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Book cover: Shows a dead black bird, lying on its back with a stamp impaled on its beak. The cover is very bright green, with all-caps for the nouns and a scripted cursive for the prepositions.

Flavia de Luce books by …

August 14, 2017
About the book Author: Bradley, Alan C., 1938- Title: The sweetness at the bottom of the pie. Publication: New York : Bantam, 2009. ISBN 9780553840766. DAISY audio format narrated …
Book cover: Ouline of an owl perched on a branch, with title in a hand-written script on the body of the owl.

Let's explore diabetes …

July 29, 2017
About the book Author: Sedaris, David. Title: Let’s explore diabetes with owls: Essays, etc. Publication: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2013. ISBN 9780316154697. …
Book cover: Colourful plastic 'cowboy and indian' pieces illustrating sterotypes.

Peace pipe dreams by …

July 26, 2017
About the book Author: Dennis, Darrell (Darrell Michael). Title: Peace pipe dreams : The truth about lies about Indians. Publication: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & …
Book cover. Shows a bunch of cartoon beavers, cracking wise.

The Penguin anthology of …

January 9, 2017
About the book Author: Ferguson, Will Title: The Penguin anthology of Canadian humour Publication: Toronto : Viking Canada, 2006. ISBN 9780670064434. DAISY audio format narrated by …
Book cover: Features a line drawing of a rooster; the whole thing has sort of an olde-tyme Farmer's Almanach vibe.

The Woefield Farm books …

January 4, 2017
About the book Author: Juby, Susan (1969-) Title: The Woefield poultry collective. Publication: New York : HarperCollins Canada, 2011. ISBN 9781554687442. DAISY audio format …
Book cover for Plato and the Platypus, showing the philosopher in a left-facing profile and the mammal in a right-facing profile. The rest of the cover imitates an old and elegant half-calf tome from the turn of the last century.

Thomas Cathcart's greek …

November 2, 2016
About the book Author: Cathcart, Thomas (1940- ) and Daniel Klein. Title: Plato and a platypus walk into a bar…: Understanding philosophy through jokes. (2006) Publication: …
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