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13 Ways of Listening to a Stranger
Keath Fraser is without a doubt one of the most original voices in Canadian letters. He is a writer of truly wonderous imagination and a master of the art of narrative invention. "13 Ways of Listening to a Stranger" is a selection of eighteen of his best stories from the past twenty-five years. Here is a collection of short fiction that showcases t …
A Good Man
When his best friend is murdered in a fit of jealous rage, Izzy Schneider is compelled to reconstruct the relationship and exhume a hidden past that tests the authority of truth and weighs the burden of history.In "A Good Man", critically acclaimed novelist Cynthia Holz examines Izzy's complex lifelong friendship with Phil Lewis. Izzy escapes from …
A Nation Plays Chopsticks
An outsider plays old-timer hockey in the wilds of New Brunswick.
A Perfect Night to Go to China
This astonishing novel - unlike anything Gilmour has ever written before - begins with every parent's worst nightmare: the disappearance of a child. A father makes a casual error of judgement one evening and leaves his six-year-old son alone for fifteen minutes. When he returns the child is gone and three lives are changed forever.Has the boy been …
I went out again that night....I looked in garden sheds, in parking lots, in backyards. I whispered his name down dark stairwells. I said, "Simon, are you there?" A dog chased me from a back porch, snarling, pulling on a chain. A drunk staggered out of the darkness at me. I peered into an abandoned car. Nothing, not even a sensation. I tried to feel him, not think him, but I kept wondering, Where would I take him? Fifty-eight pounds. Where would you go? It had to be nearby. But when I stopped in front of a house or started up a driveway, I could feel a sort of invisible door close...He was slipping away from me. I said, "Don't go, Simon. Don't go."
A Quiet Courage
Based on Paula Todd's widely viewed television program Person to Person, an intimate biography show about human behaviour, "A Quiet Courage" shows us that it is often ordinary people who have something extraordinary to teach us. Todd explores the unique ways twelve fascinating men and women from around the world not only survive the unimaginable, b …
Accidental Genius
From gunpowder to Viagra, many of the greatest eureka moments in human history were chance discoveries that led to world-changing inventions and ideas. Let this book take you on a tour of the scientific and technological advancements where leapsof faith, unexpected inspiration, and sudden shifts of understanding brought about overnight changes in o …
All the Good Pilgrims
Robert Ward has always enjoyed travelling, especially on foot.When he discovered the ancient pilgrimage route to Santiago inSpain, he felt compelled to walk and experience this historic road. From his first journey along the Camino de Santiago, Ward fellin love with the pace, landscape, history, art, and romance of this old pilgrimage path. Above a …