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On The Bookshelf: Ice Walker takes us on a journey with creatures most affected by climate change

On The Bookshelf: Ice Walker takes us on a journey with creatures most affected by climate change

'Ice Walker is a perfect amalgam of scientific data, compelling characters, and the craft of the writer'
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On The Bookshelf: Vesper Flights helps us understand the grief of nature and move toward a better world

On The Bookshelf: Vesper Flights helps us understand the grief of nature and move toward a better world

This is not a depressing book as much as an invitation to relationship and change
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On the Bookshelf: Hamnet & Judith, leave this era of pandemic and enter the plague years

On the Bookshelf: Hamnet & Judith, leave this era of pandemic and enter the plague years

This week's On the Bookshelf looks at Hamlet and Judith by Maggie O’Farrell
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On The Bookshelf: A U of G professor helps us understand the immigrant experience

On The Bookshelf: A U of G professor helps us understand the immigrant experience

This Red Line Goes Straight To Your Heart offers an intelligent and emotional story of frailties and resilience
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Here the Dark: a brilliant collection of sex, religion, love and sadness

Here the Dark: a brilliant collection of sex, religion, love and sadness

This week's On The Bookshelf features David Bergen's short story collection Here the Dark
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Uncanny Valley: An exploration of the lows found working in a young Silicon Valley

Uncanny Valley: An exploration of the lows found working in a young Silicon Valley

Anna Wiedner shares the not-so-rewarding experience of being a woman working in Silicon Valley as it began to explode
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On The Bookshelf: A local Anishinaabe elder Rene Meshake shares his spirit and soul in memoir

On The Bookshelf: A local Anishinaabe elder Rene Meshake shares his spirit and soul in memoir

The book is divided into seven different sections each corresponding to a time period in his life
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On The Bookshelf: Power Shift and feminism through history

On The Bookshelf: Power Shift and feminism through history

This month's On The Bookshelf looks at Power Shift: The Longest Revolution by Sally Armstrong, who visits Guelph next month
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On The Bookshelf: Whose Water Is It Anyway?

On The Bookshelf: Whose Water Is It Anyway?

Maude Barlow offers hope in a sea of despair when it comes to safe drinking water
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On The Bookshelf: Linden Macintyre revisits a piece of Canadian — and family — history in The Wake

On The Bookshelf: Linden Macintyre revisits a piece of Canadian — and family — history in The Wake

'Not only is this a compelling oral history but it is also the story of Linden’s family and his neighbours. He has never left his Newfoundland roots and his deep regard for them shows on every page'
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