The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 Unique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes.
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Author:Boyer, J. Patrick
Summary:- Author:
Gudgeon, Christopher
,Gudgeon, Tavish
,Mauro, Joey
,Saadi, Yusuf
Summary:A hilarious self-help book for recovering Leafs fans everywhere. We’ve all heard it. The sound of one team sucking. Our team. The Leafs.
- Literary Titans Revisited The Earle Toppings Interviews with CanLit Poets and Writers of the SixtiesAuthor:
Urbancic, Anne
Summary:Unearthed recordings reveal the early days of the literary powerhouses who gave birth to CanLit in the 1960s.
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Zweig, Eric
Summary:A complete history of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as told by the players, coaches, and reporters. On December 19, 1917, the Toronto Arenas took to the ice for the first NHL game ever played.
- Author:
Kristjanson, Karen L.
,Kruk, Edward
Summary:Karen L. Kristjanson shares the stories of a variety of divorced and separated couples who co-parent.
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Brown, Jeremiah
Summary:Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown’s journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you’ve got.
- Author:
Hodgins, Bruce W.
,Jennings, John
,Small, Doreen
Summary:The canoe is a symbol unique to Canada. One of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after, the canoe is Canada’s most powerful icon.
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Plante, Raymond
,Konieczny, Vladimir
Summary:Jacque Plante, the first National Hockey League goalie to regularly wear protective facemask, was known for roving out of his net.
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Deval, Gord
,Quarrington, Paul
Summary:Author Gord Deval is the grand "old guy" of sport fishing in Canada. Few anglers can match him when it comes to his familiarity with trout and fly fishing.
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Johnston, David
Summary:From our present Governor General, a series of 50 (of several thousand) carefully chosen letters he has written to people he has admired and befriended over his seventy-plus years, that sets out Mr
Genre: Discursive works, Canadian nonfiction - Author:
Blennerhassett, Patrick
Summary:Imagine you’re one of India’s most decorated athletes, a country of more than a billion people.
- Author:
Nash, Mike
Summary:Short-listed for the 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival Competition The Mountain Knows No Expert epitomizes George Evanoff’s philosophy towards the outdoors, while presenting an intriguing contrast
- Author:
Lennox, Doug
Summary:Known around the world as football, soccer is the world's most watched and played sport.
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Lennox, Doug
Summary:It's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback, but the true football fan has the answers all week long.
- Author:
Lennox, Doug
Summary:Ever wonder where the figure skating terms axel, salchow, and lutz came from? Or why a curling tournament is called a "brier"?