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Local Library, Global Passport
The Evolution of a Carnegie Library
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9780978160081
Pub Date: March 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
This colourful story of one town's library provides material enough for a movie as it reveals universal patterns about love of reading and battles for books while librarians, politicians, architects, educators, philanthropists, and avid book readers mix it up for more than century.
No Return
A novel of the Canadian election that vanished in Muskoka's backwoods
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781926577043
Pub Date: April 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
A feud that began in the Muskoka's backwoods comes to a dramatic climax with precedent-setting events in the House of Commons at Ottawa after a partisan Tory returning officer uses a technicality to make no return of the Liberal candidate as the district's elected MP in the 1872 general election.
A Passion for Justice
How 'Vinegar Jim' McRuer Became Canada's Greatest Law Reformer
Price:
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9780978160005
Pub Date: July 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
This richly detailed biography illustrates how a determined Canadian seeking justice created an enduring legacy. Through vigorous battles, Jim McRuer's passion for justice was translated into laws that daily touch and protect the lives of millions today.
A Struggle to Walk With Dignity
The True Story of a Jamaican-born Canadian
Price:
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780978498207
Pub Date: June 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
As Gerald A. Archambeau retraces his experiences at the sharp edge of race relations in the workplace, we can see how personal courage, a strong fist, detailed record-keeping, and his bold persistence in addressing the powers-that-be all combined to help him pioneer a new social harmony built upon mutual respect.
Yaroslaw's Treasure
A Novel
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780978498276
Pub Date: April 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
When Yaroslaw leaves Canada for Ukraine to search for family heirlooms his grandparents buried during the Second World War, he has no inkling his personal explorations will draw him into a dangerous quest for Europe's greatest treasure, or that he will be caught up in the swirling intrigues of Ukraine's "Orange Revolution."
Pagoda of Light
A Falun Gong Story from Today's China
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780978498238
Pub Date: November 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
In the 1990s, brothers Bai Xiaojun and Bai Shaohua began cultivating the spiritual practice of Falun Gong. Then the government made this illegal, and Xiaojun was persecuted to death for his beliefs, while Shaohua, whose story is told here, became subjected to years of illegal imprisonment and torture by the Chinese Communist Party.
Flam Grub
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781926577418
Pub Date: June 2011
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Flam Grub is the tale of a young man's struggle to escape the netherworld of his own life and come to terms with the curse of an unusual name.
Come Looking for Me
A Novel
Price:
CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781926577074
Pub Date: October 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Fleeing England, a mysterious young woman named Emily risks the Atlantic during the War of 1812 for a new adventure in Canada. She never arrives. Deadly sea battles with Americans and a ship's captain hell-bent on revenge make her crossing treacherous, terrifying, and, should her true identity be revealed, tragic.
Our Only Shield
A Novel of the Second World War
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781926577050
Pub Date: September 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
In the opening turmoil of the Second World War, a Canadian is spirited into occupied Holland to assess the resistance, an ambitious but insecure Nazi officer is determined to crush Dutch opposition, and a brilliant young woman's life is irrevocably changed by both men.
Clickety Clack
My Bipolar Express
Price:
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781926577029
Pub Date: January 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
To many, Joy McDiarmid was a successful Winnipeg writer and public relations consultant. In truth she was leading a complex double life. Behind an outer mask of accomplishment she battled in the twilight zones of mental health, sexual identity, and imprecise gender.
Magic Carpet Flying
The Ride of Your Life
Price:
CA$14.95
ISBN: 9780978498252
Pub Date: November 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Childhood lessons in rural Australia and later in Africa and Asia where she helped others tackle the darkness of mental illness, suicide, and large-scale tragedy arising from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
The March of Days
Optimistic Realism through the Seasons of Life
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9780978498214
Pub Date: October 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Patricia M. Boyer - librarian, teacher, newspaper editor, leader in community arts and theatre, and human rights activist - summed up her approach to life as "optimistic realism." This collection of her best newspaper columns is organized through the twelve months of the year, "the march of days."
Coming for Money
A Novel of International Finance
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780978498283
Pub Date: June 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
How much money is too much? And how fast is too fast in life? Investment star Paris Smith steps onto the top rungs of the corporate ladder, only to discover he is caught between his need for fulfillment...
Parkin
Canada's Most Famous Forgotten Man
Price:
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9780978160036
Pub Date: September 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
George Parkin, born on a New Brunswick farm, died a knight of the realm and most famous Canadian in the world. As orator and journalist he strengthened bonds between English-speaking peoples. As principal of Upper Canada College and a founder of the Rhodes Scholarships he put formation of character above training the intellect.
The Poverty of Corrupt Nations
Price:
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780978160098
Pub Date: May 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Entrapment of the very poor is not an act of nature. Pillaging of natural resources is not an unfortunate accident. Policing that does not see crime, officials who do not enforce rulesnot mistakes, either. Corruption is widespread, and the cost is high and debilitating to us all.
Pegahmagabow
Life-Long Warrior
Price:
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780978498290
Pub Date: December 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Francis Pegahmagabow was an aboriginal leader who served his nation in time of war as a high-kill sniper and his people in time of peace as a fighter. In wartime he volunteered to be a warrior. In peacetime, he had no option.
Local Library, Global Passport
The Evolution of a Carnegie Library
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9780978160081
Pub Date: March 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
This colourful story of one town's library provides material enough for a movie as it reveals universal patterns about love of reading and battles for books while librarians, politicians, architects, educators, philanthropists, and avid book readers mix it up for more than century.
No Return
A novel of the Canadian election that vanished in Muskoka's backwoods
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781926577043
Pub Date: April 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
A feud that began in the Muskoka's backwoods comes to a dramatic climax with precedent-setting events in the House of Commons at Ottawa after a partisan Tory returning officer uses a technicality to make no return of the Liberal candidate as the district's elected MP in the 1872 general election.
A Passion for Justice
How 'Vinegar Jim' McRuer Became Canada's Greatest Law Reformer
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9780978160005
Pub Date: July 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
This richly detailed biography illustrates how a determined Canadian seeking justice created an enduring legacy. Through vigorous battles, Jim McRuer's passion for justice was translated into laws that daily touch and protect the lives of millions today.
A Struggle to Walk With Dignity
The True Story of a Jamaican-born Canadian
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780978498207
Pub Date: June 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
As Gerald A. Archambeau retraces his experiences at the sharp edge of race relations in the workplace, we can see how personal courage, a strong fist, detailed record-keeping, and his bold persistence in addressing the powers-that-be all combined to help him pioneer a new social harmony built upon mutual respect.
Yaroslaw's Treasure
A Novel
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780978498276
Pub Date: April 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
When Yaroslaw leaves Canada for Ukraine to search for family heirlooms his grandparents buried during the Second World War, he has no inkling his personal explorations will draw him into a dangerous quest for Europe's greatest treasure, or that he will be caught up in the swirling intrigues of Ukraine's "Orange Revolution."
Pagoda of Light
A Falun Gong Story from Today's China
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780978498238
Pub Date: November 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
In the 1990s, brothers Bai Xiaojun and Bai Shaohua began cultivating the spiritual practice of Falun Gong. Then the government made this illegal, and Xiaojun was persecuted to death for his beliefs, while Shaohua, whose story is told here, became subjected to years of illegal imprisonment and torture by the Chinese Communist Party.
Flam Grub
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781926577418
Pub Date: June 2011
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Flam Grub is the tale of a young man's struggle to escape the netherworld of his own life and come to terms with the curse of an unusual name.
Come Looking for Me
A Novel
CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781926577074
Pub Date: October 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Our Only Shield
A Novel of the Second World War
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781926577050
Pub Date: September 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
In the opening turmoil of the Second World War, a Canadian is spirited into occupied Holland to assess the resistance, an ambitious but insecure Nazi officer is determined to crush Dutch opposition, and a brilliant young woman's life is irrevocably changed by both men.
Clickety Clack
My Bipolar Express
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781926577029
Pub Date: January 2010
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
To many, Joy McDiarmid was a successful Winnipeg writer and public relations consultant. In truth she was leading a complex double life. Behind an outer mask of accomplishment she battled in the twilight zones of mental health, sexual identity, and imprecise gender.
Magic Carpet Flying
The Ride of Your Life
CA$14.95
ISBN: 9780978498252
Pub Date: November 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Childhood lessons in rural Australia and later in Africa and Asia where she helped others tackle the darkness of mental illness, suicide, and large-scale tragedy arising from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
The March of Days
Optimistic Realism through the Seasons of Life
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9780978498214
Pub Date: October 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Coming for Money
A Novel of International Finance
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780978498283
Pub Date: June 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Parkin
Canada's Most Famous Forgotten Man
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9780978160036
Pub Date: September 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
George Parkin, born on a New Brunswick farm, died a knight of the realm and most famous Canadian in the world. As orator and journalist he strengthened bonds between English-speaking peoples. As principal of Upper Canada College and a founder of the Rhodes Scholarships he put formation of character above training the intellect.
The Poverty of Corrupt Nations
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780978160098
Pub Date: May 2008
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Entrapment of the very poor is not an act of nature. Pillaging of natural resources is not an unfortunate accident. Policing that does not see crime, officials who do not enforce rulesnot mistakes, either. Corruption is widespread, and the cost is high and debilitating to us all.
Pegahmagabow
Life-Long Warrior
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780978498290
Pub Date: December 2009
Imprint: Blue Butterfly
Francis Pegahmagabow was an aboriginal leader who served his nation in time of war as a high-kill sniper and his people in time of peace as a fighter. In wartime he volunteered to be a warrior. In peacetime, he had no option.