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The Remembering Stone
When Alice loses a keepsake from her grandfather, she worries that she won’t have anything to remember him by.
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Coming home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.
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The Return of History
A timely and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics by Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General Jennifer Welsh.
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The Rights Revolution
In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.
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The Rise of Populism
The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate takes on the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.
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The Rivers North of the Future
David Cayley compiles Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.
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The Riveter
For readers of The English Patient and All the Light We Cannot See comes a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.
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The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.
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The Runaway
Once there was a runaway … The third book in the Crow Stories trilogy is a haunting tale of a young boy’s resilience and hope.
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ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
The Saver
A stunning young adult novel about an iron-willed but endearing teenager who must fend for herself after the death of her mother.
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ages 6
to 9
/ grades 1
to 4
The Scooter Twins
Twins Melvin and Melanie are excited to get their first mobility scooters. But will it change how the world sees them and how they see themselves?
