Posts Tagged ‘local-author’
Stone Woman
Stone Woman is a saga of Blossom’s unconventional family of five women, whose lives are bound by a Vietnam-War draft dodger David, immersed in the Yorkville subculture of the hippie daze of Toronto. During the 1967 Art Symposium, a giant block of marble intended for a sculpture disappears from High Park, and the mystery of…
Read MoreAwenda Voice & Spirit
The McNamara Brothers
Bert Corbeau
Blinding Light
Heart of the Blackhawks
“The book is a sympathetic and detailed account of Pilote’s journey to Hockey immortality . . . Hockey fans — especially old time Hawks devotees — will delight in the portraits offered here of Pilote’s equally famous teammates.” — Publishers Weekly From the beginning, the hockey gods looked favourably on Pierre Pilote, a French Canadian…
Read MoreThe Way to Inner Peace (large)
The Excalibur Parchment
“A mythical sword.” “A sinister force. ” “A quest that crosses centuries in a battle for global power. ” The spine-tingling plotlines of two centuries of intrigue converge in the search for a powerful icon whose ownership could mean the difference between life and death for thousands, especially travel writer Stone Wallace and his mentor,…
Read MoreThe Great Lobster Cookbook
Shares over one hundred easy-to-follow recipes featuring lobster as well as notes on lobster anatomy and basic techniques for cooking the crustacean.
Read MoreIn A Cloud of Dust
A Tanzanian schoolgirl struggles with a long walk to and from school that leaves her no daylight in which to do homework. When studying at lunchtime makes her miss out on the bicycle library s visit, her compassionate classmates find a way to share the bicycles so that everyone can reach home.”
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