Nicholas Maes

Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queen’s University in Kingston in the 1930’s, and editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, essayist, critic, professor, and novelist Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was one of Canada’s pre-eminent literary voices for more than a half-century. Davies, with his generous beard and donnish manner, was the very epitome of the "man of letters," a term he abhorred. Best known for his Deptford Trilogy of novels (Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders), he also wrote two other trilogies (Salterton and Cornish) and was at work on the third volume of another trilogy (Toronto) when he died. With a life as rich in character and colour as that found in his fiction and essays, Davies had a great fondness for magic and myth, both of which are found in abundance in his work, along with a prodigious streak of wry humour.

Magician of Words

Robertson Davies

When fifteen-year-olds Avi Greenbaum of West Jerusalem and Moussa Shakir of East Jerusalem face one another in a soccer match in the spring of 2006, they must come to terms with the legacy of violence and mistrust they each bring to the contest.

Crescent Star

Rosemary Sadlier

Peggy Dymond Leavey

John Wilson

Edward Butts

Tom Henighan

Sharon Stewart

Kate Braid

Arthur Slade

Valerie Knowles

Nathan Tidridge

Judith Fitzgerald

Tom Shardlow

Heather Kirk

Deborah Cowley

Michelle Labrèche-Larouche

Kathryn Bridge

T.F. Rigelhof

Raymond Plante

Roderick Stewart

Margaret Macpherson

lian goodall

Marguerite Paulin

Francine Legaré

Gary Evans

Anne Cimon

André Vanasse

Wayne Larsen

Julie H. Ferguson

D.T. Lahey

Ray Argyle

Ged Martin

This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of these figures are truly famous, while others were quietly influential. Among the wide variety of people we meet are: prime ministers (Mackenzie King, Macdonald, Laurier, and more); artists (Emily Carr, Tom Thomson); explorers (David Thompson, Samuel de Champlain), politicians (René Lévesque, Joey Smallwood), writers (Robertson Davies, Gabrielle Roy), entertainers (Emma Albani, Mary Pickford), activists (Nellie McClung, Louis Riel, Harriet Tubman), and many, many more. Let this series be your primer on the greatest figures in Canadian history. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier William Lyon Mackenzie King René Lévesque Samuel de Champlain John Grierson Lucille Teasdale Maurice Duplessis David Thompson Mazo de la Roche Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford Harriet Tubman Laura Secord Joey Smallwood Prince Edward, Duke of Kent John A. Macdonald Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and many more

Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle

Felix Taylor once stopped a devastating plague, but now he must save his world from humankind itself. It’s been a year since Felix Taylor travelled back to ancient Rome and saved his world from a lethal plague. Again his knowledge of Latin seems useless now that life in the 23rd century has returned to normal. But is it really? A stranger has discovered the time machine and used it to project back into the past. It becomes clear his purpose is to reverse Felix’s success, to bring back the plague and doom future generations to death. To make matters worse, this stranger is very close to Felix. With help from his friend Carolyn, Felix must return to the world of Julius Caesar, as well as a later era divided by religion, to stop the re-emergence of the plague. If he fails to do so, his world will turn to dust like ancient Rome.

A Felix Taylor Adventure

Fortuna

Just when Felix Taylor thought the 23rd century was returning to normal, someone has discovered the time machine and plans to reverse Felix's discovery of lupus ridens, or "laughing wolf." Felix and Caroline must follow this stranger back in time and stop him or her before Felix's world turns to dust.

For the first time, the Felix Taylor Adventures are available as together in this two-book bundle. Short-listed for the Snow Willow Young Reader’s Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award. "An entertaining and thoughtful read that will please fans of sci-fi and historical fiction alike." - Caitlin Campbell, CM magazine Fortuna - Felix Taylor Adventure #2 (NEW!) Just when Felix thought the 23rd century was returning to normal, Felix and Caroline must follow a stranger back in time and stop them before Felix’s world turns to dust. Laughing Wold - Felix Taylor Adventure #1 When a mysterious plague places humanity on the brink of eradication, Felix must project back in time and retrieve the only possible cure, a flower common in ancient Rome, but extinct for more than 2,000 years.

Laughing Wolf / Fortuna

Felix Taylor Adventures 2-Book Bundle

When an extinct flower, the Laughing Wolf, is the only cure to the outbreak of a plague in 2213, Felix, the last person on Earth who can speak and read Latin, is sent back to ancient Rome to retrieve the flower.

Laughing Wolf

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