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  • 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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      Narrator: Multiple Readers
      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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  • 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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  • 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
  • Inflammation du verbe vivre
    Author:

    Mouawad, Wajdi

    Summary:

    Wahid, metteur en scène de théâtre, entreprend de monter la tragédie de Sophocle Philoctète.  Alors que le décès du poète Robert Davreu, qui était chargé d'en assurer une nouvelle traduction,

    Genre: Drama, Canadian drama, French language materials

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      Running Time: 03:45:51
      Narrator: Apple Thomas (synthetic)
      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
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      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
  • Pig girl
    Author:

    Murphy, Colleen

    Summary:

    At 4:00 a.m.

    Genre: Drama, Canadian drama, French language materials

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Running Time: 03:43:24
      Narrator: Apple Victoria (synthetic)
      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
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      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
    • Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press, Thu, 01/01/2015 - 12:00
  • HER2
    Author:

    Ardal, Maja

    Summary:

    In this poignant meditation on the uneasy relationship between science and the human spirit, a group of women aged nineteen to sixty-three with HER2-related breast cancer are recruited for a clinic

    Genre: Canadian drama, Medical fiction

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  • The Cure for Everything
    Author:

    Ardal, Maja

    Summary:

    Elsa is a typical fifteen-year-old growing up in the early 1960s.

    Genre: Bildungsromans, Canadian drama

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  • The Doorman of Windsor Station
    Author:

    Vincent, Julie

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    Hazelton, Hugh

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    Alfonso, Javier

    Summary:

    Francisco will forever be haunted by the sight of his best friend Juan lying on the floor of a train station, pierced by five bullets.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Psychological fiction

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  • Twisted
    Author:

    Corbeil-Coleman, Charlotte

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    Pierre, Joseph Jomo

    Summary:

    Growing up, Nancy believed in magic despite a hand-me-down life in a small town.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Young adult fiction

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  • Outlaw
    Author:

    Foster, Norm

    Summary:

    A young Canadian homesteader travelling far from home finds himself accused of murder in the state of Kansas in 1871.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Historical fiction, Western fiction

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