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Big League Dreams
Richard Brignall
"I'll start if you want me to. I think I can do it. Me, Fergie Jenkins."

$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 11-18
Reading level: Grade 4
Lexile Reading Level: 770L
Fighting for Gold
Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Through determination, guts and guile, Canada's sledge hockey team wins Olympic gold in 2006.

$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 12-18
Reading level: Grade 4
Lexile Reading Level: 800L
Big Train
Richard Brignall
The story of the legendary iron man of sport, Lionel Conacher.

$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 11-18
Reading level: Grade 4
Lexile Reading Level: 790L
Niagara's Wine Visionaries
Linda Bramble
How a handful of idealists and stubborn, single-minded enthusiasts created a great wine region in Niagara, Ontario.
$24.95, Paperback
Ignatieff's World Updated
Denis Smith
A revised and up-dated political biography of the new leader of the federal Liberal party.
$19.95, Paperback
Immodest and Sensational
M. Ann Hall
Unusual and inspiring stories of Canada's women athletes from earliest advocates to today's champions.

$19.95, Paperback
Nelson's Yankee Captain
Bryan Elson
The remarkable naval career of American Sir Benjamin Hallowell, who was one of Nelson's "Band of Brothers".
$29.95, Hardcover
Knockout
Rebecca Sjonger
How Tommy Burns became heavyweight champion of the world.
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 12-17
Reading level: Grade 3
Lexile Reading Level: HL720L
Medicare
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Bruce Campbell, Greg Marchildon
Editors Bruce Campbell and Greg Marchildon have gathered 34 contributors who offer a wide-ranging, authoritative portrait of medicare in Canada today.
$29.95, Paperback
Choice of Colours
John Danakas
John Danakas profiles the pioneering black football players who donned new team colours and changed their sport.
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 12-17
Reading level: Grade 4
Lexile Reading Level: 820L
Dundurn Castle
Edward Smith
A photographic journey through Dundurn Castle, one of Hamilton's foremost historical attractions.

$19.95, Paperback
Great Forests and Mighty Men
David Lee
A colourful and fascinating story of the men who worked in eastern Canada's early forest industry with many colour and black and white illustrations and photographs from leading historic sites in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, this book is a very human history of almost legendary figures.
$24.95, Paperback
The Incredible Adventures of Louis Riel (JR)
Cat Klerks
The story of a rebel and a powerful orator -- Louis Riel -- who emerged as a leader of the Metis in the Red River settlement
$9.95, Paperback
The War of 1812 Against the States (JR)
Jennifer Crump
Learn all about the War of 1812, when the United States invaded Canada. Told through the stories of six men and women who fought in the war, this book is perfect for young history enthusiasts.

$9.95, Paperback
The Bell Family in Baddeck
Judith Tulloch
A warm and inviting picture-album look at the life and work of Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell during their years in Nova Scotia.
$19.95, Paperback
A Spy's Wife
Janice Cowan
A lively, readable, and informative account of life in Moscow by the wife of a Canadian military attaché who witnessed the last days of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
$24.95, Paperback
Heat
Jon Wells
Focusing on the life and career of Captain Bob Shaw, Jon Wells puts a human face on his account of Canada's worst toxic fire -- the Plastimet fire in Hamilton, Ontario.
$24.95, Paperback
Hearth and Home
Fiona Lucas
Hearth and Home is a social history that evokes the sights, smells, and tastes of historic kitchens and tells the story of the women who tended the fire to nourish their families or feed a hungry fortful.
$19.95, Paperback
Extreme Canadian Weather (JR)
Joan Dixon
Canada is no stranger to extreme weather. This book covers everything from dust storms to hurricanes--and everything in between.

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Roberta Bondar (JR)
Joan Dixon
From the age of 8, Roberta Bondar knew she wanted to be an astronaut. In January 1992 she made Canadian history when she became the first Canadian woman, and first neurologist, to go into space on board the space shuttle Discovery. The story of her journey to become a leading astronaut is a fascinating tale of hard work, commitment, and sheer guts.

$9.95, Paperback