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We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

By Samra Habib

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WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S CANADA READS --- Samra Habib offers a map of how we might-each and every one of us-learn to see and treasure one another and ourselves. In this way it calls to mind the works of James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and Jane Rule.

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

By Jesse Thistle

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Congratulations to Jesse Thistle who has just won the Indigenous Voices Award for best published prose!

Radicalized

By Cory Doctorow

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Radicalized is a timely collection consisting of four SF novellas connected by social, technological, and economic visions of today and what America could be in the near, near future. Another prophet - and a Canada Reads contender!

Son of a Trickster

By Eden Robinson

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Shortlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize A Writers' Trust of Canada 2017 Summer Reading pick Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster is a novel that shimmers with magic and vitality, featuring a compelling narrator, somewhere between Holden Caulfield and Harry Potter.

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

By Megan Coles

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By turns biting, funny, poetic, and heartbreaking, Megan Coles' debut novel rips into the inner lives of a wicked cast of characters, building towards a climax that will shred perceptions and force a reckoning. Another great novel from that wonderful cauldron of energy - Newfoundland.

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The Pull of the Stars: A Novel

By Emma Donoghue

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We have signed bookplates for this meticulously researched and timely novel Pull of the Stars! Don't miss Emma with The Eden Mills Writers' Festival Virtual Bookclub August 25! Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. A small world of work, risk, death and unlooked-for love largely rendered.

REVIEW: HAMNET AND JUDITH

Review

By Barb Minett

Words on these pages act like a time machine that propels you back to the time of Shakespeare.

Humankind: A Hopeful History

By Rutger Bregman

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From the author of New York Times bestseller UTOPIA FOR REALISTS, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our success. Great reviews!

The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life

By Alex Trebek

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Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career. Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week.

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

By Mary L Trump

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To be or not to be. Only a judge can decide. Coming soon we hope. Pre-order now!!

REVIEW: INTIMATIONS

Review

By Andrew Hood

Intimations was produced in this moment, for this moment.

An Exploration of High Quality Italian Wine

Article

By Ben Minett

In light of our experience with high quality wine from Ontario wine country, we have decided to add boutique Italian wine to our offerings.

The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

By John Bolton

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On sale June 23, pre-buy now before Trump and company quash it!

The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal

By Bryn Turnbull

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A sweeping yet intimate look at the lives of some of history's most notorious figures from Vanderbilts to the Prince of Wales… described as a page turning debut novel!

Midnight Sun

By Stephenie Meyer

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It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with this highly anticipated companion: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view.

REVIEW: THIS RED LINE GOES STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEART

Article

By Barb Minett

The strange beauty of this memoir embodies human frailties and resilience.

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.

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

By Austin Channing Brown

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From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America.

Guelph, Our Gift to Canada

By Richard Bain

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Guelph Our Gift to Canada, has the potential to inspire our community and to demonstrate why so many have chosen to call this special place home. Originally $40.00 now only $21.95!!!

Afterland

By Lauren Beukes

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Blade Runner meets The Handmaid's Tale in this thrilling story of how far a mother will go to protect her son in a hostile world transformed by the sudden absence of men.

Fight Like a Girl

By Sheena Kamal

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August 6 8 pm - Eden Mills Writers' Festival - Award-winning thriller writer Sheena Kamal delivers a kick-ass debut YA novel that will have fans crying out for more.Love and violence.

My Summer of Love and Misfortune

By Lindsay Wong

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August 6 8 pm - Eden Mills Writers' Festival. Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato in this hilarious, quirky novel about a Chinese-American teen who is thrust into the decadent world of Beijing high society when she is sent away to spend the summer in China.

The Book of Sam

By Rob Shapiro

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August 6 - Eden Mills Writers' Festival - The story of the unchosen one, a kid with no prophecy to fulfill who ventures to Hell, a fantastical world of falling cities and strange creatures, in search of his best friend.

The King of Jam Sandwiches

By Eric Walters

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August 6 8 pm - Eden Mills Writers' Festival - Thirteen-year-old Robbie never knows from one day to the next if there is going to be enough to eat or if his father will even come home.

The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)

By Sarah M. Broom

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Winner of the 2019 National Book Award in Nonfiction, a brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East.

Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

By Carolyn Durand, Omid Scobie

All the Devils Are Here

By Louise Penny

The Lying Life of Adults

By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein

Songs for the End of the World

By Saleema Nawaz

Indians on Vacation: A Novel

By Thomas King

Paying the Land

By Joe Sacco

Vesper Flights

By Helen Macdonald

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

By Isabel Wilkerson

Untitled Bob Woodward

By Bob Woodward

Greenwood: A Novel

By Michael Christie

Lampedusa: A Novel

By Steven Price

Friends: 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

By Chantel de Sousa

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

By Samra Habib

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

By Jesse Thistle

Radicalized

By Cory Doctorow

Son of a Trickster

By Eden Robinson

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

By Megan Coles

The Pull of the Stars: A Novel

By Emma Donoghue

REVIEW: HAMNET AND JUDITH

By Barb Minett

Humankind: A Hopeful History

By Rutger Bregman

The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life

By Alex Trebek

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

By Mary L Trump

REVIEW: INTIMATIONS

By Andrew Hood

An Exploration of High Quality Italian Wine

By Ben Minett

The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

By John Bolton

The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal

By Bryn Turnbull

Midnight Sun

By Stephenie Meyer

REVIEW: THIS RED LINE GOES STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEART

By Barb Minett

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

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

By Austin Channing Brown

Guelph, Our Gift to Canada

By Richard Bain

Afterland

By Lauren Beukes

Fight Like a Girl

By Sheena Kamal

My Summer of Love and Misfortune

By Lindsay Wong

The Book of Sam

By Rob Shapiro

The King of Jam Sandwiches

By Eric Walters

The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)

By Sarah M. Broom

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