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The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest

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For fifty years, the pulp mill near Pictou in northern Nova Scotia has buoyed the local economy and found support from governments at all levels. But it has also pulped millions of acres of forests, spewed millions of tonnes of noxious emissions into the air, consumed quadrillions of litres of fresh water and then pumped them out again as toxic effluent into nearby Boat Harbour, and eventually ... Read more

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For fifty years, the pulp mill near Pictou in northern Nova Scotia has buoyed the local economy and found support from governments at all levels. But it has also pulped millions of acres of forests, spewed millions of tonnes of noxious emissions into the air, consumed quadrillions of litres of fresh water and then pumped them out again as toxic effluent into nearby Boat Harbour, and eventually
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The Hermit of Gully Lake

The Life and Times of Willard Kitchener MacDonald, Second Edition

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The world knew him as the Hermit of Gully Lake, a lean and bearded elderly man in rags who lived on his own for more than half a century in the deep woods wilderness of northern Nova Scotia. By the time he disappeared in December 2003, his legend had spread across Canada and beyond. According to that legend, he had jumped a troop train in the 1940s to avoid going off to World War II because he ... Read more

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The world knew him as the Hermit of Gully Lake, a lean and bearded elderly man in rags who lived on his own for more than half a century in the deep woods wilderness of northern Nova Scotia. By the time he disappeared in December 2003, his legend had spread across Canada and beyond. According to that legend, he had jumped a troop train in the 1940s to avoid going off to World War II because he
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Seven Grains of Paradise

A Culinary Journey in Africa

by Joan Baxter ...

Seven Grains of Paradise tells the fascinating and much neglected story about many kinds of food in Africa, a continent with a rich farming tradition, intricate cuisines and a multitude of food cultures.Centuries of disparaging judgements and a half century of media reports churning out images of famine, disease and conflict on the continent, have eclipsed the facts that Africans have marvellous ... Read more

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Seven Grains of Paradise tells the fascinating and much neglected story about many kinds of food in Africa, a continent with a rich farming tradition, intricate cuisines and a multitude of food cultures.Centuries of disparaging judgements and a half century of media reports churning out images of famine, disease and conflict on the continent, have eclipsed the facts that Africans have marvellous
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Television Musicals

Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 222 Shows Written for and Presented on Television, 1944-1996

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In this reference work 222 musicals developed specifically for television are fully detailed, including musical episodes from nonmusical shows, animated specials that appealed to adults as well as children, and operas and related works commissioned for the small screen. Each entry provides air date, network, running time, cast and credits, and a listing of all the songs. A plot synopsis follows, ... Read more

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In this reference work 222 musicals developed specifically for television are fully detailed, including musical episodes from nonmusical shows, animated specials that appealed to adults as well as children, and operas and related works commissioned for the small screen. Each entry provides air date, network, running time, cast and credits, and a listing of all the songs. A plot synopsis follows,
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Station Eleven

A Novel

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NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESFinalist for CBC Canada Reads 2023Winner of the Toronto Book Award and the Arthur C. Clarke AwardFinalist for the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the Sunburst AwardLonglisted for the Baileys Prize and for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionA New York Times and Globe and Mail bestseller</s... ... Read more

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NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESFinalist for CBC Canada Reads 2023Winner of the Toronto Book Award and the Arthur C. Clarke AwardFinalist for the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the Sunburst AwardLonglisted for the Baileys Prize and for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionA New York Times and Globe and Mail bestseller</s...
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Sea of Tranquility

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“One of [Mandel’s] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet.” —The New York Times“Mandel’s sensational sixth novel offers immense pleasures of puzzle box plotting and high-flying imagination. . . . Masterfully plotted and deeply moving, this visionary novel folds back on itself like a hall of mirrors ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“One of [Mandel’s] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet.” —The New York Times“Mandel’s sensational sixth novel offers immense pleasures of puzzle box plotting and high-flying imagination. . . . Masterfully plotted and deeply moving, this visionary novel folds back on itself like a hall of mirrors
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The Glass Hotel

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GILLER PRIZE FINALIST#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events—the exposure of a massive criminal enterprise and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at seaVincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the ... Read more

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GILLER PRIZE FINALIST#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events—the exposure of a massive criminal enterprise and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at seaVincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the
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The Berry Pickers

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER 2023 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZEWINNER of the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL for EXCELLENCE in FICTIONWINNER Best First Novel, Crime Writers of Canada AwardWINNER Dartmouth Book Award for FictionFINALIST Amazon First Novel AwardFINALIST for the Atwood-Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeFINAL... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER 2023 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZEWINNER of the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL for EXCELLENCE in FICTIONWINNER Best First Novel, Crime Writers of Canada AwardWINNER Dartmouth Book Award for FictionFINALIST Amazon First Novel AwardFINALIST for the Atwood-Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeFINAL...
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Fayne

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**THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2023 PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTIONA GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF CBC’S BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS OF 2022A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magic, love and identity.**In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and ... Read more

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**THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2023 PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTIONA GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF CBC’S BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS OF 2022A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magic, love and identity.**In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and
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Babel

Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution

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Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War"Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out." — Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City ... Read more

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Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War"Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out." — Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before."Delightful and absorbing." —The New York Times • "Utterly ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before."Delightful and absorbing." —The New York Times • "Utterly
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The Sleeping Car Porter

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FEATURED ON MICHELLE OBAMA'S INSTAGRAMSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDWINNER OF THE 2022 GILLER PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2023 GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FICTIONPUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP 20 LITERARY FICTION BOOKS OF 2022OPRAH DAILY: BOOKS TO READ BY THE FIRE<... ... Read more

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