Those Who Know: Profile of Alberta's Native Elders
By: Dianne Meili
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The reader will experience first-hand the personality, characteristics, and sometimes remote enviro…
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1. The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, American Style
By: Dinty W. Moore
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Accidental Buddhist is the funny, provocative story of how Dinty Moore went looking for the fai… read more
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2. The Pocket Pema Chodron
By: Pema Chödrön
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Here is a treasury of 108 short selections from the best-selling books of Pema Chödrön, the beloved… read more
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"Don’t let life harden your heart."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
"LIFE is a good teacher and a good friend."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
"The essence of life is that it’s challenging."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
"Meditation is a totally nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
3. The Humans
By: Matt Haig
4.08
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are l… read more
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"As civilisation advances, so does indifference."-Matt Haig, The Humans
"So love is about finding the right person to hurt you?"-Matt Haig, The Humans
"Because the possibility of pain is where love stems from."-Matt Haig, The Humans
"There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book."-Matt Haig, The Humans
4. Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Alexander Norman
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An unprecedented event: a beloved world religious leader proposes a way to lead an ethical, happy, … read more
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5. No Death, No Fear
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , None
3.87
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
With hard-won wisdom and refreshing insight, Thich Nhat Hanh confronts a subject that has been cont… read more
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6. A Dead Djinn in Cairo
By: P. Djèlí Clark
3.66
Format: 341 pages, ebook
Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantm… read more
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7. The Orchard Keeper
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Set in a small, remote community in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, "The O… read more
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"See the hand that nursed the serpent."-Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper
"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."-Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper
"The old man remembered it now with dim regret, and remembered such nights when the air was warm as a breath and the moon no dead thing."-Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper
"A man gets older, he said, he finds they's lots of things he can do jest as well without and so he don't have to worry about this and that the way a young feller will. I worked near all my life and n…"-Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper
8. The Loner
By: None
0.00
Format: None pages,
The boy with no name doesn't remember his past; all he knows is that he has to survive, and that me… read more
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9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
By: Muriel Barbery , Alison Anderson
2.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. We… read more
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10. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
By: Jon Klassen
4.26
Format: 105 pages, None
Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more
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11. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
By: Shubnum Khan
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more
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"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
12. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
By: Jane Goodall
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--a global… read more
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"Of course, a great deal of our onslaught on Mother Nature is not really lack of intelligence but a lack of compassion for future generations and the health of the planet: sheer selfish greed for shor…"-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
"She says that people who wonder how you can have hope in seemingly hopeless situations, like a death camp, confuse hope with idealism. Idealism expects everything to be fair or easy or good. She says…"-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
13. Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd.
By: Jonas Jonasson
3.80
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
The brand-new adventure from the beloved author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the … read more
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14. Study for Obedience
By: Sarah Bernstein
3.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young w… read more
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"I try always to be good."-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"How, I wondered, might a person, a people, take root, roots and rootlessness, the preservation of what little remains of the past, such were thoughts that blew through me on any given morning, standi…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"In taking a side, I thought uneasily, perhaps I ought to take the long view, the survival of the species as a whole. That was my problem, I thought, I was always thinking at the level of the individu…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"I had hoped that here in the country I would experience the turn of the seasons differently, with less apprehension, I might come to see the form and plan of the world. Not to frame it within systems…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
15. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
By: Rainn Wilson
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**New York Times Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more
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16. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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17. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
18. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
By: Deepa Anappara
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws, past stalls that smell of card… read more
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"I like to spy on other families that are sad like ours because I want to find out if they are doing anything different to stop ghosts from clutching their bones."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Just because you read books doesn't mean you know everything," Faiz tells her. "I work. Life's the best teacher. Everyone says so." "Only people who can't read say such things," Pari says."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Bahadur's ma stays close to my ma, but she tiptoes around her as if she's afraid she'll step on Ma's sadness, which must be the same size and shape as Bahadur's ma's sadness, only a lot fresher."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"I can smell Runu-Didi on her clothes and her pillow that has acquired a dip in the middle from the weight of her head. If I stare at it long enough, the snatcher or the bad djinn who has caught Didi …"-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
19. The Sleeping Car Porter
By: Suzette Mayr
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more
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"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
20. Sober On A Drunk Planet: Giving Up Alcohol (Quit lit, #1)
By: Sean Alexander
3.97
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
The Unexpected Shortcut to Finding Happiness, Health and Financial Freedom What are the most min… read more
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21. The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday
By: Sharon Blackie
4.04
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
Taking as her starting point the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairy tales,… read more
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22. The Listeners
By: Jordan Tannahill
3.42
Format: 304 pages, ebook
A propulsive literary page-turner about a family torn apart by a mother’s obsession with a sound th… read more
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23. Glorious Frazzled Beings
By: Angelique LaLonde
3.13
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Home is where we love, suffer, and learn. Some homes we chose, others are inflicted upon us, and st… read more
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24. The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar
By: Michael Hingston
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Chapbooks in slipcase
This is the special edition slipcase of the calendar. For the standard edition slipcase please go h… read more
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25. Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
By: Henepola Gunaratana
4.27
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English invites us to explore the joyful benefits of… read more
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"One who sincerely seeks inner peace and happiness sees the power of loving friendliness."-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
"Loving friendliness motivates you to behave kindly to all beings at all times and to speak gently in their presence and their absence"-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
"We should practice metta in all these activities. Anger, resentment or disappointment can arise at any time over the course of the day. We risk perpetuating our confused way of relating to others if …"-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
"We'll find that practicing metta changes our behavior at every level. Of course we can only do our own personal practice of metta, just as other people must do their own practice. And when we do so o…"-Henepola Gunaratana, Loving-Kindness in Plain English: The Practice of Metta
26. The 2022 Short Story Advent Calendar
By: Michael Hingston
4.16
Format: 420 pages, Chapbooks in slipcase
This is the standard edition slipcase of the calendar. For the special edition slipcase please go h… read more
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27. Teach Happier This School Year: 40 Weeks of Inspiration and Reflection
By: Suzanne Dailey
4.04
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
Being happy both at home and at work means we're not just cheerier, but more clear-eyed and effecti… read more
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28. Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood
By: Carissa Halton
4.07
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"Ma'am, you sound like a very reasonable person. Can I advise you to just move?" Carissa Halton and… read more
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29. Those Who Know: Profile of Alberta's Native Elders
By: Dianne Meili
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The reader will experience first-hand the personality, characteristics, and sometimes remote enviro… read more
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30. All We Want: Building the Life We Cannot Buy
By: Michael Harris
3.58
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Our lives are defined by a story of endless growth and consumption. Now a climate crisis demands th… read more
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31. Nest City: How Citizens Serve Cities and Cities Serve Citizens
By: Beth Sanders
4.18
Format: 283 pages, Paperback
In Nest City, Beth Sanders argues that our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning o… read more
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