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Disabled Voices Anthology

Disabled Voices Anthology

edited by sb smith, introduction by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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tagged : own voices, disabilities & special needs, anthologies (multiple authors)

Written and illustrated by the Disabled community about the Disabled community in North America, Disabled Voices is an international anthology collection of short stories (both fiction and non-fiction), personal essay, poetry, and artwork. Featuring both new as well as established authors, Disabled Voices is comprised of submissions written by Can …

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The Trials of Albert Stroebel

The Trials of Albert Stroebel

Love, Murder and Justice at the End of the Frontier
by Chad Reimer
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On a dreary morning in April, 1893, John Marshall, a Portuguese immigrant and successful farmer on Sumas Prairie in British Columbia, was found lying sprawled across the veranda of his farmhouse, his body cold and lifeless. The farmer's face was a mess, his nose smashed in and cracked blood covering his forehead around a jagged black hole. The shoc …

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Bronx Heroes in Trumpland

Bronx Heroes in Trumpland

by Ray Felix & Tom Sciacca
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The Bronx Heroes take on their biggest foe of all, President Donald Trump, in this hilarious and boldly subversive comic book.

Astron Star Soldier is an astronaut/alien warrior who first appeared in Tom Sciacca's Astral Comics #1 in 1977. Black Power is an African American superhero, war veteran, and former boxer who first appeared in Ray Felix's co …

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The Kawai Scrolls

The Kawai Scrolls

A Novel
by Louis Druehl
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tagged : biographical, literary, cultural heritage

His Hopi princess bride has left him for the head of the philosophy department and his PhD thesis is stalled; what is left for an Iowa farmboy to do but to board a slow boat to Yokohama? John Fox leaves the academic desert of New Mexico for Japan, in search of fame and inspiration among the Ainu, the white aborigines of Hokkaido. While his adventu …

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San Josef

San Josef

A Novel
by Harold Macy
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age: 16 to 18
Grade: 11 to 12
tagged : civil war era, literary, colonial & 19th century

A powerful novel of redemption and revenge inspired by a real American Civil War mystery.

For Clayton Monroe, the last hope for refuge is a struggling settlement at the far northwest corner of Vancouver Island. San Josef is his sanctuary from the imagined demons and real enemies who have pursued him for three decades, from the Civil War battlefields …

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Resolve

Resolve

The Story of the Chelsea Family and a First Nation Community’s Will to Heal
by Carolyn Parks Mintz, with Andy Chelsea & Phyllis Chelsea
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Andy and Phyllis Chelsea met during their years spent at the St. Joseph’s Mission School in Williams Lake, BC. Like the thousands of others forced into the church-run residential school system, Andy and Phyllis are no strangers to the ongoing difficulties experienced by most Indigenous peoples in Canada. The couple married in 1964 but brought the …

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Heritage Churches of the Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia

Heritage Churches of the Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia

Historical Events & Architectural Elements of Church Structures
by Kenneth Perry
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Heritage Churches of the Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia - chronicles existing church structures that dot the Indigenous landscape across what was once, a wild frontier and a thriving fur-trading empire. A beautifully illustrated work, with over three hundred colour photographs that will take the reader into urban, rural and remote areas of …

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In Our Own Aboriginal Voice 2

In Our Own Aboriginal Voice 2

A collection of Indigenous authors & artists in Canada
edited by Michael Calvert, introduction by Edmund Metatawabin
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tagged : native american & aboriginal, own voices, indigenous

In Our Own Aboriginal Voice 2 is a powerful collection of short fiction, non-fiction, personal essay, poetry, and original Indigenous artwork by Indigenous authors and artists from across Canada. Featuring the work of established authors such as the late Connie Fife, and up-and-coming Aboriginal authors to watch out for (according to CBC Books) Joa …

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Indigenous Healing

Indigenous Healing

Shamanic Ceremonialism in the Pacific Northwest Today
by Dr Wolfgang Jilek
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tagged : native american studies, native american

This book places the revival of Indigenous ceremonialism in a new light. The author aims at dispelling misconceptions and negative opinions by showing the traditional rituals to have well-defined and integrated therapeutic effects. The guardian spirit ceremonial of the Coast Salish First Nations combines the Spirit Quest of the Plateau bands with t …

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Feel the Wild

Feel the Wild

by (photographer) Daniel Fox
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tagged : regional, landscapes, pictorials

Feel the Wild is an intimate and powerful story about Nature and our relationship with it, told through stunning photography and thought-provoking writing.

To “Feel the Wild” is to connect with the wilderness – the untamed Nature, the untamed Us, the essence of Life, through all of our senses and experience everything it has to offer – the p …

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Bone Black

Bone Black

by Carol Rose GoldenEagle
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tagged : native american & aboriginal, contemporary women, literary

There are too many stories about Indigenous women who go missing or are murdered, and it doesn’t seem as though official sources such as government, police or the courts respond in a way that works toward finding justice or even solutions. At least that is the way Wren StrongEagle sees it.

Wren is devastated when her twin sister, Raven, mysterious …

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On/Me

On/Me

by Francine Cunningham
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tagged : women authors, native american, canadian

Francine Cunningham lives with constant reminders that she doesn't fit the desired expectations of the world: she is a white-passing, city-raised Indigenous woman with mental illness who has lost her mother. In her debut poetry collection on/me, Cunningham explores, with keen attention and poise, what it means to be forced to exist within the margi …

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Bad Law

Bad Law

Rethinking Justice for a Postcolonial Canada
by Hon. John Reilly
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tagged : indigenous peoples, native american studies, lawyers & judges

From the bestselling author of Bad Medicine and its sequel Bad Judgment comes a wide-ranging, magisterial summation of the years-long intellectual and personal journey of an Alberta jurist who went against the grain and actually learned about Canada’s indigenous people in order to become a public servant.

”Probably my greatest claim to fame is t …

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Cheap Thrills

Cheap Thrills

by David Kloepfer
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Cheap Thrills takes place over the course of a single weekend, beginning with the incessantly stoned Ethan and his roommate Phil discovering the body of their weed dealer in a Vancouver alley alongside a box of porno magazines and crime noir paperbacks. Tasked by his eccentric boss with locating the money the dealer had been carrying, gang member W …

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The Blue Road

The Blue Road

A Fable of Migration
text by Wayde Compton, illustrated by April dela Noche Milne
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 7 to 12
tagged : literary, emigration & immigration

A Quill and Quire Best Book of the Year

In this stunning graphic novel, Lacuna is a girl without a family, a past, or a proper home. She lives alone in a swamp made of ink, but with the help of Polaris, a will-o'-the-wisp, she embarks for the fabled Northern Kingdom, where she might find people like her. The only way to get there, though, is to trav …

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Rebent Sinner

Rebent Sinner

by Ivan Coyote
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Governor General's Literary Award finalist; BC Book Prize winner (Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes); Forest of Reading Evergreen Award finalist

Ivan Coyote is one of North America's preeminent storytellers and performers, and the author, co-author, or co-editor of eleven previous books, all but one of which have been published by Arsenal Pul …

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When Days Are Long

When Days Are Long

Nurse in the North
by Amy V. Wilson, introduction by Laurel Deedrick-Mayne
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tagged : medical, women, native americans

When Amy Wilson accepted the job of field nurse for the Indigenous Peoples in the Yukon and Northern British Columbia in 1949, she was told that the north was a fine country for men and dogs but that it killed women and horses. Undaunted, Wilson travelled the Alaska Highway from Whitehorse (Mile 916) to Mile Zero. She served Indigenous Peoples in t …

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My Favourite Crime

My Favourite Crime

Essays and Journalism from Around the World
by Deni Ellis Béchard
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tagged : criminals & outlaws, essays, canadian, dysfunctional families

My Favourite Crime ranges across the world and over a wide array of contemporary issues. Divided into five sections, all united by a recurring consideration of how writing helps transform our understanding of our family, of ourselves, and of the world, the book addresses such disparate topics as: the author’s tumultuous relationship with his fath …

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Invisible Generations

Invisible Generations

Living between Indigenous and White in the Fraser Valley
by Jean Barman
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tagged : native american, native americans, post-confederation (1867-)

Born of Indigenous grandmothers and white grandfathers, Irene Kelleher lived all her life in the shadow of her heritage. Her local community in British Columbia's Fraser Valley treated her as if she was invisible. The combination of white and Indigenous descent was beyond the bounds of acceptability by a dominant white society. To be mixed was to n …

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Picking Up the Pieces

Picking Up the Pieces

Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket
by Carey Newman & Kirstie Hudson
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tagged : native american, native americans, survival

“Will educate and enlighten Canadians for generations to come. It's a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Canada's residential-school saga. Most importantly, it's a touchstone of community for those survivors and their families still on the path to healing.”—Waubgeshig Rice, journalist and author of Moon of the Crusted Snow

Picking Up t …

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Condo Conquest

Condo Conquest

Urban Governance, Law, and Condoization in New York City and Toronto
by Randy K. Lippert
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tagged : city planning & urban development, urban & land use planning, urban

When condominiums first emerged in North American cities in the 1960s, they were a new kind of housing governed by boards of resident owners volunteering in a community. Condo Conquest shows how the condo and its inner governance have since become something else entirely, taken over – or conquered – by an assemblage of commercial interests spec …

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I Hope We Choose Love

I Hope We Choose Love

A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World
by Kai Cheng Thom
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tagged : women's studies, lgbt

American Library Association Stonewall Book Awards Honor Book; Winner, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature

What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith?

In a heartbrea …

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Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry

Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry

The Art, The Artists, The History
by Alexander Dawkins, foreword by Corrine Hunt
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tagged : native american, cultural, jewelry

As beautiful as it is useful, Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry is an invaluable tool for anyone interested in learning about or deepening their understanding of a fascinating craft.

Indigenous hand-engraved jewelry from the Pacific Northwest Coast is among the most distinctive, innovative, and highly sought-after art being produced i …

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From Bear Rock Mountain

From Bear Rock Mountain

The Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor
by Antoine Bear Rock Mountain
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tagged : indigenous studies, personal memoirs, native americans

In this poetic, poignant memoir, Dene artist and social activist Antoine Mountain paints an unforgettable picture of his journey from residential school to art school—and his path to healing.

In 1949, Antoine Mountain was born on the land near Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. At the tender age of seven, he was stolen away from h …

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Guide to Indigenous Rock Carvings of the Northwest Coast

Guide to Indigenous Rock Carvings of the Northwest Coast

Petroglyphs and Rubbings of the Pacific Northwest
by Beth Hill
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What is a petroglyph? Who made them and why? What is rock rubbing? How is it made? In her book, Guide to Indigenous Rock Carvings, Beth Hill examines these questions. She gives a fascinating introduction to the subject of First Peoples Petroglyphs of the Northwest Coastal Region - BC, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Beth Hill and her husband Ray hav …

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DrawBridge

DrawBridge

Drawing Alongside My Brother's Schizophrenia
by Joan Boxall, illustrated by Stephen A. Corcoran
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tagged : artists, architects, photographers, personal memoirs, people with disabilities

How do you establish trust and meaningful connection with a sibling who suffers from schizophrenia? In an attempt to rekindle her relationship with her estranged brother Steve, Joan meets him at the Art Studios in Vancouver, where he takes part in art classes for individuals with a mental illness in a safe, supportive environment. This marks the be …

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River of Dreams

River of Dreams

A Journey through Milk River Country
by Liz Bryan
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A picturesque, reflective journey along the route of the ancient Milk River, from southern Alberta into northern Montana.

The Milk River is a small and dreamy river, flowing lazily through some of the loneliest lands of North America, the dry plains of Alberta and Montana. Dwarfed by such giants as the Saskatchewan and Mississippi Rivers, it is inde …

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Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid

Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid

by Cecil Paul
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tagged : native americans, environmentalists & naturalists, native american studies

A remarkable and profound collection of reflections by one of North America’s most important Indigenous leaders.

My name is Wa’xaid, given to me by my people. ‘Wa’ is ‘the river’, ‘Xaid’ is ‘good’ – good river. Sometimes the river is not good. I am a Xenaksiala, I am from the Killer Whale Clan. I would like to walk with you in …

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Critters for Kids

Critters for Kids

A North American Wildlife Activity Book
by Tom Hunter
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For decades, Tom Hunter's outstanding artwork and clever brainteasers have provided both entertainment and a valuable educational resource for children, parents, and teachers. In Critters for Kids, Hunter introduces a wide range of creatures found in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. From racoons and roadrunners to armadillos and whales, the a …

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Vancouverism

Vancouverism

by Larry Beasley
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Until the 1980s, Vancouver was a typical mid-sized North American city. But after the city hosted Expo 86, something extraordinary happened. This otherwise unremarkable urban centre was transformed into an inspiring world-class city celebrated for its liveability, sustainability, and competitiveness. This book tells the story of the urban planning …

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Behind Putin's Curtain

Behind Putin's Curtain

Friendships and Misadventures Inside Russia
by Stephan Orth
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tagged : russia, russian & former soviet union, essays & travelogues, russia & the former soviet union

An unconventional travelogue of a country that inspires both fear and fascination.

“In the late summer of 2016,” writes award-winning travel writer Stephan Orth, “a journey to Russia feels like visiting enemy territory.”

In this humorous and thought-provoking book, Orth ventures through that vast and mysterious territory to uncover the real, …

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Incorporating Culture

Incorporating Culture

How Indigenous People Are Reshaping the Northwest Coast Art Industry
by Solen Roth
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Fragments of culture often become commodities when the tourism and heritage business showcases local artistic and cultural practice. And frequently, this industry develops without the consent of those whose culture is commercialized. What does this say about appropriation, social responsibility, and intercultural relationships? And what happens whe …

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Outside, America

Outside, America

by Sarah de Leeuw
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Outside, America criss-crosses the Canadian–American border to understand dilemmas that occur across a variety of scales, from global spheres to the most intimate domestic spaces. Sarah de Leeuw digs through grief, loss, aging, technological frustration, environmental degradation, nationalism and confusion to grasp the state of the world. These p …

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Moccasin Square Gardens

Moccasin Square Gardens

Short Stories
by Richard van Camp
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The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves (“The Camel Clutch”), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or “Sky People,” love, lust and prayers for peace. …

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Scorpio Rising

Scorpio Rising

A Queer Film Classic
by R.L. Cagle
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The final book in the Queer Film Classics series is R.L. Cagle's take on Scorpio Rising (1963), Kenneth Anger's avant-garde short film that about gay Nazi bikers preparing for a race. The film marked Anger's spectacular return to the US underground cinema scene after an absence of nearly ten years. Scorpio Rising resonates with the thrill and energ …

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Double Melancholy

Double Melancholy

Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man
by C.E. Gatchalian
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According to Didier Eribon, melancholy is where it all starts and where it also ends: the lifelong process of mourning that each homosexual experiences, and through which they construct their own identity. In this beguiling book, an introverted, anxious, ambitious, artistically gifted queer Filipino-Canadian boy finds solace, inspiration, and a "sy …

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Shut Up You're Pretty

Shut Up You're Pretty

by Tea Mutonji
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CANADA READS RUNNER-UP, 2024

Winner, Trillium Book Award and Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; Finalist, Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize; a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year

In Tea Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness …

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Indigenous Repatriation Handbook

Indigenous Repatriation Handbook

by Jisgang Nika Collison; Sdaahl K?awaas Lucy Bell & Lou-ann Neel
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A reference for BC Indigenous communities and museums, created by and for Indigenous people working in repatriation.

?Our late friend and brother Rod Naknakim said, “Reconciliation and repatriation cannot and should not be separated. The two must anchor our conversation and guide our efforts as we move forward collectively with common purpose and …

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Tonguebreaker

Tonguebreaker

by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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Finalist, Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry

In their fourth collection of poetry, Lambda Literary Award-winning poet and writer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha continues her excavation of working-class queer brown femme survivorhood and desire.

Tonguebreaker is about surviving the unsurvivable: living through hate crimes, the suicides of queer k …

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The Walking Boy

The Walking Boy

by Lydia Kwa
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The Walking Boy is a quest novel set in early eighth-century Tang Dynasty China, in the final days of the rule of the first Female Emperor Wu Zhao. The ailing hermit monk Harelip sends his disciple Baoshi on a pilgrimage from Mount Hua to Chang'an, the Western capital; Baoshi is the "walking boy" charged with locating Harelip's missing former lover …

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Chop Suey Nation

Chop Suey Nation

The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants
by Ann Hui
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In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. It was only after the story was published that she discovered her own family could have been included—her parents had run their own Chinese restaurant, The Legion Cafe, before she …

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Children of the Thunderbird

Children of the Thunderbird

Legends and Myths from the West Coast
by Ted Meyers
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Collection of legends and myths from the West Coast. Everything owes its existence to Great Spirit. With his supernatural helpers Great Spirit maintains order over all of his creations. This belief is at the core of the stories Pacific Coast natives told their children to explain the world. Artisans carved images and painted pictures telling great …

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