

    Summary:

    On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne, the Centre of Canadian Studies of the University of Edinburgh hosted its annual conference on the theme &qu

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Political science

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  • Nastawgan The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe
    Author:

    Hodgins, Bruce W.

    ,

    Hobbs, Margaret

    Summary:

    A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, "an utterly compelling collection," said The Globe and Mail, and "a gem -- it absolutely sparkles," according to Canadian Geographi

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays

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  • Old Ontario Essays in Honour of J M S Careless
    Author:

    Keane, David

    Summary:

    In ten original studies, former students and colleagues of Maurice Careless, one of Canada’s most distinguished historians, explore both traditional and hitherto neglected topics in the development

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, History and geography

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  • Script Tease A Wordsmith's Waxings on Life and Writing
    Author:

    Nicol, Eric

    Summary:

    Why write in the first place, other than your grocery list? Eric Nicol believes it's the second-most satisfying thing you can do lying down. But it's not enough to want to write.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Essays, General fiction

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  • Selected Writings
    Author:

    Smith, A.J.M.

    ,

    Gnarowski, Michael

    Summary:

    Arthur James Marshall Smith — prize-winning poet, essayist, influential anthologist, and critic — died in 1980.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Essays, General fiction

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  • Still Complaining
    Author:

    Foster, Jim

    Summary:

    Once again we are blessed with yet another collection of Jim Foster’s ravings.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Humour

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