Posts Tagged ‘canadian’
The Pianoman’s Daughter
Just before the outbreak of the Second World War, a young piano tuner, Charlie Kilworth, faces two enigmatic questions: Who was his father? And, does he dare become a father himself, knowing that madness consumed his mother? A loving and magical tale, The Piano Man’s Daughter is a classic work by one of Canada’s most…
Read MoreMedicine Walk
“One of the finest novels of the year.” (Vancouver Sun) By the celebrated author of Canada Reads finalist Indian Horse, this is an unforgettable journey of a father and son, set in dramatic landscape of the BC Interior. For male and female readers equally, for readers of Joseph Boyden, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas King, Russell Banks…
Read MoreUnder Heaven
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book A Washington Post Best Fiction Book Each night for two years Shen Tai has listened to the ghosts of dead soldiers in the darkness outside his isolated cabin. In honour of Tai’s recently deceased father, a celebrated general who led the imperial army in battle here,…
Read MoreThe Education of Augie Merasty
A courageous and intimate chronicle of a young boy’s life in an Indian residential school.
Read MoreEmbers
“Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger man I sought to avoid them and only ever caused myself more of the same. These days I choose to face life head on–and I have become a comet. I arc across the sky of my life and the…
Read MoreI Have To Go
Andrew always answers no when asked if he needs to go to the bathroom, but changes his mind after the car is in motion, his snowsuit with ten buckles and seventeen snaps is put on, and as dinner is about to begin .
Read MoreWaiting for Time
The award-winning sequel to Random Passage.Waiting for Time, the sequel to the best-selling Random Passage, completes the epic saga of the inhabitants of Cape Random. Here, Bernice Morgan tells the story of the strong-willed and enigmatic Mary Bundle, one of the most beloved characters in Newfoundland fiction, and introduces us to Lav Andrews, a descendant…
Read MoreAn Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, in his first book, Chris offers readers extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality. Chris Hadfield decided to become an astronaut after watching the Apollo…
Read MoreThe Whisky King
A rich and fascinating history of Canada’s first celebrity mobster, Rocco Perri –King of the Bootleggers–and the man who pursued him, “Operative No. 1,” Canada’s first undercover Mountie, for readers of Erik Larson, Dean Jobb and Charlotte Gray At the cusp of the twentieth century, two Italian men, among many others, arrived in Canada during…
Read MoreThe Hard Way Out
The shocking true story of a Canadian biker turned informant, in the vein of Gangland Undercover and Under and Alone Dave Atwell was a regular suburban Canadian kid who rose to the heights of society, rubbing elbows with billionaires as a personal security specialist before getting involved with some of the country’s most notorious gangsters…
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