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A Very Prairie Christmas Bakebook Cookies, Candies, Cakes & More: Vintage Baking to Celebrate the Festive Season Hardcover Karlynn Johnston 9780525611486 $37.50 COOKING Oct 31, 2023

The quintessential vintage holiday baking book, with over 120 festive and classic recipes to celebrate the Christmas baker in all of us!A Very Prairie Christmas Bakebook is the only cookbook you will need this festive season. Take it from Karlynn Johnston, the queen of vintage Prairie baking (and someone who owns SIX Christmas trees), these goodies are sure to keep your Christmas spirit going all season long. Inside, you’ll find over 120 of the best of the best recipes for filling your family’s homes and bellies with festive cheer. The delights... + Read More
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Fraiche Food, Fuller Hearts Wholesome Everyday Recipes Made With Love Hardcover Jillian Harris 9780735240780 $45.00 COOKING Sep 19, 2023

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom beloved celebrity influencers and #1 bestselling authors, Jillian Harris and Tori Wesszer, over 135 all-day joyful recipes to help you whip up feel-good meals.Inspired by cozy memories of those sweet, simple days enjoying wholesome meals together with their large close-knit family, bestselling authors and cousins Jillian Harris and Tori Wesszer share an all-new collection of favourite recipes straight from the heart of their bustling kitchens. Featuring over 135 everyday recipes along with some beloved classic... + Read More
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Prairie Seasonal, Farm-Fresh Recipes Celebrating the Canadian Prairies Hardcover Dan Clapson 9780525611929 $37.50 COOKING Aug 29, 2023

Over 100 Proud-to-be-Prairie recipes showcasing the seasons, produce, flavours, and traditions of one of Canada’s most exciting culinary regions.Dan Clapson and Twyla Campbell take us on a grand tour of the many faces and places that make up the Canadian Prairies. With over 100 delectable recipes, Prairie draws inspiration from the beauty of the changing seasons as well as the many different ingredients and cultures that make the Prairies such a culinary hotspot. The book is filled withTried-and-true seasonal recipes that will introduce Prairie... + Read More
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Duchess at Home Sweet & Savoury Recipes from My Home to Yours: A Cookbook Hardcover Giselle Courteau 9780525610328 $35.00 COOKING Oct 15, 2019

A cookbook of delectable, comforting, French-inspired fare for home cooks and Francophiles everywhere, from the bestselling author of Duchess Bake Shop.TASTE CANADA AWARDS SILVER WINNERIn Duchess at Home—a beautiful new cookbook from the founder of Duchess Bake Shop—Giselle Courteau draws on her French and French Canadian heritage to share the food she loves to make most for her family at home. Warming soups and stews, hearty breads, and flavourful preserves fill the pages of this beautiful volume—plus, of course, plenty of recipes for her deli... + Read More
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Fraiche Food, Full Hearts A Collection of Recipes for Every Day and Casual Celebrations: A Cookbook Hardcover Jillian Harris 9780735234307 $40.00 COOKING Oct 01, 2019

TV host and lifestyle influencer Jillian Harris and registered dietitian Tori Wesszer invite you into their world full of family, food, and casual celebrations.Living a stone’s throw from each other, cousins Jillian and Tori grew up in a tight-knit family and were brought up like sisters. Fraiche Food, Full Hearts offers a peek into their lives and the recipes that have fed their families through the years. Instilled with a love of cooking at an early age by their granny, the kitchen is a place of fond memories and everyday home cooked meals. L... + Read More
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Duchess Bake Shop French-Inspired Recipes from Our Bakery to Your Home: A Baking Book Hardcover Giselle Courteau 9780147531025 $35.00 COOKING Oct 31, 2017

The perfect balance of high-end French pastries and home baking. This elegant, must-have cookbook offers exceptional recipes with exquisite results—perfect for passionate home bakers.An updated version of the best-selling debut from Giselle Courteau, this beautiful cookbook is packed with stunning recipes with spectacular results. The ideas from this cookbook can be traced back to Giselle’s experiences teaching English in Japan in 2007. It was in Tokyo that Giselle, a self-taught baker, first discovered French macarons and became determined to ... + Read More
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Rocky Mountain Cooking Recipes to Bring Canada's Backcountry Home: A Cookbook Hardcover Katie Mitzel 9780147530981 $32.00 COOKING Oct 01, 2019

Embrace backcountry living at home with these delicious recipes inspired by life in the Rocky Mountains, from celebrated backcountry chef Katie Mitzel, bestselling author of The Skoki Cookbook. Nestled in and around the Rocky Mountains are a series of remote backcountry lodges offering the experience of a lifetime. Katie Mitzel has spent the last twenty years as a chef in these lodges, joyfully feeding hungry travelers who have journeyed hundreds of miles to have their own backcountry adventures. Whether you're wilderness hiking, off-piste s... + Read More
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The Prairie Table Suppers, Potlucks & Socials: Crowd-Pleasing Recipes to Bring People Together: A Cookbook Hardcover Karlynn Johnston 9780147531100 $32.00 COOKING May 21, 2019

Celebrate prairie life with this delicious combination of more than 100 recipes from Karlynn Johnston, bestselling author of Flapper Pie and a Blue Prairie Sky. Discover new and nostalgic prairie favorites, perfect for family dinners, potluck parties, picnic lunches, and gatherings of all kinds.Karlynn Johnston, beloved blogger behind The Kitchen Magpie, knows first-hand that meals made with love—cooked with comfort in mind, and filled with real ingredients—are greeted with the biggest smiles. In The Prairie Table, she captures the magic of fam... + Read More
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Earls The Cookbook (Anniversary Edition) Eat a Little. Eat a Lot. Over 120 of Your Favourite Recipes Hardcover Jim Sutherland 9780525612087 $35.00 COOKING Jun 14, 2022

CANADA’S MOST BELOVED RESTAURANT GROUP TURNS 40 WITH THIS SPECIALLY UPDATED EDITION OF THEIR BESTSELLING COOKBOOK, CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE LIFE’S MOMENTS—BIG, SMALL AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.Since 1982, Earls has been redefining and revolutionizing casual dining for friends and families across North America. The restaurant has offered four decades of guests a unique, charming, unforgettable and—of course—delicious dining experience,while their national bestselling cookbook satisfied those cravings at home.Now, for Earls’s 40th anniversary, this... + Read More
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Flapper Pie and a Blue Prairie Sky A Modern Baker's Guide to Old-Fashioned Desserts: A Baking Book Hardcover Karlynn Johnston 9780449016954 $32.95 COOKING Oct 25, 2016

Old-fashioned favorites are paired alongside modern reimaginings in this nostalgic debut baking book from Karlynn Johnston of The Kitchen Magpie. Suitable for bakers of all skill levels and featuring over 120 delicious recipes, Flapper Pie and a Blue Prairie Sky is destined to become a much-loved addition to any family kitchen.This timeless collection of sweet treats combines long-forgotten classics with deliciously revamped recipes. Learn how to bake time-honored desserts like Saskatoon Berry Pie, Grandma Marion’s Honey Cookies, and No-Bowl Ch... + Read More
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The Soup Sisters Cookbook 100 Simple Recipes to Warm Hearts . . . One Bowl at a Time Paperback Sharon Hapton 9780449015599 $24.95 COOKING Oct 02, 2012

100 recipes arranged by season, The Soup Sisters Cookbook gives you heartwarming soups to prepare and share throughout the year.The Soup Sisters Cookbook showcases scrumptious recipes from the “souper volunteers” of the Soup Sisters and recipes from many of Canada’s top celebrity chefs—including Michael Stadtlander, Bonnie Stern, Lucy Waverman, Massimo Capra, Anna Olson, Michael Bonacini and Elizabeth Baird. With 100 recipes arranged by season, The Soup Sisters Cookbook is certain to appeal to soup-lovers everywhere!Soup Sisters are a Calgary-b... + Read More
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Love Is Served Inspired Plant-Based Recipes from Southern California Hardcover Seizan Dreux Ellis 9780735236929 $35.00 COOKING Apr 07, 2020

Bright, clean, and hip recipes to enchant vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores alike, from plant-based haven Café Gratitude.Before it was a fixture on the LA dining scene and a magnet for celebrity diners, Café Gratitude was founded with the simple ethos that joy derives from loving and being grateful for food, health, and good company. The dishes are named to double as affirmations of self. “I Am Fearless,” “I Am Humble,” and “I Am Open-Hearted” nod to the restaurant’s core belief that food is just as much about spirit as it is about appetite. S... + Read More
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The Soup Sisters Family Cookbook More than 100 Family-friendly Recipes to Make and Share with Kids of All Ages Paperback Sharon Hapton 9780147530554 $24.95 COOKING Oct 17, 2017

Sharon Hapton started Soup Sisters in 2009, as a means of providing nutritious, delicious and comforting soup to women and children in need. What began as a single chapter in Calgary, Canada, has now spread to over 20 cities across North America. And with the recently launched Souper Kids program, children ages 8 to 17 are learning how to give back, too, and how to make a real difference in the lives of families who need it the most.In this compilation cookbook, the third in the bestselling Soup Sisters series, the focus is firmly on family. Th... + Read More
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Vegetarian Any Day Over 100 Simple, Healthy, Satisfying Meatless Recipes: A Cookbook Paperback Patricia Green 9780143190493 $32.00 COOKING May 02, 2017

From the bestselling authors of Quinoa 365, vegetarian has never been simpler or more delicious!Whether eating meatless meals once a week or every day, a vegetarian-based diet is anything but boring, considering the selection of vibrant, whole foods available in grocery stores and markets. Vegetarian Any Day will show you how to incorporate more tasty vegetables, ancient grains, and whole foods into your daily routine with satisfying and fool-proof recipes the whole family will love. No one will feel the loss of meat in their meals when these c... + Read More
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Food to Grow On The Ultimate Guide to Childhood Nutrition--From Pregnancy to Packed Lunches Paperback Sarah Remmer RD 9780525609995 $29.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Apr 13, 2021

TASTE CANADA AWARDS SILVER WINNERThe definitive guide to childhood nutrition, packed with practical advice to support you through pregnancy, and up until your little one starts school. Food to Grow On gives you the tools to confidently nourish your growing child, and set them up with a positive relationship with food for life.From the moment you know a baby is on the way, you want what’s best for your child. Enter Food to Grow On to coach you through every stage of feeding your child in their early years of life. Laid out in an easy-to- navigat... + Read More
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Series: An Amish Seamstress Mystery Murder of an Amish Bridegroom Hardcover Patricia Johns 9781639105328 $38.99 FICTION Dec 05, 2023

The quiet Amish lifestyle isn’t all that it seems in this debut cozy mystery series, for fans of Amanda Flower and Wanda E. Brunstetter.Petunia Yoder is Blueberry, Pennsylvania’s youngest old maid, at twenty-two years of age, and completely unmarriageable. But she’s determined to celebrate her friends’ weddings with joy and a full heart. Unfortunately, Petunia’s best friend, Eden Beiler, is playing a dangerous game with a man who is ruining her reputation.Ike Smoker is the community’s iceman—the one who cuts, stores, and sells the ice—and when ... + Read More
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Series: A CRYSTALS & CURIOSITEAS MYSTE Murder in a Cup Hardcover Lauren Elliott 9781496739070 $37.00 FICTION Nov 28, 2023

As the descendant of an Irish witch and the owner of a New Age tea shop, intuitive gemologist Shay Myers has been living her most authentic life since moving home to California’s scenic Monterey Peninsula. But in the latest Crystals & CuriousiTEAS Mystery from USA Today bestselling author Lauren Elliott, not even her heightened senses can predict how to run a business—or catch a killer…Self-taught “seer” Shay has much to learn as autumn hits the quaint coastal town of Bray Harbor. Since attempting the art of blending herbs at her popular shop, ... + Read More
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The Bittlemores Hardcover Jann Arden 9781039008717 $36.95 FICTION Nov 07, 2023

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwriter, member of Canada’s Music Hall of Fame and star of her own hit TV sitcom. A little bit All Creatures Great and Small, a little bit Fargo and all Jann Arden!On mean Harp Bittlemore’s blighted farm, hidden away in the Backhills, nothing has gone right for a very long time. Crops don’t grow, the pigs and chickens stay skinny and the three aged dairy cows, Berle, Crilla and Dally, are so desperate they are plotting an escape. The one thing holdin... + Read More
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Mystical Shaman Pocket Oracle Cards A 64-Card Deck and Guidebook Cards Alberto Villoldo 9781401973674 $23.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 24, 2023

A pocket-sized, portable version of Alberto Villoldo, Colette Baron-Reid, and Marcela Lobos’ popular oracle deck in a keepsake tin, based on the wisdom and beauty of the shamanic world.One of Hay House’s top-selling decks now comes pocket-sized! This compact, travel-sized edition of Mystical Shaman Oracle is packaged in a sleek tin box perfect for your on-the-go spiritual journey.Created by three master teachers and healers, this oracle deck includes indigenous shamanic practices combined with divination tools. The result is a deck like no othe... + Read More
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Series: SW: THE OLD REPUBLIC - LGDS Annihilation: Star Wars Legends (The Old Republic) Paperback Drew Karpyshyn 9780593722176 $23.00 FICTION Oct 24, 2023

Join Republic spy Theron Shan as he faces off against the Sith Empire itself in this epic installment of The Old Republic. Light side, dark side—these are just empty words…There are only two sides I care about: us and them. Republic or Empire!The Sith Empire is in flux. The Emperor is missing, presumed dead, and an ambitious Sith lord’s attempt to seize the throne has ended fatally. Still, Darth Karrid, commander of the fearsome Imperial battle cruiser Ascendant Spear, continues her relentless efforts to achieve total Sith domination of the gal... + Read More
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Series: A CRYSTALS & CURIOSITEAS MYSTE Steeped in Secrets A Magical Mystery Paperback Lauren Elliott 9781496739063 $11.99 FICTION Oct 24, 2023

From the USA Today bestselling author of the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mysteries comes the first in a new series featuring an intuitive gemologist and owner of a New Age tea and crystals shop in beautiful coastal California’s Monterey Peninsula.“Appealing characters, surprising twists, a bit of magic, and the promise of romance. Lovers of paranormal cozies are sure to get on board.” —Publishers WeeklyEven with her life in ruins in New Mexico, Shay feels uneasy about settling into the small seaside town where she grew up on California’s Monterey... + Read More
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Series: KILLER CHOCOLATE MYSTERY, A A Nutcracker Nightmare Hardcover Christina Romeril 9781639104918 $40.99 FICTION Oct 17, 2023

Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and Laura Childs, when twin sisters Hanna and Alex help out at the local high school reunion, volunteering takes a turn when they find a former classmate’s dead body.Hanna and Alex, owners of the Murder and Mayhem book and chocolate shop, are busy preparing for the Harriston High School’s reunion weekend. Neighbors will connect with old friends and perhaps try to avoid old foes. One person no one can avoid is Kyle, the former star quarterback, who is busy using his entire playbook to try and score with Hanna, ... + Read More
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On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down Paperback James Fell 9780593724088 $29.99 HISTORY Oct 10, 2023

The hilarious, irreverent guide to world history you never knew you needed, featuring 366 profanity-filled tales of triumph and terror, science and stupidity, courage and cowardiceNazis are bad. The worst kind of bad. There are no very fine people among them. If you disagree, you won’t like this book.Still here? Cool. You are about to receive a history education unlike anything you’ve previously experienced. In this uproarious and informative tour from ancient times to the modern day and everything in between, “Sweary Historian” James Fell reve... + Read More
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Dominion The Railway and the Rise of Canada Hardcover Stephen Bown 9780385698726 $39.95 HISTORY Oct 10, 2023

Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the engineering triumph that created a nation.In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada’s origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation’s creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster ... + Read More
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Series: KILLER CHOCOLATE MYSTERY, A A Christmas Candy Killing Paperback Christina Romeril 9781639104765 $25.99 FICTION Sep 19, 2023

Their chocolates are to die for—but things aren’t so sweet when a real killer comes to town, in this debut mystery perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and Laura Childs.Identical twin sisters Alex and Hannah are the owners of Murder and Mayhem, a mystery bookshop that sells their famous poison-themed Killer Chocolates. But now, there’s a real killer in their midst. Shortly before Christmas, their septuagenarian neighbor, Jane, confides to Alex that a murderer from a true-crime show has taken up residence in the village. Unfortunately, she’s also sh... + Read More
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Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Boxed Set Bioware 9781506736884 $78.99 ART Sep 05, 2023

The secrets of Thedas and the world of Dragon Age in two comprehensive paperback volumes enclosed in a beautiful slipcase.A compelling and thoughtfully designed encyclopedia of Thedas, this collection is perfect for anyone interested in BioWare’s hit fantasy franchise Dragon Age! Covering events from all the games through Dragon Age: Inquisition, this set is a perfect introduction for newcomers, and a deep dive full of secrets for die-hard fans!These dramatic, accessible, beautiful tomes illuminate the darkest corners of the Deep Roads to the m... + Read More
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Empty Spaces Hardcover Jordan Abel 9780771002014 $30.00 FICTION Aug 29, 2023

From the acclaimed, boundary-breaking author of NISHGA comes a hypnotic and mystifying exploration of land and legacy.Reimagining James Fenimore Cooper’s nineteenth-century text The Last of the Mohicans from the contemporary perspective of an urban Nisga’a person whose relationship to land and traditional knowledge was severed by colonial violence, Jordan Abel explores what it means to be Indigenous without access to familial territory and complicates popular understandings about Indigenous storytelling. Engaging the land through fiction and me... + Read More
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Like Every Form of Love A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime Hardcover Padma Viswanathan 9781039006201 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 22, 2023

From the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, a gripping exploration of class, race, friendship, sexuality, what an author owes her subject and what it means to be a good person—all wrapped up in a riveting Canadian true crime story.Padma Viswanathan was staying on a houseboat on Vancouver Island when she struck up a friendship with a warm-hearted, working-class queer man named Phillip. Their lives were so different it seemed unlikely to Padma that their relationship would last after she returned to her usual life. But, that week, Phillip told her... + Read More
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Series: CRESCENT COVE MYSTERY, A The Body in the Back Garden Hardcover Mark Waddell 9781639104406 $38.99 FICTION Aug 22, 2023

In this queer cozy series debut perfect for fans of Ellen Byron and Ellery Adams, Luke Tremblay is about to discover that Crescent Cove has more than its fair share of secrets…and some might be deadlier than others.Crescent Cove, a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, is the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay ever wanted to see again. He used to spend summers here, until his family learned that he was gay and rejected him. Now, following his aunt’s sudden death, he’s inherited her entire estate, including her seaside cot... + Read More
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We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky Paperback Emma Hooper 9780735232761 $23.00 FICTION Aug 08, 2023

“[T]he breezy summer read [you] need to escape to a different time and place.” —The Globe and MailAn epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James.During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a modest childhood in their small Portuguese village. They race each other through lemon orchards and pick fresh fruit for the commander who overlooks his people from a large house on the hill. Though the girls are all... + Read More
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Embodied Activism Engaging the Body to Cultivate Liberation, Justice, and Authentic Connection--A Practical Guide for Transformative Social Change Paperback Rae Johnson PhD 9781623176990 $21.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 30, 2023

A radically different approach to social and environmental justice work for fans of adrienne maree brown and Bessel van der KolkInstead of thinking about social justice as a process that starts with changing people’s minds, Embodied Activism understands our bodies—how we feel in them and relate to others through them—as the sites of transformationHow do ordinary people with busy lives leverage our actions in support of liberation, justice, and authentic connection? How can activists and social change-makers avoid burning out? How does the body ... + Read More
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That Summer in Berlin Paperback Lecia Cornwall 9780593197943 $23.00 FICTION Oct 11, 2022

In the summer of 1936, while the Nazis make secret plans for World War II, a courageous and daring young woman struggles to expose the lies behind the dazzling spectacle of the Berlin Olympics. German power is rising again, threatening a war that will be even worse than the last one. The English aristocracy turns to an age-old institution to stave off war and strengthen political bonds—marriage. Debutantes flock to Germany, including Viviane Alden. On holiday with her sister during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Viviane’s true purpose is more cland... + Read More
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Cereus Blooms at Night Penguin Modern Classics Edition Paperback Shani Mootoo 9780771001109 $21.00 FICTION Feb 15, 2022

FINALIST FOR THE GILLER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE ETHEL WILSON FICTION PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEBold and lyrical, sensual and highly charged, Cereus Blooms at Night is the beautifully written, sensational first novel by Shani Mootoo—and it’s now in the Penguin Modern Classics collection.Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, Cereus Blooms at Night unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin and the tempestuous history of her family. At the heart of this bold and seductive novel is an alleged crime committed ma... + Read More
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The Spirits Up A Novel Paperback Todd Babiak 9780771096242 $22.95 FICTION Oct 26, 2021

Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too busy to see: Karen is deeply unhappy in the marriage and contemplating an affair, Charlotte, who is dealing with a chronic illness, is growing more an... + Read More
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Bacon and Other Monstrous Tales Hardcover Troy Nixey 9781506720661 $25.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Sep 21, 2021

Superstar Artist Troy Nixey will take you on a journey through the creepy and otherworldly in this collection of never before collected tales!From alien invasions to monsters lurking in the unseen, this beautifully illustrated book is a must have for any horror and science fiction fan! Collecting stories from Nixey’s early days at Oni Press and Dark Horse to the relaunch of Fangoria, as well as never-seen-before material and a bonus sketchbook section! Collects Boogie Picker (8 pages from Dark Horse Presents #131), Bacon part 1 (15 pages from O... + Read More
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The Fungal Pharmacy The Complete Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms and Lichens of North America Paperback Robert Rogers 9781556439537 $45.95 NATURE Nov 15, 2011

The ultimate guide to maximizing the healing properties of medicinal mushrooms and lichens—featuring over 300 detailed plant profiles for easy mushroom identification Noted herbalist Robert Rogers introduces readers to more than 300 species of medicinal mushrooms and lichens found in North America. These fungi have the capacity to heal both the body and—through the process of myco-remediation—the planet itself. Throughout the book, he documents their success in optimizing the immune system and treating a wide range of acute and chronic diseas... + Read More
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People Change Hardcover Vivek Shraya 9780735238657 $17.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jan 04, 2022

*FINALIST FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY W.O. MITCHELL BOOK PRIZE* “A deeply generous and honest gift to the world.”—Elliot PageThe author of I’m Afraid of Men lets readers in on the secrets to a life of reinvention.Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels. We attempt to blend in or to stand out. We outgrow relationships, we abandon dreams for new ones, we start fresh. We seize control of our stories. We make resolutions.In fact, nobody knows this better th... + Read More
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NISHGA Hardcover Jordan Abel 9780771007903 $32.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 18, 2021

WINNER of the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize at the 2022 BC and Yukon Book PrizesFrom Griffin Poetry Prize winner Jordan Abel comes a groundbreaking, deeply personal, and devastating autobiographical meditation that attempts to address the complicated legacies of Canada’s residential school system and contemporary Indigenous existence.As a Nisga’a writer, Jordan Abel often finds himself in a position where he is asked to explain his relationship to Nisga’a language, Nisga’a community, and Nisga’a cultural knowledge. However, as an intergenerati... + Read More
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How to Be a Climate Optimist Blueprints for a Better World Paperback Chris Turner 9780735281974 $23.00 SCIENCE May 17, 2022

WINNER OF THE SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGFrom the National Business Book Award winner and GG finalist, a very different book about facing the climate crisis, and what awaits us on the other side.Chris Turner has reported from the places where the sustainable future first emerged—from green islands in Denmark and green office parks in southern India, to solar panel factories in California and idealistic intentional communities from Scotland to New Mexico. Here, he condenses the first quarter century of the global energy transit... + Read More
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Satellite Love A Novel Paperback Genki Ferguson 9780771049873 $24.95 FICTION Mar 02, 2021

A beautifully unconventional debut novel about a girl, a boy, and a satellite—and a bittersweet meditation on loneliness, alienation, and what it means to be human. Longlisted for Canada Reads, shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction and for Speculative Fiction. Named CBC Radio’s Q Book Pick of the Month, a CBC Books Spring Reading List Title, a Shelf Life Books Book of the Month, a Toronto Life and Nikkei Voice summer read recommendation, one of Daily Hive’s 10 Essential Reads to Celebrate Asian Canadian Writers, an... + Read More
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12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos Hardcover Jordan B. Peterson 9780345816023 $39.00 PSYCHOLOGY Jan 23, 2018

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the stre... + Read More
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A Short History of Canada Seventh Edition Paperback Desmond Morton 9780771060021 $25.00 HISTORY Aug 29, 2017

A fully updated edition of the Canadian classic.Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this expanded, seventh edition of A Short History of Canada, readers need look no further.Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most highly respected historians, is keenly aware of the ways in which our past informs the present, and in one compact and engrossing volume, he pulls off the remarkab... + Read More
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A History of My Brief Body Paperback Billy-Ray Belcourt 9780735237803 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 24, 2021

WINNER OF THE HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE JIM DEVA PRIZE FOR WRITING THAT PROVOKESFINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHYNATIONAL BESTSELLERA slim but electrifying debut memoir about the preciousness and precariousness of queer Indigenous life.Opening with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life on the Driftpile First Nation, Billy-Ray Belcourt delivers a searing account of Indigenous life that’s part love letter, par... + Read More
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Dinosaurs: A Smithsonian Coloring Book Paperback Smithsonian Institution 9781684058198 $22.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Nov 24, 2020

Dinosaurs come to life--with your help! The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and IDW Publishing present a fascinating new coloring book that provides a beautiful and informative tour through the prehistoric world of dinosaurs.With this exquisitely designed coloring book, dinosaur lovers of all ages can explore millions of years of animal wonders, guided by experts from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the artistic wizardry of Rachel Curtis (The Princess Bride: A Storybook to Color). These lush pen and ink... + Read More
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I'm Afraid of Men Hardcover Vivek Shraya 9780735235939 $17.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Aug 28, 2018

“Cultural rocket fuel.”—Vanity Fair“Emotional and painful but also layered with humour, I’m Afraid of Men will widen your lens on gender and challenge you to do better. This challenge is a necessary one—one we must all take up. It is a gift to dive into Vivek’s heart and mind.”—Rupi Kaur, bestselling author of The Sun and Her Flowers and Milk and HoneyA trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl—and how we might reimagine gender for the twenty-first century.Vivek Shraya has reason to b... + Read More
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The Company The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire Paperback Stephen Bown 9780385694094 $24.95 HISTORY Oct 26, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins.The story of the Hudson's Bay Company, dramatic and adventurous and complex, is the story of modern Canada's creation. And yet it hasn't been told in a book for over thirty years, and never in such depth and vivid detail as in Stephen R. Bown's exciting new telling. The Company started out small in 1670, trading practical manufactured goods for furs with the Indigenous inhabitants of inland subarctic Canada. Controlled by a handful of English aristocrats, it expa... + Read More
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The Garneau Block Paperback Todd Babiak 9780771009907 $23.00 FICTION Jul 17, 2007

For Todd Babiak’s fans waiting for paperback and for readers of the popular fiction of Will Ferguson, Alexander McCall Smith and Stuart McLean.“The Garneau Block is screamingly funny. Fast-paced, savvy, bursting with vivid characters. Satire that sucker punches everything sacred. Babiak comes out swinging.” - Lisa MooreStory Locale: Edmonton, Alberta
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A Minor Chorus A Novel Hardcover Billy-Ray Belcourt 9780735242005 $27.95 FICTION Sep 13, 2022

*WINNER OF THE 2023 BC AND YUKON ETHEL WILSON PRIZE**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE*NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents.An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the novel he yearns to write, an autobiography of his rural hometown, the answers to existential questions about family, love, and happiness.What ensues is a series of conversations, connec... + Read More
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Beyond Order 12 More Rules for Life Hardcover Jordan B. Peterson 9780735278332 $39.95 PSYCHOLOGY Mar 02, 2021

The highly anticipated sequel to the global bestseller 12 Rules for Life.In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. His insights have helped millions of readers and resonated powerfully around the world.Now in his long-awaited sequel, Peterson goes further, showing that part of life’s meaning comes from reaching out into the domain beyond what we know, and adapting to an ever-transforming world. While an ex... + Read More
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Making Love with the Land Hardcover Joshua Whitehead 9780735278868 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 23, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONMuch-anticipated non-fiction from the author of the Giller-longlisted, GG-shortlisted and Canada Reads-winning novel Jonny Appleseed.“Thrillingly cerebral…. Delivered with virtuoso aplomb.” —The New York TimesIn the last few years, following the publication of his debut novel Jonny Appleseed, Joshua Whitehead has emerged as one of the most exciting and important new voices on Turtle Island. Now, in this first non-fiction work, Whitehead brilliantly explores Ind... + Read More
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The Empress of Idaho Paperback Todd Babiak 9780771009846 $24.95 FICTION Apr 30, 2019

Bestselling and award-winning author Todd Babiak returns with an immersive and affecting story about a teenager’s fascination with an enigmatic new woman in town whose past is catching up with her.Monument, Colorado, July 1989. Fourteen-year-old Adam Lisinski is mesmerized the moment Beatrice Cyr steps into his life. Adam has a lot going for him: he’s hoping to be a starter on his high school football team, he has a fiercely protective mom, a girlfriend, and a part-time job at Eugene’s Gas Stop, where he works with his best friend. But he negle... + Read More
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Girl Squads 20 Female Friendships That Changed History Hardcover Sam Maggs 9781683690726 $21.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

A fun and feisty tour of famous girl BFFs from history who stuck together and changed the world.Spanning art, science, politics, activism, and sports, these 20 diverse profiles show just how essential female friendship have been across history and around the world. In this engaging and well-researched book, Sam Maggs takes you on a tour of some of history’s most fascinating and bravest BFFs, including: • Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the infamous lady pirates who sailed the seven seas and plundered with the best of the men • Jeanne Manon Rolan... + Read More
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One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter Essays Paperback Scaachi Koul 9780385685375 $19.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Aug 07, 2018

From national bestselling cultural observer Scaachi Koul comes a collection of irreverent and funny essays about growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in Canada,—“a land of ice and casual racism,”—addressing sexism, cultural stereotypes and the universal miseries of life.In One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, Scaachi shares her observations, fears and experiences as a woman of colour growing up in Canada. These are stories ranging from shaving her knuckles in grade school, to a shopping trip gone horribly awry, to int... + Read More
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Feeding My Mother Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as a Daughter Lives with her Mom's Memory Loss Paperback Jann Arden 9780735273931 $21.00 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Mar 05, 2019

This edition of the inspirational #1 bestseller draws on a new year of Jann’s diaries and her mother’s final days.When beloved singer and songwriter Jann Arden’s parents built a house just across the way from her, she thought they would be her refuge from the demands of her career. And for a time that was how it worked. But then her dad fell ill and died, and just days after his funeral, her mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.In Feeding My Mother, Jann shares what it is like for a daughter to become her mother’s caregiver—in her own frank and f... + Read More
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If I Knew Then Finding wisdom in failure and power in aging Paperback Jann Arden 9780735279995 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 15, 2022

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERJann Arden—bestselling author, recording artist and late-blooming TV star—is back with this funny, heartfelt and fierce memoir on becoming a woman of a certain age. The power, gravity and freedom she found at fifty-seven are superpowers she believes all of us can unleash.Digging deep into her strengths, her failures and her losses, Jann Arden brings us an inspiring account of how she has surprised herself, in her fifties, by at last becoming her own person. Like many women, it took Jann a long time to realize that trying t... + Read More
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A Grandmother Begins the Story A Novel Hardcover Michelle Porter 9780735245372 $34.95 FICTION May 09, 2023

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WRITERS’ TRUST ATWOOD GIBSON PRIZE*Five generations of Métis women argue, dance, struggle, laugh, love, and tell the stories that will sing their family, and perhaps the land itself, into healing in this brilliantly original debut novel.Carter is a young mother, recently separated. She is curious, angry, and on a quest to find out what the heritage she only learned of in her teens truly means.Allie is trying to make up for the lost years with her first born, and to protect Carter from the hurt she herself suffered from... + Read More
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A Military History of Canada Revised edition Paperback Desmond Morton 9780771064814 $27.00 HISTORY Aug 07, 2007

For readers of Morton’s A Short History of Canada or books by popular war historians J.L. Granatstein or George Blackburn.An entertaining and informative look at how Canada has been shaped and divided by war over the last four centuries, now with a chapter on Canada’s war on terrorism
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Fit Cities My Quest to Improve the World's Health and Wellness--Including Yours Hardcover Karen K. Lee 9780385685320 $32.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Jan 07, 2020

A public health pioneer is working to save our lives by changing our world.Karen Lee is a force for good around the world, secretly helping people to improve their diets, get in shape and live longer.In the vital but poorly understood world of public health, this Canadian woman is an international superstar. In the early 2000s, she went to the US to head a team of “health detectives” for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By then, smoking was in decline thanks in part to the CDC’s efforts and so its attention turned to the next big... + Read More
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Mushroom Essences Vibrational Healing from the Kingdom Fungi Paperback Robert Rogers 9781623170455 $28.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Jul 19, 2016

In this innovative contribution to the field of energy medicine, experienced mycologist and herbalist Robert Rogers offers an extensive guide to healing a range of physical, emotional, and psychological conditions with mushroom essences. Similar to flower essences, but made under a lunar cycle, mushroom essences work subtly to bring deep healing to the mind and body; they are particularly well suited for working with the “shadow” or unintegrated parts of the psyche. The book is organized as an easy-to-use alphabetical reference, with entries th... + Read More
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Into the Fire The Fight to Save Fort McMurray Hardcover Jerron Hawley 9780771039287 $29.95 NATURE Apr 25, 2017

The dramatic story of one of the biggest natural disasters in Canadian history, the Fort McMurray wildfire of 2016, told by three of the firefighters who fought to save the city.On May 1, 2016, a wildfire burning to the southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, led to the declaration of a local state of emergency. Two days later, the fire had reached Fort McMurray, destroying 2,400 buildings - nearly 10 per cent of the city - and forcing 88,000 residents to flee. At its height, the fire would span more than 500,000 hectares. Into the Fire is an ... + Read More