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I've Got a Home in Glory Land: The Lost Tale Of The Underground Railroad

I've Got a Home in Glory Land: The Lost Tale Of The Underground Railroad

Karolyn Smardz Frost

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Be Not Afraid: the Polish (R)evolution, | Heather Kirk

Recommended by the Kosciuszko Foundation

2 weeks ago

"Be Not Afraid: the Polish (R)evolution, 'Solidarity'" is recommended by the Kosciuszko Foundation, an institution based in New York City that promotes Polish culture and history in America. The book is listed in the section titled "Books by KF Scholars and Honorees" on the Foundation's website at http://www.thekf.org/Gallery/Book. read review

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New Book about Mazo de la Roche

5 years ago

I am delighted to announce the imminent arrival of my latest book, Who Were the Whiteoaks and Where Was Jalna? This is my second book about Mazo de la Roche, and it will be available in November. Who Were the Whiteoaks and Where Was Jalna? is an investigation into the sources of the Jalna novels of Mazo de la Roche. It is being published by Tecumseh Press, a division of Borealis Book Publishers of Ottawa, Ontario. view post

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I have published two YA novels, a rewrite of the classic Canadian novel, Wacousta, a biography of Mazo de la Roche, and a scholarly book about de la Roche.
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My special areas of interest are modern Polish history and early Canadian literature.
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Jalna and Whiteoaks of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche, Wacousta by John Richardson, Enchantment and Sorrow by Gabrielle Roy, and Pelagie by Antonine Maillet.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs " by Henryk Gorecki and "O Canada."
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"This above all: to thine own self be true." (Shakespeare, Hamlet)
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Growing Up Bronx

Growing Up Bronx

H.a. Hargreaves

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A remarkable window on a young man's formative years in The Bronx during the Great Depression and WWII.

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North By 2000+

North By 2000+

H. A. Hargreaves

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Timeless, insightful speculative fiction from one of Canada's premier writers of the genre.

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Dutch Schultz: The Brazen Beer Baron Of New York

Dutch Schultz: The Brazen Beer Baron Of New York

Nate Hendley

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An easy, insightful look at another iconic gangster from the Prohibition Era in the U.S.

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Stonehouse Cooks: timeless recipes for the 21st century

Stonehouse Cooks: timeless recipes for the 21st century

Lorina Stephens

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Stonehouse Cooks offers recipes, meal plans and strategies to bring nutrition, delicious food and fun into the kitchen and on to the table.

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The Organic Home Garden

The Organic Home Garden

Patrick Lima

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We are ridiculously excited to be presenting on September 1, 2011, gardening gurus, Patrick Lima & John Scanlan's new, revised, updated, engaging, informative and fabulous The Organic Home Garden.

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Crystal Death: North America's Most Dangerous Drug

Crystal Death: North America's Most Dangerous Drug

Nate Hendley

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The first of our trio of fabulous books this year releases June 1, 2011, from well-known Five Rivers author, Nate Hendley. It's a hard-hitting look at this most devastating of drugs

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Tragedy in 1830s Upper Canada, a woman in exile, vengeance and hope, now available in digital format. http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/search/?keywords=five%20rivers%20chapmanry&pageSize=12

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A Subtle Thing

A Subtle Thing

Alicia Hendley

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Open discussion with author AliciaHendley on Facebook, Mon Nov 8. 3 people will win copy of 'A Subtle Thing' Nov 19. http://on.fb.me/97roR1

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