Modern lives seem littered with expiration dates. Packaging tells us when our food will go bad; when we can expect appliances to cease functioning; when contracts for the internet finish! But as annoying as these small expiration dates...
Read Alberta eBook Collection
A partnership of the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) and Alberta Municipal Affairs’ Public Library Services Branch (PLSB) launched the Read Alberta eBook Collection to make Alberta-published eBooks available to readers across the province and country. Titles are added quarterly.
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Auteur:Kilpatrick, NancySommaire: - Auteur:Hartson, TamaraSommaire:
For this edition of Super Explorers, you better bundle up! Come explore the Arctic and Antarctic and all the creatures that make these icy places their homes. To survive in such places, these plants and animals have to be tough. -...
- Auteur:Jarvis, Daniel, Naested, IreneSommaire:
Daniel Jarvis and Irene Naested highlight the natural association between math and art in a series of practical ideas for the classroom, because when students understand the math/art connection, their understanding and confidence...
- Auteur:Kagume, KristaSommaire:
Super Explorers take you for a wild ride into the jungle. You will explore the canopy and the wildlife that live there and also the floor of the jungle, dark and mysterious!
- Auteur:Dey, MyrnaSommaire:
A chance discovery of a sepia photograph of her grandmother and her twin sister leads RCMP Constable Arabella Dryvynsydes on an investigation: how did a picture taken in 1914 in the mining town of Extension, BC end up at a garage sale...
- Auteur:Klassen, Henry C.Sommaire:
Calgary and the Bow Valley's business climates were lively, competitive, and capitalistic in the late 1800s. Eye on the Future sheds light on the challenges of building and maintaining business in this area during this time of vast...
- Auteur:Tamayose, DarcySommaire:
Award-winning author Darcy Tamayose returns with Ezra's Ghosts, a collection of fantastical stories linked by a complex mingling of language and culture, as well as a deep understanding of grief and what it makes of us. Within...
- Auteur:Ramsey, Sherry D.Sommaire:
Enterprises à l’appétit démesuré, nanotechnologies et imbroglios familiaux: une épopée spatiale qui a du coeur!
- Auteur:Boschma, GeertjeSommaire:
This book provides a historical analysis of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary in contrast and comparison to the broader evolution of academic nursing in Canada. It addresses how the faculty has responded to important...
- Auteur:Figueiredo, Dan deSommaire:
A madcap guide to hiding out in Canada and passing oneself off as a local; the how-to book on quirky Canadian ways.
- Auteur:De Figueiredo, DanSommaire:
Dan de Figueiredo is a humour columnist, journalist and television writer. His love of words and ideas began when he received a copy of Robinson Crusoe at the age of seven, and he has never looked back. After earning a BA in Political...
- Auteur:Stone, D. K.Sommaire:
"Danika Stone is a stone cold thriller genius." -Gareth L Powell, award-winning author of Ragged Alice and the Embers of War trilogy. "Tightly woven with suspense and vivid, compelling prose, this third book of the series is proof of Ms...
- Auteur:Nichols, WilliamSommaire:
These poems were taken from a diary of poems and sketches kept over forty years. In retrospect they have a repeating pattern of awareness and lack of awareness, of uncomfortably being in society and more comfortably slipping back to be...
- Auteur:Edwards, JannieSommaire:
Falling Blues sings about edges and air, about fear, about letting go, jumping, plunging. The poems chart some of the many ways we have of falling in and out (of love, of lines), of falling for and under (spells, sinners, mystics), of...
- Auteur:Mannani, Manijeh, Thompson, VeronicaSommaire:
The current political climate of confrontation between Islamist regimes and Western governments has resulted in the proliferation of essentialist perceptions of Iran and Iranians in the West. Such perceptions do not reflect the complex...
- Auteur:Nugara, AndrewSommaire:
The first book for the Canadian Rockies in the series brings together an inspiring collection of comfortable walks and spectacular hikes for visitors and locals looking for unique, guided wanderings in a number of diverse locations in...
- Auteur:Nugara, AndrewSommaire:
The first book for the Canadian Rockies in the series brings together an inspiring collection of comfortable walks and spectacular hikes for visitors and locals looking for unique, guided wanderings in a number of diverse locations in...
- Auteur:Crerar, HarrySommaire:
Family Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps, and colour...
- Auteur:Enock, NeilSommaire:
Book your ticket now for a trip to the future, the past, and the timeslips in between. Through the eloquent prose and imaginings of eighteen tellers of tales, we are pleased to present to you a collection of stories-on-a-train that will...
- Auteur:Williams, JefferySommaire:
Far From Home recounts the life of a soldier who grew up in 1920s Calgary and became an officer in the Canadian army who travelled the world. Williams offers a vivid retelling of growing up in Calgary during the Depression. Following...
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