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Whisky and Ice: The Saga of Ben Kerr, Canada’s Most Daring Rumrunner
- Location(s): Hamilton
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1920s
During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the “King of the Rumrunners.” The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000. But ending up in Club Fed...
- Location(s): Yukon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1890s
‘Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on…‘ Set in the frozen forests of the Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s, ‘White Fang’ tells the story of a young wolf-dog’s journey...
- Location(s): Arctic, Canada
- Genre(s): Environmental, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary/Future
Only one knows the truth. Only one can reveal it. Only one can save them all Carrie, a Scottish rescue swimmer out of her depth in the High Arctic. Ross, the owner of an oil rig with a guilty...
- Location(s): Canada, Israel, Israel, Palestine, Palestine
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 19th century to 1990s
White Zion takes readers into the worlds of 19th century Yemen, pre-State British Mandate Israel, modern Israel and modern Canada. You will hear the voices of a young boy marveling at Israel’s first air force on his own roof,...
- Location(s): Canada, Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Previously published as ‘The Beggar Maid‘, Alice Munro’s wonderful collection of stories reads like a novel, following Rose’s life as she moves away from her impoverished roots and forges her own path in the world. Born into the back...
- Location(s): Canada
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
In an account of the author’s involuntary and highly entertaining encounters with the wildlife in her backyard she lets the reader in on the funny characters of the wild. Comical situations dominate the stories Bea W Meyer tells about...
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