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Jalal Barzanji
The Man in Blue Pajamas

The style of my book must be in small pieces, as my life has been in pieces. (Jalal Barzanji)From 1986 to 1988 poet and journalist Jalal Barzanji endured imprisonment and torture under Saddam Hussein's re…

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William Beard
Persistence of Double Vision

What makes Clint Eastwood such an extraordinary screen presence? Clint Eastwood represents probably the single strongest icon of heroic masculinity in popular cinema over the past quarter-century. Yet thi…

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Sarah Boon
Meltdown

In Meltdown , Sarah Boon tells us about field adventures in snow and ice, the tough decision of choosing an academic career over that of a writer, and the challenges she faces as a woman in science. Her s…

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Kathryn Chase Merrett
Why Grow Here

"A visitor from down south stared at my apple tree and said: 'Those don't grow here you know. It's too cold.' If the apricot tree in Highlands knew it couldn't live here, it might stop scattering whi…

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Dianne Chisholm
The Waking Glacier

The Waking Glacier is a compelling, if unsettling, work of literary travel that embarks on an Arctic sea voyage as a dawning, existential immersion in the larger-than-human world. Mixing poetic reflection…

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Aaron Hughes
Our Rights and Freedoms

In Our Rights and Freedoms, Aaron W. Hughes recounts the complex and fascinating history of Canada's Charter, revealing how it has forever changed the political, legal, and social lives of Canadians. Writ…

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Glen Hvenegaard, Jeremy Mouat, Heather J Marshall
Frank Farley and the Birds of Alberta

Frank Farley (1870-1949) was a passionate naturalist and enthusiastic booster for rural development in western Canada. He supported and managed newly designated migratory bird sanctuaries, networked with …

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Kevin Irie
Evacuations

With Evacuations, Kevin Irie weaves a poetic documentary for readers, capturing the personal and political histories of the Japanese-Canadian internment in British Columbia during World War II. The result…

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Shereen Ismael
Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State

In 2005, 1.2 million children in Canada were living below the poverty level. This represents a 20 percent increase since 1989, the year that the federal government unanimously passed a resolution to elimi…

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Mehdi M Kashani
A Tehran So Quiet and Other Stories

Focusing on the indelible effects of displacement on the Iranian diaspora's psyche, Mehdi M. Kashani's debut collection presents narratives that, though often unresolved, remain faithful to the depth of t…

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Myrna Kostash
Prodigal Daughter

A deep-seated questioning of her inherited religion resurfaces when Myrna Kostash chances upon the icon of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica. A historical, cultural and spiritual odyssey that begins in Edmont…

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Alice Major
Triangularity

In a world defined by specialization and fragmentation, Alice Major's Triangularity is a profound, timely challenge. Through personal essays and interspersed poems, Major reveals the deep connections betw…

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Sylvain Maréchal,
The Woman Priest

"My God! Pardon me if I have dared to make sacred things serve a profane love; but it is you who have put passion into our hearts; they are not crimes--I feel this in the purity of my intentions.&quo…

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Lisa Martin
Nighthawks

In Nighthawks, Lisa Martin traces a creaturely interconnectedness, traversing land, ecology, and other boundaries amid crises unfolding at a global scale. These poems parse aspects of human embodiment--em…

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Emma Minde
Their Example Showed Me the Way

Emma Minde's portraits of the family into which she was given in marriage are touching and instructive. They show us a young woman leaving her home at Saddle Lake, Alberta, to join a household of stranger…

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Linda Quirk
Forgers, Fakers, and Publisher-Pirates

Bruce Peel Special Collections

Whether print or digital, text or image, artistic or scientific, rare or common, historic or contemporary, most of the content we encounter contains accidental mistakes--ranging from typos to factual erro…

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Lisa Richter
Sublunary

In Sublunary, Lisa Richter explores what it's like to live "under the moon" in a world that is simultaneously a heartbreak and a total wonder. Sweetmeats and ocelots rain from the sky. Pets are …

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David A Robertson
Every Story Is a Call to Action

In Every Story Is a Call to Action, David A. Robertson explores the role of Indigenous stories in stitching together a new understanding of Canada and nurturing a collective experience that helps create l…

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Colleen Skidmore
Searching for Mary Schaffer

New questions, new stories, new collaborators of early twentieth-century photographer, writer, explorer, mapmaker, and illustrator.

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Gisèle Villeneuve
Toast for Two Tongues

Toast for Two Tongues is a vibrant celebration of the untranslatable. Through nine stories, Gisèle Villeneuve's interpretation of bilingual life shows moments of complete understanding across culture, age…

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