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In the years following the founding of the State of Israel, close to a million Jews became refugees fleeing their ancestral homelands in the Middle East, North Africa, and Iran. State-sanctioned discrimination, violence, and political unrest brought an abrupt end to these once vibrant communities, scattering their members to the four corners of the earth. Their stories are mostly untold.Sephardi Voices: The Forgotten Exodus of the Arab Jews is a window into the experiences of these communities and their stories of survival. Through gripping first-hand accounts and stunning portrait and documentary photography, we hear on-the-ground stories of pogroms in Libya and Egypt, the burning of synagogues in Syria, the terrible Farhud in Iraq, families escaping via the great airlifts of the Magic Carpet and Operations Ezra and Nehemiah, husbands smuggled in carpets into Iran in search of wives. The authors also provide crucial historical background for these events, as well as updates on the lives of some of these Sephardi Jews who have gone on to rebuild fortunes in London and New York, write novels, and win Nobel Prizes. Sephardi Voices is at once a wide-ranging and intimate story of a large-scale catastrophe and a portrait of the vulnerability of the passage of time.

MID-CENTURY MODERN: The art and design of this era continues its popular resurgence, and BC was a major Canadian artistic center. In fact, it was a golden age for the whole west coast as young artists and makers flocked to the region to experience the new creative explosion that occurred in the aftermath of the war into the turbulent sixties and seventies.WIDE MIX OF OBJECTS: The exhibition includes a wide variety of pieces from the period representing the huge increase in demand for well-designed consumer goods, as well as for new homes. It will appeal both to connoisseurs of great design and to a popular audience who love beautiful things. GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY: There will be extensive new photography of the pieces, intermixed with shots from the period, creating a stunning visual record. The book will be designed to complement the mid-century aesthetic and will be a lovely object in itself.MULTI-CHANNEL SALES: This book will be at home in indie bookstores as well as design, furniture stores.

CELEBRATED CHEF: Lui is one of Toronto's up-and-coming young chefs and restaurateurs with a number of successful ventures in the city (like Kanpai Snack Bar, Yatai Japanese Street Food, Shook Noodle, La Brea Food, Fat Rabbit, Makan Noodle Bar, and Popa) and more in development.MEDIAGENIC: Lui has a lot of media experience and is the host of a video series, Soulful Food Stories, that has hundreds of thousands of views. As noted in the marketing points, we expect that he will get a lot of good media in Toronto, with some national media as well.GREAT DESIGN: The book is going to be chock full of colour and imagery reflecting the joy Lui finds in making meals, playing hip-hop, and looking for the latest trendy runners. The food shots are fantastic -- he really knows how to make food look great.DYNAMO: Lui is always working on something new -- a new restaurant, new videos, new food stylings, and therefor he is always a part of the media and food scene. He is young and here to stay, so the book will have a long life.

GREAT LOCAL HISTORY: Vancouverites and former Vancouverites of a certain age will enjoy hearing about this lost landmark of a store in the historic downtown.VANCOUVER ORIGINAL: There is a strong demand for books on the mid-20th century and this one is full of great heritage photos of the area and the time. You don't have to have lived in that era to appreciate this blast from past.KLUCKNER: Renowned Vancouver artist and heritage activist, Michael Kluckner has written the forward and provided some of his artwork. Kluckner is an architectural heritage activist and the author of the classic regional bestseller, Vanishing Vancouver.

SCIENCE-BASED: The recipes in this book are based on the latest science regarding heart-health, but are created by chefs (it does little good to create recipes that are healthy but that no one wants to cook). This is not a book that caters to food fads, but one that builds on a base of solid science and research.AUDIENCE-TESTED: The classes that The Heart Protection Kitchen runs have tested these recipes -- they work, they taste great, and they provide a lot of variety (but no red meat!).LAY-OUT: The book is organized into sections on Breakfast & Brunch; Salads; Soups & Stews; Vegetarian & Vegan; Fish & Seafood; Poultry; Sides; and Drinks & Desserts. There are many sidebars and diagrams that provide more detailed information on paricular topics.DESIGN: With a beautiful and colourful contemporary design created by Figure 1's award-winning team, this book will be a pleasure to use and look through for information and ideas.

How do you dig up a 13,000 year-old footprint? Why do kelp forests need sea otters? How do you measure a shrinking glacier from an airplane? What is a 'zombie urchin'? Heart of the Coast brings these questions to life in a deep exploration of the beauty, mystery and biodiversity of the Pacific coast. Join Hakai Institute researchers in the field-archaeologists, oceanographers, marine biologists and beyond-as they journey from the ice fields of Klinaklini Glacier to the dazzling undersea reefs of a place called Crazy Town.British Columbia's Central Coast is a rich landscape called "a biologist's dream" and "the Amazon of the north." Since launching its Calvert Island ecological observatory there in 2009, the Hakai Institute has become a renowned centre of science and exploration. Collaborations with the Smithsonian Institution, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and several First Nations on the BC coast--along with a wide array of scientists hailing from other agencies and universities across North America-have uncovered new species, advanced our knowledge of marine food webs, and helped track the effects of climate change on watersheds and coastal ecosystems.Stunning photography illuminates the institute's journey of discovery over the past decade. This unforgettable book will inspire you with wonder and awe for the natural world, but be careful-you may learn something along the way.

Michael Snow is one of Canada's greatest living artists, widely acknowledged as one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century Canadian art. Early Snow focuses on the nascent stages of the artist's career-which is comparatively underexamined in art commentary and critical literature-and demonstrates how wide-ranging were his achievements in painting, drawing, sculpture, foldage, cinema, and photography. Snow's first achievements may serve as a blueprint for his later career, but they also give ample proof of the creative heights he had already reached by the age of thirty-three. This book reveals a young man whose catholic interests in art and literature contributed to his uncanny ability to create profoundly original works of art. Perceptive essays by James King argue that these artworks are best approached in the context of Snow's knowledge of modern European art (Paul Klee, Ben Nicholson, Alberto Giacometti) and contemporary American art (Willem de Kooning, Conrad Marca-Relli, Donald Judd, Marcel Duchamp), and that, ultimately, the work created during this era is about transformation.

Designed with the home cook in mind, this exciting anthology celebrates a vibrant culinary scene with dishes including Harold in the Heights' shrimp and grits, Harlem Road BBQ's savory lamb chops, The Dunlavy's chocolate-covered cherry pie with stout, and so much more.

The East Bay includes Oakland, the most ethnically diverse population in the nation; Berkeley, the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement; the island of Alameda with its artisan breweries, wineries, and distilleries; and the Livermore Valley, one of California's oldest winemaking regions. East Bay Cooks is an impressive collection of 80 signature dishes from 40 leading restaurants.

RICH FOOD CULTURE: Calgary may have started off as a cow town, but it has grown into a sophisticated, multicultural city with people from around the world (their current mayor was the first Muslim mayor of a major North American city). Their food scene is really good and has great support in the community.U.S. Connections: Calgary has many connections to Texas and other oil industry states, and the Canadian offices of most of the leading industry corporations are located in Calgary. There are a lot of ex-Calgarians living in the U.S. Calgary combines various other cultures as a city that is a center for agriculture, ranching, winter sports and Rocky Mountain activities of all kinds.

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Fifty years ago, Canada celebrated its hundredth anniversary of Confederation. At Expo 67, in communities across the country, we celebrated our coming of age as a modern, bilingual, bicultural nation-a place where anyone from any culture could thrive. But beneath the applause and the cheerful music was a darker note. In his public address at the festivities, Chief Dan George lamented what Canada's centennial did not celebrate: the colonization and marginalization of Indigenous peoples who lived on these "good lands." Now in the year of Canada's 150th birthday, we honour a new understanding of our past. We have begun-at long last-to share in a process of national reconciliation and to come together to reimagine our contribution to a global future.Artists give form and meaning to both the land and the invisible landscape of the spirit, both the past and the future. The works of Canada's artists-both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, historical and contemporary-invite us to see our country and our place within it with new eyes. This book celebrates their visions, as well as the good lands we have shared and shaped for millennia that, in turn, have shaped us.

The Ash K. Prakash Collection of works by James W. Morrice offers an exciting journey into the personal and artistic explorations of the first Canadian painter who established an enviable career as an artist in Paris by the turn of the twentieth century. While living abroad for the rest of his life, Morrice also played a vital role in advancing modern artistic trends at the turn of the twentieth century in Canada. The in-depth collection of works will feature just over three decades of collecting by Mr. A.K. Prakash, and will weave the intricate story of the artist through the story of the collector and his ability to refine his collection and sustain his passion for the artist and his art.

The many and varied threads of Canada's national life come together in its capital region. Where the Rideau River flows into the Ottawa River, an Algonquin community was visited by French explorers and settled by British colonists. The town grew into a city, spilled over a provincial border, and now represents Canada to the world.Ottawa is a seat of government and has all the official edifices to show for it. But as Andrew Waldron shows you in Exploring the Capital, it's a lot more than that. Follow the twelve guided-tours covering all corners of the region in Ontario and Quebec and you'll encounter homes and schools, cultural sites and green spaces, houses of worship and shrines to commerce. Early houses, humble or magnificent, from the era of the lumber barons can be found steps away from the latest in sleek condominiums and office towers built for sustainability. Waldron takes you behind the doors of more than 390 diverse structures to learn who made them, how, and why.Exploring the Capital is for architectural experts and amateurs, and for residents and visitors alike. Visit Ottawa's landmarks and neighbourhoods through its stories, maps, and photographs, and learn how great design and engineering turn landscapes into cityscapes.

The stunning masterworks of one of North America's greatest luthiers and inlay artists.William (Grit) Laskin is a master guitarmaker, a musician and songwriter, an artist and a storyteller. For more than forty-five years, he’s been hand-building guitars for such luminaries as Stan Rogers, Jesse Cook, Rik Emmett, and k.d. lang, inlaying many of these instruments with his personalized designs. No two are alike, and their starting points are as varied as the people who play them.Grand Complications is the story behind the story of fifty of these original designs from 2003 to the present. It is a look inside Laskin’s creative process—how he teases out a client’s interests and intentions, how he develops and refines his ideas, and how he brings them to life in his mind and on paper.From “Short Stories” that fill only the headstock of a guitar to full narratives that run the length of the neck, each inspired design is the product of research, deep thinking, and a little alchemy. Featured here are projects ranging from an homage to John Lennon to a paean to humpback whales to a tribute to the fall of the Berlin Wall.A member of the Order of Canada, winner of the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence (Canada’s most prestigious craft award), and founder of Borealis Records, Laskin is a true craftsman and his insights make fascinating reading for lovers of art, music—and the creative process.