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  • Initiation
    Author:

    Haich, Elisabeth

    Summary:

    An autobiography that connects the twentieth century European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich and her lucid memories of initiation into the hidden mystical teachings of the

    Genre: Biographical fiction, Autobiographical fiction

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      Narrator: Multiple Readers
      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
  • Manson : the life and times of Charles Manson
    Author:

    Guinn, Jeff

    Summary:

    Based on new interviews, this revealing account of one of the most notorious criminals in American history puts Manson in the context of his times, the turbulent end of the 60s, revealing a rock st

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, True crime stories

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      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
  • Good bones
    Author:

    Atwood, Margaret

    Summary:

    In Good Bones, first published in 1992, Margaret Atwood has fashioned an enthralling collection of parable, monologue, mini-romance and mini-biography, speculative fiction, prose lyric, ou

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Biographical fiction, Short stories

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      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
  • What Killed Jane Creba Rap, Race, and the Invention of a Gang War
    Author:

    Arvast, Anita

    Summary:

    The sensational story of a girl's tragic death and the whirlwind of racial prejudices that came in its wake.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, True crime stories

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  • A Daughter's Deadly Deception The Jennifer Pan Story
    Author:

    Grimaldi, Jeremy

    Summary:

    2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Nonfiction Book — Winner A sinister plot by a young woman left her mother dead and her father riddled with bullets.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, True crime stories

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  • C.W. Hunt's High-Flying Adventures 2-Book Bundle Dancing in the Sky / Whisky and Ice
    Author:

    Hunt, C.W.

    Summary:

    Canada’s past is rich with high-flying adventures — whether it’s pilots fighting in the skies or the King of the Rumrunners fleeing the feds! Read their stories in this two-book collection.

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

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  • Drop Dead A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada
    Author:

    Poplak, Lorna

    Summary:

    Shining a light on the dark history of hangings in Canada.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, True crime stories

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  • Recipe for Hate
    Author:

    Kinsella, Warren

    Summary:

    How a group of Portland, Maine, punks defeated a murderous gang of neo-Nazis. The X Gang is a group of punks led by the scarred, silent, and mostly unreadable Christopher X.

    Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian fiction, Young adult fiction

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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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  • The Year Is a Circle A Celebration of Henry David Thoreau
    Author:

    Friesen, Victor Carl

    Summary:

    Henry David Thoreau is remembered as a foremost nature writer. He was an ecologist before the term was invented.

    Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian poetry

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  • Call in Pinkerton's American Detectives at Work for Canada
    Author:

    Williams, David Ricardo

    Summary:

    Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services.

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

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  • Busted : Nova Scotia's war on drugs
    Author:

    Oickle, Vernon

    Summary:

    As a reporter for a weekly newspaper on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, Vernon Oickle became increasingly aware of the expansion of the drug trade in the region.

    Genre: True crime stories, Canadian nonfiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Running Time: 27:47:20
      Narrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)
      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Wed, 06/22/2016 - 12:00
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      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Wed, 06/22/2016 - 12:00
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      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Wed, 06/22/2016 - 12:00
  • Maggie and Pierre & The Duchess
    Author:

    Griffths, Linda

    Summary:

    Winner of the first Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Maggie and Pierre chronicles the public and private relationship between Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau from 1974-1980.

    Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian drama

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  • How do I love thee
    Author:

    Gibson MacDonald, Florence

    Summary:

    Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning are as renowned for their passionate relationship as they are their poetry. How Do I Love Thee?

    Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian drama

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  • Age of Minority Three Plays by Jordan Tannahill
    Author:

    Tannahill, Jordan

    Summary:

    Based on a true story, Get Yourself Home Skyler James follows the harrowing journey of a young lesbian who defects from the army when she is outed by fellow soldiers.

    Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian drama, Young adult fiction

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