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CANADA READS CONTENDERS!

Butter Honey Pig Bread

By Francesca Ekwuyasi

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An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness.

Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts

By Jessica J. Lee

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Winner of the Hilary Weston Prize for Non-Fiction Two Trees Make a Forest is a finely faceted meditation on memory, love, landscape--and finding a home in language. Its short, shining sections tilt yearningly toward one another; in form as well as content.

Jonny Appleseed

By Joshua Whitehead

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Lots of sex in this one. It contrasts beautifully with tales of constancy and profound love of his Grandmother who always made sure to be there without any surprise or fanfare, celebrate his two spirit experience. Moved to tears by that one.

Hench: A Novel

By Natalie Zina Walschots

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Walschots playfully pokes at both office politics and comic book absurdity while offering gripping action and gut-wrenching body horror. The inventive premise, accessible heroine, and biting wit will have readers eager for more from this talented author.

The Midnight Bargain

By C. L. Polk

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From the beloved World Fantasy Award-winning author of Witchmark comes a sweeping, romantic new fantasy set in a world reminiscent of Regency England, where women's magic is taken from them when they marry.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus

By David Waltner-Toews

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Containing important information about the coronavirus, this comprehensive, easy-to-follow primer on pandemics, epidemics, and the panics they ignite around the world also shares solutions for a safer, healthier future. David is a Guelph area resident!

Great Influenza: Epic Story Of The Greatest Plague In History

By John M. Barry

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Spillover: Animal Infections And The Next Human Pandemic

By David Quammen

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Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present

By Frank M Snowden

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A brilliant and sobering look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaks. The World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreak

Soap and Water & Common Sense: The Definitive Guide to Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, and Disease

By Bonnie Henry

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BARB - The book that you never thought you'd need is out!....The definitive guide to fighting coronaviruses, colds, flus, pandemics, and deadly diseases, from Canada's newest heroine, Bonnie Henry.

A Journal of the Plague Year

By Daniel Defoe, Jason Goodwin

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The Modern Classics Plague

By Robin Buss, Albert Camus, Tony Judt

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STEPH'S FRESH AIR PICKS!

Indians on Vacation: A Novel

By Thomas King

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WE HAVE AUTOGRAPHED COPIES!!! Nominated for the Rogers Trust Fiction Prize, you're sure to enjoy Tom's latest book, inspired by a handful of old postcards sent by Uncle Leroy nearly a hundred years ago. Any book by Tom is always a reason to celebrate!!!

Leave the World Behind: A Novel

By Rumaan Alam

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This delicious page turner is both funny and foreboding. Shades of the movie Get Out by Jordan Peele!

Anxious People

By Fredrik Backman

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Backman's latest novel focuses on how a shared event can change the course of multiple people's lives even in times of deep and ongoing anxiousness.

Ready Player Two: A Novel

By Ernest Cline

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The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the "ridiculously fun and large-hearted" (NPR) near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. One of Steph's Fresh Air picks.

Oona Out of Order: A Novel

By Margarita Montimore

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A remarkably inventive novel that explores what it means to live a life fully in the moment, even if those moments are out of order!

The Midnight Library: A Novel

By Matt Haig

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The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life.

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

By Merlin Sheldrake

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A mind-bending journey into the hidden world of fungi that will change your understanding of life on earth. Could be the most interesting book of the season!

Vesper Flights

By Helen Macdonald

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From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk, a brilliant and insightful work about our relationship to the natural world.

Bruce Trail Reference 30th Ed

By Bruce Trail Association

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Finally it's here!! Just in time for the fall hiking season! Check out caledonbrucetrail.ca for their drive-in film fundraising event September 17.

SOME PRIME NON-FICTION!

A Promised Land

By Barack Obama

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Finally available, get yours now as quantities in North America have been limited. A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.

REVIEW: ENTANGLED LIFE

Article

By Barb Minett

We are the lucky recipients of Merlin Sheldrake's knowledge and life experience.

Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

By Shannon Lee

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The teachings of Bruce Lee brought to life by his daughter Shannon Lee. Articulate, philosophical, helpful and interesting.

Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society

By Ronald Deibert

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In the 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author and renowned technology and security expert Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the economy, the environment, and humanity!

Magdalena: River of Dreams

By Wade Davis

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A captivating new book from Wade Davis--renowned, award-winning, bestselling author and photographer, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence for more than a decade-- that brings vividly to life the story of the great Río Magdalena.

War: How Conflict Shaped Us

By Margaret Macmillan

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Thoughtful and brilliant insights into the very nature of war--from the ancient Greeks to modern times--from the world's foremost expert historian.

The Expendables: How the Middle Class Got Screwed By Globalization

By Jeff Rubin

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A provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalization, and how the blowback--from Brexit to Trump to populist Europe--will change the developed world.

If I Knew Then: Finding wisdom in failure and power in aging

By Jann Arden

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It could be said that Jann Arden is a renaissance woman. She has so many outlets for her creative intelligence. But she says the most important thing in her life has been her failures!

Rapture: Fifteen Teams, Four Countries, One NBA Championship, and How to Find a Way to Win -- Damn Near Anywhere

By Phil Jackson, Nick Nurse, Michael Sokolove

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Nick Nurse distills the wisdom, insight, and experiences that helped him lead the Toronto Raptors to the NBA championship in his first year as head coach. GO RAPTORS!!!

The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire

By Stephen Bown

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Stephen R. Bown has a scholar's profound knowledge and understanding of the Company's history, but wears his learning lightly in a narrative as compelling, and rich in well-drawn characters, as a page-turning novel.

Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey

By Stephen Brunt, Brian Burke

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The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and the tragedies he's fought through.

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By Erik Larson

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz

The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father, and Me

By Emily Urquhart

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A moving portrait of a father and daughter relationship and a case for late-stage creativity from Emily Urquhart, the bestselling author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes.

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

By Isabel Wilkerson

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

FOR THE BIRDS!

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition

By David Sibley

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Once you open this you won't be able to put it down. 4600 digitally remastered paintings with coloured range maps on each page.

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Sixth Edition

By Jonathan Alderfer, Jon L. Dunn

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Perhaps a little heavy for a field guide but this one includes east and west!

Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America

By Patricia Manzano Fischer, Kenn Kaufman, Hector Gomez de Silva

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America

By Roger Tory Peterson

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Roger Tory Peterson is the grandfather of field guides. Perhaps not as beautiful as some other guides but the info is top notch!

What It's Like to Be a Bird: What Birds Are Doing, and Why--from Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing

By David Allen Sibley

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And while the text is aimed at adults--including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes--it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action.

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REVIEW: CLYDE FANS

Article By Barb Minett
Published 28 Feb 2021

Clyde Fans show us on every page that the body never lies.

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival Online

Article By Barb Minett
Published 19 Feb 2021

A chance to connect with our many inspiring writers!

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HOURS AND PROCEDURES!

Article By Barb Minett
Published 16 Feb 2021

We are open 11 to 6 every day. You can receive a FREE Bookshlef T-shirt with any purchase over $50.00! WELCOME BACK!

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NEW HOURS AND PROCEDURES

Article By Barb Minett
Published 16 Feb 2021

BOOKSHELF BRICKS AND MORTAR OPEN EVERY DAY 11 TO 6. YOU CAN RECEIVE A FREE BOOKSHELF T-SHIRT WITH ANY PURCHASE OVER $50.00! WELCOME BACK!

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REVIEW: HAVING AND BEING HAD

Article By Barb Minett
Published 31 Jan 2021

Eula Biss and her cast of writers craftily elucidate the little white lies of this moment in history – a time in which many say the rules of the game have to change.

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