New Titles

Blue lock. 11 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Translation of: Buru rokku. 11. Reads right to left. With seconds left on the clock, Isagi manages to weave a masterful play--until Rin Itoshi and what seems like a stroke of bad luck deal the definitive blow. But what role does luck really play in a soccer match? Ego is eager to impart his wisdom on the advancing players, with the unknowns of the Third Selection looming just ahead.
Date Published:2024

Blue lock. 10 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Translation of: Buruu rokku. 10. Reads from right to left. The rematch against the Top Three requires all the players to use their "weapons" to the fullest. Isagi has made it his goal to defeat Rin Itoshi and steal back Bachira, but he once again finds himself outclassed by Rin in every area. Can Isagi find a way to devour Rin? And what does Bachira's "monster" have to say about all this?!
Date Published:2023

Blue lock. 9 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buru rokku. 9. Thanks to Barou's awakening, Isagi's team manages to defeat the trio of Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. And the one that Isagi chooses to steal is... The new four-man team sets out for a rematch against the Top Three and Bachira. Will the "monster" that fuels Isagi's ego be enough to take down the prodigy striker Rin Itoshi?!
Date Published:2023

Blue lock. 8 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese manga format. Translation of: Buruu rokku. The newly formed team of Isagi, Nagi, and Barou head to their next rival battle, where they face Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. Isagi knows their victory will depend on the team's ability to form a "chemical reaction" with their play styles. Isagi and Nagi have a fluid synergy, but Barou seems to be chafing against his new teammates... Who will emerge victorious from the battle of egos?!
Date Published:2023

Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese manga format. Translation of: Buruu rokku. The newly formed team of Isagi, Nagi, and Barou head to their next rival battle, where they face Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. Isagi knows their victory will depend on the team's ability to form a "chemical reaction" with their play styles. Isagi and Nagi have a fluid synergy, but Barou seems to be chafing against his new teammates... Who will emerge victorious from the battle of egos?!

Date Published:2023

Blue lock. 7 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki.


Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buru rokku. 7. In the second selection's rival battles -- where the winners can choose one player from the losing team -- Isagi and Nagi have just lost Bachira to Rin Itoshi and the other top strikers. Now they must prove the strength of their individual abilities in a fight against Shouei Barou, the top scoring player in Wing 5. If they lose, they'll be at risk of disqualification... As Isagi takes the fight to King Barou, he's aiming to end up on the side of the prodigies!
Date Published:2023

Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buru rokku. 7. In the second selection's rival battles -- where the winners can choose one player from the losing team -- Isagi and Nagi have just lost Bachira to Rin Itoshi and the other top strikers. Now they must prove the strength of their individual abilities in a fight against Shouei Barou, the top scoring player in Wing 5. If they lose, they'll be at risk of disqualification... As Isagi takes the fight to King Barou, he's aiming to end up on the side of the prodigies!

Date Published:2023

Blue lock. 6 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buruu rokku. 6. Would you obey your ego? After Isagi and the rest of Team Z clear the first selection round, they split up to face the second selection individually. Waiting beyond the first door is Blue Lock Man, a cutting-edge goalkeeping AI system. A new group of incredible strikers and shocking rules await Isagi in the second selection round...!!
Date Published:2023

Blue lock. 5 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Translation of: Buru rokku. 5. Reads from right to left. In the face of Team V, Team Z has managed to catch up 3-3 with fifteen minutes remaining. Amid this tense environment, all the players seek their "awakening" that will take their skills to the next level... Will they manage to beat Team V and qualify for the next selection--or will they be stuck on the playing field with nowhere to go?
Date Published:2023

Blue lock. 4 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Translation of : Buruu rukuu, volume 4. Reads from right to left. It's the final round of the first selection and Team Z needs to win against Team V--the undefeated team of Wing 5--to survive! A triple threat awaits Isagi, including prodigy Seishiro Nagi, who only started playing soccer six months ago. Moreover, Team Z is still one man down after Kuon's brutal betrayal in the previous game. The odds are stacked against them as they enter the pitch, and Isagi and his teammates are becoming painfully aware of how weak they really are. In this end, is it all pointless? Or will desperation triumph over talent?
Date Published:2022

Translation of : Buruu rukuu, volume 4. Reads from right to left. It's the final round of the first selection and Team Z needs to win against Team V--the undefeated team of Wing 5--to survive! A triple threat awaits Isagi, including prodigy Seishiro Nagi, who only started playing soccer six months ago. Moreover, Team Z is still one man down after Kuon's brutal betrayal in the previous game. The odds are stacked against them as they enter the pitch, and Isagi and his teammates are becoming painfully aware of how weak they really are. In this end, is it all pointless? Or will desperation triumph over talent?

Date Published:2022

Blue lock. 3 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buru rokku. 3. Savoring the sweet taste of victory against Team Y, Team Z is pumped to face their next opponent in the first selection round-robin tournament--Team W! But cracks begin to show within the shaky bonds of Team Z, and internal fears freeze players in their tracks on the field. In the face of Team W's powerful aces, the Wanima twins, will Team Z be able to come together in time to escape defeat?
Date Published:2022

Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buru rokku. 3. Savoring the sweet taste of victory against Team Y, Team Z is pumped to face their next opponent in the first selection round-robin tournament--Team W! But cracks begin to show within the shaky bonds of Team Z, and internal fears freeze players in their tracks on the field. In the face of Team W's powerful aces, the Wanima twins, will Team Z be able to come together in time to escape defeat?

Date Published:2022

Blue lock. 2 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buru rokku. 2. Yoichi Isagi, one of three hundred high school soccer players, is in Team Z--the lowest ranked group in the controversial training facility, Blue Lock, where the aim is to create Japan's best striker. To survive their first round-robin tournament, Isagi's Team Z will need to find a way to use their unique "weapons," while struggling through a clash of egos. But Isagi grapples to understand what his strength is as a striker.
Date Published:2022

Reads from right to left. Translation of: Buru rokku. 2. Yoichi Isagi, one of three hundred high school soccer players, is in Team Z--the lowest ranked group in the controversial training facility, Blue Lock, where the aim is to create Japan's best striker. To survive their first round-robin tournament, Isagi's Team Z will need to find a way to use their unique "weapons," while struggling through a clash of egos. But Isagi grapples to understand what his strength is as a striker.

Date Published:2022

Blue lock. 1 /

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki,


Translation of: Buru rokku. Reads from right to left. After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute ace striker. The Football Union must create a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, so Blue Lock -- a rigorous training ground for 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players -- is created. To survive this battle royale, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!
Date Published:2022

Translation of: Buru rokku. Reads from right to left. After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute ace striker. The Football Union must create a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, so Blue Lock -- a rigorous training ground for 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players -- is created. To survive this battle royale, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!

Date Published:2022

Home is not a country

Elhillo, Safia,


A novel in verse follows the experiences of a misunderstood teen in a discriminatory suburban community who questions her mixed heritage before unexpected family revelations force her to fight for her own identity.
Date Published:2022

An Indigenous present


Artists include: Neal Ambrose-Smith, Teresa Baker, Natalie Ball, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Rebecca Belmore, Andrea Carlson, Nani Chacon, Raven Chacon, Dana Claxton, Melissa Cody, Chris T. Cornelius, Lewis deSoto, Beau Dick, Demian DinéYazhi', Wally Dion, Divide and Dissolve, Korina Emmerich, Ka'ila Farrell-Smith, Yatika Starr Fields, Nicholas Galanin, Raven Halfmoon, Elisa Harkins, Luzene Hill, Anna Hoover, Sky Hopinka, Chaz John, Emily Johnson, Brian Jungen, Brad Kahlhamer, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Adam Khalil, Zack Kahlil, Kite, Layli Long Soldier, Erica Lord, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Tanya Lukin Linklater, James Luna, Jarrett Martineau, Dylan McLaughlin, Meryl McMaster, Caroline Monnet, Audie Murray, New Red Order, Jamie Okuma, Laura Ortman, Katherine "KP" Paul/Black Belt Eagle Scout, Postcommodity, Wendy Red Star, Eric-Paul Riege, Cara Romero, Sara Siestreem, Rose B. Simpson, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Arielle Twist, Marie Watt, Dyani White Hawk and Zoon a.k.a. Daniel Glen Monkman. This volume is a gathering of Native North American contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, architects, writers, photographers, designers and more. Conceived by Jeffrey Gibson, a renowned artist of Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee descent, An Indigenous Present presents an increasingly visible and expanding field of Indigenous creative practice. It centers individual practices, while acknowledging shared histories, to create a visual experience that foregrounds diverse approaches to concept, form and medium as well as connection, influence, conversation and collaboration.
Date Published:2023

Artists include: Neal Ambrose-Smith, Teresa Baker, Natalie Ball, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Rebecca Belmore, Andrea Carlson, Nani Chacon, Raven Chacon, Dana Claxton, Melissa Cody, Chris T. Cornelius, Lewis deSoto, Beau Dick, Demian DinéYazhi', Wally Dion, Divide and Dissolve, Korina Emmerich, Ka'ila Farrell-Smith, Yatika Starr Fields, Nicholas Galanin, Raven Halfmoon, Elisa Harkins, Luzene Hill, Anna Hoover, Sky Hopinka, Chaz John, Emily Johnson, Brian Jungen, Brad Kahlhamer, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Adam Khalil, Zack Kahlil, Kite, Layli Long Soldier, Erica Lord, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Tanya Lukin Linklater, James Luna, Jarrett Martineau, Dylan McLaughlin, Meryl McMaster, Caroline Monnet, Audie Murray, New Red Order, Jamie Okuma, Laura Ortman, Katherine "KP" Paul/Black Belt Eagle Scout, Postcommodity, Wendy Red Star, Eric-Paul Riege, Cara Romero, Sara Siestreem, Rose B. Simpson, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Arielle Twist, Marie Watt, Dyani White Hawk and Zoon a.k.a. Daniel Glen Monkman. This volume is a gathering of Native North American contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, architects, writers, photographers, designers and more. Conceived by Jeffrey Gibson, a renowned artist of Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee descent, An Indigenous Present presents an increasingly visible and expanding field of Indigenous creative practice. It centers individual practices, while acknowledging shared histories, to create a visual experience that foregrounds diverse approaches to concept, form and medium as well as connection, influence, conversation and collaboration.

Date Published:2023

The seven sacred teachings of White Buffalo Calf Woman = Niizhwaaswi aanike'iniwendiwin : waabishiki mashkode bizhikiins ikwe

Bouchard, Dave, 1952-


May include multlingual DVD. The Seven Sacred Teachings is a message of traditional values and hope for the future. The Teachings are universal to most First Nation peoples. They are a link that ties First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities together. Rooted in humility and honesty, the creators have tried to respect the cultures and traditions of all peoples. It is our hope that this telling will unite and thus heal divisions. Prophecies tell that this is the time for One Heart, One Mind and One Drum. We, readers and authors alike, are the ones we have been waiting for. There is nobody else who can revitalize our culture and values except ourselves. It is our hope that this telling might move readers toward greater courage and wisdom and ultimately toward achieving and understanding what is true in life's journey.
Date Published:2009

May include multlingual DVD. The Seven Sacred Teachings is a message of traditional values and hope for the future. The Teachings are universal to most First Nation peoples. They are a link that ties First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities together. Rooted in humility and honesty, the creators have tried to respect the cultures and traditions of all peoples. It is our hope that this telling will unite and thus heal divisions. Prophecies tell that this is the time for One Heart, One Mind and One Drum. We, readers and authors alike, are the ones we have been waiting for. There is nobody else who can revitalize our culture and values except ourselves. It is our hope that this telling might move readers toward greater courage and wisdom and ultimately toward achieving and understanding what is true in life's journey.

Date Published:2009

Three sisters soup for the spirit : a collection of short stories, poetry, and artwork by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women


If you could provide a message to the younger version of yourself to get through school, life, and challenging circumstances, what would you say? This book includes a compilation of poetry, short stories, and visual art from First Nations, Metis and Inuit Women. The submissions aim to inspire youth in overcoming challenges with themes around passion, independent voice, and joy. The project is dedicated to Indigenous high school students who are part of the TakingITGlobal's Connected North program by featuring the power of creativity through different role models and promoting mental health.
Date Published:2019

If you could provide a message to the younger version of yourself to get through school, life, and challenging circumstances, what would you say? This book includes a compilation of poetry, short stories, and visual art from First Nations, Metis and Inuit Women. The submissions aim to inspire youth in overcoming challenges with themes around passion, independent voice, and joy. The project is dedicated to Indigenous high school students who are part of the TakingITGlobal's Connected North program by featuring the power of creativity through different role models and promoting mental health.

Date Published:2019

Stories of Métis women : tales my kookum told me

Oster, Bailey.


Companion documentary available on Vimeo-- Stories of Métis Women, directed and edited by Matt LeMay, 2021. This book is a collection of stories about culture, history, and nationhood as told by Métis women. The Métis are known by many names -- Otipemisiwak, 'the people who own ourselves'; Bois Brules, 'Burnt Wood'; Apeetogosan, 'half brother' by the Cree; 'half-breed,' historically; and are also known as 'rebels' and 'traitors to Canada'. They are also known as the 'Forgotten People'. Few really know their story. Many people may also think that Métis simply means 'mixed', but it does not. They are a people with a unique and proud history and Nation. In this era of reconciliation, this work explains the story of the Métis Nation from a their own perspective. The UN has declared this 'The Decade of Indigenous Languages' and Stories of Métis Women is one of the few books available in English and Michif, which is an endangered language.
Date Published:2021

Companion documentary available on Vimeo-- Stories of Métis Women, directed and edited by Matt LeMay, 2021. This book is a collection of stories about culture, history, and nationhood as told by Métis women. The Métis are known by many names -- Otipemisiwak, 'the people who own ourselves'; Bois Brules, 'Burnt Wood'; Apeetogosan, 'half brother' by the Cree; 'half-breed,' historically; and are also known as 'rebels' and 'traitors to Canada'. They are also known as the 'Forgotten People'. Few really know their story. Many people may also think that Métis simply means 'mixed', but it does not. They are a people with a unique and proud history and Nation. In this era of reconciliation, this work explains the story of the Métis Nation from a their own perspective. The UN has declared this 'The Decade of Indigenous Languages' and Stories of Métis Women is one of the few books available in English and Michif, which is an endangered language.

Date Published:2021

Water, kinship, belief : Toronto Biennial of Art 2019-2022

Toronto Biennial of Art 2019 :


Contributors to the book: Ange Loft, Camille Turner, Camille Georgeson-Usher, Candice Hopkins, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Ilana Shamoon, Katie Lawson, Melony Ward, Patrizia Libralato, Sebastian De Line, Susannah Rosenstock, Tairone Bastien, Yaniya Lee, Adrian Blackwell, and Charles Stankievech. This publication is produced on the occasion of the Toronto Biennial of Art, The Shoreline Dilemma, September 21-December 1, 2019, and What Water Knows, the Land Remembers, March 26-June 5, 2022, organized by the curatorial team of Candice Hopkins, Katie Lawson, and Tairone Bastien, with contributions from former TBA Public Programming and Learning Curators Clare Butcher and Myung-Sun Kim. Included are additional projects by 2019 guest curator Charles Stankevich and 2022 Curatorial Fellows Chiedza Pasipanodya and Sebastien De Line.
Date Published:2022

Contributors to the book: Ange Loft, Camille Turner, Camille Georgeson-Usher, Candice Hopkins, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Ilana Shamoon, Katie Lawson, Melony Ward, Patrizia Libralato, Sebastian De Line, Susannah Rosenstock, Tairone Bastien, Yaniya Lee, Adrian Blackwell, and Charles Stankievech. This publication is produced on the occasion of the Toronto Biennial of Art, The Shoreline Dilemma, September 21-December 1, 2019, and What Water Knows, the Land Remembers, March 26-June 5, 2022, organized by the curatorial team of Candice Hopkins, Katie Lawson, and Tairone Bastien, with contributions from former TBA Public Programming and Learning Curators Clare Butcher and Myung-Sun Kim. Included are additional projects by 2019 guest curator Charles Stankevich and 2022 Curatorial Fellows Chiedza Pasipanodya and Sebastien De Line.

Date Published:2022

Dakwäkãda warriors

Pauls, Cole,


Text in Southern Tutchone and English. Growing up in Haines Junction, YT, artist Cole Pauls performed in a traditional song and dance group called the Dakwäkãda Dancers. During that time, Pauls encountered the ancestral language of Southern Tutchone. Driven by a desire to help revitalize the language, he created Dakwäkãda Warriors, a bilingual comic about two earth protectors saving the world from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches. Pauls’ Elders supported him throughout the creation process by offering consultation and translation. The resulting work is a whimsical young adult graphic novel that offers an accessible allegory of colonialism.
Date Published:2019

Text in Southern Tutchone and English. Growing up in Haines Junction, YT, artist Cole Pauls performed in a traditional song and dance group called the Dakwäkãda Dancers. During that time, Pauls encountered the ancestral language of Southern Tutchone. Driven by a desire to help revitalize the language, he created Dakwäkãda Warriors, a bilingual comic about two earth protectors saving the world from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches. Pauls’ Elders supported him throughout the creation process by offering consultation and translation. The resulting work is a whimsical young adult graphic novel that offers an accessible allegory of colonialism.

Date Published:2019

Still Alice : a novel

Genova, Lisa.


Includes Readers club guide (14 p.). Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease.
Date Published:2007

Big little lies

Moriarty, Liane


Includes a reading group guide. Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
Date Published:2015