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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas / William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford
    Author:

    Ferguson, Julie H.

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    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

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  • Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and Many More
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

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    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

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    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    Goodall, Lian

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    ,

    Evans, Gary

    ,

    Cowley, Deborah

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Kirk, Heather

    ,

    Cimon, Anne

    ,

    Vanasse, André

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25 Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas
    Author:

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    Summary:

    Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

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  • Canadian Literary Bundle Susanna Moodie / Gabrielle Roy / Robertson Davies / Mazo de la Roche
    Author:

    Maes, Nicholas

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    Kirk, Heather

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    Cimon, Anne

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    Vanasse, André

    Summary:

    Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. In these books we explore Canada’s literary heritage.

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  • Allan Maclean, Jacobite General The life of an eighteenth century career soldier
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

    Summary:

    Born on the Isle of Mull to an impoverished lair of the clan Maclean, young Allan fought his first battle — for Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden — from a sense of deep conviction and family loyalt

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, History and geography

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  • Battlefields of Canada
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

    Summary:

    Battlefields of Canada encompasses nearly 300 years of history and features sixteen of the most significant Canadian battles as well as some of the most comic or bizarre.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Bold, Brave, and Born to Lead Major General Isaac Brock and the Canadas
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

    Summary:

    Celebrated as the saviour of Upper Canada, Major General Sir Isaac Brock was a charismatic leader who won the respect not only of his own troops, but also of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh and even men

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

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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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  • Escape Adventures of a Loyalist Family
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

    Summary:

    Plots, shots, flight, pursuit — all are part of this story from the exciting chapter in America's history when thousands of Loyalists fled to Canada to evade the vengeance of the American Revo

    Genre: 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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  • Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe 1762-1850 A Biography
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

    Summary:

    The diaries, letters, and sketches of Elizabeth Simcoe are drawn upon as sources in this portrayal of the energetic and remarkable woman who came to Upper Canada with her husband when he was appoin

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

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  • John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806 A Biography
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

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    Dracott, Christopher

    Summary:

    One of the legendary figures of Ontario history, John Graves Simcoe was the commander of the Queen’s Rangers during the American Revolution.

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

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  • King's Men The Soldier Founders of Ontario
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

    Summary:

    King's Men is the story of the Loyalist regiments who became the soldier founders of the Province of Ontario, the Loyal Colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, Canadian

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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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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