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The Rights Revolution
In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.
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For those who can think back to circa 1950, he's brought it all vividly to life again. For the in-betweens who can't, this book is better than a history lesson. It's highly recommended.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_4":"It's a delightful story and a funny one, narrated by Martin, but other, darker story strands flow beneath and in and out of this narrative stream...Which is not to say that darkness prevails in Pure Spring. Rather, Martin does and, it must be said, so does Doyle, Brian. Once again, he's spun a marvelous tale, weaving light and dark into a multifaceted gem of a book, in which the eccentric cast of characters...is quite capable of inducing both tears and laughter.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_5":"Like [Boy O'Boy], it's invested with a sense of innocence, is rich in period detail, and is redolent of Doyle's nostalgia for the good old days...Martin and his Grandpa Rip are engaging characters, and Doyle fans will welcome his latest effort.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_6":"Pure Spring is a remarkable interlace of tragedy, comedy, romance and even high adventure. It's a blend that only Doyle can mix - a story that's quick-paced and accessible, engages even reluctant readers, and has literary genius and human wisdom at its heart.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_7":"The pace and the easy to read narrative, while challenging the reader, is also chatty, humourous, and comfortable.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Resource Links","OtherText_Review_8":"This is Brian Doyle at his finest: compassionate and tough, in complete control of lucid prose that neither gets in the way nor gives away too much....tenderly hopeful yet also realistic. This is a marvelous read.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_9":"...timeless...","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Reviewers of Young Adult Literature","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In the sequel to Boy O'Boy, it's spring in post-WWII Ottawa and Martin has finally found a true home and a job. 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Pure Spring
In the sequel to Boy O'Boy, it's spring in post-WWII Ottawa and Martin has finally found a true home and a job. But everything's not perfect yet ...
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Mistik Lake is truly a unique gem of a book.","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Richie's Picks","OtherText_Review_12":"Mistik Lake is such a wonderfully absorbing read you want to spend more time with even the minor characters, and the prose is so pure, the dialogue so sharp and funny, you're carried along in perpetual pleasure. Like Barbara Kingsolver and Ursula LeGuin, Martha Brooks makes us emerge from her novels a little more in love with the world, a little more rueful about its follies, a little more hopeful about the possibilities of redemption. It will be astonishing, and deeply wrong, if Mistik Lake doesn't win huge numbers of readers as well as its own swath of prizes and honours.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_13":"Mistik Lake reminds us of what it is that makes Brooks the writer she is. Here, again in luminescent prose, Brooks digs deep into love, death and loss, and here, again, she offers both her protagonist and her readers the resolution and solace possible after great pain.","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_14":"The progression of the plot, as it moves from loss and anger through gradual understanding to an incandescent moment of reconciliation in the very last line, is silky smooth. The various pieces click together at last to make a surprising and deeply satistfying pattern...a wonderfully absorbing read.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_15":"This is a beautifully written tale of grief, love, and family secrets.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_16":"Writing stories about finding hope in difficult circumstances is what Martha Brooks does best.","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Prairie Books NOW","OtherText_Review_17":"...a book that many upper junior high\/lower senior high readers, particularly girls, will enjoy.","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Resource Links","OtherText_Review_18":"Smooth writing contributes much to a story that will enable readers to care about...coming of age.","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"...beautifully crafted...An exceptional writer, Brooks once again immerses readers in a fully realized fictional world and leaves them potentially wiser for the experience.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_3":"...elegaic...Brooks doesn't judge the failings of her characters harshly. Rather she lovingly reveals the hidden forces that drive them. This title...demonstrate[s] how we are all shaped by complex motivations that often take us years to understand.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"City Parent (Toronto)","OtherText_Review_4":"...expands its exceedingly well-told tale of teenage romance with equally absorbing stories of adults who have played the tricky game of love.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_5":"A master storyteller, Brooks has spun a heart-warming and thought provoking tale with characters that we care about. Not only will this novel strike a familiar chord with many readers, but it will also linger in their minds long after they finish the book.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_6":"Brooks' affecting novel explores the weighty legacy of family secrets and cultural heritage...Readers will connect strongly with the teenager's astonished, powerful feelings of first love and her shocked realization that painful family burdens can also be life-changing gifts.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Booklist, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_7":"Brooks captures perfectly the excruciating pain of divorce for children, the ache of older adolescence, the loss of childhood, and the centrality of family love. A must-read on its way to many awards. Highly Recommended.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_8":"Brooks knows the adolescent mind and heart. She also knows the strength and restorative power of family and community. 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Mistik Lake
A stunning novel about what happens when you don't follow your heart, and the lies and secret suffering that can continue to haunt you.
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Augustino and the Choir of Destruction
The third in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle, this novel is set in a post-September 11 world on an island in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Vaudeville!
Vaudeville! is an enchanted tale on the scale of New York itself, overflowing with puzzles and horrors.
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In fact, the story has a factual and emotional authenticity that calls to mind the similarly masterful debut Thomas Flanagan made with his now classic novel of Irish history, The Year of the French.","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"LA Times","OtherText_Review_12":"The Law of Dreams is the best literary adventure novel I've read since Lonesome Dove, a brilliant heart-felt celebration of the capacity of the human spirit.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Howard Mosher","OtherText_Review_13":"The Law of Dreams lowers a tape recorder into the pit of history. All that was lost, everything we've forgotten, is suddenly restored. The research is prodigious, the story is epic, the structure is bold, and the ancient language is something new and wondrous to our ears.","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Clark Blaise","OtherText_Review_14":"This book is a beautifully written, poetically inspired tale of heroism, love, yes and sex, and the triumph of the human spirit over murderous greed. 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The Law of Dreams
The Law of Dreams follows Fergus O'Brien from Ireland to Liverpool and Wales during the Great Potato Famine of 1847, and then beyond.
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Atonement
Soucy's brilliant second novel is a captivating and suspenseful examination of guilt.
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The Tracey Fragments
A captivating look through the eyes of a girl piecing together the feelings and fragments of her quest to find a lost brother.
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Rex Zero, King of Nothing
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Die With Me
A page-turning mystery in the tradition of Ruth Rendell, Die With Me is the first novel in the bestselling Mark Tartaglia series by Elena Forbes.
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Wings to Fly
In this sequel to Ticket to Curlew, Josie is glad to have a new friend arrive, someone with whom she can explore and dream about the future.
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19 Knives
Jarman's short stories employ dazzling linguistic verve and staggering metaphoric powers in every sentence.
