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The Grizzly Mother
An engaging look at how the animals, people, and seasons within an ecosystem are intertwined. To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the grizzly is an integral part of the natural ...
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The Towers of Babylon
Embracing the anxieties of contemporary urban life, The Towers of Babylon tracks a group of hapless Millennials trying to find meaning in a world that consistently rejects them. What do you do when...
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Arctic Smoke
On the eve of his thirtieth birthday, aging punk Lor Kowalski is unsure of his sanity. He is haunted by hallucinogens and harbingers, strung out on broken stories that he cannot piece together into...
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Bad Judgment — Revised & Updated
The Myths of First Nations Equality and Judicial Independence in Canada
John Reilly’s second book, Bad Judgment, details the author’s battle with the Canadian justice system and the difficulties he faced trying to adapt Eurocentric Canadian law for the benefit of First...
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Bad Medicine — Revised & Updated
A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community
John Reilly’s first book, Bad Medicine, was an immediate sensation and Canadian bestseller that sparked controversy and elicited praise nationwide for its honest portrayal of First Nations tribal c...
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This Has Nothing to Do With You
The morning after her high school graduation, Mel and her older brother Matt drive by a crime scene. A few hours later, the police arrive at their door; it turns out the two siblings had witnessed ...
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With You By Bike
One Couple’s Life-Changing Journey Around the World
After many years together Katrina and Mike's marriage has unravelled. In a quest to mend their relationship they embark on a year long, 13,000 kilometre cycling tour with the hope of strengthening ...
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Broke City
Broke City, the final book in Wendy McGrath's Santa Rosa trilogy, follows young Christine as she edges into self-awareness in the now-vanished Edmonton neighbourhood of Santa Rosa. Budding with cr...
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let us not think of them as barbarians
Peter Midgley’s let us not think of them as barbarians is a bold narrative of love, migration, and war hewn from the stones of Namibia. Sensual and intimate, these evocative poems fold into each ot...
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Killer Heat
This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Ottawa is in the middle of a summer heat wave—and PI Anna Swee...
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Too Close to Home
This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Sometimes home is not a safe place to be. PI Anna Sweet is hir...
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In My Own Moccasins
A Memoir of Resilience
Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, interge...
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Earth
Giants, Golems, & Gargoyles
An anthology featuring creatures of the element Earth.
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Jumpship Hope
Hot-headed pilot Janlin Kavanagh volunteers for a desperate mission with an untested jumpship prototype.
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Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss
Life and Death at the Birth of Free-Climbing
Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain Literature Shortlisted for the 2019 Boardman Tasker Award An intriguing biography of the renowned Austrian alpinist Paul Preuss, wh...
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Restraints in Dementia Care
A Nurse’s Guide to Minimizing Their Use
Your best tool to optimize patient care by minimizing restraint use Frontline nurses face fraught decisions every day about whether and how to use restraints in dementia care. They need to conside...
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Tiny Lights for Travellers
Why couldn’t I occupy the world as those model-looking women did, with their flowing hair, pulling their tiny bright suitcases as if to say, I just arrived from elsewhere, and I already belong here...
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Say Something!
Writing Essays that Make the Grade
Stop boring your professors with tedious, predictable essays. Get better grades! How do you write a great essay? It’s not about five paragraphs filled with quotations from experts—you need to disco...
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West Coast 123s
Hooray! Time for a new and colourful 123 adventure with bestselling children's author and illustrator Jocey Asnong, along the remarkable west coast of Canada. Jocey Asnong’s vibrant and whimsical ...
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The Burning Black: Legend of Black Shuck
Deep in rural Suffolk, England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, terror strikes at the hearts of pious Christians on a hot August night, when they are attacked by a beast known only as Black ...
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Ghosts
Mysterious murders, shadowy figures, and high school. Life can be hard, death can be harder.
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K9 Obedience Training
Teaching Pets and Working Dogs to Be Reliable and Free-Thinking
The best positive obedience training program for your pets or working dog. Obedience is the foundation of any reliable, well-trained dog. Without obedience, working dogs are ineffective in operati...
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When Trains Ruled the Rockies
My Life at the Banff Railway Station
When Trains Ruled the Rockies is a personal history of the Banff train station from 1948 through 1962. Drawn from Terry Gainer’s personal memories and experiences from his years living and working...
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Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid
A remarkable and profound collection of reflections by one of North America’s most important Indigenous leaders. My name is Wa’xaid, given to me by my people. ‘Wa’ is ‘the river’, ‘Xaid’ is ‘good’...
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Family Walks and Hikes in the Canadian Rockies - Volume 1
Bragg Creek - Kananaskis - Bow Valley - Banff National Park
Family Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, ...
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The Man Who Lived with a Giant
Stories from Johnny Neyelle, Dene Elder
Our parents always taught us well. They told us to look on the good side of life and to accept what has to happen. The Man Who Lived with a Giant presents traditional and personal stories told by...
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Molly of the Mall
Literary Lass & Purveyor of Fine Footwear
Aspiring novelist Molly MacGregor’s life is strikingly different from a literary heroine's. Named for one of literature’s least romantic protagonists, Moll Flanders, Molly lives in Edmonton, a city...
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Popular Day Hikes: Kananaskis Country — Revised & Updated
Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established s...
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Popular Day Hikes: South-Central Okanagan — Revised & Updated
Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a bestselling series of books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established s...
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Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies — Revised & Updated
Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established s...
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Popular Day Hikes: Northern Okanagan — Revised & Updated
Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established s...
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Popular Day Hikes: Vancouver Island — Revised & Updated
Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established s...
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Honouring the Strength of Indian Women
Plays, Stories, Poetry
This critical edition delivers a unique and comprehensive collection of the works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator Vera Manuel, daughter of prominent Indigenous leaders Marceline Paul and G...
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There Are Not Enough Sad Songs
There is beauty in the teacup like dresses requiring crinoline or beaded purses too small to carry anything but anger. —from “Inheritance” Marita Dachsel’s third poetry collection explores parenth...
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The Student
The Student is a portrait of a life in two snapshots: 1957, 2005 LATE SUMMER – AUTUMN, 1957: Miriam Moscowitz is starting her final year of university with unwavering ambition. She is a serious an...
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Perception
Artist KC Adams’s Perception Photo Series first appeared on billboards, in storefronts, in bus shelters, and projected on Winnipeg’s downtown buildings. The photographs confronted common stereotype...
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers Volume 1
Introducing classic stories from the original masters of horror, this ebook includes all of the stories from Volume One of the Spinechillers audiobook series as well as Doug Bradley's special intro...
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers Volume 2
Doug Bradley's Spine Chillers, Volume 2, presents four classic stories from the masters of horror literature. It kicks off with Charles Dickens' friend and collaborator Wilkie Collins' eerie tale ...
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers Volume 4
Volume 4 is a feast for crows with such tales as Lost Hearts, The Damned Thing, Poe’s famous poem A Dream Within a Dream, and a man’s descent into madness with only his black cat to keep him compan...
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