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Come, Barbarians

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

Christopher Kruse has moved to the south of France with his wife and daughter to become a better man—to escape his past as a high-priced security agent and his guilt over old wrongs. But after a harrowing accident, he finds himself drawn into a web of political gamesmanship and murder. When his wife disappears, Kruse must draw on his old instincts to find her, ahead of the police and two sinister ... Read more

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Christopher Kruse has moved to the south of France with his wife and daughter to become a better man—to escape his past as a high-priced security agent and his guilt over old wrongs. But after a harrowing accident, he finds himself drawn into a web of political gamesmanship and murder. When his wife disappears, Kruse must draw on his old instincts to find her, ahead of the police and two sinister
... Read more
What Gentlemen Do

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he ... Read more

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A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he
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Son of France

A Christopher Kruse novel

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Security agent Christopher Kruse lost his wife and young daughter in the south of France. In Come Barbarians he investigated and stopped the people responsible for their deaths. He has remained in France working for the ambitious mayor of Paris, wandering streets haunted by his lost family and watching over a woman and her daughter. But when a charismatic politician is murdered by a grenade attack ... Read more

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Security agent Christopher Kruse lost his wife and young daughter in the south of France. In Come Barbarians he investigated and stopped the people responsible for their deaths. He has remained in France working for the ambitious mayor of Paris, wandering streets haunted by his lost family and watching over a woman and her daughter. But when a charismatic politician is murdered by a grenade attack
... Read more
The Garneau Block

by Todd Babiak ...

A local phenomenon goes national! This sparkling novel has the warmth and wide appeal of Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe and the wit of Will Ferguson.What Alexander McCall Smith did with 44 Scotland Street, Todd Babiak does with The Garneau Block. This addictive and charming, laugh-out-loud funny novel enchanted readers when it was serialized in the Edmonton Journal in the fall of 2005 — and now, The ... Read more

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A local phenomenon goes national! This sparkling novel has the warmth and wide appeal of Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe and the wit of Will Ferguson.What Alexander McCall Smith did with 44 Scotland Street, Todd Babiak does with The Garneau Block. This addictive and charming, laugh-out-loud funny novel enchanted readers when it was serialized in the Edmonton Journal in the fall of 2005 — and now, The
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Toby

A Man

by Todd Babiak ...

TV presenter and man-about-town Toby Ménard has it all. But in the days after his father has a startling accident, Toby makes a series of terrible, wincing choices. As a result, he is fired from his job as an etiquette commentator and loses his superb condo, his beautiful girlfriend and his beloved BMW. Worse still, he must move back to the grey Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and live in ... Read more

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TV presenter and man-about-town Toby Ménard has it all. But in the days after his father has a startling accident, Toby makes a series of terrible, wincing choices. As a result, he is fired from his job as an etiquette commentator and loses his superb condo, his beautiful girlfriend and his beloved BMW. Worse still, he must move back to the grey Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and live in
... Read more
The Empress of Idaho

by Todd Babiak ...

Bestselling and award-winning author Todd Babiak's immersive and affecting story about a teenager's fascination with an enigmatic new woman in town whose past is catching up with her.Monument, Colorado, July 1989. Fourteen-year-old Adam Lisinski is mesmerized the moment Beatrice Cyr steps into his life. Adam has a lot going for him: he's hoping to be a starter on his high school football team, he ... Read more

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Bestselling and award-winning author Todd Babiak's immersive and affecting story about a teenager's fascination with an enigmatic new woman in town whose past is catching up with her.Monument, Colorado, July 1989. Fourteen-year-old Adam Lisinski is mesmerized the moment Beatrice Cyr steps into his life. Adam has a lot going for him: he's hoping to be a starter on his high school football team, he
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The Spirits Up

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Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too ... Read more

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Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too
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The Book of Stanley

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A riotous new novel from the #1 bestselling author of the hit sensation The Garneau Block.By all accounts, Stanley Moss is an average man. A retired florist, he lives quietly with his wife, Frieda, in a modest bungalow in Edmonton. Stricken with cancer, Stanley has few wishes for the time he has left, except perhaps for his son to call him back. But on the day of an appointment with the palliative ... Read more

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A riotous new novel from the #1 bestselling author of the hit sensation The Garneau Block.By all accounts, Stanley Moss is an average man. A retired florist, he lives quietly with his wife, Frieda, in a modest bungalow in Edmonton. Stricken with cancer, Stanley has few wishes for the time he has left, except perhaps for his son to call him back. But on the day of an appointment with the palliative
... Read more
Just Getting Started

Edmonton Public Library's First 100 Years, 1913-2013

by Todd Babiak ...

"The contribution made by the Edmonton libraries to the sanity and support of the citizens cannot be estimated. No Annual Report can gauge things of this sort." -Annual Report of the Edmonton Public Library, 1931 The Edmonton Public Library turns 100 in 2013! Novelist, journalist, and Edmontonian Todd Babiak tells the story of EPL's birth and coming of age within the bustling narrative of the ... Read more

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"The contribution made by the Edmonton libraries to the sanity and support of the citizens cannot be estimated. No Annual Report can gauge things of this sort." -Annual Report of the Edmonton Public Library, 1931 The Edmonton Public Library turns 100 in 2013! Novelist, journalist, and Edmontonian Todd Babiak tells the story of EPL's birth and coming of age within the bustling narrative of the
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Monument

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

**Previously published as The Empress of IdahoBestselling and award-winning author Todd Babiak's acclaimed novel—an immersive and affecting story about a teenager's fascination with an enigmatic new woman in town whose past is catching up with her.**Monument, Colorado, July 1989. Fourteen-year-old Adam Lisinski is mesmerized the moment Beatrice Cyr steps into his life. Adam has a lot going for him ... Read more

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**Previously published as The Empress of IdahoBestselling and award-winning author Todd Babiak's acclaimed novel—an immersive and affecting story about a teenager's fascination with an enigmatic new woman in town whose past is catching up with her.**Monument, Colorado, July 1989. Fourteen-year-old Adam Lisinski is mesmerized the moment Beatrice Cyr steps into his life. Adam has a lot going for him
... Read more

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What Gentlemen Do

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

Narrated by Joshua Browne ...

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8 hours 55 min

A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he ... Read more

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A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he
... Read more

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The Spirits Up

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

Narrated by Jennifer Wigmore ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

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Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too
... Read more

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