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Series: A Promised LandHardcover
Barack Obama9781524763169
$55.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Nov 17, 2020
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND PEOPLENAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times • NPR • The Guardian • Slate • Vox • The Economist • Marie Claire In the stirring first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable... + Read More
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Perdita Felicien9780385689960
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Mar 30, 2021
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Series: NISHGAHardcover
Jordan Abel9780771007903
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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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Series: Rez RulesMy Indictment of Canada's and America's Systemic Racism Against Indigenous PeoplesHardcover
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Nov 16, 2021
A common-sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader.In 1984, at the age of twenty-four, Clarence Louie was elected Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in the Okanagan Valley. Nineteen elections later, Chief Louie has led his community for nearly four decades. The story of how the Osoyoos Indian Band—“The Miracle in the Desert”—transformed from a Rez that once struggled with poverty into an economically independent people is well-known. Guided by his y... + Read More
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$19.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Mar 11, 2016
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$24.99HISTORY
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May 04, 2021
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Jul 10, 2020
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$22.00
Nov 10, 2020
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$24.95FICTION
Apr 06, 2021
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$22.95FICTION
Mar 12, 2019
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$19.95FICTION
Apr 01, 2015
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$29.95COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Nov 16, 2021
A captivating, revealing biography of the legendary musician and poetLeonard Cohen opens in Los Angeles on the last night of the man’s life in 2016. Alone in his final hours, the beloved writer and musician ponders his existence in a series of flashbacks that reveal the ups and downs of a storied career.A young Cohen traded in the promise of steady employment in his family’s Montreal garment business for the unlikely path of a literary poet. His life took another sharp turn when, already in his thirties, he recorded his first album to widesprea... + Read More
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Series: Master of the RevelsA Return to Neal Stephenson's D.O.D.O.Hardcover
Nicole Galland9780062844873
$36.99
Feb 23, 2021
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Series: What Strange ParadiseA NovelHardcover
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$29.95FICTION
Jul 20, 2021
NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the widely acclaimed author of American War: a new novel—beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving—that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level of a child’s eyes.More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. And only one has made the passage: nin... + Read More
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Series: Can I Be Your Dog?Hardcover
Troy Cummings9780399554520
$23.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7
Mar 13, 2018
The New York Times bestseller featured on THE TODAY SHOW!A heart-tugging dog adoption story told through letters--deeply sincere and almost desperate pleas for a forever home--from the dog, himself!This picture book shares the tale of Arfy, a homeless mutt who lives in a box in an alley. Arfy writes to every person on Butternut Street about what a great pet he'd make. His letters to prospective owners share that he's house broken! He has his own squeaky bone! He can learn to live with cats! But, no one wants him. Won't anyone open their heart--... + Read More
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Tim Probert9780062990471
$31.00 Age (years) from 8 - 12
Sep 01, 2020
New York Times bestselling author Kazu Kibuishi says of Lightfall: “Beautifully drawn. Tim Probert has created a world readers will want to visit.”For fans of Amulet and middle grade readers who love sweeping worlds like Star Wars, the first book of the Lightfall series introduces Bea and Cad, two unlikely friends who get swept up in an epic quest to save their world from falling into eternal darkness.Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughte... + Read More
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Jessica Townsend9780316508964
$12.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12
Aug 31, 2021
From a New York Times bestselling author: our beloved heroine battles a new evil as a strange, frightening illness takes hold of Nevermoor in this captivating and heart-pounding tale. Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and proven themselves loyal to Unit 919. Now Morrigan faces a new, exciting challenge: to master the mysterious Wretched Arts, and control the power that threatens to consume her. But a strange and frightenin... + Read More
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