From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay - an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and what you need to know about your health. More...
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Author: Makary, MartySummary: - Author: Wright, L.R.Summary:
Summer along Canada's Sunshine Coast is murderously hot in this moody mystery thriller-the basis for the Fox TV and Hulu series Murder in a Small Town. RCMP Sergeant Karl Alberg is attempting to escape the heat with his girlfriend...
- Author: McCormick, PeterSummary:
The End of the Charter Revolution explores the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, beginning with a general background history, followed by a survey of the significant changes brought about as Charter decisions were made. The book...
- Author: Eaton, Emily ; Gray-Donald, David ; Laforest, Joël ; Lameman, Crystal ; Tucker, Bronwen ; Alook, AngeleSummary:
In this compelling roadmap to a livable future, Indigenous sovereignty and a solution to the climate crisis go hand in hand. The climate crisis is here, and the end of this world--a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and...
- Author: Birmingham, MariaSummary:
Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines how humans have navigated the world over time.
- Author: Pollon, ChristopherSummary:
Pitfall is the compelling story of the quest to exploit the metals our civilization needs--and at what cost to local people and their environments. Beginning with the first waves of big, foreign-owned mines in the 1960s, investigative...
- Author: Thúy, KimSummary:
Vignettes describe a journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec. There, the young girl feels the embrace of a new community, and revels in the chance to...
- Author: Citra, BeckySummary:
Thea and her dad are always on the move, from one small Cariboo town to another, trying to leave behind the pain of Thea's mom's death. When her dad gets work renovating a guest ranch on Gumboot Lake, she makes friends with...
- This place is who we are : stories of Indigenous leadership, resilience, and connection to homelandsAuthor: Gordon, Katherine PalmerSummary:
This Place Is Who We Are profiles Indigenous communities in central and northern coastal BC that are reconnecting to their lands and waters-and growing and thriving through this reconnection. Indigenous peoples and cultures are...
- Author: McCrory, WayneSummary:
The Chilcotin's wild horses are are romantic and beautiful, but they are also controversial: they are seen by government policy as intruders competing for range land with native species and domestic cattle and, as a result, they have...
- Author: Adderson, CarolineSummary:
Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize. Short stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. On New Year's Eve, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order to fund their own recovery. A...
- Author: Horvath, PollySummary:
By Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath, comes a sequel to her popular middle-grade novel Pine Island Home about orphaned sisters who find a way to make a new family. Fiona, Marlin, Natasha and Charlie McCready have been adopted by their...
- Author: Lewis, BeverlySummary:
Caleb Yoder's father has forbidden him to court Nellie Mae Fisher, but words alone cannot stop Caleb's devotion. Yet if he continues to pursue Nellie, he risks losing everything. Nellie, too, is torn. She longs to marry her Old Order...
- Author: Housty, JessSummary:
Crushed Wild Mint is a collection of poems embodying land love and ancestral wisdom, deeply rooted to the poet's motherland and their experience as a parent, herbalist and careful observer of the patterns and power of their territory....
- Author: Symington-Fedy, EmeliaSummary:
A raw and riveting coming-of-age story about the wild love of teenage friendships and the casual oppression of 90s rape culture. Emelia Symington-Fedy grew up with her girl gang on the railroad tracks of a small town in British Columbia...
- Author: Robertson, David A.Summary:
From the award-winning author of On the Trapline comes a cinematic fantasy-adventure story inspired by Indigenous legends. One summer day, Lauren and her little brother, James, go on a trip to the land with their Moshom (grandfather)....
- Author: Chong, CorinnaSummary:
Longlister for the Giller Prize. The slow-burning, deeply felt story of a social outcast reckoning with the wounds of her past. Regina is a socially awkward loner who is content to live a life withdrawn from everyone except her...
- Author: Scott, JordanSummary:
The bond between a child and his grandmother grows as they tend her garden together. A young boy spends his mornings with his beloved Baba, his grandmother. She doesn't speak much English, but they connect through gestures, gardening,...
- Author: Stutzman, JonathanSummary:
Come get to know three neighboring families, each with a young child learning about themselves in this wondrous world. This poetic picture book is a parent's ode to everything their child is-and will be-capable of doing as they grow....
- Author: Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
*Longlister for the 2024 Giller Prize* From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Michif sisters who must face their past trauma when their mother is called out for false claims to...
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