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Fall/Winter 2005
Centenary celebrations:
Happy 100th birthday Alberta and Saskatchewan
From wheat fields to oil fields; from the prairies to the mountains; from historical figures to present day heroes, the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta have plenty to celebrate during 2005, the year each rejoices its first 100 years.
Land of Living Skies: Encylopedia a comprehensive compendium of Saskatchewan
“Without the old stone and brick and waterways to hold our history, all we have in rural Saskatchewan is words.”
The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Canadian Plains Research Center
$125.00 hc, 1,072 pages
ISBN 0-88977-175-8
Contrary to popular belief: Former journalist goes Against the Grain
“Not only can’t you please all of the people all of the time, it’s occasionally difficult to please your own mother…”
Against the Grain: An Irreverent View of Alberta
Catherine Ford
McClelland & Stewart
$34.99 hc, 272 pages
ISBN 0-7710-4775-4
This place we call Alberta: Two volume set digs deep into province’s past
“We all see these books as more like a seminar course in Alberta history than as a series of lectures.”
Alberta Formed – Alberta Transformed (Volume I and Volume II)
edited by Michael Payne, Donald Wetherell, and Catherine Cavanaugh
University of Alberta Press/
University of Calgary Press
$100.00 hc, 524 pages each volume
ISBN 1-55238-196-X set
Taking it to heart: Leader-Post and StarPhoenix chronicle Saskatchewan’s first 100 years
“What I wanted to capture was the social life–the character of the province.”
Province with a Heart
text by Randy Boswell
edited by Lynn McAuley
CanWest Books
$39.95 hc, 224 pages
ISBN 0-9736719-0-4
fiction
A new Day: Birdsell’s latest picks up where The Russländer left off
“The inspiration comes from being ‘one of a bunch’ one of 11 siblings, but the story itself is an act of my imagination…”
Children of the Day
Sandra Birdsell
Random House Canada
$35.95 hc, 416 pages
ISBN 0-679-31369-9
The good old hockey game: MacGregor scores again
“I truly believe you cannot understand the culture of Canada or the personality of the elusive Canadian identity until you understand the national game.”
Forever: The Christmas Hockey Classic
Roy MacGregor
Illustrated by Brian Deines
Red Deer
$24.95 hc, 64 pages
ISBN 0-88995-306-6
Heavy Traffic: Prostitution and murder from Ukraine to Winnipeg
“The situations in the book do happen, both here and in Europe, so readers
don’t have to suspend disbelief while reading it.”
Body Traffic: A Mystery
Alex Domokos and Rita Toews
NeWest Press
$9.95 pb, 224 pages
ISBN 1-896300-96-0
Growing concerns: Author explores environmental issues in new thriller
“The danger is whether ordinary farmland might become stressed beyond our ability to farm it.”
Dry
Barbara Sapergia
Coteau Books
$19.95 pb, 304 pages
ISBN 978-1-55050-319-7 or 1-55050-319-7
Graphic art imitates life: Author blends facts and fiction in new graphic novel
“I love to get lost in the landscape of art, watching as the ink soaks into the fibres of the paper, creating a sequence of pictures…”
Dark Adaptation
Lorenz Peter
Pedlar Press
$22 pb, 136 pages
ISBN 1-897141-06-8
non-fiction
Born to be wild: Bishop delivers a literary ride, literally
“I wanted to stay off the big highways and on the little ones–grey on my map–and see what developed.”
Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books
Ted Bishop
Penguin Canada/Viking Canada
$32.00 hc, 261 pages
ISBN 0-670-06385-1
Chow down: Cookbook a fascinating glimpse into Chinese-Canadian culinary history
“We have a habit of enjoying one meal while exuberantly talking about the next one.”
Chow–From China to Canada: Memories of Food and Family
Janice Wong
Whitecap Books
$24.95 pb, 144 pages
ISBN 1-55285-650-X
Here we go, Bombers, here we go!: Winnipeg’s football club celebrates 75 years
“The high point for me covering the Bombers came in 1984, when the team broke a 22 year Grey Cup drought.”
Blue & Gold: 75 Years of Blue Bomber Glory
edited by Bob Irving
Great Plains Publications
$39.95 hc, 160 pages
ISBN 1-894283-59-7
Balancing act: Former Schreyer insider provides insight
“I was saved from the life of a sessional lecturer by a call from the Premier.”
A View from The Ledge: An Insider’s Look at the Schreyer Years
Herb Schulz
Heartland Associates Inc.
528 pages
$34.95 hc, ISBN 1-896150-09-8
$26.95 pb, ISBN 1-896150-05-5
God bless America: Book traces the US descent into authoritarianism
“It wasn’t simply ‘you’re with us or against us,’ it was ‘good’ and ‘evil.’”
Against the New Authoritarianism: Politics After Abu Ghraib
Henry A. Giroux
Arbeiter Ring Publishing
$18.95 pb, 196 pages
ISBN 1-894037-23-5
poetry
An engaging read: Lorna Crozier’s work first in a series which makes poetry accessible
“Some of the older poems feel like old friends whom I’ve stumbled across after a long time of being apart.”
Before the First Word: The Poetry of Lorna Crozier
edited by Catherine Hunter
Wilfred Laurier University Press
$12.95 pb, 72 pages
ISBN 0-88920-489-6
drama
What happens in Vegas…Play rolls the dice on happily ever after
“To be optimistic you have to embrace the unknown resolution.”
The Optimists
Morwyn Brebner
Scirocco Drama/J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc.
$14.95 pb, 96 pages
ISBN 0-920486-88-6
