All Things ConsoledFrom Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's most celebrated novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter. Jean and Gordon Hay were a formidable pair. She was an artist and superlatively frugal; he was a proud and principled schoolteacher with an explosive temper. Elizabeth, the so called difficult child, always suspected she would end up caring for them in their final

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When the murderous hostility of the Russian Army threatens her very existence

This is the remarkable story of The Maindy Flyers

Packed with beautiful illustrations and practical gardening tips

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de Bono guides the reader through a series of non-mathematical problems and puzzles