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Books by ARTA members for your reading pleasure.
Four of Our Finest by Roger Gunn. Iguana Books, 2025. Four Canadian pilots in the First World War over the Western Front were excellent shots and maneuvered their biplanes with amazing skill and ability.
Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Robert B. Jordan. Springer, 2024. This book covers the sources and preparations of the elements, their common compounds, aqueous speciation, and applications— relevant for discussions of economic, environmental, and green issues.
Enzo L. Ferrarri, My Friend Barnum, I Have No Tail, and Being Brave by Lynn Ramshaw. Amazon, 2025. Series of four children’ s books based on our lively miniature Schnauzers. Each book has a fun but important message. All proceeds go to animal shelters.
Mindful Landscape Painting: My Watercolour Journeys by Hiroshi Shimazaki. Friesen Press, 2025. Images offer a global tour: magical scenes, power of nature, glimpses of history, age-old celebrations, seasonal delights, iconic structures, panoramic vistas, and even imagined landscapes.
Revenge Takes Time by Gordon Mackey. Self-published, 2025. Hunters shoot and kill a man. His son slowly finds out who the hunters are, deals with violent sociopaths, and accepts both love and death.
Prairie Bend Secrets by Linda White. Draft2Digital, 2024. Three older women take a fourth friend’ s ashes to spread in her hometown, uncovering a decadesold murder, corruption, and fear in Prairie Bend, Saskatchewan.
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