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Authors, Canadian (English) 21st century Biography Authors, English 21st century Biography Cree Indians Cree Indians Manitoba Biography Fathers and sons Indigenous peoples Canada Biography Manitoba Robertson, David 1977- Robertson, Don 1935-2019 Working class families England 20th century BiographyGreenlaw, Lavinia
Summary: Evaluates the powerful influence of pop music on the author's coming-of-age years, describing how music defined her early life while conversely providing her an escape from her own realities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.92 GRESenker, Cath
Summary: "A biography about J.K. Rowling, celebrated children's book author and creator of Harry Potter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROWClark, Dodie
Summary: "A collection of personal stories, lessons, song lyrics, and photos from the beloved British vlogger Dodie Clark, also known online as doddleoddle. When I feel like I'm going mad I write. A lot of my worst fears have come true; fears that felt so big I could barely hold them in my head. I was convinced that when they'd happen, the world would end. But the world didn't end. In fact, it pushed on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria/Keywords Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLARK, DODIE CLABarrowcliffe, Mark.
Summary: In this attempt to understand the true inner nerd of the adolescent male, Barrowcliffe relates how he and twenty million other boys grew up in the '70s and '80s absorbed in the world of fantasy role-playing games like Dungeon & Dragons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARROWCLIFFE, MARK BARWinspear, Jacqueline
Summary: "After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her memoir tackles such difficult, poignant, and fascinating family memories as her paternal grandfather's shellshock, her mother's evacuation from London during the Blitz; her soft-spoken animal-loving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WINSPEAR, JACQUELINE WINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WINSPEAR WINRobertson, David
Summary: "David A. Robertson, the son of a Cree father and a white, settler mother, grew up with virtually no knowledge or understanding of his family's Indigenous roots. His father, Dulas, or Don as he became known, had grown up on the trapline in the bush only to be transplanted permanently to a house on reserve in Manitoba, where he was not permitted to speak his language--Swampy Cree--and was forced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2020