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Pack Ice
Frances Itani
Reviewed by Alma Webster
Adult
1990 March

Pack Up Your Troubles: Canadian War Humour
Eric Mansikka
Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn
Adult
1988 March

Painted Ladies
H. R. Percy
Reviewed by Marion Mintis
Adult
1984 May

Pandora
Sylvia Fraser
Reviewed by Paul R. Birch
Adult
1990 March

The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks
Robertson Davies
Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott
Adult
1986 May

Papier-Mache Today
Sheila McGraw
Reviewed by Joanne Robertson
Professional
1991 March

Paradise Cafe
Martha Brooks
Reviewed by Gail Lennon
Adult
1989 March

Paradise Won: The Struggle for South Moresby
Elizabeth May
Reviewed by Peter Croskery
Adult
1990 September

A Parental Viewpoint of Guidance Services in Canadian Schools
Reviewed by Marilyn Simpson
Professional
1983 July

The Paris-Napoli Express
Janice Kulyk Keefer
Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham
Adult
1986 September

Particles: Phase One/Particules: Phase Un
Sarah Jackson
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Post-Secondary
1983 March

Party Politics in Canada
Hugh G. Thorburn
Reviewed by Vic Stecyk
Grades 12 and up
1986 January

Past and Present Vegetation of the Far Northwest of Canada
J. C. Ritchie
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Post-Secondary
1984 November

Pattison: Portrait of a Capitalist Superstar
Russell Kelly
Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant
Grades 10 and up
1986 September

Peasant, Lord, and Merchant
Allan Greer
Reviewed by Robert Nicholas Bérard
Post-Secondary
1986 September

The Pegnitz Junction
Mavis Gallant
Reviewed by Judith Baxter
Adult/Secondary
1988 November

The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Drama
Richard Plant (Edited by)
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories
Wayne Grady (Edited by)
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Adult
1982 November

The Peoples of Canada: A Post-Confederation History
J.M. Bumsted
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1993 March

The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History
J.M. Bumsted
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1993 March

Perdue or How the West Was Lost
Geoffrey Ursell
Reviewed by Joan VanSickle
Grades 12 and up
1984 September

Perfect Fools
Charlotte Vale Allen
Reviewed by Margaret S. MacLean
Adult
1983 July

Performance Poems
James Reaney
Reviewed by L. Maingon
Adult
1991 March

The Periwinkle Assault
Charles Dennis
Reviewed by John Mitchell
Adult
1983 November

Personal Development: Self-Instruction for Personal Agency
Jack Martin and Wyn Martin
Reviewed by Diane Ikonen
Grades 12 and up
1984 May

Perspectives on Modecai Richler
Michael Darling (Edited by)
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 11 and up
1987 July

Piano Music/Musique Pour Piano
Elaine Keillor (Edited by)
Reviewed by Robert E. Wheeler
Post-Secondary
1984 September

Picking the Morning Colour
Kevin Roberts
Reviewed by Loÿs Maingon
Adult
1986 November

The Picky Eater: Recipes and Survival Tips for Parents of Fussy Eaters
Sharon E. McKay
Reviewed by Marilyn Kogon
Adult
1993 September

Picture Books for Children
Patricia Cianciolo
Reviewed by Adèle Ashby
Professional
1990 November

Pieces
Manitoba Multicultural Anthology Committee
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Grades K-Grade 12
1987 May

Pieces of Dreams
Charlotte Vale Allen
Reviewed by Brenda Watson
Adult
1984 November

Pierre Elliott Trudeau and His Unearthly Adventures: an Illustrated History of Trudeaumania
Jude Waples
Reviewed by Jim Delaney
Adult
1983 November

Pies and Tarts with Schmecks Appeal
Edna Staebler
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Adult
1990 November

Piling Blood
Al Purdy
Reviewed by Pamela Black
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

The Plains of Caroni
Samuel Selvon
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Adult
1986 September

Plain Talk!: Memoirs of an Auditor General
Maxwell Henderson
Reviewed by Thomas Chambers
Post-Secondary
1985 March

Plant Alert
Deborah A. Metsger
Reviewed by Peter Croskery
Adult
1990 May

Play, Drama & Thought: The Intellectual Backgound to Dramatic Education
Richard Courtney
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Post-secondary
1990 May

Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic
Rudy Wiebe
Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot
Post-secondary/Adult
1989 September

Podborski!
Steve Podborski with Gerald Donaldson
Reviewed by walter Kalyn
Grades 9 to 12
1988 May

Poems Please: Sharing Poetry With Children
David Booth and Bill Moore
Reviewed by Fran Newman
Professional
1989 January

Poems Released on a Nuclear Wind
Allan Cooper
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Adult/Secondary
1988 September

Poetry of Frontiers: Comparative Studies in Quebec/Canadian Literature
Clément Moisan
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Post-Secondary
1984 March

Poetry Hotel: Selected Poems, 1963-85
Joe Rosenblatt
Reviewed by Pamela Black
Post-Secondary
1986 July

Polemics on Day Care
Hollis L. T. Joe
Reviewed by Sharon McKay
Professional
1982 September

Policies and Guidelines Developed for Community and Technical College Librairies
Frances Davidson-Arnott (Compiled by)
Reviewed by John North
Professional
1984 January

Political Parties and Ideologies in Canada: Liberals, Conservatives, Socialists, Nationalists
Colin Campbell and William Christian
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Post-Secondary
1983 November

The Political Refugees: A History of the Estonians in Canada
Karl Aunn
Reviewed by Algis Tribinevicius
Grades 12 and up
1985 November

Politics in Canada: Culture, Institutions, Behaviour and Public Policy
Robert Jackson, Doreen Jackson and Nicolas Baxter-Moore
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Grades 12 and up
1986 September

The Politics of Canadian Public Policy
Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler (Edited by)
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Post-Secondary
1983 November

Pomp and Circumstances: A Journey into the Palaces of Europe with a Canadian Lady-in-Waiting
Claire Mowat
Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox
Post-secondary/Adult
1989 September

The Pornography Workshop for Women: A Leader's Handbook
Margaret Smith and barbara Waisberg
Reviewed by Brenda Watson
Adult
1985 November

Possible Worlds & A Short History of Night
John Mighton
Reviewed by Gina Varty
Adult
1993 March

The Power to Move
Susan Glickman
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Adult/Secondary
1988 September

Power Plus Skating
Larry Gazdig
Reviewed by Michael Freeman
Professional, Parents
1984 March

PQ: Réne Lévesque & the Parti Québecois in Power
Graham Fraser
Reviewed by George Hoffman
Grades 12 and up
1986 January

P.R. and Promotion
Reviewed by Howard Hurt
Professional
1986 March

The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature #13 - Voices from Earth: Selected Poems
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Adult
1990 November

Prairie Lives: The Changing Face of Farming
Lois L. Ross
Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown
Adult
1986 January

The Prairie West: Historical Readings
R. Douglas Francis and Howard Palmer (Edited by)
Reviewed by J.D. Ingram
Post-Secondary
1986 May

A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
Reviewed by Roland Pagnier
Secondary/Adult
1989 July

PRECIS Indexing: Development of a Working Model for a School Library Cataloguing/Inforamtion Retrieval Network
Brian Burnham and Audrey Taylor
Reviewed by John G. Wright
Professional
1984 March

Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82
Christopher Dewdney
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Post-Secondary
1984 September

The Pre-Geography of Snow
Lyn King
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Adult/Secondary
1988 September

Pregnancy and Lifestyle Habits
Peter A. Fried
Reviewed by ELizabeth Woodger
Grades 12 and up
1983 November

Pre-School Story-Times
Ken Roberts
Reviewed by P.J. Hammel
Adult
1988 March

Priest of God
Patrick O'Flaherty
Reviewed by Deborah Mervold
Adult
1990 May

The Prinzhorn Collection
Don Coles
Reviewed by Steven Wells
Post-Secondary
1982 November

The Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of MacDonald and Laurier
Sandra Gwyn
Reviewed by Allan S. Evans
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

A Private Performance
Kenneth Radu
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Adult
1991 May

Probable Fictions
Louis K. MacKendrich (Edited by)
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 12 and up
1984 May

The Proceedings of the Sir Charles G. D. Roberts Symposium, Mount Allison University
Carrie MacMillan (Edited by)
Reviewed by Vivienne Denton
Post Secondary
1985 November

Professional Development Activities for the Reflective Consultant: A Manual
Ellen M. Regan and John A. Ross
Reviewed by Gail K. Lennon
Professional
1992 May

Profiles 2: Authors and Illustrators, Children's Literature in Canada
Irma McDonough (Edited by)
Reviewed by Grace E. Funk
Professional
1982 November

Programming for School-Aged Children
Melody Wood
Reviewed by Adele Ashby
Professional
1989 January

Programming for School-Aged Children: Collection Development
Lynne Bernard
Reviewed by Adele Ashby
Professional
1989 January

Programming for School-Aged Children: Community Outreach and Publicity
Kathleen Petrie
Reviewed by Adele Ashby
Professional
1989 January

Projects for a Healthy Planet: Simple Environmental Experiments for Kids
Shar Levine and Allison Grafton
Reviewed by Fred Leicester
Professional
1992 May

The Promoters' City: Building the Industrial Town of Maisonneuve, 1883-1918
Paul-Andre Linteau
Reviewed by Fred May
Grades 12 and up
1986 January

Promoters, Patriots, and Partisans: Historiography in Nineteenth-Cnetury English Canada
M. Brook Taylor
Reviewed by John D. Crawford
Post-secondary
1990 May

Prospero's Daughter
Constance Beresford-Howe
Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine
Adult/Secondary
1988 November

Provincial Politics in Canada
Rand Dyck
Reviewed by Grace Shaw
Grades 12 and up
1986 September

Puck is a Four-Letter Word
Frank Orr
Reviewed by Paul E. Blower
Adult
1983 September

Pull Over Please: What To Do When The Police Stop You
Brian Lawrie and Ian McLean
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Adult
1985 November

The Pumpkin-Eaters
Lois Braun
Reviewed by Grace Shaw
Adult / Secondary
1990 September

The Pundits: Power, Politics and the Press
Lloyd Tataryn
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Grades 12 and up
1986 May

Puzzle
Manitoba Multicultural Anthology Committee
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Grades K-Grade 12
1987 May

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