Staff picks
Our staff do love to read! Here are some of our favourite items from City Library's collection.
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Artful Christmas
30 Elegant Craft Projects
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Handcrafted Gifts
Make -- and Give -- Something Beautiful and Meaningful
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Slingshots & Key Hooks
15 Everyday Objects Made From Foraged and Gathered Wood
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Create & Decorate
120 DIY Projects for Entertaining, Parties & Everyday Living
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Junk Genius
Stylish Ways to Repurpose Everyday Objects, With Over 80 Projects and Ideas
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Painted Pages
Fueling Creativity With Sketchbooks & Mixed Media
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Fun and Fantastical Slippers to Knit
[flora, Fauna, and Iconic Styles for Kids and Grownups]
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Decorative Paper Craft
Origami, Paper Cutting, Papier Mâché
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Miniature Scrapbooks
Small Treasures to Make in A Day
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Crepe Paper Flowers
The Beginner's Guide to Making An Arranging Beatiful Blooms
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Ready to Come About
A Memoir
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Sailing True North
Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character
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Raincoast Chronicles 22
Saving Salmon, Sailors and Souls : Stories of Service on the BC Coast
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Titanic Lives
Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew
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A Race for Real Sailors
The Bluenose and the International Fishermen's Cup, 1920-1938
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Halsey's Typhoon
The True Story of A Fighting Admiral, An Epic Storm, and An Untold Rescue
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Maritime Command Pacific
The Royal Canadian Navy's West Coast Fleet in the Early Cold War
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Sea Stories
My Life in Special Operations
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Prisoners of the Castle
An Epic Story of Survival and Escape From Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
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Deaf Utopia
A Memoir--and A Love Letter to A Way of Life
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The Sign for Home
A Novel
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A Bright and Blinding Sun
A World War II Story of Survival, Love, and Redemption
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Noonday Dark
A Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery # 2
eBook
Project Hail Mary
A Novel
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Oryx and Crake
A Novel
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Guinness World Records
Gamer's Edition
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Good Night, Body
Finding Calm From Head to Toe
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Mimi Can't Camouflage
A Story About Avoiding Bias
Picture Book
The Kindest Red
A Story of Hijab and Friendship
Picture Book
Pizza and Taco
Rock Out!
Graphic Novel
The Third Pole
Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
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Beyond the Trees
A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
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Bitcoin Widow
Love, Betrayal and the Missing Millions
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Diamond Doris
The True Story of the World's Most Notorious Jewel Thief
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The Man Who Could Move Clouds
A Memoir
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Island of the Lost
An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
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Kinds of Winter
Four Solo Journeys by Dogteam in Canada's Northwest Territories
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The Land Where Lemons Grow
The Story of Italy and Its Citrus Fruit
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A Nile Anthology
Travel Writing Through the Centuries
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When Trains Ruled the Rockies
My Life at the Banff Railway Station
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Weird Math
A Teenage Genius & His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math & Everyday Life
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Amazon Woman
Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and A Quest to Kayak the World's Largest River From Source to Sea
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Ghosts of War
Chasing My Father's Legend Through Vietnam
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The Arbornaut
A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
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Ice Walker
A Polar Bear's Journey Through the Fragile Arctic
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We Are the Weather
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
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A Future We Can Love
How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis With the Power of Our Hearts and Minds
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Mobilize Food!
Wartime Inspiration for Environmental Victory Today
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Imagine It!
A Handbook for A Happier Planet
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Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
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The Sacred Balance
Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
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The Climate Action Handbook
A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone
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Resilient Garden
Sustainable Gardening for A Changing Climate
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What Can I Do?
My Path From Climate Despair to Action
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Regenerative Fashion
A Nature-based Approach to Fibres, Livelihoods and Leadership
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Facing the Climate Emergency
How to Transform Yourself With Climate Truth
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Apocalypse Never
Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
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Watermelon Snow
Science, Art, and A Lone Polar Bear
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An Inconvenient Sequel
Truth to Power : your Action Handbook to Learn the Science, Find your Voice, and Help Solve the Climate Crisis
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All We Can Save
Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
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#FutureGen
Lessons From A Small Country
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Fire Weather
The Making of A Beast
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