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The battle of Alberta : the historic rivalry between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames
Spector, Mark, author
2015
The Inquirer : a novel
Dawn, Jaclyn, 1984- author
2019
When an accident jeopardizing the family farm draws Amiah Williams back to Kingsley, Alberta, population 1431, she doesn't expect her homecoming to make front-page news. But there she is in The Inquirer, the mysterious tabloid that is airing her hometown's dirty laundry. Alongside stories of high school rivalries and truck-bed love affairs, disturbing revelations about Amiah's past and present are selling papers and fuelling small-town gossip. As the stakes get higher, Amiah must either expose the twisted truth behind The Inquirer or watch her life fall apart again.
The last woman in the forest
Les Becquets, Diane, author
2019
An endangered wildlife protector on assignment in northern Alberta falls in love with her brilliant mentor before a tragic accident and disturbing inconsistencies trigger her suspicions about his possible role in four murders.
The melting queen
Cinnamon, Bruce, 1991- author
2019
"Every year since 1904, when the ice breaks up on the North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton has crowned a Melting Queen-a woman who presides over the Melting Day spring carnival and who must keep the city's spirits up over the following winter. But this year, something goes wrong. A genderfluid university dropout called River Runson is Named as Melting Queen, and the city tears itself in two as River's reign starts to expose the dark underbelly of the city's century-old traditions. River is betrayed by their best friend, has their mind ripped apart by intrusive memories from past Melting Queens, and ultimately brings an end to the city's grand traditions-only to start something new."-- Provided by publisher.
My heroes have always been Indians : a century of great Indigenous Albertans
Voyageur, Cora Jane, 1956- author
2018
Obasan
Kogawa, Joy
1983
Tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.
The trade
Stenson, Fred, 1951-
2000
This novel, "written between the lines of official history, tells an incredible story of those who were ruled by the often brutalizing fur trade. It is a story of love and economics, and of the nexus between the two. It is a story of how European culture, including religion, tried to root itself in this anarchic place and often failed. In the end, it is the story of how the mighty fur trade was rolled under by the greater forces of change and history."
What's so funny about Alberta? : a guide to the wild and wacky in Wild Rose Country
Kerr, Michael, 1962- author
2010
