Journey to Munich —Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- author.

Spring 1937. On a ship bound for England, Maisie realizes she isn't yet ready to return. Just days after disembarking in dangerous Gibraltar, she becomes entangled in a murder case and is pulled deeper into political int...

The Wars of the Roses —Weir, Alison.

In this companion to "The Princes in the Tower" (DC41835) Weir recounts the events that plunged fifteenth-century medieval Britain into a bloody struggle for the crown. The House of Lancaster, led by the inept King Henry...

Fahrenheit 451 —Bradbury, Ray, 1920-, author.

Social satire set in the future, when owning or reading books is a crime. Guy Montag, the fireman-hero, becomes a fugitive when he succumbs to temptation. Some strong language. 1953.

The piano maker —Palka, Kurt, 1941- author.

Helene, settling into a simple life in St. Homais in 1933, and playing the piano for the church choir, recalls the extraordinary events that brought her to this place. They include the early loss of her soldier husband a...

White oleander a novel —Fitch, Janet, 1955-

Astrid Magnusson is twelve when her poet mother is jailed for killing a former lover. As Astrid moves through a series of foster homes in Los Angeles, she deals with difficult family relations and searches for a sense of...

The Canada chronicles a four-year hitchhiking odyssey —Jackson, Matt.

In 1997, Matt Jackson quit his job, strode to the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise, and began his journey. His plan was to hitchhike across Canada, expecting the trip to take three months - but didn't ar...

Bride of New France —Desrochers, Suzanne, 1976-

1669. Orphan Laure Beausejour is sent across the Atlantic to New France as a Fille du roi. From the moment she arrives in Ville-Marie (Montreal), Laure is expected to marry and produce children with a French soldier who ...

The Mitford sisters —Lovell, Mary S., author.

The lives and times of six aristocratic British sisters, exploring family relationships, artistic successes, scandals, and tragedies. Traces their involvements in clashing political ideologies between the World Wars. One...

All of me —Murray, Anne, 1945-

Documents the life of singer Anne Murray, from her humble origins in the tragedy-plagued coal-mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, to her arrival on the world stage. Anne recounts her battles with her record companies...

Brave new world a novel —Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963, author.

A satire of a technocratic future society in which people are rigidly classified and kept happy by a drug distributed by the government. First published in 1937.

Traitors of the tower —Weir, Alison.

More than four hundred years ago, seven people - five of them women - were beheaded in the Tower of London. Three had been queens of England. The others were found guilty of treason. Why were such important people put to...

A dangerous inheritance [a novel of Tudor rivals and the secret of the Tower] —Weir, Alison, 1951-

The year is 1562. Lady Catherine Grey, cousin of Elizabeth I, has just been arrested along with her husband Edward. Their crime is to have secretly married and produced a child who might threaten the Queen's title. Alone...

Wings of courage a lifetime of triumph over adversity —Hamilton, Neil R. (Neil Rae), 1920-

Hamilton, a long-time employee of the CNIB, recalls growing up in Saskatchewan and his time as a pilot and instructor in World War Two. After losing most of his sight in the war Hamilton returned to Canada to recuperate ...

The Halifax explosion Canada's worst disaster —Cuthbertson, Ken, author.

On December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Norwegian war-relief vessel Imo collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia. That accident sparked a fire and an apocalyptic explosion that was the la...

Now you know Canada 150 years of fascinating facts —Lennox, Doug, author.

Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday is this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history, famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. In these pages, y...

Home from the Vinyl Cafe a year of stories —McLean, Stuart, 1948-2017

Another romp with Dave, Morley, Stephanie and Sam, as they bump and stumble from one Christmas fiasco to the next. In between we learn how Dave and Morley met, and of the perils of taking frogs to school. Many of these s...

Paddlenorth adventure, resilience, and renewal in the Arctic wild —Kingsley, Jennifer.

Paddlenorth tells the riveting story of Kingsley's 54 day paddling adventure on the Back River, in the northern wilderness of the subarctic, as she and her five companions battle raging winds, impenetrable sea ice, and t...

The Great Depression 1929-1939 —Berton, Pierre, 1920-2004.

Berton describes the follies and tragedies of the decade-long Depression and criticizes the political leaders who failed to take the bold steps necessary to deal with unemployment, drought and despair. He portrays the or...

A crown of life the world of John McCrae —Graves, Dianne.

John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" is remembered and recited every Nov. 11th on Remembrance Day. Here is the story of McCrae's life and of the war he lived through as a young doctor serving in the Canadian Army.

I am a truck —Winters, Michelle, 1972- author.

It is the 1760s, at the time of Pontiac's Indian alliance against the British. His campaign against Fort Detroit is masterminded by the mysterious Wacousta, whose thirst for vengeance against the fortress commander borde...