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• The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse

  a Memoir

  Nguyen, Vinh (Associate professor),

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  Hamilton Reads 2026. Part fractured reminiscence, part invented history and part fictional fabulation, Nguyen's story is about learning to live with what's already lost and the memories of what might have been.

• Ways of Listening

  Building a Deeper Relationship With Music in the Streaming Era

  Pemberton, Rollie, 1986-

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  Ways of Listening is a love letter to music, a sharp analysis of our current cultural reality, and a joyful celebration of the artists who keep creating against all odds.

• Thunder in My Soul

  a Mohawk Woman Speaks

  Monture, Patricia A. (Patricia Anne),

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  Thunder in my Soul: A Mohawk Woman Speaks is a collection of essays and speeches by Patricia Monture-Angus. The writings of this Mohawk lawyer and academic are personal reflections on her law career, as well as scholarly essays about Aboriginal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Echo-mirror

  Dubpoems of Klyde Broox

  Broox, Klyde,

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  The long-awaited collection by much-loved dubpoet Klyde Broox, Echo-Mirror is a tour of his poetry over the decades.

• The Cow in the Dark at Night

  Hannigan, Jess,

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  The cow has always wondered what goes on when the sun goes down. Tonight, she will discover it all. Adventures, nocturnal friends, every exciting thing waiting out there in the dark new world. But these night people may have other things in mind…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Kiss of Crimson Ash

  Varghese, Anuja,

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  Locked in a battle that will reshape the empire, they each must decide: What will they risk for a weapon worth dying for, and a love worth life itself?

• You Are My Friend

  the Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood

  Reid, Aimee,

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  Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities ever, but before he was the man who brought us "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", he was just little Freddie Rogers.

• Fictional Father

  Ollmann, Joe, 1966-

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  Graphic novel. Hamilton Literary Awards Non-Fiction 2022 winner. Governor General Fiction nominee. Caleb is a middle-aged painter with a non-starter career. He also happens to be the only child of one of the world's most famous cartoonists, Jimmi…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out of the Woods

  a Novel

  Bonam-Young, Hannah,

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  A married couple joins a week-long wilderness expedition to help them reconnect in this heartfelt companion novel to the viral TikTok sensation Out on a Limb.

• From the Ashes

  My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

  Thistle, Jesse,

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  An eloquent exploration of what it means to live in a world surrounded by prejudice and racism and to be cast adrift, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help one find happiness despite the odds.

• And Then She Fell

  a Novel

  Elliott, Alicia,

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  A mind-bending, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences.

• Edward Burtynsky

  the Biography

  King, James, 1942-

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  Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is one of the world's most important contemporary artists. His life and art have been dedicated to investigating the large-scale human incursions into the surface of the earth, to dealing with climate change,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Journey From Tollgate to Parkway

  African Canadians in Hamilton

  Shadd, Adrienne L. (Adrienne Lynn), 1954-

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  When the Lincoln Alexander Parkway was named, it was a triumph not only for this distinguished Canadian but for all African Canadians. The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway looks at the history of blacks in the Ancaster-Burlington-Hamilton area,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Serious

  Canadian Indie Comics

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  THIS IS SERIOUS reveals the considerable contributions being made by artists from across the country to the greater field of global comics--of which Toronto, Montreal, and Hamilton are significant creative centres.

• Tempted

  My Story

  Campanelli, Rick,

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  This bombshell memoir by media personality Rick Campanelli tells the story of his public life in front of the camera and his secret life behind the scenes.

• E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake

  Collected Poems and Selected Prose

  Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913,

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  E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) was a Native advocate of part-Mohawk ancestry, an independent woman during the period of first-wave feminism, a Canadian nationalist who also advocated strengthening the link to imperial England, a popular and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Showdown!

  Making Modern Unions

  Kristofferson, Robert B., 1965-

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  Graphic novel. Seventy years ago, thousands of North American workers took a stand for a better life. And they won. In 1946, in the United States, over a million workers in the steel, meatpacking, and electrical industries put down their tools and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Any Known Blood

  Hill, Lawrence, 1957-

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  Langston Cane V is 38, divorced and working as a government speechwriter, until he's fired for sabotaging the minister's speech. It seems the perfect time for Langston, the eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father, to embark on a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Give Your Cat a Bath

  in Five Easy Steps

  Winstanley, Nicola,

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  Step one: fill the bath Step two: put the cat in the bath Step three: put shampoo on the cat Step four: rinse the cat Step five: dry the cat Seems simple, right?

• Her Name Was Margaret

  Life and Death on the Streets

  Davy, Denise, 1953-

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  Biography. Hamilton Literary Awards Non-Fiction 2022 winner.Margaret Jacobson was a sweet-natured young girl who played the accordion and had dreams of becoming a teacher until she had a psychotic break in her teens, which sent her down a much…Read moreRead more of this annotation