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Captain Scott's Scrapbook
Mutinies, Mining and Mysteries by Margot Dixon
Amongst the family albums her mother had kept, Margot Dixon found something very curious—Captain Samuel F. Scott’s old scrapbook. Who was this man? And why did her family have his scrapbook? As she read through the book, full of one-of-a-kind...
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong??
by Shannon McDonald
Come and meet Lola and Sad Gary, two very special little goats! When Grace and Walter adopt twin orphan goats and bring them into their home, they also bring in a little bit of chaos! The goats poop everywhere, jump on the furniture, and eat any...
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J'st to Live
Part 1: Ready or Not / Part 2: No Way Back by A.C. Mueller-Rowry
In the 1970s, Angie’s sheltered, middle-class outlook is turned upside down when she falls in love with Robert, an incredibly handsome Black guitarist and brilliant, street-savvy school dropout. The pair lose touch when Angie leaves St. Louis’s...
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Beyond the Billows
A life of an engineer who lived and acted in three countries by Yutaka (Jeff) Adachi
Born in 1933 in Fukuoka, Japan, Yutaka was a just a boy when WWII began. National turmoil was joined by personal turmoil when he and his brothers lost their parents, and along with them, their home. So began the first of Yutaka’s many moves,...
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The Reesor Siding Tragedy
Canada's Bloodiest Labour Conflict by Charles A Beaudoin
Northern Ontario, January 1963. Weeks of violence and rising tension, mob mentality, and failures in leadership culminated in the Reesor Siding Tragedy: a shooting that took the lives of three strikers from the Spruce Falls Pulp and Paper Company...
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His Majesty's Sailor and the Girl in the Blue Coat
by Michael D Gilston
It’s the fall of 1942, and the Second World War rages on. The skies above Britain and the oceans around her are a battleground: German bombers target cities like Liverpool and Crewe, while U-Boats and warships prowl the waters between England and...
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The Guernsey Diplomat
by Sandy L.C. Bezanson
Do you believe in the healing power of love? In 1827, Isobel Radford is travelling incognito to the island of Guernsey. A weather delay puts her in the immediate orbit of Lord Chetton, a member of one of the island's most respected families. The...
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Art Therapy Activities for All Ages
by Joan Stewart
The purpose of Art Therapy is to create an oasis of time to allow the brain and body to relax, recharge, and rejuvenate itself, while exploring the creative process of manipulating design elements such as line, shape, form, space, texture, tone,...
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Mink Hills
The monsters under your bed are real! by J.F Lore
For more than two hundred years, the township of Mink Hills, Manitoba, has been embroiled in a secret war with an enemy profoundly suited to the shadows. Legend has it that werewolves roam the woods outside of town, responsible for the abduction...
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Fenn's Giant Blue Secret
A Story About a Brave Bear Trying to Find his Colour by Michele Doucette and Lindsay Bath
Fenn is a small brown bear who lives in a charming forest with all of his bear friends. One day, when Fenn is learning to roar, he discovers a shocking secret about himself—there’s a blue patch on his fluffy brown fur! Not wanting to be different...