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A Magical Time

The Early Days of the Arts at Simon Fraser University

by Frances Atkinson, Tessa Perkins Deneault, Carole Gerson, Christine Hearn, Bill Jeffries, Francis Mansbridge, Barry Truax, Hildegard Westerkamp, Sandy Wilson, Max Wyman, Ann Cowan ...

Simon Fraser University went from an idea in 1963 to opening its doors in 1965, a feat that led it to be dubbed “the instant university.” This multi-authored history chronicles the excitement of that first radical decade of the arts at SFU.The 1960s were famously a decade of cultural revolution, and Simon Fraser University was a creature of its time. The counter-culture spirit infected all levels ... Read more

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Simon Fraser University went from an idea in 1963 to opening its doors in 1965, a feat that led it to be dubbed “the instant university.” This multi-authored history chronicles the excitement of that first radical decade of the arts at SFU.The 1960s were famously a decade of cultural revolution, and Simon Fraser University was a creature of its time. The counter-culture spirit infected all levels
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Emotionally Weird

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Frances Tomelty ...

Abridged

3 hours 57 min

Brought to you by Penguin.On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a
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Human Croquet

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Susan Jameson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min

Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green.And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself.But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees.The Fairfaxes have dwindled too; now they live in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and are hardly a family ... Read more

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Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green.And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself.But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees.The Fairfaxes have dwindled too; now they live in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and are hardly a family
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Behind The Scenes At The Museum

The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Susan Jameson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 18 min

Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian ... Read more

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Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian
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When Will There Be Good News?

The third book in the Jackson Brodie series from the bestselling author

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Series series Jackson Brodie
Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.The third Jackson Brodie novel, winner of Richard & Judy's Best Read****: literary crime from the number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.**In a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-old girl witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison.In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.The third Jackson Brodie novel, winner of Richard & Judy's Best Read****: literary crime from the number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.**In a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-old girl witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison.In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her
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Case Histories

The first book in the Jackson Brodie series from the bestselling author

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Susan Jameson ...

Series series Jackson Brodie
Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.The first Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.**Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

**Brought to you by Penguin.The first Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.**Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to
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Started Early, Took My Dog

A Jackson Brodie Novel

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Nicholas Bell ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Jackson Brodie
Unabridged

12 hours 11 min

With Dickensian brilliance, Kate Atkinson creates plots peopled with unlikely heroes and villains.It's a day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.Witness to Tracy's ... Read more

$22.00 CAD

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With Dickensian brilliance, Kate Atkinson creates plots peopled with unlikely heroes and villains.It's a day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.Witness to Tracy's
... Read more

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum

A Novel

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Pearl Hewitt ...

Unabridged

12 hours 50 min

A deeply moving family story of happiness and heartbreak, Behind the Scenes at the Museum is bestselling author Kate Atkinson's award-winning literary debut.National BestsellerWinner of the Whitbread Book of the YearRuby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of an English girl ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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A deeply moving family story of happiness and heartbreak, Behind the Scenes at the Museum is bestselling author Kate Atkinson's award-winning literary debut.National BestsellerWinner of the Whitbread Book of the YearRuby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of an English girl
... Read more

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A God in Ruins

by Kate Atkinson ...

Narrated by Alex Jennings ...

Unabridged

16 hours 23 min

The stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl).Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. Her new novel tells the story of Ursula Todd's beloved ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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The stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl).Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. Her new novel tells the story of Ursula Todd's beloved
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The History of Canada Series: The Best Place To Be

Expo '67 And Its Time

by John Lownsbrough ...

Series series History of Canada
A pivotal event in Canada’s history For six months in 1967, from late April until the end of October, Canada and its world's fair, Expo 67, became the focus of national and international attention in a way the country and its people had rarely experienced. Expo 67 crystallized the buoyant mood and newfound sense of confidence many felt during Canada's centennial. It becomes clearer, though, as its ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

A pivotal event in Canada’s history For six months in 1967, from late April until the end of October, Canada and its world's fair, Expo 67, became the focus of national and international attention in a way the country and its people had rarely experienced. Expo 67 crystallized the buoyant mood and newfound sense of confidence many felt during Canada's centennial. It becomes clearer, though, as its
... Read more
Arrival

The Story of CanLit

by Nick Mount, 3M National Teaching Fellowship ...

“The most important book to be written in more than 40 years about the rise of Canadian literature… Arrival: The Story of CanLit brims and crackles, in equal measure, with information and energy.” — Winnipeg Free PressA Globe and Mail Top 100 BookNational Post 99 Best Books of the YearIn the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“The most important book to be written in more than 40 years about the rise of Canadian literature… Arrival: The Story of CanLit brims and crackles, in equal measure, with information and energy.” — Winnipeg Free PressA Globe and Mail Top 100 BookNational Post 99 Best Books of the YearIn the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an
... Read more
Peter Gzowski

A Biography

by R.B. Fleming ...

Born in 1934, Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the century as a journalist and interviewer. This biography, the most comprehensive and definitive yet published, is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski’s days at the University of Toronto’s The Varsity in the mid 1950s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of Maclean’s in the 1960s ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Born in 1934, Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the century as a journalist and interviewer. This biography, the most comprehensive and definitive yet published, is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski’s days at the University of Toronto’s The Varsity in the mid 1950s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of Maclean’s in the 1960s
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