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Series: A Celebration of Prairie Birds Paperback Wayne Lynch 9781927083574 $39.95 NATURE Nov 06, 2020

I became enchanted by the prairie grasslands more than 40 years ago, and have been bewitched by birds even longer. This book combines both of these personal passions. But it is more than just a book about the birds of the prairies; it is a celebration of the beauty and biology of the natural world. Originally, native prairie grasslands occupied the entire central core of North America, roughly 138 million hectares (340 million acres). This vast expanse of grass and sky stretched for over 2000 kilometres (1200 mi) from the aspen parklands of wes... + Read More
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Series: Windswept A Passionate View of the Prairie Grasslands Paperback Wayne Lynch 9781894856256 $24.95 NATURE Mar 08, 2004

"To understand the grasslands is to know their worth."Windswept is a celebration of the subtle beauty and fascinating biology of one of the most threatened large ecosystems on the planet - the grasslands of the Canadian prairies and the northern Great Plains of the United States. Cradled between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the Canadian Shield to the east, the grasslands both north and south of the border share a common climate, geological history, and wildlife diversity, as recorded in the opening pages of the book. World-renown natural... + Read More
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Series: Cyprus Cuisine Paperback Christina Loucas 9781770503373 $34.95 COOKING Jun 05, 2021

Though Cyprus is a small country, its cuisine features a large variety of dishes, probably due to the many different cultural influences affecting the island's history;as well as a substantial variation in climate around the country; from sunny beaches to snow-capped mountains. Cyprus cuisine has a Mediterranean allure, mixing Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavours and ingredients. Many Cypriot families still make home-made olive oil every year, and neighbours regularly exchange excess bounty of homegrown fruits and vegetables, including pom... + Read More
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Series: The Fair Trade Ingredient Cookbook Paperback Nettie Cronish 9781770503304 $34.95 COOKING Jun 30, 2021

We live in an age when consumers are more informed than ever about what they buy, eat, and use. Local producers and chefs are educating their customers so they understand exactly where the food they consume comes from and how it was grown or raised. People are eager to educate themselves, to spend money on products and ingredients that benefit their bodies, environment and communities. That is why buying fair trade ingredients has a tremendous social impact. They have an ethical integrity. I want to give the consumer an understanding of the pro... + Read More
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Series: Culinary Herbs Grow. Preserve. Cook! Paperback Yvonne Tremblay 9781770503359 $34.95 COOKING Mar 01, 2021

Let the fun begin — Grow. Preserve. Cook! Learn how to transform your cooking! Herbs have the ability to change the taste of food with their unique flavors and, by their very colour, add life to dishes by sprinkling them with fresh herbs before serving, or as pretty and edible garnishes. Herbs also give the authentic taste to international cuisines. Grow your own herbs (learn what conditions herbs like best) or purchase the many kinds of cut herbs available in supermarkets. When you have too much for cooking, you can use them up by drying, free... + Read More
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Series: Black Bears A Natural History Paperback Dave Taylor 9781554554690 $40.00 NATURE Jan 01, 2021

Author Dave Taylor has set his life photographing and writing about North American wildlife. His passion was black bears. In this beautifully designed full colour book with more than 100 fullcolor photographs, maps and charts, Black Bears introduces the reader to this shy, reclusive and largely misunderstood animal with an encyclopedic examination of the black bear's world by state, province and territory. Of the three species (the grizzly/brown bear, polar bear, and black bear), Taylor examines and portrays his devotion specifically to the bla... + Read More
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Series: Iceland Born of Lava Chiseled By Ice Hardcover Arnold Zageris 9781554554775 $60.00 TRAVEL Apr 14, 2021

Iceland has an alien quality that defies expectations. Its interior is lifeless and bare with volcanic formations that are reminiscent of what the earth must have looked like in Archean times. Hot geysers, deep mountainous fjords, and glaciers that carve their way into the lowlands are just some of the features that are compressed into this small island nation. It is just such compelling and unfamiliar landscape that makes visiting here an ultimate trip. My focus was not on the iconic hotspots that made Iceland famous but the less visited and u... + Read More
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Series: The Rise of Oceania Fatal Depth Paperback Timothy S Johnston 9781554555574 $21.95 FICTION May 01, 2021

THE MISSION: Sink an unsinkable warsub.It seems futile.It's a vessel created to start — and end — wars: a dreadnought.At over four hundred meters long with a crew of six hundred, it's the largest submarine in the world.Sixty—eight torpedo tubes. Twenty nuclear ballistic missiles with one hundred and sixty warheads. Mines. Grapples. A revolutionary propulsion system.And a brand new weapon: The Tsunami Plow.The warsub has just devastated the United States Submarine Fleet HQ on both the Atlantic and the Pacific Coasts. Thousands are dead a... + Read More
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Series: What I Remember, What I Know The Life of a High Arctic Exile English Edition Paperback Larry Audlaluk 9781772272376 $25.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 06, 2020

Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early 1950s.They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an inhospitable polar desert. Larry tells of loss, illness, and his family’s struggle to survive, juxtaposed with excerpts from official reports that conveyed the relocatees’ plight as a successful experiment. Wi... + Read More
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Series: Niqiliurniq A Cookbook from Igloolik English Edition Paperback Micah Arreak 9781772272673 $24.95 COOKING Oct 06, 2020

“Food is life. Food is the key to vitality, goodness, happiness, and a strong body and mind.” Compiled by five women living in Igloolik, Nunavut, this collection of recipes brings together healthy traditional country foods—like seal, Arctic char, and caribou—with store-bought produce to create delicious meals that can be an alternative to pre-packaged foods. With details on food safety and storage, as well as information on how to build a healthy, nutritious diet, this book will help even novice cooks feel empowered to begin cooking from scrat... + Read More
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Series: Picket Fences A Novel Paperback Emma L.R. Hogg 9781777010140 $21.95 FICTION Age (years) from 16 - 99 Oct 15, 2020

A funny and poignant story about coming of age after you've already grown up.Sloane Sawyer had it all planned—she and her best friend Stephie would graduate from high school, get out of Tippett Valley and have dazzling complementary careers. Sloane would become an award-winning graphic designer, creating band posters using Stephie's artwork. She would also have a loving husband, the requisite two kids and a house with a white picket fence. As she turns thirty, Sloane has a boring job and a boss who ignores her. She has no children, doesn't own ... + Read More
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Series: People Like Frank And other stories from the edge of normal Paperback Jenn Ashton 9781777010164 $19.95 FICTION Oct 06, 2020

Finalist, Indigenous Voices Awards 2021 On the edge of normal, the everyday can be an adventure and the ordinary a triumph. In the tradition of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Room and If I Fall, If I Die, this uplifting collection explores the world through the eyes of protagonists whose perspectives are informed by their unique circumstances. Some are struggling with physical challenges while others seek to overcome psychological barriers. Far from being defined by their limitations, these characters revel in achievements o... + Read More
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Series: Umingmak Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic Paperback Jake Ootes 9781777010102 $29.95 HISTORY Jun 02, 2020

Until 1967, the Northwest Territories was governed from Ottawa by appointees who rarely visited the land or peoples they controlled. As part of his drive to integrate and modernize the country, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson ordered Stuart Hodgson, a feisty British Columbia labour leader and founding member of the NDP, to move a fledgling government to Yellowknife and bring the North into the twentieth century. Umingmak recounts Hodgson's indefatigable, and often controversial, efforts to introduce self-government and improve the liv... + Read More
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Series: The Hawk and the Hare Based On a True Story Paperback Janet Love Morrison 9781777010126 $22.95 FICTION Apr 30, 2020

It is 1944 and the young Canadians of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry have had enough of drills and night marches and waiting. Private Ewen Morrison is 21 years old when he joins the regiment in Sussex and meets his new platoon, including Reggie Johnson, an Indigenous soldier from Ontario's Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. His new friend supplements the army's training with some of his own, helping to prepare Ewen for scouting missions against the enemy. Landing on Juno Beach, the men confront the brutal reality of war as they advance ... + Read More
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Series: A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Earth Paperback Lisa Shatzky 9780887536144 $18.95 POETRY Sep 16, 2020

"In this book you will find a door to a world deep within yourself. These elegant poems, written in deceptively simple language, brim with truth about living and being." —Jess Malkin MA, MSW. Therapist and Artist "Lisa Shatzky ponders whether "maybe most things exist outside of words" however, through her words she takes her audience on a journey of self—reflection, inviting us to embrace the mysteries, to live the questions, showing us that vulnerability is the key to connection in this world we live in. She also invites us to find the music i... + Read More
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Series: The Yellow House Paperback Paulette Rivait 9780887536090 $15.95 POETRY Sep 16, 2020

The victims of domestic abuse are overwhelmingly women, and women tend to experience more severe forms of violence than anyone else. The Yellow House by Paulette Rivait clearly reflects that reality. She reminds us that although this is her story, it might well be one that is repeated time and time again in the lives of young girls and women everywhere. Hers is set in southwestern Ontario. It begins in her childhood. It begins with her father who is raising his family in a "yellow house" in an ordinary neighbourhood. The people around him see h... + Read More
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Series: Tukhone Paperback Daniel Lockhart 9780887536151 $18.95 POETRY Sep 16, 2020

"Although the title of this book suggests sadness and shadows, it also raises awareness and hope. Here to convey the losses and changes of Tùkhòne area, Lockhart applies Japanese lyric forms with his ancestral moon movements and his lost dialect. We find ice, geese, medicines as well as church, bridge, bar and traffic; we hear tides, rail cars and gulls, we also sing loud and send prayers. Nature and the modern world encounter, collide and "dance" in Lockhart's lines and mind. Following his riverside city tours and reflections, we see the pain,... + Read More
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Series: Prompted By Happiness Paperback Elizabeth Zetlin 9780887536113 $15.95 POETRY Sep 16, 2020

Born out of the intention to write a poem a day for a year, Elizabeth Zetlin's newest book Prompted by Happiness uses poems and prompts as jumping off points in the crafting of each poem included in this collection. Following the narrative of the year, the poems seem to ebb and flow the way the mind moves, never settling on one emotion directly. There is really no closure, just a guided meditation on the small moments of sorrow, joy, and happiness that make up a year. Deep, poignant, and timeless, Prompted by Happiness will bring the reader int... + Read More
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Series: The Way History Dries Paperback Keith Inman 9780887536137 $18.95 POETRY Sep 16, 2020

Landscape is a proportional representation of storyline. You see it in the tumbled and stacked blocks of Spanish, Moorish, and Roman ruins of Spain. It is in the fields of grass contoured to hillsides changing colour in soft mountain winds under an angle of sun. Landscape records earth: trees with their rings, rocks their fossils, mountains their broken, upheaved, wind—carved features. Everything is recorded, at least, before time and weather washes, fades, wears or buries it. Habitation is slowly swallowed. It is a rare thing when history is d... + Read More
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Series: The Forager's Dinner Finding, harvesting, and preparing Newfoundland & Labrador's edible plants Book Shawn Dawson 9781989417263 $29.95 COOKING Oct 20, 2020

Join professional forager Shawn Dawson on a guided tour of the forests, fields, bogs, barrens, cliffsides and shorelines of Newfoundland. Along the way, you’ll learn to identify more than 50 edible plants—including trees, weeds, berries, and fruit—and how and when to harvest them sustainably. This is a must-have book for anyone interested in food security, eating locally, and cooking with the freshest possible ingredients. Hundreds of full-colour photographs make Forager’s Dinner a gorgeous and insightful journey into the natural bounty that ... + Read More
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Series: From Codfish to Kippers Creative recipes for fresh, smoked, and salted fish Book Roger Pickavance 9781989417270 $29.95 COOKING Sep 30, 2020

The waters around the island of Newfoundland are home to a wide variety of famously delicious fish species. And while fresh fish is always a treat, salting, curing, and smoking also delivers flavours and textures to delight any palate. Newfoundland’s codfish and kippers—but also halibut, mackerel, monkfish, salmon, trout, turbot, and more—are the stars of this new collection of recipes, the latest from cook and restauranteur Roger Pickavance. Inside you’ll find a wide variety of creative recipes, including smoked cod lasagna, cured salmon wi... + Read More
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Series: Bonita's Kitchen A Little Taste of Home Book Bonita Hussey 9781989417218 $24.95 COOKING Oct 15, 2020

Bonita Hussey’s first video was a gift for her sons who were living in Calgary and wanted to know how to make bread. Just four years later, Bonita has hundreds of cooking and baking videos available on her popular YouTube channel and a loyal following at home in Newfoundland and Labrador and away. Bonita’s Kitchen collects over 50 of her most popular baking recipes, straight from her Upper Island Cove kitchen to yours. Toutons and sweet molasses raisin bread, baked puddings and blueberry sticky buns, lemon crumbles and maple butter tarts … the... + Read More
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Series: Saltwater Knits Saltwater Gifts from the Island of Newfoundland More than 25 fashion and home styles to knit Book Christine LeGrow 9781989417089 $29.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Aug 30, 2020

Knitted gifts are treasured in Newfoundland, whatever the season. Designs unique to this storied island are made to keep loved ones warm all year long—even during early summer when icebergs chill the air. Capture your heart’s desire with a spring cap or bonnet. Explore the spectacular coastline wearing knitted socks and fine woolen gloves. Prepare for the cool months of autumn and winter with fashionable trigger mitts and hats. And warm up your home with cozy cushions and lovely tea cozies. With this latest in the best-selling Saltwater Knits... + Read More
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Series: Saltwater Knits Saltwater Gifts from the Island of Newfoundland More than 25 fashion and home styles to knit Spiral bound Christine LeGrow 9781989417225 $39.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Jul 30, 2020

Knitted gifts are treasured in Newfoundland, whatever the season. Designs unique to this storied island are made to keep loved ones warm all year long—even during early summer when icebergs chill the air. Capture your heart’s desire with a spring cap or bonnet. Explore the spectacular coastline wearing knitted socks and fine woolen gloves. Prepare for the cool months of autumn and winter with fashionable trigger mitts and hats. And warm up your home with cozy cushions and lovely tea cozies. With this latest in the best-selling Saltwater Knits... + Read More
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Series: Saltwater Knits Saltwater Mittens from the Island of Newfoundland More than 20 heritage designs to knit Paperback Christine LeGrow 9781775234586 $29.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Oct 07, 2018

Woollen mittens have long been a Newfoundlander’s best friend. The warmer the better. In a quirky climate of freeze, thaw, blow, and drizzle, good mittens made all tasks easier—to split birch, hammer a nail, gut a fish, draw and haul water, hang clothes on a line, shoot a seabird, or snare a rabbit. Social life, too, always required the finest mittens and gloves. This continues today. These mittens are as practical as they are beautiful—double-knit with two colours means twice the warmth and wind resistance. The patterns are rated by difficul... + Read More
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Series: Saltwater Knits Saltwater Classics from the Island of Newfoundland More than 25 caps, vamps, and mittens to knit Paperback Christine LeGrow 9781989417010 $29.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Sep 21, 2019

From the top of your head to the tips of your toes, Saltwater Classics will keep you toasty warm with beautiful hand-knitted hats, mitts, gloves, socks and vamps. As their follow-up to the best-selling Saltwater Mittens, Christine LeGrow and Shirley A. Scott have collected and expertly recreated some of Newfoundland’s best loved knitwear. Along the way, they’ve sprinkled in a hefty dose of their own creative flair in presenting stunning patterns you’ll never see anywhere else. From salt-and-pepper cap to boot socks, and from trigger mitts to ... + Read More
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Series: A Mixed Marriage Conflicts, observations, and curious ideas about the French Shore of Newfoundland Paperback Michael Wilkshire 9781989417119 $24.95 HISTORY May 05, 2020

For hundreds of years, a rich French heritage has marked the history and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. Yet the contributions of French settlers and fishing communities have not received the recognition they deserve.The French presence in Newfoundland from the early 18th century to the early 20th is a story of both strife and cooperation: sovereignty over the island belonged to the British, but France enjoyed the right to fish along an extensive part of the shoreline, known as the French TreatyShore. A Mixed Marriage offers a look back a... + Read More
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Series: The Old Man Is Me Paperback Bruce Stagg 9781989417126 $21.95 FICTION Jun 30, 2020

Growing up can be both thrilling and treacherous in small-town Newfoundland, where a young person will experience the joys and struggles of life in ways that are unique to isolated, rural communities. Bruce Stagg grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in Catalina, a rural fishing community on Newfoundland and Labrador’s Bonavista Peninsula—a time and place that inspired this collection of short stories. Stagg effortlessly captures the spirit of post-Confederation Newfoundland. Life was arduous, but also romantic; families were optimistic, but strugg... + Read More
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Series: Leading Lives That Matter What We Should Do and Who We Should Be, 2nd ed. Second Edition Paperback Mark R. Schwehn 9780802877147 $46.95 RELIGION Jun 16, 2020

Leading Lives That Matter compiles a wide range of texts—from ancient and contemporary literature, social commentary, and philosophy—related to questions of vital interest for those who are trying to decide what to do with their lives and what kind of human beings they hope to become. This book draws upon both religious and secular wisdom, bringing these sources into conversation with one another. Mark Schwehn and Dorothy Bass identify four vocabularies typically used in discussions of the meaning of life choices: authenticity, virtue, exemplar... + Read More
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Series: I Understand Pain, Love, and Healing after Suicide Paperback Vonnie Woodrick 9780802878045 $19.95 SELF-HELP Sep 01, 2020

Time doesn’t heal—love heals When Vonnie Woodrick lost her husband Rob to suicide in 2003, she was faced with a series of decisions. How would she move on? How would she support and raise her three children as a young widow? How would she talk about Rob and honor his memory? These questions had no easy answers, but Vonnie found herself longing for one thing in particular: understanding. The stigma of mental illness loomed large over Rob’s death and made healing difficult. But Vonnie found the common assumptions surrounding suicide to be fals... + Read More
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Series: God, Improv, and the Art of Living Paperback MaryAnn McKibben Dana 9780802878342 $22.95 RELIGION Aug 12, 2020

The famous improvisational principle of “yes, and . . .” has produced a lot of great comedy. But it also offers an invigorating approach to life in general, and the spiritual life in particular. From Moses to Ruth to Jesus, Scripture is full of people boldly saying “yes, and . . .” as they accept what life throws their way and build upon it. In this book, pastor, speaker, and improv aficionado MaryAnn McKibben Dana blends Scripture, psychology, theology, and pop culture in a wise, funny, down-to-earth guide to God, improv, and the art of living... + Read More
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Series: Library of Religious Biography (LRB) A Heart Lost in Wonder The Life and Faith of Gerard Manley Hopkins Paperback Catharine Randall 9780802877703 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 28, 2020

Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of the most beloved English-language poets of all time, lived a life charged with religious drama and vision. The product of a High-Church Anglican family, Hopkins eventually converted to Roman Catholicism and became a priest—after which he stopped writing poetry for many years and became completely estranged from his Protestant family.A Heart Lost in Wonder provides perspective on the life and work of Gerard Manley Hopkins through both religious and literary interpretation. Catharine Randall tells the story of Hopkin... + Read More
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Series: Bioethics A Primer for Christians Fourth Edition Paperback Gilbert Meilaender 9780802878168 $26.95 RELIGION Aug 12, 2020

Amid continuing advances in medical research and treatment, Gilbert Meilaender’s Bioethics has long provided thoughtful guidance on many of society’s most difficult moral problems—including abortion, assisted reproduction, genetic experimentation, euthanasia, and much more. In this fourth edition, Meilaender updates much of the data referenced in the book and responds directly to recent developments, such as the CRISPR/Cas9 method of gene editing. Christians seeking discernment in this new decade will appreciate Meilaender’s circumspect writing... + Read More
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Series: Prophetic Christianity Series (PC) Dear White Christians For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation Second Edition Paperback Jennifer Harvey 9780802877918 $33.95 RELIGION Oct 30, 2020

“If reconciliation is the takeaway point for the civil rights story we usually tell, then the takeaway point for the more complex, more truthful civil rights story contained in Dear White Christians is reparations.” — from the preface to the second editionWith the troubling and painful events of the last several years—from the killing of numerous unarmed Black men and women at the hands of police to the rallying of white supremacists in Charlottesville—it is clearer than ever that the reconciliation paradigm, long favored by white Christians, h... + Read More
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Series: Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict Hardcover Marilyn McEntyre 9780802878144 $29.95 RELIGION May 19, 2020

What can we learn from contemporary writers about keeping public conversation compassionate, vigorous, faithful, and life-giving?Those who want to avoid simplistic partisan rhetoric and use words in a challenging, spirited way need practical strategies. This book offers a range of them. Drawing upon the work of exemplary contemporary writers, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict shows how to speak and write clearly and generously. For example, we can attend more carefully to the effects of metaphors, recognize and avoid glib euphemisms, defi... + Read More
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Series: Penguin A Story of Survival Hardcover Stefan Christmann 9783961712892 $74.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Feb 15, 2021

150 images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner, Stefan Christmann The life of emperor penguins in different phases: from finding a partner to raising young penguins Personal experiences showed by the photographer and his insights into the mystical Antarctic winter There is only one bird species that hunts in summer and rears its young in winter: the Emperor Penguin. These extraordinary animals survive the relentless Antarctic climate, braving an average temperature of -49 degrees Celsius, thanks to their speci... + Read More
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Series: Chapeau! The Ultimate Guide to Men's Hats Hardcover Pierre Toromanoff 9783961712847 $47.50 DESIGN Feb 15, 2021

• 200 pages of original, elegant, and casual hat models • The styling compendium for the modern gentleman Whether as stylish accessory or sartorial statement piece, men’s hats are back in fashion and more varied than ever before. Offering some 200 pages of headwear style, this extensive book of hats is the must-have sourcebook for fashion-forward men. From the trilby to the beanie, the flat cap to the fedora, explore more than 1,000 years of men’s hat history, from function to fashion statement to political statement and beyond, and discover ... + Read More
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Series: Cities of Silence Extraordinary Views of a Shutdown World Hardcover 9783961713202 $47.50 PHOTOGRAPHY Oct 15, 2020

The widespread Covid-19 lockdown of Spring and Summer 2020 that had millions of people confined to their homes made for remarkable photographs around the globe. Silent Cities brings together lockdown pictures from more than 60 cities?all exceptional snapshots of otherwise densely crowded spaces. Free of people, traffic, and much of the habitual advertising we are used to, the aesthetic qualities of each place become more visible: the symmetry of a square or boulevard, the harmony of a facade, the beauty of an empty beach. A document of an extra... + Read More
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Series: Vulnerable Hardcover Olga Michi 9783961712984 $88.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Feb 15, 2021

In this stunning compilation of 140 images, photographer Olga Michi brings a new kind of portrait photography to endangered ethnic groups around the world. Her striking images seen in Vulnerable, present individuals against a black background, dramatically lit to focus on their dress, accessories, and individual expression. These indigenous peoples represent some of the most unique cultures in a hyper-globalized world, and an emotional reminder that they are our fellow human beings and singular personalities. And starkly, the rifles, cartridge ... + Read More
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Series: Colours and Faces of India Hardcover David Krasnostein 9783961712861 $88.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Feb 15, 2021

Hands that tell stories, a sparkle in the eyes, or wrinkles on the face inscribing a whole life lived. In this new book of street photography in India, David Krasnostein captures the experiences and histories of everyday people. His striking images are prefaced by an Introduction describing his photographic practice, as well as the Indian culture, religion, and rituals he has come to know and love.
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Series: A Taste of Greece Recipes, Cuisine & Culture Hardcover HRH Princess Tatiana of Greece 9783961713158 $47.50 COOKING May 15, 2020

Sumptuously photographed, this is an ideal gift for all lovers of the Greek experienceA carefully-curated selection of the most delicious Greek recipesBy buying this book, you will not only see and taste a Greece that may be new to you, but you will also provide help to people who need it; proceeds from its sale will enable BOROUME to supply meals for more families and build a closer sense of communityNOT JUST ANOTHER COOKBOOK, A Taste of Greece could have been called For the Love of Greece, as it became a project that brought together we... + Read More
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Series: The World Hardcover Michael Poliza 9783961712762 $100.00 PHOTOGRAPHY May 15, 2020

Michael Poliza is more than a seasoned globetrotter who has traveled through almost 170 countries. He is also a collector of the world, always on the lookout for breathtaking landscapes, remote regions, and intact nature reserves. With his camera ever on hand, Poliza does not only want to experience the beauty of the planet, but also to make it accessible to all. In his two great books, Africa and Eyes over Africa, as well as his single volumes on South Africa, Kenya, and Namibia, Poliza opened our eyes to the diversity of the African continen... + Read More
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Series: Voyager Photograph's from Humanity's Greatest Journey Hardcover Jens Bezemer 9783961712915 $88.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Oct 15, 2020

Outer space = infinite fascination! A delight for space fans and experts alike, this book is your unique guide to the legendary Voyager missions. After the worldwide success of Apollo VII?XVII, the authors, Floris Heyne, Joel Meter, Simon Phillipson, and Delano Steenmeijer, again scoured the NASA archives to gather all the key facts and discoveries of this interstellar spacecraft, including previously unpublished information. First launched in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have significantly expanded our knowledge of space, correcte... + Read More
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Series: The Dogs Human Animals Hardcover Vincent Lagrange 9783961713042 $53.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Feb 15, 2021

What makes dogs so unique? They are the only species that favor the company of humans over their own kind. A dog looks at us with a deep understanding and empathy perhaps greater than our own. In this charming book of dog photography, Vincent Lagrange records this treasured intimacy with our four-legged friends. Applying the techniques of portrait photography, which he learned in his youth at his father Marc Lagrange's studio, he captures our canine counterparts in crisp, perfectly illuminated pictures that allow their own soulful personalities... + Read More
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Series: The Harley-Davidson Book - Refueled Hardcover teNeues Verlag 9783961712991 $88.00 TRANSPORTATION Oct 15, 2020

This re-fueled edition of our bestselling Harley-Davidson book features 32 new pages and several updated chapters, honoring the Harley in all its facets. Ride through the history of the Milwaukee legend, get up close to its pristine design, and explore the Harley-Davidson lifestyle that sees riders on the beach, the ice, or in the mountains. A must-have book for all who agree with the grandson of company founder, Willie G. Davidson: - On the eighth day, God created Harley-Davidson.
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Series: The Long Road to Happy A Sister's Struggle Through Her Brother's Disabilities Hardcover Diane Morrow-Kondos 9781937054564 $33.00 SELF-HELP Nov 01, 2017

If the parents of the intellectually disabled feel their family experiences are rarely acknowledged, the siblings in such a family often feel invisible?both inside their families and outside in the world. This book is the effort by one such sibling to be seen, to have the stories of those like her heard. The youngest of three daughters, Diane Morrow—Kondos tells a frank and candid story of an ordinary family in middle America turned upside down with the arrival of a son — not because their father finally has the boy he always wanted but becau... + Read More
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Series: The Spiderling What happens when the thread that binds mother and child breaks? Hardcover Marcia Preston 9781937054588 $32.95 FICTION Nov 01, 2017

Being a child in a single—parent home can be bittersweet, but when the head of that household acts more like a clueless teen than a mom, well, that let's just say it breeds its own kind of troubles. Now Kiwi has done something her mother can't forgive. And mom and daughter are on the run. Can they run fast enough and far enough to lose the evil following them? And what happens when the thread that binds mother and child breaks?
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Series: Justice Rode the Train Hardcover Sheldon Russell 9781950871063 $32.00 FICTION Dec 15, 2020

The war is over for railroad bull Hook Runyon, or so at least he thinks, until he is ordered to transport a newly arrived ragtag band of Jewish orphans from the Fohrenwald Displaced Per—sons Camp in Germany to their new home. The assignment comes with unique perils, but the stakes grow higher when Hook learns who their fellow passengers will be: hundreds of Nazi prisoners of war, harden men with nothing to lose. He faces a train trip like no other, a revelatory journey of unspeakable truths, of innocence betrayed, and of dark secrets revealed. ... + Read More
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Series: The Warrior's Tools Paperback Eric Smith 9781937054892 $26.95 HISTORY Oct 22, 2020

Written from a First Nation perspective by internationally recognized Chickasaw bowyer Eric Smith, The Warrior's Tools offers a long needed introduction not only to Plains Indian bows but also arrows, quivers,and shields. Told in a conversational style with easy—to—follow instructions and expert asides, the book provides practical how—to information on bow making along with insight on the place bows, arrows, quivers, and shields held in tribal life in the past and the role they continue to play in First Nation communities today. The book includ... + Read More
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Series: Sourdough Mania The Complete Guide to Sourdough Baking Hardcover Anita Sumer 9781911621935 $29.95 COOKING Nov 12, 2020

Anita Sumer is a passionate, self-taught, 100% sourdough baker and teacher, based in Slovenia who has become an international sensation - she now has over 70,000 followers on Instagram @sourdough_mania. She started baking sourdough when her husband was ill and could not eat yeasted bread. So successful has she been that she is now teaching sourdough baking around the world; 9 countries and across 3 continents. In 2017, she published her unique sourdough book in her native Slovenia, a first of its kind and the book received two Gourmand World Co... + Read More
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Series: Margaret Costa's Four Seasons Cookery Book Paperback Margaret Costa 9781911667001 $29.95 COOKING Jan 13, 2021

Originally published in 1970 and re—issued by Grub Street for the first time in 1996, our new edition hit the bestseller lists and went on to sell over 20,000 copies and its reappearance was praised by contemporary cookery stars like Nigel Slater, Delia Smith and Simon Hopkinson. Also in that year Margaret Costa was honoured at the prestigious Glenfiddich Awards.Margaret Costa came to prominence by replacing Robert Carrier as the Sunday Times cookery writer, and although this was her only significant book, it's hugely influential and was named... + Read More
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Series: Vegan Recipes From Japan Hardcover Malte Hartig 9781911667049 $32.95 COOKING Jan 13, 2021

This is more than a cookbook of Japanese cuisine. Malte Hï¿½rtig is an expert in Japanese Kaseki cuisine. Today the term is used for a special style of a light multi—course menu consisting of 7—10 different courses in a Japanese restaurant. It is a particularly light meal that is strictly vegetarian in accordance with its origin from the Zen philosophy. Particular care is taken in the selection of ingredients and prepared in such a way that their own taste is emphasized.The recipes are accordingly simple, but excellent in combination and taste.... + Read More
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Series: Vegan Recipes from the Middle East Hardcover Parvin Razavi 9781910690376 $34.95 COOKING Aug 16, 2017

Enjoyment, hospitality, tradition, creativity, sustainability and joy of life - these starting points were the inspiration for this book. Parvin Razavi has taken the fresh and varied cuisines of Iran, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Turkey to create a beautiful vegan cookbook.Whether as a main course or for the traditional mezze, this book contains dishes that blend natural culinary delights from the various food cultures, and combines them with contemporary approaches. Here are warm and spicy stuffed vegetables, cool and ... + Read More
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Series: Vegan Recipes from Spain Hardcover Gonzalo Baró 9781911621164 $32.95 COOKING Jun 15, 2018

Spanish food is all about making the most of the best local produce. It conjures up many associations friends eating and laughing together, delicious wine, relaxing holidays, or a balmy breeze under a colourful waterside umbrella. Above all it is perfect for sharing. Geography and climate, has had a great influence on its cooking methods and available ingredients, and these particularities are present in the dishes of the various regions. Spanish cuisine was also shaped by a complex history, where invasions and conquests have modified tradition... + Read More
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Series: Halton Boys True Tales from Pilots and Ground Crew Proud to be Called 'Trenchard Brats' Hardcover Sean Feast 9781911621942 $39.95 HISTORY Nov 12, 2020

The RAF Halton Apprenticeship Scheme has a deserved reputation for excellence. The brainchild of MRAF Hugh Trenchard, the founder of the Royal Air Force, it took the 'traditional' idea of an apprenticeship and interpreted it in a novel way. It allowed teenage boys from any social background or geography to learn a technical trade that would equip them for their future lives, within and beyond the RAF. It also gave the best an opportunity to become pilots and break into the once public-school-dominated officer class. Of the 50,000 boys trained a... + Read More
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Series: Hawkeye The Enthralling Autobiography of the Top-Scoring Israel Air Force Ace of Aces Hardcover Giora Even-Epstein 9781911621966 $32.95 HISTORY Jan 13, 2021

For more than thirty years, Giora Even—Epstein flew fighters for the Israel Air Force, achieving recognition as a highly skilled military aviator and the highest—scoring jet—mounted ace with the most number of confirmed victories in the French Mirage. Having overcome numerous hurdles just to learn how to fly, he went on to compile a record of Arab MiGs and Sukhoi kills that bettered any other combat aviators' tally in the entire world.This fast—moving autobiography details his experiences particularly in the intense conflicts of 1967, the Six D... + Read More
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Series: Fleet Air Arm Boys Volume One : Air Defence Fighter Aircraft Since 1945 True Tales From Royal Navy Aircrew, Maintainers And Handlers Hardcover Steve Bond 9781911621980 $39.95 HISTORY Jan 13, 2021

The RAF's continuing role in the projection of air power in the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas interests since the end of the Second World War is well known. However, the same cannot always be said about the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA), in part due to the ten—year gap between the retirement of the Harrier and the arrival of the F—35B and the Queen Elizabeth—class aircraft carriers.Flying high performance aircraft off a carrier demands not only a high level of skill, but also a considerable amount of courage and determinatio... + Read More
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Series: Mont Babel Paperback Keith Henderson 9781927599525 $19.95 FICTION Apr 15, 2021

"Where is everybody?" That's the question physicist Enrico Fermi posed to his Manhattan Project colleagues now 70 years ago. They knew what he meant. Decades of reaching out to intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe, and no response. Zero. Nothing. A fact which remains true today .Mont Babel sling-shots off the Fermi paradox using the opposing forces of father and son. Jim Benedict's a humanist, a man of the word, his son an engineer who's bored by Shakespeare and likes the NFL. "In the beginning was the word. In the beginning was the Big... + Read More
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Series: The Nerves Centre Paperback Angela Szczepaniak 9781927599532 $19.95 POETRY Apr 15, 2021

The Nerves Centre is a series of poems about performance (and other) anxiety, told through the jittery stop-and-start actions of a stagefright-afflicted Performer who can't speak while on stage. The Performer's linguistically vaudevillian performances are punctuated with sound poems that capture the moments of panic she experiences. Constructed from recordings of actual panic attacks that were poorly transcribed by increasingly confused transcription software, then reshaped into poems for the page, these sound and breath pieces create a palpabl... + Read More
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Series: Smoke Wood Fire The Advanced Guide to Smoking Meat Paperback Jeff Phillips 9781770503267 $29.95 COOKING May 26, 2020

Want to take your smoking meat and fish game to the next level? Let bestselling author and best-ranked smoking meat blogger Jeff Phillips get you out of the funk and into the flames. Jeff has committed decades to the craft and is now ready to show you that it's as much about tools, techniques, and methods as it is about the recipes. This advanced guide includes detailed information on modern and legacy smoking techniques that range from cold smoking to getting the smoke just right in cold climates. You'll also get in-depth insight and instructi... + Read More