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Series: 2022 Night Sky Almanac A Month-by-Month Guide to North America's Skies from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Second Edition Paperback Nicole Mortillaro 9780228103264 $14.95 SCIENCE Nov 17, 2021

A portable guidebook for enjoying the night sky in 2022. 2022 Night Sky Almanac is the ideal resource for both novice and experienced sky watchers in the United States and Canada, with all of the advice, information and data that enthusiasts need to understand and enjoy the wonders of the night sky. This in-depth guide first introduces readers to the objects in the sky -- from stars, to comets, to globular clusters -- and then takes them through the cosmic events to look out for each month in 2022, with sky maps, moon phase charts an... + Read More
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Series: 2022 Night Sky Almanac 10-copy counterpack Floor display (filled) Nicole Mortillaro 9780228103561 $149.50 SCIENCE Nov 17, 2021

Counter Display Pack with 10 copies of paperback 2022 Night Sky Almanac: 9780228103264 A portable guidebook for enjoying the night sky in 2022. 2022 Night Sky Almanac is the ideal resource for both novice and experienced sky watchers in the United States and Canada, with all of the advice, information and data that enthusiasts need to understand and enjoy the wonders of the night sky. This in-depth guide first introduces readers to the objects in the sky -- from stars, to comets, to globular clusters -- and then takes them through ... + Read More
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Series: The Backyard Astronomer's Guide Fourth Edition, Completely Revised and Expanded Hardcover Terence Dickinson 9780228103271 $49.95 SCIENCE Sep 10, 2021

The touchstone for contemporary stargazers. This classic, groundbreaking guide has been the go-to field guide for both beginning and experienced amateur astronomers for nearly 30 years. The fourth edition brings Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer's invaluable manual completely up-to-date. Setting a new standard for astronomy guides, it will serve as the touchstone for the next generation of stargazers as well as longtime devotees. Technology and astronomical understanding are evolving at a breathtaking clip, and to reflect the latest inf... + Read More
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Series: 100 Flying Birds Photographing the Mechanics of Flight Hardcover Peter Cavanagh 9780228103332 $49.95 NATURE Nov 17, 2021

"Flight is the essence of birdness. I strive to illustrate the beauty and complexity of avian flight." -- Peter Cavanagh 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight offers a vivid and varied glimpse into the world of birds. A white-tailed eagle plummeting through a Japanese sky, a brown pelican striking a silhouette against an Ecuadorian sunset, an Atlantic puffin carrying its fish dinner above the Scottish coast, or a keel-billed toucan gliding through a Costa Rican jungle canopy; readers will marvel at the splendor of birds ... + Read More
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Series: Fossils Inside Out A Global Fusion of Science, Art and Culture Hardcover Thomas Wiewandt 9781879728080 $49.95 NATURE Aug 10, 2021

IBPA Silver Award Winner Next Gen Indie Book Awards Finalist Fossils Inside Out brings fossils, paleoecology, and the fossil industry to life in a beautiful and easy-to-understand format suitable for young adults and older, scientists and non-scientists. This large format book is packed with information connecting the past, present, and future of life on Earth. It also reaches beyond the basics by covering historical perspectives on fossil collecting, laws that can confuse anyone, new imaging technologies, the art of fossil preparation, a... + Read More
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Series: Creatures of the Deep In Search of the Sea's Monsters and the World They Live In Updated Third Edition, in Paperback Paperback Erich Hoyt 9780228103295 $29.95 NATURE Nov 17, 2021

Praise for the first edition: "More than a picture book ... Hoyt's elegant writing provides both the historical background for deep-sea exploration and an ecological perspective on life in the ocean's depths." --American Scientist "A magnificent bestiary ... and a reminder of how little we actually know about the seas surrounding us." --Popular Science Winner, Outstanding Nonfiction Book of the Year --American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc., New York In this updated third edition of Creatures of the Deep, award-winni... + Read More
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Series: Diamonds Their History, Sources, Qualities and Benefits Hardcover Renee Newman GG 9780228103318 $59.95 HISTORY Nov 17, 2021

The beauty and sparkle and mystique of diamonds is unmatched by that of any other gem in the world. Since early times, diamonds have been treasured as good luck charms, remarkable tools and status symbols and have been worn, collected and presented as lavish gifts. Today, diamonds remain among the most sought-after gemstones and continue to hold their value through good times and bad. In Diamonds, author Renée Newman, a graduate gemologist and author of many trade-level handbooks on gemstones, invites the reader on a journey into the f... + Read More
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Series: Watersheds A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water Second Edition, Revised and Updated Paperback Gregor Gilpin Beck 9780228103233 $19.95 SCIENCE Feb 14, 2022

Water is our most vital resource, yet few understand even the basics of watershed ecology. This new edition has been updated to reflect growing environmental challenges, such as climate change, the insidious spread of invasive species and the loss of biodiversity. Watersheds: A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water is an engaging and informative introduction to ecology and environmental issues that focuses on water-related issues. Well suited for youth or general readers of any age, Watersheds combines a profusion of beautiful illustration... + Read More
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Series: The Family Immunity Cookbook 101 Easy Recipes to Boost Health Paperback Toby Amidor MS, RD, CDN, FAND 9780778806806 $29.95 COOKING Nov 17, 2021

An easy-to-follow, family friendly cookbook filled with delicious recipes all designed to boost health, energy and wellness. All of us want to keep our families safe and healthy. We also want to eat delicious and satisfying food. The Family Immunity Cookbook includes 25 of the top immune-boosting foods, incorporated into 101 delicious recipes. These are ingredients that provide immune-essential nutrients like vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc, selenium, iron, and protein to keep your body's defenses in tip-top shape, or they are foods that help d... + Read More
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Series: Easy Bread 100 No-Knead Recipes Paperback Judith Fertig 9780778806844 $24.95 COOKING Aug 24, 2021

Yes, you can have wonderful, home-baked bread any day of the week. Easy Bread will change the way you think about baking bread. Skip the traditional rounds of kneading and rising. With dough always ready to go, you'll be serving up glorious, fresh-baked breads in no time! Award-winning cookbook author Judith Fertig shares her expertise with a simplified, step-by-step technique and clear, detailed recipes easy enough for even beginning bread bakers. Start with a simple French loaf or pizza dough and quickly advance to filled breads, bagel... + Read More
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Series: Best of Bridge Best of Bridge Kitchen Simple 125 Quick and Easy Recipes Spiral bound Emily Richards 9780778806820 $29.95 COOKING Nov 09, 2021

Best of Bridge: Simple. Everyday. Meals. With over 4 million books sold, Best of Bridge is cherished for their scrumptious, cozy, timeless recipes. Always delicious and easy-to-follow, Best of Bridge Kitchen Simple is a welcome return to easy techniques with simple ingredients designed to take the stress out of mealtime. These all-new 125 recipes will continue your trust in Best of Bridge to bring appetizing dishes. Struggling to find an easy weeknight family meal everyone will look forward to? Turkey Zucchini Meatballs will be the ans... + Read More
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Series: The Best Cast Iron Baking Book Recipes for Breads, Pies, Biscuits and More Paperback Roxanne Wyss 9780778806837 $24.95 COOKING Dec 15, 2021

Many home cooks have learned from relatives and top chefs about the benefits of cooking in cast iron: it infuses food with more flavor, reaches higher temperatures and is naturally nonstick. But did you know cast iron is the key to the most delicious baking you will ever taste? Think effortless, but unforgettable No-Knead Bread, the most delicious Skillet Berry Cobbler, simple Cornbread Focaccia, decadent Dark Chocolate S'Mores Pie and incredible Maple Pecan Rolls. In The Best Cast Iron Baking Book, veteran cookbook authors Roxanne Wyss an... + Read More
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Series: Japanese Cuisine An Illustrated Guide Paperback Laure Kie 9780228103196 $19.95 COOKING Sep 09, 2021

Recipes and stories to learn all about Japan's food culture. Recipes, anecdotes, histories and stories, maps, techniques, stylings, utensils, native ingredients -- this is a colorful invitation to discover the look and aromas and flavors of Japan. How to make sushi? What is the traditional method of making miso soup? How do you make a full Japanese meal? What are the most frequently cooked dishes in the izakaya? How do you garnish and pack a bento box? Here are the answers in a charmingly, and beautifully, illustrated paperback bo... + Read More
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Series: Illustrated Human Anatomy The Authoritative Visual Guide to the Human Body Hardcover Dr. Sharat Vayttaden PhD 9780228103035 $39.95 SCIENCE Sep 09, 2021

The world's most precise scientific illustrations of the human body. Packed with astonishing facts and superb quality 3-D illustrations, Illustrated Human Anatomy is a state-of-the art guide to the human body that is destined to become the definitive illustrated human anatomy reference. Accessible text and detailed annotations give the names of organs and structures throughout the skeletal, muscular, lymphatic, cardiovascular, nervous, and reproductive systems, with focus features reviewing disorders of each system. Illustrated Human ... + Read More
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Series: Graphic Witness Five Wordless Graphic Novels by Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri, Erich Glas and Laurence Hyde Second Edition, Expanded Paperback George A. Walker 9780228103349 $39.95 LITERARY CRITICISM Nov 17, 2021

"If you care about graphic novels, you need this book." -- New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman Graphic Witness features rare wordless novels by five great twentieth century woodcut artists from Europe and North America. The stories they tell reflect the political and social issues of their times as well as the broader issues that are still relevant today. Frans Masereel (1899-1972) was born in Belgium and is considered the father of the wordless graphic novel. Graphic Witness includes the first reprint of his classic work Th... + Read More
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Series: Complete Guide to Winter Camping Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Paperback Kevin Callan 9780228103523 $24.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Nov 17, 2021

Enjoy winter camping in warmth and comfort! With careful planning, tenting during the year's coldest months can be safe and fun. Complete Guide to Winter Camping offers advice on selecting a four-season tent and constructing other types of shelter, maintaining personal hygiene, cooking in the cold, choosing a sleep system and getting the right amount of warmth to properly enjoy winter. Chapters on how to read animal tracks, travel safely on ice and identify trees and firewood make this unique book a must-read for anyone tired of spending h... + Read More
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Series: The History of Speed The Quest to Go Faster, From the Dawn of the Motor Car to the Speed of Sound Hardcover Martin Roach 9780228103547 $35.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Sep 10, 2021

Ever since we built machines that could transport us, there has been a desire to find ways to make them go faster. For some, going faster isn't enough -- they want to be the fastest. This book celebrates those who have built the machines and driven them at ever greater speeds. This is The History of Speed. Bestselling automotive writer Martin Roach (The Science of Supercars) tells the extraordinary story of those who have come to be obsessed by speed. From Camille Jenatzy, 'the Red Devil', who became the first man to drive at over 100 kmh... + Read More
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Series: Hockey Hall of Fame Hockey Hall of Fame True Stories Paperback Eric Zweig 9780228103554 $24.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Sep 06, 2022

The Hockey Hall of Fame is full of the best to ever hit the ice. But the path to hockey greatness is not all jaw-dropping saves and game-winning goals. In Hockey Hall of Fame True Stories, hockey historian and writer Eric Zweig shares exciting tales and trivia even the most dedicated puck head might not know. This book is overflowing with behind the scenes yarns of some of history's greatest scoring sprees and winning seasons, as well as thrilling accounts of the off-ice curiosities, tragedies and heroics. Just a few of the curious, bizar... + Read More
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Series: Feeling Sleepy Drift Off to Sleep With Your Animal Friends Board book Andrea Pinnington 9780228103172 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Nov 17, 2021

From the creators of The Little Book of Backyard Bird Songs Follow Panda and her drowsy friends to bedtime! This remarkable picture book is based on popular relaxation techniques for children. Reading it with small children is a simple but very effective way to encourage the little ones to drop off to sleep. It provides a stress-free end of the day for children and their parents. The sun starts to set and the cub gives a yawn He's pounced and he's played with his sisters since dawn. If you open your mouth and breathe very deeply, ... + Read More
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Series: Feeling Hungry Mealtimes Made Easy With Your Animal Friends Board book Andrea Pinnington 9780228103325 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Nov 17, 2021

From the creators of The Little Book of Backyard Bird Songs Follow Rabbit and her hungry friends in their mealtime adventures! This delightful picture book helps to promote healthy and positive attitudes to food through simple proven strategies. It will help take the stress out of meals for both parents and children. Eat nuts with squirrel, wash the mud off with piggy, get ready with penguin chicks, and get down to it with chipmunk, lemur and stork. Try not to guzzle, or eat with a slurp Or finish your meals with a fart and a burp.... + Read More
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Series: The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Hanging Food Catcher A Gumboot Kids Nature Mystery Paperback Eric Hogan 9780228103387 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Nov 17, 2021

Scout and Daisy are gathering pumpkins to make pumpkin pie when Scout mentions spotting a hanging food catcher on his garden gate. But what is a hanging food catcher? Join Scout and Daisy as they find clues to solve the Case of the Hanging Food Catcher. About THE GUMBOOT KIDS SERIES CBC Books, Best Books of the Year -- Canadian Picture Books "A most charming and instructive collection of nature mystery books which encourages children to head outside and discover their natural world." -- Children's Book News A celebration of na... + Read More
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Series: The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Hanging Food Catcher A Gumboot Kids Nature Mystery Hardcover Eric Hogan 9780228103370 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Nov 17, 2021

Scout and Daisy are gathering pumpkins to make pumpkin pie when Scout mentions spotting a hanging food catcher on his garden gate. But what is a hanging food catcher? Join Scout and Daisy as they find clues to solve the Case of the Hanging Food Catcher. About THE GUMBOOT KIDS SERIES CBC Books, Best Books of the Year -- Canadian Picture Books "A most charming and instructive collection of nature mystery books which encourages children to head outside and discover their natural world." -- Children's Book News A celebration of na... + Read More
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Series: The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Shrinking Friend A Gumboot Kids Nature Mystery Paperback Eric Hogan 9780228103363 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Nov 17, 2021

Scout and Daisy are going for a winter hike. On their way to the valley, Daisy notices the snowman friend she built the day before is smaller. Why is her friend shrinking? Join Scout and Daisy as they find clues to solve the Case of the Shrinking Friend. About THE GUMBOOT KIDS SERIES CBC Books, Best Books of the Year -- Canadian Picture Books "A most charming and instructive collection of nature mystery books which encourages children to head outside and discover their natural world." -- Children's Book News A celebration of ... + Read More
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Series: The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Shrinking Friend A Gumboot Kids Nature Mystery Hardcover Eric Hogan 9780228103356 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Nov 17, 2021

Scout and Daisy are going for a winter hike. On their way to the valley, Daisy notices the snowman friend she built the day before is smaller. Why is her friend shrinking? Join Scout and Daisy as they find clues to solve the Case of the Shrinking Friend. About THE GUMBOOT KIDS SERIES CBC Books, Best Books of the Year -- Canadian Picture Books "A most charming and instructive collection of nature mystery books which encourages children to head outside and discover their natural world." -- Children's Book News A celebration of ... + Read More
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Series: The Gumboot Kids Scout Plush Doll Toy Eric Hogan 9780228103394 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Sep 10, 2021

Scout is an adventurous mouse who loves gardening, reading and, above all, solving nature mysteries with his pal Daisy and, now, kids everywhere! From the beloved TV series Scout and the Gumboot Kids and the Gumboot Kids' nature mysteries books comes this adorable plush Scout doll. At 8" tall, he is the perfect size for kids to take with them as they solve nature mysteries of their own. Scout is made of soft and durable polyester and ready for any adventure, whether walking along the beach to listen to the singing ocean, hiking in the woo... + Read More
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Series: The Gumboot Kids Scout Plush Doll and Daisy Plush Doll counterpack Floor display (filled) Eric Hogan 9780228103578 $199.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Sep 10, 2021

Counterpack (9780228103578) with 10 dolls (5 of each) of Scout Plush Doll (9780228103394) and Daisy Plush Doll (9780228103400) From the beloved TV series Scout and the Gumboot Kids and the Gumboot Kids' nature mysteries books come these adorable plush Daisy and Scout dolls. At 8" tall, each are the perfect size for kids to take with them as they solve nature mysteries of their own. The dolls are made of soft and durable polyester and ready for any adventure, whether walking along the beach to listen to the singing ocean, hiking in the wood... + Read More
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Series: The Gumboot Kids Daisy Plush Doll Toy Eric Hogan 9780228103400 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Sep 10, 2021

Daisy is a curious mouse who loves making crafts, reading and, above all, solving nature mysteries with her pal Scout and, now, kids everywhere! From the beloved TV series Scout and the Gumboot Kids and the Gumboot Kids' nature mysteries books comes this adorable plush Daisy doll. At 8" tall, she is the perfect size for kids to take with them as they solve nature mysteries of their own. Daisy is made of soft and durable polyester and ready for any adventure, whether digging for story rocks, watering growing bird feeders in the garden or s... + Read More
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Series: Hockey Hall of Fame Kids Hockey Hall of Fame Heroes Scorers, Goalies and Defensemen Second Edition, Expanded Paperback Eric Zweig 9780228103431 $16.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 09, 2021

The updated and expanded edition of Hockey Hall of Fame Heroes now features 126 Hall of Famers and 45 of today's greatest stars -- and each and every one of them shines! Hockey Hall of Fame Heroes is brought to life with great color photography, eye-popping illustrations, Hockey Hall of Fame artifacts and fascinating information on the slickest goal scorers, best defensemen and greatest goalies to ever lace them up and hit the ice. Some of the players featured include: Scorers: Wayne Gretzky Sidney Crosby Connor McDavid ... + Read More
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Series: A Vote For Women Celebrating The Women's Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment Hardcover St James's House 9781906670887 $59.99 HISTORY Mar 30, 2021

August 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which confirmed women’s right to vote. A Vote for Women is a joint venture between the Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative (WVCI)—an organization created to share information and stimulate activities around the country to mark the centennial—and the publisher St James’s House, and has been produced to celebrate this landmark in women’s suffrage.This fully illustrated, beautifully designed hardback book charts the history of the women’s mo... + Read More
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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: Choreographing Space Paperback Perez de Vega Eva 9781911339441 $39.95 ARCHITECTURE Oct 26, 2021

Authors: e+i studio Choreographing Space is a reflection on the collaborative work of New York City-based architecture practice, e+i studio. In the book, the founders of the practice, Eva Perez de Vega and Ian Gordon, outline a fascinating selection of projects from the studio, which will take the reader on a journey and give them a key understanding of the important work of this dynamic and forward-thinking architecture and design practice. This insightful book offers both a retrospective and speculative outlook. Retrospectively, it expl... + Read More
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Series: Water Proof Paperback Aaron Bushkowsky 9781770866362 $24.95 FICTION Oct 09, 2021

When a self-driving car hits an extra on set and a lawsuit is filed, Andy sets out to bankrupt his own production company by making a movie about his weird and romantic life of infidelity. With his wife Anna, and her best friend, he embarks on a location-scouting trip to Desolation Sound, but the trip takes a disastrous turn when the friend goes missing and they have to call in search and rescue. Not wanting the search to expose his affair with his wife’s best friend, Andy steals a memory card out of her camera. A memory card with evidence 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: The Troupers Paperback Richard Scarsbrook 9781770866300 $24.95 FICTION Oct 02, 2021

The Trouper-Royale Orpheum Galaxie Theatre is a jewel in the entertainment crown of Niagara Falls. At least, that’s what the marquee out front says. To the Fabulous Trouper Quintuplets their family’s old theatre is a thorn in the crown of their adolescent memories. Under their famous-child-actor-turned-director father’s overbearing, and narcissistic eye, the quintuplets are raised on a strict diet of Golden Age entertainment and homeschooling to mold them into the best actors of their generation. But through a series of hilarious and tragic ev... + Read More
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Series: Nothing Ordinary The Story of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Paperback Larry Krotz 9781770866386 $24.95 MEDICAL Oct 02, 2021

This is the story of how 800,000 citizens created their own school of medicine, and what it has meant for the region and its people.Northern Ontario is a vast territory — almost as big as France and Germany combined — with a widely scattered population the size of only 10% of the rest of the province. Rich in forests, minerals, scenery and brilliant, hardy people, Ontario’s north, like many other rural and remote areas, had difficulties attracting and keeping doctors. The solution, they decided, was to train their own. An astonishing percentage... + Read More
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Series: Valley of the Rats Paperback Mahtab Narsimhan 9781770866287 $13.95 JUVENILE FICTION 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: I'm Good and Other Lies Paperback Bev Katz Rosenbaum 9781770866324 $15.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Sep 25, 2021

“This is a book for RIGHT NOW.” — Teresa Toten, author of The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B Is it asking too much to live a typical twelfth grade existence? Kelsey Kendler just wants to earn some money for university, hang out with friends, maybe even snag a boyfriend. But her pill-popping mom and distant dad scare off anybody she tries to bring home, making those last two things feel impossible. Her part-time ice cream shop job’s a slog, but at least there, she can escape her parents’ constant fighting … until the COVID-19 pandemic forces a loc... + Read More
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Series: The Seer Trilogy The Bridge of Whispers Paperback Kristin Butcher 9781989724118 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) 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: River Mermaid Paperback Christy Goerzen 9781989724101 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (US) from 10 - 12 Oct 12, 2021

Mercedes lives for art. Her mother is a famous sculptor, and since she was a small child Mercedes has dreamed of following in her mother's footsteps. But it's hard living in the shadow of a legend. And when Mercedes's application at a prestigious art school is rejected, she is devastated and walks away from her art. Try as she does, she finds it hard to build a life as a regular teen. And when life serves her a traumatic situation, her art is the only thing that will pull her through.An exploration of grief and self-acceptance, this novel-in-v... + Read More
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Series: Making Seaker Paperback Karen Autio 9781989724095 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 4 - 6 Aug 31, 2021

When Jamie moves to Nipigon, Ontario, she's not optimistic about making new friends. Jamie is passionate about science and engineering, and in her experience other girls don't want to hang out with science nerds.But she doesn't want a friendless future, so she sets out to be more like other kids. When she meets Beth who likes writing, Jamie claims to like it too and she trades her not-so-bad sandwich for a disgusting egg salad sandwich with Raina, hoping the sacri?ce will land her a friend. Instead she gets more gross lunches and has to do t... + Read More
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Series: Richard Wagamese Selected What Comes from Spirit Hardcover Richard Wagamese 9781771622752 $24.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Sep 18, 2021

Richard Wagamese, one of Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous authors and storytellers, was a writer of breathtaking honesty and inspiration. Always striving to be a better, stronger person, Wagamese shared his journey through writing, encouraging others to do the same. Following the success of Embers, which has sold almost seventy thousand copies since its release in 2016, this new collection of Wagamese’s non-fiction works, with an introduction by editor Drew Hayden Taylor, brings together more of the prolific author’s short writings, many for... + Read More
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Series: Pandemic Spotlight Canadian Doctors at the Front of the COVID-19 Fight Paperback Ian Hanomansing 9781771622929 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 16, 2021

CBC journalist Ian Hanomansing profiles Canadian infectious disease doctors who stepped up to guide the nation through its worst medical crisis in a century. Canadians who have followed the news about the COVID-19 pandemic will recognize the names of doctors Lisa Barrett, Isaac Bogoch, Zain Chagla, Sumon Chakrabarti, Susy Hota, Fatima Kakkar, Srinivas Murthy, Lynora Saxinger and Alexander Wong—nine remarkable Canadians who found themselves in the spotlight during a remarkably challenging year. While dealing with their own personal concerns abo... + Read More
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Series: Me Tomorrow Indigenous Views on the Future Paperback Drew Hayden Taylor 9781771622943 $22.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Oct 30, 2021

First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, activists, educators and writers, youth and elders come together to envision Indigenous futures in Canada and around the world. Discussing everything from language renewal to sci-fi, this collection is a powerful and important expression of imagination rooted in social critique, cultural experience, traditional knowledge, activism and the multifaceted experiences of Indigenous people on Turtle Island. In Me Tomorrow… Darrel J. McLeod, Cree author from Treaty-8 territory in Northern Alberta, blends the f... + Read More
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Series: Open Every Window A Memoir Hardcover Jane Munro 9781771622967 $28.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 21, 2021

When Jane Munro’s husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the Griffin-award-winning poet must chart a path through the depths of grief, learning to live with loss and to take solace and find freedom in the restorative powers of writing. Open Every Window is a genre-bending prose account of the unravelling of a life—two lives—when Jane Munro’s husband, Bob, is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Evoking Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, this memoir charts a path through sorrow—the pain of seeing a partner age and approach death, the exhaustion ... + Read More
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Series: Vagabond Venice Beach, Slab City and Points In Between Paperback Ceilidh Michelle 9781771622981 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2021

A captivating memoir of living on the streets along California’s Highway 1, for fans of Mistakes to Run With and Nearly Normal. At twenty-one, Ceilidh Michelle was homeless, drifting through countercultural communities along California’s coast, from Venice Beach to Slab City to Big Sur. This restless and turbulent time began when she was sleeping on her sister’s couch in Vancouver and decided to become a yoga disciple in California. Denied entry at the US border in Washington state, and stuck overnight in the Greyhound station, her already shak... + Read More
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Series: One Man in His Time... A Memoir Hardcover Michael Audain 9781771623001 $36.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 30, 2021

The unlikely and riveting story of how a left-wing activist became one of BC’s most accomplished business leaders and philanthropists, championing projects in the visual arts and innovation in Canadian wildlife protection and sustainability. Freedom rider. Student radical. Academic. Social activist. Residential developer. Museum builder. Grizzly bear protector. Michael Audain has been all of these things and more in a colourful life spanning eight decades, three continents and five careers. Born into a branch of the legendary BC Dunsmuir clan ... + Read More
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Series: Well Aged Making the Most of Your Platinum Years Paperback Ralph Milton 9781771623100 $24.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Oct 30, 2021

Finding happiness at 80+, from the perspective of an octogenarian. Author Ralph Milton wants readers to know that old age is not a disease circling the world ready to pounce on anyone over eighty. Many, maybe even most old people say they are happier and more contented than they have ever been. And that’s good news because Canadians are living much, much longer than they used to. In fact, octogenarians are the country’s fastest growing demographic. To quote the author, “Society has never had to deal with such a huge bunch of old people.” To ad... + Read More
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Series: Gidal The Unusual Friendship of Yosef Wosk and Tim Gidal, Letters and Photos Hardcover Alan Twigg 9781771623025 $39.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Jul 16, 2022

An intimate selection of letters between Tim Gidal, a pioneering force in photojournalism, and scholar and art collector Yosef Wosk. “Although four decades separated us, Tim and I were inexorably drawn together through the magnetic forces of art and culture; travel; history; exile and war; loves and loves lost; writing, teaching and forgetting; collecting and letting it all go." —Yosef Wosk, from the Preface Nachum Tim Gidal, Jewish pioneer of modern photojournalism, was born in Munich in 1909 and died in Jerusalem in 1996. He began taking ph... + Read More
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Series: The Marriage of Rose Camilleri Paperback Robert Hough 9781771623049 $24.95 FICTION Oct 23, 2021

An illuminating portrait of an unconventional marriage by bestselling and critically acclaimed author Robert Hough. When Rose Camilleri and Scotty Larkin meet, neither expects to spend a lifetime together, navigating a sometimes turbulent marriage and scraping through the process of raising a family. When he first enters the bakery where she works, she is a new arrival from the tiny island nation of Malta, fond of rabbit stew and Hollywood cinema. He is a thoughtful printer’s assistant recently released from juvenile detention after stealing an... + Read More
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Series: Vile Spirits Hardcover John MacLachlan Gray 9781771622776 $29.95 FICTION Sep 04, 2021

An exhilarating page-turner set in 1920s Vancouver post prohibition, when liquor was the fuel driving big business, big government—and major crime. In this spellbinding follow-up to his mystery The White Angel, John MacLachlan Gray captures the spirit of Vancouver in those gritty, gin-soaked days, as the city was remaking itself between wars. Alcohol is once again legal in Vancouver after the failed experiment of prohibition, but pro-temperance sentiments remain strong. Politicians like Attorney General Gordon Cunning attempt appeasement by es... + Read More
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Series: City Day Hardcover Glenn Brucker 9781771623087 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Sep 04, 2021

Children will laugh out loud at this silly illustrated book where animals teach people a lesson about respect for nature. After all the campers and hikers return to the city at the end of summer, a group of animals from the forest decide to pay them a visit. When Raccoon, Moose, Bear, Otter and their friends arrive in the big city, everyone is so excited to see them that they shout and run away with joy. The animals have a fun-filled day rampaging through the city and learning about human customs, until some new friends with large nets give th... + Read More
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Series: Art of the Northwest Coast Second Edition 2nd edition Paperback Aldona Jonaitis 9781771623063 $38.95 ART Oct 23, 2021

A new edition of the seminal overview of the magnificent art of the Northwest Coast, with text from a distinguished authority augmented by full-colour images throughout. Art of the Northwest Coast is a superbly illustrated and informed overview of the Indigenous art of the Northwest Coast, covering the region from Puget Sound to Haida Gwaii to Alaska, and proceeding from prehistoric times to the present. Created in the spirit of the bestselling Thames & Hudson World of Art series, this groundbreaking volume provides an overview of the developm... + Read More
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Series: Blue Sky Kingdom An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya Now in paperback! Paperback Bruce Kirkby 9781771622912 $24.95 TRAVEL Jul 10, 2021

Bestselling travel writer Bruce Kirkby takes extreme measures to reduce screen time by travelling with his young family to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Himalaya. Feeling stagnant, looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media, ignoring his family and everything alive in his world, a thought struck Bruce Kirkby: this wasn’t living; this wasn’t him. This moment of clarity started a chain reaction which ended with a plan: he, his wife and their two young sons would jump on a shipping freighter and head ... + Read More
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Series: How to Lose Everything A Memoir Now in paperback! Paperback Christa Couture 9781771622905 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 18, 2021

Disability, death and divorce are part of a string of losses that leave this award-winning musician fundamentally changed as she learns to navigate her grief and find a way forward. Christa Couture lost a piece of herself—in more ways than one. She lost a leg to amputation from childhood bone cancer. She lost a son to complications at birth. She lost another son to a heart defect. She lost a husband to divorce. Each of these losses has left her altered. In her debut memoir, Couture relives these tragedies alongside the joys that fill the spaces... + Read More
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Series: Canadian Battle Series The River Battles Canada’s Final Campaign in World War II Italy Now in paperback! Paperback Mark Zuehlke 9781771623124 $27.95 HISTORY Sep 18, 2021

The Canadians called it the Promised Land. In late September 1944, the Emilia-Romagna plain before I Canadian Corps stretched to the far horizon—a deceptively wide-open space where the tanks could run free. Throughout British Eighth Army, hopes ran high that once it entered the plain, the Germans could be driven from Italy. As soon as the advance began, however, the plain’s true nature was revealed: the land was criss-crossed by rivers, canals and drainage ditches over which all bridges had been demolished. With higher command urging haste, the... + Read More
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Series: Toronto Biography of a City Now in paperback! Paperback Allan Levine 9781771622790 $29.95 HISTORY Sep 04, 2021

"Allan Levine's biography of Toronto is a triumph of historical storytelling. Avoiding the worn path of grand themes and broad concepts of civic evolution, he instead ventures out, engagingly marshalling real-time encounters of people, places and events—the good, the bad and the ugly of it all. This fresh take on Toronto evokes a saga of the city that keeps the delighted reader turning the pages, eager to enjoy—and learn—more." —David Crombie, Former mayor of Toronto In the last seventy years, Toronto has been transformed from a provincial tow... + 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: An Inspector Green Mystery The Devil to Pay An Inspector Green Mystery Paperback Barbara Fradkin 9781459743847 $19.99 FICTION Oct 19, 2021

Impetuous, exasperating Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green returns and unwittingly puts his daughter, a rookie patrol officer, in the line of fire.Sidelined to administrative duties, Inspector Michael Green misses the thrill of the chase. So when his daughter Hannah, now a rookie patrol officer, responds to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance in a wealthy suburban neighbourhood, he is intrigued. Both husband and wife deny a problem and, despite Hannah’s doubts, no further police action is taken, but Green encourages her to dig deeper on ... + Read More
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Series: A Victor Lessard Thriller The Devil's Choir A Victor Lessard Thriller Paperback Martin Michaud 9781459742703 $21.99 FICTION Oct 26, 2021

In this intricate, intense mystery from the acclaimed “master of the Quebec thriller”, the ghosts of Victor Lessard’s past come back to haunt him as he investigates a horrific murder-suicide that doesn’t add up.When a young Montreal family dies in an orgy of bloody violence, all signs point to a rampage by the father. But Victor Lessard isn’t convinced. The brilliant, brooding detective suspects that others were involved in the killings. But who? And why? As Lessard struggles to solve the puzzle, the discovery of a nightmarish chamber of horror... + Read More
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Series: Hockey 365 Hockey 365, The Second Period More Daily Stories from the Ice Paperback Mike Commito 9781459748446 $23.99 SPORTS & RECREATION Sep 28, 2021

More hockey history for every day of the year! Celebrate hockey history with Hockey 365, The Second Period and be reminded of why you love hockey every day of the year. Whether you are a long-suffering Leafs fan or you cheer for a team that has actually won a Stanley Cup in the last half-century, this compendium will give you a hockey-history fix no matter your allegiance. From the National Hockey League’s humble beginnings to the empty seats of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Mike Commito has gone back into the vault to bring you even more hock... + Read More