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As the Crow Dies

As the Crow Dies

by Hassan, Marwan

Book - 2005

Liz Strachan, the daughter of successful lawyers and a promising law student herself, has it all. She’s smart, she’s sexy — and she’s missing. When Liz fa...Show more Liz Strachan, the daughter of successful lawyers and a promising law student herself, has it all. She’s smart, she’s sexy — and she’s missing. When Liz fails to show up for classes at the start of the year, her parents turn to the police. But the police have their own notion of what she may be up to. Baffled and driven on by anxiety, the Strachans turn to private investigator Alec Knight of Lajoie-Chang Associates. Show less

Liz Strachan, the daughter of successful lawyers and a promising law student herself, has it all. She’s smart, she’s sexy — and she’s missing. When Liz fa...Show more Liz Strachan, the daughter of successful lawyers and a promising law student herself, has it all. She’s smart, she’s sexy — and she’s missing. When Liz fails to show up for classes at the start of the year, her parents turn to the police. But the police have their own notion of what she may be up to. Baffled and driven on by anxiety, the Strachans turn to private investigator Alec Knight of Lajoie-Chang Associates. Show less

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The Best Laid Plans

The Best Laid Plans

A Novel

by Fallis, Terry

Book - 2007

Winner of a Stephen Leacock Award for Humour as well as the Canada Reads 'essential Canadian novel of the decade' - but don't hold that against it! Fun and political, at the same time. Winner of a Stephen Leacock Award for Humour as well as the Canada Reads 'essential Canadian novel of the decade' - but don't hold that against it! Fun and political, at the same time. Show less

Winner of a Stephen Leacock Award for Humour as well as the Canada Reads 'essential Canadian novel of the decade' - but don't hold that against it! Fun and political, at the same time. Winner of a Stephen Leacock Award for Humour as well as the Canada Reads 'essential Canadian novel of the decade' - but don't hold that against it! Fun and political, at the same time. Show less

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Burridge Unbound

Burridge Unbound

by Cumyn, Alan

Book - 2000

After surviving a terrifying ordeal at the hands of terrorists on the South Pacific island of Santa Irene, Bill Burridge returns home to Ottawa and casts ...Show more After surviving a terrifying ordeal at the hands of terrorists on the South Pacific island of Santa Irene, Bill Burridge returns home to Ottawa and casts himself single-mindedly into building a human-rights organization to stand watch over the world’s most troubled areas. Yet, plagued by memories of his incarceration and by the strain of his disintegrating marriage, he is a man struggling to hold his life together. When a democratic revolution strands Santa Irene on a knife-edge between chaos and healing, Burridge reluctantly agrees to serve on a Truth Commission there to investigate past atrocities. Taut, intelligent, and written in the compelling, often sardonic voice of Bill Burridge, Cumyn’s gripping novel immerses us in a shadowy world of betrayals and shifting loyalties, and reveals the intricate, rejuvenating bonds of human relationships. Show less

After surviving a terrifying ordeal at the hands of terrorists on the South Pacific island of Santa Irene, Bill Burridge returns home to Ottawa and casts ...Show more After surviving a terrifying ordeal at the hands of terrorists on the South Pacific island of Santa Irene, Bill Burridge returns home to Ottawa and casts himself single-mindedly into building a human-rights organization to stand watch over the world’s most troubled areas. Yet, plagued by memories of his incarceration and by the strain of his disintegrating marriage, he is a man struggling to hold his life together. When a democratic revolution strands Santa Irene on a knife-edge between chaos and healing, Burridge reluctantly agrees to serve on a Truth Commission there to investigate past atrocities. Taut, intelligent, and written in the compelling, often sardonic voice of Bill Burridge, Cumyn’s gripping novel immerses us in a shadowy world of betrayals and shifting loyalties, and reveals the intricate, rejuvenating bonds of human relationships. Show less

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Childhood

Childhood

by Alexis, André

Book - 1998

Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood — or perhaps the loss of childhood — of Thomas MacMillan...Show more Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood — or perhaps the loss of childhood — of Thomas MacMillan, who sets out to piece together the early years of his life. Raised in a Southern Ontario town in the ’50s and ’60s, Thomas is abandoned to the care of his eccentric Trinidadian grandmother. Then, at age 10, his mother, Katarina, reclaims him, taking him to Ottawa and to the once-splendid Victorian home of Henry Wing, a gentle conjurer whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy. But is he Thomas’s father? Moving and wryly humorous, Childhood tells the story of a man’s quest for what is lost, bringing him closer to the truth about himself. Show less

Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood — or perhaps the loss of childhood — of Thomas MacMillan...Show more Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood — or perhaps the loss of childhood — of Thomas MacMillan, who sets out to piece together the early years of his life. Raised in a Southern Ontario town in the ’50s and ’60s, Thomas is abandoned to the care of his eccentric Trinidadian grandmother. Then, at age 10, his mother, Katarina, reclaims him, taking him to Ottawa and to the once-splendid Victorian home of Henry Wing, a gentle conjurer whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy. But is he Thomas’s father? Moving and wryly humorous, Childhood tells the story of a man’s quest for what is lost, bringing him closer to the truth about himself. Show less

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The Divine Economy of Salvation

The Divine Economy of Salvation

by Uppal, Priscila

Book - 2002

Uppal’s first novel, set in a girls’ boarding school in wintry Ottawa and in a convent years later, concerns the troubled adolescence of Angela H. It move...Show more Uppal’s first novel, set in a girls’ boarding school in wintry Ottawa and in a convent years later, concerns the troubled adolescence of Angela H. It moves gracefully back and forth from a coming-of-age story to a mystery, as the main character, who has become a nun, recalls her youthful adventures 25 years earlier with a trio of girlfriends called the Sisterhood. In “the divine economy,” good is always rewarded and evil punished. When Sister Angela mysteriously receives a candlestick in the mail — an object that played a key role in a long-ago crime never confessed or discovered — she is about to learn the true nature of guilt, punishment, redemption and mercy. Show less

Uppal’s first novel, set in a girls’ boarding school in wintry Ottawa and in a convent years later, concerns the troubled adolescence of Angela H. It move...Show more Uppal’s first novel, set in a girls’ boarding school in wintry Ottawa and in a convent years later, concerns the troubled adolescence of Angela H. It moves gracefully back and forth from a coming-of-age story to a mystery, as the main character, who has become a nun, recalls her youthful adventures 25 years earlier with a trio of girlfriends called the Sisterhood. In “the divine economy,” good is always rewarded and evil punished. When Sister Angela mysteriously receives a candlestick in the mail — an object that played a key role in a long-ago crime never confessed or discovered — she is about to learn the true nature of guilt, punishment, redemption and mercy. Show less

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Exotic Dancers

Exotic Dancers

A Novel

by Lynch, Gerald

Book - 2001

She is Maggie Coyle: recently downsized bank employee and single mom of Jonathan. He is Joe Farlotte: out-of-work architect and jilted dad of Holly. When ...Show more She is Maggie Coyle: recently downsized bank employee and single mom of Jonathan. He is Joe Farlotte: out-of-work architect and jilted dad of Holly. When the two first meet, Joe is reluctant to abandon his “compulsive simplifying” to meet the risks of intimacy head on, and Maggie is torn between the divergent pulls of feminism and her own desires and expectations. But when Maggie rescues Holly from depression, and Joe becomes for Jonathan the dad he’s never had, a dance as old as time is set in motion. The story is set in Troutstream, the mythical Ottawa suburb that provided both the local habitation and the name for Lynch’s 1996 novel Troutstream. Told elliptically in a host of quirky voices, this is a candid exploration of life and love in the suburbs at the turn of the century. Show less

She is Maggie Coyle: recently downsized bank employee and single mom of Jonathan. He is Joe Farlotte: out-of-work architect and jilted dad of Holly. When ...Show more She is Maggie Coyle: recently downsized bank employee and single mom of Jonathan. He is Joe Farlotte: out-of-work architect and jilted dad of Holly. When the two first meet, Joe is reluctant to abandon his “compulsive simplifying” to meet the risks of intimacy head on, and Maggie is torn between the divergent pulls of feminism and her own desires and expectations. But when Maggie rescues Holly from depression, and Joe becomes for Jonathan the dad he’s never had, a dance as old as time is set in motion. The story is set in Troutstream, the mythical Ottawa suburb that provided both the local habitation and the name for Lynch’s 1996 novel Troutstream. Told elliptically in a host of quirky voices, this is a candid exploration of life and love in the suburbs at the turn of the century. Show less

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Garbo Laughs

Garbo Laughs

by Hay, Elizabeth

Book - 2003

This is a deliciously entertaining novel about a woman caught in a tug of war between real life and the films of the past. Inflamed by the movies she was ...Show more This is a deliciously entertaining novel about a woman caught in a tug of war between real life and the films of the past. Inflamed by the movies she was deprived of as a child, Harriet Browning forms a Friday-night movie club with three companions-of-the-screen: a boy who loves Frank Sinatra, a girl with Bette Davis eyes, and an earthy sidekick named after Dinah Shore. Into this idiosyncratic world, in time with the ice storm of 1998, come two refugees from Hollywood: Harriet’s Aunt Leah, the jaded widow of a screenwriter blacklisted in the 1950s, and her sardonic, overbearing stepson, Jack. They bring harsh reality and illuminate the pull of family and friendship, and the sting of infidelity and revenge. Poignant, and delightfully droll, Garbo Laughs reveals how the dramas of everyday life are sometimes the most astonishing of all. Show less

This is a deliciously entertaining novel about a woman caught in a tug of war between real life and the films of the past. Inflamed by the movies she was ...Show more This is a deliciously entertaining novel about a woman caught in a tug of war between real life and the films of the past. Inflamed by the movies she was deprived of as a child, Harriet Browning forms a Friday-night movie club with three companions-of-the-screen: a boy who loves Frank Sinatra, a girl with Bette Davis eyes, and an earthy sidekick named after Dinah Shore. Into this idiosyncratic world, in time with the ice storm of 1998, come two refugees from Hollywood: Harriet’s Aunt Leah, the jaded widow of a screenwriter blacklisted in the 1950s, and her sardonic, overbearing stepson, Jack. They bring harsh reality and illuminate the pull of family and friendship, and the sting of infidelity and revenge. Poignant, and delightfully droll, Garbo Laughs reveals how the dramas of everyday life are sometimes the most astonishing of all. Show less

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Ghosts & Shadows

Ghosts & Shadows

by Berzins, Ilze

Book - 2005

Irresistible heartthrob Pastor Lapins hides his snake oil charm under his clerical collar as he ministers to the unsuspecting seniors of the Ottawa Latvia...Show more Irresistible heartthrob Pastor Lapins hides his snake oil charm under his clerical collar as he ministers to the unsuspecting seniors of the Ottawa Latvian congregation. Who hates him enough to bring him down? Whoever it is discovers that the pastor doesn’t die easily. Free spirit Stacy Karsubova, a newcomer to the church coffee klatches, finds herself enmeshed in the lives of the seniors and is forced to relive a dark unspoken chapter in the closing days of WWII. A cleverly drawn thriller replete with comic barbs. Show less

Irresistible heartthrob Pastor Lapins hides his snake oil charm under his clerical collar as he ministers to the unsuspecting seniors of the Ottawa Latvia...Show more Irresistible heartthrob Pastor Lapins hides his snake oil charm under his clerical collar as he ministers to the unsuspecting seniors of the Ottawa Latvian congregation. Who hates him enough to bring him down? Whoever it is discovers that the pastor doesn’t die easily. Free spirit Stacy Karsubova, a newcomer to the church coffee klatches, finds herself enmeshed in the lives of the seniors and is forced to relive a dark unspoken chapter in the closing days of WWII. A cleverly drawn thriller replete with comic barbs. Show less

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Laurier in Love

Laurier in Love

A Novel

by MacSkimming, Roy

Book - 2010

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Little Boy Blues

Little Boy Blues

by Maffini, Mary Jane

Book - 2002

Victims’ advocate Camilla MacPhee is looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa’s Bluesfest and to seeing the tail end of her annoying employee, Alvin, wh...Show more Victims’ advocate Camilla MacPhee is looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa’s Bluesfest and to seeing the tail end of her annoying employee, Alvin, who is quitting. Then the news comes from the East Coast: Alvin’s younger brother has vanished. Sleuthing irritably in Sydney on Alvin’s behalf, Camilla manages to make the usual quota of people froth at the mouth. Before she knows it, all roads lead back to Bluesfest, where a killer with everything to lose waits to create havoc among the tents, guitar-pickers and swaying crowds. If Camilla doesn’t sort out this mess, how many people are going to die? Show less

Victims’ advocate Camilla MacPhee is looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa’s Bluesfest and to seeing the tail end of her annoying employee, Alvin, wh...Show more Victims’ advocate Camilla MacPhee is looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa’s Bluesfest and to seeing the tail end of her annoying employee, Alvin, who is quitting. Then the news comes from the East Coast: Alvin’s younger brother has vanished. Sleuthing irritably in Sydney on Alvin’s behalf, Camilla manages to make the usual quota of people froth at the mouth. Before she knows it, all roads lead back to Bluesfest, where a killer with everything to lose waits to create havoc among the tents, guitar-pickers and swaying crowds. If Camilla doesn’t sort out this mess, how many people are going to die? Show less

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Mars Eclipsed

Mars Eclipsed

A Katy Klein Mystery

by Irving, Karen

Book - 20014

In the third book of this series, psychologist, astrologer and single mom Klein finds herself in more danger than ever before. Still experiencing flashbac...Show more In the third book of this series, psychologist, astrologer and single mom Klein finds herself in more danger than ever before. Still experiencing flashbacks after the harrowing adventures in Jupiter’s Daughter, Katy has decided to join up with her online pen pal Flavia at an astrologer’s retreat on an island near Ottawa. The retreat turns sinister when an amateur astrologer on the island dies in mysterious circumstances. Soon, Katy and her daughter are drawn into a web of corruption, this time involving the Russian mafia and old, dangerous secrets. Show less

In the third book of this series, psychologist, astrologer and single mom Klein finds herself in more danger than ever before. Still experiencing flashbac...Show more In the third book of this series, psychologist, astrologer and single mom Klein finds herself in more danger than ever before. Still experiencing flashbacks after the harrowing adventures in Jupiter’s Daughter, Katy has decided to join up with her online pen pal Flavia at an astrologer’s retreat on an island near Ottawa. The retreat turns sinister when an amateur astrologer on the island dies in mysterious circumstances. Soon, Katy and her daughter are drawn into a web of corruption, this time involving the Russian mafia and old, dangerous secrets. Show less

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Mist Walker

Mist Walker

by Fradkin, Barbara Fraser

Book - 2003

Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational...Show more Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational case that left the truth hidden and the young teacher’s life in tatters. Ten years later, his distraught confidante walks into Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green’s office insisting that Fraser has vanished. Green’s curiosity is piqued when he discovers that Fraser left behind his beloved dog, a half-eaten dinner and an apartment crammed with research related to his case. Has Fraser fled to escape the wrath of victims, new or old? Or was he innocent all along? As Fraser’s confidante is stalked and Green’s own teenage daughter goes missing, Green rushes to uncover the truth. Show less

Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational...Show more Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational case that left the truth hidden and the young teacher’s life in tatters. Ten years later, his distraught confidante walks into Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green’s office insisting that Fraser has vanished. Green’s curiosity is piqued when he discovers that Fraser left behind his beloved dog, a half-eaten dinner and an apartment crammed with research related to his case. Has Fraser fled to escape the wrath of victims, new or old? Or was he innocent all along? As Fraser’s confidante is stalked and Green’s own teenage daughter goes missing, Green rushes to uncover the truth. Show less

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Moonheart

Moonheart

A Romance

by De Lint, Charles

Book - 1984

When Sara and Jamie discovered the seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim and distant place. A world of mists and forests, of ancient...Show more When Sara and Jamie discovered the seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim and distant place. A world of mists and forests, of ancient magic, mythical beings, ageless bards . . . and restless evil. Now, with their friends and enemies alike — Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk musician; the Inspector from the RCMP; and the mysterious Tom Hengyr — Sara and Jamie are drawn into this enchanted land through the portals of Tamson House, that sprawling downtown edifice that straddles two worlds. Sweeping from ancient Wales to the streets of Ottawa today, Moonheart will entrance you with its tale of this world and the other one at the very edge of sight . . . and the unforgettable people caught up in the affairs of both. Show less

When Sara and Jamie discovered the seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim and distant place. A world of mists and forests, of ancient...Show more When Sara and Jamie discovered the seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim and distant place. A world of mists and forests, of ancient magic, mythical beings, ageless bards . . . and restless evil. Now, with their friends and enemies alike — Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk musician; the Inspector from the RCMP; and the mysterious Tom Hengyr — Sara and Jamie are drawn into this enchanted land through the portals of Tamson House, that sprawling downtown edifice that straddles two worlds. Sweeping from ancient Wales to the streets of Ottawa today, Moonheart will entrance you with its tale of this world and the other one at the very edge of sight . . . and the unforgettable people caught up in the affairs of both. Show less

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Origin of Haloes

Origin of Haloes

by Den Hartog, Kristen

Book - 2005

When 16-year-old gymnast Kay Clancy finds herself pregnant by the handsome Coach Halliwell, she tells a lie that has dire consequences. Despite her transg...Show more When 16-year-old gymnast Kay Clancy finds herself pregnant by the handsome Coach Halliwell, she tells a lie that has dire consequences. Despite her transgressions, she manages to marry the young Joe LeBlanc, and embarks on a happy life with him until suddenly, late in Kay’s third pregnancy, he vanishes, along with his treasured canoe. Joe is nowhere to be found, but his paddle surfaces near a dock in front of the Halliwell home, where the coach lives with his manic but fragile wife, Marie, and their son, Eddie. Years on, Margar, the mischievous daughter Joe never knew, is determined to find her father. Time and again she is drawn to that house by the river. What Margar discovers there will change forever the way she views her family. Show less

When 16-year-old gymnast Kay Clancy finds herself pregnant by the handsome Coach Halliwell, she tells a lie that has dire consequences. Despite her transg...Show more When 16-year-old gymnast Kay Clancy finds herself pregnant by the handsome Coach Halliwell, she tells a lie that has dire consequences. Despite her transgressions, she manages to marry the young Joe LeBlanc, and embarks on a happy life with him until suddenly, late in Kay’s third pregnancy, he vanishes, along with his treasured canoe. Joe is nowhere to be found, but his paddle surfaces near a dock in front of the Halliwell home, where the coach lives with his manic but fragile wife, Marie, and their son, Eddie. Years on, Margar, the mischievous daughter Joe never knew, is determined to find her father. Time and again she is drawn to that house by the river. What Margar discovers there will change forever the way she views her family. Show less

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Shooting Angels

Shooting Angels

Fiction

by Bragg, Mary Lee

Book - 2004

A story of personal disintegration and renewal set against the backdrop of Ottawa on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Roy Brown, a news photographer...Show more A story of personal disintegration and renewal set against the backdrop of Ottawa on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Roy Brown, a news photographer, leaves Bosnia for Canada when his parents are killed in a car accident. His childhood home in a quiet Ottawa neighbourhood offers a needed refuge after too much time in the war zones. But as Roy sifts through the traces of his parents’ lives, he finds that appearances can be deceiving. Roy gathers a new family among the friends who move into his house, running from responsibility or abuse or Quebec. In the house and out of it, the bonds between people are tested. Roy watches through the camera’s eye and learns to see what is most important to him. Show less

A story of personal disintegration and renewal set against the backdrop of Ottawa on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Roy Brown, a news photographer...Show more A story of personal disintegration and renewal set against the backdrop of Ottawa on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Roy Brown, a news photographer, leaves Bosnia for Canada when his parents are killed in a car accident. His childhood home in a quiet Ottawa neighbourhood offers a needed refuge after too much time in the war zones. But as Roy sifts through the traces of his parents’ lives, he finds that appearances can be deceiving. Roy gathers a new family among the friends who move into his house, running from responsibility or abuse or Quebec. In the house and out of it, the bonds between people are tested. Roy watches through the camera’s eye and learns to see what is most important to him. Show less

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Some Great Thing

Some Great Thing

by McAdam, Colin

Book - 2004

The time is the seventies. The place is Ottawa, a developing city ready for the taking. Two men from very different backgrounds take up the challenge: Jer...Show more The time is the seventies. The place is Ottawa, a developing city ready for the taking. Two men from very different backgrounds take up the challenge: Jerry McGuinty, plasterer turned builder, a simple, self-made man; and Simon Struthers, whose inherited wealth and position cannot fill the hollowness he feels inside. As the men’s careers and successes run parallel, we see how love is suffocated by work and how individuals are crushed by greed and “progress.” With skill, energy, humour and poetry, Colin McAdam creates a world of ambition and desire, power and corruption. Show less

The time is the seventies. The place is Ottawa, a developing city ready for the taking. Two men from very different backgrounds take up the challenge: Jer...Show more The time is the seventies. The place is Ottawa, a developing city ready for the taking. Two men from very different backgrounds take up the challenge: Jerry McGuinty, plasterer turned builder, a simple, self-made man; and Simon Struthers, whose inherited wealth and position cannot fill the hollowness he feels inside. As the men’s careers and successes run parallel, we see how love is suffocated by work and how individuals are crushed by greed and “progress.” With skill, energy, humour and poetry, Colin McAdam creates a world of ambition and desire, power and corruption. Show less

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Sussex Drive

Sussex Drive

A Novel

by Svendsen, Linda

Book - 2012

This satirical novel follows the lives of Becky Leggatt, the wife of a hard-right Conservative prime minister and Lise Lavoie, the wildly exotic and unlikely Governor General who lives down the street. This satirical novel follows the lives of Becky Leggatt, the wife of a hard-right Conservative prime minister and Lise Lavoie, the wildly exotic and unlikely Governor General who lives down the street. Show less

This satirical novel follows the lives of Becky Leggatt, the wife of a hard-right Conservative prime minister and Lise Lavoie, the wildly exotic and unlikely Governor General who lives down the street. This satirical novel follows the lives of Becky Leggatt, the wife of a hard-right Conservative prime minister and Lise Lavoie, the wildly exotic and unlikely Governor General who lives down the street. Show less

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An Acre of Time

An Acre of Time

by Jenkins, Phil

Book - 1996

A single acre on Le Breton Flats, in Ottawa, is staked out and the author recounts its life story with respect to geology, water, vegetation, wildlife, an...Show more A single acre on Le Breton Flats, in Ottawa, is staked out and the author recounts its life story with respect to geology, water, vegetation, wildlife, and human inhabitants. This is a highly original celebration of place and how land becomes territory, territory becomes property, and property becomes real estate. It’s about the process by which man alters the place he inhabits. Show less

A single acre on Le Breton Flats, in Ottawa, is staked out and the author recounts its life story with respect to geology, water, vegetation, wildlife, an...Show more A single acre on Le Breton Flats, in Ottawa, is staked out and the author recounts its life story with respect to geology, water, vegetation, wildlife, and human inhabitants. This is a highly original celebration of place and how land becomes territory, territory becomes property, and property becomes real estate. It’s about the process by which man alters the place he inhabits. Show less

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Capital Lives

Capital Lives

Profiles of 32 Leading Ottawa Personalities

by Knowles, Valerie

Book - 2005

Insightful and compelling portrayals of former Ottawa citizens from many walks of life whose activities in the 19th and 20th centuries shaped the communit...Show more Insightful and compelling portrayals of former Ottawa citizens from many walks of life whose activities in the 19th and 20th centuries shaped the community and the nation. Here are poets, politicians, entrepreneurs, teachers, doctors, and scholars. Includes a photograph or sketch of each person. Be sure to check out volume 2, published in 2010, as well. Show less

Insightful and compelling portrayals of former Ottawa citizens from many walks of life whose activities in the 19th and 20th centuries shaped the communit...Show more Insightful and compelling portrayals of former Ottawa citizens from many walks of life whose activities in the 19th and 20th centuries shaped the community and the nation. Here are poets, politicians, entrepreneurs, teachers, doctors, and scholars. Includes a photograph or sketch of each person. Be sure to check out volume 2, published in 2010, as well. Show less

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Each Morning Bright

Each Morning Bright

160 Years of Selected Readings From the Ottawa Citizen, 1845-2005

Book - 2005

A collection of excerpts from articles printed in the Ottawa Citizen arranged, in sixteen chapters, takes the reader on a journey from 1845 to the present...Show more A collection of excerpts from articles printed in the Ottawa Citizen arranged, in sixteen chapters, takes the reader on a journey from 1845 to the present day. The illustrations, editorials, feature stories, and advertisements serve to bring back fond memories, broaden understanding of Ottawa’s roots, and provide plenty of food for thought and fodder for conversation. Show less

A collection of excerpts from articles printed in the Ottawa Citizen arranged, in sixteen chapters, takes the reader on a journey from 1845 to the present...Show more A collection of excerpts from articles printed in the Ottawa Citizen arranged, in sixteen chapters, takes the reader on a journey from 1845 to the present day. The illustrations, editorials, feature stories, and advertisements serve to bring back fond memories, broaden understanding of Ottawa’s roots, and provide plenty of food for thought and fodder for conversation. Show less

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Ottawa, An Illustrated History

Ottawa, An Illustrated History

by Taylor, John H.

Book - 1986

A local professor recounts Ottawa’s fascinating story with skill and wit. Taylor weaves the complex strands that have shaped the city’s identity over the ...Show more A local professor recounts Ottawa’s fascinating story with skill and wit. Taylor weaves the complex strands that have shaped the city’s identity over the years: the communities of the French and the English, the lives of the poor and the rich, the politics of city hall and Parliament Hill, the federal government as an employer, and the social lives of Ottawans. Handsomely illustrated by 150 historical photographs and a dozen original maps depicting the city’s geographical evolution. Show less

A local professor recounts Ottawa’s fascinating story with skill and wit. Taylor weaves the complex strands that have shaped the city’s identity over the ...Show more A local professor recounts Ottawa’s fascinating story with skill and wit. Taylor weaves the complex strands that have shaped the city’s identity over the years: the communities of the French and the English, the lives of the poor and the rich, the politics of city hall and Parliament Hill, the federal government as an employer, and the social lives of Ottawans. Handsomely illustrated by 150 historical photographs and a dozen original maps depicting the city’s geographical evolution. Show less

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Ottawa, Then & Now

Ottawa, Then & Now

by Holzman, Jacquelin

Book - 1999

A 200-year survey of Ottawa through hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs and paintings. The visual images are arranged according to themes ...Show more A 200-year survey of Ottawa through hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs and paintings. The visual images are arranged according to themes such as: the Chaudière Falls, the Rideau Canal, fire and police services, aerial views, the Queensway, Britannia, bridges, heritage homes, the Byward Market, and downtown. The pictures and brief accompanying text serve to bring to life the places, events, and people of Ottawa in their journey from a virgin forest to a thriving city. Show less

A 200-year survey of Ottawa through hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs and paintings. The visual images are arranged according to themes ...Show more A 200-year survey of Ottawa through hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs and paintings. The visual images are arranged according to themes such as: the Chaudière Falls, the Rideau Canal, fire and police services, aerial views, the Queensway, Britannia, bridges, heritage homes, the Byward Market, and downtown. The pictures and brief accompanying text serve to bring to life the places, events, and people of Ottawa in their journey from a virgin forest to a thriving city. Show less

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Our Times

Our Times

A Pictorial Memoir of Ottawa's Past

Book - 2000

Hundreds of photographs that offer a stimulating visual memoir of a place that evolved from forests and rivers populated by nomadic hunters to a rough-hew...Show more Hundreds of photographs that offer a stimulating visual memoir of a place that evolved from forests and rivers populated by nomadic hunters to a rough-hewn lumber town, and from a claustrophobic post-colonial capital to a modern metropolis of culture and ideas. The pictures cover all aspects that combine to make up a community: the worlds of politics, business, and learning, the tragedies and triumphs as well as the lives of Ottawans at home, at work and at play. Also included are 17 engaging essays and explanatory text to accompany the images. Show less

Hundreds of photographs that offer a stimulating visual memoir of a place that evolved from forests and rivers populated by nomadic hunters to a rough-hew...Show more Hundreds of photographs that offer a stimulating visual memoir of a place that evolved from forests and rivers populated by nomadic hunters to a rough-hewn lumber town, and from a claustrophobic post-colonial capital to a modern metropolis of culture and ideas. The pictures cover all aspects that combine to make up a community: the worlds of politics, business, and learning, the tragedies and triumphs as well as the lives of Ottawans at home, at work and at play. Also included are 17 engaging essays and explanatory text to accompany the images. Show less

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The Private Capital

The Private Capital

Ambition and Love in the Age of MacDonald and Laurier

by Gwyn, Sandra

Book - 1984

A vivid social history that brings to life – out of diaries, letters, memoirs, scrapbooks, and contemporary newspaper accounts – the private face of publi...Show more A vivid social history that brings to life – out of diaries, letters, memoirs, scrapbooks, and contemporary newspaper accounts – the private face of public Ottawa, from just before Confederation to just before the First World War. The reader meets not only great political leaders like Macdonald and Laurier, but also their wives, families, and friends, other politicians, civil servants, governors general, soldiers, poets, journalists, and belles. Winner of the 1984 Governor General Award. Show less

A vivid social history that brings to life – out of diaries, letters, memoirs, scrapbooks, and contemporary newspaper accounts – the private face of publi...Show more A vivid social history that brings to life – out of diaries, letters, memoirs, scrapbooks, and contemporary newspaper accounts – the private face of public Ottawa, from just before Confederation to just before the First World War. The reader meets not only great political leaders like Macdonald and Laurier, but also their wives, families, and friends, other politicians, civil servants, governors general, soldiers, poets, journalists, and belles. Winner of the 1984 Governor General Award. Show less

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To the Editor

To the Editor

A Century of Letters

Book - 2000

The Letters page represents a special bond between a reader and a newspaper. It offers a forum where the ordinary citizen is given the opportunity to spea...Show more The Letters page represents a special bond between a reader and a newspaper. It offers a forum where the ordinary citizen is given the opportunity to speak freely to right a wrong, to set the record straight, or to point out potential solutions to an issue. Some 1,200 letters arranged chronologically discuss issues such as: men and women, children and families, sickness and health, crime, winter, bad drivers, French-English relations, politicians, pets, schools, faith, drinking, gossip, the environment, hockey, and patriotism. Show less

The Letters page represents a special bond between a reader and a newspaper. It offers a forum where the ordinary citizen is given the opportunity to spea...Show more The Letters page represents a special bond between a reader and a newspaper. It offers a forum where the ordinary citizen is given the opportunity to speak freely to right a wrong, to set the record straight, or to point out potential solutions to an issue. Some 1,200 letters arranged chronologically discuss issues such as: men and women, children and families, sickness and health, crime, winter, bad drivers, French-English relations, politicians, pets, schools, faith, drinking, gossip, the environment, hockey, and patriotism. Show less

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