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{"id":6818229911611,"title":"The Deleted World","handle":"the-deleted-world","description":"\u003cp\u003eTomas Tranströmer -- the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature -- can be clearly recognized not just as Sweden's most important poet, but as a writer of international stature whose work speaks to us now with undiminished clarity and resonance. Long celebrated as a master of the arresting, suggestive image, Tranströmer is a poet of the liminal: his verse is drawn again and again to thresholds of light and of water, the boundaries between man and nature, wakefulness and dream. A deeply spiritual but secular writer, his skepticism about humanity is continually challenged by the implacable renewing power of the natural world. His poems are epiphanies rooted in experience: spare, luminous meditations that his extraordinary images split open -- exposing something sudden, mysterious, and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly translated by renowned Scottish poet Robin Robertson, the work collected in \u003cem\u003eThe Deleted World\u003c\/em\u003e span the breadth of Tranströmer’s career and provide a perfect introduction to the work of one of the world’s greatest living poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-29T12:26:55-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-29T10:51:30-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","Anansi International","By (author) Transtromer Tomas","pub date: 2011-12-09","Translated by Robertson Robin"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1695,"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":40228913741883,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770891982","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Deleted World - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1695,"weight":82,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770891982","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40228921802811,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770891999","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Deleted World - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770891999","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40228922884155,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770896048","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Deleted World - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770896048","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a3d10d09-913a-404d-aee5-39a5aea31867.jpg?v=1678598285"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a3d10d09-913a-404d-aee5-39a5aea31867.jpg?v=1678598285","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324532801595,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.665,"height":2482,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a3d10d09-913a-404d-aee5-39a5aea31867.jpg?v=1678598285"},"aspect_ratio":0.665,"height":2482,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a3d10d09-913a-404d-aee5-39a5aea31867.jpg?v=1678598285","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eTomas Tranströmer -- the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature -- can be clearly recognized not just as Sweden's most important poet, but as a writer of international stature whose work speaks to us now with undiminished clarity and resonance. Long celebrated as a master of the arresting, suggestive image, Tranströmer is a poet of the liminal: his verse is drawn again and again to thresholds of light and of water, the boundaries between man and nature, wakefulness and dream. A deeply spiritual but secular writer, his skepticism about humanity is continually challenged by the implacable renewing power of the natural world. His poems are epiphanies rooted in experience: spare, luminous meditations that his extraordinary images split open -- exposing something sudden, mysterious, and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly translated by renowned Scottish poet Robin Robertson, the work collected in \u003cem\u003eThe Deleted World\u003c\/em\u003e span the breadth of Tranströmer’s career and provide a perfect introduction to the work of one of the world’s greatest living poets.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Deleted World
A brilliant selection of poems by Nobel prize winner Tomas Tranströmer, translated from the Swedish by renowned Scottish poet Robin Robertson.
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{"id":6818230435899,"title":"Sita's Ramayana","handle":"sitas-ramayana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn American Library Association 2012 Notable Children's Book and a USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ramayana\u003c\/em\u003e -- one of the great legends of ancient India -- is presented here in the form of a visually stunning and gripping graphic novel. Told from the perspective of the queen, Sita, it explores ideas of right vs. wrong, compassion, loyalty, trust, honor and the terrible price that war exacts from women, children, animals and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Sita, Rama and his brother are banished from their kingdom, Sita is captured by the arrogant King Ravana and imprisoned in a garden across the ocean. Ravana tries to convince Sita to be his wife, but she steadfastly refuses his advances. 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Sita's Ramayana
A beautifully illustrated feminist graphic-novel version of the story of Sita from the great Indian epic -- The Ramayana.
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{"id":6818232565819,"title":"Banjo of Destiny","handle":"banjo-of-destiny","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impressive young man: etiquette lessons, ballroom dancing, watercolor painting. And, of course, classical piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJeremiah complies, because he wants to please his parents. 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Banjo of Destiny
A funny, offbeat story about a kid who, against all odds, pursues an unexpected passion — to play the banjo.
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The Red Pole of Macau
Ava is called upon to protect her family's future in Hong Kong's dark and deadly world of organized crime in the fourth book in the Ava Lee series.
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Testament
The latest collection from poetry legend Dennis Lee, and the final book in a trilogy that includes Un (Anansi, 2003) and Yesno (Anansi, 2007).
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Stephen and the Beetle
A small boy's encounter with a beetle could have drastic consequences in this simple fable, with strikingly original art.
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Signs and Wonders
From a talented young writer comes sixteen stories about the the connections between us all.
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This authoritative book addresses the key questions surrounding the important issue of climate change, featuring the most recent scientific findings.
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The Truth About Luck
Iain Reid takes his ninety-two-year-old grandmother on a hilarious and heartwarming "staycation" in this delightful and charming comic memoir.
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Roch Carrier's La Guerre Trilogy
Roch Carrier’s La Guerre trilogy is a vital, moving, and assured portrait of life in Quebec, and one of the major achievements in Quebec literature.
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Fagan uses a gentle touch to explore several weighty issues - identity, being \"different,\" accepting change, bravery, friendship, and family - all while delivering comedy and adventure.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Jennifer Foden Wilson","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Danny finds himself stranded at the bottom of a giant construction hole, armed with nothing but his backpack, his wits, and a poetry-spouting mole …","PrizeCodeText_0":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"05","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeName_0":"Sakura Medal for English Chapter Books","PrizeName_1":"OLA Silver Birch Express Award","PrizeYear_0":"2014","PrizeYear_1":"2014","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2013-03-18","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Danny finds himself stranded at the bottom of a giant construction hole, armed with nothing but his backpack, his wits, and a poetry-spouting mole …","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554983124\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
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Danny, Who Fell in a Hole
Danny finds himself stranded at the bottom of a giant construction hole, armed with nothing but his backpack, his wits, and a poetry-spouting mole …
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Blue Future
Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it.
