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A beautifully reinvented tale, in the tradition of Scottish and Irish Selkie legends, from award-winning creators Seán Virgo and Javier Serrano Pérez.
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{"id":6816109953083,"title":"Mirrors and Mirages","handle":"mirrors-and-mirages","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spirit of Amy Tan’s international bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMirrors and Mirages\u003c\/em\u003e is an intricately woven, deftly told story that follows the lives of women and their daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMirrors and Mirages\u003c\/em\u003e, Monia Mazigh lets us into the lives of six women. They are immigrant mothers — Emma, Samia, and Fauzia — guardians of tradition who want their daughters to enjoy freedom in Western society. They are daughters — Lama, Sally, and Louise, a young woman who converted to Islam for love — university students who are clever and computer savvy. They decide for themselves whether or not to wear a veil, or niqab. Gradually, these women cross paths, and, without losing their authenticity, they become friends and rivals, mirrors and mirages of each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T14:25:26-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T11:46:37-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Arachnide Editions","By (author) Mazigh Monia","pub date: 2014-07-11","Translated by Reed Fred"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40213529559099,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770893597","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mirrors and Mirages - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":2295,"weight":327,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770893597","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213551415355,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770893603","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mirrors and Mirages - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770893603","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213551677499,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770895201","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mirrors and Mirages - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770895201","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_089ef404-c1f4-47c4-a6da-7416e491e66e.jpg?v=1678601456"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_089ef404-c1f4-47c4-a6da-7416e491e66e.jpg?v=1678601456","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324561473595,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_089ef404-c1f4-47c4-a6da-7416e491e66e.jpg?v=1678601456"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_089ef404-c1f4-47c4-a6da-7416e491e66e.jpg?v=1678601456","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spirit of Amy Tan’s international bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMirrors and Mirages\u003c\/em\u003e is an intricately woven, deftly told story that follows the lives of women and their daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMirrors and Mirages\u003c\/em\u003e, Monia Mazigh lets us into the lives of six women. They are immigrant mothers — Emma, Samia, and Fauzia — guardians of tradition who want their daughters to enjoy freedom in Western society. They are daughters — Lama, Sally, and Louise, a young woman who converted to Islam for love — university students who are clever and computer savvy. They decide for themselves whether or not to wear a veil, or niqab. Gradually, these women cross paths, and, without losing their authenticity, they become friends and rivals, mirrors and mirages of each other.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Mirrors and Mirages
In the spirit of Joy Luck Club, Mirrors and Mirages is an intricately woven, deftly told story that follows the lives of women and their daughters.
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The Elevator Ghost
An eccentric babysitter has a knack for telling stories that are eerily well suited to her young charges.
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Chez l'arabe
A dazzling debut collection from award-winning journalist and New York Times Magazine contributor Mireille Silcoff.
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Snyder provides a satisfyingly emotional and gripping read.","OtherText_Review_24_Auth":"Carlyn Schellenberg","OtherText_Review_24_Src":"Rhubarb Magazine","OtherText_Review_25":"Snyder’s imagination has here worked overtime to produce a novel of intriguing originality. The book is well written and totally captivating, and is a rare salute to women in sport.","OtherText_Review_25_Src":"London Free Press","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Dani Couture","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_3":"This is a satisfying story about a complicated and compelling life- a life, so it happens, shaped by running ... Girl Runner makes for a gold medal read.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Erin Balser","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Canadian Running","OtherText_Review_4":"Girl Runner is a book that will, and should, find a wide audience…one of my favourite books of 2014.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Susan Fish","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Waterloo Region Record","OtherText_Review_5":"Carrie Snyder has written an extraordinary, accomplished debut novel of love and family: a wonderful story of a free spirit forced to make difficult choices. Aggie Smart is a truly memorable heroine: she grabbed my hand on page one and never let go.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants and At the Water’s Edge","OtherText_Review_6":"a beautiful story about following your heart…","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"CBC Books","OtherText_Review_7":"a page turner…revelatory","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Waterloo Chronicle","OtherText_Review_8":"readers, get ready to be dazzled","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Pickle Me This blog review","OtherText_Review_9":"Girl Runner...more than lives up to the promise of The Juliet Stories (2012) and Hair Hat (2004)...a complex novel...rhythmic and satisfying.","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Melanie Brannagan Frederiksen","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"An unforgettable novel about 1928 Olympic gold medalist Aganetha Smart, and a woman's struggle to earn a place in a man's world.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeName_0":"Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize","PrizeYear_0":"2014","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2014-08-29","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"An unforgettable novel about 1928 Olympic gold medalist Aganetha Smart, and a woman's struggle to earn a place in a man's world.","Subtitle":"A Novel","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Girl Runner
An unforgettable novel about 1928 Olympic gold medalist Aganetha Smart, and a woman's struggle to earn a place in a man's world.
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{"id":6816107954235,"title":"Walt","handle":"walt","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom critically acclaimed author Russell Wangersky, comes a dark, psychological thriller about a man named Walt, a grocery store cleaner who collects the shopping lists people leave in the store and discard without thought. In his fifties, abandoned, he says, by his now-missing wife Mary, Walt is pursued by police detectives unsatisfied with the answers he’s given about her disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost invisible to the people who pass him every day, the grocery lists he collects, written on everything from cancelled cheques to mortgage statements to office stationary, give him a personal hold over those who both ignore him and unwittingly disclose facets of their lives to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a new cold case squad is formed in St. John’s to look into Mary’s disappearance, the detectives begin to realize that Walt may be involved in more than just his wife’s disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in modern-day Newfoundland, after reading \u003cem\u003eWalt\u003c\/em\u003e, you’ll be sure to never let your shopping list fall to the floor ever again.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T14:27:33-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T11:44:24-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["By (author) Wangersky Russell","pub date: 2014-09-05","Spiderline"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40213526806587,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770894679","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Walt - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":2295,"weight":399,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770894679","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213527396411,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770894686","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Walt - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770894686","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213527560251,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770898660","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Walt - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770898660","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_aecb9ce4-43d3-4e53-ac0e-d5a105395a37.jpg?v=1678600793"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_aecb9ce4-43d3-4e53-ac0e-d5a105395a37.jpg?v=1678600793","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324556558395,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.664,"height":2400,"width":1593,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_aecb9ce4-43d3-4e53-ac0e-d5a105395a37.jpg?v=1678600793"},"aspect_ratio":0.664,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_aecb9ce4-43d3-4e53-ac0e-d5a105395a37.jpg?v=1678600793","width":1593}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eFrom critically acclaimed author Russell Wangersky, comes a dark, psychological thriller about a man named Walt, a grocery store cleaner who collects the shopping lists people leave in the store and discard without thought. In his fifties, abandoned, he says, by his now-missing wife Mary, Walt is pursued by police detectives unsatisfied with the answers he’s given about her disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost invisible to the people who pass him every day, the grocery lists he collects, written on everything from cancelled cheques to mortgage statements to office stationary, give him a personal hold over those who both ignore him and unwittingly disclose facets of their lives to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a new cold case squad is formed in St. John’s to look into Mary’s disappearance, the detectives begin to realize that Walt may be involved in more than just his wife’s disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in modern-day Newfoundland, after reading \u003cem\u003eWalt\u003c\/em\u003e, you’ll be sure to never let your shopping list fall to the floor ever again.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The plainspoken narration draws you in and makes you feel at home, yet all the while Wangersky is cranking the thumbscrews, the grip tightening and tightening until you're left utterly breathless. Think The Silent Wife, think Gone Girl — that same sense of mounting menace, a feeling that things ain't quite right beneath the surface calm. You can read this book in one sitting but I guarantee it'll stay with you for years.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCraig Davidson, author of Cataract City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Craig Davidson, author of Cataract City","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Meet Walt. Obsessed with shopping lists he picks up in the supermarket where he works, and the women they lead him to. Possibly a stalker. Possibly a peeping Tom. Possibly a murderer. Russell Wangersky's fine novel takes you into the mind of a character you're not likely to forget in a hurry and to places beyond your comfort zone. It's all done with great style, economy, and dollops of dark humour that make it a joy toread and difficult to put down.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeter Robinson, author of the Inspector Banks series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Peter Robinson, author of the InspectorBanks series of crime novels","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Read him: Cross of Ishmael Reed and Lou Reed. Here be expert experimentalism: The dictionary exploded and reloaded; the canon fired and melted down.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Elliott Clark, author of I \u0026 I and Poet Laureate of Toronto, 2012-15\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"George Elliott Clark, author of I \u0026amp; I and Poet Laureate of Toronto, 2012-15","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“One of the most unsettling crime novels I’ve read this year…Wangersky can write extraordinarily well in a number of disciplines, so it’s only reasonable to expect that, when turning his attention to psychological suspense, he’d excel at this, too.” — \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Weinman, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Sarah Weinman","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“a full-on psychological thriller in the vein of John Fowles’ 1963 classic The Collector....contains a number of chilling scenes....Wangersky does a good job keeping the reader guessing as to whether Walt is a bona fide killer, or just another garden-variety creep.” — \u003cstrong\u003eStacey Madden, \u003cem\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Stacey Madden","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“a frank, penetrating thriller... the wordcraft here is crisp, tight and evocative” — \u003cstrong\u003eJ.M. 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Walt
A dark, psychological thriller about a man that is being pursued by police unsatisfied with the answers he’s given about his wife’s disappearance.
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Slim and None
Sports entrepreneur and film producer Howard Baldwin recounts his spirited and hugely entertaining life story.
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The Market Wedding
The reissue of an award-winning, humorous and richly illustrated retelling of a Yiddish story.
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Does State Spying Make Us Safer?
The thirteenth Munk Debate tackles whether state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedom — the democratic issue of the moment.
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ages 10
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Until the Day Arrives
Two Portuguese orphans, exiled in seventeenth-century Brazil, try to help the slaves they have befriended escape to freedom.
