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Dos conejos blancos
In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.
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Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The seventeenth semi-annual Munk Debates tackles whether humankind’s best days lie ahead.
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Box Kite special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Baziju's poetry collection Box Kite is limited to 50 copies.
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Xiphoid Process
Award-winning Kevin Connolly’s new collection extends its author’s investigation of identity, authority, intention, and authenticity.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Uncle Holland
From the international best-selling author of Sidewalk Flowers, a picture book about crime, punishment…and art.
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The Mosaic
A teenaged pacifist and a PTSD-afflicted Marine form an unexpected bond over a secret buried in a decommissioned nuclear missile silo.
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The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex
The Guy is planning a house party. The Girl is adjusting to life in a new country. The Artist and his Ex are trying to make ends meet for their baby.
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The Curiosity Cabinet
The pictorial memoir of children's book author and illustrator Ian Wallace.
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The Corpses of the Future
A powerful collection of poems by Lynn Crosbie that tells the story of her father’s battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness, following a stroke.
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Each year \u003cem\u003eThe Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e features the work of the extraordinary poets shortlisted for the awards and introduces us to some of the finest poems in their collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoyalties generated from The 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology will be donated to UNESCO’s World Poetry Day, which was created to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard in their communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlist announced: April 11, 2017\u003cbr\/\u003eReadings: June 7, 2017\u003cbr\/\u003ePrizes awarded: June 8, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487002329","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487002329\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"120","OtherText_Accolades_0":"I am very pleased to have been able to help with the inception of this important prize. Poetry is at the heart of language; it’s good to see it given the recognition it deserves.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Margaret Atwood","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“The world’s premier international poetry prize.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaclean’s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Maclean’s","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“The Griffin Poetry Prize is a rich tribute to an art form largely and stupidly ignored by the public . . . an annual report on the state of the poetry nation.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Already of the first calibre — a great shortlist, great judges, great trustees, great intent.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“The Olympics of poetry.” — \u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Fraser, \u003cem\u003eToronto Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Sylvia Fraser","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Toronto Life","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The highly anticipated annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2017-06-03","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology","ShortDescription":"The highly anticipated annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry.","Subtitle":"A Selection of the Shortlist","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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Spirit Bear
A classic work of Canadian nature and wildlife — updated and reissued with a new design and afterword by the author.
