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Bullies and Borscht
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In 1934, just after Mary Bendiak finishes Grade 3, her father dies. After the funeral, her mother Hanya, a Ukrainian immigrant, moves the family from Windsor to Toronto where Mary and her younger sisters must deal with poverty, making new...
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Here Come the Heroes
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Here Come the Heroes is a nonfiction, first-hand account of a series of events that began in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, August 2012. It is the unbelievable yet true story of how two brothers stood up against members of the Saskatoon...
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The Dreadful Round Up
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“Death’s on its way to this town and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.” It’s October 1st in Cowboy Cauldron, a dying Prairie town where it seems like you can’t turn over a rock without something sinister popping out, and there’s a month-long...
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Drinking from the Iceberg
Memoirs of a Field Zoologist
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What does it take to succeed as a field zoologist, particularly as a woman in a heavily male-dominated industry? Resilience, adaptability and a longing for adventure. These are the traits that Lorna Lyons highlights in her personal memoir,...
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Inclusive Spirituality
Discovering What Lies Beyond Religion
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If spirituality is the “mother tongue” of the human soul, then it can act as a universal, meaning-making system that speaks to our deepest needs. In Inclusive Spirituality: Discovering What Lies Beyond Religion, author Thandazani Mhlanga invites...
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Putting Worlds into Words
Selected Writings from Twenty-Five Years at the First Narayever Congregation
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Putting Worlds into Words chronicles one rabbi’s quarter-century of spiritual leadership at a vibrant, traditional-egalitarian downtown Toronto synagogue, the First Narayever Congregation. In this anthology of evocative writings and sermons,...
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The Secessionist's Wife
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For journalist Anna Jones of the New York Daily Journal, nothing is more important than finding the truth. So when Fort Riley, Kansas, suffers a terrorist attack, Anna jumps at the chance to see what’s happening at the base. She and her partner...
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Autumn
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After being homeschooled since second grade, fourteen-year-old Marigold is about to enter high school. But just days before her first day, she discovers a little box near the Saskatoon river valley. Curious, she brings it home, only to be shocked...
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A New Home
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Ricky is a young dog who grows up at a shelter in Mexico. When he’s adopted by a couple in Canada, he can’t wait to go to his new home. But when Ricky arrives, everything is unfamiliar and scary. He meets his parents and his dog sister, Lucy, and...
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The Power of Persistence
A Journey Across Borders and Through Storms
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A sweeping memoir of migration, resilience, and the unbreakable will to endure. A story that spans continents and generations, The Power of Persistence: A Journey Across Borders and Through Storms traces an extraordinary life shaped by history’s...