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  • Eugene A. Forsey
    Author:
    Milligan, Frank
    Summary:

    In this unusual biography of one of Canada's most well-known public figures, author Frank Milligan traces the intellectual foundations on which Eugene Forsey's world-view was constructed. Starting with his middle-class Ottawa...
  • Euphoria & dystopia
    Author:
    Cook, Sarah, Diamond, Sara
    Summary:

    Based on the research of the Banff New Media Institute from 1995 to 2005, the book celebrates the belief that the creative and cultural sector, in collaboration with scientists and humanists, have a critical role to play in developing...
  • Europa Journal
    Author:
    Jack, Castle
    Summary:

    In 2168, a mysterious five-sided pyramid is discovered on the ocean floor of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. Commander Mac O’Bryant and her team of astronauts find the body of a missing World War II pilot, whose hands...
  • Even The Stones
    Author:
    Jakober, Marie
    Summary:

    A young queen must confront her destiny, and overcome the powerful forces arrayed against her When she is kidnapped by enemy invaders, Marwen of Kamilan must escape her oppressive foe and reclaim her throne. But it will be a fight that...
  • Evolve
    Author:
    Kilpatrick, Nancy
    Summary:

    Vampires have Evolved and They are Here! Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff and twenty-two other Canadian dark fantasy and horror writers re-imagine the future of vampires in this new collection of all-original short fiction. One of the most...
  • Evolve two : vampire stories of the future undead
    Author:
    Kilpatrick, Nancy
    Summary:

    Vampires: friend or foe? Either way, time is on their side, and they are more powerful than ever before! Meet the eternal predator that humanity never ceases to find both fascinating and terrifying. Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the...
  • ex nihilo
    Author:
    D.A., Adebe
    Summary:

    The possibility that the present is a continued struggle against nihilism, marked by the will to create, offers important questions about identity and heritage: what does it mean to exist in the present? Out of what matter do we form...
  • Excavators & Diggers
    Author:
    Explorers, Super
    Summary:

    They dig, drill, tunnel, hoe, scrape, pulverize and so much more. These are the big machines that help people work everyday. SUPER EXPLORERS can be very big, or very small to explore everything from volcanoes, to machines to inside...
  • Expansive Discourses
    Author:
    Foran, Max
    Summary:

    A groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary after the Second World War. The interactions of land developers and the local government influenced how the pattern grew: developers met market demands and optimized profits by building...
  • Expiration date
    Author:
    Kilpatrick, Nancy
    Summary:

    Modern lives seem littered with expiration dates. Packaging tells us when our food will go bad; when we can expect appliances to cease functioning; when contracts for the internet finish! But as annoying as these small expiration dates...
  • Exploring the Math and Art Connection
    Author:
    Jarvis, Daniel, Naested, Irene
    Summary:

    Daniel Jarvis and Irene Naested highlight the natural association between math and art in a series of practical ideas for the classroom, because when students understand the math/art connection, their understanding and confidence...
  • Extensions
    Author:
    Dey, Myrna
    Summary:

    A chance discovery of a sepia photograph of her grandmother and her twin sister leads RCMP Constable Arabella Dryvynsydes on an investigation: how did a picture taken in 1914 in the mining town of Extension, BC end up at a garage sale...
  • Face au Soleil
    Author:
    Ramsey, Sherry D.
    Summary:

    Enterprises à l’appétit démesuré, nanotechnologies et imbroglios familiaux: une épopée spatiale qui a du coeur!
  • Faculty of nursing on the move : nursing at the University of Calgary, 1969-2004
    Author:
    Boschma, Geertje
    Summary:

    This book provides a historical analysis of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary in contrast and comparison to the broader evolution of academic nursing in Canada. It addresses how the faculty has responded to important...
  • Fakin' eh
    Author:
    Figueiredo, Dan de
    Summary:

    A madcap guide to hiding out in Canada and passing oneself off as a local; the how-to book on quirky Canadian ways.
  • Fallacies of Motion
    Author:
    Nichols, William
    Summary:

    These poems were taken from a diary of poems and sketches kept over forty years. In retrospect they have a repeating pattern of awareness and lack of awareness, of uncomfortably being in society and more comfortably slipping back to be...
  • Falling Blues
    Author:
    Edwards, Jannie
    Summary:

    Falling Blues sings about edges and air, about fear, about letting go, jumping, plunging. The poems chart some of the many ways we have of falling in and out (of love, of lines), of falling for and under (spells, sinners, mystics), of...
  • Familiar and foreign
    Author:
    Mannani, Manijeh, Thompson, Veronica
    Summary:

    The current political climate of confrontation between Islamist regimes and Western governments has resulted in the proliferation of essentialist perceptions of Iran and Iranians in the West. Such perceptions do not reflect the complex...
  • Far From Home
    Author:
    Williams, Jeffery
    Summary:

    Far From Home recounts the life of a soldier who grew up in 1920s Calgary and became an officer in the Canadian army who travelled the world. Williams offers a vivid retelling of growing up in Calgary during the Depression. Following...
  • Farm Workers in Western Canada: Injustices and Activism
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