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Series: Cooking With Heroes The Royal British Legion Centenary Cookbook Hardcover Jon Pullen 9781906670917 $39.95 COOKING Aug 17, 2021

To celebrate the centenary of The Royal British Legion, some of the world’s bestselling celebrity chefs – including Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott, Cyrus Todiwala, Melissa Helmsley and the Hairy Bikers – have teamed up with active acting or former members of the military to create this unique cookbook. Researched, cooked and written by the Armed Forces and their high-profile supporters, this high-quality hardback book focuses on 100 regions in which The Royal British Legion has been active over the past century, including all corners of ... + Read More
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Series: The Lost Expert Paperback Hal Niedzviecki 9781770866348 $24.95 FICTION Nov 20, 2021

When Chris, an unambitious young waiter, walks through the park on his way home from work, he stumbles onto the set of a Hollywood film — and is promptly mistaken for the missing lead actor. Corralled into filming a scene for The Lost Expert — director Bryant Reed’s last-ditch effort to restore his reputation — Chris assumes the identity of international action star Thomson Holmes, and disconnects from his real life. He falls deeply into his newfound identity as Holmes and as his character in the film, a struggling young man who has the ability... + Read More
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Series: Valley of the Rats Paperback Mahtab Narsimhan 9781770866287 $13.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 12 Sep 18, 2021

Book nerd Krish hates the outdoors, and camping. But especially germs. When Krish and his father, Kabir, take a camping trip to Ladakh, he convinces himself that they will bond, despite their differences. When they’re lost in a bamboo forest, teeming with black rats, and germs, Krish is at an all-time low. His GF (gut feel) and a couple of rats lead them to a hidden village, Imdur, unmarked on any map. Krish and his father are allowed to stay, only if they follow rules. But Krish soon realizes the village has an odd custom of worshipping rats... + Read More
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Series: The Seer Trilogy The Bridge of Whispers Paperback Kristin Butcher 9781989724118 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION US school grade range from 4 - 6 Sep 28, 2021

Maeve, a blacksmith's daughter, has been living among the Druids for several months as she trains to be a seer. She still marvels at the newfound friendship in her life. Her teacher Bradan, her friends Enda, Nora and Declan, and the rest of the Druids living at the Ruin, provide her with a sense of belonging she's never felt before.But she learns how fragile her feelings of acceptance are when she makes a shocking discovery about where she comes from. And she learns that her past puts those she loves in grave danger. Maeve will have to use all ... + Read More
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Series: Even So Paperback Lauren B. Davis 9781459747647 $21.99 FICTION Sep 14, 2021

An evocative character-driven novel that explores the challenge and necessity of loving difficult people. Angela Morrison has it all. She’s married to a wealthy man, adores her son, grows orchids, and volunteers at Our Daily Bread Food Pantry. What more could she want? More — much more. And she’s willing to risk everything after meeting Carsten, the landscaper with the glacier-blue eyes. Sister Eileen, who runs Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, struggles with the silence of God and harbours a secret she believes is unforgivable. She yearns to convin... + Read More
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Series: Hard to Be Human Overcoming Our Five Cognitive Design Flaws Paperback Ted Cadsby 9781459748842 $22.99 PSYCHOLOGY Oct 12, 2021

Powerful strategies to combat the design flaws of the human brain that make life in the twenty-first century unreasonably difficult.If other animals could study us the way we study them, they would be puzzled by our unique ability to inflict misery on ourselves. We expend a lot of energy replaying past anguish, anticipating future distress, and stewing in self-righteous anger. Other animals would call us out for being oddly paradoxical creatures who long to be happy but who are the source of their own suffering, We worry about things we have no... + Read More
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Series: Persephone's Children A Life in Fragments Paperback Rowan McCandless 9781459747616 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 12, 2021

After years of secrecy and silence, Rowan McCandless leaves an abusive relationship and rediscovers her voice and identity through writing.She was never to lie to him. She was never to leave him; and she was never supposed to tell.Persephone’s Children chronicles Rowan McCandless’s odyssey as a Black, biracial woman escaping the stranglehold of a long-term abusive relationship. Through a series of thematically linked and structurally inventive essays, McCandless explores the fraught and fragmented relationship between memory and trauma. Multipl... + Read More
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Series: Lonely Castle in the Mirror Hardcover Mizuki Tsujimura 9781645660408 $36.95 FICTION Jul 05, 2022

In a tranquil neighborhood of Tokyo seven students are avoiding going to school – hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends – until the moment they find the mirrors in their bedrooms are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives into to a wondrous castle straight out of a Grimm’s fairy tale. This whimsical place, oddly lacking in food and running water but full of electrical sockets, is home to a petulant girl in a mask, named Wolf Queen and becomes their playground and refuge during sc... + Read More
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Series: The Beholden Paperback Cassandra Rose Clarke 9781645660255 $24.95 FICTION Jan 18, 2022

Orphaned as young women, Celestia and Izara De Malena find themselves land rich but destitute, with only a failing rainforest acreage, Celestia’s perfect manners, and Izara’s nascent magic to their aristocratic names. With the last of their money running out, they enact a dangerous plan—using a spell she doesn’t fully understand, Izara summons the Lady of the Seraphine and demands a favor: a husband for Celestia, one rich enough to enable the De Malena sisters to keep their land. But a favor from the river goddess always comes at a cost . . . ... + Read More
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Series: On Opium Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance Paperback Carlyn Zwarenstein 9781773101811 $24.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 14, 2021

A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user.Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and "compelling." In 2016, Carlyn Zwarenstein’s short narrative on pain made the Globe and Mail’s Top 100 Books. Now, she returns with a seductive dive into opioids and the nature of dependence.North Americans are the world’s most prolific users of opioid painkillers. In On Opium, Zwarenstein describes her own use of opioid-inspired medicines to cope with a painful disease. Evoking both Thoma... + Read More
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Series: Out of Mind Paperback David Bergen 9781773102160 $22.95 FICTION Sep 14, 2021

One of 49th Shelf's 2021 Books of the Year"Bergen's power as a writer pulls like an undertow... An uncanny, discerning, merciful algebra on what love takes, and where it leaves us." — Paige CooperIn Out of Mind, David Bergen delves into the psyche of Lucille Black, mother, grandmother, lover, psychiatrist, and analyst of self, who first appeared in Bergen’s bestselling novel The Matter with Morris. Although adept at probing the lives of others, Lucille has become untethered, caught between duty and desire, between the demands of family and h... + Read More
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Series: Christi Belcourt Paperback Sherry Farrell Racette 9781773102436 $45.00 ART Oct 26, 2021

Christi Belcourt is a Métis visual artist whose ancestry originates from the historic Métis community of Mânitou Sâkhigan (Lac Ste. Anne) in Alberta. She has a deep respect for Mother Earth and the traditions and knowledge of her people. She is also known for her work as a community-based artist, environmentalist, and advocate for the lands, waters, and rights of Indigenous peoples.Christi Belcourt is the first book devoted exclusively to Belcourt’s life and work: her early paintings showcasing the natural world’s beauty and interconnectedness,... + Read More
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Series: The Weight of Sand My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara Hardcover Edith Blais 9781771649094 $34.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 20, 2021

A radiant, unforgettable memoir of one woman’s 450 days spent in captivity, and her defiant refusal to have her humanity stripped away. When Edith meets Luca in a small Northern town, the two connect instantly. Under the Northern Lights, they develop a deep friendship over their shared passions: travel, living off the land, a bohemian life. In search of wanderlust, they embark on an epic road trip from Italy to Togo, where they will join their friend’s sustainable farming project. Upon arriving on the African continent, they change their itiner... + Read More
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Series: The Diabetes Code Cookbook Delicious, Healthy, Low-Carb Recipes to Manage Your Insulin and Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Hardcover Jason Dr. Fung 9781771647915 $36.95 COOKING Nov 16, 2021

The ultimate companion cookbook to The Diabetes Code from the New York Times-bestselling author and pioneer of intermittent fasting, Dr. Jason Fung.Dr. Jason Fung helped thousands of people lose weight with his breakout bestseller The Obesity Code.Next, he helped prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes with his groundbreaking book The Diabetes Code.Now, The Diabetes Code Cookbook makes it even easier to follow Dr. Fung’s proven advice for preventing and reversing type 2 diabetes through intermittent fasting and a low carb/high-fat diet. This cookbo... + Read More
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Series: My Dog Banana Hardcover Roxane Brouillard 9781771647939 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 8 Sep 21, 2021

This silly yet sophisticated picture book will make kids AND parents laugh—the perfect story for reading aloud! For fans of Strictly No ElephantsA child takes a dog for a walk. At least, so the child insists. But nobody else sees a dog! Neighbors try to figure out why a child is walking a banana on a leash, while the child tries to make them understand that the banana is really a dog. A dog named Banana!But…it can’t be. Can it?My Dog Banana is a jewel of absurdity that brings to life a diverse group of characters, filled with classic charm and ... + Read More
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Series: Sounds of Nature I Hear You, Forest Hardcover Kallie George 9781771647366 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 7 Sep 06, 2021

Kids will look forward to their next nature walk after reading this playful yet calming book about wonderful forest sounds.The forest has lots to say… if you listen. When a child steps into the forest, her ears are open and her heart is too. She listens carefully and hears marvelous things. She hears the rustling of leaves sharing their secrets. She hears a beetle balancing on a branch. And the more she listens, the more she learns.I Hear You, Forest is a perfect book for outdoor education, classroom learning and homeschooling, helping to teach... + Read More
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Series: It Takes Guts How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop) Hardcover Jennifer Dr. Gardy 9781771645010 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 8 - 12 Sep 13, 2021

A 2022 Forest of Reading: Yellow Cedar Award Nominee!An illustrated book about the digestive system and microbiome for young readers, from famous (and funny) scientist Dr. Jennifer Gardy.Everybody eats, and everybody poops. Pretty ordinary stuff, right?But what happens in between is far from ordinary! That’s where your digestive system—also known as your gut—works its magic. It Takes Guts is an excellent, science-based resource for classroom learning and home-schooling for kids age 9 to 13, with information about: The surprising role that food ... + Read More
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Series: Aggie and Mudgy The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children Paperback Wendy Proverbs 9781772033755 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 12 Nov 02, 2021

Based on the true story of the author’s biological mother and aunt, this middle-grade novel traces the long and frightening journey of two Kaska Dena sisters as they are taken from their home to attend residential school. When Maddy discovers an old photograph of two little girls in her grandmother’s belongings, she wants to know who they are. Nan reluctantly agrees to tell her the story, though she is unsure if Maddy is ready to hear it. The girls in the photo, Aggie and Mudgy, are two Kaska Dena sisters who lived many years ago in a remote vi... + Read More
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Series: Little Wolf Series White Raven Hardcover Teoni Spathelfer 9781772033779 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 8 Sep 20, 2021

Little Wolf, grown up with children of her own, moves to the country where her mother, White Raven, shares a sad story from her childhood.All grown up with a family of her own, Little Wolf moves from the big city to the island of her ancestors. She wants to share the beauty and mysteries of nature with her children, and she wants them to learn as much about their culture as possible. One day, Little Wolf’s mother, White Raven, visits and begins to tell her grandchildren stories from her own childhood. But the stories are not happy ones. As a ch... + Read More
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Series: Menno-Nightcaps Cocktails Inspired by that Odd Ethno-Religious Group You Keep Mistaking for the Amish, Quakers or Mormons Hardcover S. L. Klassen 9781771513586 $26.00 COOKING Oct 12, 2021

A satirical cocktail book featuring seventy-seven cocktail recipes accompanied by arcane trivia on Mennonite history, faith, and cultural practices.At last, you think, a book of cocktails that pairs punny drinks with Mennonite history! Yes, cocktail enthusiast and author of the popular Drunken Mennonite blog Sherri Klassen is here to bring some Low German love to your bar cart. Drinks like Brandy Anabaptist, Migratarita, Thrift Store Sour, and Pimm’s Cape Dress are served up with arcane trivia on Mennonite history, faith, and cultural practices... + Read More
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Series: All the Quiet Places A Novel Paperback Brian Thomas Isaac 9781990071027 $22.00 FICTION Oct 12, 2021

Longlisted for CBC Canada ReadsAn Indigo Top 100 Book of 2021An Indigo Top 10 Best Canadian Fiction Book of 2021"What a welcome debut. Young Eddie Toma's passage through the truly ugly parts of this world is met, like an antidote, or perhaps a compensation, by his remarkable awareness of its beauty. This is a writer who understands youth, and how to tell a story." —Gil Adamson, winner of the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for RidgerunnerBrian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, an Indigenous... + Read More
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Series: Rivers Run Through Us A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America Hardcover Eric B. Taylor 9781771605113 $38.00 NATURE Oct 01, 2021

An engaging, informative, and personal exploration of some of the great rivers of North America.The physical nature of rivers has influenced the course of human history and development, whether it be in the prosecution of major conflicts (US Civil War), patterns of development and social change (dams on the Columbia River), the economy (gold rushes, agricultural development), or international relations (US and Mexico and the Colorado River). The centrality of human–river interactions has had great impacts on the biodiversity of rivers (salmon a... + Read More
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Series: The History of Rain Paperback Stephens Gerard Malone 9781771089791 $17.95 USD FICTION Sep 14, 2021

Literary historical fiction set in war-torn Europe and glamorous Old Hollywood, following a lonely landscape gardener, from author of Big Town and I Still Have A Suitcase in Berlin.Our story begins in 1915. While convalescing in a French army hospital, Rain, a veteran of the Great War now raging across Europe, finds solace in aiding the buildings' groundskeeper. An unlikely apprentice gardener, he buries himself in this work. The bulbs, the tubers, and the soil care not that his face is now deformed forever. "I say give the earth your rage, you... + Read More
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Series: I Kid You Not! Chronicles of an Ordinary Family Paperback Lesley Crewe 9781774710722 $21.95 HUMOR Sep 07, 2021

Bestselling author of The Spoon Stealer brings more of her sharp Cape Breton wit to the follow-up non-fiction collection to Leacock–longlisted Are You Kidding Me?! I Kid You Not! is a follow-up to bestselling author Lesley Crewe's first hit column-and-essay collection, Are You Kidding Me?! Here Lesley is hilarious and insightful as ever, giving us her take on everything from hockey to wildlife to the ache of missing our ancestors in ninety essays. She shares details of her proposal for the Mere Mortal Awards (Best Director goes to the "poor,... + Read More
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Series: Be a Nature Detective Be a Camouflage Detective Looking for Critters That are Hidden, Concealed, or Covered Paperback Peggy Kochanoff 9781774710005 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 7 - 12 Oct 05, 2021

Silver Birch– and Hackmatack-nominated Be A Nature Detective series explores animal camouflage. How do insects hide themselves in the woods? Can flounders really change the texture of their skin to blend in with sandy sea bottoms? Why do hares change the colour of their fur depending on the season? Naturalist and artist Peggy Kochanoff answers these queations and more in this illutrated guide to solving nature mysteries, for young readers. From the anatomy of a sea anemone to the dappled feathers of snowy owls, Kochanoff takes readers on a f... + Read More