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Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

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This is a really great book that really opens your eyes to the use of hokey-pokey snakeoil based teething pain treatments that aren't Tylenol or Motrin based. Or then something else entirely that has nothing to do

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Series: The Strangers Hardcover Katherena Vermette 9780735239616 $29.95 FICTION Sep 28, 2021

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS’ CAROL SHIELDS WINNIPEG BOOK AWARD, MARGARET LAURENCE AWARD FOR FICTION, AND MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA GLOBE & MAIL BEST BOOKFrom the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores how connected we are, even when we’re no longer together—even when we’re forced apart.Cedar has nearly forgotten what her family looks lik... + Read More
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Series: People We Meet on Vacation Paperback Emily Henry 9781984806758 $22.00 FICTION May 11, 2021

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ BookPage ∙ BookBub ∙ Betches ∙ SheReads ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ and more!Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.From the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read, a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlus... + Read More
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Series: The Holiday Swap Paperback Maggie Knox 9780735241152 $19.95 FICTION Oct 05, 2021

A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days leading up to Christmas—perfect for fans of Josie Silver’s One Day in December and Karen Swan’s Together by Christmas.When chef Charlie Goodwin gets hit on the head on the L.A. set of her reality baking show, she loses a lot more than consciousness; she also loses her ability to taste and smell—both critical to her success as show judge. Meanwhile, Charlie’s identical twin, Cass, is frantically trying to hold her own life together back in their quaint... + Read More
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Series: The Push Paperback Ashley Audrain 9780735239890 $24.95 FICTION Jan 05, 2021

*WINNER OF THE 2022 CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA’S BEST CRIME FIRST NOVEL AWARD**SHORTLISTED for the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize*A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family, and about a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for, and everything she feared.Blythe Connor is determined to be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby, Violet, that she never had.But in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe doesn’t find the connection with her daughter s... + Read More
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Series: Outlander Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone A Novel Hardcover Diana Gabaldon 9780385685542 $45.00 FICTION Nov 23, 2021

The author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Outlander series returns with the newest novel in the epic tale.The past may seem the safest place to be…. But it is the most dangerous time to be alive….Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1743, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same.It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser’s Ridge. Having the family ... + Read More
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Series: Chief Inspector Gamache Novel The Madness of Crowds A Novel Hardcover Louise Penny 9781250145260 $36.99 FICTION Aug 24, 2021

Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerAARP The Magazine – Recommended Summer ReadingCNN – A Most Anticipated Book of AugustBustle – A Most Anticipated Book of AugustChief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novelYou’re a coward.Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. It starts innocently enough. While the residents of the QuÃ©bec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot c... + Read More
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Series: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery The Man Who Died Twice A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Hardcover Richard Osman 9781984880994 $37.99 FICTION Sep 28, 2021

The second gripping novel in the New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series, the first of which Kate Atkinson called “A little beacon of pleasure in the midst of the gloom…SUCH FUN!”Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim—the Thursday Murder Club—are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper’s Chase, their posh retirement village.But they are out of luck.An unexpected visitor—an old pal of Elizabeth’s (or perhaps more than just a pal?)—arrives, desperate for her ... + Read More
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Series: Call Me Indian From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player Hardcover Fred Sasakamoose 9780735240018 $32.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 18, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to vote in Canada. This page turner will have you cheering for ’Fast Freddy’ as he faces off against huge challenges both on and off the ice—a great gift to every proud hockey fan, Canadian, and Indigenous person.”—Wab Kinew, Leader of the Manitoba NDP and author of The Reason You WalkTrailblazer. Residential school Survivor. First Treaty Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true—but none of them tell the whole story.Fred Sasa... + Read More
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Series: Malibu Rising A Novel Paperback Taylor Jenkins Reid 9780385692205 $24.95 FICTION Jun 01, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BESTSELLERMalibu 1983. Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of one night, each of their lives will be changed forever in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six.Malibu is buzzing with anticipation for Nina Riva’s annual party. Everyone wants to be in the company of the famous Rivas: Nina, the surfer and model; her brothers, Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other his renowned photographer; and... + Read More
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Series: Dial A for Aunties Paperback Jesse Q. Sutanto 9780593333037 $22.00 FICTION Apr 27, 2021

A hilariously quirky novel that is equal parts murder mystery, rom-com, and a celebration of mothers and daughters as well as a deep dive into Chinese-Indonesian culture, by debut author Jesse Q Sutanto.1 (accidental) murder 2 thousand wedding guests 3 (maybe) cursed generations 4 meddling Asian aunties to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispos... + Read More