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HARDCOVER FICTION

Split Tooth, Tanya Tagaq. Fiction. $29.95.

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens. Fiction. $35.00.

Fire & Blood, George R.R. Martin. Fantasy. $47.00.

In a House of Lies, Ian Rankin. Mystery. $34.99.

Immigrant City, David Bezmozgis. Fiction. $27.99.

 

HARDCOVER NON-FICTION

Manitoba by Manitoba, McNally Robinson. Regional Interest. $22.95.

Becoming, Michelle Obama. Memoir. $40.00.

Rusalka: The Legend and the Legacy, Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Regional Interest. $64.99.

City Beautiful, Randy Turner. Regional Interest. $29.95.

Our History is the Future, Nick Estes. Indigenous Peoples. $35.95.

 

PAPERBACK FICTION

The Huntress, Kate Quinn. Fiction. $22.99.

Sagas & Sea Smoke, Susan Nicol. Fiction. $25.00.

The Lost Girls of Paris, Pam Jenoff. Fiction. $21.99.

The Tattooist of Auschwit, Heather Morris. Fiction. $24.99.

Moon of the Crusted Snow, Waubgeshig Rice. Fiction. $17.95.

 

PAPERBACK NON-FICTION

Wisdom from the Homeless, Neil Craton. Canadian Issues. $21.99.

The 2019 Prairie Garden: Growing Food, Prairie Garden Committee. Gardening. $17.95.

Educated, Tara Westover. Memoir. $22.99.

Homes: A Refugee Story, Abu Bakr al Rabeeah. Biography. $19.95.

Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories, Wilfred Buck. Indigenous Peoples. $9.95.

 

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Dinosaur Rodeo, Sheldon Dawson. Canadian Picture Book. $19.99.

Brawl of the Wild, Dog Man #6, Dav Pilkey. Graphic Novel. $12.99.

Finding Winnie, Lindsay Mattick. Canadian Picture Book. $19.99.

The Lost Heir, Wings of Fire #2, Tui T. Sutherland. Graphic Novel. $16.99.

Lord of the Fleas, Dog Man #5, Dav Pilkey. Graphic Novel. $12.99.

 

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