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An unrecognized contribution : women and their work in 19th-century Toronto / by Muir, Elizabeth Gillan,1934-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Celebrating women's contributions to early Toronto. Women in nineteenth-century Toronto were integral to the life of the growing city. They contributed to the city's commerce and were owners of stores, factories, brickworks, market gardens, hotels, and taverns; as musicians, painters, and writers, they were a large part of the city's cultural life; and as nurses, doctors, religious workers, and activists they strengthened the city's safety net for those who were most in need. Their stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies, the result of Muir's search of early street directories, the first city histories, personal diaries, and other documents, highlighting scores of women and the work they undertook during a period of great change for the city."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Women employees; Women employees; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women;
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Impressionism : 50 paintings you should know / by Engelmann, Ines.;
Subjects: Impressionism (Art); Impressionism (Art); Impressionist artists.; Painting, European; Painting, Modern;
© c2007., Prestel,
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Master of his fate / by Bradford, Barbara Taylor,1933-author.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Merchants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Master of his fate [sound recording] / by Bradford, Barbara Taylor,1933-author.; Walker, Joan,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Joan Walker.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Merchants;
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A Christmas carol / by Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.; Greenhut, Josh.; Helquist, Brett.;
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
Subjects: Christmas; Ghosts;
© 2009., HarperCollins,
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Marilla of Green Gables : a novel / by McCoy, Sarah,1980-author.; prequel to:Montgomery, L. M.(Lucy Maud),1874-1942.Anne of Green Gables.;
"A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables ... before Anne. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is thirteen years old when her world is turned upside down, leaving her to bear the responsibilities of a farm wife: cooking, sewing, keeping house, and overseeing the day-to-day life of Green Gables with her brother, Matthew and father, Hugh. In Avonlea, life holds few options for farm girls. Marilla's one connection to the wider world is Aunt Elizabeth "Izzy" Johnson, her mother's sister, who fled Avonlea to the bustling city of St. Catharines. An opinionated spinster, Aunt Izzy is a talented seamstress, which has allowed her to build a thriving business and make her own way in the world. Emboldened by her aunt, Marilla dares to venture beyond the safety of Green Gables. With her friend Rachel, she joins the local Ladies Aid Society in helping an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity in nearby Nova Scotia -- a home for abandoned children that secretly serves as a way station for runaway slaves from America. Her budding romance with John Blythe, the charming son of a neighbor, offers her a possibility of future happiness -- but Marilla is in no rush to trade one farm life for another. Instead she is caught up in the dangerous work of politics and abolition -- jeopardizing all she cherishes. Now Marilla must face a reckoning between her dreams of making a difference in the wider world and the small-town reality of life at Green Gables."--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Farm life;
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A pioneer thanksgiving : a story of harvest celebrations in 1841 / by Greenwood, Barbara,1940-; Collins, Heather;
Subjects: Thanksgiving Day; Harvest festivals; Harvest festivals;
© c1999., Kids Can Press,
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A terrible beauty : a Lady Emily mystery / by Alexander, Tasha,1969-author.;
"Lady Emily retreats to her villa on the island of Santorini for a brief respite from London. But when she arrives, the housekeeper informs her that the master of the house has returned--Emily's first husband who died a decade earlier ..."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Heiresses; Upper class;
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Flight of the Highlanders : the making of Canada / by McGoogan, Kenneth,1947-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 'Flight of the Higlanders', Ken McGoogan tells the story of those courageous Scots who, ruthlessly evicted from their ancestral homelands, were sent to Canada in coffin ships, where they would battle hardship, hunger and even murderous persecution. McGoogan lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Scots; Refugees;
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The Victorian Society book of the Victorian House / by Wedd, Kit; Victorian Society.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263), Internet addresses (p. 264-267) and index.
Subjects: Architecture, Victorian; Architecture, Domestic; Interior decoration;
© 2007., Aurum Press,
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