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Fred Reed

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International journalist and award-winning literary translator Fred A. Reed is also a respected specialist on politics in the Middle East. He has reported extensively on Middle Eastern affairs for La Presse, CBC Radio-Canada and Le Devoir. He currently resides in Montreal, Quebec.

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Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle, The

Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle, The

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Monique Proulx's last novel, Invisible Man at the Window, was first published in English in 1994. Following that is this brilliant, complex, witty, moving book about writing and writers. It was nominated for a 2002 Governor General's award when it was first published in French.

Florence doesn't like writers -- they're so full of hang-ups -- and she …

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The Rocket

The Rocket

A Cultural History of Maurice Richard
by Benoit Melancon
translated by Fred Reed
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A visually stunning cultural history of the beloved hockey star who came to symbolize a nation.

The fiery Maurice Richard was the highestscoring NHL player of his era, the first to achieve the feat of fifty goals in fifty games. Les yeux de Maurice Richard, as it was first published in 2006 in Quebec, won the Prix Marcel Couture 2007 from the Salon …

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We Want You to Know

We Want You to Know

Kids Talk About Bullying
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Wildlives

Wildlives

A Novel
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A powerful, gently surreal tale of a community at the edge of the modern world.

On the fringes of a small town in the Laurentians lives a community of misfits. There's Lila, the landlady of the forest who shoulders a terrible guilt; the young, beautiful and carefree Violette, who bears deep childhood scars, and the boy Jeremy, who whispers his conf …

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