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Aberhart Summer (The)
Bruce Allen Powe
Bruce Allen Powe
NeWest is proud to publish the new edition of this classic novel first published in 1983.
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Aberhart Summer (The): a Play
Conni Massing
Conni Massing
Based on the novel, this is a dark coming of age story where desperation, secrets and tragedy affect the lives of the people in an Edmonton neighborhood during the Depression.
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Alberta Politics Uncovered: Taking Back our Province
Mark Lisac
Mark Lisac
Looking at hard facts of Alberta's political dead end, and at the use of myths to distort reality. Veteran political observer Mark Lisac looks at some of the truths buried under the comforting cliches.
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Aldershot 1945: The Novel
Bruce Allen Powe
Bruce Allen Powe
Over two nights of mayhem, Canadian soldiers leave their crumbling barracks and trash the old garrison town of Aldershot, England. World War II in Europe is over, but the war in Aldershot has just begun.
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Bottom Line: The truth behind private health insurance in Canada
Diana Gibson & Colleen Fuller
Diana Gibson & Colleen Fuller
A study of the truth behind private health insurance by looking at the history of private insurance before Medicare and examining the myths and realities of health care in Canada.
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Butterflies in Bucaramanga
Tanna Patterson-Z
Tanna Patterson-Z
This fictionalized account of the 1998 kidnapping of a mining executive by Colombian renegades guides readers deep into the physical and political terrain of a beautiful but dangerous country.
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Canadian Literary Power
Frank Davey & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Frank Davey & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Frank Davey is both a participant and witness in his provocative examination of the nature of literary power as a part of general cultural and political relationships in contemporary and anglophone Canada.
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Cardinal Divide (The)
Stephen Legault
Stephen Legault
Cole Blackwater, environmental strategist and damaged human being, must prove an environmental fanatic innocent of murder to save Canada's magnificent Cardinal Divide from destruction.
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Chance
Anne Metikosh
Anne Metikosh
Dragan was a Yugoslav peasant who flirted with the ideals of Communism and aspired to become a teacher. Instead, he became a slave in a German labour camp. Galina was an only child growing up in the harsh reality of Stalinist Russia.
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Doomed Bridegroom (The)
Myrna Kostash
Myrna Kostash
The Doomed Bridegroom narrates one woman’s attraction to rebel heroes, both real and imagined, in Canada, Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean.
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Edmonton on Location: River City Chronicles
Heather Zwicker
Heather Zwicker
An innovative collection of essays, memoirs, poems, and stories by acclaimed Edmontonians that describe the heartbeat of this vibrant city, from parks and back alleys to the High Level Bridge and North Saskatchewan River.
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Guilty Addictions
Garrett Wilson
Garrett Wilson
Unbelievable accounts of political corruption involving bribery and murder—and a race to stay alive for a Saskatchewan lawyer.
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Kreisel Lecture Series #2: Old Lost Land of Newfoundland (The)
Wayne Johnston
Wayne Johnston
Wayne Johnston discusses the myths and realities of his native Newfoundland. A master storyteller, Johnston peppers his lecture with impromptu asides, delighting his readers with true tales and well-spun yarns.
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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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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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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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Room with Five Walls (The): The Trials of Victor Hoffman
Byrna Barclay
Byrna Barclay
A play that tells the riveting story of one of Canada's most sense less mass murders: when Victor Hoffman, a paranoid schizophrenic, murdered nine members of the Peterson family in 1967 in Saskatchewan.
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Snow Bodies: One Woman's Life on the Streets
Elizabeth Hudson
Elizabeth Hudson
The timely memoir of a troubled young woman who through drug dependence turns to a life of prostitution on the streets of Calgary and Vancouver.
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Thirst to Die For (A)
Ian Waddell
Ian Waddell
A timely and nail-biting mystery about corrupt politicians and water exports. MP Clayton Greene discovers that something fishy is happening to the water of BC, and a thrilling and fast-paced adventure ensues. Author Ian Waddell is a former MP from BC.
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Whipstock
Barb Howard
Barb Howard
Whipstock is a humorous tall tale exploring the literal, metaphorical and narrative links between pregnancy and Alberta's petroleum industry.
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Wild Daisies in the Sand: Life in a Canadian Internment Camp
Tom Sando
Tom Sando
In 1942 Tom Sando was imprisoned in Canadian concentration camps for standing up for his right as a Japanese Canadian. This is his journal, and it relates Sando’s internment experience of loneliness, fear, and, eventually, friendship and hope.
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