49thShelfLaunchpad Posts
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Launchpad: Disappearing Minglewood Blues, by M.C. Warrior
"Gives us sharp and fascinating insights into the everyday and sweaty work world—dark, difficult and dangerous—of his three decades logging and commercial …
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Launchpad: I Overcame My Autism ... by Sarah Kurchak
"A treat to read." —Hannah Gadsby
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Launchpad: Lost Lagoon, Lost in Thought, by Betsy Warland
"An extraordinary love spell cast by a master magician."
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Launchpad: Open House, by Jane Christmas
Get a taste of Open House: A Life in Thirty-Two Moves, the latest by Jane Christmas whose previous memoir was a finalist for the 2014 Leacock Memorial …
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Launchpad: Hunger Moon, by Traci Skuce
"Read these stories and be transported back to the age before internet, to tree planting camps and lakeside holidays, to relentless heat and longing in …
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Launchpad: Keepers of the Faith, by Shaukat Ajmeri
This book is complex, beautiful, and essential reading for our times." —Farzana Doctor, author of Seven
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Launchpad: Gold Rush, by Claire Caldwell
Claire Caldwell is an environmental doomsayer, but she’s also a comedic, antic storyteller, and she’s great at dark endings.—John Irving
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Launchpad: The Kissing Fence, by B.A. Thomas-Peter
"A compelling story of faith and loyalty, abuse and adversity, and the hope for a better tomorrow." —Genevieve Graham
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Launchpad: Prairie, by Candace Savage
"Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."
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Launchpad: Dead Mom Walking, by Rachel Matlow
"This book is perfect. Dead Mom Walking is a deeply funny, incredibly smart, and moving page-turner...I just can’t get over what a stunning achievement …