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The Art of Jeffrey Rubinoff

The Art of Jeffrey Rubinoff

edited by James Fox
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"Art is an act of will in accord with a mature conscience."

--Jeffrey Rubinoff

Jeffrey Rubinoff is one of the great sculptors in steel of the second half of the twentieth century. In the 1970s and '80s he exhibited widely in the United States and Canada alongside Anthony Caro, Mark di Suvero and George Rickey, among others. However, in the early 200 …

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The National Parks of the United States

The National Parks of the United States

A Photographic Journey
by Andrew Thomas
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One country. Twenty-seven states, two territories. Fifty-nine parks. Eight years.

When award-winning landscape photographer Andrew Thomas visited four of the US National Parks in December 2007, he was mesmerized by their natural beauty. After two return trips within the next twelve months, he began a quest to travel to and photograph all fifty-nine …

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Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet

Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet

In Search of a Legendary Armada
by James P. Delgado
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In 1279, off China’s southeast coast, Khubilai Khan routed the Song navy and completed the grand dream of his grandfather, Genghis Khan—the conquest of China. The Grand Khan now ruled the largest empire the world had ever seen, stretching from the China Sea to the plains of Hungary. Having also inadvertently inherited the world’s largest navy …

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A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal

A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal

Second Edition
by Nancy Dunton & Helen Malkin
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A fresh look at contemporary architecture in Montreal, featuring 75 noteworthy buildings and public spaces.

A resource for both locals and tourists alike, A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal presents seventy-five important projects that reflect architecture's resurgence in the city over the last twenty-five years. A two-page spread …

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Shopping for Votes

Shopping for Votes

How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them
by Susan Delacourt
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This 2nd edition offers an insightful and provocative look at the inside world of political marketing in Canada—and what this means about the state of our democracy in the twenty-first century—from a leading political commentator.

“Never mind what you may have heard about Canadians being hewers of wood and drawers of water. Forget all those e …

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Bill Reid Collected

Bill Reid Collected

by Martine J. Reid
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In this third instalment of the Collected series, the work of Bill Reid is showcased with beautiful photographs of his many sculptures, carvings, jewellery and paintings inspired by the culture and themes of his Haida Gwaii heritage.

Over his lifetime, Bill Reid created many historic pieces of art including the large bronze sculpture The Spirit of …

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The Power of Pulses

The Power of Pulses

Saving the World with Peas, Beans, Chickpeas, Favas and Lentils
by Dan Jason; Alison Malone Eathorne & Hilary Malone
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For those who are committed to increasing self-reliance and supporting locally available food sources, pulses are an often-overlooked source of ethical protein. Dan Jason, owner of Salt Spring Seeds, is a long-time advocate of pulses as a healthy and environmentally responsible alternative to meat and tofu. In The Power of Pulses, Jason provides ti …

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The Heaviness of Things That Float

The Heaviness of Things That Float

A Novel
by Jennifer Manuel
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Jennifer Manuel skilfully depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community. This is a place where truth and myth are deeply intertwined and stories are "like organisms all their own, life upon life, the …

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Hell's Corner

Hell's Corner

An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War, 1914-1918
by J.L. Granatstein
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In the triumphs of their victories and the horrors of their losses, Canadian combatants first tested their military skills on the battlefields of Europe. In Hell's Corner, one of Canada's master historians tells the story of how Canada became involved in World War I, how it fought the war and how it emerged from that conflict a stronger and more un …

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The Lesser Blessed

The Lesser Blessed

by Richard Van Camp
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Internationally praised and the subject of a critically acclaimed film, Richard Van Camp’s bestselling novel about coming of age in Canada’s North has achieved the status of an Indigenous classic and it was included in CBC’s list of 100 novels that make you proud to be Canadian. This special 20th anniversary edition features a new introductio …

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My Father's Son

My Father's Son

by Farley Mowat
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A classic wartime memoir from one of Canada’s most treasured writers.

The follow-up to And No Birds Sang, Farley Mowat’s memoir My Father’s Son charts the course of a family relationship in the midst of extreme trial. Taking place during Mowat’s years in the Italian Campaign, the memoir is mostly told through original letters between Mowat a …

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Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs

Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs

Keeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden, with 100 Recipes
by Signe Langford
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Today’s renaissance of the backyard flock is driven by a growing desire for healthy organic ingredients, food security and animal welfare—and while hunger might be “the best sauce,” a dash of self-sufficiency is remarkably satisfying too. As communities from Victoria to St. John’s amend urban bylaws to allow backyard flocks, more and more …

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Through Blood and Sweat

Through Blood and Sweat

A Remembrance Trek across Sicily's World War II Battlegrounds
by Mark Zuehlke
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"We should not need [monuments] to picture a past battlefield and the horrors endured there. But their presence definitely helps to focus the mind, reinforce the solemnity of emotion that is so inherent in the act of remembrance."

Through Blood and Sweat takes readers on a memorable, thought-provoking 300-kilometre march in the footsteps taken by th …

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White Eskimo

White Eskimo

Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey into the Heart of the Arctic
by Stephen R. Bown
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Though less known today than contemporaries like Amundsen and Peary, Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933) was one of the most intriguing of the great early 20th century Arctic explorers. Born and raised in Greenland, and part Inuit on his mother's side, Rasmussen could shoot a gun and harness a team of sled dogs by the time he was eight. Nevertheless he wa …

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The Horrors

The Horrors

An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things
by Charles Demers
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A darkly mirthful and alphabetical approach to very bad things from comedian Charles Demers.

Comedian-author Charlie Demers, whose brain-bending brand of black humour will be familiar to followers of CBC Radio's The Debaters, offers his madcap perspective in a new collection of essays highlighting a wide range of topics under the heading of Bad Thin …

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Forgotten Victory

Forgotten Victory

First Canadian Army and the Cruel Winter of 1944-45
by Mark Zuehlke
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During the winter of 1944–45, the western allies desperately sought a strategy that would lead to Germany's quick defeat. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in trenches and dugouts suffered through the bitterest European winter in fifty years.

The Allied high command decided that First Canadian Army would launch the pivotal offensive to win the war …

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After the Sands

After the Sands

Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians
by Gordon Laxer
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The historic Paris climate talks of 2015 aspired to keep the world under a two degree celsius rise, but failed to set out how to get there. Each country must create its own road map. Canada doesn’t have one. But Gordon Laxer’s After the Sands outlines a vision to transition Canada to a low-carbon society. Ralph Nader hails it as “a myth-destr …

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The Shadows We Mistake for Love

The Shadows We Mistake for Love

Stories
by Tom Wayman
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Short stories based in BC’s West Kootenay region from multiple award-winning author and poet Tom Wayman.

Living in the shadow of the Selkirk Mountains in southeastern BC, the inhabitants of the Slocan Valley are tied together by magical and dramatic geography, but also by an intricate web of shared history, common needs and the deep and complex re …

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Of Myths and Sticks

Of Myths and Sticks

Hockey Facts, Fictions and Coincidences
by Kevin Gibson
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A lively compendium of little-known hockey trivia from Kevin Gibson, TSN’s one-man Research, Stats and Information Department.

As engaging as the great game itself, the stories behind the National Hockey Leaugue are entertaining, fascinating and, at times, unbelievable. Faux facts emerge from urban legends, conspiracy theories and coincidences, le …

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That’s Why I’m a Journalist

That’s Why I’m a Journalist

Top Canadian Reporters Tell Their Most Unforgettable Stories
by Mark Bulgutch
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News stories are like collective memories, encapsulating the most iconic moments in recent history around the world. But to those who work in journalism, up-close involvement with these stories can also be life-changing. In That’s Why I’m a Journalist, veteran broadcaster Mark Bulgutch interviews 44 prominent Canadian journalists, who each shar …

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You Will Wear a White Shirt

You Will Wear a White Shirt

From the Northern Bush to the Halls of Power
by Nick Sibbeston
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Growing up in a remote Northern community, Nick Sibbeston had little reason to believe he would one day fulfill his mother’s ambition of holding a career where he would “wear a white shirt.” Torn away from his family and placed in residential school at the age of five, Sibbeston endured loneliness, callous treatment and sexual assault by an o …

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Arthur Erickson

Arthur Erickson

An Architect's Life
by David Stouck
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At long last, here is a book of critical thought that analyzes Arthur Erickson's best work and situates it as a distinctive body of ideas within the mainstream of international architecture in the last half of the twentieth century. Nicholas Olsberg draws on Erickson's own discussion of ideas to present a thoughtful and illuminating reassessment of …

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Historical Atlas of Canada

Historical Atlas of Canada

Canada's History Illustrated with Original Maps
by Derek Hayes
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"This is a gorgeous piece of work, rich and heavy and brimming with the minutiae of attempts to capture aspects of the Canadian landscape by cartography."
The Georgia Straight

Maps tells the story in this innovative volume, and the story of Canada they tell is profoundly engrossing and rewarding. The atlas covers a period of a thousand years and …

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The Urban Homesteading Cookbook [Cancelled]

Forage, Ferment, Farm and Feast for a Better World
by Michelle Nelson, photographs by Alison Page
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With food culture in the midst of a do-it-yourself renaissance, urbanites everywhere are relishing craft beers, foraged ingredients, sustainable seafoods, ethically raised meats and homemade condiments and charcuterie. Inspired by the delicious creativity of local artisans, chefs, brewmasters and mixologists, Michelle Nelson began urban homesteadin …

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Me Artsy

Me Artsy

edited by Drew Hayden Taylor
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While First Nations cultural practice still honours traditional forms, contemporary indigenous artists have diversified into many areas. The fourteen contributors whose essays make up Me Artsy pursue such varied disciplines as filmmaking, gourmet cuisine, blues piano, fashion design, acting, writing and painting as well as traditional drumming and …

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The Urban Homesteading Cookbook

The Urban Homesteading Cookbook

Forage, Ferment, Farm and Feast for a Better World
by Michelle Nelson, by (photographer) Alison Page
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An urban approach to back-to-the-land—and eating our way to a better world.

With food culture in the midst of a do-it-yourself renaissance, urbanites everywhere are relishing craft beers, foraged ingredients, sustainable seafoods, ethically raised meats and homemade condiments. Inspired by the delicious creativity of local artisans, chefs, brewmas …

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One Story, One Song

One Story, One Song

by Richard Wagamese
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Grade: 8
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"The short pieces in One Story, One Song remind us of human beings� place in the world: We are a part of it, not masters of it. And by sharing our stories we share ourselves. By listening to others� stories, we share their lives and perhaps gain connections. One Story, One Song is all about connections, something we all need."
—Globe an …

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Chicken in the Mango Tree

Chicken in the Mango Tree

Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village
by Jeffrey Alford
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In the small village of Kravan in rural Thailand, the food is like no other in the world. The diet is finely attuned to the land, taking advantage of what is local and plentiful. Made primarily of fresh, foraged vegetables infused with the dominant Khmer flavours of bird chiles, garlic, shallots and fish sauce, the cuisine is completely distinct fr …

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Craft Beer Revolution

Craft Beer Revolution

The Insider's Guide to B.C. Breweries
by Joe Wiebe
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The definitive guide to British Columbia's craft breweries.

The most detailed compilation of British Columbia's craft breweries is now more comprehensive than ever! Since the first edition of Craft Beer Revolution was published in 2013, twenty-seven new breweries have opened and another dozen or more are scheduled to open by mid-2015. Joe Wiebe, the …

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All-Day Breakfast

All-Day Breakfast

by Adam Lewis Schroeder
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When widowed father and substitute teacher Peter Giller leads an eleventh-grade class on a field trip to a plastics factory, he thinks the worst that could happen is that the parent volunteers won�t show up (they don�t), the kids will be rude (they are) or the free lunch will be terrible (it is).

Then a leaking pipe sprays Peter and the st …

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Canadian Spacewalkers

Canadian Spacewalkers

Hadfield, MacLean and Williams Remember the Ultimate High Adventure
by Bob McDonald
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Finalist for the 2014 Canadian Science Writers' Association's Science in Society General Book Award

There are astronauts, and there are spacewalkers. Astronauts leave earth's atmosphere in a spaceship. Spacewalkers don pressure suits and step outside into the universe.

Spacewalking is a physically exhausting, mentally rigorous endeavor. It’s so dif …

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The Future and Why We Should Avoid It

The Future and Why We Should Avoid It

Killer Robots, The Apocalypse and Other Topics of Mild Concern
by Scott Feschuk
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"Death is probably inevitable, assuming I fail in my attempts to transfer my consciousness into this Roomba. Note to my descendants: When I spin in three tight circles, that means I want a grilled cheese sand- wich." -- Scott Feschuk

The future holds many unknowns: advances in medical technology, increased airport security and critical new invention …

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Peace Pipe Dreams

Peace Pipe Dreams

The Truth about Lies about Indians
by Darrell Dennis
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Darrell Dennis is a stereotype-busting, politically incorrect Native American/Aboriginal/Shuswap (Only he's allowed to call himself an "Indian." Maybe. Under some circumstances). With a large dose of humour and irreverence, he untangles some of the truths and myths about First Nations: Why do people think Natives get free trucks, and why didn't he …

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Stars Between the Sun and Moon

Stars Between the Sun and Moon

One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom
by Lucia Jang & Susan McClelland
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Born in the seventies in North Korea, Lucia Jang grew up in a typical household -- her parents worked in the factories, and the family scraped by on government rations of rice and what little food they could grow in their small garden. Every night before bed, Jang dusted the frame around the portrait of Kim Il-sung, as her little sister looked on. …

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Terrible Victory

Terrible Victory

First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944
by Mark Zuehlke
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BOOK SIX in the Canadian Battle Series

Terrible Victory is a gripping account of Canada's bloody liberation of western Holland, one of our finest, and most costly, military victories.

On September 4, 1944, Antwerp, Europe's largest port, fell to the Second British Army and it seemed the war would soon be won. But Antwerp was of little value unless th …

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The Elusive Mr. Pond

The Elusive Mr. Pond

The Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest
by Barry Gough
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country's longest river, but hardly anyone could name the man who mentored Mackenzie and mapped much of northwestern Canada before him. Soldier,fur trader and explorer Peter Pond, the subject of this long overdue book, is a man whose legend has …

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Black Ice

David Blackwood Prints of Newfoundland
edited by Katharine Lochnan, by (artist) David Blackwood
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Now back in print!

Canadian artist David Blackwood has been telling stories about Newfoundland in the form of epic visual narratives for the past 30 years. His stories draw on childhood memories, dreams, superstitions, the oral tradition and the political realities of the community on Bonavista Bay, where he was born and raised. His collection of wo …

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Closing Time

Closing Time

Prohibition, Rum-Runners, and Border Wars
by Daniel Francis
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Canadians have long associated Prohibition with the colourful history of the Jazz Age in the United States. But even before the American ban that was in place from 1920 to 1933, Canada initiated its own Prohibition during World War I. The so-called Cold Water Army was led by zealots and prudes preaching hellfire and damnation, but also by committed …

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Red

Red

A Haida Manga
by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
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Referencing a classic Haida oral narrative, this stunning full-colour graphic novel documents the tragic story of a leader so blinded by revenge that he leads his community to the brink of war and destruction. Consisting of 108 pages of hand-painted illustrations, Red is a groundbreaking mix of Haida imagery and Japanese manga. Now available in pap …

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The Book of Kale and Friends

The Book of Kale and Friends

14 Easy-to-Grow Superfoods with 130+ Recipes
by Sharon Hanna & Carol Pope
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"It has real personality and charm and the overall results are delicious." -- Taste Canada jury, praise for The Book of Kale

Following the success of her national bestseller, The Book of Kale, Sharon Hanna is back, teaming up with gardening editor Carol Pope, for even more fun with kale. There are good reasons why the Kale Revolution is growing -- t …

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The Snow Walker

The Snow Walker

by Farley Mowat
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Mowat writes passionately of the bonds between a traditional people and the harsh world they inhabit, compiling a collection of stories that gives voice to a vanishing existence lived in the vast Arctic wilderness. The mythic Snow Walker traverses a place foreign to modern man -- a landscape where survival is simultaneously brutal and beautiful; a …

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High Clear Bell of Morning

High Clear Bell of Morning

by Ann Eriksson
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High Clear Bell of Morning is the gripping tale of a father's love and the extent to which he will go to protect his daughter.

Ruby's life begins to unravel when she hears voices coming from her closet. It isn't long before they are with her all the time. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, her treatment goes awry when she meets a drug dealer, Kenny, in g …

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Writing with Grace

Writing with Grace

A Journey beyond Down Syndrome
by Judy McFarlane
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"I don’t know how to describe me as a real person." -- From "My Real Truth," a poem by Grace Chen

"Put her away and forget about her." This was the blunt advice Grace Chen's grandfather gave Grace's parents when she was born with Down Syndrome.

Twenty-four years later, Grace writes, "I always dream to be a famous writer." When Judy McFarlane is ask …

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Emberton

Emberton

A Novel
by Peter Norman
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Lance Blunt, despite the best efforts of his parents and teachers, has never been able to read. Even if he stares at a word until his corneas bleed, the letters remain indecipherable rubble. When an anonymous postcard offers him a job at Emberton Dictionary and suggests that there he will find the resolution to his "particular difficulty," he goes …

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Conversations with a Dead Man

The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott
by Mark Abley
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Come Fly with Me

Come Fly with Me

Michael Bublé's Rise to Stardom, a Memoir
with Shelley Fralic, by Beverly Delich
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A behind-the-scenes story of a global superstar's rise to fame.

In 1993, Beverly Delich discovered an 18-year-old singer named Michael Bubl� in a Vancouver talent contest, became his manager, and moved with him to Toronto, and then L.A., as he tried to break into a tough, unforgiving business. This book is her vivid, behind-the-scenes story of …

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Building the Orange Wave

Building the Orange Wave

The Inside Story Behind the Historic Rise of Jack Layton and the NDP
by Brad Lavigne, foreword by Olivia Chow
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In Building the Orange Wave, author Brad Lavigne recounts the dramatic story of how Jack Layton and his inner circle developed and executed a plan that turned the NDP into a contender for government, defying the odds and the critics every step of the way. This is the ultimate insider's account of one of the greatest political accomplishments in mod …

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The Lonely End of the Rink

The Lonely End of the Rink

Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie
by Grant Lawrence
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Winner of the Bill Duthie's Booksellers Award!

In addition to being a CBC host, an eminent indie-rock alumnus, and the award-winning author of the bestselling book Adventures in Solitude, Grant Lawrence has another claim to fame: as a toddler, he spent the majority of a plane ride from Toronto to Winnipeg on Bobby Orr's lap. Grant, his parents, Bobb …

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