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Series: Where the River Narrows Classic French & Nostalgic Québécois Recipes From St. Lawrence Restaurant Hardcover J-C Poirier 9780525611189 $45.00 COOKING Nov 08, 2022

From the acclaimed and multi award-winning chef J-C Poirier of St. Lawrence restaurant comes a stunning, lyrical cookbook with over 125 recipes that celebrate the classic dishes of Québec and France.WHERE THE RIVER NARROWS is a loving homage to Chef Jean-Christophe (J-C) Poirier’s home province, Québec—the phrase is a direct translation of the Algonquin word “kebec,” describing the area around Québec City where the St. Lawrence River is hemmed in by towering cliffs. Québec is where J-C’s love for the nostalgic beauty of French cooking began. In... + Read More
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Series: Little Critics What Canadian Chefs Cook for Kids (and Kids Will Actually Eat) Hardcover Joanna Fox 9780525611509 $35.00 COOKING Oct 25, 2022

Kid-approved! A cookbook of the fail-safe recipes Canada’s chefs use to win over their toughest critics: kids.Feeding kids can often feel like climbing a mountain, and sometimes like an endless series of rejections and failures. With picky eating preferences changing at every turn, meals that were a mainstay one week are inexplicably pushed aside when they hit the table the next. Because kids don’t care about what they’re serving at the newIt Restaurant, the food fads of the year or how long you spend in the kitchen—either they like what they’r... + Read More
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Series: More Mandy's More Recipes We Love Hardcover Mandy Wolfe 9780525610496 $35.00 COOKING Sep 20, 2022

We’re baaaaack…! From the sisters behind the bestselling cookbook Mandy’s Gourmet Salads—and the Montreal salad bars of the same name—comes More Mandy’s.This second sensational cookbook, following the runaway bestseller Mandy’s Gourmet Salads, is packed with even more salads, more smoothies, more sweets—and now morning fuel and soups too! Indulge in and be inspired by these heartwarming recipes for cold-weather meals, plus plenty of year-round favorites. Even in wintertime, there’s nothing a Mandy’s salad can’t fix.It wouldn’t be Mandy’s withou... + Read More
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Series: The Buddhist Chef's Vegan Comfort Cooking Easy, Feel-Good Recipes for Every Day Paperback Jean-Philippe Cyr 9780525611455 $29.95 COOKING Oct 12, 2021

75+ easy, comforting, and oh-so-delicious vegan recipes for every home cook—from the bestselling author of The Buddhist Chef.Jean-Philippe Cyr—vegan chef, blogger, and bestselling cookbook author—is back with even more delicious vegan recipes. Inspired by the comfort foods he enjoyed cooking with his grandmother while growing up, his classical culinary training, as well as his travels around the world, The Buddhist Chef’s Vegan Comfort Cooking will become your go-to vegan cookbook for every day of the week.Whether you are a long-time vegan or j... + Read More
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Series: Maman: The Cookbook All-Day Recipes to Warm Your Heart Hardcover Elisa Marshall 9780735240094 $40.00 COOKING Sep 28, 2021

*SHORTLISTED for the 2022 Taste Canada Award for General Cookbooks**SHORTLISTED for the 2021 Gourmand World Cookbook Award*Experience the sophisticated, rustic-chic charm of the celebrated, French-inspired Maman café right from homeElisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte opened maman to fill a void in their hearts. They wanted to create a warm, cozy place for people to come together and savor a freshly baked madeleine or slice of savory quiche with the comfort and familiarity of being in their own living room. This collection of 100 recipes spans ... + Read More
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Series: Goodbye Refined Sugar! Easy Recipes with No Added Sugar or Fat Paperback Madame Labriski 9780525610816 $26.95 COOKING Jul 06, 2021

Enjoy even more recipes made with Madame Labriski’s famous date puree! From breakfasts to desserts, drinks to snacks, these recipes are free of refined sugar, and there are vegan and dairy-, gluten-, and nut-free options throughout.Goodbye Refined Sugar! by Madame Labriski features the secret weapon to healthy, tasty, and fueling treats free of refined sugar: date puree—a naturally sweet fruit puree that is also rich in fiber. Enjoy fueling breakfasts and hearty loaves, snack on delicious cookies, muffins, donuts, and biscotti, and sip on prote... + Read More
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Series: Jam Bake Inspired Recipes for Creating and Baking with Preserves Hardcover Camilla Wynne 9780525611080 $32.00 COOKING Jun 01, 2021

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2021 BY FOOD 52A one-of-a-kind preserving and baking book packed full of delicious jams and the delectable dessert that best showcase them, from pastry chef and Master Preserver Camilla Wynne.“What can I do with this jam besides put it on toast?” Master Preserver and pastry chef Camilla Wynne is constantly asked this question when teaching her popular preserving classes. Enter Jam Bake: a one-of-a-kind cookbook full of her jam, marmalade, fruit butter, and jelly concoctions, along with recipes for what to do w... + Read More
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Series: Sheet Pan Everything Deliciously Simple One-Pan Recipes Hardcover Ricardo Larrivee 9780525610519 $30.00 COOKING Mar 16, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe simplest way to get a no-fuss delicious dinner on the table? The sheet pan!In the latest cookbook from Ricardo and team, you will find fuss-free, one-pan recipes the whole family will enjoy. Worried about what to make for dinner after a long busy workday? Take the stress out of cooking with these one-pan recipes! Lacking inspiration for flavorful meals the whole family will enjoy? Let the sheet pan will be the hero of your every meal! Love cooking, but hate cleaning up? Sheet pan meals are easy to make, and even easier t... + Read More
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Series: Flavorbomb A Rogue Guide to Making Everything Taste Better Hardcover Bob Blumer 9780525610892 $35.00 COOKING Oct 27, 2020

GOLD WINNER 2021 - Taste Canada Awards - General CookbooksIf you live for wildly addictive, life-affirming taste sensations that knock you off your feet, but can’t figure out how to make them at home, you have just found your kindred cookbook spirit. Welcome to Flavorbomb.You keep a running list of restaurants you go to for your favorite flavorbombs—a vibrant, pungent Caesar salad, extra crispy garlic fries, or a spicy puttanesca pasta maybe. You might even be able to articulate exactly what it is about those dishes that you find so addictive. ... + Read More
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Series: Friuli Food and Wine Frasca Cooking from Northern Italy's Mountains, Vineyards, and Seaside Hardcover Bobby Stuckey 9780399580611 $66.00 COOKING Jul 07, 2020

An eye-opening exploration of a unique region of Italy that bridges the Alps and the Adriatic Sea, featuring 80 recipes and wine pairings from a master sommelier and James Beard Award-winning chef.Bordered by Austria, Slovenia, and the Adriatic Sea, the northeastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia is an area of immense cultural blending, geographical diversity, and idyllic beauty. This tiny sliver of land is home to one of the most refined food and wine cultures in the world and yet remains off the grid. The unique cuisine of Friuli is ... + Read More
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Series: Mandy's Gourmet Salads Recipes for Lettuce and Life Hardcover Mandy Wolfe 9780525610472 $35.00 COOKING Jul 07, 2020

#1 BESTSELLING COOKBOOK! An overwhelmingly gorgeous cookbook ideal for summer living, packed with simple and delicious recipes for salads and more!There’s nothing a Mandy’s salad can’t fix. Want an explosion of color, texture, flavor and fabulousness? Look no further. Inside the pages of this stunning cookbook (and the Mandy’s restaurants it’s named after) lies everything you need to take your salad game from a meh-maybe, to wooooah, baby!!Mandy’s gourmet salads are a jewel of Montreal’s (jam-packed) food scene. What started as a 3ft counter at... + Read More
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Series: The Buddhist Chef 100 Simple, Feel-Good Vegan Recipes: A Cookbook Paperback Jean-Philippe Cyr 9780525610243 $29.95 COOKING Oct 29, 2019

100 simply delicious vegan recipes—good for the planet, and for you—from the chef and blogger behind The Buddhist Chef.A practicing Buddhist for over two decades, Jean-Philippe Cyr, aka The Buddhist Chef, believes that everyone has the power to make their vision of the world a reality—and that the most impactful way to do that is through the food we choose to make, eat, and share. This realization led him to veganism, which transformed his life and health. In this cookbook, he shares how to make classic dishes vegan, easy, and so delicious and ... + Read More
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Series: Alpine Cooking Recipes and Stories from Europe's Grand Mountaintops [A Cookbook] Hardcover Meredith Erickson 9781607748748 $66.00 COOKING Oct 15, 2019

A lushly photographed cookbook and travelogue showcasing the regional cuisines of the Alps, including 80 recipes for the elegant, rustic dishes served in the chalets and mountain huts situated among the alpine peaks of Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and France.“A passionate exploration of all things Alpine . . . this one is a must-have for every ski bum foodie.”—VogueNAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWFrom the wintry peaks of Chamonix and the picturesque trails of Gstaad to the remote villages of the Gast... + Read More
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Series: Fuel Your Day! 100+ Seriously Addictive Energy Cookies, Bites, Bars and More: A Baking Book Paperback Madame Labriski 9780525610304 $24.95 COOKING Aug 13, 2019

Looking for a pre- or post-workout energy boost? A healthy snack to combat your mid-afternoon slump? How about a healthy treat for your child’s lunchbox, or a high-fiber breakfast on the go?In Fuel Your Day! enjoy over 100 healthy, energy-filled, and high-fiber treats with no added sugar or fat. Easy to make and seriously addictive, the secret is Madame Labriski’s magical date puree. Discover for yourself the delicious, family-friendly snacks that have fueled thousands of people’s days!
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Series: Vegetables First 120 Vibrant Vegetable-Forward Recipes: A Cookbook Hardcover Ricardo Larrivee 9780525610458 $32.00 COOKING Apr 23, 2019

120 fresh, flavourful recipes that put vegetables first!Welcome to a celebration of the tastes, textures, colours, and possibilities that vegetables have to offer. These easy-to-follow, triple-tested recipes put vegetables front and centre, and let meat and fish play a supporting role. Discover delicious, bright dishes popping with colour (tomato and ricotta tartlets), full of comfort (squash and roasted vegetable lasagne), and ready to celebrate (Beauty and the Beet cocktail). With each recipe, Ricardo reinvents what vegetables can mean for t... + Read More
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Series: Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen Simple Recipes from My Many Mothers: A Cookbook Hardcover Kim Thúy 9780525610229 $32.00 COOKING Apr 02, 2019

A warm and welcoming introduction to a vibrant cuisine, with more than 50 easy to make recipes from internationally bestselling novelist Kim Thúy.Between careers as a lawyer and an acclaimed novelist, Kim Thúy ran a celebrated restaurant called Ru de Nam in Montreal. Now, in her first cookbook, Kim combines her beautiful storytelling style with simple and wonderful recipes that are full of flavour: surprising yet comforting, and easy enough for every day. Welcoming us into her close-knit circle, she introduces us to her mother and five aunts, e... + Read More
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Series: Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse Another Cookbook of Sorts Hardcover Frederic Morin 9780147530790 $50.00 COOKING Nov 27, 2018

Shortlisted for the 2019 Taste Canada AwardsIt’s the end of the world as we know it. Or not. Either way, you want Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse in your bunker and/or kitchen.In their much-loved first cookbook, Frederic Morin, David MacMillan, and Meredith Erickson introduced readers to the art of living the Joe Beef way. Now they’re back with another deeply personal, refreshingly unpretentious collection of 150 new recipes, some taken directly from the menus of Fred and Dave’s acclaimed Montreal restaurants, others from summers spent on La... + Read More
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Series: The Simple Bites Kitchen Nourishing Whole Food Recipes for Every Day: A Cookbook Paperback Aimee Wimbush-Bourque 9780143190516 $32.00 COOKING Oct 03, 2017

Saveur award winner and popular Simple Bites blogger shares a wildly delicious collection of wholesome family-friendly recipes.Toasty warm in the winter and cool in the summer, Aimée’s comfortable kitchen is a place where the family gathers, cooks together, and celebrates everyday life. In The Simple Bites Kitchen, she brings her love of whole foods to the table and shares heart-warming kitchen stories and recipes that are nutritious, fairly simple to make, and utterly delicious. Aimée knows the challenges that come with feeding a family and ta... + Read More
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Series: Yogurt Every Day Healthy and Delicious Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert: A Cookbook Paperback Hubert Cormier 9780147530424 $24.95 COOKING May 30, 2017

Celebrated as a delicious superfood and loved for its cool, tangy taste, yogurt’s popularity continues to grow. Yogurt Every Day feeds this frenzy, serving up more than 75 delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, and snacks—including a full section on how to make your very own yogurt at home.After years of serving as a quick breakfast fix or mid-afternoon pick-me-up, yogurt is finally having its day, embraced by those passionate about the art of living and eating well. The surging popularity of Greek, Skyr and other yogurts tes... + Read More
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Series: Seven Spoons My Favorite Recipes for Any and Every Day: A Cookbook Hardcover Tara O'Brady 9780449016305 $29.95 COOKING Apr 21, 2015

The much-anticipated debut from the author behind the popular food blog Seven Spoons, featuring distinctive, crowd-pleasing recipes; engaging, writerly essays; and the same stunning photography that has earned her website a devoted following.Tara O’Brady was one of the earliest food bloggers to enter the scene, and now, nearly ten years after she first started Seven Spoons, she has become one of the most highly regarded and unique voices in the culinary arena. In her debut cookbook, Seven Spoons, O’Brady shares stories and recipes from her Cana... + Read More
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Series: The Great Rotisserie Chicken Cookbook More than 100 Delicious Ways to Enjoy Storebought and Homecooked Chicken Paperback Eric Akis 9780449016404 $24.95 COOKING Mar 31, 2015

For those who love rotisserie chicken—fresh off the spit at home or hot from the supermarket—this value-priced book is a one-stop guide to delicious everyday meals. The Great Rotisserie Chicken Cookbook features not only tips on how to buy chicken and set up a rotisserie but also recipes for flavorful rubs and more than 120 quick and easy recipes to make and serve with roasted chicken.Rotisserie chicken has become a staple in supermarkets across the country, pre-cooked and ready to take home for a quick and healthy meal. The Great Rotisserie Ch... + Read More
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Series: Brown Eggs and Jam Jars Family Recipes from the Kitchen of Simple Bites: A Cookbook Paperback Aimee Wimbush-Bourque 9780143190509 $32.95 COOKING Feb 10, 2015

Aimée’s rural homestead upbringing, years working as a professional chef and everyday life as a busy mom led to the creation of the hugely popular blog Simple Bites . Raising three young children with husband Danny, Aimée traded her tongs and chef whites for a laptop and camera, married her two passions—mothering and cooking—and has since been creating recipes with an emphasis on whole foods for the family table, sharing stories and tips and inspiring readers to make the family– food connection on the Simple Bites blog. Brown Eggs ... + Read More
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Series: The Art of Living According to Joe Beef A Cookbook of Sorts Hardcover David McMillan 9781607740148 $40.00 COOKING Oct 11, 2011

The debut cookbook from one of the most celebrated restaurants in Canada, featuring inventive twists on French market cuisine, plus spirited anecdotes and lush photography.Earning rave reviews for their unforgettable approach, Joe Beef co-owners/chefs David McMillan and Frédéric Morin push the limits of traditional French cuisine with over 125 recipes (nearly all of them photographed) for hearty dishes infused with irreverent personality. Featuring lively stories and illustrations showcasing gangsters, oysters, Canadian railroad dining car food... + Read More
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Series: The Movement Miracle The Essentrics Stretch Program to Increase Strength, Improve Mobility and Become Pain Free Hardcover Miranda Esmonde-White 9780735275256 $36.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Mar 07, 2023

From Canadian fitness pioneer, bestselling author and PBS star Miranda Esmonde-White, the definitive Essentrics stretching and strengthening book, designed to keep your body strong, mobile and pain-free whatever your age.Miranda Esmonde-White’s fitness revolution began with a simple insight: many exercise programs, including the ones she used to teach at her own studio, actually cause injury and prematurely age the body, bulking muscles and restricting joints. Throwing out the idea of “no pain, no gain,” she studied how we are actually designed... + Read More
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Series: A Ballet of Lepers A Novel and Stories Hardcover Leonard Cohen 9780771018145 $34.95 FICTION Oct 11, 2022

An unprecedented glimpse into the formation of the legendary talent of Leonard Cohen.Before the celebrated late-career world tours, before the Grammy awards, before the chart-topping albums, before “Hallelujah” and “So Long, Marianne” and “Famous Blue Raincoat,” the young Leonard Cohen wrote poetry and fiction and yearned for literary stardom. In A Ballet of Lepers, readers will discover that the magic that animated Cohen’s unforgettable body of work was present from the very beginning.Written between 1956 in Montreal, just as Cohen was publish... + Read More
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Series: A Tale of Two Omars A Memoir of Family, Revolution, and Coming Out During the Arab Spring Paperback Omar Sharif Jr 9781640095588 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2022

“A powerful and essential memoir of self-discovery…Brimming with beautiful remembrances of his grandfather and terrifying stories of abuse and homophobia, this is an essential book that shines a much-needed light on the intersection of Arab and queer identity.” —Abdi Nazemian, Lambda Literary Award–winning author of Like a Love Story, a Stonewall Honor BookThe grandson of Hollywood royalty on his father’s side and Holocaust survivors on his mother’s, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between worlds, from the Montreal suburbs to the g... + Read More
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Series: Fayne A Novel Hardcover Ann-Marie MacDonald 9780735276635 $40.00 FICTION Oct 11, 2022

A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magyk, love and identity.In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and Scotland, where she has been kept from the world by her adoring father, Lord Henry Bell, owing to a mysterious condition. Charlotte, strong and insatiably curious, revels in the moorlands, and has learned the treacherous and healing ways of the bog from the old hired man, Byrn, whose own origins are shrouded in mystery. Her idyllic exi... + Read More
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Series: Black Dove Hardcover Colin McAdam 9780670066353 $34.95 FICTION Sep 27, 2022

“I have long been convinced that Colin McAdam is a literary genius. What’s extraordinary is that each of the books he writes is a totally distinct type of genius. Every time. He’s in a league of his own.” —Max Porter, author of Grief Is the Thing with FeathersFrom Giller Prize finalist Colin McAdam, a chilling tale of a grieving novelist and his son who fall sway to a twilit world of desperate wanderers, mad geneticists, and noble, dangerous beasts.In a tall and narrow house, on a stained and busy street, live twelve-year-old Oliver and his fat... + Read More
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Series: Permanent Astonishment Growing Up Cree in the Land of Snow and Sky Paperback Tomson Highway 9780385696227 $21.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 06, 2022

WINNER OF THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION * NOMINATED FOR THE EVERGREEN AWARD * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, AND CBCCapricious, big-hearted, joyful: an epic memoir from one of Canada’s most acclaimed Indigenous writers and performersTomson Highway was born in a snowbank on an island in the sub-Arctic, the eleventh of twelve children in a nomadic, caribou-hunting Cree family. Growing up in a land of ten thousand lakes and islands, Tomson relished being pulled by dogsled beneath a... + Read More
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Series: Em Paperback Kim Thúy 9781039000858 $21.00 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZENOMINEE FOR THE 2021 GRAND PRIX DU LIVRE MONTREAL SHEILA FISCHMAN SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 COLE FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR TRANSLATIONKim Thúy’s Em is a virtuosic novel of profound power and sensitivity, and an enduring affirmation of the greatest act of resistance: love.In the midst of war, an ordinary miracle: an abandoned baby tenderly cared for by a young boy living on the streets of Saigon. The boy is Louis, the child of a long-gone American soldier. Louis calls the baby em Hồng, em meaning “little ... + Read More
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Series: 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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Series: All's Well 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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Series: 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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Series: Hooked Neverland will never let go... Paperback A.C. Wise 9781789096835 $21.95 FICTION Jul 12, 2022

A dark, gorgeous reimagining about what happened to Captain Hook after Neverland from the bestselling author of Wendy, Darling – filled with eerie suspense and heart-breaking anguishOnce invited, always welcome. Once invited, never free. Captain James Hook, the immortal pirate of Neverland, has died a thousand times. Drowned, stabbed by Peter Pan’s sword, eaten by the beast swimming below the depths, yet James was resurrected every time by one boy’s dark imagination. Until he found a door in the sky, an escape. And he took the chance no matter ... + Read More
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Series: The Intimate Herbal A Beginner's Guide to Herbal Medicine for Sexual Health, Pleasure, and Hormonal Balance Paperback Marie White 9781623176631 $24.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Jun 14, 2022

All-natural reproductive wellness remedies for the modern herbalist: an inclusive guide to making herbal infusions, tinctures, oils, and powders to enhance pleasure and sexual health.In an empowering, accessible, and inclusive guide, herbalist Marie White shows readers of all genders how to enhance sexual and reproductive health through plant medicine. A must-have for those looking to revitalize intimacy with the special touch of medicinal herbs—and a few selected seaweed and fungi—The Intimate Herbal includes tried-and-tested protocols rooted ... + Read More
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Series: Runway Bird A Rock 'n' Roll Style Guide Hardcover Irina Lazareanu 9782080206961 $40.00 DESIGN Apr 19, 2022

Top model and musician Irina Lazareanu decrypts the essence of rock ’n’ roll chic, taking cues from her coterie of friends from the fashion and music worlds.If you could saunter down the runway and slip backstage on the heels of Irina Lazareanu, who would you meet, what antics would ensue, and what on earth would you wear? Irina—Karl Lagerfeld’s muse, Kate Moss’s BFF, and Peter Doherty’s former fiancée—introduces you to her inner circle—models, fashion designers, editors, Hollywood starlets, and rockers—to pilfer the secrets of their individual... + Read More
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Series: Stories I Might Regret Telling You A Memoir Hardcover Martha Wainwright 9780345815088 $34.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 29, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe singer-songwriter’s heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, the music industry, and more.Born into music royalty, the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the highly acclaimed, genre-defying singer Rufus Wainwright, Martha grew up in a world filled with incomparable musical legends—Anna McGarrigle, Leonard Cohen, Suzzy Roche, Richard and Linda Thompson, Emmylou Harris—and struggled to find her voice... + Read More
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Series: Secret Passages Paperback Axelle Lenoir 9781603094993 $25.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Mar 22, 2022

Welcome to an autobiography from another dimension. A wildly inventive cartoonist begins her imaginary memoir— exploring the girlhood she never had.Many LGBTQ adults look back on their youth and wonder: what might have been? Growing up “in the closet” tends to produce a sort of double identity, between the inner self and the self seen by the outside world. Now, cartoonist Axelle Lenoir, in her unpredictable and imaginative way, makes this metaphor real. Secret Passages, narrated by the adult author, begins with the death of her (male) “cosmic t... + Read More
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Series: Stray Dogs And Other Stories Hardcover Rawi Hage 9780735273627 $29.95 FICTION Mar 01, 2022

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEFrom the internationally acclaimed author of the novels De Niro’s Game, Cockroach, Carnival and Beirut Hellfire Society, here is a captivating and cosmopolitan collection of stories.In Montreal, a photographer’s unexpected encounter with actress Sophia Loren leads to a life-altering revelation about his dead mother. In Beirut, a disillusioned geologist eagerly awaits the destruction that will come with an impending tsunami. In Tokyo, a Jordanian academic delivering a lecture at a conference receiv... + Read More
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Series: A Letter to Three Witches A Spellbinding Magical RomCom Paperback Elizabeth Bass 9781496734327 $21.95 FICTION Jan 25, 2022

Bewitched meets Practical Magic in this sparkling and quirky rom-com with an enchanted twist. When romance problems cause their powers to go berserk, a trio of witches whose family was banned from practicing magic risk getting in serious trouble with the Grand Council. Can they get their magic—and their love lives—in order before it’s too late? “An enchanting paranormal rom-com…Fans of Practical Magic will be delighted.” —Publishers Weekly Goodreads Hottest Romance of JanuaryNearly a century ago, Gwen Engel’s great-great-grandfather cast a spel... + Read More
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Series: Tides A Novel Hardcover Sara Freeman 9780735241978 $29.95 FICTION Jan 18, 2022

“I loved it.” —Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace“Brilliant, elegant, and unsparing.” —Emma Cline“Irresistible…I read it in an afternoon but I’ll be thinking about it for a long time.” —Douglas Stuart, author of Young MungoFrom an astounding new voice in Canadian literature comes an intoxicating, compact novel about a woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside townAfter a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy seaside town with a dead cellphone and barely any money. Mired i... + Read More
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Series: My Stories, My Times, Volume 2 Hardcover Jean Chretien 9781039000971 $34.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 26, 2021

Following on the heels of his bestselling collection of political reminiscences, former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien still has a few more stories to tell. With anecdotes and reflections both serious and light-hearted, My Stories, My Times, Volume 2 is a unique window on our country from one of its greatest statesmen and patriots.With a career that spanned decades and an active retirement after that, it should come as no surprise that Jean Chrétien’s illuminating, perceptive and often humorous stories could not be contained in just one ... + Read More
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Series: The Vinyl Cafe Celebrates Hardcover Stuart McLean 9780735242647 $34.00 FICTION Oct 12, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom Canada’s much-missed, nationally bestselling storyteller, a must-have collection featuring ten never-before-published stories and ten classic favourites, perfect for old fans and Vinyl Cafe newcomers alike.From the unforgettable Christmas classic “Dave Cooks the Turkey” to the tender tribute to ice-cream-loving, potato-sitting Arthur the dog in “Morte d’Arthur”; from the joys and challenges of marriage in “The Canoe Trip” to the celebration of childhood adventure in “The Waterslide.” From the beginning of life (the hilar... + Read More
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Series: Songs for the End of the World A Novel Paperback Saleema Nawaz 9780771072598 $19.95 FICTION Aug 24, 2021

An enthralling, hopeful novel about the power of human connection in a time of crisis, as the bonds of love, family, and duty are tested. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. How quickly he’d forgotten a fundamental truth: the closer you got to the heart of a calamity, the more resilience there was to be found.This is the story of a handful of people living through an unfolding catastrophe.Elliot is a first responder in New York, a man running from past failures and struggling to do the right thing. Emma is a pregnant singer preparing to headline a benefit con... + Read More
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Series: Kiss of the Fur Queen Penguin Modern Classics Edition Paperback Tomson Highway 9780385697217 $22.00 FICTION Jun 01, 2021

Originally published in 1998, Kiss of the Fur Queen is a powerful and beautiful tale of siblings and tricksters, culture and trauma, and finding yourself in a world that tries to tell you who you are—and it’s now a Penguin Modern Classic.Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and both boys are abused by pries... + Read More
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Series: Wendy, Darling Paperback A.C. Wise 9781789096811 $21.95 FICTION Jun 01, 2021

A lush, feminist re-imagining on what happened to Wendy after Neverland, for fans of Circe and The Mere Wife.LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVELFind the second star from the right, and fly straight on ’til morning, all the way to Neverland, a children’s paradise with no rules, no adults, only endless adventure and enchanted forests – all led by the charismatic boy who will never grow old. But Wendy Darling grew up. She has a husband and a young daughter called Jane, a life in London. But one night, after all these years, Peter Pan return... + Read More
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Series: Little Victories: Autism Through a Father's Eyes Paperback Yvon Roy 9781787732308 $25.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS May 25, 2021

THE AWARD WINNING GRAPHIC NOVEL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FATHER, AND THE CHALLENGES HE FACES RAISING HIS AUTISTIC SON.A beautiful visual exploration of the highs and lows experienced by a parent learning how to adapt to his son’s autism. Faced with a challenging road ahead, the author uses creative flair and ingenuity in order to connect with his son, enabling him to reach his fullest potential and prepare him for the transition into adulthood.This stunning insight into the nature of autism and the daily struggles of a parent uses humor and compassio... + Read More
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Series: The Wagers Paperback Sean Michaels 9780735278134 $21.00 FICTION Apr 13, 2021

Scotiabank Giller-winner Sean Michaels’ The Wagers is a deeply satisfying, wildly entertaining story of long odds, magical heists and the dizzying gamble of life. Where does luck come from? What is it worth? And how much of it do you need to be happy?After fifteen years of open mics, aspiring comedian Theo Poitiris is still waiting for his big break—bicycling to the comedy club at night, stacking plums and cheeses at his family’s grand and ramshackle supermarket by day. But when his girlfriend wanders halfway around the world searching for enli... + Read More
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Series: Missing Witches Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic Paperback Risa Dickens 9781623175726 $23.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Mar 23, 2021

A guide to invocations, rituals, and histories at the intersection of magic and feminism, as informed by history’s witches—and the sociopolitical culture that gave rise to them.When you start looking for witches, you find them everywhere. As seekers and practitioners reclaim and restore magic to its rightful place among powerful forces for social, personal, and political transformation, more people than ever are claiming the identity of “Witch.” But our knowledge of witchcraft and magic has been marred by erasure, sensationalism, and sterilizat... + Read More
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Series: Neglected No More The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic Paperback Andre Picard 9780735282247 $19.95 MEDICAL Mar 02, 2021

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYIt took the coronavirus pandemic to open our eyes to the deplorable state of so many of the nation’s long-term care homes: the inhumane conditions, overworked and underpaid staff, and lack of oversight. In this timely new book, esteemed health reporter André Picard reveals the full extent of the crisis in eldercare, and offers an urgently needed prescription to fix a broken system.When COVID-19 spread through seniors’ residences across Canada, the impact was horrific. Alo... + Read More
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Series: Scotty A Hockey Life Like No Other Paperback Ken Dryden 9780771027529 $22.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Oct 27, 2020

A #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERA Globe and Mail and Toronto Star Best BookA hockey book like no other. A hockey life like no other.Scotty Bowman is renowned as the best coach in hockey history, and one of the greatest coaches in all of sports. He won more games and more Stanley Cups than anyone else. Remarkably, he coached at the very top for more than four decades with twenty-nine years between his first and last Cup wins. And he’s seen more than anyone in hockey. With his precious standing room pass to the Montreal Forum, he saw “Rocket” Richard pla... + Read More
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Series: Wish You Were Here A Murdered Girl, a Brother's Quest and the Hunt for a Serial Killer Paperback John Allore 9780735277168 $24.95 TRUE CRIME Sep 22, 2020

As compelling as Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark or James Ellroy’s My Dark Places, this is the story of a brother’s lifelong determination to find the truth about his sister’s death, a police force that was ignoring the cases of missing and murdered women, and, to the surprise of everyone involved, a previously undiscovered serial killer.In the fall of 1978 teenager Theresa Allore went missing near Sherbrooke, Quebec. She wasn’t seen again until the spring thaw revealed her body in a creek only a few kilometers away. Shrugging off ... + Read More
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Series: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls Paperback Mona Eltahawy 9780807002582 $23.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 15, 2020

A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they’ve been trained to avoid.Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the “seven necessary sins” that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry, ambitious, profane, violent, attention-seeking, lustful, and powerful. All the necessary ... + Read More
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Series: On Fire The Burning Case for a Green New Deal Paperback Naomi Klein 9780735279247 $22.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 08, 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLEROUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE: Climate breakdown has moved from a future threat to a burning emergency. So why are we failing to act? And what bold action would it take to put the fire out—to rouse us to fight for our lives, our children’s future and our planet?For more than a decade, Naomi Klein has tracked the evolution of the environmental crisis and the staggeringly high stakes of what we choose to do next. In this era of rising seas and rising discord, Klein makes the case for the Green New Deal as a practical framework that offe... + Read More
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Series: The Ghost in the House Paperback Sara O'Leary 9780385686259 $22.95 FICTION Jul 07, 2020

What if you found out that there was a ghost haunting your home? What if you found out that you were the ghost?In the middle of her life, Fay wakes up on the top of her piano with a strong intuition that something is not right. To all appearances everything is perfect: married to a man she loves, living in the house she dreamt of as a child, her life is full of possibility. Except—for reasons not immediately clear to Fay—she is now haunting her own once-happy home.Everything that should be familiar is suddenly altered. But furniture in the wron... + Read More
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Series: Design Your Next Chapter How to realize your dreams and reinvent your life Paperback Debbie Travis 9780735274785 $21.00 SELF-HELP Mar 31, 2020

If you feel stuck with no idea what you should do next, lifestyle celebrity and TV pioneer Debbie Travis’s bestseller is for you. Drawing on the lessons she learned in her own leap into a new way of living, along with a multitude of stories, tips and ideas to jumpstart your dreams, Debbie’s created an inspiring roadmap for change.A few years ago, Debbie Travis realized that she was no longer challenged by her wildly successful TV career, yet she was so busy she was missing out on the people and things that made her happy. She dared to dream ab... + Read More
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Series: Raising Multiracial Children Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World Paperback Farzana Nayani 9781623174491 $21.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Mar 20, 2020

The essential guide to parenting multiracial and multiethnic children of all ages and learning to support and celebrate their multiracial identitiesIn a world where people are more likely to proclaim color-blindness than talk openly about race, how can we truly value, support, and celebrate our kids’ identities? How can we assess our own sense of Racial Dialogue Readiness and develop a deeper understanding of the issues facing multiracial children today?Raising Multiracial Children gives caregivers the tools for exploring race with their childr... + Read More
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Series: Forever Painless Lasting Relief Through Gentle Movement Paperback Miranda Esmonde-White 9780345816641 $24.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Dec 31, 2019

The Canadian fitness guru and public television star who has shown us how to slow—even reverse—aging in her international bestseller Aging Backwards, is back with a revolutionary way to cure chronic pain with movement. “Our bodies are designed to be pain-free through our lives,” says Miranda Esmonde-White, “but to achieve that, we have to move.”In her bestseller Forever Painless, Miranda Esmonde-White explains how pain functions in the body, and then leads her readers through a series of simple, gentle exercises designed to ease many types of m... + Read More
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Series: The Flame Poems and Selections From Notebooks Paperback Leonard Cohen 9780771024443 $22.00 POETRY Nov 05, 2019

The instant #1 national bestselling final work from Leonard Cohen, Canada’s most celebrated poet and an artist whose audience spans generations and whose work is known and loved throughout the world.The Flame is a stunning collection of Leonard Cohen’s last poems, selected and ordered by the author in the final months of his life. Featuring lyrics, prose pieces, and illustrations, the book also contains an extensive selection from Cohen’s notebooks, which he kept in poetic form throughout his life, and offers an unprecedentedly intimate look in... + Read More