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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Roch Carrier, Margaret Ridley Charlton, Guy Sylvestre, Alpheus Todd, John Hall Archer, James Bain, Ken Roberts, Ian E. Wilson, R. D. Hilton Smith, Kenneth Maclean Glazier, Sr., Robert Oldham, William Kaye Lamb, Gilles Poitras, Lawrence Johnston Burpee, Parliamentary Librarian of Canada, Daniel J. Caron, Fred Landon, Mary Swan, Ingrid Parent, Conrad Laforte, Marianne Scott, George Locke, Gérard Desrosiers, Charles Sanderson. Excerpt:Alpheus Todd (30 July 1821 22 January 1884) was an English -born Canadian librarian and constitutional historian , most notable for his publications on parliamentary government . Life Todd was born in London , England , the son of an author, Henry Cooke Todd. His family emigrated to York, Upper Canada in 1833. The following year, York was incorporated as the city of Toronto ; Todd, though young, produced an Engraved Plan of the City of Toronto , which brought him to the attention of the prominent lawyer, Robert Baldwin Sullivan . In 1835, Sullivan helped Todd obtain employment in the library of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada; in 1836 he became assistant librarian. Drawing on his experience in the House of Assembly's library and a keen interest in British parliamentary practice and its application in Canada and other British colonies, Todd published The Practice and Privileges of the Two Houses of Parliament in 1840. When, in 1841, Upper and Lower Canada were merged , Todd was appointed assistant librarian to the Legislative Assembly of the united province, which adopted his Practice and Privileges as an official guide for members. On 31 March 1856 Todd became chief librarian of the Assembly. Upon confederation in 1867, he was appointed librarian to the Dominion Parliament, a position he would hold until his death. Beginning in 1867, he wrote ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Margaret Atwood, Roch Carrier, Timothy Findley, Carol Shields, Jane Urquhart, Morley Callaghan, Jack Hodgins, Alistair Macleod, W. O. Mitchell, Alice Munro, Margaret Laurence, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Isabel Huggan, W. P. Kinsella, Mavis Gallant, Duncan Campbell Scott, M. Nourbese Philip, Peter Watts, Hugh Hood, Maria Campbell, Ethel Wilson, Susanna Moodie, Barbara Gowdy, Pierre Sévigny, Suzanne Jacob, Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, Angie Abdou, Charles G.d. Roberts, Sui Sin Far, J. Timothy Hunt, Stephen Henighan, Colin Mcdougall, Sun Bo, Matt Cohen, R.j. Harlick, Raymond Fraser, Joseph Boyden, Russell Smith, David Bezmozgis, Brenda Chapman, Mary Jane Maffini, Rebecca Hendry, Michael Crummey, Evelyn Eaton, Crad Kilodney, Sasenarine Persaud, Theodore Odrach, Joan Clark, Moe Berg, Hugh Garner, Ven Begamudré, Rebecca Rosenblum, Ibi Kaslik, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Pan Bouyoucas, Margaret Gibson, Barbara Murray, Sky Lee, Karen X. Tulchinsky, C.b. Forrest, Rick Rofihe, Austin Clarke, Michael Redhill, Betty Lambert, Sheree-Lee Olson, Nellie Mcclung, Sheila Heti, H. Bedford-Jones, Olive Senior, Anne Fleming, Kevin Patterson, Lynn Coady, Derek Mccormack, Bronwen Wallace, Cathleen With, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Vincent Lam, Beverley Daurio, Anne Cameron, Nicolas Dickner, David Watmough, Ted Russell, Donald Alarie, Bill Gaston, Guillermo Verdecchia, Peter Mcgehee, Cynthia Flood, Madeline Sonik, Lance Blomgren, Audrey Thomas, Diane Schoemperlen, Heather O'neill, Steven Hayward, Chris Hutchinson, Norman Levine, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Raymond Knister, Nadine Mcinnis, Sandra Birdsell, Andy Quan, Zsuzsi Gartner, Elyse Gasco, Christopher Meades, Rick Hillis, Linda Svendsen, Katherine Govier, Russell Wangersky, Sandra Sabatini, List of Canadian Short Story Writers, Xiaowen Zeng, Jaspreet Singh, Jon Papernick, John Patrick Gillese, Gayla Reid, Marina Endicott, George Elliott, Nancy Lee, Makeda Silvera, Emily Schultz, Peter Behrens, Holley Rubin...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=60280 ... Read more

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Chapters: Michel Tremblay, Roch Carrier, Gabrielle Roy, Nancy Huston, Lionel Groulx, Robert Lepage, Marius Barbeau, Émile Nelligan, Joël Champetier, Josaphat-Robert Large, Jean Hébert, Jocelyn Coulon, Gary Klang, Gaston Miron, Louise Lanctôt, Louis Émond, Esther Delisle, Jacques Godbout, François-Xavier Garneau, Jacques Hébert, Thomas Chapais, Francine Pelletier, Marcel Dubé, Jean-François Lisée, Marie-Claire Blais, Guy Sylvestre, Jean-Louis Trudel, Éric Gauthier, Pierre Vallières, Pierre Bourgault, Dany Laferrière, Denis Vaugeois, Laurier Lapierre, Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Nicole Brossard, Anne Hébert, Gustave Lanctot, Gérard Bouchard, Nelly Arcan, Herménégilde Chiasson, Claude Cossette, Alice Parizeau, Steve Requin, François Avard, Gil Courtemanche, Jacques Poulin, Antonine Maillet, Pan Bouyoucas, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Pierre Nepveu, Roland Michel Tremblay, Hédi Bouraoui, Hubert Aquin, Gratien Gélinas, Gérard Bessette, Suzanne Martel, Faucher de Saint-Maurice, Lise Tremblay, Marie Brassard, Jacques Lacoursière, Brigitte Haentjens, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland, Marcel Trudel, Lise Bissonnette, Jacques Ferron, Louis-Ovide Brunet, Réjean Ducharme, Claire Martin, Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, Rina Lasnier, Marguerite Andersen, Claude Charron, Louis Hémon, Maurice Constantin-Weyer, Jean-Paul Desbiens, Nicolas Dickner, Roger Lemelin, Solange Chaput-Rolland, Wajdi Mouawad, Gaétan Soucy, Pierre Labrie, Henri-Raymond Casgrain, Michel Brunet, Édouard Montpetit, Régine Robin, Jean-Paul Audet, Robert Dickson, Michel Vastel, Gilles Archambault, Raymond Barbeau, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Élisabeth Vonarburg, Andrée Ferretti, Jules-Paul Tardivel, Gérald Godin, Yves Thériault, Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Adam-Charles-Gustave Desmazures, Richard Garneau, François Paré, Tony Tremblay, Yves Beauchemin, André D'allemagne, List of French Canadian Writers From Outside Quebec, Gabriel Franchère, André Giroux, Michel Bock, Yin...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20925 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Bernard Thériault, Roch Carrier, Christiane Ouimet, Paul Tellier, Ian Bennett. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Bernard Thériault (Caraquet, 12 décembre 1955 - ) est un historien et homme politique acadien. Il occupe le poste de chef de cabinet du Premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick, Shawn Graham, depuis le 12 octobre 2006. Après des études secondaires à la polyvalente Louis-Mailloux de Caraquet, M. Thériault complète un baccalauréat en arts à l'Université de Moncton puis un certificat en administration de musée de l'École internationale de Bordeaux en 1982. Il trouve un emploi comme historien et curateur en chef du Village historique acadien. Il est impliqué dans plusieurs organismes à vocation communautaire dans la péninsule acadienne, dont le Festival acadien de Caraquet, le Théâtre populaire d'Acadie, la Chambre de commerce de Caraquet, en plus de siéger au Conseil d'administration du quotidien L'Acadie Nouvelle . Élu député de Caraquet lors du balayage des libéraux de Frank McKenna à l'élection générale provinciale de 1987, M. Thériault préside un comité de l'Assemblée législative chargé de trouver une position dans le dossier de l'Accord du lac Meech qui tienne compte des réserves du nouveau gouvernement. Après plusieurs tergiversations, le comité recommandera finalement au gouvernement d'entériner l'entente constitutionnelle au printemps de 1990. Réélu à trois reprises - en 1991, 1995 et 1999 -, M. Thériault accède au Cabinet le 27 avril 1994, en tant que ministre des Pêches, un poste qu'il occupe pendant trois ans. Il est muté au ministère des Affaires intergouvernementales et autochtones le 21 juillet 1997 un poste qu'il occupera jusqu'à la défaite des libéraux de Camille Thériault l...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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In the days of Roch’s childhood, winters in the village of Ste. Justine were long. Life centered around school, church, and the hockey rink, and every boy’s hero was Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Maurice Richard. Everyone wore Richard’s number 9. They laced their skates like Richard. They even wore their hair like Richard. When Roch outgrows his cherished Canadiens sweater, his mother writes away for a new one. Much to Roch’s horror, he is sent the blue and white sweater of the rival Toronto Maple Leafs, dreaded and hated foes to his beloved team. How can Roch face the other kids at the rink?


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Le chandail de hockey/ The hockey sweater
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Dans le village où vivait Roch enfant, Sainte-Justine au Québec, tous les garçons voulaient jouer au hockey comme leur héros, Maurice "Rocket" Richard. En fait, tous les garçons voulaient être Maurice Richard. Chacun d'eux portait fièrement le chandail bleu-blanc-rouge des Canadiens de Montréal arborant, comme un blason, le fameux numéro 9 du Rocket.

Mais un jour, le chandail du jeune Roch est devenu trop petit et trop usé pour qu'il puisse le porter. Sa mère lui en commande un nouveau dans le catalogue de la compagnie Eaton à Montréal. Lorsque le colis tant attendu arrive enfin, c'est la catastrophe ! Au lieu d'un chandail des Canadiens de Montréal, la compagnie Eaton lui a envoyé - quelle horreur ! - un chandail de l'équipe méprisée des Maple Leafs de Toronto. La mère de Roch l'oblige à le porter, car il lui fait très bien, et Monsieur Eaton serait sûrement très offensé qu'on le retourne.

Ce classique de la littérature canadienne de Roch Carrier passionne les enfants de tous âges, qu'ils aient ou non déjà joué au hockey. Le livre s'inspire d'une nouvelle originale, qui a fait l'objet d'un court métrage d'animation.

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When Carrier's Montreal Canadiens hockey sweater wears out, his mother writes to Eaton's to order a new one. Unfortunately, the company ships a sweater from the Canadiens' bitter rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Carrier does not want to wear the new sweater, but his mother refuses to let him wear the old worn out sweater, and does not want to return the new sweater for fear of offending Mr. Eaton and it fits so well, unaware that the company would have been happy to exchange it. As a result, he is forced to wear the Leafs sweater to his hockey game, where all the other players on the ice are wearing Canadiens sweaters.

The story is widely considered an allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between anglophone and francophone Canadians, and an essential classic of Canadian literature. An excerpt from the story is now also commemorated in both official languages of Canada on the back of the Canadian five-dollar bill. ... Read more

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The first novel in the "La Guerre" trilogy. A wedding, a funeral, and best of all, a full company of Carrier's joyful, blaspheming, vigorous characters. ... Read more

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A great read for all Canadians
This book rocked. I read it for a Canadian Literature class, and was so impressed that I will never get rid of it. It is witty and satirical, expressing deep concerns between French and English Canadians in a light hearted, and comical manner. French or English, you will appreciate this honest and thought provoking novel. ... Read more

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In this tragi-comic novel of 1967, French and English are thrown together during World War II as a French Canadian soldier killed at war is returned to his Quebec village by seven English Canadian soldiers. Tensions between French and English which still haunt Canada are conveyed in this story. ... Read more

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As spring arrives in the tiny village of Ste. Justine, the boys’ thoughts turn from hockey to the town’s annual, and informal, boxing tournament. Roch is beaten by the Côté brothers again, strong farmer’s lads, and he decides next year will be different. He orders barbells to build up his muscles, training all winter long, and dreams about finally winning the tournament after enduring years of humiliation. He will not be beaten this year. He will be a champion. When the day for the tournament arrives, Roch wins – in a way. ... Read more

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2000 Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction for Young Adults Award

Shortlisted, 2000 British Columbia Round Table Information Book Award

1999 Teacher Liberian Magazine, Best of the Best issue

Shortlisted, 2001 Rocky Mountain Award

Too Young To Fight is a book of recollections from some of this country'sbest-loved writers of children's literature. The contributors were children and teenagers during World War II. Though they were far from the fighting and, indeed, too young to participate, they were old enough to remember their impressions and feelings. As they grew up in a tumultuous era, some seemed miraculously untouched while others were profoundly affected. All experienced changes in their lives that shaped the adults they became.

For anyone who did not experience it, this book provides fascinating insight and a tangible link to a formative period in our history. For those who were young themselves at the time, the collection will stir memories and stories long-forgotten. It is our hope that those memories will be shared by people of all ages, and preserved for generations to come.

Contributors include:

• Roch Carrier,
• Christopher Chapman,
• Brian Doyle,
• Priscilla Galloway,
• Dorothy Joan Harris,
• Monica Hughes,
• Joy Kogawa with Timothy Nakayama,
• Jean Little,
• Janet Lunn,
• Claire Mackay, and
• Budge Wilson.