Top Ten Most Borrowed – February 2025
The Top Ten Most Borrowed list for February 2025 has Freehand Books’ Bitter Medicine at #1 for eBooks, and Alberta Views dominating for eMagazines. Check out the full list below and borrow the featured eBooks and eMagazines through the Read Alberta Collection.
eBooks
1. Bitter Medicine
2. Ethics in Action
Published: May 23, 2024 by University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 9781773855721
3. Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care
Carole Massing
, Mary Lynne Matheson 
Published: Jul 06, 2021 by Brush Education
ISBN: 9781550598872
4. Tangles
Sarah Leavitt 
Published: Sep 01, 2010 by Freehand Books
ISBN: 9781990601101
5. Going to Beautiful
Anthony Bidulka 
Published: May 01, 2022 by Stonehouse Publishing
ISBN: 9781988754369
6. Hiroshima Bomb Money
Terry Watada
Published: Oct 01, 2024 by NeWest Press
ISBN: 9781774391013
7. Hockey on the Moon
Jamie Dopp 
Published: Nov 22, 2024 by Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 9781771994156
8. Peggy & Balmer
Tom Radford 
Published: Nov 15, 2024 by NeWest Press
ISBN: 9781774391075
9. The Red Chesterfield
Wayne Arthurson 
Published: Oct 15, 2019 by University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 9781773850795
10. Writing Ukraine
Myrna Kostash 
Published: Aug 27, 2024 by Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 9781771994248
eMagazines
1. Alberta Views, January-February 2025
The magazine for engaged citizens, our writers provide perspective on the province’s politics, social issues and culture with in-depth analysis relevant to the public interest of Albertans. Recognized for its editorial excellence, Alberta Views has won Magazine of the Year at both the Western and National Magazine Awards.
2. Funicular, Volume 5 Issue 3
Funicular Magazine publishes short fiction, flash fiction, and poetry from emerging and established Canadian writers, as well as work from writers around the world. Funicular Magazine is made in Edmonton, Alberta.
3. Alberta Outdoorsmen, January 2025
Alberta Outdoorsmen is designed to keep the hunters, anglers and trappers of Alberta up-to-date on the news, issues and events that surround hunting, fishing and trapping. Dedicated to maintaining our great outdoor heritage, Alberta Outdoorsmen tackles all of the issues head-on, providing insights through a great collection of outdoor writers and authors. If you love hunting, fishing and trapping, Alberta Outdoorsmen is the magazine for you.
4. Creative Scrapbooker, Winter 2024/2025
Creative Scrapbooker is a quarterly paper crafting magazine. Look to this upbeat magazine for trend-setting techniques and ideas, step-by-step guides for beginner and advanced scrapbookers and card makers, in addition to a showcase of creative talent that will inspire your creativity.
5. Info Edmonton, February-April 2025
A city magazine that showcases Dining, Shopping, Arts & Entertainment for both visitors and locals alike.
6. The Prairie Journal, Issue 82
As a Founding Member of AMPA, The Prairie Journal has been publishing the Best in the West, since 1983. It is a literary magazine, so the intent is to feature writing that may not be captured in commercial or consumer magazines. It is a publication of collected works, generally short stories, poetry, literary essays and criticism, book reviews, profiles of authors, and interviews, as well as artistic content which enhances and supports the Alberta artistic and cultural community.
7. Alberta Views, April 2024
The magazine for engaged citizens, our writers provide perspective on the province’s politics, social issues and culture with in-depth analysis relevant to the public interest of Albertans. Recognized for its editorial excellence, Alberta Views has won Magazine of the Year at both the Western and National Magazine Awards.
8. Alberta Views, December 2024
The magazine for engaged citizens, our writers provide perspective on the province’s politics, social issues and culture with in-depth analysis relevant to the public interest of Albertans. Recognized for its editorial excellence, Alberta Views has won Magazine of the Year at both the Western and National Magazine Awards.
9. Alberta Views, January/February 2023
The magazine for engaged citizens, our writers provide perspective on the province’s politics, social issues and culture with in-depth analysis relevant to the public interest of Albertans. Recognized for its editorial excellence, Alberta Views has won Magazine of the Year at both the Western and National Magazine Awards.
10. Alberta Views, June 2024
The magazine for engaged citizens, our writers provide perspective on the province’s politics, social issues and culture with in-depth analysis relevant to the public interest of Albertans. Recognized for its editorial excellence, Alberta Views has won Magazine of the Year at both the Western and National Magazine Awards.
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~ Steve Budnarchuk, Audreys Books