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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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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: Paradise Cafe Cold Snap Paperback Maureen Jennings 9781770866577 $24.95 FICTION Dec 06, 2022

Shortlisted for the 2023 Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada November’s rain in Toronto 1936 has turned into December’s cold snap. Charlotte Frayne escapes being hit by a mud-splattered car racing round the corner at Queen and Spadina. The stranger who saves her turns out to be the man her boss, Mr. Gilmore, has helped to escape Germany and is now a refugee in need of shelter. In a world still recovering from the War to End All Wars and the Spanish Influenza pandemic that killed fifty million people worldwide, and still in th... + Read More
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The Great Goldbergs Paperback Daniel Goodwin 9781770866591 $24.95 FICTION Sep 30, 2023

How far would you go to be accepted? When Sean McFall encounters golden-haired David Goldberg and his larger-than-life father, Saul, he is dazzled by the family’s riches, power, and ease in social situations. The bright lives of the Goldbergs are profoundly different from those of Sean’s working-class parents. But as Sean grows up and is pulled closer to the centre of the Goldberg family by the gravitational force of their wealth and position, he discovers a tyrannical and abusive patriarch, an estranged relative bent on revenge, and dark famil... + Read More
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Some Unfinished Business Paperback Antanas Sileika 9781770866737 $24.95 FICTION Feb 25, 2023

“Some Unfinished Business is a powerful, moving, and page-turning examination of loyalty, betrayal, retribution and ultimately, love, written by an acclaimed author at the height of his powers.” — Gary Barwin, Governor General’s- and Giller-shortlisted author of Yiddish for Pirates and Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted Is love more compelling than justice? A wife pleads for love. Her husband longs for revenge. Gripping and evocative, Some Unfinished Business tells the story of a young man who is determined to prevail through anti-Soviet resi... + Read More
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The Shortest History of War From Hunter-Gatherers to Nuclear Superpowers — A Retelling for Our Times Paperback Gwynne Dyer 9781770866812 $22.95 HISTORY Aug 02, 2022

War has changed, but we have not. From our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the rival nuclear powers of today, whenever resources have been contested, we’ve gone to battle. Acclaimed historian Gwynne Dyer illuminates our many martial clashes in this brisk account, tracing warfare from prehistory to the world’s first cities — and on to the thousand-year “classical age” of combat, which ended when the firearm changed everything. He examines the brief interlude of “limited war” before eighteenth-century revolution ushered in “total war”— and how the ... + Read More
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In Defence of Copyright Paperback Hugh Stephens 9781770866799 $19.95 LAW Aug 19, 2023

Copyright is one of the cornerstones of western civilization; it is as relevant today, if not more so, than it was when the first formal copyright laws were enacted in the eighteenth century. This is something that seems to have been forgotten — at the political level, where one federal government weakened Canada’s copyright legislation to the point of falling out-of-line with other western democracies, and the subsequent government has failed to address the issue. With the rise of the Digital Age, new challenges have been brought to the frontl... + Read More
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Uncoupling The Ugly Truth about Divorce and Finances Paperback Lisa van de Geyn 9781770866775 $22.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 26, 2022

Anyone going through separation and divorce can agree that it’s an emotional and financial rollercoaster. There is so much to understand, prepare, read, gather, and act on that it’s an incredibly draining process. Uncoupling: The Ugly Truth about Divorce and Finances is here to help. This book has everything from the basics to the nitty-gritty when it comes to separation and divorce, with an emphasis, of course, on finances. Along with the stories of people going through their own separations and divorces are the voices of experts covering eve... + Read More
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The Last Act Closing the Book on Your Finances Paperback Kimberley Short 9781770866751 $22.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 26, 2022

Many people of all ages procrastinate when it comes to writing their wills, and organizing things, complicating the process of settling their estate for their children, loved ones, and beneficiaries. The Last Act is the book that addresses this situation, as it provides easy-to-follow steps to make the process as easy and as seamless as possible. Trust and Estate Planner Kimberley Short and Accountant Larry Short combine their years of knowledge and experience to explain how to write a will, settle an estate, create a trust, and more while help... + Read More
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Made 4 You Paperback Eric Walters 9781770866614 $15.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Sep 24, 2022

Becky James lives in a small town where nothing ever changes. But there’s something very different about the new student, Gene Newman. Brilliant, talented, and socially awkward, Gene is like nobody else Becky has ever known. Little does she know just how different he actually is. Gene confides in Becky that he has a secret. More than that, he is a secret. And, apparently, it’s a secret worth killing for.
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The Book of Us Paperback Shane Peacock 9781770866553 $15.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Oct 01, 2022

It’s the summer before grade twelve, and sixteen-year-old Noah Greene is in the relationship of a lifetime with his brilliant and book-smart girlfriend, Miranda Owens. But when Miranda overhears his private conversation with another girl, what he says destroys everything they’ve built, shattering Noah’s world. Determined to make amends, Noah sets out to truly understand the harm his words have caused and maybe become worthy enough for Miranda in time for prom. Along the way, he’s been turning his journey into a manuscript called The Book of Us ... + Read More
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Series: The Children of Oculum Oculum Echo Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781770866652 $13.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2022

The explosions come in the night. Miranda1, Mannfred, Grannie, and the one thousand children of Oculum must flee their farm, chased by the UnRuly. But there is hope: an old friend sends word of a book that may hold the secret to their survival. Just as they begin their journey through the wasteland, Echo1 wakes from an eighty-three-year sleep and is given a mission to find the four domes of the children of Oculum, and to find the First One, whatever the cost.
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Mortimer Rat Race to Space Paperback Joan Marie Galat 9781770866539 $13.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 24, 2022

“Details about the space station come alive as the story unfolds. A fun read and the 27 chapters move along at a quick pace. A perfect addition to the middle grade shelves.” — Greg Pattridge, Always in the Middle… A spot on the International Space Station (ISS) has opened up, and Mortimer, is not about to miss his chance to become an intergalactic space rat. And that’s just the first step in his master plan to prove that rats are much better suited than humans for a future mission to Mars. He packs his camera and prepares to take to the interne... + Read More
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Once There Were Giants The Modern Montreal Poets Who Set Out to Build a National Literature Hardcover David O'Rourke 9781770864696 $36.95 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Oct 22, 2023

When Patrick Anderson, P.K. Page, F.R. Scott and others set up Preview Magazine, they were doing more than creating a vehicle to publish their high modernist poetry, which they were having difficulties publishing elsewhere. They were taking the first steps towards consciously building a Canadian literature. When John Sutherland established First Statement, he was taking the next step — publishing Louis Dudek and Irving Layton, poets from Montreal`s working class. Between the establishment of the first magazine and the decline of the second, man... + Read More
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Luna Paperback Loraine Kemp 9781989724156 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 3 - 5 Aug 30, 2022

Luna, a cougar cub, lives comfortably in a den with her mother and brothers until a fall down a steep hillside and into a river separates her from her family. Luna has never hunted by herself before, and alone in the forest, she must call on all of her instincts to survive. Her long journey home is filled with danger. She is stalked by a wolf. She gets in between a mother elk and her calf, and she is discovered by humans. But Luna perseveres and learns how to take advantage of everything in her environment. Young readers will thrill at Luna's a... + Read More
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Series: The Seer Trilogy The Sorcerer's Revenge Paperback Kristin Butcher 9781989724170 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 4 - 6 Oct 04, 2022

In this final book in the Seer Trilogy, Maeve is in the final stages of her apprenticeship as a seer. She must learn mind-talking from the dragon, Riasc Tiarna. And, more importantly, she must learn to control her thoughts and emotions to reach her full potential as a seer. Her teacher, Bradan, will not be able to counsel the king much longer and Maeve needs to be ready to take over when that happens. Her chance to test her skills comes soon enough, and Maeve is sent to counsel the king. At the same time she is grappling with her personal hist... + Read More
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A Spartan at Sea Paperback James McCann 9781989724163 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 4 - 6 Oct 18, 2022

In this sequel to The Three Spartans, Art is all set to spend the last few weeks of summer in Birch Bay with his best friend Lea. But his plans change when he learns his nemesis Zeke is involved in a plot to tear down Finn Slough. His aunt and her girlfriend, Jordana, live in Finn Slough, a unique community near Stevenston, B.C. made up of wood homes on stilts. Art goes to Finn Slough to convince the local dragon boat hero to enter the race, only to discover his mission is close to impossible. The dragon boat hero, Teejay, has no interest in co... + Read More
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Jade Is a Twisted Green Paperback Tanya Turton 9781459748606 $22.99 FICTION Sep 13, 2022

For readers of Queenie and Honey Girl, a coming-of-age story about queer Black identity, love, passion, chosen family, and rediscovering life’s pleasures after loss.Jade Brown, a twenty-four-year-old first-generation Jamaican woman living in Toronto, must find a way to pick up the pieces and discover who she is following the mysterious death of her twin sister.Grappling with her grief, Jade seeks solace in lovers and friends during an array of hilarious and heartbreaking adventures. As she investigates some of life’s most frustrating paradoxes,... + Read More
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Possessed Paperback Jowita Bydlowska 9781459748071 $23.99 FICTION Oct 04, 2022

“Equal parts Harlequin romance, Gothic horror story and Camusian moral tale.” — GLOBE AND MAILFrom the bestselling author of Drunk Mom, comes a story of romantic obsession, mental illness, and self-discovery as one woman travels to a haunted quarantine island.Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed — by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn’t promise anything, but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, stuck in the hell that is workin... + Read More
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Series: The Mildly Catastrophic Misadventures of Tony Vicar The Vicar's Knickers Paperback Vince R. Ditrich 9781459747289 $19.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

Tony Vicar is setting his sights on new (mis)adventures in this laugh-out-loud follow-up to The Liquor Vicar.Tony Vicar, now an internationally known celebrity — due to greatly exaggerated news reports of his nearly miraculous powers — has turned his attention to renovating his recently inherited crumbling old hotel in the wacky town of Tyee Lagoon. It’s a good thing his level-headed girlfriend, Jacquie O, is on board to temper his more outlandish ideas, because the pair plan to turn the hotel’s dumpy old beer parlour into the Vicar’s Knickers ... + Read More
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Series: An Inspector Green Mystery Honour Among Men An Inspector Green Mystery 2nd edition Paperback Barbara Fradkin 9781459751064 $21.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

NEW PAPERBACK REISSUEThe fifth mystery in this gripping series won a Crime Writers of Canada award. While investigating a drowning, Inspector Green uncovers a decade-old military secret someone is desperate to keep hidden.Inspector Green is coping with an office job, still eager to get back into the day-to-day fray of policing. His chance comes when an unidentified woman is drowned in the Ottawa River. In her possession is a Medal for Bravery from a peacekeeping mission. As Green and his team dig deeper into the military past, Green finds himse... + Read More
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Series: An Inspector Green Mystery Fifth Son An Inspector Green Mystery 2nd edition Paperback Barbara Fradkin 9781459751057 $21.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

NEW PAPERBACK REISSUEIn the fourth book in this gripping series — which won a Crime Writers of Canada award — Inspector Green probes for family secrets that someone wants to keep buried...no matter the cost.Accident or suicide? That’s the simple question put to Inspector Michael Green when a derelict stranger falls to his death from an abandoned church tower in a quiet river village at the edge of his jurisdiction. But when the victim turns out be a long lost son of a local farm family cursed in recent years by tragedy, madness and death, Green... + Read More
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Series: An Inspector Green Mystery Mist Walker An Inspector Green Mystery 2nd edition Paperback Barbara Fradkin 9781459751040 $21.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

NEW PAPERBACK REISSUEIn third book in a gripping mystery series for fans of Louise Penny and Michael Connelly, Ottawa homicide inspector Michael Green becomes obsessed with a former teacher’s mysterious disappearance.Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a young schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational case that left the truth hidden and the young teacher’s life in tatters. Ten years later, his distraught confidante walks into Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green’s offic... + Read More
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Series: An Inspector Green Mystery Once Upon a Time An Inspector Green Mystery 2nd edition Paperback Barbara Fradkin 9781459751033 $21.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

NEW PAPERBACK REISSUEIn this second tightly paced police procedural in the award-winning series, Inspector Green is drawn into a case with a suspicious link to the past.When an old man dies a seemingly natural death in a parking lot, only Inspector Michael Green finds it suspicious. A search of the deceased's isolated house turns up an old tool box with a hidden compartment containing a German ID card from World War II. As well, his family seems to be harbouring secrets and withholding valuable information from the police.Was the victim a Jewis... + Read More
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Series: An Inspector Green Mystery Do or Die An Inspector Green Mystery 2nd edition Paperback Barbara Fradkin 9781459751026 $21.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

NEW PAPERBACK REISSUEFans of Louise Penny and Michael Connelly, meet exasperating homicide detective Michael Green in this gripping police procedural.Ottawa homicide inspector Michael Green is absolutely obsessed with his job, a condition which has almost ruined his marriage several times. When the biggest case of his career comes up, his position, his relationships and several lives are put into grave danger. A young graduate student and scion of a rich family is found expertly stabbed in the stacks of a university library, but no one seems to... + Read More
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Eve's Rib Paperback C.S. O'Cinneide 9781459749801 $21.99 FICTION Sep 20, 2022

“Timely and tantalizing, C.S. O’Cinneide masterfully blends domestic suspense with a touch of black magic in this bewitching thriller” — Erin Ruddy, author of Tell Me My NameAfter losing her young son in a tragic accident, Eve struggles to protect the one child she has left, a teenage daughter who just might be pure evil.The dark side of magic is where the Ragman dwells. Nobody knows that better than Eve. Desperate for a child, she called on that cunning conjurer eighteen years ago. Her daughter, Abbey, was the result.After Abbey’s younger brot... + Read More
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The Polished Hoe 20th Anniversary Edition 20th Anniversary Edition Paperback Austin Clarke 9781459750975 $25.99 FICTION Sep 27, 2022

A special 20th anniversary edition, with a new foreword by Rinaldo Walcott.When an elderly woman calls the police to confess to a murder, the result is a shattering all-night vigil bringing together elements of the African diaspora in one epic sweep. Set on the post-colonial West Indian island of Bimshire in 1952, the novel unravels over the course of twenty-four hours but spans the lifetime of one woman and the collective experience of a society informed by slavery.As the novel opens, Mary Mathilda is giving confession to Sargeant, a police of... + Read More
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Blood Atonement Paperback S.M. Freedman 9781459750241 $22.99 FICTION Oct 18, 2022

A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 • HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL SET IN CANADA 2023 FINALIST“Freedman grips right out of the gate with dual timeline narratives that weave together more and more tightly until they meld into a mind-bending twist of a climax.” — LORETH ANNE WHITE, bestselling author of The Patient’s SecretIn a riveting psychological thriller for readers of Lisa Unger and Karin Slaughter, Grace’s healing solitude is shattered when she becomes a suspect in a gruesome series of murders. Grace DeRoche escaped the ... + Read More
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The Ghosts That Haunt Me Memories of a Homicide Detective Paperback Steve Ryan 9781459749733 $22.99 TRUE CRIME Sep 13, 2022

After years working in homicide, retired Toronto detective Steve Ryan reflects on six cases he will never forget.Retired detective Steve Ryan worked in Toronto’s homicide squad for over a decade. For Ryan, the stories of Toronto’s most infamous crimes were more than just a headline read over morning coffee — they were his everyday life. After investigating over one hundred homicides, Ryan can never forget the tragedies and the victims, even after his retirement from the police force. In The Ghosts That Haunt Me, he reflects on six of the many c... + Read More
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Your Place or Mine? Practical Advice for Developing a Co-Parenting Arrangement After Separation Paperback Charlotte Schwartz 9781459750050 $22.99 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Sep 27, 2022

Navigate the challenges of co-parenting with practical advice and legal tips.So you did it. You separated. And now the kids that you always planned to raise together are being raised apart. Most people don’t start a family expecting not to see their children every day, and yet roughly half of us end up in that scenario. From there, it’s a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure — and there are many choices you can make.Your Place or Mine? is a detailed resource for separating parents. It will help you navigate the legal system, including negotiating a settle... + Read More
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The Voyageurs The Canadian Men’s Soccer Team's Quest to Reach the World Cup Paperback Joshua Kloke 9781459750456 $24.99 SPORTS & RECREATION Oct 04, 2022

Tracing Canadian men’s soccer’s emergence from global obscurity to international powerhouse, featuring insight from star players like Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David and manager John Herdman.The last time Canada qualified for a men’s World Cup was in 1986. For a generation afterwards, the Canadian national men’s soccer team struggled in obscurity, an afterthought in a country that was not yet soccer-mad. The twenty-first century brought a wave of soccer passion and expertise to this frozen country — and a crop of new superstar players who li... + Read More
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The Burden of Exile A Banned Journalist's Flight from Dictatorship Paperback Aaron Berhane 9781459748545 $23.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 11, 2022

In the strict dictatorship of Eritrea, a young reporter co-founds the first independent newspaper, publishes stories that anger the president, and then has to escape to save his life and his loved ones.An idealistic journalist with a young family starts the first independent newspaper in the notorious police state of Eritrea — one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world. When the paper is shut down, he flees arrest and begins a dangerous journey to freedom, first across a desert, at night, into Sudan, pursued by Eritrean secret police, th... + Read More
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Deadly Triangle The Famous Architect, His Wife, Their Chauffeur, and Murder Most Foul Paperback Susan Goldenberg 9781459750302 $23.99 TRUE CRIME Oct 11, 2022

Glamorous young wife Alma Rattenbury takes her chauffeur as a lover and their scandalous relationship leads to a murder most foul.The 1935 murder of architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, famous for his design of the iconic Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial of his 30-years-younger second wife, Alma, and the family chauffeur, George Percy Stoner, her lover, riveted people.Francis and Alma had moved to Bournemouth, England, after the City of Victoria had ostracized them for their sc... + Read More
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An Unrecognized Contribution Women and Their Work in 19th-Century Toronto Paperback Elizabeth Gillan Muir 9781459750029 $24.99 HISTORY Oct 18, 2022

A treasure trove of incredible lives lived.— RICK MERCER, comedian and authorMuir sets out to restore the faces of women who worked and struggled in nineteenth-century Toronto. A fascinating read.— WARREN CLEMENTS, author and publisherEmphasizes the enormously influential role women had in laying the groundwork for life in the city today.— DR. ROSE A. DYSON, author of Mind Abuse: Media Violence and Its Threat to DemocracyWomen in nineteenth-century Toronto were integral to the life of the growing city. They contributed to the city’s commerce an... + Read More
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Carbon Change Canada on the Brink of Decarbonization Paperback Dennis McConaghy 9781459750517 $24.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 25, 2022

An investigation into the scale and costs of transitioning our energy systems to achieve net-zero emissions.Canada and the rest of the developed world have committed to decarbonizing basic energy systems, but do this country’s citizens and governments truly understand the sacrifices ahead and are we willing to accept those sacrifices in the name of reducing the impact of climate change? Will the rest of the developed world take on the necessary costs, and will Canada forge ahead with decarbonization, even if other countries do not? Carbon Chang... + Read More
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Home Safe A Memoir of End-of-Life Care During Covid-19 Paperback Mitchell Consky 9781459750272 $21.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 01, 2022

During a pandemic lockdown full of pyjama dance parties, life talks, and final goodbyes, a family helps a father die with dignity.In April 2020, journalist Mitchell Consky received bad news: his father was diagnosed with a rare and terminal cancer, with less than two months to live. Suddenly, he and his extended family — many of them healthcare workers — were tasked with reconciling the social distancing required by the Covid-19 pandemic with a family-based approach to end-of-life care. The result was a home hospice during the first lockdown. S... + Read More
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A Very Canadian Coup The Rise and Demise of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell, 1894–1896 Paperback Ted Glenn 9781459750180 $24.99 HISTORY Nov 08, 2022

A fresh take on the Manitoba schools question and the Conservative Coup that toppled Canada’s fifth prime minister.When Mackenzie Bowell became Canada’s fifth prime minister in December 1894, everyone — including Bowell — expected the job would involve nothing more than keeping the wheels on the Conservative wagon until a spring election.Plans for a quiet caretakership were dashed in January 1895 when the courts ruled that the Manitoba government had violated Roman Catholics’ constitutional rights by abolishing the provincial separate school sy... + Read More
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Workday Warrior A Proven Path to Reclaiming Your Time Paperback Ann Gomez 9781459749597 $22.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Dec 13, 2022

Reclaim control of your workday with a proven time-saving method.Life is busier than ever before. We are working longer hours to keep up with longer to-do lists. Yet we’re experiencing more stress and seem to fall further and further behind. Our so-called leisure time is punctuated with interruptions, constantly pulling us back to work. We are led to believe we can prioritize our way out of this, but prioritization is broken.In Workday Warrior, productivity expert Ann Gomez presents a fresh approach that smashes today’s time challenges: too man... + Read More
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Robert's Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories Paperback Jeremy John 9781459750166 $20.00 FICTION Nov 16, 2021

This humorous and heartfelt collection of Christmas tales reflects on the best of the holiday: family, tradition, binge drinking, divorce, and poop. Robert’s Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories is the perfect collection for Christmas in the real world. No talking snowman or cute woodland animal who saves Christmas (actually, there is a pigeon who steps in and saves the big day). This selection of heart-warming tales is about the true magic of the season: receiving the ultimate gift only to break it immediately; p... + Read More
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Series: Spirit of Nature Why Are You Still Here? A Lillian Mystery Paperback Lynda Partridge 9781988824826 $19.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (US) from 6 - 9 Sep 01, 2022

This book continues the charming story of Lillian and Kokomis, the award-winning book about a complex and not-always-lovable foster kid who finds a sense of peace and belonging from a surprising spirit that returns her to traditional ways, legends, and Indigenous ways of knowledge. Why Are You Still Here? uncovers the mystery of ghosts and spirits that live behind a window at the family farm.
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Series: True Cases Pine Box Parole Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest to End Solitary Confinement & Other True Cases Paperback John L. Hill 9781988824857 $32.50 TRUE CRIME Sep 01, 2022

“Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest for an End to Solitary Confinement” is the basis for a TV series currently in development. Pine Box Parole begins with convicted murderer Terry Fitzsimmons hanging himself in Kingston Penitentiary. Subsequent chapters delve into the killer’s background and describe the senseless killings upon which he embarks after spending years in solitary confinement. Prison lawyer John L Hill, attempts to defend Fitzsimmons by putting the blame on the prison system for creating a monster. Part II of the book contains searing... + Read More
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Series: Spirit of Nature The Musician Healer Transforming Art into Medicine Paperback Islene Runningdeer 9781988824864 $24.95 MUSIC Sep 06, 2022

The Musician Healer resurrects a long-forgotten role for musicians and provides clear guidance for preparation and self-development as a musician healer in order to reactivate this role for the modern world. It begins with the author’s personal musical story that draws upon her Mi’kmaq/Abenaki First Nation and French roots, followed by a section on the history of musician healers from ancient Egypt and India. Runningdeer then explores the energetic aspects of music healing, especially the quality of personal energies that a musician channels th... + Read More
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Child of Morning Star Embers of an Ancient Dawn Paperback Antoine Mountain 9781990735103 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Age (years) from 12 - 18 Nov 01, 2022

Antoine Mountain follows up his previous memoir From Bear Rock Mountain with the book Child of Morning Star: Embers of an Ancient Dawn. The book is a poetic collection of stories that draws on his travels and knowledge as a Dene artist and a lifelong student of history. In it, Mountain weaves stories about people and art and the moments when our world manages to pause just briefly enough that we can see the roots of our communal humanity. Each part of this book corresponds to the four directions of the Medicine Wheel and offers insight into his... + Read More
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Series: Spirit of Nature Nahganne Tales of the Northern Sasquatch Paperback Red Grossinger 9781988824598 $35.00 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 01, 2022

Nahganne: Tales of the Northern Sasquatch is about giant bipedal, forest dwelling, hirsute hominoid entities. For as long as humans have been around the North, the activities of these giants have been observed in many places, but only a few people have taken the time to share their stories of coming in contact with these forest giants. In the North they have been given many regional names; although they are commonly known as Nahganne or Sasquatch. The book presents activities occurring in the North such as sightings, strange vocals, discovery o... + Read More
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Day Boy Hardcover Trent Jamieson 9781645660262 $34.95 FICTION Aug 23, 2022

Winner of the Aurealis Awards for Best Fantasy and Best Horror NovelWith brilliantly evocative, hypnotic prose, Trent Jamieson crafts a coming-of-age, elevated horror story about a headstrong boy—and the monstrous vampire who taught him to be a man. 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 D... + Read More
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Series: MECHANISTS, THE Fall of the Iron Gods Hardcover Olivia Chadha 9781645660279 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Apr 30, 2024

The compelling conclusion to the Colorado Book Award winning Rise of the Red Hand, perfect for fans of Marie Lu and Zoe Hana Mikuta’s Gearbreakers. 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 one, ramping up their efforts to eliminate the Red Hand’s remaining members even as the pandemic rages on. In order to protect the progress they have made, the team must adopt new tactics. Ashiva, armed with a new b... + Read More
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The Nightland Express Hardcover J. M. Lee 9781645660033 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Oct 11, 2022

“A must-read for anyone who loves…complex and compelling coming-of-age stories, tales set in the Wild West with a tinge of magic, and/or a fast-paced read full of fae and adventure.” —Tor.comIn antebellum America, two teens bury their secrets and join the historic Pony Express, soon discovering that the mortal world is not the only one on the brink of war.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 ... + Read More
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Desert Creatures Hardcover Kay Chronister 9781645660521 $35.95 FICTION Nov 08, 2022

This “genre-shredding” (Tor.com) feminist dystopian eco-horror, perfect for fans of The Last of Us, traces a girl’s coming-of-age on a post-apocalyptic trek through the Southwest.In a bleak, desiccated future, eleven-year-old Magdala and her father are forced to flee through the desolate landscape of the American Southwest, searching for shelter and peace. Pursued by horrors both unnatural and all-too-human, they join a pilgrimage to the holy city of Las Vegas, where it is said that vigilante saints reside, bright with neon power. Magdala, born... + Read More
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The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson Forgeries Hardcover Jon S. Dellandrea 9781773102535 $45.00 ART Oct 18, 2022

In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, trial involving forgeries of the art of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven.The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case takes readers back to 1962, a time when forgeries were turning up on gallery walls, in auction houses, and (unwittingly) being hung in the homes of luminaries across Canada. Inspector James Erskine, enlisting the help of A.J. Casson, the youngest li... + Read More
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Shadows and Light A Physician's Lens on COVID Hardcover Heather Patterson MD 9781773102740 $40.00 HEALTH & FITNESS Sep 06, 2022

When the pandemic began in March 2020, Calgary emergency physician Heather Patterson was already feeling burnt out. Photography had always been a way of unwinding for her, and as the pandemic gathered speed, Patterson decided to begin chronicling it. Shadows and Light presents a selection of Patterson’s images, taking readers to the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and giving them an illuminating, behind-the-scenes view of the real impact of the virus and the heroic front-line workers who have been fighting it for over two years.Patterson’s ... + Read More
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Some Hellish Paperback Nicholas Herring 9781773102559 $24.95 FICTION Sep 13, 2022

Winner, Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeHerring is a hapless lobster fisher lost in an unexceptional life, bored of thinking the same old thoughts. One December day, following a hunch, he cuts a hole in the living room floor and installs a hoist, altering the course of everything in his life. His wife Euna leaves with their children. He buries the family dog in a frozen grave on Christmas Eve. He and his friend Gerry crash his truck into a field, only to be rescued by a passing group of Tibetan monks.During the spring lobster season, ... + Read More
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Because of Nothing at All Paperback Paul Sunga 9781773102467 $24.95 FICTION Sep 06, 2022

Near the Kenya-Sudan border, a team of international health program evaluators are abducted and force marched under a desert moon. Their pasts and presents — and those of their abductors — unravel before them. An orphan named Money is one of 66 too hungry to sleep. A rich public health doctor is gradually losing his points of attachment. A driver tastes the river of wealth through the vehicles he’s provided. Some escape; others are recaptured; a few are held at ransom. All are lured into schemes that often lead to unexpected results.Because of ... + Read More
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Touch Anywhere to Begin Paperback Mark Anthony Jarman 9780864929198 $22.95 TRAVEL Sep 20, 2022

Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)From acclaimed author Mark Anthony Jarman comes Touch Anywhere to Begin, his first book of travel writing since the publication of the critically acclaimed Ireland’s Eye in 2002.In 18 unusual, head-spinning essays, Jarman can drift through Venice amid the revelry of carnival and the arrival of the impending pandemic or visit a private club along Shanghai’s Huangpu River to be serenaded by a band of retired People’s Liberation Army singers. In “Panthers and Gods Prowl a Palace of Sin,” an invita... + Read More
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Earthkeeping Love Notes for Tough Times Paperback Gary Saunders 9781773102696 $24.95 NATURE Oct 04, 2022

The author of Alder Music, Gary Saunders returns with an evocative, lyrical, and immersive collection of personal essays on our relationship with nature and with each other.In nine sections, Earthkeeping ruminates on the necessity of love and earthkeeping, on forage fish and robinsongs, and on the stewardship of our ecological landscape. Offering an antidote to the world’s anxiety about climate change, plastic pollution, and biodiversity loss, Saunders writes with a deep connection to the natural world and his signature humane zest for life. Lo... + Read More
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The Program Paperback Megan Fennya Jones 9781773102528 $19.95 POETRY Sep 27, 2022

Finalist, Dorothy Livesay Poetry PrizeIn this powerful, intimate collection, a young woman travels between Paris and New York to pursue a career in modelling. Alternating between the world of fashion, where “it’s no longer enough / that the sample size fits,” and the eponymous Program, a place to “discover / what’s underneath,” Jones’s debut collection pulls the reader deep into the realms of psychiatric care and romantic relationships and probes a long tradition of female suffering.Taking inspiration from New York school poets such as Frank O’... + Read More
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Icare, chute d’oiseaux Paperback Harry Thurston 9781895488562 $35.00 POETRY Sep 06, 2022

En septembre 2013, des milliers d’oiseaux chanteurs en migration sont attirés comme des papillons de nuit par la torchère de Canaport Liquefied Natural Gas, à Saint-Jean, au Nouveau-Brunswick. C’est l’hécatombe. Le photographe Thaddeus Holownia et le poète Harry Thurston forment alors le projet de commémorer la catastrophe, mais comme un procès a été intenté, les oiseaux morts sont conservés comme autant de pièces à conviction au Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick. Au bout de deux longues années, Holownia et Thurston y ont enfin accès. Icare, chute d’o... + Read More
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Icarus, Falling of Birds Paperback Harry Thurston 9781895488548 $35.00 POETRY Sep 06, 2022

In September of 2013, thousands of migratory songbirds perished after being lured like moths to a flame to a hundred-foot-high flare at the Canaport Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Saint John, New Brunswick. Photographer Thaddeus Holownia and poet Harry Thurston sought to memorialize this fateful event, but with Canaport LNG on trial, the fallen birds were collected and held as evidence at the New Brunswick Museum. After two long years, Holownia and Thurston finally gained access.Icarus, Falling of Birds pairs Holownia’s photography with the poe... + Read More
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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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Bombs and Barbed Wire Stories of Acadian Airmen and Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 Paperback Ronald Cormier 9781773102788 $19.95 HISTORY Oct 25, 2022

Little has been written about the Acadians who served in Canada’s armed forces during the Second World War. In fact, the prevailing notion suggested that Acadians refused to support the war effort. Bombs and Barbed Wire provides an alternative point of view, revealing the commitment and bravery displayed by the approximately 24,000 Acadians who voluntarily joined the war effort. Battling both language barriers and a culture of exclusion, they overcame frustrations and prejudice to fight for the freedom of the country they loved.Based on extensi... + Read More
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Unbroken My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls Hardcover Angela Sterritt 9781771648165 $34.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 30, 2023

"A remarkable life story. . . Angela Sterritt is a formidable storyteller and a passionate advocate."—Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves "Sterritt's story is living proof of how courageous Indigenous women are."—Tanya Talaga, author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations Unbroken is an extraordinary work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, written by an award-winning Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds. As a Gitxsan teenager ... + Read More