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Zone: Mevedek
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Zone: Mevedek continues the journey of Mikus Nett and his companions as they flee the devastating conflict consuming Etherian. In search of a long-abandoned settlement, they discover a distant land unlike anything they’ve ever known: Mevedek, a...
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Lucy the Divco
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Lucy loved her work as a milk delivery truck, but when people start getting their milk at the grocery store, she doesn’t have any more work. Left all by herself in a wrecking yard, Lucy makes friends with a family of mice. Life in the wrecking...
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Recovery Doesn't Happen Overnight
A Candid Diary of a Young Woman Navigating Addiction, Depression and Recovery
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After years of suffering from depression, addiction, anxiety, and shame surrounding my sexual identity, I make a desperate move to Western Canada to work with my sister and start a new life. I didn’t know what recovery would look like for me, but...
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Why Men Also Cry
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Larry’s story begins in 1938 in a small cabin without running water or electricity in the Nova Scotia wilderness. Born to an irresponsible mother and an absent father, he and his sisters suffer neglect until they are eventually separated and...
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Empowering Indigenous Students in the Classroom and Beyond
A Collection of Essays by Instructors at the University College of the North
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Empowering Indigenous Students in the Classroom and Beyond brings together scholarly essays from faculty at the University College of the North (UCN), where the majority of students identify as Indigenous. Written from a wide range of...
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Reclaiming the Clay
Stories of Change
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What happens when the faith culture that shaped your life begins to fracture? In Reclaiming the Clay, a young girl grows up in a Dutch Calvinist immigrant community in mid-twentieth-century Canada, surrounded by family, tradition, and a deep...
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Vanishing Voices
A Crystal Coast Mystery
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Some secrets do come back from the grave. When Amelia Jackson returns to Swansboro, North Carolina, after studying overseas, she expects her work at the local museum to be a quiet opportunity to preserve the memories of the town’s oldest...
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Struggling in Class
A Report Card on Education in New Brunswick
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Putting students first should be the first priority of all public school systems. Today that is not the case in New Brunswick where the system is mired in ongoing crisis, students are struggling in class, and the public is losing faith in its...
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The Hummingbird and the Rose
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Every summer, a little old lady welcomes a hummingbird to her back garden. She keeps a hummingbird feeder in front of her kitchen window so she can sit and watch him as he drinks from the nourishing sugar water. To demonstrate his appreciation,...
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Life Skills
Level Up Tools
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In school, we’re taught how to spell words and solve math problems—but we’re rarely shown how to handle some of life’s most important challenges. In Life Skills, author, mother, and child educator Shakima Phillips guides children and teens in...
