BNC CataList is an online catalogue system for the Canadian book trade. Catalogues are available for public viewing, but additional tools and features are available for industry participants.
Accounts are FREE for retailers, libraries and book reviewers! Publishers can subscribe in order to create and post catalogues.
Enter or paste in up to 1000 ISBNs. Separate ISBNs with commas or line breaks.
Run a Saved Search
Are you sure you want to remove your recommendation for
Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible
by
William Holt
?
Thank you for your recommendation
You are recommending:
Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible
Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age
By
as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019Adult top pick
#/1000 characters
Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion
You are recommending:
Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible
Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age
By
as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019Adult top pick
Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion
You recommended this title on September 12 2019
Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible
Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age
By
as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019Adult top pick
Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion
You recommended this title on September 12 2019
Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible
Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age
By
as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019Adult top pick
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
0/1000 characters
Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion
Request a reading copy
You are requesting an advance reading copy of
by
This request will be submitted to
#
of 250 characters left
Reading copies are not available for all forthcoming titles, and are supplied at the sole discretion of the publisher.
* missing required field
Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate contact at
You will receive a copy of the email request. Any questions about the status of your request should be directed to the publisher contact.
Request a reading copy
You have already requested a reading copy of
by
The request was made on
. Any questions about the status of your request should be directed to the publisher contact:
You are exporting:
This order will be exported using the default fund codes assigned to each branch, and
Series: Chowgirls Killer Party FoodRighteous Bites & Cocktails for Every SeasonPaperback
Heidi Andermack9781551526454
$22.95COOKING
Oct 01, 2016
With an eye for style and appreciation for seasonal ingredients, the proprietors of Chowgirls Killer Catering, one of the Midwest's leading catering companies, share their inspired ideas for delicious appetizers, small plates, and cocktails that are perfect for home entertaining. Amy and Heidi were early adopters of the local, organic, sustainable, and seasonal approach to cooking; their ethos is clearly reflected in this cookbook, which offers fun, elegant, and yet easy-to-prepare recipes arranged by season that will be the hit of your next so... + Read More
2.
Series: Such a Lovely Little WarSaigon, 1961-63Paperback
Marcelino Truong9781551526478
$28.95COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Oct 01, 2016
This riveting, beautifully produced graphic memoir tells the story of the early years of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a young boy named Marco, the son of a Vietnamese diplomat and his French wife. The book opens in America, where the boy's father works for the South Vietnamese embassy; there the boy is made to feel self-conscious about his otherness thanks to schoolmates who play war games against the so-called "Commies." The family is called back to Saigon in 1961, where the father becomes Presideent Ngo Dinh Diem's personal int... + Read More
3.
Series: The Case of Alan TuringThe Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary CodebreakerBoard book
Eric Liberge9781551526508
$23.95COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Sep 01, 2016
Lambda Literary Award finalist Alan Turing, subject of the Oscar-winning 2014 film The Imitation Game, was the brilliant mathematician solicited by the British government to help decipher messages sent by Germany's Enigma machines during World War II. The work of Turing and his colleagues at Hut 8 saved countless lives and millions' worth of British goods and merchandise. At the same time, as a homosexual he was forced to lead a tortured, secret life. After a young man stole money from him, he went to the police, where he confessed his homose... + Read More
This extraordinary graphic novel is a powerful denunciation of sexual violence against women. As seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old girl named Una, it takes place in northern England in 1977, as the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer of prostitutes, is on the loose and creating panic among the townspeople. As the police struggle in their clumsy attempts to find the killer, and the headlines in the local paper become more urgent, a once self-confident Una teaches herself to "lower her gaze" in order to deflect attention from boys. After ... + Read More
5.
Series: The Dad DialoguesA Correspondence on Fatherhood (and the Universe)Paperback
George Bowering9781551526621
$17.95FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Oct 01, 2016
Charles Demers is a thirtysomething comedian and the author of three books; George Bowering is eighty, Canada's first poet laureate, and the author of more than eighty books. Charlie and George are also the best of friends. And the fathers of daughters. In this unique book of correspondence, these two men from different generations write to each other about the burdens, anxieties, and singular joys of parenthood. The letters begin as Charlie and his wife discover they will become parents; he expresses his hopes and fears of impending fatherhoo... + Read More
6.
Series: Tomboy Survival GuidePaperback
Ivan Coyote9781551526560
$19.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2016
Shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust of Canada Prize for Nonfiction; Longlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction; Stonewall Book Award Honor Book winner; Longlisted for Canada Reads Ivan Coyote is a celebrated storyteller and the author of ten previous books, including Gender Failure (with Rae Spoon) and One in Every Crowd, a collection for LGBT youth. Tomboy Survival Guide is a funny and moving memoir told in stories, about how they learned to embrace their tomboy past while carving out a space for those of us who... + Read More
7.
Series: Conflict Is Not AbuseOverstating Harm, Community Responsibility,
and the Duty of RepairPaperback
Sarah Schulman9781551526430
$21.95HISTORY
Oct 01, 2016
Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Non-Fiction winner From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between Conflict and Abuse, Schulman directly addresses our contemporary culture of scapegoating. This deep, brave, and bold work reveals how punishment replaces personal and collective self-criticism, and shows why difference is so often used to justify cruelty and shunning. Rooting the problem of escalation in negati... + Read More
8.
Series: The Last Gang in TownThe Epic Story of the Vancouver Police vs. the Clark Park GangPaperback
Aaron Chapman9781551526713
$24.95HISTORY
Sep 27, 2016
Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Prize finalist; Canadian Historical Association's Clio Prize for BC winner Decades before organized crime syndicates brought sensational drug wars to Vancouver, street gangs held sway over its unruly east side. None was considered tougher or more feared than the Clark Park gang, a wild, two-fisted crew of characters from Vancouver's post-1960s counterculture. In 1972, after a number of headline-making riots and clashes with police--including an infamous altercation outside a Rolling Stones concert--the Clark Pa... + Read More
9.
Series: The RemedyQueer and Trans Voices on Health and Health CarePaperback
Zena Sharman9781551526584
$18.95HEALTH & FITNESS
Oct 01, 2016
Lambda Literary Award winner To remedy means to heal, to cure, to set right, to make reparations. The Remedy invites writers and readers to imagine what we need to create healthy, resilient, and thriving LGBTQ communities. This anthology is a diverse collection of real-life stories from queer and trans people on their own health-care experiences and challenges, from gay men living with HIV who remember the systemic resistance to their health-care needs, to a lesbian couple dealing with the experience of cancer, to young trans people who strug... + Read More
10.
Series: The Boy & the BindiHardcover
Vivek Shraya9781551526683
$19.95JUVENILE FICTION
Sep 01, 2016
In this beautiful children's picture book by Vivek Shraya, author of the acclaimed God Loves Hair, a five-year-old boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, the red dot commonly worn by South Asian women to indicate the point at which creation begins, and wishes to have one of his own. Rather than chastise her son, she agrees to it, and teaches him about its cultural significance, allowing the boy to discover the magic of the bindi, which in turn gives him permission to be more fully himself. Beautifully illustrated with hand paintings b... + Read More
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize finalist Set in the early 1990s, Ashley Little's follow-up to her award-winning novel Anatomy of a Girl Gang introduces readers to unforgettable eleven-year-old Tucker Malone--the only child of a narcoleptic touring stripper--who believes his father is Sam Malone from Cheers. He and his mother move from motel to motel until, one night in Niagara Falls, his mother is hit by a car after falling asleep in the street. Tucker is sent to live in a youth group home where he meets Meredith, a pregnant sixteen-year-old with ... + Read More
12.
Series: CandyassPaperback
Nick Comilla9781551526645
$15.95FICTION
Sep 15, 2016
Arthur is a young gay man in Montreal at a crossroads. He gets lost in a blizzard of boys and endless possibilities--looking to fall in love and to experience devotion--but finds himself increasingly immersed in a world of hedonism and deception, especially as he deals with the messy remains of his relationship with Jeremy, his chimerical ex-boyfriend and first love. He moves to New York in search of something more, but due to a lack of foresight and chaotic romantic entanglements, he finds he still yearns for authentic connections with others.... + Read More
13.
Series: Queer Film ClassicsArabian NightsPaperback
Michael Moon9781551526669
$14.95PERFORMING ARTS
Nov 01, 2016
A Queer Film Classic on 1974's Arabian Nights by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the controversial Italian director who was murdered under mysterious circumstances in 1975. Already internationally distinguished as a poet, novelist, and outspoken social critic of the postwar period, Pasolini turned to filmmaking around 1960. In little more than a decade, he produced one of the most remarkable bodies of work in cinema history, beginning with his early film-portraits of the struggles of underclass youths and extending through his adaptations of such sacred ... + Read More
Single
List
Tile
