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{"id":6582773022779,"title":"Without the Moon","handle":"without-the-moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eHush, hush, hush\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere comes the Bogeyman…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city outwardly in ruins, weakened by exhaustion and rationing. But behind the blackout, the old way of life continues: in the music halls, pubs, and cafés, soldiers mix with petty crooks, stage magicians with lonely wives, scandal-hungry reporters with good-time girls — and DCI Edward Greenaway keeps a careful eye on everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut out on the streets, something nastier is stirring: London's prostitutes are being murdered, their bodies left mutilated to taunt the police. And in the shadows Greenaway's old adversaries in organized crime are active again, lured by rich pickings on the black market. As he follows a bloody trail through backstreets and boudoirs, Greenaway must use all his skill — and everything he knows about the city's underworld — to stop the slaughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on real events, \u003cem\u003eWithout the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e is an atmospheric and evocative historical crime novel demonstrating Unsworth's masterful grasp of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:17:44-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:17:44-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["By (author) Unsworth Cathi","pub date: 2016-07-02","Spiderline"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"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":39403482644539,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487000813","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Without the Moon - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487000813","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39414164127803,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487000806","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Without the Moon - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":399,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487000806","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39414164586555,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487000820","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Without the Moon - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487000820","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a8c42094-8705-4b53-8b7c-d83bf7e57a6a.jpg?v=1655627884"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a8c42094-8705-4b53-8b7c-d83bf7e57a6a.jpg?v=1655627884","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243473358907,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a8c42094-8705-4b53-8b7c-d83bf7e57a6a.jpg?v=1655627884"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a8c42094-8705-4b53-8b7c-d83bf7e57a6a.jpg?v=1655627884","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eHush, hush, hush\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere comes the Bogeyman…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city outwardly in ruins, weakened by exhaustion and rationing. But behind the blackout, the old way of life continues: in the music halls, pubs, and cafés, soldiers mix with petty crooks, stage magicians with lonely wives, scandal-hungry reporters with good-time girls — and DCI Edward Greenaway keeps a careful eye on everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut out on the streets, something nastier is stirring: London's prostitutes are being murdered, their bodies left mutilated to taunt the police. And in the shadows Greenaway's old adversaries in organized crime are active again, lured by rich pickings on the black market. As he follows a bloody trail through backstreets and boudoirs, Greenaway must use all his skill — and everything he knows about the city's underworld — to stop the slaughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on real events, \u003cem\u003eWithout the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e is an atmospheric and evocative historical crime novel demonstrating Unsworth's masterful grasp of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The vision of London after nightfall is amazing, an intermingling of prostitutes, spivs, pimps, villains, cops, communists, soldiers, journalists and psychics, hanging out in dark alleyways, dodgy bars, seedy hotels. The sense of despair is palpable . . . Without the Moon is a wonderfully evoked piece of period noir, and a properly gripping story to boot.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"a terrific mood piece and a fine wartime thriller","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"Brilliant and brave, Without the Moon blends murder and magic to create a vision of London as a spiritual maze. Prostitutes, psychopaths, detectives, villains, and psychics move through its corridors, glimpsing heaven and hell in an atmosphere that is so charged it can almost be touched. Fact and fiction link as justice is demanded. The best work yet from a genuine, original talent.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3":"I love Cathi Unsworth's writing. Based on two true crimes in war-torn London, Without the Moon is totally gripping. I couldn't put it down and can't recommend this book enough. Read it!","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4":"“Without the Moon is a tense and eerie thriller set during the Blitz. It is full of atmosphere and suspense with an engaging cast of characters, especially DCI Edward Greenaway. I hope he returns again soon.”","OtherText_Quote_from_review_5":"Few writers can match her extraordinary capacity to capture the atmosphere of a louche, bygone London and the mood of its people . . . Unsworth paints a mesmerizing picture as DCI Edward Greenaway wanders through the blacked-out city.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_6":"It practically out Hamiltons Patrick Hamilton in its sense of menace and place, conducting a kind of séance with that bombed-out but brassy London of the war-torn 1940s. On each page you can practically smell the cheap scent, powder, Brilliantine, and black-market whiskey.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_7":"Here’s another English crime writer (and ex-journalist) arriving to show how it’s done — “it’’ being the creation of a compellingly readable, not-a-word-wasted, vividly atmospheric novel that, as the Brits are apt to do, sets another high bar….Shifting among perspectives to keep the tale leaping smartly, and translating the senses — seeing, hearing, touching, smelling — from writer to reader, she shapes reason, passion, and a great many facts into a fiction that feels utterly true.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_8":"It is a thoroughly absorbing venture into a past where Londoners were stretched to their breaking point and order threatened to disappear.","OtherText_Review_0":"Few writers can match her extraordinary capacity to capture the atmosphere of a louche, bygone London and the mood of its people . . . Unsworth paints a mesmerizing picture as DCI Edward Greenaway wanders through the blacked-out city.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"The Times","OtherText_Review_1":"Cathi Unsworth has long been one of the most intriguing crime writers in the country . . . [She] has created a brilliant, swirling maelstrom of a story. The main strength in Unsworth’s writing has always been her terrific evocation of time and place, and she really plays to that strength here. The vision of London after nightfall is amazing, an intermingling of prostitutes, spivs, pimps, villains, cops, communists, soldiers, journalists and psychics, hanging out in dark alleyways, dodgy bars, seedy hotels. The sense of despair is palpable . . . Without the Moon is a wonderfully evoked piece of period noir, and a properly gripping story to boot.","OtherText_Review_10":"It is a thoroughly absorbing venture into a past where Londoners were stretched to their breaking point and order threatened to disappear.","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Reviewing the Evidence","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Independent","OtherText_Review_2":"Brilliant and brave, Without the Moon blends murder and magic to create a vision of London as a spiritual maze. Prostitutes, psychopaths, detectives, villains, and psychics move through its corridors, glimpsing heaven and hell in an atmosphere that is so charged it can almost be touched. Fact and fiction link as justice is demanded. The best work yet from a genuine, original talent.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"John King, author of The Football Factory and Human Punk","OtherText_Review_3":"It practically out Hamiltons Patrick Hamilton in its sense of menace and place, conducting a kind of séance with that bombed-out but brassy London of the war-torn 1940s. On each page you can practically smell the cheap scent, powder, Brilliantine, and black-market whiskey.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Travis Elborough, author of London Bridge in America and The Long Player Goodbye","OtherText_Review_4":"I love Cathi Unsworth's writing. Based on two true crimes in war-torn London, Without the Moon is totally gripping. I couldn't put it down and can't recommend this book enough. Read it!","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Martina Cole, author of The Take","OtherText_Review_5":"“Without the Moon is a tense and eerie thriller set during the Blitz. It is full of atmosphere and suspense with an engaging cast of characters, especially DCI Edward Greenaway. I hope he returns again soon.”","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Peter Robinson","OtherText_Review_6":"a terrific mood piece and a fine wartime thriller","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Bill Ott","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_7":"Cathi Unsworth is a British crime writer who's not as well known in the U.S., says Mysterious Bookshop employee Steve Viola — but she should be. And Without the Moon, published in the U.K. last year and newly released here, is a terrific place to start. This noir book is based on a series of true crimes, including four murders perpetrated by the so-called Blackout Ripper, that took place during the 1942 Blitz and blackouts in London. With this material for a foundation, Unsworth puts her fictional Detective Chief Inspector Edward Greenaway of Scotland Yard in charge of the investigations, which grow to include a fifth murder by a copycat killer (also drawn from real life). Throughout, Greenaway must navigate the bombed city's nighttime underworld of criminals and other unsavories. \"Her sense of period really captures London during the war, and the characters are interesting,\" says Viola. \"It's a wonderful read.\"","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"The Week","OtherText_Review_8":"…[an] eerie new thriller further cements her reputation as Britain’s Queen of Noir…elegantly crafted.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Postmedia News Network","OtherText_Review_9":"Here’s another English crime writer (and ex-journalist) arriving to show how it’s done — “it’’ being the creation of a compellingly readable, not-a-word-wasted, vividly atmospheric novel that, as the Brits are apt to do, sets another high bar….Shifting among perspectives to keep the tale leaping smartly, and translating the senses — seeing, hearing, touching, smelling — from writer to reader, she shapes reason, passion, and a great many facts into a fiction that feels utterly true.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"London Free Press","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Based on real events, Without the Moon is an atmospheric and evocative historical crime novel set In London during the long, dark days of the Blitz.","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2016-07-02","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Based on real events, Without the Moon is an atmospheric and evocative historical crime novel set In London during the long, dark days of the Blitz."}
Without the Moon
Based on real events, Without the Moon is an atmospheric and evocative historical crime novel set In London during the long, dark days of the Blitz.
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{"id":6582771056699,"title":"The Water Rat of Wanchai","handle":"the-water-rat-of-wanchai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel \u003cbr\u003e \n A CBC Bookie Award: Mystery and Thriller, Finalist \u003cbr\u003e\n A Quill \u0026amp; Quire Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\n An Amazon.ca Editors’ Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \n \u003cp\u003eAva Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who works for an elderly Hong Kong–based “Uncle,” who may or may not have ties to the Triads. At 115 lbs., she hardly seems a threat. But her razorsharp intellect and resourcefulness allows her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Water Rat of Wanchai\u003c\/em\u003e, Ava travels across continents to track $5 million owed by a seafood company. But it’s in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a huge hulk of a man and godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, he decides he wants a piece of Ava’s $5 million action and will do whatever it takes to get his fair share…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:17:18-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:17:18-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult LGBTQ+","An Ava Lee Novel","Book Club Pick","By (author) Hamilton Ian","pub date: 2011-02-19","Spiderline","Thrillers \u0026 Mystery"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39403480678459,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887843358","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Water Rat of Wanchai - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887843358","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39414070083643,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897953","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Water Rat of Wanchai - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897953","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31fc77b0-57c2-4a20-a646-2d627a68d7f5.jpg?v=1723951342"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31fc77b0-57c2-4a20-a646-2d627a68d7f5.jpg?v=1723951342","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24743113392187,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":2417,"width":1584,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31fc77b0-57c2-4a20-a646-2d627a68d7f5.jpg?v=1723951342"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":2417,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31fc77b0-57c2-4a20-a646-2d627a68d7f5.jpg?v=1723951342","width":1584}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel \u003cbr\u003e \n A CBC Bookie Award: Mystery and Thriller, Finalist \u003cbr\u003e\n A Quill \u0026amp; Quire Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\n An Amazon.ca Editors’ Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \n \u003cp\u003eAva Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who works for an elderly Hong Kong–based “Uncle,” who may or may not have ties to the Triads. At 115 lbs., she hardly seems a threat. But her razorsharp intellect and resourcefulness allows her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Water Rat of Wanchai\u003c\/em\u003e, Ava travels across continents to track $5 million owed by a seafood company. But it’s in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a huge hulk of a man and godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, he decides he wants a piece of Ava’s $5 million action and will do whatever it takes to get his fair share…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487007195","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781770890480","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781770890633","BASICMainSubject":"FIC022040","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION \/ Mystery \u0026 Detective \/ Women Sleuths","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIAN HAMILTON\u003c\/strong\u003e is the acclaimed author of sixteen books in the Ava Lee series, four in the Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung series, and the standalone novel \u003cem\u003eBonnie Jack\u003c\/em\u003e. National bestsellers, his books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Award (formerly the Arthur Ellis Award), the Barry Award, and the Lambda Literary Prize. BBC Culture named him one of the ten mystery\/crime writers who should be on your bookshelf. 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[. . .] I look forward to the next one.","OtherText_Review_0":". . . a book about a forensic accountant that has tension, suspense and action. [. . .] When the central character looks like Lucy Liu, kicks like Jackie Chan and has a travel budget like Donald Trump, the story is anything but boring. [. . .] I look forward to the next one.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Anne Sutherland","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_1":". . . one of the most engaging female leads I've had the pleasure of reading about in quite a while . . . an absolute page-turner that's difficult to put down.","OtherText_Review_10":"\"The Water Rat of Wanchai is a solid and exciting read and a great start to the series.\"","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Editorial Eyes","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Scott Stewart","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Inside Halton","OtherText_Review_2":"Ava is unbeatable at just about everything. Just wait for her to roll out her bak mei against the bad guys. She's perfect. She's fast.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Jack Batten","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_3":"If the other novels are half as good as this debut by Ian Hamilton, then readers are going to celebrate. [. . .] This is a terrific story that's certain to be on the Arthur Ellis Best First Novel list this year. Even better news is that the next three novels in the series are already written and ready to print. Ava Lee is going to be chasing the accounts for a long, long time.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Margaret Cannon","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"In the age of Lisbeth Salander, it's not hard to see why Hamilton's jet-setting heroine is so appealing.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Kevin Chong","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_5":"Readers will discern in Ava undertones of Lisbeth Salandar, the ferocious protagonist of the late Stieg Larsson's crime novels . . . irresistible . . .","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Joan Barfoot","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"London Free Press","OtherText_Review_6":"The Water Rat of Wanchai delivers . . . [it] feels like the beginning of a crime-fighting saga . . . [a] great story told with colour, energy and unexpected punch.","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Don Graves","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Hamilton Spectator","OtherText_Review_7":". . . enjoyable . . . [Ian Hamilton] creates a terrific atmosphere of suspense.","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Sarah Weinman","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_8":"Few heroines are as feisty as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Lisbeth Salander, but Ian Hamilton’s Ava Lee could give her a run for her money . . . Gripping . . . 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The Water Rat of Wanchai
In the first book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar.
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Wabusk Outside the Wire / Nanook Looking In
Joseph Boyden's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.
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Travels Through the Golden State
A look at Southern California at a time when the United States is riven with debates about immigration, guns, and an economic crisis.
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It's clever, devious, and driven, and twists the reader inside out until it reaches a terrific ending. What a great start to a writing career for Melanie Raabe.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3":"This German journalist has come up with a superb psychological thriller with a storyline that will have you hooked. 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A genuinely gripping debut: I had to keep reading until I was finished!","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Debbie Howells, author of The Bones of You","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The Trap follows the reclusive novelist Linda Conrads who sets out to trap the man she believes murdered her sister using her latest novel.","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2016-05-28","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"The Trap follows the reclusive novelist Linda Conrads who sets out to trap the man she believes murdered her sister using her latest novel."}
The Trap
The Trap follows the reclusive novelist Linda Conrads who sets out to trap the man she believes murdered her sister using her latest novel.
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Torngat Sketches
Sarah Leavitt's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.
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Torngat Mountains, A New Waiver
Noah Richler's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.
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To Sweep the Light
A new short story by award-winning author Pasha Malla.
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Three Days
A new short story from 2012 Scotiabank-Giller Prize finalist Russell Wangersky.
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This Book is Broken
A spectacular oral and visual history of altrock phenomenon, Broken Social Scene.
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But the word for his new essays is audacious. They undertake a critique of America’s 400-year march to world empire measured by the things America has lost along the way. The reviewer can neither affirm nor deny Grant’s dark perceptions, only marvel at their power.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Maclean’s","OtherText_Review_1":"No Canadian has written with such a sweeping insight on this subject before. Grant’s is a moving plea, evocative, passionate, and deeply human. It sounds those hidden chords in all of us that could atheists religious and socialists conservative, and have them discover that against the common condition, their own divisions are insignificant.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Canadian Forum","OtherText_Review_2":"An outstanding attempt to deal with the problem of North American values … Grant’s great and brooding presence dominates the book, a massive seer pointing out the aridity of the mainstream of Western intellectual life since Bacon.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Varsity Review","OtherText_Review_3":"To understand this agonized and grandly argued book is difficult; to do so is deeply disturbing, for its pessimism is reasoned and all but complete. But not to try to understand it is to shy away from an attempt to understand our times.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Brilliant analysis of the implications of technology-driven globalization on everyday life from one of Canada's most influential philosophers.","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"1991-06-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Brilliant analysis of the implications of technology-driven globalization on everyday life from one of Canada's most influential philosophers."}
Technology and Empire
Brilliant analysis of the implications of technology-driven globalization on everyday life from one of Canada's most influential philosophers.
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Calling some equipment a piece of shit is often a necessary rite of passage when I join a new team.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when I discovered that other scientists have been taking swearing seriously for a long time – and that I’m not the only person who finds judicious profanity useful – I was fucking delighted! I first began to realise there was more to swearing than a bit of banter or blasphemy when I happened to read a study that involved 67 volunteers, a bucket of ice water, a swear word and a stopwatch. I was working in a neuroscience lab at the time and that study changed the course of my research. It set me on a quest to study swearing: why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor example, I’m definitely not the only person who uses swearing as a way of fitting in at work. Research shows that swearing can help build teams in the work place. From the factory floor to the operating theatre, scientists have shown that teams who share the same lexicon of swearing tend to work more effectively together, feel closer, and be more productive than those that don’t. These same studies show that managing stress in the same way that we manage pain – with a fucking good swear – is more effective than any number of team building exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwearing has also helped to develop the field of neuroscience. By providing us with a useful emotional barometer, swearing has been used as a research tool for over 150 years. It has helped us to discover some fascinating things about the structure of the human brain, such as its division into left and right hemispheres, and the role of cerebral structures like the amygdala in the regulation of emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwearing has taught us a great deal about our minds, too. We know that people who learn a second language often find it less stressful to swear in their adopted tongue, which gives us an idea of the childhood developmental stages at which we learn emotions and taboos. Swearing also makes the heart beat faster, and primes us to think aggressive thoughts while, paradoxically, making us less likely to be physically violent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd swearing is a surprisingly flexible part of our linguistic repertoire. It re-invents itself from generation to generation as taboos shift. Profanity has even become part of the way we express positive feelings – we know that football fans use ‘fuck’ just as frequently when they’re happy as when they are angry or frustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat last finding is one of my own. With colleagues at City University, London, I’ve studied thousands of football fans and their bad language during big games. 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Swearing Is Good For You
In the vein of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat comes a fascinating and fun look at the new science of bad language.
