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Trembling River
From internationally acclaimed crime writer Andrée A. Michaud, a beguiling story of trauma and lost innocence.
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One More Mountain
It’s 2021, and the Taliban have retaken power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.
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Steve met the real-life Kanella when he spent a month in 2015 volunteering at a refugee camp on Lesbos.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eSteve’s adult memoir about his time in Lesbos is also being released in Fall 2020, to be published by Biblioasis. Always an in-demand presenter, he will be able to do double-duty at writers’ festivals in the fall, as well as participating in the accompanying school-visits programs.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eThis book has been written for an early chapter book readership, but it will also be of interest as an ESL text for older readers.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eAn author’s note outlines Steve’s personal connection to the story and a brief summary of the situation in Lesbos. 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Get it. Read it. 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The Stray and the Strangers
Based on a true story, a stray dog befriends an orphan boy in a refugee camp on a Greek island.
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O Cidadan
Moure's candid, passionate poetry explores the ways we might rethink nation and community.
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Democracy on Trial
In her 1993 CBC Massey Lectures, political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain delves into complex issues to evaluate democracy's chances for survival.
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The Way of the Screenwriter
Amnon Buchbinder illuminates the path to mastery for aspiring screenwriters and lovers of the cinematic experience.
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The Rivers North of the Future
David Cayley compiles Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.
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The City of Words
In his 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned author Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at the rise of violent intolerance in our societies.
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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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Arctic Adventures
These stories, drawn from the lives of four Inuit artists, offer young readers a glimpse into this rich, remote culture, past and present.
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Mr. Siblin winds up mixing high and low musical forms, art and political histories, Bach's and Casals's individual stories and matters of arcane musicology into a single inquisitive volume.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"New York Times","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“...wade through and you will encounter a Bach who is not just a composing machine but a human being.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e“...fascinating...The Cello Suites is a satisfying and sustaining read. 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A fascinating story deftly told - and, for me at least, ideally read with Bach's thirty-six movements playing softly in the background: a recipe for literary rapture.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSimon Winchester\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Simon Winchester","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“[The Cello Suites is] a delightful whirlwind tour through two different ages of musical history...Siblin's research is remarkably comprehensive...and his prose is amiable, at times charming...As Siblin inevitably concludes, 'Every age reimagines Bach on its own terms.' We're lucky that we have a writer this skilful and creative to do the work.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Walrus","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Compelling and fascinating. As an historian, Eric Siblin does a good job describing both Bach's life and Pablo Casals' discovery of the Suites; it's spine-tingling stuff. This is quirky nonfiction that the reader really learns something from. You immediately want to go out and learn some more.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLynn Tompson, Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Lynn Tompson, Bookseller","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Eric Siblin's new book is at once a study of music, a work of history, and a passionate tribute...Meticulous in his research, Siblin makes convincing connections and offers possible answers to the questions surrounding the suites...If Siblin is correct that Bach is what you make of him, then The Cello Suites has made him, if possible, yet more legendary.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“In Siblin's world, Bach and Casals have real, beating hearts; these are not the fusty dead practitioners of a desiccated art form. Siblin's enthusiasm for his subject is boundless and, as a newbie in a foreign land, he brings an unstuffy freshness to the often staid world of classical music writing.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"New Statesman","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Siblin's book is well researched, and filled with enough anecdotes to engage even the classical-music aficionado...the book is best distinguished by its writing ...Read The Cello Suites - preferably with their melodious hum in the background - and you will never look at a cello in quite the same way again.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Economist","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Siblin maintains interest with writing that is accurate, colourful and personal. 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The Cello Suites
The #1 national bestselling work about the incredible story of one of the world's most beloved and haunting pieces of music.
