CURRENT EVENTS

  • January 31 - February 5/12
    11am-9pm

    The Big Book Sell-off
    - all books now 50% off, with thousands marked down even further [ more ]
  • Friday February 3/12
    7pm
      $10/$5 students
    Too Much Info Tour 2012
    - Tim Eliasmore ]
  • Sunday February 5/12
    7:30pm
      $10
    ShawFest presents
    pShaw!
    A Literary Roast of George Bernard Shaw
    more ]
  • Monday February 6/12
    8pm
      $10/$5 students
    Balkan Folk Tales CD Launch
    Dejan Rafajlovic Trio

    - featuring Julian Bradford and Curtis Nowosadmore ]
  • Wednesday February 8/12
    8pm
      $8/$5 students
    Beautiful Lies
    An Evening with Bean, Eagle Lake Owls, and Kate Ferris
    more ]
  • Thursday February 9/12
    7:30pm

    Winnipeg Marx Reading Groupmore ]
  • Thursday February 9/12
    8pm
      $6
    JohNNy SiZZle/Lloyd & Selleck Present
    A CKUW Fundraiser
    more ]
  • Saturday February 11/12
    8pm
      $10/$5 students
    Kristopher Ulrich Band, with guests Eli Matas and Zack Kinahanmore ]
  • Sunday February 12/12
    7pm

    Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Series
    - poet J.R. Léveillé, with Katherena Vermette and Rosanna Deerchildmore ]
  • Wednesday February 15/12
    8pm
      $10/$5 students
    The Sweet Alibi, with Marcel Desilets and Ben Wytinckmore ]
  • Thursday February 16/12
    7:30pm

    Feeling Canadian: Television, Nationalism, and Affect Book Launch
    - author Marusya Bociurkiwmore ]
  • Thursday February 16/12
    8pm
      $10/$5 students
    Quincy Davis & Promise
    - with Niall Bakkestad-Legare, Paul De Gurse, Shannon Kristjanson, Landen Seesahai, Kristopher Ulrich and Luke Sellickmore ]
  • Friday February 17/12
    8pm
      $10/$5 students
    Kayla Luky, with Tailwindmore ]
  • Wednesday February 22/12
    8pm
      $8/$5 students
    Primrose, with Demetramore ]
  • Thursday February 23/12
    8pm
      $10/$5 students
    Jazz Machine V
    Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years

    - the Aaron Shorr Triomore ]
  • Friday February 24/12
    8pm
      $5
    Shasta, with guests Windmore ]
  • Thursday March 1/12
    7pm

    U of M Jazz Program Student Ensemblesmore ]
  • Saturday March 3/12
    11am-5pm

    Crafty Minions
    The Handmade and Vintage Sale
    more ]
  • March 6-10/12

    Mondo!Poetrymore ]
  • Tuesday March 6/12
    7pm

    Manitoba Independent Songwriters' Circlemore ]
  • Saturday April 21/12
    11am-3:30pm
      $75
    From the Ground Up: Planning and Writing a Publishable Story
    - award-winning writer Jake MacDonaldmore ]

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What people are saying:

I took in Idea Exchange a week ago with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. It was my first Aqua Books event ever, and it was a blast. The room is beautiful, the mood inviting, the ideas rich. Thanks. - Kurt

FEATURED NEW ARRIVALS FOR THE WEEK OF 7/9/07

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

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The Complete Anne of Green Gables (1-8, paperback) - L.M. Montgomery

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Doctor Sax and the Great World Snake - Jack Kerouac (2 audio CDs w/illus. screenplay)

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Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares

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Dumped: An Anthology - ed. Delores Max

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The Professional - W.C. Heinz

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How to Talk Minnesotan - Howard Mohr

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Flowers by Design - Jef Leatham

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Wooden Toy Projects: The Best of Toymaking Magazine

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You Can Make a String Puppet - Richard Slade

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Looneyspoons - Janet and Greta Podleski

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Le Gavroche Cookbook - Michel Roux, jr.

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How to be Happy, Dammit - Karen Salmansohn

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Kashruth: The Jewish Dietary Laws and Regulations - Abraham Paluba

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Renovate Before You Innovate - Sergio Zyman

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The Wicked Lady - Magdalen King-Hall (Harlequin, 1952)

Also new this week

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Fiction

One Man's Bible, Gao Xingjian (Nobel winner)
Three Generations, Yom Sang-seop
Beautiful Losers, Leonard Cohen
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers
Flesh and Blood, Michael Cunningham
Critical Care, Richard Dooling
Portrait in Sepia, Isabel Allende
Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende
Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels
Daughter's Keeper, Ayelet Waldman
The Dogs of Babel, Carolyn Parkhurst
Shadows in the Grass, Isak Dinesen (hardcover)
The Devil in the Hills, Cesare Pavese
The Spanish Doctor, Matt Cohen
Cape Breton Road, D.R. MacDonald
The Lyre of Orpheus, Robertson Davies
Schindler's List, Thomas Keneally
Boy Still Missing, John Searles
When the Women Come Out to Dance, Elmore Leonard
Wild Animus, Rich Shapero
At Risk, Patricia Cornwell (April 2007)
Sun at Midnight, Rosie Thomas
Citizen Girl, Emma McLaughlin/Nicola Kraus
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, Helen Fielding
The Clique, Lisi Harrison
My Legendary Girlfriend, Mike Gayle
Farmer Gloomy's New Hybrid, Stuart Ross (poetry)
My Chimera, Michael Penny (poetry)
Selected Poems, Malcolm Lowry ($5 at Aqua, $15 at Burton Lysecki)
Poems, Anne Hébert
The Chambered Nautilus, Allan Barr (poetry)
The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan Novel, Philip José Farmer
and
Hood, of Sherwood: A Comedy in One Act, Robert Mauro

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Non-Fiction

The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Followers of Jesus, Jean Vanier
Rumours of Another World, Philip Yancey
A Diary of Private Prayer, John Baillie
Of the Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis
The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence
Wrestling with God, Rick Diamond
The Gospel According to Peanuts, Robert Short
The Parables of Peanuts, Robert Short
A Third Way, Paul Lederach
Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance ($20, 1600 pp)
Early Christian Writings (Penguin paperback)
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Primitive Christianity, Jean Danielou
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, Elaine Pagels
A Midrash Reader, Jacob Neusner
Man and His Symbols, Carl Jung
Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God, Joseph Campbell
The Three Pillars of Zen, Roshi Philip Kapleau
The Lun Yü in Chinese, English, Spanish and Portugese, Confucius
Creating Health, Deepak Chopra
A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life, Wayne Teasdale
Mother Wit: A Guide to Healing and Psychic Development, Diane Mariechild
Wheels of Light: Chakras, Auras, and the Healing Energy of the Body, Rosalyn L. Bruyere
The Unconscious Civilization, John Ralston Saul
The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
The Trouble with Islam, Irshad Manji
Culture of Complaint: A Passionate Look into the Ailing Heart of America, Robert Hughes
Covert Entry: Spies, Lies and Crimes Inside Canada's Secret Service, Andrew Mitrovica
The Merchants of Venus: Inside Harlequin and the Empire of Romance, Paul Grescoe
The Best of the Group of Seven, Joan Murray
John Lewis Krimmel: Genre Artist of the Early Republic, Anneliese Harding
Thinking in Pictures and other Reports from my Life with Autism, Temple Grandin
White House Nannies: True Tales from the Other Department of Homeland Security, Barbara Kline
Facts and Arguments: Selected Essays from the Globe and Mail, ed. Moira Dann
Silence: Lectures and Writings, John Cage
Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend, Stephen Davis
Surface: Textures, finishes and materials for styish interiors, Abigail Trow
The Art of SpeedReading People, Tieger/Barron-Tieger
Business at the Speed of Thought, Bill Gates
75 Puzzle Challenges, Mensa
Birth of the Chess Queen: A History, Marilyn Yalom
Bodymapping: The Step-by-Step Guide to Fitting Real Bodies, Kathy Illian
The Immune System Cure, Lorna Vanderhaeghe/Patrick Bouic
The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs, Lesley Bremness
The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools and Ideas for the 21st Century
The Home Workplace (Rodale Books)
The Men of the Last Frontier, Grey Owl
Dance on the Earth: A Memoir, Margaret Laurence (out of print)
Metamorphosis: Stages in a Life, David Suzuki
Archaeology on the Edge: New Perspectives from the Northern Plains, Brian Kooyman/Jane Kelley (U of Calgary Press)
and
Matheson Island 1984/1993 Homecoming Cookbook

plus hundreds more every week....

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What's Gumby Reading?

"Do not swim if you have open sores..." - Your Book of Swimming Games and Activities, Margaret A. Jarvis


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