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Ms. Bixby's Last Day

by John David Anderson

Published: 2017-04-04

Paperback: 336 pages

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New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice“Kids won’t just love this book. They need it.” —Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good and Evil“Each page crackles as we embark on the greatest adventure of all.” —Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor winn...

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Still Mine

by Amy Stuart

Published: 2016-08-16

Paperback: 320 pages

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A taut psychological thriller in the vein of The Good Girl by Mary Kubica.Clare is on the run.From her past, from her husband, and from her own secrets. When she turns up alone in the remote mining town of Blackmore asking about Shayna Fowles, the local girl who disappeared, everyone want...

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We're All in This Together

by Amy Jones

Published: 2016-06-07

Paperback: 432 pages

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Winner of Northern Lit AwardFinalist for the Leacock Medal for HumourQuill & Quire "Books of the Year 2016"Globe & Mail "Best Canadian Fiction of 2016"A woman goes over a waterfall, a video goes viral, a family goes into meltdown -- life is about to get a lot more complicated for the Parke...

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His Whole Life

by Elizabeth Hay

Published: 2015-10-27

Hardcover: 308 pages

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Starting with something as simple as a boy who wants a dog, award-winning novelist Elizabeth Hay's His Whole Life transports readers to an emotionally rich landscape populated by unforgettable characters, yet overshadowed by a sense of loss. At the outset, ten-year-old Jim and his Canadian...

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No Relation

by Terry Fallis

Published: 2014-05-20

Paperback: 416 pages

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In his fourth novel, winner of the 2011 Canada Reads competition and "CanLit's crowned king of chuckles" (Telegraph-Journal) Terry Fallis's sharp, funny wit takes readers into the world of identity, inheritance, and belonging, begging the question: What's in a name?      This is the s...

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Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan

by Mardi Link

Published: 2014-11-17

Paperback: 448 pages

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On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was curled up on his side on the truck’s bare metal, pressed against the tailgate, cla...

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Storm Clouds Rolling In (# 1 in the Bregdan Chronicles Historical Fiction Romanc (Volume 1)

by Ginny Dye

Published: 2015-02-07

Paperback: 510 pages

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Review:  Best Historical Fiction series I have ever read!  Keep them coming! ~ DottiReview: I expected to like this book. I did not expect to be hooked! This series is, quite simply, the best historical fiction I have ever read. I’m in love with the characters, I can’t sleep because ...

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Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Published: 2000-08-29

Kindle Edition: 432 pages

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In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers a historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage, which recounted the explorations of the West by Lewis and Clark. Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the ...

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A Disappearance in Damascus: Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War

by Deborah Campbell

Published: 2017-09-05

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionWinner of the Freedom to Read AwardWinner of the Hubert Evans PrizeIn the midst of an unfolding international crisis, renowned journalist Deborah Campbell finds herself swept up in the mysterious disappearance of Ahlam, her g...

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Brother

by David Chariandy

Published: 2017-09-26

Hardcover: 192 pages

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Longlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller PrizeShortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeThe long-awaited second novel from David Chariandy, whose debut, Soucouyant, was nominated for nearly every major literary prize in Canada and published internationally.     An int...