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Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey

Things have never been better for black players in professional hockey. In 2002, Jarome Iginla became the first black scoring champion in the National Hockey League. In May 2003, Anson Carter scored the game-winning goal ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

★ The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

By Thomas King

Before he became the respected author of such books as Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King just couldn’t win. When he wore a suit and reasoned like a non-Indian, he wasn’t authentic. When he wore ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Native Peoples

Women in a World at War: Seven Dispatches from the Front

By Madeleine Gagnon, Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott, trans.

Women in a World at War, by Quebec writer Madeleine Gagnon, is an extraordinary work. Less investigative journalism than an extended effort to view the war-torn world through a poet’s gaze, the book crosses borders ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: History

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure

By Maria Coffey

Following the death of Maria Coffey’s life partner, elite British mountaineer Joe Tasker, on Everest’s then-unclimbed Northeast Ridge in 1985, Coffey moved to Canada and reinvented herself as a writer. Her first book, Fragile Edge, ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

★ Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

By Roméo Dallaire

Between April and August 1994, while the international community looked on, 800,000 people were systematically murdered in a small African country. In Shake Hands with the Devil, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire, the former Force ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Dog Crafts

By Linda Hendry

For those who love both pets and crafts, these new offerings from Kids Can Press are sure to be hits. Ontario author/illustrator Linda Hendry’s Dog Crafts is filled with eyecatching theme projects kids will want ... Read More »

November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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By Frank Augustyn and Shelley Tanaka

Every young ballet fan who has succumbed to the magic of dimming lights, swelling music, and gossamer costumes wonders what it’s really like to be on stage. Famous Canadian dancer Frank Augustyn knows both the ... Read More »

November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Footnotes: Dancing the World’s Best-loved Ballets

By Frank Augustyn and Shelley Tanaka

November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Safe Teen: Powerful Alternatives to Violence

By Anita Roberts

Anita Roberts of Vancouver has forged 20 years of experience teaching her assault prevention program for teens into this new guide to preventing violence. Safe Teen is written in clear, enjoyable language accessible to teens, ... Read More »

November 10, 2003

★ Hummingbirds: A Beginner’s Guide

By Laurel Aziz

Hummingbirds are apparently the most popular birds in North America, and reading these two appealing books about them makes it easy to understand why. Any account of hummingbirds deals in amazing statistics: their wings beat ... Read More »

November 9, 2003

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Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey

★ The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

Women in a World at War: Seven Dispatches from the Front

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure

★ Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

Dog Crafts

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★ Footnotes: Dancing the World’s Best-loved Ballets

Safe Teen: Powerful Alternatives to Violence

★ Hummingbirds: A Beginner’s Guide

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