Shortlisted, George Bugnet Award for Fiction. Kalila chronicles the lives of Maggie and Brodie, whose joy collides with devastation when their daughter’s birth also heralds the news of her congenital heart condition. In this startlingly...
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Author:Nixon, RosemarySummary: -
Author:MacEwan, GrantSummary:In John Ware's Cow Country , Grant MacEwan captures the energy, strength and gritty determination of the now legendary John Ware. Born and raised a slave in the United States, Ware made his way to the foothills of western Canada in 1882...
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Author:Asher, DamianSummary:Born and raised in Fort McMurray, Damian Asher was a fifteen year veteran and captain in the city's fire department. On May 1, 2016, when a raging wildfire struck the city and forced the entire population to evacuate, Damian and his...
- Author:Wharton, ThomasSummary:
In 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne slips on the ice of the Arcturus glacier in the Canadian Rockies and slides into a crevasse, wedged upside down nearly sixty feet below the surface. As he fights losing consciousness, a stray beam of...
- Author:Clough, AyeshaSummary:
"Howdy, je m'appelle John Ware" raconte la vie du plus célèbre cowboy noir du Canada. Pour enfants de 7 à 10 ans. Malgré son expérience de l'esclavage, de la guerre civile et des discriminations, ce cavalier hors-pair, reconnu pour...
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Howdy, I'm John Ware is a children's picture book about Canada's legendary Black cowboy. The story, ideal for ages 8-12, brings the real-life legend to a new generation of kids. Despite experiencing enslavement, war and discrimination,...
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Author:al Rabeeah, Abu Bakr, Yeung, WinnieSummary:Homes tells the story of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, a young boy whose family moved from Iraq to Syria just before the start of the Syrian civil war. It recounts what it was like living in Syria during this time -- the normal things like video...
- Author:Laviolette, Mary-BethSummary:
David More is one of western Canada's exceptional painters. Based in the rural hamlet of Benalto, near Red Deer Alberta, he is part of a generation of landscape artists who emerged in the 1970s to make beauty out of the ordinary and...
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Author:Loyie, Oskiniko LarrySummary:Like many of the tens of thousands of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who were taken from their families and sent to residential school for years, Lawrence felt like a stranger in his community when he returned, questioning both...
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In Ghosts in a Photograph, award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash delves into the lives of her grandparents, all of whom moved from Galicia, now present-day Ukraine, to Alberta at the turn of the twentieth century. Discovering a...
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Author:Bachusky, JohnnieSummary:The Red Coat Trail of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta runs near the route of the North West Mounted Police’s famous 1874 March West. Today, this lonely highway passes through a windswept land of ghostly abandoned towns....
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Author:Bachusky, JohnnieSummary:Today, many of the historic coal-mining communities of the Rocky Mountains are uninhabited ghost towns. Yet behind the crumbled ruins are tales of perseverance, danger and romance. A devastating mine explosion on Halloween shatters the...
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Author:Wall, Karen L.Summary:How deep is the importance and influence of organized sports in Alberta? Discover key episodes and players in the history of Alberta's organized sports and read how sport shaped the lives of individuals as well as of communities of...
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Author:Mather, KenSummary:Despite being neighbouring provinces with long ranching histories, British Columbia and Alberta saw their ranching techniques develop quite differently. As most ranching styles were based on one of the two dominant styles in use south...
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Author:Jackson, FredaSummary:Trained as a nurse and midwife, Elizabeth Evans never wanted to help set up the fledgling town of Aspen Coulee, Alberta, but travels there with her father when he agrees to become the town doctor. Housekeeper at the Evans’ house, Ann...
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Author:Hobshawn-Smith, DeeSummary:In this intimate guide to Alberta's sustainable food scene, writer, poet, professional chef, and food advocate Dee Hobsbawn-Smith profiles more than seventy-five of the province's growers and producers. Learn the A to Z's of each...
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Author:Anderson, Karen, Sanchez-Turri, MatildeSummary:The food lover's guide to finding the best local food artisans from all over Alberta. From the coulees of the badlands to the combines of the wheatlands, discover Alberta's diverse terroir, and be captivated by the distinct...
- Author:Joynt, Amanda, Sullivan, MichaelSummary:
This beautifully illustrated book features 56 species of fish found in Alberta's lakes, rivers and streams. Each account includes a full-colour illustration by artist Ian Sheldon, a range map and information on feeding, spawning, status...
- Author:Adams, Robert J.Summary:
Stories from the author's adventures as a Fish and Wildlife Officer on the Alberta prairies.
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Author:Patterson, R. M.Summary:The stories in Far Pastures take readers to R.M. Patterson’s homestead in the Peace River country of northern Alberta. To all-night dances that ended as the northern lights faded in the dawn. To escapades on the Fort Nelson, Liard and...
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