Fiona Lychenko, now a woman in her late sixties, has spent years researching the death of her high school classmate Zara Stanley, who was brutally murdered at the age of twenty. Determined to solve the crime, something the police weren’...
Alberta--Calgary
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Author:Butala, SharonSummary: -
Author:Margoshes, DaveSummary:From an emergency room in Calgary, where an intern hears his poorly timed joke about suicide, Zan winds up on the psychologist’s couch. But the doctor’s efforts to investigate Zan’s mental state are constantly stymied by his misfiring...
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Author:Douglas, Marion K.Summary:Rose Drury and her partner, Lucy, have just learned that their son, Roger, is considered to be below average - at the third percentile rank in most areas, according to the pediatrician. Although Rose herself is a developmental...
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Author:Calgary Herald, Nenshi, NaheedSummary:The Flood of 2013 chronicles an unforgettable summer of angry rivers, unprecedented flooding, and undeniable human spirit. This book looks at how the disaster irrevocably changed southern Alberta and its people. In the face of disaster...
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Author:Ryan, GarrySummary:Here's another triple-header from the bestselling Detective Lane Series author Garry Ryan. The Detective Lane Casebook #2 brings together the fourth, fifth, and sixth books of the series, Smoked, Malabarista, and Foxed. "Detectives Lane...
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Author:Hart, BruceSummary:Straight from the Hart is the no-holds-barred book about the often surreal, physically and psychologically brutal and politically cutthroat world of professional wrestling that fans everywhere — from the most casual or...
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Author:Harrison, MikeSummary:Paul Menzies is an out–of–shape, middle–aged advertising executive, who arrives at work one morning to discover he’s lost his job. Downsized. That evening, he stops by a bank machine to check his finances. Ahead of him, a scruffy young...
- Author:Mikkelsen, GlenSummary:
Tighten Your Lines and Hang On! You're in for quite a ride! There is simply no other race like it. The Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby brings together a unique community of men, women and horses for the toughest teamster...
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Author:McCoy, HeathSummary:Calgary’s Stampede Wrestling spawned some of the biggest wrestling stars in history, from mat kings of the past like Gene Kiniski and Superstar Billy Graham to modern idols like Bret “Hitman” Hart, the British Bulldogs, and Chris Benoit...
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Author:Ryan, GarrySummary:His psyche still reeling from having to kill a criminal in the line of duty, Calgary’s Detective Lane flies to Cuba to celebrate the wedding of his beloved niece. While there, though, he finds himself drafted by the local police into...
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Author:Poulsen, David A.Summary:A musical cold case has Cullen and Cobb back on the beat. On February 28, 1965, a young singer named Ellie Foster stepped into the alley behind The Depression, a Calgary folk club where she shared the bill with Joni Anderson, later to...
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Author:Nixon, RosemarySummary: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:North, SuzanneSummary:In 1939, Kay Jeynes goes to work for the only Japanese businessman in town, the elderly Mr. Miyashita. Despite differences in their age, race, and class, a friendship develops between them in the peaceful vacuum of Mr. Miyashita's...
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Author:Berner, GeoffSummary:Travel in the entertaining company of a man made of equal parts bullshit and inspiration, in what is ultimately a twisted panegyric to the power of strange music to change people from the inside out. At turns funny and strangely...
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Author:Berner, GeoffSummary:Maverick music manager Campbell Ouiniette makes a final destructive bid for glory at the Calgary Folk Festival. Travel in the entertaining company of a man made of equal parts bullshit and inspiration, in what is ultimately a twisted...
- Author:Williams, JefferySummary:
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...
- Author:Boschma, GeertjeSummary:
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...
- Author:Klassen, Henry C.Summary:
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...
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Author:Calder, SusanSummary:Paula Savard’s life has stalled. Her lukewarm love life, job as an insurance adjuster and grownup children are more frustrating than exciting. However, she gets more than she asked for when her once best friend, Callie, is murdered...
- Author:Lampard, Robert, Stahnisch, Frank, Hogan, David B., Wright, James R., Jr.Summary:
Creating the Future of Health is the fascinating story of the first fifty years of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Founded on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Health Services in 1964 the Cumming...
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