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  • Baba's Babushka: Magical...

    CA$39.95
    Magical adventures in Ukraine! When the wind brings Natalia babushkas just like the ones her baba once wore, she is taken on a series of magical journeys to a time long ago and discovers the traditions of her Ukrainian heritage—the greatest of which is the love of family.
  • Gnomes of Boundary Bog,...

    CA$24.95
    Life in Boundary Bog is simple…but dangerous!

    The Quire, a community of gnomes, has lived in the bog for thousands of years, quietly, secretly, hiding from humankind. A society of hunters and gatherers, the long-living gnomes live underground in harmony with nature but at its mercy. With a little bit of magic, and a whole lot of work, the Quire struggles to survive the harsh weather of Northern Saskatchewan, hungry predators—and the ever-present danger of being seen by a human!

    The Gnomes of Boundary Bog is a magical story, a collection of fairy tales both believable and extravagantly fantastical!
  • Unspoken

    CA$24.95
    Everyone has their own story, don’t they? It’s what makes us who we are.

    The lives of four women form a bridge across time in the story of their desires, their choices, their families:

    Anna wants a better life for her children.

    Claire wants a connection with her absent father.

    Sister Maria wants to honour God through service.

    And Annie? Annie just wants to be heard.

    A poignant story of family discovery—and the impact of the past.
  • I Am Free

    CA$24.95
    A daily existence without passion or purpose, devoid of connection or adventure, is flipped upside down by a peaceful wanderer who challenges the core values of a comfortable life. Book contains music album of 10 songs: BY MYSELF (3:00 / page 7); LAVENDER GIRL (2:29 / page 15); NEW CONTEST (2:52 / page 29); THIS LOVE IS FREE (3:41 / page 51); LAST CALL (4:35 / page 57); HOLY BRIDGES (3:27 / page 67); LORELEI (4:36 / page 75); I AM FREE (6:46 / page 81); DARLING OF THE DESERT (4:12 / page 87); SUNDAZE (3:44 / page 97).
  • Time to Fly!

    CA$24.95
    It is time to soar, my child. It is time to fly! It’s time for you to take yourself off into the sky.... Listen to the whisper in the changing wind that’s blowing, that’s the world that’s calling you to lead you where you’re going …

    A journey to explore who we are, who we can become, and how we fit into the world around us, a perfect gift to celebrate life's new beginnings.
  • Moment of Clarity, A:...

    CA$22.95
    Before the bubble bursts … In each of these twenty-two short stories comes a brief, shining moment—a surreal turning point—in which we are surprised to discover that the reality of our own comfortable little world is balanced on the sharply honed edge of a knife.

    F. E. Eldridge uses a finely tuned literary lens to focus on and magnify the impact of a single moment in time in the lives of her female protagonists, young and old, in these tales of both past and present, in settings that range from Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley to the Canadian Prairies.
  • Anton: A Young Boy, His...

    CA$22.95
    In a land laid waste by the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, civil war, economic calamity and famine, a young boy tries to cope with a reality of violence and suffering he cannot understand. Together with his friend, he slowly begins to understand the truth of his life in a small, German-speaking village on the Russian steppes. The two share a friendship deepened by the misery endured in an adult world gone mad.
  • Tomorrow It Will Be Fine

    CA$22.95
    Struggling to find a foothold in Toronto of the early 1950s, Endre, a Hungarian immigrant, finds he cannot simply erase his former life and its ethnic and cultural values from memory--but neither can he deny his desire to create a new life and, perhaps, even fall in love.
  • Assortment, An: Darkly...

    CA$19.95
    This inventive collection of literary and visual oddments embodies the creativespirit of Marie Elyse St. George at its wicked, witty, and sometimes wise best. Eight decades have passed since she held up an armful of kittens to the camera, and she continues to entertain with An Assortment of stories, poems, illustrations, and undefinables—meticulously drawn, at times tragic, and often darkly humorous.
  • Wolfe in Shepherd's Clothing

    CA$19.95
    Be careful who you trust. When Charlie Wolfe winds up homeless, Tony Shepherd's family takes him in. But Tony's parents have one request: No more mysteries! The boys want to keep their word … but someone is leaving dismembered bodies around the city and Detective Gekas is asking what they know. Soon, Tony and Charlie are caught in a labyrinth of lies and death—and not everyone is as they seem. Can the boys escape unscathed or will someone they care about end up dead?
  • Dead Rock Stars...

    CA$19.95
    Quirky record store owner Jackson Hill doesn't know it, but his routine life in Saskatoon is about to take a bumpy ride. When his father dies unexpectedly, Jackson heads down the highway to his hometown in southern Saskatchewan. He knows the funeral will be rough, but he doesn't expect to meet a handsome stranger along the way or to face-off with his brother about dark issues of the past. A humorous tale of one man's fascination with rock 'n' roll, Dead Rock Stars is a stirring account of sibling rivalry, acts of forgiveness, and growing up gay on the Canadian Prairies.
  • I Tumble Through the...

    CA$19.95
    WITHIN THESE PAGES lie twenty-one poems…and twenty-one worlds: worlds in the farthest reaches of space, worlds steeped in myth and legend, worlds that never were, and worlds that yet could be. Written by award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Edward Willett, and beautifully illustrated by Alberta artist Wendi Nordell, each poem was inspired by—and contains—two lines of published poetry from Saskatchewan poets, sent out every weekday by former Saskatchewan Poet Laureate Gerald Hill as a Poetry Month challenge to members of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild in April 2016. Every poem tells a story. Some are frightening. Some are funny. Some are poignant, some surreal. Enter a realm of unfettered imagination…and embrace the fantastical.

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You're Going Where?!
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Where Does Your Dog Sleep?
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He Who Flies By Night: The Story of Grey Owl
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