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Last Great Forest (The)
Larry Pratt & Ian Urquhart
Larry Pratt & Ian Urquhart
The story of the Alberta government’s decision to develop the Northern boreal forest and of the ensuing battles between multinational developers, environmentalists, Native groups, and sawmillers over the rights to exploit the timber resources.
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Letters From Deadman's Cay
Nina Berkhout
Nina Berkhout
A fictional account of an actual experience that took place on an out-island in The Bahamas. Through a collection of first-person prose poems arranged in a narrative, the author of the letters describes the feelings of isolation she endured on a small, re
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Listening to Trees
A.K. Hellum
A.K. Hellum
Combining personal experience with fact, Listening to Trees tells the story of a man’s lifelong journey to salvage today’s declining forests.
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Long Trail (The): The Story of a Pioneer Family
Beulah Baldwin
Beulah Baldwin
This biographical account of the lives of the Freelands by their daughter begins with their 1913 winter trek to the hinterlands of Peace River from Edmonton to purchase a hotel sight unseen.
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Lucky Elephant Restaurant (The): A Detective Lane Mystery
Garry Ryan
Garry Ryan
When the young daughter of popular radio talk show host Bobbie Reddie disappears along with Bobbie’s ex-husband, Detectives Lane and Harper are on the case. Haunted by flashbacks from a previous missing child case, Lane once again takes to the streets of
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Lyric/Anti-lyric: essays on contemporary poetry
Doug Barbour & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Doug Barbour & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
The very best of Barbour’s criticism over the past two decades, Lyric/Anti-lyric is the latest addition to the Writer as Critic series, edited by Smaro Kamboureli.
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Magpie's Smile (A)
Eugene Meese
Eugene Meese
When the scalped remains of a Jane Doe are discovered within the rubble of a demolished house, Detective Jake Fry is assigned the task of hunting down Calgary’s most disturbed murderer.
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Man Who Beat the Man (The)
F.B. André
F.B. André
An accomplished and enthralling collection of short stories. Many stories deal with displacement from one culture to another, while others look back at an isolated moment or event that somehow effects and alters the lives of the characters.
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Martin Yesterday
Brad Fraser
Brad Fraser
When Matt gets involved with Martin Yesterday, he is confronted with Yesterday’s dark past.
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Metastasis and Other Plays
Gordon Pengilly
Gordon Pengilly
Delve into darkness with Metastasis and Other Plays, a new collection of Gordon Pengilly’s award-winning dramas that highlight the core of human tragedy, paranoia, and violence.
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Minor Keys (The)
David Belke
David Belke
Inspired by jazz music but not necessarily about jazz. The problems, dreams, and desires of the people who frequent the Combo Club may be small but they are also intense.
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Misshapen
Robert Budde
Robert Budde
One day in 1897, as the huge carnival big-top swooshed upward, a child came flying out of the folds of the tent and landed softly in the straw on the ground.
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Moon Honey
Suzette Mayr
Suzette Mayr
A funny, sexy tale of love affairs, magical transformation, and happy endings. The question is, can love be relied on to save the day?
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Mothertalk: Life Stories of Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka
Roy Kiyooka
Roy Kiyooka
In 1993 Mary Kiyooka sat with her son Roy Kiyooka, one of Canada’s most important avant-garde painters, with a tape recorder. In her native Japanese, she shared with him the fascinating memories of her migration to Canada.
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moving to the clear
Jason Dewinetz
Jason Dewinetz
This is the first full-length collection of poetry by Jason Dewinetz. The work contains four sections, including: A Guide in the Birds of the North Okanagan;" "Géricault’s Severed Limbs Paintings;" "moving to the clear;" and "In Theory.""
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Murder in the Chilcotin
Roy Innes
Roy Innes
The third book of Roy Innes' mystery series sees RCMP Inspector Coswell and the newly promoted Sergeant Blakemore investigating a murder which threatens to ignite long-simmering racial conflicts.
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Murder in the Monashees
Roy Innes
Roy Innes
RCMP Corporal Paul Blakemore is jolted from his mundane policing duties in the small Monashee Mountain village of Bear Creek by the discovery of a frozen corpse on a snowy slope just outside of town.
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My Beloved Wager
Erín Moure
Erín Moure
In her essays and linguistic-sculptural interventions on what poetry makes possible, Moure reveals why she has placed her bets on poetry as life.
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Nahanni Remembered
A.C. Lewis
A.C. Lewis
The author recounts the four months he and a friend spent at a trapping camp in the Nahanni Valley.
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Naked at School: Plays for Teens
Chris Craddock
Chris Craddock
Naked at School contains three funny, well-written and accessible plays dealing with serious issues important to teens.
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NextFest Anthology
Various
Various
Theatre Network and NeWest Press join together to bring you a collection of plays from five fresh new talents in the world of theatre.
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NextFest Anthology II: Plays from the Syncrude Next Generation
Steve Pirot
Steve Pirot
Nextfest Anthology II celebrates ten years of the Syncrude Next Generation Arts Festival in Edmonton. The Festival is a showcase for emerging professional artists in theatre, film, music, dance, and visual art. This collection exhibits five captivating pl
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Nightmarker
Meredith Quartermain
Meredith Quartermain
In expeditions to City Hall, the police station, the sugar refinery, and the courthouse, Nightmarker explores the human city as an animal behaviour, a museum, and a dream of modernity.
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Nine Dead Dogs
Murray J. Malcolm
Murray J. Malcolm
When several unexplained dog poisonings are reported in rural Saskatchewan, forensic consultant John Avery Smith is on the case. Is it a case of sabotage and revenge due to a long-running feud between two grumpy old men?
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