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Type: educational

Status: now reading

Author: Jay Griffiths

2008-03-02

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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Author: Stephen Leacock

Tags: humor shortstories autobiography canada canadian

Description: An excellent book that was apparently reprinted in 1994, so is not nearly as old as I thoughtAn excellent book that was apparently reprinted in 1994, so is not nearly as old as I thought it was. The book is a colllection of short stories by Stephen Leacock, and includes a lot of his dry, Canadian humour... from a day when Canadian humour did not stand out as anything funny that was opposed to Americanism....

2006-02-27

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Type: business

Status: now reading

Author: T. R. Reid

2006-02-24

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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Author: Martin Sullivan

Tags: history politics canada northern unity

Description: An interesting book that describes how Pierre Trudeau came to power in Canada in the sixties:An interesting book that describes how Pierre Trudeau came to power in Canada in the sixties: how he united even disparate factions between French and English and ushered the way in for a more liberal, global society. Democrats today would do well to read this book; the current president is the antithesis of such unity, and America yearns for one who brings unity rather than hatred....

2006-02-21

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Type: business

Status: now reading

Author: Jeremy Rifkin

2006-02-18

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Type: art

Status: now reading

Author: anne newlands

Tags: art canadian northern

Description: A wonderful book about the artists that have been so important in the history of Ontario andA wonderful book about the artists that have been so important in the history of Ontario and Canada. It includes some beautiful copies of their work. ...

2006-02-18