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  • The Desperate Ones Forgotten Canadian Outlaws
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction They were among Canada’s most desperate criminals, yet their names have been all but forgotten in the annals of history - until no

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, True crime stories

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  • Simon Girty Wilderness Warrior
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    During the American Revolution and the border conflicts that followed, Simon Girty’s name struck terror into the hearts of U.S. settlers in the Ohio Valley and the territory of Kentucky.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, History and geography

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  • Line of Fire Heroism, Tragedy, and Canada's Police
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    Across Canada peace officers put their lives on the line every day.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Running With Dillinger The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    This book picks up where The Desperate Ones: Canada's Forgotten Outlaws left off.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, True crime stories

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  • Robertson Davies Magician of Words
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queen’s University in Kingston in the 1930’s, and editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, ess

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, General fiction

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  • Laughing Wolf
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 2010 Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Award - Snow Willow and for the 2010 Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award It is the year 2213.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Crescent Star
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Avi Greenbaum is Jewish and lives in West Jerusalem. Moussa Shakir is Palestinian and lives in East Jerusalem.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • Murder Twelve True Stories of Homicide in Canada
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    Who committed Toronto’s Silk Stocking Murder? Why did a quiet accountant in Guelph, Ontario, murder his wife and two daughters?

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, True crime stories

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  • Ghost Stories of Newfoundland and Labrador
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    Shrouded in the mists of history and legend, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a land of mysteries. Its waters are a graveyard for countless wrecked ships.

    Genre: Body, mind and spirit, Canadian nonfiction, Myths and folk tales

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  • Locksmith A Felix Taylor Adventure
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens, long-listed for the 2009 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Twelve-year-old Lewis Castorman is a master locksmith: there is no lock on

    Genre: Juvenile fiction

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  • Transmigration
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    What do you do when you’re being watched at every turn by creatures plotting to take over the world? Simon Carpenter is a normal 16-year-old living in Vancouver. Or is he normal?

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Paranormal fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • Sheridan Nurseries One Hundred Years of People, Plans, and Plants
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Stensson, Karl

    Summary:

    A charming tale of history, creativity, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening.

    Genre: Business and economics, Canadian nonfiction

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  • Fortuna A Felix Taylor Adventure
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    Felix Taylor once stopped a devastating plague, but now he must save his world from humankind itself.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • Wrong Side of the Law True Stories of Crime
    Author:

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    Bestselling true crime author Edward Butts presents a rogues’ gallery of desperadoes whose crimes range from robbery to murder. English bank robbers on the run turn up in Newfoundland.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, True crime stories

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  • Felix Taylor Adventures 2-Book Bundle Laughing Wolf / Fortuna
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

    Summary:

    For the first time, the Felix Taylor Adventures are available as together in this two-book bundle.

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