2 WeSurvivedUntilWeCouldLivebyUchechukwuPeterUmezurike
3 BeneficiarybyJoAnnMcCaig
4 TheWikiofBabelbyKyleFlemmer
5 SoleSurvivor:AFamilyStoryofGenesis,AnnihilationandSurvivalbyAviFriedman
6 TheMultiverse:APhilosophicalIntroductionbyJeremyButterfield
7 TroubledTributaries:AlbertaAnglers,FishFights,andtheRacetoSaveMountainColdwaterStreams,1900-1930by GeorgeColpitts
9781773856827
English 6x9in|1gr 120pages
Subject POETRY/Subjects&Themes/War
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Brave&Brilliant WeSurvivedUntilWeCouldLive
By(author)UchechukwuPeterUmezurike Apr15,2026| Paperback,Trade |$24.99|
Apowerful,intimateportraitofafamilynavigatingthememoriesofwar.
Whosurviveswar?Whatdoessurvivalmean?Andatwhatcost?Yes,thesirens andbombshaveceased.Yes,peacehassettledovertherubble.Butevenin momentsoflaughter,ghostschafe.Bloodstillsmellsintheair.Thepresentisas fraughtasthepast,filledwithshadowsandfumes.Oldwoundsstingthebody andthemind,rekindlingnightmaresandmemory.
Inpoetrybyturnslyricalandintense,elegiacandintimate,WeSurvivedUntilWe CouldLiveplumbsthecontoursofvulnerability,invitingreaderstoreflectonloss andthebrokenflesh.UchechukwuPeterUmezurikeskillfullyusesmultiple narrativevoicesandpersonas?afather,amother,ason?toshowhowpostwar traumaandmemorywarpfamilyrelationships,howviolencepersistslongaftera warhasended.
Umezurikedoesn'tturnawayfromcontemplatingthepsychicandphysicalscars thatwarleavesonpeople,whetherontheoldoryoung,parentsorchildren.These arepoemsoftautbreath,silence,andechoes.Thesearealsopoemsofloveandits redemptivepower.Poemsofthecouragetocontinue.Tenderyetenduring snapshotsofkindness,grace,hope,andresilience,remindingusofourcapacityto emergefromthecrushingshroudsofdarknessandtragedyintothelight.
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UchechukwuPeterUmezurikeisassistantprofessorintheDepartmentof EnglishandWayneO.McCreadyEmergingFellowattheUniversityofCalgary.He istheauthorofMasculinitiesinNigerianFiction,PleaseDon?tInterrupt,there?s more,DoubleWahala,DoubleTrouble,andWishMaker
Reviews
Ariveting,exceedinglypowerfulbook. -PeterNorman,authorofSomeof UsandMostofYouAreDead
Oneofthemostengrossingand powerfulpoetrycollectionsI?vereadin years.-CheleneKnight,authorofthe memoirDearCurrentOccupantand Junie
Bothdevastatinganduplifting, Umezurike'spoemslurch,careen,and thensingagainstafamily(and national)heritageofviolenceand,in response,gentlycuppeaceinthe tranquilmomentsoflanguage.-Rob Budde,authorofDreamlandTheatre
Thiscollectionbindsloveandlossin war'sshadow,sustainedby Umezurike?sgiftforholding tendernessandruptureinthesame breath.-CornelBogle,BookReviews EditorfortheJournalofWestIndian Literature
Umezurike'sbookwillgiveyouafather turnedbywarintoafuryofghosts,his loveforhisfamilyaconfusionof
9781773856780
English 6x9in|1gr 216pages
Subject FICTION/Women
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Brave&Brilliant Beneficiary
By(author)JoAnnMcCaig
May15,2026| Paperback,Trade |$28.99
Anovelaboutwhatitmeanstofacetheworldasawomanonherownterms fromtheaward-winningauthorofTheTextbookoftheRoseandAnHonest Woman.
Serenwasdoomedtoacountryclubcageandaleashofpearlsuntiloutofthe blueonaTuesdaynightin1969,shefoundherselfsuddenlysaying"no."More thanfiftyyearslater,shelooksbackonherlifeandeachchoicethatfollowed, beautiful,tragicandcompletelyherown.
Leavingherfamilyforthefreedomofthe1970s,Serenbeganaquesttodiscover howtoliveinthisworldashertrueself?aquestthatwouldtakeherfromthe headycounterculturalmilieuofcommunalhousesonVancouverIslandthrough marriageandmotherhood,divorce,andanunexpectedinheritancethatchanged everything.Suddenlywealthy,Serenmustwrestlewithmoney,withclass,and whatitmeanstohavemorethanmost.
Whatdoesitmeantolivetruly,throughtragedyandheartbreak?Howdowe createourselvesinaworldthatkeepschanging?Whatdoesitmeantohave moneywhensomanypeopledon't?Arichlywritten,fiercelyfeministnovel imbuedwithrealbravery,Beneficiaryweavesthepastandthepresentinarich tapestryoflife.
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JoAnnMcCaigistheauthorofTheTextbookofTheRoseandAnHonestWoman SheistheproudownerofShelfLifeBooks,anindependentbookstoreinher hometownofCalgary,AB.
9781773856742
English 6x9in|1gr
144pages
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POETRY/General
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Brave&Brilliant TheWikiofBabel
By(author)KyleFlemmer
Jun15,2026| Paperback,Trade |$29.99|
RisingpoetictalentKyleFlemmerpresentsbeguilingconceptualpoetry createdbyconstrainttechniquesfromtheworld?slargestonline encyclopedia?theultimateWikipediarabbithole.
Wikipediaisamodern-daymiracle.Thefreeencyclopediathatanyonecanedit hasbecomeamonumentalrepositoryofcommonknowledge,aspringboardfor research,asourceofentertainment,asiteofdiscussion,anarchive,ahobby,anda digitalrepresentationofinformationforeverinflux.
InTheWikiofBabel,KyleFlemmersubjectsWikipediaarticlestochance operationsandpoeticconstraints,buildingupanintriguingandbewildering bricolagefromfragmentsoftext.Driftingthroughdata,hedivinesplayfulness andhumourinthelogicofhyperlinksandthesurprisingjuxtapositionsthey afford.Thisispoetryoftheparatacticleap,acoresampletakenfromanevershiftingnetworkofobliqueassociations.
Fancifullyfactual,TheWikiofBabelshowshowtheorganizationofinformation andthemethodofitsnavigationchangesitsmeaning.Acelebrationof collaborativeexpertiseandhypertextpublicationsontheinternet,thisbook takesareverentlookbackatOulipianwordplayandaboldstepforwardindigital poetics.
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KyleFlemmerisawriter,publisher,anddigitalmediaartistfromCalgary,Canada inTreaty7territory.In2014,hefoundedTheBlastedTreePublishingCo.,asmall pressfocusedonexperimentalpoeticsandvisualart.Hisartworksand publicationshavebeenexhibitedlocallyandabroad.Flemmer?sotherbooks includeBarcodePoetry,SupergiantsandTzAR:PixelArtAnthology
9781773856919
English
6x9in|1gr 258pages
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HISTORY/Modern/20th Century/Holocaust
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SoleSurvivor
AFamilyStoryofGenesis,AnnihilationandSurvival By(author)AviFriedman
Jun15,2026| Paperback,Trade |$34.99|
ThestoryofaJewishfamilyfromtheirgenesisinPolandthroughthe sufferingoftheHolocaustandofthesonwhosurvived.
ChaimFrydmansurvivedtheHolocaust.HewastheonlyFrydmanwhodid.In SoleSurvivor,architectandacademicAviFriedmantravelstoEuropetotracehis father’sjourneythroughtheHolocaustandfindhisfamily’sgenesis.Hevisitsthe homes,factories,andsynagoguesinwhichtheFrydmansmadetheirlivesandthe ghettosandcampsinwhichtheywereimprisonedandkilled.Avifindspowerful storiesininterviews,archives,andthebuiltenvironmentitself,illustratingthe waysthatbuildingsweremadetoaffecttheeventsthattookplaceinthemand howthearchitectureoftheHolocaustremainsahauntingmemorialtothisday.
SoleSurvivoristhestoryofChaimFrydman,whofoughtinthePolisharmyand returnedtosurviveforcedlabour,deathmarches,andthehorrorofthecamps.It isthestoryofAvramandRachlaFrydman,whoraisedChaimalongsideseven siblings,oftheirchildrenandgrandchildren,whodiedintheŁódźghetto,inthe killingcentreatChełmno,inAuschwitz.ItisthestoryofAviFriedman,witnessing hisfather'stestimonyoffromthetrenchesofGnieznothroughBirkenauto freedomanddiscoveringhimselfasthedescendentofafamilywhosurvived againstimpossibleodds.
InsharingtheFrydman’shistory,theirexperiences,andtheirtestimony,Avi Friedmanhascreatedavitalresourceforfuturegenerations.Insharinghis journeyandthoughtfulexplorationoftheresponsibilitiesthelivingbearthedead, hehascreatedaworkthatwillresonateforyearstocome.
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AviFriedmanisco-founderoftheAffordableHomesProgramandprofessorat theMcGillSchoolofArchitecture.Heistheauthorofoverthirtybooks.
9781773856964
English 6x9in|1gr 354pages
Subject
PHILOSOPHY/Metaphysics
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BSPSOpen TheMultiverse APhilosophicalIntroduction
By(author)JeremyButterfield
Jul15,2026| Paperback,Trade |$59.99|
Afascinatingintroductiontotheacademicideasofthemultiverse.
TheMultiverseisanintroductiontotheideathatouruniverseisjustoneofmany universes.Philosophershaveproposedthatalllogicallypossibleuniversesare equallyreal.Inphysics,themany-worldsinterpretationofquantummechanics proposesthateverypossibleoutcomeofaquantumeventexistsinitsownworld.
LeadingphilosopherJeremyButterfieldpresentsandassessesthreeversionsof theideaofthemultiverse,onefromphilosophyandtwofromphysics.Heexplores theideasoflogicallypossibleworlds,thebranchesofthequantumstate,andthe bubblesofinflationarycosmology.Foreachidea,heselectsonephilosophical questiontoexploreindepth:whatisapossibleworld,whatischance,andwhatis explanation?
Writtenforstudentsandnewcomers,TheMultiverseprovidesanexplanationof leadingtheories,withoutrequiringanyprerequisitesinphilosophyorphysics. Thisbookwillleadreaderstoaproperacademicunderstandingofmultiverse proposalsinlogic,quantumtheory,andcosmology.
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JeremyButterfieldisaSeniorResearchFellow(Emeritus)atTrinityCollege, UniversityofCambridge.Heisco-authorofThePhilosophyandPhysicsofDuality andaFellowoftheBritishAcademy.
9781773856865
English 6x9in|1gr 258pages BighornBooks
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NATURE/Environmental Conservation&Protection
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TroubledTributaries
AlbertaAnglers,FishFights,andtheRacetoSaveMountainColdwaterStreams, 1900-1930
By(author)GeorgeColpitts
Apr05,2026| Paperback,Trade |$34.99|
TroubledTributariesrevealshowAlberta'searlyflyfishersjoinedtogether intheirsettlements,townsandcities,tofightforconservationnowandthe future.
Anglersknee-deepinAlberta'smountainstreamsaftertheFirstWorldWar understoodthattherewassomethingwrong.Coalmining,forestry,andirrigation wereindustrializinglandscapes.Roadsandrailwaysbroughtunprecedented numbersofpeopletoremotefishinggrounds.Oncehometoabundantrunsof cutthroat,mountainwhitefish,andbulltrout,theBow,Highwood,andOldman Rivers,andtheirmanyhighmountaintributaries,wereincrises.
UpanddowntheEasternSlopes,anglersralliedtodefendtheirwatersheds.The ensuingfishfightswerenotpeaceful.Deepdisagreementontributaryclosures, openseasondates,environmentalprotection,regulationandenforcementraged amongfishers.Butdespitetheirdisputedviewpoints,Alberta'sanglersagreedto advocatefiercelyfortheconservationoftheirriversandstreams.
TroubledTributariesrevealsforthefirsttimethework?andthecontroversy?of fisheriesconservationintheEasternSlopesofAlberta'sRockyMountainsfrom 1900to1930.Itisastoryofpassionandcommitment,ofthestruggletobalance nature?suseandpreservation,andofpeoplecomingtogetherevenwhen divergentviewpointsthreatenedtobreakthemapart.Thisisthestoryofthefirst roundinthegreatfighttosaveAlberta'swesterntroutkingdoms.
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GeorgeColpittsisaprofessorofHistoryspecializinginenvironmentalhistoryat theUniversityofCalgary.HeistheauthorofGameintheGardenandPemmican Empire
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Thisbookisamustreadfor conservationists,biologists,anglers, andespeciallypoliticianswhomake decisionsabouttroutconservation today.-LorneFitch,authorof StreamsofConsequence
TroubledTributariestellsaprescient taledisturbinglylikethecurrentstate oftroutconservationinAlberta.BruceMasterman,authorofOne LastCast:ReflectionsonanOutdoor Life