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Series: Machine Without Horses A Novel Hardcover Helen Humphreys 9781443432498 $29.99 FICTION Sep 04, 2018

“One of the best—and most wonderfully experimental—historical fiction titles of the year. . . . Truly spectacular.” —Toronto StarWhat is an ordinary life worth?A seasoned writer stumbles across an obituary and imagination is sparked. The brief words of memoriam describe a woman who was both extraordinary—eccentric, revered in her field, a renowned expert—but also utterly ordinary. How does a writer, intrigued by all that isn’t said, create a story, or capture an unknowable woman and all the secret passions, choices and compromises that make up ... + Read More
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Series: Railtracks Paperback Anne Michaels 9781550967784 $19.95 FICTION Nov 17, 2018

Railtracks is a unique collaboration between two writers of remarkable achievement. A profound meditation on railways, love and loss, at once intimate and committed, it moves from the industrial to the metaphysical, from tectonic shifts of globalization to interior pulses of memory, and from the present to a past that still exists in vivid, essential traces. Summoning hidden histories and personal journeys, arrivals and departures, unions and separations, Railtracks seeks, with a rigorous and reflective urgency, to bear witness to changes that ... + Read More
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Series: Starlight Hardcover Richard Wagamese 9780771070846 $29.95 FICTION Aug 14, 2018

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge on a farm owned by an Indigenous man with wounds of his own. A profoundly moving novel about the redemptive power of love, mercy, and compassion--and the land's ability to heal us.Frank Starlight has long settled into a quiet life working his remote farm, but his contemplative existence comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of Emmy, who has committed a desperate ... + Read More
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Series: Up From Freedom Paperback Wayne Grady 9780385685115 $23.00 FICTION Aug 14, 2018

For readers of Colson Whitehead, James McBride, Yaa Gyasi and Lawrence Hill, Up From Freedom is a powerful and emotional novel about the dangers that arise when we stay silent in the face of prejudice or are complicit in its development.As a young man, Virgil Moody vowed he would never be like his father, he would never own slaves. When he moves from his father’s plantation in Savannah to New Orleans, he takes with him Annie, a tiny woman with sharp eyes and a sharper tongue, who he is sure would not survive life on the plantation. She’ll be mu... + Read More
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Series: The Death and Life of Strother Purcell Paperback Ian Weir 9781773100296 $22.95 FICTION Sep 04, 2018

The return of the western – with a definite Canadian twist. the man, the myth, the gun-toting legend.The man, the myth, the one-eyed legend: a frontier epic for fans of Ron Rash and Cormac McCarthy.In 1876, the fabled lawman Strother Purcell disappears into a winter storm in the mountains of British Columbia, while hunting down his outlawed half-brother. Sixteen years later, the wreck of Purcell resurfaces – derelict, homeless and one-eyed – in a San Francisco jail cell. And a failed journalist named Barrington Weaver conceives a grand red... + Read More
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Series: Eavesdroppers, The Paperback Rosie Chard 9781988732442 $20.95 FICTION Sep 01, 2018

When social attitudes researcher Bill Harcourt puts an advertisement in the newspaper for 'listeners' to work on an unconventional project, he anticipates that his team of eavesdroppers will discover previously untapped insights into public opinion.But as five eager listeners begin eavesdropping in the cafes, dentist waiting rooms, public toilets, tube trains and launderettes of London, discreetly noting the details of unguarded conversations, Bill starts to notice subtle changes in their behaviour and realises he has underestimated the compuls... + Read More
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Series: Moon of the Crusted Snow A Novel Paperback Waubgeshig Rice 9781770414006 $17.95 FICTION Oct 02, 2018

National Bestseller Winner of the 2019 OLA Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Shortlisted for the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Shortlisted for the 2019/20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature Award 2020 Burlington Library Selection; 2020 Hamilton Reads One Book One Community Selection; 2020 Region of Waterloo One Book One Community Selection; 2019 Ontario Library Association Ontario Together We Read Program Selection; 2019 Women’s National Book Association’s Great Group Reads; 2019 Amnesty International Book Cl... + Read More
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Series: Tilly and the Crazy Eights Paperback Monique Gray Smith 9781772600759 $19.95 FICTION Oct 09, 2018

When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good-bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in ways she could not predict, just as it will for the elders who soon dub themselves “the Crazy Eights.” The Crazy Eights each choose a stop—somewhere or something they’ve always wanted to experience—on the way to their ultimate goal, the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque. Their plan is to travel to La... + Read More
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Series: The Trickster trilogy Trickster Drift Hardcover Eden Robinson 9780735273436 $32.00 FICTION Oct 02, 2018

Following the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted Son of a Trickster comes Trickster Drift, the second book in Eden Robinson's captivating Trickster trilogy.In an effort to keep all forms of magic at bay, Jared, 17, has quit drugs and drinking. But his troubles are not over: now he's being stalked by David, his mom's ex--a preppy, khaki-wearing psycho with a proclivity for rib-breaking. And his mother, Maggie, a living, breathing badass as well as a witch, can't protect him like she used to because he's moved away from Kitimat to Vancouver for ... + Read More
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Series: Twin Studies Paperback Keith Maillard 9781988298313 $24.95 FICTION Sep 11, 2018

An engrossing, timely, and contemporary novel about the bonds between twins, about sexuality and gender fluidity, and about the messy complexities of modern family life ? the much-anticipated new novel in more than a decade by acclaimed writer Keith Maillard. Dr. Erica Bauer ? an identical twin ? studies twins at the university in Vancouver. Through the course of her research, she meets a set of preteen twins who are evidently fraternal, but who insist emphatically that they are identical. Their mother, Karen Oxley, is a West Van single mum wh... + Read More
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Series: Washington Black A Novel Hardcover Esi Edugyan 9781443423380 $33.99 FICTION Aug 28, 2018

Winner of the 2018 Scotiabank Giller PrizeA dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom, from the author of the international bestseller Half-Blood BluesWhen two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black – an eleven year-old field slave – is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the quarters of one of these men. But the man is not as Washington expects him to be. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde – naturalist, expl... + Read More
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Series: Women Talking A Novel Hardcover Miriam Toews 9780735273962 $29.95 FICTION Aug 21, 2018

A FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD: A transformative and necessary work--as completely unexpected as it is inspired--by the award-winning author of the bestselling novels All My Puny Sorrows and A Complicated Kindness.The sun rises on a quiet June morning in 2009. August Epp sits alone in the hayloft of a barn, anxiously bent over his notebook. He writes quickly, aware that his solitude will soon be broken. Eight women--ordinary grandmothers, mothers and teenagers; yet to August, each one extraordinary-- will climb the ladder ... + Read More
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Series: A Frank Yakabuski Mystery Cape Diamond A Frank Yakabuski Mystery Paperback Ron Corbett 9781770413955 $18.00 FICTION Oct 23, 2018

Cape Diamond, the second book in the Frank Yakabuski Mystery series, is atmospheric and action-packed. Set near the Northern Divide — as was the first installment, Edgar Award nominee (Best Paperback Original), Ragged Lake — the book opens with Yakabuski called to investigate a gruesome crime scene. A body has been left hanging from a schoolyard fence. On closer inspection, Yak finds a large diamond in the murder victim’s mouth. Two criminal gangs — the Shiners and the Travellers — are fighting with each other, and Yakabuski turns to his... + Read More
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Series: A Frank Yakabuski Mystery Ragged Lake A Frank Yakabuski Mystery Paperback Ron Corbett 9781770413948 $17.95 FICTION Oct 03, 2017

Gruesome murders, a northern secret, and a buried past While working one afternoon on the Northern Divide, a young tree-marker makes a grisly discovery: in a squatter’s cabin near an old mill town, a family has been murdered. An army vet coming off a successful turn leading a task force that took down infamous biker criminals, Detective Frank Yakabuski arrives in Ragged Lake, a nearly abandoned village, to solve the family’s murder. But no one is willing to talk. With a winter storm coming, Yakabuski sequesters the locals in a fishing l... + Read More
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Series: Dear Evan Hansen THE NOVEL Hardcover Val Emmich 9780316420235 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (US) from 9 - 17 Oct 09, 2018

From the show's creators comes the groundbreaking, bestselling novel inspired by the hit Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen.Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why...When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's griefover the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell, that the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy was his secret best friend.Suddenly, Evan isn't invisible anymore--even... + Read More
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Series: Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist) Paperback Jarrett J. Krosoczka 9780545902489 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 09, 2018

The powerful, unforgettable graphic memoir from Jarrett Krosoczka, about growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father, and two unforgettably opinionated grandparents.In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- ... + Read More
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Series: The Honey Farm Paperback Harriet Alida Lye 9781771086103 $24.95 FICTION Apr 09, 2018

Vintage Margaret Atwood meets Patricia Highsmith in this slyly seductive debut set on an eerily beautiful farm teeming with secrets.The drought has discontented the bees. Soil dries into sand; honeycomb stiffens into wax. But Cynthia knows how to breathe life back into her farm: offer it as an artists’ colony with free room, board, and “life experience” in exchange for backbreaking labour. Silvia, a wide-eyed graduate and would-be poet, and Ibrahim, a painter distracted by constant inspiration, are drawn to Cynthia’s offer, and soon, to each ot... + Read More
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Series: Impostors Impostors Hardcover Scott Westerfeld 9781338151510 $23.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 11, 2018

Deception. Risk. Betrayal. Redemption. Master storyteller Scott Westerfeld is at the top of his game, and back to his most famous realm. A New York Times bestseller.Frey and Rafi are inseparable . . . two edges of the same knife. But only one of them is ever seen in public. Frey is Rafi's twin sister-and her body double. Their powerful father has many enemies, and the world has grown dangerous as the old order falls apart. So while Rafi was raised to be the perfect daughter, Frey has been taught to kill. Her only purpose is to protect her ... + Read More
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Series: Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Kingdom of the Blind A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Hardcover Louise Penny 9781250066206 $35.99 FICTION Nov 27, 2018

INSTANT #1NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA December 2018 Indie Next Pick One ofKirkus Reviews' Best of 2018 PicksBookPage Best of the Year 2018A LibraryReads Pick for November 2018 A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Winner Washington Post's 10 Books to Read This NovemberOne of PopSugar’s Best Fall Books to Curl Up With“A captivating, wintry whodunit.” —PEOPLE"A constantly surprising series that deepens and darkens as it evolves." —Marilyn Stasio,New York Times Book ReviewKingdom of the Blind, the new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1New York Times ... + Read More
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Series: The President Is Missing A Novel Hardcover James Patterson 9780316412698 $39.00 FICTION Jun 04, 2018

Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from the world's bestselling author, James Patterson: an "undeniably gripping ride through the hidden passageways of power and politics" that "moves like Air Force One" (Michael Connelly).The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then... + Read More
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Series: Zara's Dead Paperback Sharon Butala 9781550509472 $24.95 FICTION May 15, 2018

From the author of the recent Governor General’s nominee in Nonfiction, Where I Live Now, comes a new mystery novel.Fiona Lychenko – now a woman in her late sixties – has spent years researching the death of her high school classmate Zara Stanley, who was brutally murdered at the age of twenty. Determined to solve the crime – something the police weren’t able to do – Fiona interviewed everyone she could in her hometown of Ripley, but every trail led to the same dead end. She even published her findings in a bo... + Read More
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Series: Beholden Paperback Lesley Crewe 9781771086561 $24.95 FICTION Sep 30, 2018

The story begins with Nell, the "spinster on the hill" near St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Scarred by her own childhood, she swears she could never love a child and that she will never marry, denying herself a life with the man she loves. She's proven wrong when a baby is born just down the road from her. Her love of little Jane, despite herself, propels us forward through generations trying to untangle their own traumas and secrets. Eventually, we meet Bridie—joyful, kind, capable Bridie—and see her struggling through the echoing pain of those who ... + Read More
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Series: Bellewether Paperback Susanna Kearsley 9781501116544 $22.99 FICTION Apr 24, 2018

From the bestselling author of A Desperate Fortune and The Firebird, comes an entrancing new novel of love, war, and historical intrigue.Some houses seem to want to hold their secrets. It’s 1759 and the world is at war, pulling the North American colonies of Britain and France into the conflict. The times are complicated, as are the loyalties of many New York merchants who have secretly been trading with the French for years, defying Britain’s colonial laws in a game growing ever more treacherous. When captured French officers are brought to Lo... + Read More
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Series: The Burning Stone Hardcover Jack Whyte 9780670070008 $36.00 FICTION Sep 25, 2018

From the bestselling author of the Dream of Eagles series and The Guardians trilogy comes a tale of revenge, dark secrets, and a mysterious cataclysm that decimated a Roman legion: the story behind the story that began it all.Fleeing the massacre of his entire family save a single uncle, young Roman aristocrat Quintus Varrus arrives in fourth-century London not knowing who is to blame for the murders nor whom he can trust now. He fears for his life, but when he meets a young Irish woman named Lydia Mcuil, their lives quickly become intertwined ... + Read More
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Series: Every Breath Hardcover Nicholas Sparks 9781538728529 $36.50 FICTION Oct 16, 2018

Treat yourself to an epic #1 New York Times bestselling love story that spans decades and continents as two people at a crossroads -- one from North Carolina and one from Zimbabwe -- experience the transcendence and heartbreak of true love.Hope Anderson has some important choices to make. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the ho... + Read More
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Series: Ami McKay's Witches Half Spent Was the Night A Witches' Yuletide Hardcover Ami McKay 9780735275669 $20.00 FICTION Oct 16, 2018

Beloved author Ami McKay is back, bringing us a magical follow-up in the tradition of Victorian winter tales to her mesmerizing bestseller, The Witches of New York. During the nights between Christmas and New Year's, the witches of New York--Adelaide Thom, Eleanor St. Clair and the youngest, Beatrice Dunn--gather before the fire to tell ghost stories and perform traditional Yuletide divinations. (Did you know that roasting chestnuts was once used to foretell one's fate?) As the witches roast chestnuts and melt lead to see their fate, a ser... + Read More
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Series: The Next Person You Meet in Heaven The Sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven Hardcover Mitch Albom 9780062294449 $29.99 FICTION Oct 09, 2018

In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie’s heavenly reunion with Annie—the little girl he saved on earth—in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect.Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. N... + Read More
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Series: The Exile Book of Anthology Series Over the Rainbow Folk and Fairy Tales from the Margins Paperback Derek Newman-Stille 9781550967128 $19.95 FICTION Nov 30, 2018

Fairy tales tell us the stories we need to hear, the truths we need to be aware of. Arising from oral narrative, born of imagination, they are constantly being adapted to fit new cultural contexts. They shapeshift just like their characters. Their plots, motifs, and elements often serving as warnings. Over the Rainbow: Folk and Fairy Tales from the Margins is a collection of adult stories that invite us to imagine new possibilities for our contemporary times. And much is happening in these times! Cultural diversification and increased societal ... + Read More
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Series: Searching for Terry Punchout Paperback Tyler Hellard 9781988784106 $19.95 FICTION Oct 01, 2018

Adam Macallister's sportswriting career is about to end before it begins, but he's got one last shot: a Sports Illustrated profile about hockey's most notorious goon, the reclusive Terry Punchout-who also happens to be Adam's estranged father. Adam returns to Pennington, Nova Scotia, where Terry now lives in the local rink and drives the Zamboni. Going home means drinking with old friends, revisiting neglected relationships, and dealing with lingering feelings about his father and dead mother-and discovering that his friends and family are kind... + Read More
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Series: The Silence A Novel Paperback Karen Lee White 9781550967944 $21.95 FICTION Dec 19, 2018

Karen Lee White holds the torch brightly as a new and powerful voice, her style and sensibility encompassing the traditional and the contemporary. In The Silence, with the Yukon as a canvas, she engages in a deep empathy for characters, emergent Indigenous identity, and discovery that employs dreams, spirits, songs, and journals as foundations for dialogue between cultures. Leah Redsky is a Salteaux/Salish woman living in Vancouver who struggles with identity and the difficult intercultural dynamics of having a non-Indigenous boyfriend and work... + Read More
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Series: Unsheltered A Novel Hardcover Barbara Kingsolver 9780062684561 $36.99 FICTION Oct 16, 2018

A New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year (2018) by NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor and NewsweekThe New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards—including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize—returns with a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheav... + Read More
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Series: Abridged Classics Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't Hardcover John Atkinson 9780062747853 $24.99 HUMOR Jun 05, 2018

A collection of irreverent summations of more than 100 well-known works of literature, from Anna Karenina to Wuthering Heights, cleverly described in the fewest words possible and accompanied with funny color illustrations.Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn’t is packed with dozens of humorous super-condensed summations of some of the most famous works of literature from many of the world’s most revered authors, including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Emily Brontë, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Au... + Read More
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Series: GAYBCs A Queer Alphabet Hardcover Rae Congdon 9781771643948 $21.95 HUMOR Sep 18, 2018

A cheeky, progressive adult alphabet book that celebrates and illuminates LGBTQ terminology.What would happen if someone picked up a classic ABC book, crossed out the words, and replaced them with LGBTQ terms?The result would be GAYBCs ?a playful, subversive alphabet book that aims to spread awareness and demystify queer terminology for everyone. Instead of apple, ball, and chick, this book?s ABCs are ally, bisexual, and cisgender. A ladybug gains a matching girlfriend to become lesbian, kiss becomes kink, and tie gets a gender-bending twist... + Read More
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Series: The Kids in the Hall One Dumb Guy Paperback Paul Myers 9781487001834 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

The definitive, authorized story of legendary sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall —who will soon be returning for a new original series on Amazon Prime Video. Meticulously researched and written with the full cooperation and participation of the troupe, The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy features exclusive interviews with Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson, as well as key players from their inner circle, including producer Lorne Michaels, the “man in the towel” Paul Bellini, and head writer Norm... + Read More
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Series: O Canada Crosswords Book 19 Paperback Gwen Sjogren 9780889713499 $14.95 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Sep 01, 2018

Featuring 2,600-plus Canadian clues—that’s over 20 per cent of the total—the nineteenth instalment of this popular series offers a motherlode of national content, puns and fun. As always, author Gwen Sjogren digs deep into the Canadian landscape with geography themes like “Water Marks,” “Destination: Fredericton” and “Go West, Young Scot,” and taps famous Canadians in “Great Ones of the NHL,” “Broadway Lights” and “Money Men.” She mines new Canadiana with markets, national honours and biographies. In a similar vein, this collection features fif... + Read More
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Series: Rick Mercer Final Report Hardcover Rick Mercer 9780385692472 $32.00 HUMOR Nov 06, 2018

Canada's pre-eminent satirical commentator brings down the curtain on his hugely successful show in this instant #1 national bestseller.Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction--but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked the nation. In a rant posted on social media, the great Canadian satirist announced loud and clear that the current, 15th season of the Rick Mercer Report--the nation's best-watched and best-loved comedy show--would be the last. After more than 250 episodes, 250 rants and countless miles spent t... + Read More
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Series: Ripley's Believe It Or Not! 100 Years Hardcover Ripley's Believe It Or Not! 9781609912406 $60.95 REFERENCE Nov 13, 2018

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is globally renowned as the authority on the weird, the eccentric, and the amazing. Ripley's Believe It or Not! provides entertaining books for children of all ages which educates and informs them in a humorous style. The Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend-setting source of family-friendly fun and excitement! Every day the researchers at Ripley's are busy digging up the craziest true stories and the most unbelievable facts.From its inception in 1918 and the days of Robert Ripley’s travels and broadcast... + Read More
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Series: Ripley's Believe It Or Not! A Century Of Strange! Hardcover Ripley's Believe It Or Not! 9781609912178 $34.95 REFERENCE Aug 28, 2018

Releasing just in time for the 100th anniversary of Ripley's Believe It or Not!, A Century of Strange!, the 15th book in the bestselling series, is packed with all the unexpected stories and images you've come to expect from us. There’s simply no way to prepare yourself for this all-true, all-new collection filled with incredible facts, unbelievable stories, and mind-blowing photography. As amazing today as 100 years ago, A Century of Strange! is sure to amaze and astound children and adults alike.Ripley’s Believe It or Not! A Century of Strang... + Read More
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Series: The Crafty Kids Guide to DIY Electronics: 20 Fun Projects for Makers, Crafters, and Everyone in Between 1st edition Paperback Helen Leigh 9781260142839 $31.95 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Dec 05, 2018

Create awesome DIY electronics gadgets using a variety of circuits, fabrics, and techniques—no coding or electronics knowledge needed!This fun TAB guide features 20 creative and quirky projects that bridge the gap between electronics and craft. All projects employ straight-up electronics—conductive thread, sewable LEDS, copper tape, conductive ink, lights, servos, and LDRs—along with cheap, readily-available chips. The micro:bit pocket-sized computer is used here and there. Designed to get children involved with electronics, The Crafty Kid's G... + Read More
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Series: Get It Together: Ditch the Chaos, Do the Work, and Design your Success 1st edition Paperback Lauren Berger 9781260142952 $25.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 30, 2018

This super-practical guide to personal success is packed with no-nonsense tips that will get anyone where they want to be in business and in lifeWorking long hours doesn’t necessarily lead to productivity and overall success. In fact, more often than not, it produces more stress, leaves less energy to achieve our goals, and reduces our control over the way we spend our time.Get It Together provides a proven system for avoiding the burnout and fatigue associated with this all-too-common situation. It shows how to pave a path to true personal su... + Read More
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Series: How to Talk to Anyone at Work: 72 Little Tricks for Big Success Communicating on the Job 1st edition Paperback Leil Lowndes 9781260108439 $27.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 16, 2018

From the bestselling author of How to Talk to Anyone now comes a book dedicated to helping business professionals at any level communicate effectively in the workplace.In this practical guide to workplace relationships, corporate communications consultant and trainer Leil Lowndes presents proven techniques for the multitude of communication challenges workers face every day. Each chapter tackles a communication problem and includes stories and examples from the corporate world, as well as specific solutions and immediate actions readers can ta... + Read More
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Series: Kick Some Glass:10 Ways Women Succeed at Work on Their Own Terms 1st edition Hardcover Jennifer W. Martineau 9781260121407 $38.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 18, 2018

The rule-smashing guide for motivated working women who want to stop trying to follow someone else’s rules and start taking charge of their own successYou leaned in like a palm tree in a hurricane. You cracked the confidence code. You’re determined not to be a nice girl, but a #GirlBoss. You’ve learned you can’t have it all, but you still try anyway. You know all of this. You’ve read the books, downloaded the apps, vision boarded and journaled your way to oblivion and back. So why are you stuck in your career? Unlike other books, which seem to... + Read More
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Series: Writers on Writing Sleuth Gail Bowen on Writing Mysteries Paperback Gail Bowen 9780889775244 $18.95 LITERARY CRITICISM Mar 17, 2018

A smart, practical, and often funny guide for those who aspire to write mysteries, Sleuth reveals the secrets behind the curtain from a bestselling and award-winning master of the genre. Gail Bowen shows how to map out a plot, how to plant page-turning clues, how to develop fully-rounded characters, and how to create the scene of the crime. She also looks at the psyche, the power of story, and cultural appropriation, allowing writers to communicate the truth about the human condition. Digging into the works of Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, Sar... + Read More
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Series: Bring Your Human to Work: 10 Surefire Ways to Design a Workplace That Is Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World 1st edition Hardcover Erica Keswin 9781260118094 $34.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 20, 2018

10 sure-fire ways to design a workplace that honors relationships and creates a culture of loyalty and engagement in your businessBring Your Human to Work is the launch of a workplace movement that strives to foster fairness, loyalty, and joy in the workplace. Throughout her twenty plus years of work as a workplace strategist and business coach, Erica Keswin has found that relationships are the most powerful driver of organizational success and workforce retention. The most successful leaders are those who actively form relationships with the... + Read More
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Series: Bookkeeping For Canadians For Dummies, 3rd Edition 3rd edition Paperback Cecile Laurin 9781119522133 $29.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 09, 2018

Bookkeeping made easyBookkeeping is an essential skill required in every industry, with a certain concentration in wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, payroll services, accounting and tax preparation. If you’re a small business owner looking for clear and concise instructions on keeping the books, tracking transactions, recognizing assets and liabilities and keeping ledgers and journals, this book is your one-stop guide to making it easier! Bookkeeping For Canadians For Dummies covers how to create financial statements and... + Read More
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Series: Investing For Canadians FD 4E 4th edition Paperback Tony Martin 9781119522317 $29.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Dec 07, 2018

Making your own investment decisions can be intimidating and overwhelming. Investors have a huge array of investment options to choose from, and sorting through the get-rich-quick hype can be exhausting. Investing For Canadians For Dummies provides readers with a clear-headed, honest overview of the investing landscape, helping them to determine what investments are right for their goals.
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Series: Personal Finance For Canadians For Dummies, 6th Edition 6th edition Paperback Tony Martin 9781119522799 $29.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Dec 07, 2018

Personal Finance For Canadians For Dummies, 6th Edition, offers readers a comprehensive roadmap to financial security. Expert authors Eric Tyson and Tony Martin offer pointers on how readers can eliminate debt and rein in spending, along with helpful tips on how to reduce taxes. The guide also offers a primer on investing, showing how readers can build their wealth to ensure a comfortable retirement and college for the kids. With up-to-date Canadian examples and references, Personal Finance For Canadians For Dummies, 6th Edi... + Read More
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Series: Stock Investing For Canadians For Dummies, 5th Edition 5th edition Paperback Andrew Dagys 9781119521945 $29.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 11, 2018

Stock Investing For Canadians For Dummies, 5th Edition includes information on stock investing in both bear and bull markets; unique investment segments; stock investing for different types of situations; and examples straight from the real world of stock investing as they have occurred in the past three years. With up-to-date references and resources, this book is the most reliable resource for the new stock market investor.
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Series: Mapping Your Retirement Road Paperback Larry R. Lovis 9781775107002 $24.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS May 01, 2018

Who doesn’t want a financially better life in retirement? This helpful guide by career financial advisor Larry Lovis appeals to a wide audience from young people beginning to plan for the future, boomers approaching retirement and anyone already in retirement. Written in a no-nonsense, entertaining style, Mapping Your Retirement Road will guide readers to the heart of those actions needed to ultimately find financial independence. Using intriguing real life stories, Lovis makes the complex world of financial planning easy to understand while pr... + Read More
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Series: WEconomy You Can Find Meaning, Make A Living, and Change the World Hardcover Holly Branson 9781119447795 $35.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 07, 2018

***100% of Author Royalties are being donated to charity in keeping with the belief that WEconomy can indeed change the world by empowering families in developing communicates to lift themselves out of poverty with the small business training these book sales are providing. Track your individual impact on a global scale with the specific code on your book’s back cover at WE.org. Your guide to ‘Business with Benefits'... for All! Purpose and profit are powerful human motivators. Combined, this power can change the world. WEconomy is your guide... + Read More
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Series: Bobby My Story in Pictures Hardcover Bobby Orr 9780735236189 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 30, 2018

The incredible story of the life and phenomenal career of hockey's most legendary superstar, told through never-before-seen photographs. Bobby Orr rarely speaks of his accomplishments as a hockey player. He doesn’t have to—his play did all his talking for him during his storied career. His was a style of seemingly effortless grace, a style that helped reinvent the sport of hockey. Now, Bobby Orr shares his story through a personal collection of photos, inviting readers into different seasons of his life while introducing some of the people t... + Read More
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Series: From Rinks to Regiments Hockey Hall-of-Famers and the Great War Paperback Alan Livingstone MacLeod 9781772032680 $19.95 HISTORY Oct 09, 2018

A celebration of thirty-two heroes of the First World War enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.Praise for Remembered in Bronze and Stone:“A remarkable look at the many ways we honoured our war dead.”—Canada’s History“A fine tribute and a call to current and future generations.”—Mark Zuehlke, author of the Canadian Battle Series and Through Blood and SweatThis year marks the centenary of two pivotal events in Canadian history—one of them weighty, the other an enduring source of delight. In November 1918, the catastrophe of the First World War ca... + Read More
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Series: Hockey Fight in Canada The Big Media Faceoff over the NHL Paperback David Shoalts 9781771622042 $9.99 SPORTS & RECREATION Sep 29, 2018

In late 2013, Canadians were intrigued to learn the NHL chose Rogers as its exclusive national broadcaster over both CBC and Rogers’s bitter rival, Bell Canada. The decision was met with equal parts fascination, shock and anger. When CBC rank-and-file employees came to believe their leaders missed a chance to hold on to at least a part of Hockey Night in Canada—a move that could have saved some of their jobs—their disappointment turned to outrage. This is also a story of great irony, as the win proved to be costly for the victor in the first ye... + Read More
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Series: Hockey Hall of Fame Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Players Third Edition, New Format Paperback Steve Cameron 9780228101376 $24.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Nov 16, 2018

"A must-have for hockey lovers." -- Library Journal Profiles, stories, artifacts and archival images of every player in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The greatest individual honor that can be bestowed upon a professional hockey player is to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Players celebrates each and every one of the 276 players who have been so honored since the Hall of Fame's first class in 1945. Here are just a few of the Hockey Hall of Fame's most famous inductees: Wayne Gretzky Gordie H... + Read More
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Series: Hockey Plays and Strategies Second Edition Paperback Mike Johnston 9781492562535 $32.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Age (years) from 18 - 99 Aug 14, 2018

Dominate the competition with hockey’s best-selling playbook. In Hockey Plays and Strategies, Second Edition, Mike Johnston and Ryan Walter combine decades of experience to bring you the ultimate guide to control the ice and light up the net. Hockey Plays and Strategies features plays, systems, and strategies for game play in the offensive, neutral, and defensive zones. With tactics for all players in each of the various zones, you can prepare players to hit the ice with confidence and domina... + Read More
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Series: Next Ones How McDavid, Matthews and a Group of Young Guns Took Over the NHL Paperback Michael Traikos 9781771621984 $9.99 SPORTS & RECREATION Sep 15, 2018

The NHL is a young man’s league. How young? Connor McDavid was twenty years old when he won the scoring title and MVP in 2017. Auston Matthews was still a nineteen-year-old rookie when he tied for second in the Rocket Richard Trophy race with forty goals. By the end of the NHL’s hundredth season, eight of the top thirty scorers—including four of the top ten—were twenty-three years old or younger. Who are these fresh players? How did they get their starts? What did their journeys look like? This new generation of hockey superstars grew up differ... + Read More
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Series: The Secret Marathon Empowering Women and Girls in Afghanistan through Sport Paperback Martin Parnell 9781771602990 $25.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Oct 30, 2018

Martin Parnell's third book highlighting the power of sport to change lives takes the reader on an inspirational journey into Afghanistan, a country known for political chaos and female oppression. “The children were stoning us, the people said bad words like ’prostitutes, why don’t you stay at home? You are destroying Islam.’” —Zainab, Afghanistan's first female marathon runner In 2016, Martin Parnell went on a journey that many believed was madness: running a marathon in Afghanistan in a quest to fight for women’s rights and gender equality. ... + Read More
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Series: Hockey Hall of Fame Stanley Cup The Complete History Second Edition, New Format Paperback Eric Zweig 9780228101383 $24.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Nov 16, 2018

An official Hockey Hall of Fame book. The definitive book on the history of the Stanley Cup and the championship teams that have won it. Between the 1892-93 Amateur Hockey Association season and the 2017-18 NHL season, the Stanley Cup has been awarded 146 times in 126 seasons to 30 different franchises. In Stanley Cup, Eric Zweig details every single championship, including rosters, stats, and stories from the seasons and the playoffs. Over 200 photographs and incredibly unique statistical tables round out the season-by-season ... + Read More
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Series: Adventures in Memory The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting Hardcover Hilde Østby 9781771643474 $29.95 SCIENCE Oct 09, 2018

A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory.What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory?With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties. The authors—two Norwegian sisters, one a neuropsychologist and the other an acclaimed writer—skillfully interweave history, research, and exceptional personal stories, taking readers on a captivating exploration of the evolving understanding of th... + Read More
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Series: Dissident Doctor Catching Babies and Challenging the Medical Status Quo Hardcover Michael C. Klein 9781771621922 $32.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Sep 08, 2018

How often do you hear a doctor saying doctors need to be more accountable, Medicare needs more support and family medicine deserves more respect? Dissident Doctor bristles with refreshingly frank criticisms from inside the health sector, and its author is not just any doctor but a distinguished scientific researcher, veteran medical administrator, Professor Emeritus, recipient of the Order of Canada and lifelong gadfly. In Dissident Doctor, Michael C. Klein intersperses fascinating tales of individual cases with formative elements of his person... + Read More