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Series: Rogues, Rascals, and Scalawags TooMore Ne'er-Do-Wells Through the AgesPaperback
Jim Christy9781772140170
$20.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Nov 15, 2015
Never before have as many outrageous and out-sized characters appeared in one place at the same time. Words like rogues, rascals, rapscallions, reprobates and rodomontades don't completely describe these individuals; they are more than each or any combination thereof. They are scalawags. People who claim to push the envelope are stamped, sealed and delivered compared with this bunch. They may be conmen or conwomen, adventurers, fabulists and/or delusional but they all share the extremepassion for life – always more Life! Some are of the modern ... + Read More
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Series: Let Us Be TruePaperback
Erna Buffie9781550506358
$19.95FICTION
Aug 15, 2015
Finalist for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book at the 2016 Manitoba Book Awards. From the killing fields of Europe, to the merciless beauty of the Canadian prairies, Let Us Be True tells the story of three women, whose lives have been shaped and damaged by secrets - their own and those that stretch back through time, casting their shadow from one generation to the next. At the heart of the novel is 74-year-old Pearl Calder, a woman who has thrown away her past and kept it a secret f... + Read More
Wild Rose, an epic story of The West, now long gone, charts Sophie's journey from underloved child in religion-bound rural Quebec, to headstrong young woman to exhausted homesteader to deserted bride and mother to independent businesswoman finding her way in a hostile, if beautiful, landscape. In language that is haunting, elegiac and rich with detail, Butala casts an unblinking eye on a merciless West that has become obscured behind headlines about wheat and oil prices. Sophie's West ? filled with sodbusters and cowboys, fallen women and prope... + Read More
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Series: Hope Makes LoveHardcover
Trevor Cole9781770864566
$29.95FICTION
Sep 05, 2015
All former major league baseball player Zep Baker needs to put his life back on track is to revive his marriage by convincing his wife to return to Tampa with their daughter. But his wife won’t fall for his pleading or his old tricks. He needs a new game plan. Enter Hope, a neuroscience researcher who he persuades to help him in this endeavour. The resulting life-experiment takes both characters to places they did not foresee and for which they are not prepared. With his award-winning comic touch, Trevor Cole has written a novel of great compas... + Read More
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Series: After the SandsEnergy and Ecological Security for CanadiansPaperback
Gordon Laxer9781771621007
$24.95SCIENCE
Oct 03, 2015
The historic Paris climate talks of 2015 aspired to keep the world under a two degree celsius rise, but failed to set out how to get there. Each country must create its own road map. Canada doesn’t have one. But Gordon Laxer’s After the Sands outlines a vision to transition Canada to a low-carbon society. Ralph Nader hails it as “a myth-destroying blockbuster book.” Despite its oil abundance, Canada is woefully unprepared for the next global oil supply crisis. Canada imports 30 percent of its oil, yet—unlike twenty-seven of the other twenty-nin... + Read More
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Series: Chicken in the Mango TreeFood and Life in a Thai-Khmer VillageUnabridged editionPaperback
Jeffrey Alford9781771620604
$26.95COOKING
Mar 02, 2015
In the small village of Kravan in rural Thailand, the food is like no other in the world. The diet is finely attuned to the land, taking advantage of what is local and plentiful. Made primarily of fresh, foraged vegetables infused with the dominant Khmer flavours of bird chiles, garlic, shallots and fish sauce, the cuisine is completely distinct from the dishes typically associated with Thailand.Bestselling food writer and photographer Jeffrey Alford has been completely immersed in this unique culinary tradition for the last four years while li... + Read More
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Series: Happy Hens & Fresh EggsKeeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden, with 100 RecipesPaperback
Signe Langford9781771620970
$22.95COOKING
Oct 31, 2015
Today’s renaissance of the backyard flock is driven by a growing desire for healthy organic ingredients, food security and animal welfare—and while hunger might be “the best sauce,” a dash of self-sufficiency is remarkably satisfying too. As communities from Victoria to St. John’s amend urban bylaws to allow backyard flocks, more and more Canadians are enjoying the pleasures and rewards of keeping hens in the garden. In addition to tending her family’s flock as a child, Signe Langford has kept chickens in her urban Toronto yard for almost a... + Read More
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Series: The HorrorsAn A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful ThingsPaperback
Charles Demers9781771620314
$24.95HUMOR
Oct 17, 2015
A darkly mirthful and alphabetical approach to very bad things from comedian Charles Demers.Comedian-author Charlie Demers, whose brain-bending brand of black humour will be familiar to followers of CBC Radio's The Debaters, offers his madcap perspective in a new collection of essays highlighting a wide range of topics under the heading of Bad Things. The Horrors is presented abecedarian-style, despoiling a beloved children's book tradition in order to explore personal hangups that range from the slightly awkward to the down-right terrible.Begi... + Read More
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Series: Of Myths and SticksHockey Facts, Fictions and CoincidencesPaperback
Kevin Gibson9781771620741
$19.95SPORTS & RECREATION
Oct 03, 2015
A lively compendium of little-known hockey trivia from Kevin Gibson, TSN’s one-man Research, Stats and Information Department.As engaging as the great game itself, the stories behind the National Hockey Leaugue are entertaining, fascinating and, at times, unbelievable. Faux facts emerge from urban legends, conspiracy theories and coincidences, leaving sports fans to debate truth and fiction in the world of hockey trivia. Few are better qualified to both debunk falsehoods and nail down amazing facts than TSN stats archaeologist Kevin Gibson, who... + Read More
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Series: That’s Why I’m a JournalistTop Canadian Reporters Tell Their Most Unforgettable StoriesHardcover
Mark Bulgutch9781771620833
$32.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sep 26, 2015
News stories are like collective memories, encapsulating the most iconic moments in recent history around the world. But to those who work in journalism, up-close involvement with these stories can also be life-changing. In That’s Why I’m a Journalist, veteran broadcaster Mark Bulgutch interviews 44 prominent Canadian journalists, who each share their behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the most memorable stories of their careers and describe the moment that made them say to themselves, "That’s why I’m a journalist." Although many of the ... + Read More
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Series: Through Blood and SweatA Remembrance Trek across Sicily's World War II BattlegroundsHardcover
Mark Zuehlke9781771620093
$36.95HISTORY
Oct 24, 2015
"We should not need [monuments] to picture a past battlefield and the horrors endured there. But their presence definitely helps to focus the mind, reinforce the solemnity of emotion that is so inherent in the act of remembrance."Through Blood and Sweat takes readers on a memorable, thought-provoking 300-kilometre march in the footsteps taken by the soldiers of 1st Canadian Infantry Division in 1943. As part of Operation Husky 2013, a group of Canadians walked this route to honour the memory of the nation’s soldiers who fought in Sicily seventy... + Read More
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Series: The Urban Homesteading CookbookForage, Ferment, Farm and Feast for a Better WorldUnabridged editionPaperback
Michelle Nelson9781771620819
$26.95COOKING
Mar 16, 2015
An urban approach to back-to-the-land—and eating our way to a better world.With food culture in the midst of a do-it-yourself renaissance, urbanites everywhere are relishing craft beers, foraged ingredients, sustainable seafoods, ethically raised meats and homemade condiments. Inspired by the delicious creativity of local artisans, chefs, brewmasters and mixologists, Michelle Nelson began urban homesteading in her downtown apartment. Armed with a passion for food and farming, and a Ph.D. in conservation biology and sustainable agriculture, she ... + Read More
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Series: White EskimoKnud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey into the Heart of the ArcticHardcover
Stephen R. Bown9781771620017
$34.95HISTORY
Oct 17, 2015
Though less known today than contemporaries like Amundsen and Peary, Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933) was one of the most intriguing of the great early 20th century Arctic explorers. Born and raised in Greenland, and part Inuit on his mother's side, Rasmussen could shoot a gun and harness a team of sled dogs by the time he was eight. Nevertheless he was well versed in the civilized arts and came to exploration after failing to make a career as an opera singer in Europe. He was obviously more at home on the ice floes than the stage, and undertook some... + Read More
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Series: You Will Wear a White ShirtFrom the Northern Bush to the Halls of PowerHardcover
Nick Sibbeston9781771620550
$32.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sep 19, 2015
Growing up in a remote Northern community, Nick Sibbeston had little reason to believe he would one day fulfill his mother’s ambition of holding a career where he would “wear a white shirt.” Torn away from his family and placed in residential school at the age of five, Sibbeston endured loneliness, callous treatment and sexual assault by an older boy, but discovered a love of learning that would compel him to complete a law degree and pursue a career in politics. As a young, firebrand politician, Sibbeston played an instrumental role during ... + Read More
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Series: All InclusivePaperback
Farzana Doctor9781459731813
$22.99FICTION
Oct 03, 2015
A story about one all-inclusive resort, the ghost of an unknown father, and the tragedies we can’t forget.What’s it like when everyone’s dream vacation is your job? Ameera works at a Mexican all-inclusive resort, where every day is paradise — if “paradise” means endless paperwork, quotas to meet, and entitled tourists. But it’s not all bad: Ameera’s pastime of choice is the swingers scene, and the resort is the perfect place to hook up with like-minded couples without all the hassle of having to see them again.Despite Ameera’s best efforts to k... + Read More
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Series: ’MemberingPaperback
Austin Clarke9781459730342
$39.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 15, 2015
2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature — Longlisted2016 RBC Taylor Prize — LonglistedThe unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize–winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called “Canada’s first multicultural writer.”Austin Clarke is a distinguished and celebrated novelist and short-story writer. His works often centre around the immigrant experience, of which he writes with humour and compassion, happiness and sorrow. In ’Membering, Clarke shares his own experiences growing up in Barbados and moving to Toronto to attend university in 1955 befo... + Read More
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Series: A Birder Murder MysteryA Pitying of DovesA Birder Murder MysteryPaperback
Steve Burrows9781459731066
$15.99FICTION
May 16, 2015
Series: A Birder Murder MysteryA Siege of BitternsA Birder Murder MysteryPaperback
Steve Burrows9781459708433
$19.99FICTION
Apr 05, 2014
Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn’t mind ruffling a few feathers to flush out suspects in the brutal murder of a renowned ecological activist.2015 Arthur Ellis Award — Winner, Best First Novel • Globe and Mail 100: Best Books of 2014 • 2015 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize — Shortlisted, Best MysteryInspector Domenic Jejeune’s success has made him a poster boy for the U.K. police service. The problem is Jejeune doesn’t really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds.Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk to... + Read More
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Series: The Optimistic EnvironmentalistProgressing Toward a Greener FuturePaperback
David R. Boyd9781770412385
$19.95NATURE
Aug 01, 2015
A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environment Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges — climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved, while substantial progress is ongoing on others. The Optimistic Environmentalist chronicles these remarkable success stories. Endangered species — from bald eagles to gray whales — pulled back from the precipice of extinction.... + Read More
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Series: The RiverHardcover
Helen Humphreys9781770412552
$24.95HISTORY
Oct 01, 2015
A breathtaking mix of observation, prose, natural history, and art We tend to look at landscape in relation to what it can do for us. Does it move us with its beauty? Can we make a living from it? But what if we examined a landscape on its own terms, freed from our expectations and assumptions? This is what celebrated writer Helen Humphreys sets out to do in this beautiful, groundbreaking examination of place. For more than a decade Humphreys has owned a small waterside property on a section of the Napanee River in Ontario. In the watch... + Read More
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Series: Francisco KripaczInterior DesignHardcover
Arthur Erickson9781927958506
$50.00HOUSE & HOME
Sep 01, 2015
Arthur Erickson was one of the 20th century's premier architects, but little has been written about the man who designed the interiors of Erickson's award-winning buildings, whom everyone in the business simply called 'Francisco'. A decade before his death, Erickson wrote this manuscript to pay tribute to Kripacz and to tell the world of the importance of Francisco's creations. With stunning images from some of greatest photographers of the day, such as Yousuf Karsh, this book looks at Erickson's key projects and the crucial contribut... + Read More
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Series: Jeff WallNorth & WestHardcover
Aaron Peck9781927958483
$25.00ART
Oct 13, 2015
Jeff Wall has lived in his hometown of Vancouver for all but four years of his life. Most of the images he has created are shot in and around that city, yet his art transcends these local subjects and addresses universal themes of history and memory. That explains why his work is celebrated around the world and has been the subject of countless international exhibitions from the Tate Modern, to MoMa, to the Art Institute of Chicago. His importance to photoconceptualism is recognized throughout the art world and his cinematographic pictures are... + Read More
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Series: Montreal CooksA Tasting Menu from the City's Leading ChefsHardcover
Jonathan Cheung9781927958377
$37.95COOKING
Oct 06, 2015
Firefly French-English Visual Dictionary is available for sale only in the United States and Canada. With thousands of vivid illustrations--each one labeled in detail--the Firefly French-English Visual Dictionary is the ultimate reference guide to the world around us. Well-researched terms in both English and French cover everyday objects and highly specialized equipment across 14 subject areas. Readers can learn about every part of a car, a sewing machine, a telescope, a football field and thousands of other things. Packed with accurat... + Read More
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Series: Hockey Now!The Biggest Stars of the NHLEighth EditionPaperback
Mike Leonetti9781770856004
$24.95SPORTS & RECREATION
Aug 27, 2015
Hockey Now! continues to provide fast-paced, up-to-date and strikingly illustrated profiles of the best and brightest the NHL has to offer. In its eighth edition, Hockey Now! is still the most insightful and well-designed book on the players suiting up in the NHL today. Jam- packed with more than 130 colorful action photos of star players in the heat of competition, Hockey Now! bursts at the seams with energy. Here are just a few of the NHL stars in Hockey Now! : Sidney Crosby Steve Stamkos Phil Kessel Jonathan Toews Henrik L... + Read More
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Series: CanadaImages of the LandHardcover
J. A. Kraulis9781770856240
$49.95TRAVEL
Sep 02, 2015
In this exquisitely photographed record of the Canadian landscape, renowned photographer J.A. Kraulis captures the majesty and grandeur of a vast and staggeringly diverse country. Expansive prairies and forests, impressive coastlines, majestic inland lakes and rivers are captured in these images of the land. This magnificent collection of over 200 photographs and captions presents Canada at its most visceral: a flash of lightning exploding across a summer sky; a sudden winter storm descending on an otherwise tranquil bay; the surface of a ... + Read More
Four distinct voices weave together the tale of a dysfunctional Montreal family obsessed with climbing the Kabbalah's Tree of Life. This literary debut by Jewish Daily Forward editor Sigal Samuel is reminiscent of Nicole Krauss's The History of Love and Myla Goldberg's Bee Season. The Meyer family lives in Mile End, home to a mashup of hipsters and Hasidic Jews, where down the street crazy Mr. Katz is building a tree out of plucked leaves, toilet paper rolls, and dental floss. When David, a skeptical professor of religion, is diagnosed with an ... + Read More
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Series: Back to the WellRethinking the Future of WaterHardcover
Marq de Villiers9780864920751
$32.95NATURE
Sep 22, 2015
Shortlisted for the Donner Prize and the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction AwardDroughts, floods, and contamination of fresh water in the American Southwest, in the Great Lakes region, in Australia, in northern China, in the Middle East, and in India have broguht the critical issue of water supply to the forefront of public consciousness. In dozens of countries, ordinary citizens have cause to worry about what (or how much) will come out of their taps — if they even have taps — and who will make sure it is available, affordable, and safe. In this r... + Read More
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Series: Canadian PacificThe Golden Age of TravelFirstHardcover
Barry Lane9780864928788
$45.00HISTORY
Oct 20, 2015
The story of Canadian Pacific is one of the greatest stories in the world. Straddling the continent for more than a century and globe for more than fifty years, Canadian Pacific is inextricably linked with the history of Canada itself. In 1885, the company completed the construction of two thousand miles of railway system and linking the Atlantic to the Pacific. It then established fleets of vessels on both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, laying the foundation for a transportation route that allowed members of the British Empire to travel arou... + Read More
Winner, City of Victoria Butler Book PrizeShortlisted, Ethel Wilson Fiction PrizeA feral girl roams the dense forests of nineteenth-century France, stealing food from remote farmyards and avoiding human contact. Seen on one of her thieving missions in the village of Freyzus, she is chased by suspicious townspeople to the edge of a deep gorge, where she jumps and disappears, vanishing into village legend. On the other side of the gorge, in an abandoned estate, Peyre Rouff lives out his self-imposed exile. Following a horrific hunting accident, h... + Read More
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Series: Sir John's TableThe Culinary Life and Times of Canada's First Prime MinisterPaperback
Lindy Mechefske9780864928818
$19.95COOKING
Sep 01, 2015
Winner, Taste Canada Gold Medal for Culinary NarrativePublished to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birth, Sir John's Table is a refreshing look at Canada's first prime minister.Sir John's Table traverses the colourful life of Macdonald, from his passage as a young Scottish boy in the steerage compartment aboard the Earl of Buckinghamshire to his new home in Kingston, Upper Canada. It traces his boyhood years of stealing fish and scarfing down fairy cakes into his adult life as a lawyer, husband, father, and ... + Read More
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Series: Great Soul of SiberiaPassion, Obsession, and One Man's Quest for the World's Most Elusive TigerHardcover
Sooyong Park9781771641135
$32.95NATURE
Nov 10, 2015
In The Great Soul of Siberia, renowned tiger researcher Sooyong Park tracks three generations of Siberian tigers living in remote southeastern Russia. Reminiscent of the way Timothy Treadwell (the so-called Grizzly Man) immersed himself in the lives of bears, Park sets up underground bunkers to observe the tigers, living thrillingly close to these beautiful but dangerous apex predators. At the same time, he draws from twenty years of experience and research to focus on the Siberian tigers’ losing battle against poaching and diminishing habitat.... + Read More
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club PickFor thirty years, Brian Brett shared his office and his life with Tuco, a remarkable parrot given to asking such questions as ?Whaddya know?” and announcing ?Party time!” when guests showed up at Brett’s farm. Although Brett bought Tuco on a whim as a pet, he gradually realizes the enormous obligation he has to the bird and learns that the parrot is a lot more complex than he thought. Simultaneously a biography of this singular bird and a history of bird/dinosaurs and the human relationship with birds, Tuco also expl... + Read More
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Series: The Wild in YouVoices from the Forest and the SeaHardcover
Lorna Crozier9781771641609
$24.95NATURE
Sep 22, 2015
A testament to the miraculous beings that share our planet and the places that they live, The Wild in You is a deeply-felt creative collaboration between one of our time’s best nature photographers and a very talented and creative poet. Inspired by the majestic and savage beauty of Ian McAllister’s photographs, Lorna Crozier translates the wild emotion of these images into the language of the human heart: poetry. Featuring over 30 beautiful full-size photographs of wolves, bears, sea lions, jellyfish, and other wild creatures paired with 30 ori... + Read More
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Series: All The SongsBob Dylan All the SongsThe Story Behind Every TrackHardcover
Philippe Margotin9781579129859
$60.00MUSIC
Oct 27, 2015
An updated edition of the most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize-winning work yet published, with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his nearly 60-year career.Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than 500 songs he has released over the span of his career. Organized chronologically by album, Margotin an... + Read More
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Series: A Cormoran Strike NovelCareer of EvilHardcover
Robert Galbraith9780316349932
$34.00FICTION
Oct 20, 2015
A disturbing package leads Detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott to investigate four dangerous murder suspects in this "magnetic" British mystery (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. When Robin Ellacott opens an unexpected delivery, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but just as alarmed. He suspects that four people from his past could be responsible -- and any one of them... + Read More
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Series: Even Dogs in the WildThe New DI John RebusHardcover
Ian Rankin9781409159360
$28.99FICTION
Nov 05, 2015
Hands in his pockets, Rebus turned to face Cafferty.They were old men now, similar builds, similar backgrounds. Sat together in a pub, the casual onlooker might mistake them for pals who'd known one another since school.But their history told a different story.Retirement doesn't suit John Rebus. He wasn't made for hobbies, holidays or home improvements. Being a cop is in his blood.So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help on a case, Rebus doesn't need long to consider his options.Clarke's been investigating the death of a senior lawyer whose ... + Read More
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Series: Will Robie SeriesThe GuiltyHardcover
David Baldacci9781455586424
$40.00FICTION
Nov 17, 2015
After failing a critical assignment overseas, Will Robie must investigate a murder accusation against his father--but to save him, he'll have to face a violent and deadly fallout in this New York Times bestselling thriller.Will Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi after high school, severing all personal ties, and never looked back. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father, Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder.Father and son haven't spoken or seen each other since the day Robie left town. In ... + Read More
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Series: Celtic LightningHow The Scots And The Irish Created A CanadianHardcover
Ken McGoogan9781443425506
$32.99HISTORY
Sep 22, 2015
With Celtic Lightning, bestselling author Ken McGoogan plunges into the perpetual debate about Canadian roots and identity: Who do we think we are? He argues that Canadians have never investigated the demographic reality that informs this book—the fact that more than nine million Canadians claim Scottish or Irish heritage. Did the ancestors of more than one quarter of our population arrive without cultural baggage? No history, no values, no vision? Impossible.McGoogan writes that, to understand who we are and where we are going, Canadians must ... + Read More
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Series: The IllegalHardcover
Lawrence Hill9781554683833
$34.99FICTION
Sep 08, 2015
Keita Ali is on the run.Like every boy on the mountainous island of Zantoroland, running is all Keita’s ever wanted to do. In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect. Running means riches-until Keita is targeted for his father’s outspoken political views and discovers he must run for his family’s survival.He signs on with notorious marathon agent Anton Hamm, but when Keita fails to place among the top finishers in his first race, he escapes into Freedom State-a wealthy island nation that has elected a government bent on d... + Read More
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Series: Atmosphere Of HopeSearching for Solutions to the Climate CrisisHardcover
Tim Flannery9781443442381
$29.99SCIENCE
Oct 06, 2015
By the author of the number one bestseller The Weather Makers comes a groundbreaking new book of vital importance for the future of humankind.Earth’s climate system is fast approaching a crisis. Public understanding has not kept up with the debate, and there is an absence of political leadership. Many people are less engaged with the issue of climate change than they were a decade ago, and opinion is divided between technological optimists and pessimists who feel that catastrophe is inevitable. Tim Flannery, bestselling author and one of the m... + Read More
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Series: The CBC Massey LecturesHistory's PeoplePersonalities and the PastHardcover
Margaret MacMillan9781487000059
$24.95HISTORY
Sep 08, 2015
Part of the CBC Massey Lectures Series In History’s People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some little-known, who stand out for her. Some have changed the course of history and even directed the currents of their times. Others are memorable for being risk-takers, adventurers, or observers. She looks at the concept of leadership through Bismarck and the unification of Germany; William Lyon MacKenzie King and the preservation of the Cana... + Read More
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Series: The Coaching BibleThe Hockey Coaching BibleFirst EditionPaperback
Joseph Bertagna9780736062015
$31.95SPORTS & RECREATION Age (years) from 18 - 99
Sep 24, 2015
Featuring the insights, strategies, and experiences of the sport’s top coaches, The Hockey Coaching Bible sets a new standard for those who teach the game, develop the players, and dominate the ice. Whether head coach or assistant, at the youth level or professional, you will find a wealth of information to improve performance and strengthen your program. You’ll go inside the game with 16 of hockey’s most respected teachers: • Joe Bertagna • Bill Cleary • Tom ... + Read More
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Series: The Women's Guide to TriathlonFirst EditionPaperback
USA Triathlon9781450481151
$29.95SPORTS & RECREATION Age (years) from 18 - 99
Jun 12, 2015
The Women’s Guide to Triathlon is the definitive companion for female triathletes. Authored by the national governing body of the sport, USA Triathlon, this landmark resource features expert instruction and personal insights from 20 of the world’s top female coaches and athletes: Rachel Sears Casanta Sarah Haskins Stacy T. Sims Siri Lindley Sage Rountree Sara McLarty Lindsay Hyman Margie Shapiro Melissa Mantak ... + Read More
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Series: Digital Nature PhotographyThe Art and the Science2nd editionPaperback
John and Barbara Gerlach9780415742429
$54.50PHOTOGRAPHY
Jun 13, 2015
Identifying a beautiful image in nature is easy, but capturing it is often challenging. To truly seize the essence of a photograph shot out of the studio and in the world requires an artistic eye and impeccable set of photographic techniques. John and Barbara Gerlach have been teaching photographers how to master the craft of photographing nature and the outdoors through their workshops and best-selling books for more than twenty years. ÂżNow, equipped with brand new images to share and skills to teach, this celebrated photo team is sharing thei... + Read More
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Series: Mind Over MoodChange How You Feel By Changing The Way You ThinkPaperback
Dennis Greenberger9781462520428
$36.50SELF-HELP
Oct 15, 2015
In this influential bestseller, Drs. Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky put the proven tools of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) into an accessible self-help framework that has already helped more than 1,000,000 readers. Step-by-step worksheets (which purchasers can download and print for repeated use) teach effective skills for conquering depression, panic attacks, anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders, substance abuse, and relationship problems. Vivid stories demonstrate the techniques in action; the large... + Read More
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Series: Chief Inspector Gamache NovelThe Nature of the BeastA Chief Inspector Gamache NovelHardcover
Louise Penny9781250022080
$32.50FICTION
Aug 25, 2015
The Nature of the Beast is a New York Times bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novel from Louise Penny.Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales m... + Read More
"The gold standard for communication training programs."—USA Today Business communication sucks. At each meeting and presentation, we are inundated with information, leaving us thirsting for inspiration. Sure, we will check off an action item because we have to . . . but what if we were actually inspired to do something? What if we were so moved that we wanted to do it?Leaders must earn the license to lead. Not by expertise, authority, or title alone, but by influence. In Communicate to Influence, you will learn the secrets of the Decker Method... + Read More
Step-by-step, full-color graphics show how to use the latest iPhone models! Written by seniors for seniors, this full-color guide features screenshots throughout with clear instructions that make it easy to start using the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and iOS 8. The book can be used with earlier devices, too. Follow along and learn how to make calls, manage your contacts and calendar, send email, browse the web, take photos and video, listen to music, play games, and much more. You’ll also get tips on using helpful apps such as Apple Pay and the ... + Read More
As organizations strive to do more with less, many are turning to Lean methodology, which is based on the same techniques that propelled the legendary turnaround of Japan's industrial sector after World War II. Few leaders, however, understand that the real secret behind Lean is a comprehensive approach to management that differs significantly from what is taught in business school. Lean initiatives, consequently, are rarely led by senior management, and seldom lead to significant change. The Lean CEO reveals the true power of Lean through ... + Read More
The NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller—updated with today’s hottest sites! A friend’s recommendation is more powerful than any advertisement. In the world of Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Instagram, and beyond, that recommendation can travel farther and faster than ever before. Packed with brand-new case studies from today’s emerging social sites, this updated edition of Likeable Social Media helps you harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing to transform your business. Listen to your customers and prospects. Deliver value, excitement, ... + Read More
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Series: Carleton Library SeriesCanadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World WarHardcover
G.W.L. Nicholson9780773546172
$75.00HISTORY
Dec 15, 2015
Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a... + Read More
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Series: What Is Government Good At?A Canadian AnswerHardcover
Donald J. Savoie9780773546219
$40.95POLITICAL SCIENCE
Sep 01, 2015
Recent decades have shown the public's support for government plummet alongside political leaders’ credibility. This downward spiral calls for an exploration of what has gone wrong. The questions, "What is government good at?" and "What is government not good at?" are critical ones - and their answers should be the basis for good public policy and public administration. In What Is Government Good At?, Donald Savoie argues that politicians and public servants are good at generating and avoiding blame, playing to a segment of the population to wi... + Read More
Winner of the Cover Design Award and Shortlisted for the Fiction Trade Book of the Year Award at the 2016 Alberta Book Publishing Awards!Shortlisted for the Second Annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize -- Literary Fiction!When her family's car goes through the ice on Rainy Lake one cold March day in 1962, six-year-old Rebecca Archer is the only person her father is able to pull from the sinking vehicle. But as Rebecca grows up in a farmhouse haunted by the absence of her mother and baby brother, raised by a man left nearly paralyzed with grief, she... + Read More
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Series: O Canada Crosswords Book 16Paperback
Gwen Sjogren9780889713123
$14.95GAMES & ACTIVITIES
Oct 10, 2015
This latest instalment of the bestselling O Canada Crosswords series serves up an appetizing palate of Canadiana, pop culture and whimsical wordplay. Canadian themes touch on hockey, music, industry and places, and author Gwen Sjogren brings to the table several of her trademark pun puzzles like Money Changes Everything and Fit for a Witch. Seven grids have built-in shapes that enhance the rich flavour of this collection, including circle-in-the-square anagrams and the unique Breaking All the Rules—of crossword design, that is! Sjogren takes... + Read More
Can you really move forward without putting the past to rest? Grace Willingdon has everything she needs. For fifteen years she's lived in a trailer overlooking Bras d'Or Lakes in postcard-perfect Baddeck, Cape Breton, with Fletcher Parsons, a giant teddy bear who's not even her husband. But Grace's blissful life is rudely interrupted when her estranged son calls from New York City, worried about his teenaged daughter. Before she knows it, Grace finds herself the temporary guardian of her self-absorbed, city-slicker granddaughter, Melissa. Trapp... + Read More
Washabuck is not a place to launder money; Ecum Secum is not a children's game; Joggins has nothing to do with anything athletic. They are just some of the 1,421 Nova Scotia place names whose origins, where they are known, are explained in this book. The history of each name is succinctly chronicled with an emphasis on events past and current that are historically significant, offbeat, or humorous. This quirky and informative guide also contains a treasure trove of the province's little-known facts and occurrences and 95 mini-biographies of fam... + Read More
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Series: Canoe CountryThe Making of CanadaHardcover
Roy MacGregor9780307361417
$32.00HISTORY
Sep 08, 2015
One of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes.     From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep in the Algonquin wilderness to modern families who have canoed across the country (kids and dogs included): Canoe Country is Roy MacGregor's celebration of the essential and enduring love affair C... + Read More
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Series: A Celtic TemperamentRobertson Davies as DiaristHardcover
Robertson Davies9780771027642
$35.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 06, 2015
Versatile and prolific, Robertson Davies was an actor, journalist and newspaper publisher, playwright, essayist, founding master of Massey College at the University of Toronto, and one of Canada’s greatest novelists. He was also an obsessive, complex, and self-revealing diarist. His diaries, which he began as a teenager, grew to over 3 million words and are an astonishing literary legacy. This first published selection of his diaries spans 1959 to 1963, years in which Davies, in mid-life, experienced both daunting failure and unexpected success... + Read More
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Series: The Heart Goes LastA NovelHardcover
Margaret Atwood9780771009112
$34.00FICTION
Sep 29, 2015
Imagining a world where citizens take turns as prisoners and jailers, the prophetic Margaret Atwood delivers a hilarious yet harrowing tale about liberty, power, and the irrepressibility of the human appetite.     Several years after the world's brutal economic collapse, Stan and Charmaine, a married couple struggling to stay afloat, hear about the Positron Project in the town of Consilience, an experiment in cooperative living that appears to be the answer to their problems - to living in their car, to the lousy jobs, to the vandalism and the ... + Read More
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Digital Nature Photography The Art and the Science 2nd edition Paperback 9780415742429 $54.50 PHOTOGRAPHY Jun 13, 2015
Mind Over Mood Change How You Feel By Changing The Way You Think Paperback 9781462520428 $36.50 SELF-HELP Oct 15, 2015
A Celtic Temperament Robertson Davies as Diarist Hardcover 9780771027642 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 06, 2015