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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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to 5
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to K
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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Climate Change Revised Edition
This authoritative book addresses the key questions surrounding the important issue of climate change, featuring the most recent scientific findings.
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{"id":6816230408251,"title":"Under the Keel","handle":"under-the-keel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe brilliant new collection from Michael Crummey, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGalore\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n \u003cp\u003eMichael Crummey’s first collection in a decade has something for everyone: Love and marriage and airport grief; how not to get laid in a Newfoundland mining town; total immersion baptism; the grand machinery of decay; migrant music and invisible crowns and mortifying engagements with babysitters; the transcendent properties of home brew. Whether charting the merciless complications of childhood, or the unpredictable consolations of middle age, these are poems of magic and ruin. \u003cem\u003eUnder the Keel\u003c\/em\u003e affirms Crummey’s place as one of our necessary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T16:28:17-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T14:37:59-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","Adult Starred Reviews","By (author) Crummey Michael","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2013-03-23"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"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":40213757395003,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892699","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Under the Keel - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892699","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3b02fb99-f6c9-48a7-845d-8a1647b19be2.jpg?v=1653882487"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3b02fb99-f6c9-48a7-845d-8a1647b19be2.jpg?v=1653882487","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22140939141179,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.654,"height":612,"width":400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3b02fb99-f6c9-48a7-845d-8a1647b19be2.jpg?v=1653882487"},"aspect_ratio":0.654,"height":612,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3b02fb99-f6c9-48a7-845d-8a1647b19be2.jpg?v=1653882487","width":400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe brilliant new collection from Michael Crummey, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGalore\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n \u003cp\u003eMichael Crummey’s first collection in a decade has something for everyone: Love and marriage and airport grief; how not to get laid in a Newfoundland mining town; total immersion baptism; the grand machinery of decay; migrant music and invisible crowns and mortifying engagements with babysitters; the transcendent properties of home brew. Whether charting the merciless complications of childhood, or the unpredictable consolations of middle age, these are poems of magic and ruin. \u003cem\u003eUnder the Keel\u003c\/em\u003e affirms Crummey’s place as one of our necessary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Under the Keel
A brilliant collection from Michael Crummey, bestselling author of Galore.
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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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The Scottish Banker of Surabaya
The fifth installment in the popular Ava Lee series, The Scottish Banker of Surabaya exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.
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Ghost Train
The story of a young Chinese girl who arrives in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway.
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The Legacy of Grazia dei Rossi
A chronicle of the fate of Danilo, and his forbidden love affair with Princess Saida, the Sultan’s beloved daughter set in sixteenth-century Istanbul.
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The House That Jack Built
First book in the crime series featuring Lars Winkler: loner, dad, former squatter, and drug addict — and the most dedicated detective in Copenhagen.
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The Amazing Travels of Ibn Battuta
The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time.
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Nothing for You Here, Young Man
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