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How to Mow the Lawn (The Lost Art of Being a Man) מאת Sam Martin “At about the time men started to get in touch with their feminine sides, hammer sales around the world began to drop off.” So begins this witty yet practical guide for men looking to reclaim their traditional role. Author Sam Martin covers every aspect of the transition imaginable. From D...

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No Place Strange מאת Diana Fitzgerald Bryden A novel about connections made and lost, No Place Strange follows four people affected by the actions of a beautiful Palestinian terrorist named Rafa Ahmed. Lydia is a young Jewish Canadian woman running from the truth about her father's involvement with Rafa, who may be implicated in his murder. Ly...

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Gymboree Alphabet (Gymboree Play & Music) מאת Christine Coirault This charming introduction to the ABCs features large, easy-to-read letters shown in both upper and lower case. Each letter appears  by itself and in a word, allowing little ones to see it in action. Turning from the A in airplane to the Z in zebra, and all of the letters in betw...

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No Gym Required: Unleash Your Inner Rockstar מאת Jennifer Cohen Jennifer Cohen has worked as a celebrity trainer with many film and music industry executives and artists. Her focus on using body weight instead of the latest gadgets, coupled with a clean-living diet to maximize health and strength, has created clear results. No Gym Required brings Coh...

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A Bear in War מאת Harry Endrulat Teddy belonged to ten-year-old Aileen Rogers, whose father Lawrence left Aileen, her little brother Howard, and his wife Janet home on the family farm in Quebec when he went to war. Janet and Lawrence exchanged more than 200 letters during his service. Aileen and Howard also wrote their dad —...

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Surfing the Menu: Two Chefs, One Journey: A Fresh Food Adventure מאת Curtis Stone Surfing the Menu is based on the exciting eight-part cookery series of the same name, in which two talented chefs, Curtis Stone and Ben O'Donoghue, travel the rugged land and scenic coastline of Australia, sourcing local produce and cooking up a storm. Each chapter is drawn from one...

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Till Sex Do Us Part: Make Your Married Sex Irresistible מאת Trina E. Read Cliche has it that, once the I do's are spoken the sex-life slowly diminishes. In Till Sex Do Us Part, Trina Read presents a brilliantly simple explanation for this unfortunate phenomenon, as well as the key to ending the cycle of diminished sexual connection between married couples. Read contends ...

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The Hidden Life of Humans מאת Erika Ritter Single and on the downhill side of 40, Dana Jaeger has an unswerving allegiance to short-term attachments and arrested adolescence. Lately, though, love and loss threaten to unleash desires that are as carefully concealed as landmines. Across this treacherous terrain lopes the mutt Murphy, whom...

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Gordon Ramsay's Three Star Chef מאת Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay’s no-holds-barred television persona has garnered widespread attention both stateside and abroad, but his food continues to be his greatest achievement. His passion for fresh ingredients is fully apparent in this collection of fifty classic Ramsay recipes. Describing both the ...

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Ghosthunters: The Proof That Ghosts Exist מאת Carol Matas Molly and Adam aren’t thrilled about their dad’s upcoming birthday. Whether it’s a family curse or just bad luck, the Barnett males have a distressing tendency to drop dead the day before they turn 35. Their mom has a plan, though: a trip to the family’s lakeside cottage. It’s a great...

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Tales of a Reluctant Psychic: The Freak, Visions, and Far (The Freak Collection) מאת Carol Matas Since 1997, young readers have been enthralled by the story of Jade, a 15-year-old girl struggling to adapt to her unexpected gift of psychic ability. Now, all three titles in Carol Matas’ Freak series are available in one volume. When Jade wakes from a life-threatening illness an...

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Opportunity Rings: A novel מאת Sheryl Steinberg Erica Swift may run the marketing department of Rockit Wireless, but she doesn’t have a clue about tech. Thankfully, she has a computer-savvy assistant and hubby Lowell to help. All seems well until Lowell declares he’s leaving her for Meryl, the president of his company. A stunned Eri...

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Hockey Night In Canada: By The Numbers: From 00 to 99 מאת Scott Morrison Hockey, like most sports, is a game of numbers—team stats, player stats, standings and, of course, the sweater numbers. To hockey fans, numbers such as 4, 29 or 99 all speak for themselves. The numbers—like the players who wore them—have become icons. But what happens when two or more great pl...

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The Freak II: Visions (Bk. 2) מאת Carol Matas It's been a few months since Jade discovered her strange new "powers" — and she's pretty sure that a dream is no longer just a dream. How else to explain seeing someone in your sleep who ends up murdered the next day? And what happens when one of the intended victims turns out to be someone c...

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Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos (Alligator Tales) מאת Jane Yolen In Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos, the hippos experience a range of emotions familiar to any young reader—from boredom and frustration to anger, sorrow and, eventually, happiness. There’s even a stint in the time-out chair! Featuring Jane Yolen’s delightful rhyming text and Vlasta van Kampen’s s...

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Gymboree Play and Learn: 1001 Fun Activities For Your Baby and Child (Gymboree Play & Music) מאת Dr. Roni Cohen Leiderman From the world-renowned Gymboree company comes this valuable guide for to activities to enhance children's development of language, problem solving, imagination, coordination, and motor skills. Encompassing diversions for ages ranging from infant to five years old, this collection of fun and ...

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Gordon Ramsay's Maze מאת Gordon Ramsay With locations in London and New York City, Gordon Ramsay's Maze restaurant focuses on quality ingredients, imaginative flavor combinations, and simple preservations. The dishes are served in small portions, enabling patrons to savor a wide variety of tastes in one visit. This cookbook gives re...

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Sulha Malka Marom

Sulha מאת Malka Marom

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Good Friends Cookbook (Fare for Friends Foundation) מאת Fare for Friends Foundation The Good Friends Cookbook retains all that was unique in the first book — a warm and attractive design, over 200 tantalizing recipes, professional testing to ensure the best possible results, and above all, the original focus of “good food that tastes good.” Along with tried-and-tr...

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Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite מאת Gordon Ramsay You are what you eat — and everyone wants to be healthy and look his or her best. A fit chef, marathon runner, and high-energy television presenter, Gordon Ramsay is a walking advertisement for eating well and staying in the peak of good health. In this new book, which includes recipes from <...

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Arctic Visions: Pictures from a Vanished World מאת Fred Bruemmer In the 1960s, celebrated photographer Fred Bruemmer moved to the Arctic to capture its majestic beauty and rare culture, showcasing intimate moments he spent with the native peoples living, hunting, and surviving in an environment of almost unimaginable harshness. His images focused on the peop...

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Ghost Mountains and Vanished Oceans: North America from Birth to Middle Age מאת John Wilson In an age of space exploration and modern technology, it’s easy to forget about the many riches and wonders that exist right under our own feet: the amazing and continuously evolving Earth. And yet we understand little of the very thing we’re trying to protect. In Ghost Mountains an...

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Hockey Night in Canada: My Greatest Day מאת Scott Morrison Compiling interviews with fifty great NHL players, and following up on the success of the bestselling Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers, comes Hockey Night in Canada: My Greatest Day. Veteran sportswriter and analyst Scott Morrison has culled stories from top hockey players...

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Gymboree Numbers: Learn to Count in Five Languages (English, Spanish, French, German and Italian Edition) מאת Christine Coirault One friendly frog, two chirping birds, three fuzzy bunnies — in this book children can enjoy learning to count with delightful creatures as guides. In addition to the large, easy-to-read English number-words, Gymboree Counting teachers the ins and outs of one through ten in Spanish, ...

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How to Keep House (The Lost Art of Being a Man) מאת Sam Martin Where’s a man to turn when he needs advice on how to keep house? Martha and Heloise are all very well, but frankly, they see housekeeping from a slightly different perspective. Where women view cleanliness as next to godliness, men see a sparkling bathroom as a great way to get laid. In Ho...

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Gymboree Shapes: Learn Shapes in Five Languages (Gymboree Play & Music) (English, Spanish, French, German and Italian Edition) מאת Christine Coirault Shapes are all around us, and this guide for small children helps them make sense of these forms. From oval balloons to diamond kites, this vibrant book encourages children to identify the figures that comprise their world. Each shape is named in four different languages, and the book includ...

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The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of My Lost Family מאת Leilah Nadir Born to an Iraqi–Christian father and a British mother, and raised in England and Canada, Leilah Nadir has never set foot in Iraq. Distanced from her Iraqi roots through immigration and now cut off by war, the closest link she has to the nation is her father, who left Baghdad in the 1960s. Through...

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One Hippo Hops (Alligator Tales) מאת Jane Yolen From the author of Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight comes an original series of board books! Meet the hippos—a lovable, zany crew ready to take the youngest reader on a rollicking ride through the world of numbers, colours and feelings. In One Hippo Hops, hippos jump, glide, trot, ...

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Hip Hippos (Alligator Tales) מאת Jane Yolen From the author of Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight comes an original series of board books! Meet the hippos—a lovable, zany crew ready to take the youngest reader on a rollicking ride through the world of numbers, colours and feelings. In Hip Hippos, readers are introduced to a ra...

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How to Bring Up Baby (The Lost Art of Being a Man) מאת Sam Martin It's time to put down that beer and pick up the diaper bag! This witty guide is aimed at every man who doesn't know the difference between a binkie and a bootie, thinks a rocker is just an old musician with tattoos and long hair, or figures a breast pump is a sex toy. It's a good thing pregnanc...

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Opening Gambits: Essays on Art and Philosophy מאת Mark Kingwell What is the role of art in modern society? To entertain us? To teach us? Both? And what of philosophy? What relevance does it have to how we think and live? In Opening Gambits, Mark Kingwell argues that art and philosophy are forms of play, working at the margins of meaning and sense. Wr...

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Middle Aged Spread: Moving to the Country at 50 מאת Sonia Day After a happenstance occurrence brings Sonia Day to a charming old house in the country one humid July, she is bewitched — and ready to leave city life behind. She and her spouse sell their home, say goodbye to traffic, hustle and bustle, and smog, and embrace a radically different exist...

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Salt and Pepper #6: Shivers and Shakes (The Salt and Pepper Chronicles) מאת David A. Poulsen It was the brochure that got them into it. When Salt and Pepper’s school play is chosen to be performed at an international festival in Scotland, the dynamic duo immediately start looking for ways to occupy their free time. For once, Salt is convinced that nothing can go wrong. And nothi...

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Germania מאת John Wilson In A.D. 9, the Roman nobleman Publius Varus led three entire legions — 20,000 men — east of the Rhine to subdue a rebellion. The Teutonic forests, and the barbarian warriors they concealed, utterly destroyed the Roman army, leaving only a few desperate, ragged survivors to return to their o...

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Opening Gambits מאת Mark Kingwell What is the role of art in modern society? And what of philosophy? In Opening Gambits, Mark Kingwell argues that art and philosophy are forms of play, working at the margins of meaning and sense. Written in Kingwell’s typical witty and eloquent style, the book begins with general ...

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The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It מאת Victor Malarek Following up on his scathing indictment of the international sexual enslavement of women in The Natashas , investigative journalist Victor Malarek lays bare the other side of the crisis—the men who fuel the demand. Each year more than 800,000 women and children are lured, tricked or forced into pr...

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Ordinary Lives מאת Josef Skvorecky Set against the backdrop of two class reunions — one in 1963, and the next in 1993, 30 years later — Ordinary Lives resurrects Skvorecky’s former narrator and alter ego, Danny Smiricky. As the reunions force Danny to reconcile himself to his past, he is plagued by a “torrent...

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American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World מאת Eric Margolis In 1993, political scientist Samuel Huntington turned conventional political wisdom on its head by arguing that future conflicts wouldn’t be between nations but between civilizations — notably, between the secular West and the fundamentalist Islamic world. At the same time, Eric S. Margolis...

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The Secret Lives of Litterbugs מאת M.A.C. Farrant Take David Sedaris’ self-deprecation and deep sense of the absurd and toss in a pinch Erma Bombeck’s happy skewering of domestic life: there you have M. A. C. Farrant. In this witty, affecting collection of personal essays, Farrant has a gift for making those observations that would ...

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The Dreadful Doings of Jelly Belly מאת Dennis Lee More than 20 years after its original publication, Dennis Lee’s classic The Dreadful Doings of Jelly Belly continues to enchant readers of all ages with its irresistible mix of modern humor and traditional Mother Goose charm. His rollicking, raucous poetry is laugh-out-loud funny,...

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Lost in Spain מאת John Wilson From a renowned young adult historical fiction author comes a novel set in 1936, against the tumultuous backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. As the conflict breaks out, Ted and his family are beginning their ill-fated vacation to Europe. Despite their excitement to be abroad, the dangers a...

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The Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath: And Other Paradoxes of Human-Animal Relationships מאת Erika Ritter In a recent survey, 70% of respondents identified their family pet as “a member of the family.” Even as these animals are revered as loved ones, the meat, fish, and dairy industries continue to thrive. Speaking to this disparity, Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath addresses thi...

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Sea and Coastal Birds: of North America מאת Scott Leslie In this comprehensive guide, photographer and naturalist Scott Leslie celebrates some of the most common species of birds that make the oceans and coasts their home. The book contains in-depth profiles for each of 100 key species, with detailed data on habitat, appearance, behavior, food, migra...

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Photographing the World Around You: A Visual Design Workshop for Film and Digital Photography מאת Freeman Patterson See the world in a fresh light. In its Second Edition -- inspired by the participants of Patterson's workshops from North America to South Africa to the UK, Australia and New Zealand -- of this classic text, Freeman Patterson offers readers valuable information on the essential building blocks...

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The Catch: A Novel מאת Louisa McCormack Forced on hiatus from her producer's job on Marry Me or Else!, Minerva Watkins heads for the tiny fishing village of Tuck Harbour. Working the counter at Eats n’ Treats, Minerva gets to know the locals, including eligible bachelor Joe McTeal. But try as she might to love Joe and t...

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Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood מאת Rachel Manley Rachel Manley, granddaughter and daughter of two of Jamaica's national leaders, tells the story of the brilliant and artistic Manleys, Jamaica's most prominent and glamorous political family, and the house in which they lived, Drumblair. Manley vividly recreates the world in which she cam...

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Salt and Pepper #5: The Prisoners and the Paintings (The Salt and Pepper Chronicles) מאת David A. Poulsen Salt Bellamy and Pepper McKenzie (with Salt's little brother Hal in tow) have braved vampires, robots, and cave-dwellers — and in Book 5 of this lively series, the two friends make their most incredible discovery yet: Hal is a talented artist! When his painting is chosen by a gallery in Flore...

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The Low-Cholesterol Cookbook: Over 170 Easy and Delicious Recipes for a Nutritionally Balanced Diet מאת Angelika Ilies Being diagnosed with high cholesterol does not mean that you have to scrimp on delicious foods. In fact, the enormous variety of foods now available provides a good foundation for rich and varied meals that include all the important vitamins and minerals while at the same time preventing diseas...

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Death by Prescription: A Father Takes on His Daughter's Killer - the Multi-Billion Dollar Pharmaceutical Companies מאת Terence Young In 2000, 15-year-old Vanessa Young’s doctor prescribed Prepulsid for her stomach ailment. The drug was presented as safe by both Vanessa’s doctor and the manufacturer. Shortly after taking it, she died. Shattered by grief and anger, Terence Young began a long fight to find out why. This fig...

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Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada's Business and Political Elite מאת Robert Thompson Going for the Green explores the thoughts, successes, failures, and philosophies of Canada's top business and political leaders as they play a casual round of golf with business and sports writer Robert Thompson. Removed from the confines of their offices, these business and politic...

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Duty מאת Julian Fantino As Toronto’s chief of police from 2000 to 2005, Julian Fantino faced a seemingly endless array of challenges: issues of ethnic sensitivity, rising crime rates, endless budget battles, corruption and vendettas, political spats, a hostile media, and finally, his controversial and contentious di...

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Slipstream: A Daughter Remembers מאת Rachel Manley In the wake of her father's death, Rachel Manley turned inward to try to understand him and to explore the impact of those final moments. Her father, the charismatic, controversial prime minister of Jamaica, had stood at the heart of a decade of radical social reform in the 1970s. From her...

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Enter Mourning מאת Heather Menzies Enter Mourning powerfully chronicles the author’s difficult journey through her mother's decline and death from an insidious condition. Heather Menzies and her siblings struggle as part of the sandwich generation that provides care for both their immediate family and their aging parent...

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Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban and the Battle That Saved Afghanistan מאת Chris Wattie In the summer of 2006, Canadian army patrol Charlie Company stumbled into a massive group of Taliban forces. The Canadians found themselves up against opponents who were suicidally brave, cunning at planting mines and roadside bombs, and experienced at disappearing into the scenery. Based on a...

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The Little Beaver מאת Christopher Jordan Embossed and full colour throughout...

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Gymboree Colors: Learn Colors in Five Languages (Gymboree Play & Music) (English, Spanish, French, German and Italian Edition) מאת Christine Coirault All the varied hues of the color spectrum are well represented in this lively, educational book. From pink pigs to a white snowman, the rich illustrations in these delightful pages imparts the wonder of color, with help from text in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and German. ...

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Unfeeling מאת Ian Holding At sixteen, Davey Baker is almost the man his father wants him to be, and almost the child he was. When his parents are murdered and his family's farm "reclaimed," the community tries to bring him back to the club, the church, and his boarding school. But Davey is on a different path. One night...

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Dante's War מאת Sandra Sabatini In this tender, dramatic novel, Sandra Sabatini explores the cost of war on the ordinary people who fought on different fronts: in the vast wasteland of North Africa, and in the green hills of Nazi-occupied Italy. Dante and Angelina, two young lovers who meet on the eve of Dante’s deployment to No...

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The Kitty Ran Up the Tree (Alligator Tales) מאת Dennis Lee Originally published as part of the Jelly Belly collection in 1983, The Kitty Ran Up the Tree is one of a series of Alligator Tales, Dennis Lee's witty "action poems" in board book format, engagingly illustrated by Nora Hilb. This one opens with a dog chasing two kitties up...

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Fare for Friends (Fare for Friends Foundation) מאת Fare for Friends Foundation Originally conceived as a project to raise money for a shelter for abused women and children, Fare for Friends has become a Canadian publishing sensation. Its 200-plus recipes use inexpensive, everyday ingredients for everything from simple and spectacular lunches to unique and delectabl...

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The Painted Chest מאת Judith Christine Mills Once long ago, the residents of a small village endured a great famine, and so each day they push back their fears of hunger by tilling the soil. Without stopping to admire the world as it passes by them, they experience little joy and lament their colorless lives. Until, that is, a young girl ...

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The BlackBerry Diaries: Adventures in Modern Motherhood מאת Kathy Buckworth The BlackBerry, says Kathy Buckworth in her witty new book, is truly the "whining toddler of technology," constantly buzzing, poking, and distracting its owner from whatever it is she’s trying to accomplish. In this way, it bears an uncanny resemblance to the uncooperative two-year-old h...

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The Beerbistro Cookbook מאת Brian Morin With the growing popularity of craft and specialty brews, people are beginning to see beer in a whole new light. Based on the menu from their acclaimed restaurant, beerbistro, in Toronto, writer Stephen Beaumont and chef Brian Morin's The Beerbistro Cookbook shows how to take those ...

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Napoleon's Everyday Plank Grilling מאת Ted Reader This definitive guide to incorporating planks in barbecue cooking demonstrates how grilled food can be cooked to perfection by infusing it with the delicate flavors of the wood it’s cooked on. From amazing appetizers and decadent desserts to succulent sides and mouthwatering mains, this ...

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Where White Horses Gallop (Globe and Mail Best Books) מאת Beatrice MacNeil It is 1939. England has declared war on Germany. Canada will march beside her. And the lives of five young friends living in the ruggedly beautiful northern highlands of Cape Breton will be changed forever. Three of them enlist with the Cape Breton Highlanders and sail off to war in November 19...

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The Ego Boom: Why the World Really Does Revolve Around You מאת Steve Maich Individuality — whether seen in the work of Thoreau and Emerson, the feminist and civil rights movements, the '60s "find your bliss" ethos or the '80s "me generation" — has always been a driving and defining force in American society. With the arrival of the Internet, the quest for self-exp...

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Girl #3 מאת Nichole McGill From the outside, 14-year-old Syd Johanssen seems like a typical teenage girl — busy delivering newspapers, training with her high school track team, and hanging out with her friends. Under the surface, though, things aren’t what they seem. Her family life leaves a lot to be desired: her wo...

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Blue Thunder: The Truth About conservatives From MacDonald to Harper מאת Bob Plamondon IT'S TIME CANADIANS UNDERSTOOD THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL HISTORY. Although Tories have held power for only fifty-seven of the 142 years since Confederation, they have given Canada some of its most fascinating and colourful leaders and prime ministers. Nonetheless, their contributi...

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The Prairie Bridesmaid מאת Daria Salamon Anna Lasko is a frustrated schoolteacher in her thirties. While her almost-but-not-quite ex-boyfriend Adam is in Europe, Anna finds herself tricked into a ditch-the-loser intervention by her supportive yet meddling girlfriends. More frustrated than ever, Anna asks Buddy the backyard squirr...

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Teen Brain, Teen Mind: What Parents Need to Know to Survive the Adolescent Years מאת Dr. Ron Clavier It’s an age-old question: why do teens behave the way they do? From mood swings to emotional outbursts, teenagers have confounded their parents, guardians, and family members for generations. In this accessible, even-handed guide, Dr. Ron Clavier provides insights into the teenaged mind ...

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Drink the sky Lesley Krueger

Drink the sky מאת Lesley Krueger

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Napoleon's Everyday Gourmet Grilling מאת Ted Reader Celebrity chef Ted Reader knows good grilling — and in his bestselling cookbooks (including The Art of Plank Grilling), it definitely shows. Reader maintains that anything at all can be cooked with gas or charcoal, from delectable hors d'oeuvres to hearty main dishes, from perfectly gr...

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On the Hockey Highway: The Mitchell Brothers Series מאת Brian McFarlane For Max and Marty and their Indian River teammates it's not a question of winning. It's whether they can survive. Adjusting to a new town and having to make new friends isn't easy. Luckily for Max and Marty Mitchell-newcomers to the mill town of Indian River-it's almost hockey season. They can't wai...