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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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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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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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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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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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Nothing but Brush Strokes: Selected Prose
Phyllis Webb & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Phyllis Webb & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
This collection chronicles Phyllis Webb's struggle with the creative process and her intense need to probe beneath the surface of things.
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Pacific Rim Letters
Roy Kiyooka
Roy Kiyooka
This never before published work is a travel diary, cultural manifesto and unique post-modern collection of personal meditations.
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Paddling South: Winnipeg to New Orleans by Canoe
Rick Ranson
Rick Ranson
In the Fall of 1969, Rick Ranson and John Van Landeghem, both barely out of high school, took on the might of the Red and Mississippi Rivers to paddle a canoe from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic
Rudy Wiebe
Rudy Wiebe
A new edition of Rudy Wiebe’s 1989 book of essays, featuring two new essays and an afterword by Robert Kroetsch. This is the first book in the Landmark Editions Series.
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Readings from the Labyrinth
Daphne Marlatt & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
Daphne Marlatt & edited by Smaro Kamboureli
From one of Canada's foremost poet/novelists and feminist critics–a collection of essays spanning over fifteen years.
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Return to the Drum: Teaching Among the Dene in Canada's North
Miggs Wynne Morris
Miggs Wynne Morris
Return to the Drum is the real life adventure of Miggs Morris, who, as a young teacher in 1965, accepts a position to live and teach in the Northwest Territories.
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Ride the Rising Wind: One Woman's Journey Across Canada
Barbara Kingscote
Barbara Kingscote
In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for the Pacific Ocean on horseback, reaching the West Coast just over a year later.
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