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

    Conrad, John

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    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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  • Cold North Killers Canadian Serial Murder
    Author:

    Mellor, Lee

    Summary:

    Canada is seen as a peaceful place, but this wake-up call shows us that there have been more than 60 serial killers in our history. Limited time offer.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, True crime 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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