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Bushman’s Lair, The

By (author) Paul McKendrick
Categories: Biography: general

Evocative of John Vaillant’s The Golden Spruce and Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, this fascinating portrait of John Bjornstrom—a far-from-ordinary fugitive—makes for a page-turning read. | The ...

Vieillir, chemin de vérité

By (author) Roland Bourneuf
Categories: True stories: general

These pages, integrating testimony, reflection and a view of the world, accompany the journey of our aging society. Past, present and future merge into a music of words that leads us where everything ...

Picking Up the Pieces

By (author) Carey Newman & Kirstie Hudson
Categories: Biography: general

Picking Up the Pieces tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. It includes hundreds of items collected from residential ...

Florence Kinrade

By (author) Frank Jones
Categories: Biography: general
Series: True Cases Series

This is a thrilling 1909 true crime story! Florence Kinrade, dutiful daughter of a wealthy, upper-crust Canadian family, lives a secret double life as a vaudeville showgirl in Virginia, USA. Then sister ...

Une justice coloniale

By (author) Pierre Rousseau
Categories: True stories: general

L’auteur raconte les années qu’il a vécues en milieu autochtone, surtout comme procureur de la Couronne, alors qu’il s’éveillait progressivement au colonialisme judiciaire et à l’effet néfaste ...

Dépasser l'horizon

Nouvelle édition augmentée – sept nouveaux chapitres ! Mylène Paquette est la première personne des Amériques à avoir traversé l’Atlantique Nord à la rame, en solitaire. Une aventure humaine ...

Nous étions invincibles

Nul ne peut prétendre connaître réellement ces hommes en noir qu’un hélicoptère vient de déposer aux abords d’un petit village d’Afghanistan. Denis Morisset a fait partie des premiers membres ...

Seul l'amour a de l'avenir

By (author) Yves Bériault
Preface by Jean Vanier
Categories: True stories: general

Morts par amour, refusant d’échapper seuls au danger menaçant tout un peuple, ils ont persisté à croire en l’être humain et franchi les frontières religieuses et politiques pour jeter les bases ...

Morrison

The First World War marked a turning point in Canadian history and in Canada’s self-identification as a nation. Yet in memorializing the iconic events and battles of the War, certain key individuals ...

The Embattled General

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Turner (1871-1961) was a capable but controversial Canadian general who played a critical role in the development of the Canadian Corps up to 1917 and contributed significantly ...