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Arctic Chill מאת Arnaldur Indridason On an icy January day, the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found in the garden: a young, dark-skinned boy, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The discovery of a stab wound in his stomach extinguishes any hope that this was a tragic accident. Erlend...

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Hypothermia מאת Arnaldur Indridason The latest installment in the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award–winning Reykjavik Murder Mystery series.One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam in her summer cottage. At first sight it appears to be a straightforward case of suicide; the woman, María, had never re...

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Drawing Dead מאת Grant McCrea Lawyer Rick Redman decides it is time to make a career change. Murder can do that to a guy. A beautiful woman offering a substantial cash retainer makes it seem like a good idea too. But when he loses the cash in a poker game and he ends up in Nevada, he has no choice but to try to recoup the lost m...

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The G.I. Diet Menopause Clinic מאת Rick Gallop From Canada’s own bestselling G.I. Diet author comes the latest real-life 13-week clinic featuring women in their menopausal and post menopausal years. After the success of his first e-clinic, where he recruited volunteers with a body mass index of 33 or over to participate in his diet program, Ri...

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Blood Safari מאת Deon Meyer When the rich and famous visit South Africa, their first port of call is often Body Armor, the personal security company offering two types of protection: the big and intimidating muscle men called Gorillas or the lean and hungry former government body guards, referred to as Invisibles. Lemmer is a ...

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Not Guilty: My Guide to Working Hard, Raising Kids and Laughing through the Chaos מאת Debbie Travis "I want this book to read like you are getting together with your best girlfriends over a glass of wine to let loose about life and, most of all, to laugh about it all.” Debbie Travis Debbie Travis, the beloved home decorating icon, launched her hugely successful career when she had two kids at ho...

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Making an Elephant מאת Graham Swift From the acclaimed Booker Prize–winning author of Last Orders, this highly personal book is a singular and open-spirited account of a writer’s life.In Making an Elephant, Swift brings together richly varied essays, portraits, poetry and interviews, full of insights into his passion...

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The Toss of a Lemon מאת Padma Viswanathan In south India in 1896, ten-year old Sivakami is about to embark on a new life. Hanumarathnam, a village healer with some renown as an astrologer, has approached her parents with a marriage proposal. In keeping with custom, he provides his prospective in-laws with his horoscope. The problem is that ...

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Border Songs מאת Jim Lynch Brandon Vanderkool’s severe dyslexia and six-foot-eight height give him an unusual perspective on his new job with the American Border Patrol, along the Washington/BC border — just a long, grassy ditch, really, barely dividing neighbours who used to be as congenial as those in any small communit...

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The Bishop's Man מאת Linden MacIntyre From an award-winning writer and one of Canada’s foremost broadcast journalists, comes a deeply wise and moving novel that explores the guilty minds and spiritual evasions of Catholic priests.Father Duncan MacAskill has spent most of his priesthood as the “Exorcist” — an enforcer employed by...

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Tony Aspler's Cellar Book: How to Design, Build, Stock and Manage Your Wine Cellar Wherever You Live מאת Tony Aspler Tony Aspler returns with a book for anyone who has fallen under the spell of the glorious grape — and dreamed of having their very own wine cellar.Tony Aspler’s Cellar Book provides guidelines for anyone, whether their regular tipple is a $15-Australian or a $100-Bordeaux, who wants to ke...

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Peter Mansbridge One on One: Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them מאת Peter Mansbridge From one of Canada’s most respected and recognizable journalists comes a collection of the best interviews with the leading thinkers and cultural icons of our time, from the country’s most trusted interview show.An extraordinary selection from Newsworld’s Mansbridge One on One, includin...

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Our Turn to Parent: Shared Experiences and Practical Advice on Caring for Aging Parents in Canada מאת Barbara Dunn No one can anticipate what it will be like for you the day you discover you must become a caregiver for one or both of your parents. As you begin to care for them, you will be filled with questions and looking for advice. Our Turn to Parent shows you how to work with your parent to bec...

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A Year in Lucy's Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes and Memorable Meals מאת Lucy Waverman One of Canada’s favourite culinary personalities returns with the companion volume to  the award-winning Lucy’s Kitchen — an inspirational collection of recipes for every month of the year. The resurgence of farmers’ markets, along with economic, environmental and health concerns hav...