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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with this overview of its activities--sometimes quiet and sometimes strident--as a watchdog and safeguard for Canadians

Despite her family's threat to disown her, Idil, a young Somali woman, rejects her high Bliss status to marry Sidow, a poor Boon man.

A thirst for adventure, a deep desire to push themselves beyond their comfort zones, and an innate curiosity about the world and its peoples drive the biographies of the ten women explorers profile

This hilarious sequel to Jeremy and the Aunties will entertain readers as they follow the antics of the aunties -- weird and wonderful old lady mannequins who come to life and take over the air wav

It is the end of the First World War, and thirteen-year-old Meredith yearns to become a teacher.

Peggy is starting to outgrow Notherland, the imaginary world she created as a child, and wants to cut her ties - not knowing it will destroy Notherland completely.

Faith Emily Hansen just wants to be loved and to live without the weight of addiction.

Kat is alone with a secret she doesn?t want to keep, but can?t risk telling.

Behind each tightly locked apartment door at rundown 64 Wilnut Street lie the hidden stories of the inhabitants.

In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan from the Auschwitz museum in Germany.

Discover the lives of women artists from the 16th century to the present day, such as the early feminist Artemisia Gentileschi, the adventurous Emily Carr, the flamboyant Frida Kahlo, and the brill

Severn Suzuki’s speech at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio caught the attention of the world.

It’s the 1960s – the time for equal rights, peace, and love. But for Ellen Manery, it’s the time to work hard and finish high school early.

Women and children live in the shadow of violence all the time. Rape, child abuse and sexual assault, pornography, wife battery and sexual harassment are facts of everyday life in our society.

This book in the acclaimed Women’s Hall of Fame Series profiles 10 incredible women with an itch to invent.