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5 Milt Harradence: The Western Flair c.d. evans In this memoir, C.D. Evans perpetuates the legend of his flamboyant, larger-than-life colleague with whom he shared thrills, spills, and brilliant courtroom spars. april is poetry mo1 Personals nth durance vile publications ian williams 6 40 Years at the Criminal Bar Jittery, plaintive, and fresh, the poems in Ian Williams’ Personals A Painful Duty: c.d. evans are voiced through a startling variety of speakers who continually C.D. Evans reveals insights into the practice and the characters of rev themselves up to the challenges of connecting with each other. the Alberta Criminal Bar, with prominent court case accounts and freehand books with special tributes to the no-nonsense judges of the early days. 2 Restless White Fields durance vile publications barbara langhorst 7 Memoir of a Beaver Liaison Officer How do you rebuild a life? In this unsentimental collection Pursuing China: brian l. e vans of poems, Barbara Langhorst revisits a violent personal tragedy Evans blends memoir and history to draw a vivid picture of China Restless through startling imagery that rends even as it heals. and its cultural outreach over three decades. He seeks to make White Fields is unique, unexpected, and impossible to ignore. a contribution to the understanding of the nature and wide range newest press of Canada–China relations. 3 ’Tis Pity university of alberta press david bateman 8 Those Who Know Part memoir, part creative non-fiction, part poetic score without 20th Anniversary Edition, Profiles of Alberta’s Native Elders music, part off-Broadway show without a cast, these are poems dianne meili (in the author’s words) “that dart lyrically in and out of each other, First published in 1991, Dianne Meili’s Those Who Know remains an bumping like herds of chameleons racing through a self-elegiac essential portrait of Alberta’s native elders. In this 20th anniversary labyrinth toward an unspecified finish line.” edition, Meili supplements her original text with new profiles and frontenac house interviews that further the collective story of these men and women. 4 Wells newest press jenna butler Jenna Butler draws on her own experiences of her grandmother’s disappearance into senile dementia to reassemble a sensual world that crackles with imagery and rhythm. Fragments of identities biography and memories flow and flicker into stories of one woman’s life. & university of alberta press ▸ Continued on page 58 memoir3 $49.95 $31.95 $29.95 pb $32.00 pb pb 978-1-926832-14-2 pb 978-0-88864-546-3 978-0-88864-546-3 978-1-55059-378-5 978-1-926832-11-1 978-1-926832-11-1 isbn isbn isbn isbn

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5 Hearts, Minds, & Vision: Roots of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, 1930–2010 d. george wyse, j. robert lampard, barbara kermode-scott + al-karim walli The story of the remarkable men and women who built and shaped hi1 The Calgarys Publict Libraryo ry cardiovascular science and clinical care in southern Alberta. It gives Inspiring Life Stories Since 1912 us a glimpse into the inner workings of their medical world and brian brennan puts a human face on the saga. The inspiring story of the 100-year history of the Calgary Public kingsley publishing Library and the people and community who created it. kingsley publishing 6 My Heroes Have Always Been Indians cora j. voyageur 2 Civilizing the Wilderness Aboriginal author Cora J. Voyageur reminds us of how Aboriginal Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada people contribute to Alberta. She takes a historical and cultural and Rupert’s Land look at Aboriginal peoples in Alberta, then highlights the a.a. den otter contributions of 100 important Aboriginal Albertans. In eleven essays, den Otter explores the meaning of the concepts brush inc. / detselig enterprises “civilizing” and “wilderness” within an 1850s Euro-British North American context, examining the relationship between newcomers 7 Our Union and Native peoples and the lands they inhabited. caw/uaw Local 27 from 1950 to 1990 university of alberta press jason russell In this case study of a union local in the decades following World 3 The Elbow War II, Russell offers a narrative that will speak not only to labour A River in the Life of the City historians but to the people about whom they write. john gilpin athabasca university press (au press) Captain John Palliser missed the Elbow River in his explorations of the Calgary area, but early entrepreneurs, the rcmp, and the certainly did not. From its very beginnings, life in the burgeoning city of Calgary centred on the Elbow River. 8 The Grads Are Playing Tonight! The Story of brush inc. / detselig enterprises the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club m. ann hall 4 Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park A sports-history gem! The Edmonton Grads dominated women’s Grass, Hills, and History basketball from 1915–1940 across Canada and worldwide, fred stenson playing over 400 official games, losing only 20. This meticulously A celebration of the recently created Glenbow Ranch Provincial researched and documented book includes capsule biographies Park outside of Calgary. Alberta’s Fred Stenson tells the story of and over 100 photos. the park’s history, geology, biology, and legacy. Stunning full-colour university of alberta press photography and historical images and maps throughout. kingsley publishing 4 sports history $34.95 $32.95 $41.95 $42.95 $9.95 pb pb pb pb hc 978-0-88864-604-0 978-1-55059-408-9 978-1-55059-408-9 978-1-926836-58-4 978-1-55059-418-8 978-1-55059-418-8 978-1-55059-389-1 978-1-55059-389-1 isbn isbn isbn isbn isbn

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1 Settling In 5 Cross-Media Ownership and Democratic Practice Early Homes of Western Canada in Canada: Content-Sharing and the Impact of New Media faye reineberg holt walter c. soderlund, colette brin, lydia miljan + What was it like to live in a teepee? How did people find comfort kai hildebrandt, eds. in a tiny, cold sod house? Prolific and popular Faye Holt reveals the This groundbreaking analysis of major French- and English-Canadian fascinating range of dwellings that dotted the West from the early news companies shows the impact of cross-media ownership on the days of settlement to the end of wwii. diversity of new content, as the authors assess problems that mass brush inc. / detselig enterprises media in Canada will likely face in the coming years. university of alberta press 2 The Vikings Return Icelandic Immigration to Canada, 1870–1920 6 Direct-fired Heaters marian mckenna roger r. newnham A new look from a Canadian perspective at the “Great Emigration” A practical approach, for engineers, to the design and operation of from Iceland between 1870 and 1920 of more than 20,000 people direct-fired heaters. — almost 30% of the population. The majority went to Canada, kingsley publishing and this modern saga tells their dramatic story. brush inc. / detselig enterprises 7 Imagining Ancient Women annabel lyon 3 Working People in Alberta Annabel Lyon’s passion for historical novels and her love of ancient A History Greece make her lecture on the process of creating characters of alvin finkel historical fiction captivating. She discusses how to learn from In this extensively illustrated volume, the contributors trace the historical sources to craft believable characters. history of labour from the period of First Nations occupation to university of alberta press the present and tell the stories of the men and women who have worked to build and sustain the province of Alberta. 8 Lifeworth athabasca university press (au press) Finding Fulfillment Beyond Networth dana couillard + hal couillard A collection of brief stories of those who have successfully made, or are currently making, the transition from focusing on “networth” to focusing on Lifeworth. This includes both high achievers and nonfiction everyday individuals who have constructed lives worth living. 4 Anti-Saints kingsley publishing The New Golden Legend of Sylvain Maréchal sheila delany 9 Pulpit and Politics Compiled by a radical journalist and poet in the early days of Competing Religious Ideologies in Canadian Public Life the French Revolution, these subversively satirical lives of women dennis gruending saints, along with Delany’s thorough introduction and notes, A provocative expose of the political ideology and tactics employed offers a new perspective on the cultural climate of the time. by religious conservatives in Canada today. university of alberta press kingsley publishing sports history 5

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1 Baba’s Kitchen Medicines political science Folk Remedies of Ukrainian Settlers in Western Canada 5 How Communicate IV michael mucz Media and Politics Baba’s Kitchen Medicines brims with the cultural memory of david taras + christopher waddell, eds. pioneering folk from Canada’s prairieland. From fever to frostbite, With contributions from such diverse figures as Elly Alboim, this incom­parable compendium of tinctures, poultices, salves, Richard Davis, Tom Flanagan, David Marshall, and Roger decoctions, infusions, plasters, and tonics will fascinate and often Epp, this volume is the most comprehensive review of political mortify readers. communication in Canada in over three decades — one that poses university of alberta press questions fundamental to the quality of public life.

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