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Alberta
Robert Kroetsch
Robert Kroetsch
Captures the beauty of this province in this documentation of his Alberta experience—from dinosaur digs in the Badlands to the Calgary Stampede to the site of Big Bear’s prophetic vision.
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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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All of Baba’s Children
Myrna Kostash
Myrna Kostash
The story of one woman’s personal discovery of her Canadian-Ukrainian cultural origins and the impact of that invigorating discovery on her life.
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Always Someone To Kill The Doves: A Life of Sheila Watson
Fred Flahiff
Fred Flahiff
The riveting portrait of a renowned Canadian writer shaped by her times, turbulent marriage, clarity of genius, and by her moral sense instilled by a Catholic upbringing.
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American Critic in Canada (An): The Literary Memoirs of Morton L
Morton L. Ross
Morton L. Ross
A tribute to Morton L. Ross, a well-loved professor and mentor. Includes a eulogy by Robert Kroetsch, and Ross' personal observations, critical essays, lectures, and articles.
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Any Other Woman: An uncommon biography
Monica Kidd
Monica Kidd
Monica Kidd, biologist, poet and award-winning journalist, travels to Slovakia and Alberta to unravel the mystery of her great-grandparents' lives.>>
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Apocrypha
Stan Dragland & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Stan Dragland & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Shaped over two decades, this collection is a passionate meditation on the meeting of life and literature, and a text of rumination, invention, and rhapsody.
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Arbutus/Madrone Files: Reading the Pacific Northwest
Laurie Ricou
Laurie Ricou
The first book-length commentary examining the writing of the Pacific Northwest presented in an unconventional group of files" along with colour pictures."
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Back Roads
Ted Ferguson
Ted Ferguson
After collapsing from stress in a posh Vancouver restaurant, Ted Ferguson decides to abandon his workaholic lifestyle and move his family to the secluded back roads of northern Alberta, where electricity and indoor plumbing are a luxury.
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Big Rig: Comic Tales from a Long Haul Trucker
Don McTavish
Don McTavish
Big Rig takes us on some eye-opening, highly comical road trips, through the eyes of a driver and his fellow truckers over a forty year period.
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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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Buried in the Silence
Connie Sampson
Connie Sampson
Journalist Connie Sampson examines the life and death of Leo LaChance, his brother David’s quest for the truth, and the story of the inquiry that followed Leo’s death.
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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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Canadian Literature at the Crossroads of Language and Culture
Barbara Godard & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Barbara Godard & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Canadian Literature at the Crossroads of Language and Culture is the first book to gather together essays by Barbara Godard, one of the leading and most prolific figures in the field of Canadian studies.
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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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Crybaby!
Janice Williamson
Janice Williamson
In a dramatic arrangement of words and visuals, Crybaby! is the memoir of a woman dealing with intimations of incest, her infertility, and the suicide of her father.
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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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Earth Alive: Essays on Ecology
Stan Rowe
Stan Rowe
A collection of thought-provoking essays, short pieces, and reviews that explore and uncover the intimate connections between humans and the Earth.
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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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Elk in the House (An)
Beverly Lein
Beverly Lein
When Beverly and Carson Lein, ranchers at the Seventh Avenue Elk ranch in Manning, chose the unique occupation of farming elk, they didn’t count on adopting and inevitably falling in love with one.
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Faking It: Critical Writing 1984-1999
Fred Wah & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Fred Wah & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
A critical scrapbook collected from fifteen years of writing. Contains essays, reviews, interviews, journals, notes, and poetic improvisations on contemporary poetry and identity.
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Fallen Empires: Lost Theatres of Edmonton 1881–1914
John Orrell
John Orrell
Fallen Empires—from NeWest Press’ Landmark Edition Series—traces the development of Edmonton’s theatre community from its humble beginnings in meeting halls in 1881 to the flourishing scene of 1914.
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Frog Lake Reader (The)
Myrna Kostash
Myrna Kostash
Non-fiction author Myrna Kostash merges the past and the present in The Frog Lake Reader, offering a new perspective on the tragic events surrounding the Frog Lake Massacre of 1885.
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From Mushkegowuk to New Orleans: A Mixed Blood Highway
Joseph Boyden
Joseph Boyden
Boyden speaks passionately, relating Aboriginal people in Canada to poor African Americans, Whites, and Hispanics in post-Katrina New Orleans. At the end of his lecture he presented a provocative manifesto to the audience.
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Hammerstone: A Biography of Hornby Island
Olivia Fletcher
Olivia Fletcher
Successful in its first edition, this is the long-awaited revised version of this popular tribute to Hornby Island. The creation of the island is revealed in beautiful prose and description.
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Home Place: Essays on Ecology
Stan Rowe
Stan Rowe
This is a new edition of Stan Rowe’s popular collection of essays that focus on the idea that the Earth is our "Home Place." The new edition contains an introduction by Wes Jackson of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas."
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In Visible Ink: crypto-frictions
Aritha van Herk & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Aritha van Herk & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Aritha van Herk explores other texts, other bodies, other moments arising from the otheredness of the writer in the uneasy position of critic.
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Knocking on the Moonlit Door: Reflections on Journeys to Europe
Margaret Thompson
Margaret Thompson
A collection of beautifully written personal essays that explore travel both to distant places and within the mind.
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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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Landscapes of the Heart: Narratives of Nature and Self
Michael Aleksiuk & Thomas Nelson
Michael Aleksiuk & Thomas Nelson
What impact does nature have on our personal well-being and how does our interaction with the environment shape who we are and how we connect with our world?
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