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| Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon through North America's Stolen Land by Noé ÁlvarezWhat it is: a lyrical debut memoir by the son of Mexican immigrants that chronicles his working-class Washington State upbringing and his 2004 participation in the four-month, 6,000-mile Indigenous people's Peace and Dignity Journey, a relay-style run from Canada to South America.
What's inside: dangers (a mountain lion, unfriendly motorists, injuries); tensions between the runners; gatherings with Native American/First Nation groups; thoughtful musings about running and place. |
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Diala's Kitchen : Plant-forward and Pescatarian Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel
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Diala Canelo
Meet Diala Canelo: On any given day, you'll find Diala Canelo travelling around the world, in her favourite cities-- including Barcelona, Paris, Melbourne, Mexico City, Florence, and Santo Domingo, places that inspire her flavourful and nourishing cooking.
About the recipes: Influenced by local flavours, fresh ingredients, and a passion for healthy meals made from scratch, Diala's recipes embrace the beauty in simply prepared, vegetable-forward, pescatarian-friendly cooking.
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Menno Moto : A Journey Across the Americas in Search of My Mennonite Identity
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Cameron Dueck
What happens: Cameron Dueck takes a motorcycle trip through Manitoba and Latin America in search of isolated enclaves of extreme Mennonites—and himself.
Where you'll go: On an eight-month, 45,000 kilometre motorcycle journey across the Americas, searching for common ground within his cultural diaspora. From skirmishes with secular neighbours over water rights in Mexico, to a mass-rape scandal in Bolivia, to the Green Hell of Paraguay and the wheat fields of Argentina, Dueck follows his ancestors south, finding reasons to both love and loathe his culture—and, in the process, finding himself.
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| Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning by Alex HalberstadtWhat it's about: Raised in New York City from the age of nine by his divorced Russian Jewish mother and her parents, journalist Alex Halberstadt returned to his Russian birthplace in his mid-thirties. In Moscow, he visited the father he'd rarely seen and dug into his family's past, and in Ukraine, he met for the first time his 93-year-old grandfather, who'd been one of Stalin's bodyguards.
What sets it apart: thoughts about identity and the inheritance of trauma; a compelling, keen-eyed combination of travelogue, memoir, Soviet history, and journalism. |
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Legacy of Trees : Purposeful Wandering in Vancouver's Stanley Park
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Nina Shoroplova
Starring: Stanley Park, Vancouver. Measuring 405 hectares, Stanley Park is home to more than 180,000 trees, from centuries-old Douglas firs to ornamental Japanese cherry trees. The trees of Stanley Park have come to symbolize the ancient roots and diverse nature of the city itself.
About the author: For years, Nina Shoroplova has wandered through Vancouver’s urban forest and marvelled at the multitude of tree species that flourish there. In Legacy of Trees, Shoroplova tours Stanley Park’s seawall and beaches, wetlands and trails, pathways and lawns in every season and every type of weather, revealing the history and botanical properties of each tree species.
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Road Trips with Relatives
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| Driving Miss Norma: An Inspirational Story About What Really Matters at the End of Life by Tim Bauerschmidt and Ramie LiddleStarring: charming nonagenarian Norma; her retired son, Tim; his personable wife, Ramie; and their standard poodle, Ringo.
What happened: After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis the same week her husband died, Norma decided to forgo a nursing home and invasive chemotherapy to embark on a lively tour of the country with Tim, Ramie, and Ringo in their Airstream RV.
Adventures include: hot air balloon rides, NBA courtside seats, a fêted appearance at the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade, and more. |
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| Once More to the Rodeo: A Memoir by Calvin HennickWhat it's about: White journalist Calvin Hennick and his five-year-old biracial son Nile left the rest of their small family and their suburban Boston home to spend ten days on the road. They drove to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Niagara Falls, Chicago, and more as they made their way to Hennick's Iowa hometown and its annual rodeo.
What's inside: This honest, heartfelt, and funny memoir offers thoughtful looks at Hennick's fatherless childhood, his alcohol addiction, fatherhood, masculinity, identity, and racism.
Award Buzz: This acclaimed debut won Pushcart's 2019 Editor's Book Award. |
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