Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey
By: Sylvia Olsen
3.99
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Toques, mittens and scarves are all associated with northern climates, but the quintessential garme…
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1. Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World
By: Clara Parkes
3.83
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this insp… read more
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- memoir
- travel
- knitting
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- crafts
"Knitting has a profound connective power. The culture and people and rituals around it, the values, they all contribute to an immediate and profound trust in one another. It's home. You belong and ar…"-Clara Parkes, Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World
"A funny thing happens when more than one knitter gathers in a public place. A solo knitter, presuming she is a woman, quickly fades into the backdrop like a potted palm or a quietly nursing mother. .…"-Clara Parkes, Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World
2. Do Not Say We Have Nothing
By: Madeleine Thien
3.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, wh… read more
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- canada
3. The Piano Maker
By: Kurt Palka
4.47
Format: 907 pages, Paperback
The suspenseful, emotionally resonant, and utterly compelling story of what brings an enigmatic Fre… read more
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4. They Left Us Everything: A Memoir
By: Plum Johnson
3.67
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
After almost twenty years of caring for elderly parents--first for their senile father,and then for… read more
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5. The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)
By: Jennifer Chiaverini
4.11
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Cr… read more
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6. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
By: Virginia Postrel
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"Different books speak to us at different times."-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
8. Shut Up You're Pretty
By: Téa Mutonji
3.57
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more
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- canada
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty
9. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .
By: Rick Mercer
4.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more
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- history
- memoir
- canada
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
10. Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
By: Peggy Orenstein
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, sp… read more
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- memoir
- knitting
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- crafts
"The beauty was just mind-boggling for this English girl...It was like being in your own national park, but without the signs telling you what you're supposed to think."-Peggy Orenstein, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
11. Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
By: Adam Shoalts
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National bestseller A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greate… read more
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- memoir
- canada
- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
12. Indians on Vacation
By: Thomas King
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Meet Bird and Mimi in this brilliant new novel from one of Canada’s foremost authors. Inspired by a… read more
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- travel
- canada
13. Closer by Sea
By: Perry Chafe
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER CBC Books “86 Works of Canadian Fiction to Read in the First Half of 20… read more
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- canada
14. Close Knit
By: Jenny Colgan
3.98
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
Follow Gertie MacIntyre from knitting circle to air stewardess in this glorious and romantic summer… read more
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- knitting
15. A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free
By: Shefali Tsabary
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author and renowned clinical psychologist teaches women how to trans… read more
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- nonfiction
16. A History of Burning
By: Janika Oza
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic, sweeping historical debut novel spanning continents and a century, and how one act of surv… read more
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- canada
"What was love but one long act of forgiveness, of choosing to return, over and over again."-Janika Oza, A History of Burning
17. Gutter Child
By: Jael Richardson
3.86
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award Cityline Book Club Pick … read more
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- canada
"What if greatness only happens when we're together, when we don't let them pull us apart?"-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child
"It takes a particular kind of strength to exist in a world where you are not wanted that doesn't feel like strength at all."-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child
"When I drew pictures of Mother and me, I used Peach for her and Chestnut for myself. "Why is your skin named after something soft and sweet and mine is something hard and bitter?" "Because you are so…"-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child
"A girl learns who she is from the woman she sees loving her," Ida says. "She learns what's good and what's lovely about herself, and the further apart she is from that woman, and the more different t…"-Jael Richardson, Gutter Child
18. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
By: Patty Krawec
4.58
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
19. Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey
By: Sylvia Olsen
3.99
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Toques, mittens and scarves are all associated with northern climates, but the quintessential garme… read more
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- history
- memoir
- canada
- travel
- knitting
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- crafts
20. Viking Knits: Over 40 Scandi Knits for Men, Women & Children
By: Lasse Matberg
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Internet sensation Lasse Matberg comes from a family who, for generations, have been working to cre… read more
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- crafts
- nonfiction
- knitting
21. The Wild Dyer: A Guide to Natural Dyes & the Art of Patchwork & Stitch
By: Abigail Booth
4.28
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
By teaching you the foundations of natural dyeing, and guiding you through the simple stitch techni… read more
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- crafts
- nonfiction
