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HARDCOVER FICTION All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews. Fiction. $29.95. Us Conductors, Sean Michaels. Fiction. $26.00. Alphabetique, Molly Peacock. Fiction. $27.95. Gray Mountain, John Grisham. Fiction. $34.00. Abattoir Blues, Peter Robinson. Mystery. $29.95.

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HARDCOVER FICTION

All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews. Fiction. $29.95.
Us Conductors, Sean Michaels. Fiction. $26.00.
Alphabetique, Molly Peacock. Fiction. $27.95.
Gray Mountain, John Grisham. Fiction. $34.00.
Abattoir Blues, Peter Robinson. Mystery. $29.95.

HARDCOVER NON-FICTION

City Beautiful, Randy Turner. Regional Interest. $29.95.
Conversations with a Rattlesnake, Theo Fleury & Kim Barthel. Psychology/Recovery. $26.95.
Rise to Greatness, Conrad Black. Canadian History. $50.00.
How Not to Calm a Child on a Plane, Johanna Stein. Parenting. $23.00.
You Are Here, Chris Hadfield. Science. $29.95.

PAPERBACK FICTION

Put on the Armour of Light, Catherine Macdonald. Mystery. $17.99.
Keep It Cold and Other Good Advice, Fred D. Anderson, et al. Fiction. $15.00.
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, Heather O’Neill. Fiction. $22.99.
The Evolution of Alice, David A. Robertson. Fiction. $19.95.
The Rosie Effect, Graeme Simsion. Fiction. $19.99.

PAPERBACK NON-FICTION

You Might Be From Manitoba If… Dale Cummings. Humour. $19.95.
About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver. Canadian Issues. $17.95.
The 2015 Prairie Garden: Grasses and Succulents, Prairie Garden Committee. Gardening. $17.95.
Find Momo, Andrew Knapp. Pets. $14.95.
Haunted Winnipeg, Matthew Komus. Regional Interest. $19.95.

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, Mac Barnett. Picture Book. $19.00.
The Book With No Pictures, B.J. Novak. Picture Book. $19.99.
The Long Haul, Diary of a Wimpy Kid #9, Jeff Kinney. Intermediate Fiction. $16.95.
Waiting is Not Easy, Mo Willems. Beginning Readers. $9.99.
The Blood of Olympus, The Heroes of Olympus #5, Rick Riordan. Intermediate Fantasy. $13.99.

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