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- Canadian women in the sky : 100 years of flight / by Muir, Elizabeth Gillan,1934-;
- Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.A history of Canadian women's progress in aviation and space flight.LSC
- Subjects: Women air pilots; Women in aeronautics; Aeronautics;
- A year of last things : poems / by Ondaatje, Michael,1943-author.;
- "From one of the most influential writers of this generation, a gorgeous and most of all surprising collection of poems about memory, love, and longing, and the act of looking back. Following several of his internationally acclaimed, beloved novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes wittily funny, moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and abandoned landscapes we hold onto to rediscover the influence of every border crossed. Moving from a Sri Lankan boarding school to Moliere's chair during his last stage performance, to Bulgarian churches and their icons, to a California coast, and his beloved Canadian rivers, Michael Ondaatje casts a brilliant eye that merges his past and present, in the way memory and the distant shores of art and lost friends continue to influence all that surrounds him. As in this startling passage from his poem "His Chair, A Narrow Bed, A Motel Room, The Fox": At the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles Sam Cooke was shot dead. 'See my shadow on the wall ... ' All those motels and hotels in literature and song, where X wrote this, where Y got drunk, where Z overdosed. The one Hank Williams was driven past, dead already in his car. The Slaviansky Bazaar Hotel in Lady with a Dog where Dmitri imagines their dark but hopeful future. The Hotel du Grand Miroir in Brussels where Baudelaire lived his last few months. (A decade later Verlaine shot Rimbaud there.) The Casa Verdi in Milan where retired opera singers were welcome along with the various heteronyms of Fernando Pessoa in their afterlife."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Poetry.; Canadian poetry;
- Canadian poetry from World War I : an anthology / by Baetz, Joel,1976-;
- Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.LSC
- Subjects: War poetry, Canadian (English); World War, 1914-1918; Canadian poetry (English);
- © 2009., Oxford University Press,
- Personal finance for Canadians for dummies / by Tyson, Eric(Eric Kevin),author.; Martin, Tony(Writer on personal finance),author.;
- Subjects: Finance, Personal;
- The natural history of Canadian mammals / by Naughton, Donna.; Geraghty, Paul.; Csotonyi, Julius,1973-; Carter, Brenda.; Beaulieu-Bouchard, Micheline.; McDonald, Alanillustrator.; Banfield, A. W. F.(Alexander William Francis),1918-1996.Mammals of Canada.; Canadian Museum of Nature.;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 728-779) and index.LSC
- Subjects: Mammals; Natural history;
- © c2012., Canadian Museum of Nature and University of Toronto Press,
- Cabin fever : the best new Canadian non-fiction / by Farr, Moira,1958-; Gill, Charlotte,1971-; Pearson, Ian,1954-; Banff Centre.Literary Journalism.;
- Subjects: Canadian essays (English);
- © c2009., Thomson Allen Publishers,
- The perfect piece : monologues from Canadian plays / by Hamill, Tony;
- Subjects: Monologues, Canadian (English); Acting; Canadian drama (English);
- © 1990., Playwrights Canada Press,
- The great Canadian bucket list : one-of-a-kind travel experiences / by Esrock, Robin,1974-author.;
- Fully revised with new chapters and fascinating destinations to explore, renowned travel personality Robin Esrock curates Canada's most unique and memorable experiences. Having reported from over 120 countries on seven continents, award-winning journalist Robin Esrock has spent decades chasing the extraordinary. In the latest, fully updated edition of his bestselling series, Robin journeys to every province and territory to reveal the inspiring activities and destinations one must do -- and can only do -- in Canada. Each chapter is packed with colourful descriptions, unforgettable characters, quirky trivia, and eye-popping photography. Spanning nature, adventure, culture, history, food, and the bizarre, The Great Canadian Bucket List unpacks the remarkable and unforgettable. With his trademark storytelling, humour, and curiosity, Robin celebrates Canadian experiences that are absolutely unique, instantly memorable, wholly inspirational, and waiting to be discovered.
- Subjects: Guidebooks.; Esrock, Robin, 1974-;
- Fifty years honouring Canadians : the Order of Canada, 1967-2017 / by McCreery, Christopher,author.; Vanier, Jean,1928-writer of foreword.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Over the past fifty years more than 6,000 Canadians have been appointed to the Order of Canada. This illustrated history traces the Order's origins, along the way explaining how the merit-based honour got its familiar snowflake insignia. Replete with gorgeous illustrations, this book provides an accessible window into our national honour."--
- Subjects: Order of Canada; Decorations of honor;
- The Exile book of Native Canadian fiction and drama / by Moses, Daniel David,1952-;
- Hearts and flowers / Tomson Highway -- Rat medicine / Lauren B. Davis -- Trickster reflections / Niigonwedom James Sinclair -- King of the raft / Daniel David Moses -- Born with a tooth / Joseph Boyden -- Please do not touch the Indians / Joseph A. Dandurand -- After Brigitte Bardot / Alootook Ipellie --Coyote and the enemy aliens / Thomas King -- Scattering Jake / Yvette Nolan -- Love walked in / Richard Van Camp -- Governor of the dew / Floyd Favel -- The pale Indian / Robert Arthur Alexie -- The witch of Niagara / Daniel David Moses -- What ndns do /Katharina Vermette -- Queen of the North / Eden Robinson.LSC
- Subjects: Canadian drama (English); Canadian fiction (English); Canadian drama (English); Canadian fiction (English);
- © 2010., Exile Editions,
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