Fabric-byFabric One-Yard Wonders: Conttons, Knits, Voiles, Corduroy, Fleece, Flannel, Home Dec, Oilcloth, Wool, and Beyond by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins

Fabric-by-fabric one-yard wonders is organized by fabric type. From home dec to knits, wool to flannels, corduroy to cottons, these patterns show how to make the most of each fabric “s unique characteristics. Sewers will love the affordability and ease of these patterns, each requiring just one yard of fabric.

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The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet by the Weight-Loss Experts at Mayo Clinic

Put yourself in charge of reshaping your body and improving your health! The staff at the Mayo Clinic has identified the key habits of people who maintain a healthy weight, and the unhealthy habits of those who don’t, and boiled the research down to five good habits to follow– and five bad habits to break.

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Gems & Minerals: Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum by Kimberly Tait

Gems and Minerals contains more than 400 photographs and focuses on the beauty of the mineral kingdom. It contains many images of spectacular crystals and gems as well as magnificent manufactured objects made from gold, silver and gemstones. Historical background, the origin of the mineral’s name and interesting lesser-known facts complete this guide to a fascinating aspect of the natural world around us.

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Auroras: Fire in the Sky by Dan Bortolotti (Photographs by Yuichi Takasaka)

Auroras is filled with 80 photographs of one of nature’s greatest spectacles, complete with captions that reflect on the folklore, science and beauty of the northern lights. Auroras is where cutting-edge science meets the stuff of dreams.

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100 Unforgettable Dresses by Hal Rubenstein

100 Unforgettable Dresses is filled with the stories, secrets, intrigue, and insights behind the most indelible dresses in our collective memories. Featuring looks from the runway, film, television, the red carpet, and the worlds of royalty and politics, this book celebrates the staying power of these gorgeous, sleek, sultry, and outrageous creations as well as the lasting impact they’ve had in fashion, popular culture, and our own lives.

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Yoga Bitch: One Woman’s Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment by Suzanne Morrison

When Suzanne Morrison decides to travel to Bali for a two-month yoga retreat, she wants nothing more than to be transformed from a twenty-five-year-old with a crippling fear of death into her enchanting yoga teacher, Indra—a woman who seems to have found it all: love, self, and God.

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Young Royals on Tour: Willian & Catherine in Canada by Christina Blizzard

Newlyweds Prince William and Princess Catherine first official tour will take place in Canada from June 30 to July 8. Canadians will rejoice with the couple as they make their way across a land that holds special significance for the Royal Family. This book commemorates the visit day by day and includes informative information sidebars.

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Human Happiness by Brian Fawcett

Featuring prose that is often painfully candid and frequently laugh-out-loud funny, Human Happiness is a story-driven narrative centered around the seemingly happy marriage between Fawcett’s parents, about how families really work (or don’t), about the intergenerational conflicts that seem inevitable between headstrong fathers and sons, and how old hostilities can poison and distort through generations and—in extraordinary cases—can be resolved.

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The Essential IBS Book: Understanding and Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Dyspepsia by Dr. Alvin Newman

One in five Americans has symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and yet it still often takes the average patient an inordinate amount of time to receive a proper diagnosis. All the while they are experiencing tremendously challenging symptoms that impact dramatically on their enjoyment of life and are being subjected to unnecessary procedures and diagnostics.

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Our Queen by Robert Hardman

History has known no monarch like her. She has travelled farther than all her predecessors put together and lived longer than any of them. She has known more historic figures than anyone alive u from Churchill to Mandela, de Gaulle to Obama. Now, the distinguished royal writer Robert Hardman has been granted rare and privileged access to the world of Queen Elizabeth II to produce this enthralling new portrait of one of the most popular public figures on Earth.

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Baking with the Cake Coss: 100 of Buddy’s Best Recipes and Decorating Secrets by Buddy Valastro

With 650 gorgeous, step-by-step instructional photos that let you follow Buddy as if you were next to him in the bakery, Baking with the Cake Boss is an incomparable dessert education that will become an essential reference for aspiring and skilled bakers alike.Bursting with delicious, tried-and-true recipes, how-to boxes and sidebars, and numerous tricks of the trade, Baking with the Cake Boss is a rare treat—a fun, accessible guide to baking, all in a gloriously designed, fully illustrated package worthy of the Cake Boss’s artistic vision.

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A great blog about healthy living is Eating Bird Food – found at www.eatingbirdfood.com

The blog follows a girl who started to positively change her exercise and eating habits in university. She now blogs about various recipes,work-out plans, products and supplements that all contribute to a healthy style of living.  In the blog she provides beautiful photos of the food she makes and tests as well as detailed exercise plans where she describes their effectiveness.

If you’re looking for some inspiration – or just some new ideas – it’s definitely worth checking out.

Here are a couple of great books we have at the library that support a healthy lifestyle:

Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Cookbook : Delicious Recipes That Will Burn Fat and Re-shape Your Body! by Tosca Reno.

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The Gorgeously Green Diet : How to Live Lean and Green  by Sophie Uliano

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Back in the Bigs:  How Winnipeg Won, Lost, and Regained its Place in the NHL by Randy Turner

When the Jets flew south in ’96, victims of a nose-diving Canadian dollar and the NHL’s new sun belt philosophy, “Winnipeg didn’t just lose a hockey team. It lost history. It lost prestige. It lost civic pride. It lost Keith Tkachuk” writes Randy Turner in the opening pages of Back In the Bigs. Now, in 2011, as the Jets finally return to Manitoba and an entire country revels in the glorious resurrection of one of Canada’s most beloved NHL franchises it’s time to look back on the history of professional hockey in Winnipeg.

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On Bicycles: 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life by Amy Walker

An inspirational manifesto about the myriad ways the new bike culture can change, and is changing, daily life in cities throughout the world.

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The 30-Day Vegan Challenge: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Cleaner, Getting Leaner, and Living Compassionately by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Take the 30-Day Vegan Challenge and see the difference a plant-based diet can make in your life! Whether you want to improve your overall health, shed a few pounds, demonstrate your compassion for animals, or help the environment, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau holds your hand every step of the way, giving you the tools you need to make the vegan transition healthfully, joyfully, and deliciously.

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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years–as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues–Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

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Spilling the Beans: Cooking and Baking with Beans and Grains Every Day by Julie Van Rosendaal & Sue Duncan

Learning to cook delicious meals using healthy ingredients is a snap in this new cookbook from bestselling author Julie Van Rosendaal and her long-time friend Sue Duncan. With humorous anecdotes and current factoids on health, Julie and Sue explain everything from the truth behind beans and flatulence to demystifying the simple process of soaking and cooking dried beans and lentils.

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The BBC put out a list a few years back of the “Top 100 Books.”  They had voters submit entries and compiled a list of the “best” books out there.

How many have you read??

Check out the list here: BBC Big Read List

Click here to search our collection to place a hold on one of these titles.

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Once you have created an account, click on MY HELP on the left hand side of the page. This gives a great overview of how to get started on the site. Also, don’t forget to read the Frequently Asked Questions!

And don’t forget…both the North Kamloops and Kamloops branches of the library system offer classes on how to get started! Merritt offers one on one sessions with your eReader.

Call your branch to see availability and for more information!

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Tutu: Authorized – Allister Haddon Sparks

A celebration of the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an icon whose humanity and compassion has touched millions of lives around the world.

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Cornered: Hijinks, Highlights, Late Nights and Insights – Ron MacLean

Ron MacLean has been a Saturday night tradition for twenty-five years. Known for his quick wit, arched eyebrows and encyclopedic knowledge of hockey, MacLean is a skilled ringmaster on Hockey Night in Canada, one of the country’s highest-rated weekly programs.

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Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour – Elana Amsterdam

50 irresistible recipes made with almond and coconut flour.

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The IKEA Edge: Building Global Growth and Social Good at the World’s Most Iconic Home Store – Anders Dahlvig, former CEO of IKEA

With Anders Dahlvig at the helm from 1999 to 2009, the furniture giant IKEA averaged 11 percent yearly sales growth and annual operating profits in excess of 10 percent. The company hired more than 70,000 new employees and opened new stores around the world – all while maintaining its reputation as one of the world’s best corporate citizens.

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Holiday hours at the library for New Years Eve and New Years Day:

Saturday, December 31st:   10am – 1pm

Sunday, January 1st:  CLOSED

Monday, January 2nd regular hours resume.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

The First Stampede of Flores LaDue: the True Love Story of Florence and Guy Weadick and the Beginning of the Calgary Stampede by Wendy Bryden

The true love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue, who met on a Wild West show, and whose love endured through performances in small and big-time circuits in North America and Europe and culminated in 1912 with the establishment of the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede.

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Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees by Nany Ross Hugo

Introduces trees, describing such topics as leaves, flowers, fruit, cones, and bark and profiling the uniques features of ten common North American trees.

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Irish People, Irish Linen by Kathleen Curtis Wilson

The story of Irish linen is a story of the Irish people. Many thousands of men and women made Irish linen a global product and an international brand.  As outerwear and underwear, linen has covered the bodies of men, women, and children from birth to death—the rich and powerful, poor and pitiful alike.

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