FEATURED NEW ARRIVALS FOR THE WEEK OF 2/2/09

(To hold or order any of these books [or to check on current availability], please email kelly@aquabooks.ca.)

Also new this week

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Fiction

The Salvation of Yasch Siemens, Armin Wiebe
The Bad Life, David Williamson (out of print)
The Sacrifice, Adele Wiseman (hardcover)
Carnival, Harold Rhenisch
The Rock Farmers, Peter Unwin
Open, Lisa Moore
Fragrant Harbour, John Lanchester
Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison
Alentejo Blue, Monica Ali
Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult
Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell
An Ordinary Courage: Naomi in Indonesia, Karmel Schreyer
The Sweetheart Is In, S.L. Wisenberg
Night Sky, Morning Star, Evelina Zuni Lucero
Tobacco Road, Erskine Caldwell
Whisky Galore, Compton Mackenzie
Precious Bane, Mary Webb (hardcover)
The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
Sixty Poems, Rudyard Kipling
The Gwendolyn Poems, Claudia Dey (play, out of print)
Lauchie, Liza and Rory, Sheldon Currie (play)
Otherwise Bob, Connie Gault (play)
Red Lips, Connie Gault (play)
The Book of Jessica: A Theatrical Transformation, Linda Griffiths/Maria Campbell (out of print)
A Bequest to the Nation, Terence Rattigan (play, out of print)
The Chains that You Refuse, Elizabeth Bear (out of print)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: 17, ed. Ellen Datlow (out of print)
Black Swan, White Raven, ed. Ellen Datlow
and
The Fourth Guardian, Ronald Anthony Cross (out of print)

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Non-Fiction

Mysticism, Evelyn Underhill
Telling Secrets, Frederick Buechner
A Cry for Mercy, Henri Nouwen (out of print)
Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul, J.P. Moreland
Joshua and the Flow of Biblical History, Francis Schaeffer
Rock Stars on God, Doug Van Pelt
Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan and Scripture, Michael Gilmour (local author)
Jesus Has Left the Building, Paul Vieira (local author)
Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster
The Real Jesus, Luke Timothy Johnson
The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English, Florentino García Martínez
Jesus the Christ, Walter Kasper
The Teachings of the Second Vatican Council: The Complete Text
Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America, Mel White
Missions and Money: Affluence as a Western Missionary Problem, Jonathan Bonk
A Theology of Liberation, Gustavo Gutierrez
The Words of Gandhi, selected by Richard Attenborough
The Sacred Canopy, Peter Berger
Omens of Millennium, Harold Bloom (out of print)
A History of Civilizations, Fernand Braudel
Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man, Ann Wroe
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
The Works of Plato
The Complete Works of Tacitus
The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides
Who's Who in Military History from 1453, John Keegan/Andrew Wheatcroft (out of print)
The Times Atlas of European History: 3000 Years of History in Maps (out of print)
The Essential T.E. Lawrence
Napoleon and Wellington, Andrew Roberts
Fifteen Decisive Battles, Sir Edward Creasy
The 104th Regiment of Foot (The New Brunswick Regiment) 1803-1817, W. Austin Squires (scarce)
B.C. Provincial Police Stories: Volume 1, Cecil Clark (out of print)
Northern Frontier: The Report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, Thomas Berger (out of print)
Gold in the Black Hills, Watson Parker
Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park, Lee Whittlesey
Love Letters to Baruch: A True Canadian Love Story, Margaret Lawrence Greene
Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths, Bruce Feiler (travel)
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, ed. Clifton Fadiman
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, Jacques Barzun
Listeners' Guide to Classical Music, Kenneth/Valerie McLeish
A Night at the Opera, Sir Denis Forman
The Neck of the Giraffe or Where Darwin Went Wrong, Francis Hitching
A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking, Marcy Goldman (very scarce, $20)
How to Keep Kosher: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Jewish Dietary Laws, Lise Stern
The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook, Kalechofsky/Rasiel
Jewish Vegetarian Cooking, Rose Friedman
Vegetarian Supercook, Rose Elliot (out of print)
Beyond the Moon Vegetarian Cookbook, Ginny Callan (out of print)
Main-Course Vegetarian Pleasures, Jeanne Lemlin
The Big Book of Vegetarian, Kathy Farrell-Kingsley
Vegetarian Sandwiches, Paulette Mitchell
The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps, Susan Miller Cavitch
The Skin Type Solution: A Revolutionary Guide to Your Best Skin Ever, Leslie Baumann
What Not To Wear, Trinny Woodall/Susannah Constantine
Image Matters for Men: How to Dress for Success, Henderson/Henshaw
The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle, Amy Dacyczyn
Your Money or Your Life, Joe Dominguez/Vicki Robin
A March to Madness: The View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conference, John Feinstein
Abductions and Aliens: What's Really Going On?, Chris Rutkowski (local nutball, out of print)
The Government of Edward Schreyer: Democratic Socialism in Manitoba, James McAllister
A Proud Heritage: A History of the St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg 1871-1982, Thomas Saunders
and
I Am Hutterite, Mary-Ann Kirkby

plus hundreds more every week....

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What's Gumby Reading?

"How much juice can be taken safely?"

Raw Vegetable Juices: What's Missing in Your Body?, R.D. Pope (1938)

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