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Food Guides: Essential & Delicious

The Flavor Thesaurus: Pairings, Recipes And Ideas For The Creative Cook

By Niki Segnit

In the store

An invaluable resource for foodies: seasoned or unseasoned!

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

By Maira Kalman, Michael Pollan

In the store

How should a person eat? Michael Pollan's beautifully illustrated guide has all the answers!

Curious History of Food and Drink

By Ian Crofton

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A fun, irreverent voyage through food history - food lovers and trivia junkies rejoice!

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Buzzfeed: It's All About the Bees!
  • Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive

    By Mark L Winston

  • Keeping The Bees: Why All Bees Are At Risk And What We Can Do To

    By Laurence Packer

  • Bees: Nature's Little Wonders

    By Candace Savage

  • Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees: Honey Production, Pollination, Bee Health

    By Richard E. Bonney, Malcolm T. Sanford

  • Beekeeper's Bible: Bees Honey Recipes And Other Home Uses

    By Collins

Meditation: Where to Begin

Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

By Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn

In the store

The bible for secular mindfulness!

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

By Jon Kabat-Zinn

In the store

A lovely poetic series of reflections to accompany Full Catastrophe Living...

Meditation For Dummies, with Audio CD

By Stephan Bodian, Dean Ornish

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A wide range of meditation practices suitable for beginners with CD...

Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy - A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard

By Greg Epstein, Rick Heller

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From the meditation leader of the Humanist Mindfulness Group at Harvard University....

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

By Jon Kabat-Zinn, John Teasdale, Mark Williams

In the store

Highly recommended by many therapists, includes a helpful CD...

Non-Fiction

REVIEW: BEST YOUNG WOMAN JOB BOOK

Review By Andrew Hood
Published 12 Jun 2022

For all its recording of the inelegant, uneven struggle to craft a life as a writer, Best Young Woman Job Book is the sort of book that makes readers want to be a writer.

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REVIEW: HEARTS ON FIRE: Six Years That Changed Canadian Music

Review By Andrew Hood
Published 20 Apr 2022

Hearts on Fire is an invaluable record of what small creative communities spread over a massive country are able to achieve without a whole lot of outside support or recognition.

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REVIEW: PARASITIC OSCILLATIONS

Article By Barb Minett
Published 26 Mar 2022

Join Governor General's Award-winner and friend of the store Madhur Anand for the launch of her new book of poetry! Saturday April 23rd. 5pm, at The Arboretum.

Register HERE

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REVIEW: REFUSE TO BE DONE

Review By Andrew Hood
Published 18 Mar 2022

I'm loath to describe any craft guide as "indispensable," but I'd argue that having Refuse to Be Done on your writing desk is akin to having jumper cables, a jack, and emergency flares in your car. 

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