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Miami midnight Cover

A mysterious humming noise : new poems Cover

Coventry : essays Cover

An orchestra of minorities : a novel Cover

The sport & prey of capitalists : how the rich are stealing Canada's wealth Cover

Mostarghia Cover

The new beachcomber's guide to the Pacific Northwest Cover

Official Fortnite : the chronicle. Cover

A leader must be a leader : encounters with eleven prime ministers Cover

One road, many dreams : China's bold plan to remake the global economy Cover

Southern Ontario's national parks Cover

Come from away : welcome to the rock Cover

Breakdown : the pipeline debate and the threat to Canada's future Cover

High school Cover

This little light Cover

Sababa : fresh, sunny flavors from my Israeli kitchen Cover

The girl in the water Cover

Peace and good order : the case for Indigenous justice in Canada Cover

Highballer : true tales from a treeplanting life Cover

A means to an end Cover

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New On Order Titles

Tall Tales and Wee Stories. Cover

What Miss Mitchell Saw Cover

The Vinyl Cafe 25 Years : Volume II: Postcards From Canada. Cover

The Worst Kind of Want : A Novel. Cover

The Noel Stranger. Cover

The Vinyl Cafe 25 Years : Volume I: Dave & Morley Stories. Cover

Hinterland Remixed : Media, Memory, and the Canadian 1970s. Cover

NEW SUPER LUCKY'S TALE. Cover

Fleishman is in trouble : a novel Cover

Mindf*ck : Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America. Cover

Wyoming Heart. Cover

The Yellow Lantern : Historical Stories of Romance and Crime. Cover

The Women of the Copper Country. Cover

To the Land of Long Lost Friends. Cover

Touched by the Sun : My Friendship with Jackie. Cover

Truth Worth Telling : A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times. Cover

Smoke Screen. Cover

A Snowy Little Christmas. Cover

The Spice King. Cover

The Stalking. Cover

Three Women. Cover

A Roman Rhapsody. Cover

Rosary without Beads. Cover

Rough Seas. Cover

Shadow Tyrants. Cover

The Sharpshooter : Brimstone. Cover

A Single Thread. Cover

Park Avenue Summer. Cover

The Perfect Love Song : A Christmas Story. Cover

The Porpoise. Cover

Promises and Primroses. Cover

Protecting Tanner Hollow : Four Romantic Suspense Novellas. Cover

The Mistletoe Matchmaker : A Novel. Cover

More to Life. Cover

The Murder List. Cover

The Mustangers. Cover

My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge : Laurel's Dream. Cover

Needled to Death. Cover

The Old Success. Cover

One Summer in Paris. Cover

The Marriage Clock. Cover

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone : A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed. Cover

Meant to Be Yours. Cover

Merry and Bright. Cover

Midnight on the River Grey. Cover

Miss Royal's Mules. Cover

The Hidden Things. Cover

High-Risk Reunion. Cover

A Jensen Family Christmas. Cover

Last Stage to Hell Junction. Cover

The Library Book. Cover

The Lily of the West. Cover

The Flatshare. Cover

The Floating Feldmans. Cover

Girls Like Us. Cover

Gone Too Long. Cover

The Good Neighbor : The Life and Work of Fred Rogers. Cover

The Grammarians. Cover

The Great Unexpected. Cover

Healing Hearts. Cover

A Hero for Miss Hatherleigh. Cover

A Family of Strangers. Cover

Fatal Inheritance. Cover

Final Option. Cover

Finding Christmas. Cover

Finding Lady Enderly. Cover

Five Days, Five Dead. Cover

The Deserter : A Novel. Cover

Drawing Home. Cover

Elderhood : Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life. Cover

The Family Upstairs : A Novel. Cover

Comanche Sunrise. Cover

Dachshund Through the Snow. Cover

The Dearly Beloved. Cover

Death in Focus. Cover

Death in the Stars. Cover

The Deception. Cover

Blind Spot. Cover

The Cactus. Cover

Christmas Shopaholic : A Novel. Cover

Christmas Sweets. Cover

Christmas in Silver Springs. Cover

The Bake Shop. Cover

Bark of Night. Cover

Barnum : An American Life. Cover

The binding. Cover

Black and Blue. Cover

Iran Rising : The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic. Cover

The plateau. Cover

The big ones : how natural disasters have shaped us (and what we can do about them). Cover

Call Sign Chaos : Learning to Lead. Cover

American Spy. Cover

An Amish Christmas Kitchen : Three Novellas Celebrating the Warmth of the Holiday. Cover

Aussie Rules. Cover

The gilded wolves. Cover

Elon musk : a mission to save the world. Cover

Comics Will Break Your Heart. Cover

Lost in translation. Cover

Swingers. Cover

Tangled Threat. Cover

The Titanic Secret. Cover

Watching You. Cover

What Rose Forgot. Cover

Whatever It Takes. Cover

Wherever She Goes. Cover

Spirit of the Season. Cover

Stay and Fight. Cover

Strands of Truth. Cover

The Stranger Inside. Cover

Owl Be Home for Christmas. Cover

Pretty guilty women : a novel. Cover

The Rule of Law. Cover

The Long Call. Cover

Met Her Match. Cover

Nine Perfect Strangers. Cover

Nothing Ventured. Cover

Ordinary Girls : A Memoir. Cover

Our Dogs, Ourselves : The Story of a Singular Bond. Cover

The Institute. Cover

Land of Wolves. Cover

The Flight Girls : A Novel Inspired by Real Female Pilots During World War II. Cover

Flight of the Hawk : The Plains. Cover

The Ghost Clause. Cover

Good Girl, Bad Girl. Cover

Have Brides, Will Travel. Cover

Deception Cove. Cover

Father unto Many Sons. Cover

Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault : Essays from the Grown-up Years. Cover

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. Cover

A Christmas Haven : An Amish Christmas Romance. Cover

The Christmas Sisters. Cover

Christmas in Winter Hill. Cover

A Craftsman's Legacy : Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning. Cover

Death at the Seaside. Cover

Aiming for Love. Cover

Antique Blues. Cover

Apache Springs. Cover

A Bend in the Stars. Cover

Bloody Genius. Cover

Abominable. Cover

The organix baby & toddler cookbook. Cover

Tiny Lights for Travellers. Cover

Cheese Boards To Share : How To Create A Stunning Cheese Board For Any Occasion. Cover

The drop : a novel. Cover

Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown : The Making of an American Classic. Cover

The truth about magic : poems. Cover

One More Croissant For The Road. Cover

Magnum Force. Cover

Toilet training in less than a day. Cover

Potty Training Magic. Cover

Soul of the border. Cover

The Years That Matter Most : How College Makes or Breaks Us. Cover

From Madness to Mindfulness : Reinventing Sex for Women. Cover

Dishoom : From Bombay with Love. Cover

Radical Compassion : Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN. Cover

The Swedish Way to Parent and Play : Secret for Raising Gender-Equal Kids. Cover

Unleashed. Cover

Wild card. Cover

Nuu-chah-nulth, Coast Salish, Kwakwala, Métis & so many more!

Literacy Kits!

What's Happening

Library Month -Book Prize Draws!

Start: Monday, October 14
Time: All day
Recurring event
Audience: Adults, Indigenous Voices, Kids, Teens
Branch: Nanaimo North

Knitting

Purl Jam Knitting Circle

Date: Monday, October 14
Time:
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Recurring event
Audience: Adults, ESL, New Canadians, Seniors, Teens
Branch: Nanaimo Harbourfront

Library Month -Book Prize Draws!

Start: Tuesday, October 15
Time: All day
Recurring event
Audience: Adults, Indigenous Voices, Kids, Teens
Branch: Nanaimo North

Storytime with preschool children

Mother Goose On the Go

Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time:
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Recurring event
Audience: Families, Kids
Branch: Port Hardy

Knitting

Knitting Group

Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Recurring event
Audience: Adults, Seniors, Teens
Branch: Nanaimo North

Family Storytime

Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time:
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Recurring event
Audience: Families, Kids
Branch: Cowichan

Family Storytime

Strong Start

Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time:
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Recurring event
Audience: Families
Branch: Masset

Baby Rhyme Time

Patty Cakes Babytime

Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time:
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Recurring event
Audience: Families, Kids
Branch: Courtenay

Storytime with preschool children

Family Storytime

Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time:
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Recurring event
Audience: Families, Kids
Branch: Campbell River

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