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“The Black Barber of Barkerville,” as Wellington Delaney Moses was known, came to British Columbia from San Francisco, looking for a new home and a place of peace. He was among the first black people to arrive in B.C., hoping that the colony, with its Creole governor,...
Editeur :
Touchwood Editions
Parution :
2011-02-01
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Amy’s Journey is the story of a young girl, who at the age of twelve, is diagnosed with tuberculosis and becomes a patient in a Sanatorium. While on the road to recovery, she copes with a sudden death in her family which ultimately leads to an acute awareness of her...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2010-10-12
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The loggers’ strike of 1959 is over. Premier Joey Smallwood has decertified the International Woodworkers of America, branding them as outlaws and traitors for good measure. Many of Badger’s residents have scattered to the winds under the weight of a feeling of guilt,...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2010-09-11
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Inspired by True Events From the famine-ravaged fields of Ireland to the peaceful fishing village of Fortune Harbour, Newfoundland, Harbour of my Tomorrows takes the reader on an unforgettable journey of adventure, suspense, and love. John Gavin’s tale begins in County...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2010-05-13
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A young girl falls asleep in the Joseph Schneider Haus and wakes up in the 1850s. At the same time, a tramp boy seeks sanctuary from a cruel master. Caught in the past, the young girl, Elizabeth Salisbury, is thrust into the drama of the tramp boy’s struggle to remain...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-10-22
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Lexi, a young Mennonite woman from Saskatchewan, comes to work as housekeeper and nanny for a doctor’s family in Waterloo, Ontario, during the Depression. Dr. Gerald Oliver is a handsome philanderer who lives with his neurotic and alcoholic wife, Cammy, and their two...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-10-22
Collection :
Life Writing
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The harrowing tale of the last woman hanged in Newfoundland.
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2009-09-17
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In 1959, the small town of Badger was the centre of a labour confrontation that forever changed the social and political landscape of Newfoundland. For two and a half months, loggers had been striking for better wages and working conditions. Led by the International...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2008-09-03
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Inspired by True Events In 1934, North America lay stripped of its riches by a great depression. When the land refused to yield its bounty and the sea grew stingy, everyone in the Western World found it harder to survive, especially those in the isolated outports of...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2008-02-26
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Clarissa, eleven, has been orphaned by a disease that has kept her far from home for as long as she can remember. Despite the many inmates in Dr. Grenfell’s Children’s Home on Newfoundland’s northern tip, she lives a lonely life. She longs to be able to do something as...
Editeur :
Pennywell Books
Parution :
2004-09-27
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The Doryman follows the true story of Richard Hanrahan from age nine when he is ripped away from the safety and comfort of the schoolroom to the seasonal shore fishery on Newfoundland's South Coast in the late 1800s. Later, hardening into premature manhood in the Banks...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2003-09-25
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Follow Astrid's exciting journey through the Viking Age.
About fighting for herself as a woman in a very male-dominated society and time.
About keeping the family together. Fighting for a settlement in Norway.
Follow along during raids, family crises, love, battles and...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-10-06
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Kiyomori's power seemed unshakeable. But Yoshitomo Minamoto's youngest son was growing up. Kiyomori had given Ushiwaka to the Kuramadera temple for supervision when he was still a baby. Ushiwaka turned fifteen. He was a wild boy with intelligence and strong will. He...
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BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-04-24
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Follow Astrid's exciting journey through the Viking Age.
About fighting for herself as a woman in a very male-dominated society and time.
About keeping the family together. Fighting for a settlement in Norway.
Follow along during raids, family crises, love, battles and...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-03-26
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Writing? ... This painstakingly acquired skill - not for you, you say? But reading, well, that's fine? Let's rethink this.
Writing has shaped how we share knowledge, challenge ideas, and build the world we live in. Let's not leave the narratives to others - especially...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-03-21
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The Minoan civilization flourished for more than 1000 years in Santorini and Crete until, in 1628 BC, the Santorini volcano erupted on a scale without known equivalent. Santorini was wiped out in hours, Crete was ravaged by ash and a tsunami. For many archaeologists...
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BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-02-28
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In this book, you read Kiyomori Taira in his prime, aged between forty and fifty. He had eliminated his military rival, Yoshitomo Minamoto. Yoshitomo's beautiful mistress, Tokiwa, turned herself in at Rokuhara. Kiyomori pardoned her little boys from the death penalty....
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2024-12-23
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Immerse yourself in the final chapter of The Guardian of the Present trilogy, and allow yourself to be swept away on a journey where time and space dissolve into boundless dimensions. This closing opus offers a complete immersion into a whirlwind of emotions and...
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BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2024-12-11
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Then, suddenly, they stand in my cell again. They put a pistol to my temple. Cock the hammer. They play their antics with me. Laughingly. Pretending. Then suddenly they pull the trigger. I flinch. Desperately. I close my eyes in a flash. With fear. My whole body...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2024-10-10
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The evil left-side minister, Yorinaga Fujiwara, and the abdicated emperor, Sutoku, rebelled against Goshirakawa and the former emperor Toba's mistress, Mifukumonin.The insurgents lost the Hogen War. Political power shifted to the winners of the Hogen Rebellion, the...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2024-09-19
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