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Mary Simon / by Noelle, Becky.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.A look at the life and accomplishments of Mary Simon, who has spent her whole life fighting for Inuit rights and is the first Indigenous Governor General of Canada.LSC
Subjects: Simon, Mary; Governors general; Inuit women; Inuit; Women ambassadors; Ambassadors;
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Mrs. Lincoln's sisters / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 1875, Elizabeth Todd Edwards is shocked to learn her estranged sister, Mary Todd Lincoln, has tried to take her own life. This event causes Elizabeth to look back on her fraught relationship with her famous sister.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882; Edwards, Elizabeth Todd, 1813-1888; Children of politicians; Governors' spouses; Sisters;
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Six degrees of freedom / by Dickner, Nicolas,1972-author.; Lederhendler, Lazer,1950-translator.; translation of:Dickner, Nicolas,1972-Six degrés de liberté.English.;
"A novel featuring obsession and adventure, science experiments and parakeets, coding and container ships, Six Degrees of Freedom was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award in its original French-language version. Nicolas Dickner is a previous winner of Canada Reads for the novel Nikolski. Three characters, three separate paths to freedom. Lisa is a young woman with an eccentric and absent mother and a father slowly succumbing to Alzheimer's. Lisa's friend Éric is an agoraphobic hacker who ends up getting rich in Denmark before his eighteenth birthday. And Jay is a former computer pirate who's paying her debt to society, day by stultifiying day, working for the RCMP in Montreal. But when Jay learns of the existence of the mysterious ship container Papa Zulu she begins a clandestine investigation to discover who made it disappear and what they are trying to hide."--Winner of the 2015 French-language Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
Subjects: Stowaways; Hackers; Voyages around the world; Ocean travel;
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Lost in the barrens / by Mowat, Farley,1921-; Geer, Charles.;
Subjects: Orphans; Survival; Adventure and adventurers;
© 2000, c1956., McClelland & Stewart,
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Captain in Calico / by Fraser, George MacDonald,1925-2008,author.;
New Providence, 1720s. When infamous pirate Captain 'Calico' Jack Rackham returns from the high seas to ask Governor Woodes Rogers for a royal pardon, the Governor sees his chance to put his own devious plans into action. Their agreement sets off an adventure of betrayals, counter-betrayals, plots and escapes that see Rackham join forces with the scheming but seductively beautiful pirate, Anne Bonney.
Subjects: Adventure stories.; Historical fiction.; Bonny, Anne, 1700-; Rackam, John, Captain;
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The Ratline : the exalted life and mysterious death of a Nazi fugitive / by Sands, Philippe,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The life and mysterious death of Otto Wachter, former Governor of Nazi-occupied Poland, who died in the Vatican after World War II"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Wächter, Horst von, 1939-; Wächter, Otto, 1901-1949; Wächter, Otto, 1901-1949; Wächter, Otto, 1901-1949.; Fugitives from justice; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Nazis; War criminals; World War, 1939-1945;
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Wentworth. [videorecording] / by Atkinson, Kate,1972-actor.; Clanton, Shareena,actor.; Cormack, Danielle,actor.; Crittenden, Amanda,television producer.; Da Silva, Nicole,actor.; Ireland, Celia,actor.; Jeffery, Aaron,1970-actor.; Magasiva, Robbie J,actor.; Milosevic, Katrina,actor.; Rabe, Pamela,1959-actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),distributor.; Foxtel (Firm),presenter.; FremantleMedia Australia,presenter,production company.; RLJ Entertainment,publisher.;
Danielle Cormack, Nicole da Silva, Kate Atkinson, Celia Ireland, Shareena Clanton, Katrina Milosevic, Aaron Jeffery, Robbie Magasiva, Pamela Rabe.Originally broadcast as episodes of the television program in 2015.The women of Wentworth Prison face a high-stakes power struggle as the hit Australian drama returns. In Season Three, Bea Smith receives a life sentence without parole and assumes the mantle of top dog, asserting her dominance over the other inmates, including Franky Doyle, who finds herself more vulnerable than ever before.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Prison television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Prisons; Women prisoners;
For private home use only.
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Whispers / by Jackson, Lisa.;
When her father decides to run for governor of Oregon, Claire St. John is forced to confront long-buried secrets as she copes with unexpected feelings for Kane Moran, a handsome journalist with a grudge, who threatens to tell all.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Serial murders; Journalists; Witnesses;
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Death & Texas / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
Determined to rid Texas of all its criminals once and for all, the state's governor, Richard B. Hubbard, hires a man who can do what the Texas Rangers can't--and who will protect the good people of Texas no matter what the cost.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Sheriffs; Outlaws;
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The Simcoe legacy : the life and times of Yonge Street / by Ontario Historical Society;
Contents : Foreward / Wyn Millar. Introduction / Linda Kelly. The Mississauga and the building of Yonge Street, 1794-1796 / Donald B. Smith. William Berczy's settler axemen / Lorne R. Smith. The Yonge Street rebellion / Carl Benn. From horse to stage doaches, street cars, jitneys and subways / R.B. Fleming. The road is open / Jeanne Hopkins.A collection of the papers from the seminar which explored the legacy of John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada's first Lieutenant Governor, and his search for a route to Canada's interior that led to the building of the longest street in the world.
© c1996., Ontario Historical Society,
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