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Series: Her Majesty The Queen: The Official Platinum Jubilee Pageant Commemorative Album Hardcover Robert Jobson 9781906670955 $49.99 HISTORY Jun 14, 2022

When Princess Elizabeth became Queen on 6 February 1952, following the death of her father, George VI, few could have anticipated that she would go on to become Britain's longest-reigning monarch; a figure revered around the world for her wisdom, dedication and sense of duty. Seventy years on, and Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee will see the nation come together to celebrate a truly historic landmark. Over a special, four-day bank holiday weekend in early June 2022, millions of well-wishers from the UK, the Commonwealth and beyond will take part... + Read More
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Series: Anton van Dalen: Community of Many Paperback John Yau 9781912165360 $54.95 ART Apr 26, 2022

Anton van Dalen: Community of Many chronicles the historic artist Anton van Dalen's lifelong visual investigation informed by the influences of war, religion and migration, his devotion to nature, and his dedication to documenting the technological and cultural evolutions within our society across a variety of mediums, from drawing and sculpture to collage and painting. Born in the Netherlands in 1938 to a conservative Calvinist family, Anton witnessed first-hand the terrors of both technological and human destruction during the Second World Wa... + Read More
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Series: Punk Orientalism: The Art of Rebellion Paperback Sara Raza 9781912165391 $44.95 ART Aug 30, 2022

Punk Orientalism: The Art of Rebellion explores the spaces and places associated with the former Soviet Union, focusing on the artists and ideas hailing from Central Asia and the Caucasus, which were long perceived as an extension or client states of the USSR. The theme of non-conformity and the punk rejection of state authority is a continuous thread throughout the book, which highlights changing and divided societies and their evolving norms in the post-Soviet period. Inspired by the titular concepts, punk and orientalism, the text functions ... + Read More
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Series: Place and Space: Montalba Architects Hardcover Jonathan Bell 9781911339465 $59.95 ARCHITECTURE Aug 30, 2022

Founded in 2004 by David Montalba, Montalba Architects is an international architecture firm with offices in both Los Angeles and Lausanne. Raised between Switzerland and California, David has cultivated a design philosophy that balances precision and craft with humanistic architecture to form a cohesive presence of both the contextual and the conceptual. Place and Space encapsulates this insightful philosophy through the ideas and projects of the studio spanning more than a decade.Montalba Architects produces impactful architecture and urban d... + Read More
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Series: More Space for Architecture: The Work of O'Donnell + Tuomey Hardcover Sheila O'Donnell 9781911339458 $49.95 ARCHITECTURE Apr 05, 2022

More Space for Architecture features a fascinating selection of buildings and projects designed by Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey over a seven-year period, from 2015 to 2021. Unbuilt and unpublished designs act like stepping stones to trace a continuous path between a wide range of recent and realized works, which includes schools, universities, housing, artist collaborations and public buildings. Context-sensitive buildings on complex and difficult sites in Dublin, Cork and Budapest are outlined and presented in detail for the reader, from c... + Read More
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Series: Creating Coromandel: Marco Zanuso in South Africa Paperback Edna Peres 9781911339472 $44.95 ARCHITECTURE May 31, 2022

Great buildings are those that ignite the imagination and elevate us beyond reality, and by those standards, Coromandel House in South Africa is truly a masterpiece. This unique farmhouse, which sits in a spectacular valley in Lydenburg, 275kms north-east of Pretoria, was built in 1975 and has since developed a cult following for its unusual aesthetic part building, part ruin, part wilderness inspiring anyone with an interest in building within a natural context. It is something explored by Creating Coromandel: Marco Zanuso in South Africa. Cor... + Read More
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Series: Toronto as Community Fifty Years of Photographs Hardcover Vincenzo Pietropaolo 9781770866232 $49.95 PHOTOGRAPHY May 13, 2023

Toronto as Community is a poetic portrayal of the city, with photographs sequenced to evoke an intimate visual symphony. The pictures document the daily life of ordinary citizens, including work and leisure, many accompanied by original stories. The book also documents many of the natural areas and some of the city’s architecture, all through the lens of social justice. The images will resonate and provoke the readers’ sense of nostalgia, inviting reflection on the city that once was, how it became the city it is, and how it continues to develo... + Read More
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Series: Cover Art Paperback Vanessa Westermann 9781770866423 $24.95 FICTION May 28, 2022

“Cover Art by Vanessa Westermann has all the hallmarks of a great summer read.” — I’ve Read ThisCharley Scott is thrilled to be running a summer pop-up gallery in cottage country. Returning to the lakeside village, not on vacation but as an artist, she’s determined to turn her hobby into a career. Joined by two other artists, including her childhood friend Kayla, the Cover Art Exhibit is a dream come true. But, beneath the surface of this peaceful town, darkness lurks. There’s a history. Local chocolatier, Matt Thorn, is struggling to come to... + Read More
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Series: Mud Lilies Paperback Indra Ramayan 9781770866409 $24.95 FICTION May 21, 2022

“Harrowing, hopeful, and informed by Ramayan's own experiences as a runaway to Edmonton, Mud Lilies is a hymn to the power of one young woman's defiant spark of life, a story of grit and wisdom set against a backdrop of cruelty and indifference.” — Grace O’Connell, Open BookThe night fourteen-year-old Chanie Nyrider ran away from her abusive parents, she was saved by an older woman who, after building a friendship with the teen, offers her a new life working as a prostitute. With nowhere to turn, Chanie is drawn into Edmonton’s dark underbelly,... + Read More
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Series: Lake Effect Paperback Dayle Furlong 9781770865723 $22.95 FICTION Jun 12, 2022

This collection of stories charts the emotional lives of characters in the midst of private sorrows and triumphs. Each story, set in the cities and towns around the Great Lakes, reveals the author’s fierce love for a landscape merciless and opulent, yet speaks with eloquence about its inhabitants. The humanitarian crisis in Thunder Bay is seen from the perspective of a police officer whose stepson is missing; fearing he will be found, like so many others, in the McIntyre River, his mother’s grief causes an insurmountable rift. Crumbling buildi... + Read More
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Series: Mink Returns to Tkaronto Paperback Lee Maracle 9781770866638 $24.95 FICTION Aug 12, 2023

At the core of this novel, Lee Maracle’s last, is the question “Do the dead regret dying after they reach the after world?” Mink wonders this as he regrets dying. He does not want to leave earth with regrets, but he is so young when he dies again, after returning to earth with his ancestors’ permission. This time, however, he has seen Tkaronto, the city where his father lived, and he has seen and experienced first-hand the deep forests and bubbling rivers in the physical world he missed out on in his previous life. Mink Returns to Tkaronto is ... + Read More
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Series: Shadow Life Paperback Michael Decter 9781770866676 $24.95 FICTION Oct 22, 2022

In one minute, delivering a not guilty verdict at the end of the trial for a disturbing murder of a child, Matthew Rice’s life begins to unravel. The very structures his life is built upon start to collapse. Matthew retreats to Quarry Island in Georgian Bay, where he loses his wallet in a boating mishap. Among the pieces of identification he needs to replace is his birth certificate, but he’s informed it’s not on file. His birth certificate was a forgery. Not only have the foundations of his life given way, his very identity is shattered. Matt... + Read More
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Series: Sins of the Daughter Paperback Carolyn Huizinga Mills 9781770865945 $24.95 FICTION Aug 27, 2022

Danah Calsely was only nine when her mother abandoned her. Years later, as a promising Sociology PhD candidate, Danah appears largely unaffected by this traumatic loss — until she finds a letter that she’s convinced is from her missing mother. The truth about Jane Lily and her disappearance is wrapped in a long history of silence, and Danah’s grandmother, Edith, has no interest in rehashing the past. Danah becomes obsessed with the letter and the secrets she believes Edith is keeping from her. Edith is convinced she’s only protecting her grand... + Read More
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Series: Tails from the Apocalypse ValHamster Paperback Angela Misri 9781770866515 $13.95 Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 14, 2022

Being the greatest zombie fighter of all time is a lot for one animal, but Emmy’s the perfect hamster for the job. Fire, rage, and fury are her weapons of choice and woe to the undead human who crosses her path. That is, until the mammals she lives with invite a weasel, of all creatures, to join their camp. This unthinkable betrayal reminds Emmy that letting friends into your heart is always a mistake. A lone warrior at her core, Emmy takes this opportunity to leave on a solo mission to rid the world of zombies once and for all. But, to her dis... + Read More
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Series: White Lies Paperback Sara de Waard 9781770866492 $15.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 May 14, 2022

Missy’s sweet sixteenth is just around the corner, but her last three birthdays haven’t exactly been cause for celebration. Her beloved little brother died when she turned thirteen and now birthdays are just painful reminders of the void in their lives. If only she had walked him to school that morning, like she was supposed to ... To add fuel to the fire, Missy’s mom was arrested just before she could blow out the candles on her fifteenth birthday. To escape her guilt and her father’s alcohol-induced rages, Missy volunteers at a nearby store w... + Read More
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Series: The Petting Zoos Paperback K.S. Covert 9781459748804 $23.99 FICTION May 24, 2022

In a virus-fearing world, skin hunger can drive you crazy — and human petting zoos can return you to yourself. Ten years after the deadly virus nicknamed Henny Penny, the world has largely recovered — there’s an interim government as well as law and order, and life is returning to normal for the greatly reduced population. But despite effective vaccines, the law still requires people to wear protective masks and gloves at all times in public, and many still fear a resurgence of the virus. On top of this, people who haven’t been touched in years... + Read More
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Series: The Walking Shadows Dark All Day Paperback Brenden Carlson 9781459745858 $19.99 FICTION Feb 14, 2023

In an alternate 1933, a sleuth and his robot partner are caught in the middle of a legal battle that will decide the fate of the world’s machine population.Carlson does a good job populating his gritty, split-level world with dodgy mobsters, deadly dames, and killer machines. — Publishers Weekly, for Night Call Two months after an investigation that nearly put Elias Roche behind bars, the former cop turned mob enforcer has endeavoured to separate himself from his past by going straight. Now working as a private investigator, his attempts to bui... + Read More
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Series: In the City of Pigs Paperback André Forget 9781459749085 $23.99 FICTION Jun 14, 2022

LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA failed musician obsessed with avant-garde art enters a shadowy world where bohemian excess meets the avaricious interests of a real estate cabal.Alexander Otkazov is finished with Montreal. Having wasted his youth on the love of art, he’s ready for a life of anonymous condo towers and profitable boredom. But when he moves to Toronto, he is forced into a monkish existence by the unforgiving pressures of the city — until he stumbles across a story about an ambitious experimental music collective that co... + Read More
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Series: Egg Island Paperback Sara Flemington 9781459749351 $22.99 FICTION Jul 12, 2022

Two laconic teenage runaways plunge deep into backcountry, farther and farther away from civilization, searching for an extraordinary place that may or may not exist. On the move for who knows how long, Julia, age unknown, walks into a gas station. There, the tall, ominous kid with a studded belt and crusty eyebrow ring who’s stocking the fridge stops his work and leads her out back to the restroom. What happens next is technically grand theft auto.Egg Island is the peculiar and darkly humorous story of Julia: a runaway in search of the elusive... + Read More
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Series: The Castleton Massacre Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide Paperback Sharon Anne Cook 9781459749863 $24.99 TRUE CRIME Jul 26, 2022

A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BEST BOOKS OF 2022A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten?On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen’s University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost twenty years and then murder them.Through extensive oral h... + Read More
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Series: Hemingway's Widow The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway Hardcover Timothy Christian 9781459750548 $42.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 14, 2022

A stunning portrait of the complicated woman who was Ernest Hemingway’s fourth wife, exploring the tumultuous years of their marriage, and evoking her merry widowhood as she shapes Hemingway’s literary legacy.Mary Welsh, a celebrated wartime journalist during the London Blitz and the liberation of Paris, meets Ernest Hemingway in May 1944. He becomes so infatuated with Mary that he asks her to marry him the third time they meet, even though they are married to other people. Eventually, she succumbs to Ernest’s campaign and, in the last days of ... + Read More
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Series: Antarctic Pioneer The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne Paperback Joanna Kafarowski 9781459749535 $25.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 10, 2022

Jackie Ronne reclaims her rightful place in polar history as the first American woman in Antarctica. Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed after a blind date with rugged Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne. After marrying, they began planning the 1946–1948 Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. Her participation was not welcomed by the expedition team of red-blooded males eager to prove themselves in the frozen, hostile environment of Antarctica.On March 12, 1947, Jackie Ronne became the first American woman in Antarctica and, months... + Read More
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Series: Context and Content The Memoir of a Fortunate Architect Paperback A.J. Diamond 9781459749764 $25.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 17, 2022

A deeply personal memoir from one of Canada’s most celebrated architects.In this personal account of A.J. Diamond’s life and work, he shares how he came to be the founder of the leading architecture firm Diamond Schmitt, one of Canada’s most successful architecture companies. He also explains his principles of design, which at their core are about making a positive impact in the world, considering the needs of the content, client, and context. Diamond gives insight into his design principles in relation to some of his most notable projects, inc... + Read More
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Series: From the Heart Family. Community. Service. Paperback Mary Anne Chambers 9781459749832 $25.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 02, 2022

A refreshing memoir that challenges readers to make the most of life’s opportunities.After moving to Canada from Jamaica in 1976, a colleague at Scotiabank told Mary Anne Chambers not to be surprised if she didn’t get very far. The overlapping characteristics of her identity — Caribbean immigrant, Black businesswoman, Catholic, wife, and mother—were expected to hinder her both personally and professionally. Yet, against all odds, she went on to attain senior roles in both business and politics.In her inspiring memoir, Chambers shares lessons fr... + Read More
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Series: My Name Is Not Harry A Memoir Paperback Haroon Siddiqui 9781459748903 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 26, 2023

Veteran Toronto Star editor Haroon Siddiqui, brown and Muslim, has spent a life on the media front lines, covering conflicts both global and local.Siddiqui’s journey took him from a divided India to a welcoming Canada — until the cataclysm of 9/11 hardened attitudes to Muslims around the world. His personal story weaves through growing Islamophobia in both India and North America. Siddiqui's experiences in the corridors of power in newsrooms and warzones are threaded with insights about historic changes in the last seventy years in India and Ca... + Read More
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Series: Side Effects How Left-Brain Right-Brain Differences Shape Everyday Behaviour Paperback Lorin J. Elias Ph.D. 9781459747555 $26.99 PSYCHOLOGY Aug 16, 2022

Understanding how right-brain and left-brain differences influence our habits, thoughts, and actions.Human behaviour is lopsided. When cradling a newborn child, most of us cradle the infant to the left. When posing for a portrait, we tend to put our left cheek forward. When kissing a lover, we usually tilt our head to the right. Why is our behaviour so lopsided and what does this teach us about our brains? How have humans instinctively used this information to make our images more attractive and impactful? Can knowing how left-brain right-brain... + Read More
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Series: A Resilient Crown Canada's Monarchy at the Platinum Jubilee Paperback D. Michael Jackson 9781459749702 $26.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 30, 2022

As the Queen marks seventy years on the throne, this engaging work examines Canada’s constitutional monarchy. As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee in 2022 and nears the conclusion of her reign, much discussion and debate has taken place about the monarchy in Canada.A Resilient Crown examines a broad range of issues related to Canada’s constitutional monarchy, its present state, and its future. Topics include Crown-Indigenous relations; the foundational place of the Crown in Canada’s system of government; the viceregal offices a... + Read More
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Series: Dad Bod Portraits of Pop Culture Papas Paperback Cian Cruise 9781459749474 $22.99 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jun 07, 2022

A brisk, humorous collection of essays that redefines the mythos of fatherhood depicted in film, television, and video games.What do dads tell us about the world? Not your real dad, but dads in general. Dads are everywhere. Lurking in our movies, television shows, and video games. Spouting homespun wisdom and atrocious jokes, wallowing in might-have-beens and back-in-my-days, or rigidly defending the status quo. These fictional dads fuel a myth of fatherhood. What is that myth trying to tell us? And what is it trying to sell us? Dad Bod is a cl... + Read More
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Series: Babble On A Drug Memoir Paperback Andrew Brobyn 9781459749221 $23.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 16, 2022

A mid-level drug trafficker and self-proclaimed low-life with a big vocabulary comes to terms with his actions and his mental health. Andrew Brobyn’s relationship was in shambles before he took the terrible acid that sent him on an almost decade-long journey seeking redemption. His immediate plans following university were to liquidate his illicit assets, sell his client list, pack up shop, and retire to his parents’ home in Toronto while he figured out what to do with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a quarter million in cash. As his dru... + Read More
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Series: The Limitless Sky Paperback Christina Kilbourne 9781459748873 $14.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 15 May 10, 2022

Rook and Gage live worlds apart — but somehow they must find a way to help one another survive.Trapped in a life she didn’t choose, Rook struggles to find meaning in her appointed role as an apprentice Keeper of ArHK. Even though her mam soothes her with legends of the Outside and her da assures her there are many interesting facts to discover in the Archives, Rook sees only endless years of tracking useless information. Then one day Rook discovers historic footage of the Chosen Ones arriving in ArHK, and she begins to realize her mam’s legends... + Read More
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Series: What the Dog Knows Paperback Sylvia McNicoll 9781459749894 $13.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 24, 2022

Naomi’s dog Diesel returns from the afterlife with one mission — can he save her?It’s Naomi’s worst summer ever. Her dog, Diesel, died. Dad lost his job. Mom and Dad split up. The family is broke, and Naomi is stuck babysitting when she planned to take swimming lessons. Then Naomi’s sometime-friend Morgan convinces her to jump off a dock. On July 1 at precisely 4:30, when Naomi drowns, destiny shifts.Naomi awakes a week earlier to Diesel talking to her. Through his canine counsel, he wants to show her how to fix things. “I can save you,” he bar... + Read More
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Series: Funny Gyal My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica Paperback Angeline Jackson 9781459749191 $15.99 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 14 - 18 Jun 07, 2022

“Instead of remaining silent, she chose to speak out … That’s the power of one person.” — Barack ObamaThe inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica’s oppression of queer youth to demand recognition and justice.When Angeline Jackson was a child, she wondered if there was something wrong with her for wanting to kiss the other girls. But as her sexuality blossomed in her teens, she knew she wouldn’t “grow out of it” and that her attraction to girls wasn’t against God. In fact, she discovered that same-sex relationships were depi... + Read More
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Series: Funny Gyal My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica Hardcover Angeline Jackson 9781459750586 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 14 - 18 Jun 07, 2022

“Instead of remaining silent, she chose to speak out … That’s the power of one person.” — Barack ObamaThe inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica’s oppression of queer youth to demand recognition and justice.When Angeline Jackson was a child, she wondered if there was something wrong with her for wanting to kiss the other girls. But as her sexuality blossomed in her teens, she knew she wouldn’t “grow out of it” and that her attraction to girls wasn’t against God. In fact, she discovered that same-sex relationships were depi... + Read More
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Series: The Unraveling Paperback Benjamin Rosenbaum 9781645660309 $22.95 FICTION Jun 07, 2022

In a society where biotechnology has revolutionized gender, young Fift must decide whether to conform or carve a new path.In the distant future, somewhere in the galaxy, a Staid-gendered youth with three bodies is just trying to figure life out. Fift is struggling to maintain zir position in Fullbelly’s rigid social system, which is only made more difficult as ze develops an intriguing—and controversial— friendship with the acclaimed Vail-gendered bioengineer Shria.When Fift and Shria wind up at the center of a scandalous art spectacle that pre... + Read More
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Series: The All-Consuming World Paperback Cassandra Khaw 9781645660439 $22.95 FICTION Aug 30, 2022

In space, everything hungers.Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies during her dangerous career with the Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy before their untimely and gruesome demise. Decades later, she and her team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and to rescue a missing and much-changed comrade…but they’re not the only ones in pursuit of the secret at the heart of the planet Dimmuborgir. The highly evolved AI of the ga... + Read More
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Series: Folklorn Paperback Angela Mi Young Hur 9781645660422 $24.95 FICTION May 10, 2022

A New York Times Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novel of 2021 | An NPR Best Book of 2021A genre-defying, continents-spanning saga of Korean myth, scientific discovery, and the abiding love that binds even the most broken of families.Elsa Park is a particle physicist at the top of her game, stationed at a neutrino observatory in the Antarctic, confident she’s put enough distance between her ambitions and the family ghosts she’s run from all her life. But it isn’t long before her childhood imaginary friend—an achingly familiar, spectral woman in the sno... + Read More
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Series: Erewhon Paperback Samuel Butler 9781645660477 $19.95 FICTION Oct 18, 2022

A utopian classic with a rich legacy–influencing authors from Huxley to Herbert and beyond–Erewhon satirizes Victorian society with biting insight still relevant today.When Higgs, a young traveler, stumbles upon the beautiful land of Erewhon, he soon discovers that its seemingly ideal culture is founded upon bizarre, unsettling beliefs. Crime is a sickness, while sickness is a crime; the greatest scholarly achievement is unreason, and all machines have been eliminated for fear of artificial intelligence. In a society that suppresses originality... + Read More
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Series: The Mechanists Fall of the Iron Gods Hardcover Olivia Chadha 9781645660279 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (US) from 8 - 12 Apr 30, 2024

The sequel to the Colorado Book Award winning Rise of the Red Hand, a searing portrayal of the future of climate change in South Asia. After inflicting a devastating blow on the autocratic provincial government, Ashiva, Synch, and their remaining allies must infiltrate the planetary government before it can exterminate the Red Hand and everything they stand for.Despite hard-won victories, the revolutionary forces known as the Red Hand are more endangered than ever: the Planetary Alliance Commission—the PAC—has branded them public enemy number o... + Read More
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Series: Kalyna The Soothsayer Hardcover Elijah Kinch Spector 9781645660385 $38.95 FICTION Aug 09, 2022

A plucky, sardonic con artist must “prophesize” her way out of peril—discovering along the way that power and politics are nothing more than stories sold as truth.Kalyna’s family has the Gift: the ability to see the future. For generations, they traveled the four kingdoms of the Tetrarchia selling their services as soothsayers. Every child of their family is born with this Gift—everyone except Kalyna.So far, Kalyna has used informants and trickery to falsify prophecies for coin, scrounging together a living for her deteriorating father and crue... + Read More
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Series: Day Boy Hardcover Trent Jamieson 9781645660262 $34.95 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

The Masters, dreadful and severe, rule the Red City and the lands far beyond it. By night, they politic and feast, drinking from townsfolk resigned to their fates. By day, the Masters must rely on their human servants, their Day Boys, to fulfill their every need and carry out their will. Mark is a Day Boy, practically raised by his Master, Dain. It’s grueling, often dangerous work, but Mark neither knows nor wants any other life. And, if a Day Boy proves himself worthy, the nightmarish, all-seeing Council of Teeth may choose to offer him a rare... + Read More
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Series: Lonely Castle In The Mirror Hardcover Mizuki Tsujimura 9781645660408 $36.95 FICTION Oct 18, 2022

Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight.Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro’s days blur together as she hides in her bedroom, unable to face her family or friends. As she spirals into despair, her mirror begins to shine; with a touch, Kokoro is pulled from her lonely life into a resplendent, bizarre fairytale castle guarded by a strange girl in a wolf mask. Six other students have been brought to the castle, and soon this marve... + Read More
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Series: SCAPEGRACERS, THE The Scratch Daughters Hardcover H. A. Clarke 9781645660170 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Oct 25, 2022

Sideways Pike is desperate. It turns out that Madeline Kline didn’t want to make out with her; infinitely worse, she was only flirting to get access to Sideways’ specter. Madeline has ripped the magical soul out of Sideways’ throat, and with it, everything that makes a witch feel whole. Madeline would know: the Chantry boys took hers, and she’s going to use Sideways’ specter to hunt them down and get it back.Sideways Pike, lesbian witch extraordinaire, isn’t going to let little things like a treacherous crush or a brutal family of creepy witch ... + Read More
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Series: The Nightland Express Hardcover J. M. Lee 9781645660033 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Oct 11, 2022

When bright, brash Jessamine Murphy finds a recruitment poster for the Pony Express, her tomboy heart skips a beat: not only for adventure, but for the chance to track down her wayward father in California. Eager to reunite her fractured family, Jessamine cuts her hair, dons a pair of trousers, and steps into the world as Jesse.With a bit of trickery, Jesse wins a special assignment—as does Ben Foley, a quiet but determined boy who guards secrets as closely as Jesse does. The two are to transport unusual cargo along an unusual route: the Nightl... + Read More
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Series: The Stone Road Hardcover Trent Jamieson 9781645660187 $36.95 FICTION Jul 19, 2022

On the day Jean was born, the dead howled. A thin scratch of black smoke began to rise behind the hills west of town: Furnace had been lit, and soon its siren call began to draw the people of Casement Rise to it, never to return. Casement Rise is a dusty town at the end of days, a harsh world of grit and arcane dangers. While Jean’s stern, overprotective Nan has always kept Casement Rise safe from monsters, she may have waited too long to teach Jean how to face them on her own. On Jean’s twelfth birthday, a mysterious graceful man appears, an e... + Read More
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Series: The Sleepless Hardcover Victor Manibo 9781645660460 $36.95 FICTION Aug 02, 2022

A mysterious pandemic causes a quarter of the world to permanently lose the ability to sleep—without any apparent health implications. The outbreak creates a new class of people who are both feared and ostracized, most of whom optimize their extra hours to earn more money.Journalist Jamie Vega is Sleepless: he can’t sleep, nor does he need to. When his boss dies on the eve of a controversial corporate takeover, Jamie doesn’t buy the too-convenient explanation of suicide, and launches an investigation of his own.But everything goes awry when Jam... + Read More
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Series: Brit Happens Or Living the Canadian Dream Paperback James Mullinger 9781773102412 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 10, 2022

One Sunday afternoon in a tiny postage-stamp garden, James Mullinger made the life-altering decision to give it all up: the London pubs, bustling city streets, and a flourishing comedy career. But where in the world would he and his partner raise a family? The English countryside? Toronto? New York?Hmmm. How about St. John … sorry, Saint John, New Brunswick?Brit Happens chronicles Mullinger’s lifetime of adventures, from his beginnings as a shy and nervous kid collecting comedy records at the neighborhood video store, to rising through the rank... + Read More
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Series: Wabanaki Modern | Wabanaki Kiskukewey | Wabanaki Moderne The Artistic Legacy of the 1960s “Micmac Indian Craftsmen” | Ta'n Koqoey Naqtmuksi'kɨpp 1960ekk “Mi'kmewaqq L'nu'k ta'n Natawiteka'tijik” | L’héritage artistique des Micmac Indian Craftsmen des années 1960 Paperback Emma Hassencahl-Perley 9781773102665 $45.00 ART Oct 18, 2022

The story of an overlooked group of cultural visionariesThe “Micmac Indian Craftsmen” of Elsipogtog (then known as Big Cove) rose to national prominence in the early 1960s. At their peak, they were featured in print media from coast to coast, their work was included in books and exhibitions — including at Expo 67 — and their designs were featured on prints, silkscreened notecards, jewelry, tapestries, and even English porcelain.Primarily self-taught and deeply rooted in their community, they were among the first modern Indigenous artists in Atl... + Read More
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Series: The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time The Arctic Mission to the Epicenter of Climate Change Hardcover Markus Rex 9781771649483 $34.95 SCIENCE May 17, 2022

??For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission.“ A contemporary classic!”—Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage“Show-stopping.”—Publisher’s Weekly STARRED ReviewThe Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time vividly describes one year aboard the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker ship that journeyed deep into the Arctic in 2019, carrying over 100 scientists and crew known as the MOSAiC Expedition. Hailing from across the world, they would... + Read More
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Series: The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies Hardcover Keith Seifert 9781771646628 $34.95 SCIENCE May 24, 2022

“Fans of Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life and Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree will enjoy Seifert’s latest... A perspective-shifting guide to our microfungal matrix.”—Kirkus Even though we can’t always see them, fungi exist all around us. From forests and farms to food and medicine—and even our homes and bodies—fungal connections shape how we live. In this illuminating book, readers will “discover how these marvels of nature enrich (and sometimes threaten) our lives.”(Peter Wohlleben, New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Li... + Read More
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Series: A Trillion Trees Restoring Our Forests by Trusting in Nature Hardcover Fred Pearce 9781771649407 $36.95 NATURE Apr 26, 2022

“A vivid, important, and inspiring book.”— Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sixth Extinction and Under a White Sky“Eloquently mulls the ecological dynamics of forests as well as the social, economic, cultural, and political forces that determine their fate.”—LA REVIEW OF BOOKSA powerful book about the decline and recovery of the world’s forests––with a provocative argument for their survival.In A Trillion Trees, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce takes readers on a whirlwind journey through some of the most spec... + Read More
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Series: Tree Thieves Crime and Survival in North America's Woods Hardcover Lyndsie Bourgon 9781771647199 $34.95 NATURE Jun 21, 2022

“An absorbing true-crime story and a fascinating examination of the deep and troubled relationship between people and forests.”—Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved BeastsA fast-paced investigation into timber poaching that reveals why stealing trees has become a billion-dollar industry.Deep in the thickets of North America’s most ancient woodland, timber poachers are felling some of the last remaining old-growth on our continent. Redwoods, cedar, and Douglas fir trees are all victims of poaching. Sold on the black market, they end up in our hom... + Read More
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Series: Purr The Science of Making Your Cat Happy Hardcover Zazie Todd 9781771648141 $32.95 PETS May 03, 2022

?Definitely a book your cat would want you to read!??Dr. Sarah Ellis, coauthor of The Trainable Cat"Zazie Todd has created a must-have guide to improving your cat's life."?Modern Cat Magazine We all love our cats and we all want them to be happy. But making our cats happy isn?t about buying them lots of things?it?s about finding out what matters to them. In Purr, animal behavior expert Zazie Todd addresses every stage of your cat?s life and offers surprising and effective advice for even the most experienced cat owner, all with the science to b... + Read More
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Series: Reading the Water Fly Fishing, Fatherhood, and Finding Strength in Nature Hardcover Mark Hume 9781771645690 $34.95 SPORTS & RECREATION May 10, 2022

“A father shares the joys of fly-fishing with his daughters. In this eloquent memoir … [Mark] Hume vividly conveys the sensory details of their adventures and the stunning surroundings … A heartfelt, beautifully written celebration of the wonders of nature and comfort of family.”—Kirkus STARRED ReviewFishing was Mark Hume’s passion since he was a young boy, a lifeline through a childhood marked by his family’s frequent moves. When he became a father, he knew he wanted to pass on his love of water, fishing, and the natural world to his daughters... + Read More
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Series: In Praise of Paths Walking through Time and Nature Paperback Torbjørn Ekelund 9781771649957 $22.95 NATURE May 21, 2022

“What [Ekelund is] addressing is the intention to walk one’s way to meaning: the walk as spiritual exercise, a kind of vision quest... A key strategy for finding ourselves, then, is to first get lost.”—The New York Times Book Review An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped driving and rediscovered the joys of traveling by foot. Torbjørn Ekelund started to walk—everywhere—after an epilepsy diagnosis affected his ability to drive. The more he ventured out, the more he came to love the act of ... + Read More
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Series: The Hiking Book From Hell Paperback Are Kalvø 9781771645850 $24.95 SPORTS & RECREATION May 31, 2022

For fans of Bill Bryson and David Sedaris comes an anti-nature memoir that will resonate with anyone who would rather stay inside with a book than venture into the mountains, from one of Scandinavia’s biggest comedians. “A smart, funny and honest exposé of the cult of the outdoors, from the sublime to the ridiculous.”—Foreword Reviews Sometime around his forties, Are Kalvø starts losing his friends … to the mountains. Friends who used to meet him at the pub are now hiking and skiing every weekend, and when they do show up, all they talk about i... + Read More
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Series: Muddy People A Muslim Coming of Age Paperback Sara El Sayed 9781771649971 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 07, 2022

“By turns heartfelt, bitingly funny, and emotionally devastating, Muddy People is not your average coming-of-age tale. I loved this memoir of a young Egyptian-Australian girl growing up Muslim. It's a clear-eyed, fierce debut; every word rings true.”—Nadine Jolie Courtney, author of All-American Muslim Girl A quick, clever debut that is “like the best kind of cake: warm, sweet, a bit nutty—and made with so much love.”—Alice Pung, author of Unpolished Gem Sara is growing up in a family with a lot of rules. Her mother tells her she’s not allowed ... + Read More
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Series: How to Catch a Mole Wisdom from a Life Lived in Nature Paperback Marc Hamer 9781771649940 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 14, 2022

In this evocative and heart-wrenching memoir, a hard-working Welsh molecatcher reveals his double life as a poet and a dreamer • “A wonderful memoir … hands down the most charming book I read last year.”—Margaret Renkl, The New York Times“How to Catch a Mole is a small book of many things. In quiet, crystalline prose, it blends memoir, keen observations of nature, and ruminations about life, aging and death.”—Wall Street JournalKneeling in a muddy field in the Welsh countryside, clutching a creature that is soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows ... + Read More
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Series: The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone The Reign of Wolf 21 The Saga of Yellowstone's Legendary Druid Pack Paperback Rick McIntyre 9781771649964 $24.95 NATURE Apr 12, 2022

“A redemption story, an adventure story, and perhaps above all, a love story.”—Nate Blakeslee, New York Times-bestselling author of American WolfThe Druid Peak Pack was the most famous wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, and maybe even in the world.This is the dramatic true story of its remarkable leader, Wolf 21—whose compassion and loyalty challenges commonly held beliefs about alpha males.In this compelling follow-up to the national bestseller The Rise of Wolf 8, Rick McIntyre profiles one of Yellowstone’s most revered alpha males, Wolf ... + Read More
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Series: The Healthy Baby Gut Guide Prevent Allergies, Build Immunity and Strengthen Microbiome Health From Day One Paperback Vincent Dr. Ho 9781771648851 $24.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Jun 07, 2022

Worried about how allergies will affect your children? From conception through pregnancy and the first two years, this authoritative guide from a leading gastroenterologist shows you how to prevent allergies and optimize gut health in your baby. For many families, eczema, asthma, hay fever and food allergies are constant anxieties, sometimes with devastating consequences. But what if there was a way to prevent allergies from the start? What if early lifestyle changes could change your baby’s life? In The Healthy Baby Gut Guide, Dr. Vincent Ho l... + Read More
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Series: Best Hikes and Nature Walks with Kids in and Around Southwestern British Columbia Paperback Stephen Hui 9781771645973 $24.95 SPORTS & RECREATION May 17, 2022

From bestselling hiking guidebook author (and dad) Stephen Hui comes a collection of fun-filled hikes field-tested by parents and kids.The best thing about hiking with kids is appreciating nature as a whole family. But hiking with kids can be challenging when little ones get tired, cold, or hungry. This book carefully chooses trails for kids of a variety of ages and skill levels, ranging in distance from 2km/1.2 miles (great for toddlers) to 12km/7.5 miles (for older or energetic kids). All are easy to get to so kids have more time to explore s... + Read More