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1.
Making Love with the Land Hardcover Joshua Whitehead 9780735278868 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 23, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONMuch-anticipated non-fiction from the author of the Giller-longlisted, GG-shortlisted and Canada Reads-winning novel Jonny Appleseed.In the last few years, following the publication of his debut novel Jonny Appleseed, Joshua Whitehead has emerged as one of the most exciting and important new voices on Turtle Island. Now, in this first non-fiction work, Whitehead brilliantly explores Indigeneity, queerness, and the relationships between body, language and land t... + Read More
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The Skin We're In A Year of Black Resistance and Power Paperback Desmond Cole 9780385686365 $19.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 02, 2022

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER · WINNER OF THE TORONTO BOOK AWARD · FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS’ TRUST SHAUGNESSY COHEN PRIZE · FINALIST FOR THE FOREST OF READING EVERGREEN AWARD · FINALIST FOR THE RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE · BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (The Globe and Mail, NOW, CBC, Quill & Quire, Indigo) · A PENGUIN BOOK CLUB PICKIn this bracing, revelatory work of award-winning journalism, celebrated writer and activist Desmond Cole punctures the naive assumptions of Canadians who believe we live in a post-racial nation.Chronicling just one year in ... + Read More
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Carrie Soto Is Back A Novel Paperback Taylor Jenkins Reid 9780385695794 $24.95 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this powerful novel about the cost of greatness, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback when the world considers her past her prime—from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising.Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacri... + Read More
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Fight Night Paperback Miriam Toews 9780735282414 $22.00 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS’ TRUST FICTION PRIZENATIONAL BESTSELLERA funny, smart masterwork about wit, perseverance, loss, storytelling and love in an unusual family, from the bestselling author of Women Talking, All My Puny Sorrows and A Complicated Kindess.Fight Night is told in the unforgettable voice of Swiv, a nine-year-old living in Toronto with her pregnant mother, who is raising Swiv while caring for her own elderly, frail, yet extraordinarily lively mother. When Swiv is expelled fr... + Read More
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The Women of Troy A Novel Paperback Pat Barker 9780593311325 $23.00 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and “one of contemporary literature’s most thoughtful and compelling writers" (The Washington Post).Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean.It does not come, because the gods are off... + Read More
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need Paperback Bill Gates 9780735280465 $22.00 SCIENCE Aug 23, 2022

#1 NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid an irreversibleclimate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help and guidance of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet’s slide to certain en... + Read More
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Lunchbox 75+ Easy and Delicious Recipes for Lunches on the Go Hardcover Aviva Wittenberg 9780525611523 $30.00 COOKING Aug 16, 2022

A must-have cookbook of lunches you can look forward to all morning long! 75+ fail-safe recipes (and oodles of strategies and tips) for delicious lunchboxes and bowls your whole family can enjoy.Say goodbye to the same boring, limited lunch rotation, and hello to everyone’s new favorite meal of the day! Lunchbox has literally months’ worth of recipes for flavorful, filling, nutritious, and delicious meals—guaranteed to stay fresh until lunch. With chapters on Soups, Sandwiches, Salads, Warm Bowls, Cold Bowls, Handpies, and Brunch for Lunch—as w... + Read More
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Harlem Shuffle A Novel Paperback Colson Whitehead 9780385694018 $23.00 FICTION Aug 09, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST FOR FICTION * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST FOR FICTION * NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALIST FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONFrom two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s.“Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked….”To his customers and neighbours on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a life for himself a... + Read More
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Series: BRUNO, CHIEF OF POLICE SERIES To Kill a Troubadour A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel Hardcover Martin Walker 9780593319796 $36.00 FICTION Aug 09, 2022

When a musician’s new song hits a political nerve, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Spanish nationalists’ ire, and it’s up to Bruno to track down the extremists who seem ready to take deadly measures, in another delightful installment of the internationally acclaimed series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police.“As usual, Walker concocts a satisfying dish featuring an intriguing lead character who moves through enviable settings and enjoys wonderful meals while tracking down criminals.”—BooklistLes Troubadours, a folk music group that Bruno has... + Read More
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The Housekeeper Paperback Joy Fielding 9780385695633 $24.00 FICTION Aug 16, 2022

A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents—only to watch as she takes over their lives in this riveting novel of suspense from the New York Times bestselling author called “an ingenious master of domestic suspense” (Samantha M. Bailey).In the end, I have only myself to blame. I’m the one who let her in.Jodi Bishop knows success. She’s the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison…not so much. Once, he had big dreams. But now, he’s a middling writer who resents his wife’s success.Jodi’s father, Vic, now sev... + Read More
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A Slow Fire Burning A Novel Paperback Paula Hawkins 9780385689687 $22.00 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

INSTANT NATIONAL AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWith the same propulsion that captivated millions of readers worldwide in The Girl on the Train and Into the Water, Paula Hawkins unfurls a gripping, twisting story of deceit, murder and revenge.Look what you started.When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women in particular. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is the grief-stricken aunt, already mourning another family member who died only wee... + Read More
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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth A Novel Paperback Wole Soyinka 9780593314470 $24.00 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, combining “elements of a murder mystery, a searing political satire and an Alice in Wonderland-like modern allegory of power and deceit” (Los Angeles Times). In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka’s hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer, and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payn... + Read More
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Sharp Edges Paperback Leah Mol 9780385697224 $24.95 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

For readers of My Dark Vanessa and Lullabies for Little Criminals, this important, electrifying novel about the agony and exhilaration of being a teenage girl will challenge you, unsettle you and ask you to look at your own experiences with perversions of power.Katie is used to being let down. Her best friend abandoned her for a boy, her mom is a hypochondriac who spends most days on the couch, and the guys at school can do whatever they want while the girls are stuck following the rules.All Katie wants is to be seen. So when she finds an onlin... + Read More
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The Lost Kings A Novel Hardcover Tyrell Johnson 9780593466865 $36.00 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR “The plot folds into a brilliant twist.”—The New York Times “A novel in disguise. You could easily (and happily) mistake it for a stellar psychological thriller, bristling with surprises and packed with secrets; but listen closely and you’ll hear the beat of a dark, full heart, strong and loud. This is deeply moving fiction.” —A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the WindowTwins Jeanie and Jamie King are inseparable. Stuck in a cabin in rural Washington with their alcohol... + Read More
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Power Play Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century Paperback Tim Higgins 9781984898241 $24.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 30, 2022

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER • The riveting inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla’s bid to build the world’s greatest car—from award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins. “A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Tesla’s wild ride.” —Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book ReviewTesla is the envy of the automotive world. Born at the start of the millennium, it was the first car company to be valued at $1 trillion. Its CEO, the mercurial, charismatic Elon Musk has become not just a celebrity but the ... + Read More
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The Rabbit Hutch A novel Hardcover Tess Gunty 9780593534663 $37.00 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • The standout literary debut that everyone is talking about • “Inventive, heartbreaking and acutely funny.”—The GuardianA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, TIME, NPR, Oprah Daily, People Blandine isn’t like the other residents of her building.An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents — neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana.Welcome to the Rabbit H... + Read More
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Series: The Whistler The Judge's List A Novel Paperback John Grisham 9780593157831 $12.99 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect—a sitting judge—in “one of the best crime reads of the year.… Bristling with high-tech detail and shivering with suspense…. Worth staying up all night to finish” (Wall Street Journal).In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, s... + Read More
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California Soul An American Epic of Cooking and Survival Hardcover Keith Corbin 9780593243824 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 16, 2022

A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line—both in the kitchen and on the streets—from one of the most exciting stars in food today.One way or another, Chef Keith Corbin has been cooking almost his entire life. Born in Watts in 1980, he grew up in the Jordan Downs Projects, home turf of the notorious Grape Street Watts Crips. At age thirteen, during the peak of America’s lurid fascination with LA gang culture, Corbin learned to cook crack, becoming so skilled that he’d be flown acr... + Read More
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Scenes from My Life A Memoir Hardcover Michael K. Williams 9780593240373 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 23, 2022

A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back—from the late, iconic actor beloved for his roles in The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and Lovecraft CountryWhen Michael K. Williams died on September 6, 2021, he left behind a career as one of the most electrifying actors of his generation. From his star turn as Omar Little in The Wire to Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire to Emmy-nominated roles in HBO’s The Night Of and Lovecraft County, Williams created a slew of indel... + Read More
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Jones Hardcover Neil Smith 9781039001923 $34.00 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

From the award-winning author of Bang Crunch and Boo, Jones is the harrowing, funny, utterly unforgettable story of a pair of siblings attempting to survive the horror show of their family.Abi and Eli share a special bond. Eli looks up to his sister Abi, two years older, who knows how to inhabit the souls of animals, and sometimes even the soul of her brother. They share jokes, codes, and an obsession with impressive feats of word power—such are the survival tricks for growing up Jones. Pal, their alcoholic father, is haunted by demon... + Read More
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The Spear Cuts Through Water A Novel Hardcover Simon Jimenez 9780593156599 $38.99 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.But that god cannot be contained forever.With the aid of Jun, a gu... + Read More
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Small Angels A Novel Hardcover Lauren Owen 9780593242209 $38.99 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

A wedding in a small English village attracts a malicious spirit, forcing deep secrets to surface—a hypnotic tale of sisterhood, first love, and hauntings.As a teenager, Katefound a safe harbor from her parents’ constant fighting in the company of the four Gonne sisters, who lived with their strict grandparents next to Small Angels, a church on the edge of dense green woods. The first outsider to ever get close to the sisters, Kate eventually learned the family’s secret: The woods are home to a capricious, menacing ghost whom generations of Gon... + Read More
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Mercury Pictures Presents A Novel Hardcover Anthony Marra 9780451495204 $38.99 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini’s Italy to 1940s Los Angeles—a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaLike many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father’s arrest.Fifteen years later, on the... + Read More
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Elizabeth Finch A novel Hardcover Julian Barnes 9781039004887 $32.00 FICTION Aug 16, 2022

From the Booker Award-winning writer, a swift narrative that turns on the death of a vivid and particular woman, and becomes the occasion for a man’s deeper examination of love, friendship and the mysteries of biography.“I’ll remember Elizabeth Finch when most other characters I’ve met this year have faded.” —John Self, The Times (UK)This novel of unrequited platonic love takes aim at the singular character of the exacting Elizabeth Finch. When Neil, adrift in his 30s, takes her adult education class on Culture and Civilization, he becomes deep... + Read More
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All Good People Here A Novel Hardcover Ashley Flowers 9780593496473 $37.00 FICTION Aug 16, 2022

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie, a journalist obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor gets involved with the eerily similar disappearance of another girl twenty years later.You can’t ever know for sure what happens behind closed doors.Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as Janu... + Read More
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Series: DUBELLS, THE Aphrodite and the Duke A Novel Paperback J.J. McAvoy 9780593500040 $23.00 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

“Bridgerton lovers have found their next read. J. J. McAvoy is a welcome new voice in historical romance.”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean“McAvoy has crafted a lushly romantic tale with a real thread of danger in its pages and a swoony second-chance romance.”—Entertainment WeeklyAphrodite Du Bell has always resented her name. While the members of the ton, and even the queen herself, praise her warm brown skin, perfect curls, and exquisite features, Aphrodite can’t help but think that living up to the literal goddess of beauty is... + Read More
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Alias Emma A Novel Hardcover Ava Glass 9780593496794 $36.00 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

In this breakneck, race-against-the-clock thriller, a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city’s security cameras. Can she make it without being spotted…or killed?“I thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced, action-packed thriller. Move over, James Bond—there’s a new hero in town, and she’s fantastic.” —Karen Cleveland, New York Times bestselling author of Need to KnowNothing about Emma Makepeace is real. Not even her name.A newly-minted secret agent, Emma’s barely graduated from basic training when ... + Read More
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How to Fall Out of Love Madly A Novel Hardcover Jana Casale 9780593447727 $37.00 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

A razor-sharp, emotionally resonant novel about three women who struggle to set their own rules, create their own boundaries, and listen to their own hearts as they define who they are and what they hope to be—from an author who “makes a particular female experience vivid, centered, seen” (Elle)Joy and Annie are friends and roommates whose thirtysomething existences aren’t exactly what they’d imagined. To make ends meet, they decide to rent their extra bedroom to Theo, who charms Joy with his salt-and-pepper hair and adoration of their one-eyed... + Read More
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Only Sisters Paperback Lilian Nattel 9780735277069 $24.95 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

One sister runs away and the other stays behind. But what happens when the dutiful sister has to impersonate the rebel? In her page-turning exploration of familial loyalty, resentment, secrets, and grief, Lilian Nattel explores the meaning and reach of family bonds.Joan has always done the right thing, both as a palliative care doctor and as a caregiver for her widowed mother, Sheila. Joan’s adventurous sister, Vivien, is a different story. She left home as soon as she was able—running from an insecure childhood troubled by an alcoholic father ... + Read More
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Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems Hardcover Dionne Brand 9780771098468 $45.00 POETRY Aug 09, 2022

WINNER of the Los Angeles Times BookPrize for PoetryAn immense achievement, comprising a decades-long career—new and collected poetry from one of Canada’s most honoured and significant poets.Spanning almost four decades, Dionne Brand’s poetry has given rise to whole new grammars and vocabularies. With a profound alertness that is attuned to this world and open to some other, possibly future, time and place, Brand’s ongoing labours of witness and imagination speak directly to where and how we live and reach beyond those worlds, their enclosures,... + Read More
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On Critical Race Theory Why It Matters & Why You Should Care Hardcover Victor Ray 9780593446447 $35.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Aug 02, 2022

What exactly is Critical Race Theory? This concise and accessible exploration of CRT demystifies this important framework for understanding and fighting racial injustice in the United States.As our institutions and systems creak under the pressure of entrenched racism, renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray explains how Critical Race Theory upholds truth amid misinformation to transcend backlash and uplift progress. On Critical Race Theory illustrates the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellect... + Read More
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The Series What I Remember, What It Felt Like, What It Feels Like Now Hardcover Ken Dryden 9780771001130 $34.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Aug 23, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA new book by Hall of Fame goalie and bestselling author Ken Dryden celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit SeriesSEPTEMBER 2, 1972, MONTREAL FORUM, GAME ONE: The best against the best for the first time. Canada, the country that had created the game; the Soviet Union, having taken it up only twenty-six years earlier. On the line: more than the players, more than the fans, more than Canadians and Russians knew.So began an entirely improbable, near-month-long series of games that became more and more riveting, until... + Read More
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The Last White Man A Novel Hardcover Mohsin Hamid 9780593538814 $35.00 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change.One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders’s skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Soon, reports of similar events begin to surface. Across the land, people are awakening in new incarnations, uncertain how their neighbors, friends, and family will greet them.Some see the... + Read More
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Love on the Brain Paperback Ali Hazelwood 9780593336847 $23.00 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results.Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics... + Read More
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All's Well From the author of the TikTok phenomenon BUNNY Paperback Mona Awad 9780735241220 $19.95 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Dear Readers: This is one wild book!” —Margaret Atwood via TwitterFrom the critically acclaimed author of Bunny, a darkly funny novel about a theatre professor suffering with chronic pain who, in the process of staging a troubled production of Shakespeare’s most maligned play, suddenly and miraculously recovers.Miranda is a theatre professor whose life is less than satisfactory. After falling during a performance early in her acting career, she finds herself in constant, seemingly incurable pain and struggles to even sit sti... + Read More
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Unwinding Anxiety New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind Paperback Judson Brewer 9780593421406 $24.00 SELF-HELP Aug 30, 2022

Now in paperback. A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habitsWe are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to... + Read More
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Regenesis Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet Paperback George Monbiot 9780735240391 $23.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Aug 02, 2022

* GEORGE MONBIOT IS THE WINNER OF THE 2022 ORWELL PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION*What if there were a way to stop climate change and end global hunger at the same time?The way we feed ourselves is destroying the planet, and a collection of crises have brought the global food supply to its breaking point. But it doesn’t have to be this way. With technology that already exists, we could sustainably provide everyone on the planet with a healthy diet. By cultivating hydrogen-ea... + Read More
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We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky Hardcover Emma Hooper 9780735232747 $32.95 FICTION Aug 09, 2022

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION*An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James.During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a modest childhood in their small Portuguese village. They race each other through lemon orchards and pick fresh fruit for the commander who overlooks his people from a large house on the hill. Though the girls are all raised by different families, there is o... + Read More
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The Strangers Paperback Katherena Vermette 9780735239630 $22.00 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR FICTION * NAMED #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR BY INDIGO * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS’ CAROL SHIELDS WINNIPEG BOOK AWARD, MARGARET LAURENCE AWARD FOR FICTION, AND MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE * A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BOOKThe Strangers, a staggering intergenerational saga from from the bestselling author of The Break, explores how connected we are, even when we’re no longer together—even when we’re force... + Read More
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Life in the City of Dirty Water A Memoir of Healing Paperback Clayton Thomas-Muller 9780735240087 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 23, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA 2022 CANADA READS FINALISTAn electrifying memoir that braids together the urgent issues of Indigenous rights and environmental policy, from a nationally and internationally recognized activist and survivor.There have been many Clayton Thomas-Mullers: The child who played with toy planes as an escape from domestic and sexual abuse, enduring the intergenerational trauma of Canada’s residential school system; the angry youngster who defended himself with fists and sharp wit against racism and violence, at school and on the str... + Read More
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Nature Handbook Explore the Wonders of the Natural World Hardcover DK 9780744052114 $29.99 NATURE Aug 30, 2022

A practical illustrated guide to exploring, observing, and understanding natureChris Packham will pass on his passion for nature and make you an enthusiastic and knowledgeable amateur naturalistChris Packham’s Nature Handbook reveals how easy it is to enjoy and learn about plants, animals, habitats, and ecological processes. It features visual studies of habitats – full of photos of the animals and plants that live there and illustrations of how they interact. All the habitats in your region (Europe in the UK edition, or North America in the US... + Read More
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Series: DK SECRET HISTORIES Banned Books The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present Hardcover DK 9780744056280 $23.99 HISTORY Aug 30, 2022

Discover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published.Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is “acceptable” in published works have shifted over the centuries, and from culture to culture.Banned Books explores why some of the world’s most important literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read—whether for challenging racial or sexual norms, satirizing public figures, or simply being deemed ... + Read More
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Survive the Night A Novel Paperback Riley Sager 9780593183182 $23.00 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

Now in paperback, the fifth thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager.It’s November 1991. Nirvana’s in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer.Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie, it’s guilt and grief over the shocking murder of he... + Read More
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All This Could Be Different A Novel Hardcover Sarah Thankam Mathews 9780593489123 $36.00 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

A Phenomenal Book Club Pick • A Vogue Book Club Pick • A The Rumpus Book Club Pick“All This Could Be Different is a bildungsroman, a gorgeous queer love story, and a musing on labor and immigration. But you’ll fall most in love with its wickedly sharp narrator, who’s funny, passionate, and complicated.” —The Cut“If you’ve ever wanted to read a love letter to friendship, this is it… Through exquisite observations, Sarah Thankam Mathews reflects on the gift of having people you can count on, who anchor you through new chapters.” —NPR’s “Books We ... + Read More
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Series: KINGSBRIDGE The Evening and the Morning A Novel Paperback Ken Follett 9780451478023 $14.99 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth—set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages“Just as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth]…A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series.”—The Washington PostIt is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos re... + Read More
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Utopia A Novel Hardcover Heidi Sopinka 9780735243866 $32.00 FICTION Aug 09, 2022

A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022Out of the explosive 1970s L.A. art scene comes a riveting novel about creativity, death, and reinvention that follows two artists—one dies mysteriously, and the other takes her placePaz, an ambitious young artist, is drawn to Romy, one of the only women to break into the male-dominated art scene of 1970s California. She is also drawn to Romy’s husband, Billy, an enigmatic art star. When Romy dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances, Billy is left unmoored, caring for their newborn.Leaving New York and grad... + Read More
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The Foghorn Echoes Hardcover Danny Ramadan 9780735242180 $32.00 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BC AND YUKON ETHEL WILSON PRIZE**SHORTLISTED FOR A 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD*“A sweeping and mesmerizing story that spans time and mortal space so expertly and elegantly.” —Alan CummingA deeply moving novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout that ripples through their adult lives.Syria, 2003. A blooming romance leads to a tragic accident when Hussam’s father catches him acting on his feelings for his best friend, Wassim. In an instant, the course of their lives is changed forever... + Read More
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Boards and Spreads Shareable, Simple Arrangements for Every Meal Hardcover Yasmin Fahr 9780593236246 $32.00 COOKING Aug 23, 2022

Go beyond cheese with 65 recipes for delicious boards and epic spreads for dinner, appetizers, breakfast, snacks, and more.In Boards & Spreads, you won’t find cheese boards—instead, you’ll find simple ideas and scrumptious recipes for a variety of meals and snacks to share on platters or boards. From the Top-Your-Own Chili Board to the Crispy Chicken Bites Spread, and from the Charred Salad Platter to the Egg Pita Sandwich Board, you’ll find something for every meal and mood. Even drinks can be served in this fun fashion, whether it’s a Bloody ... + Read More
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Fall on Your Knees Paperback Ann-Marie MacDonald 9780394281780 $24.95 FICTION Aug 26, 1997

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book * Winner of the Dartmouth Book Award * Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award * Winner of the CBA Libris People’s Choice Award * Winner of the CBA Libris Award for Fiction Book of the YearThe stunning debut novel that established Ann-Marie MacDonald as one of Canada’s foremost literary talents, Fall on Your Knees is a story of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, and of miracles.Moving from haunted Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, through the b... + Read More
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Careering Paperback Daisy Buchanan 9780385684170 $23.00 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

Hilarious and unflinchingly honest, Careering takes a hard look at the often toxic relationship working women have with their dream jobs.careering (verb) 1. working endlessly for a job you used to love and now resent entirely2. moving in a way that feels out of controlImogen has always dreamed of writing for a magazine. Infinite internships later, Imogen dreams of any job. Writing her blog around double shifts at the pub is neither fulfilling her creatively nor paying the bills.Harri might just be Imogen’s fairy godmother. She’s moving from the... + Read More