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  • A canticle for Leibowitz
    Author:

    Miller, Walter M.

    Summary:

    In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and pre

    Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian fiction

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      Running Time: 33:53:20
      Narrator: Multiple Readers
      Publisher: Crane Library, Thu, 01/01/2015 - 12:00
  • The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame A Life of Louise Arner Boyd
    Author:

    Kafarowski, Joanna

    Summary:

    The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd — the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century.

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

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  • The Oak Island Mystery World's Greatest Treasure Hunt
    Author:

    Fanthorpe, Lionel and Patricia

    Summary:

    The Oak Island mystery has been the world’s greatest and strangest treasure hunt, and after years of research the authors have finally solved the sinister with an answer that is challenging, contro

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

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  • Battle Diary From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE
    Author:

    Martin, Charles Cromwell

    ,

    Whitsed, Roy

    Summary:

    A fast-paced account by a soldier who was twice decorated. Charlie Martin, company sergeant-major in the Queen’s Own, was with his beloved A Company in all of the significant Normandy actions.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, True adventure stories

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  • Between France and New France Life Aboard the Tall Sailing Ships
    Author:

    Proulx, Gilles

    Summary:

    Between France and New France is an absorbing look at life abroad the sailing vessels which plied the North Atlantic during the French colonial era in North America.

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

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  • It can't happen here : a novel
    Author:

    Lewis, Sinclair

    Summary:

    A New England newspaper editor fights to destroy the fascist dictatorship established by President Berzelius Windrip in this classic work by the author of Babbit, Arrowsmith, and Main Street that p

    Genre: Dystopian fiction, Classic fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Running Time: 40:03:29
      Narrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)
      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
    • Login to access DAISY 3 - Full Text and Audio
      Narrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)
      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
  • down from heaven
    Author:

    Wagner, Colleen

    Summary:

    A virus has plagued the city and residents are quarantined. Curfews have been imposed and rumours of government corruption abound. Bureaucratic red tape is creating a food crisis.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Dystopian fiction

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  • The Unplugging
    Author:

    Nolan, Yvette

    Summary:

    Forced to rely upon traditional wisdom for their survival, Elena and Bern retreat from the remains of civilization to a freezing, desolate landscape where they attempt to continue their lives after

    Genre: Canadian drama, Dystopian fiction

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  • PostApoc
    Author:

    Worth, Liz

    Summary:

    Sole survivor of a suicide pact, Ang has fallen into an underground music scene obsessed with the idea of the end of the world.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Dystopian fiction

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  • What the Thunder Said Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar
    Author:

    Conrad, John

    ,

    Blatchford, Christie

    Summary:

    By every principle of war, every shred of military logic, logistics support to Canada’s Task Force Orion in Afghanistan should have collapsed in July 2006.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, True adventure stories

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  • Redcoated Ploughboys The Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada, 1813–1815
    Author:

    Feltoe, Richard

    Summary:

    2013 Heritage Toronto Award — Shortlisted Redcoated Ploughboys brings the story of the Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada to life, revealing a fascinating lost chapter in military

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

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  • Secrets of the World's Undiscovered Treasures
    Author:

    Fanthorpe, Lionel and Patricia

    Summary:

    Treasures of many kinds still lie hidden below crumbling castles and ruined monasteries; in macabre tombs; in subterranean labyrinths and sinister caverns.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, True adventure stories

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  • Vilhjalmur Stefansson Arctic Adventurer
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

    Summary:

    Born in Manitoba of Icelandic parents, Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) became one of Canada’s most famous and controversial Arctic explorers.

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

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  • Dancing in the Sky The Royal Flying Corps in Canada
    Author:

    Hunt, C.W.

    Summary:

    Dancing in the Sky is the first complete telling of the First World War fighter pilot training initiative established by the British in response to the terrible losses occurring in the skies over E

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

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  • Fortune Favours the Brave Tales of Courage and Tenacity in Canadian Military History
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    ,

    Dallaire, Romeo

    Summary:

    Many Canadians see the role their country’s military plays in Afghanistan as an anomaly. However, this assumption is far from the truth. As U.S.

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

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