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Dr. Brinkley's Tower
Dr. Brinkley’s Tower is a sensational, passionate story of jealousy and greed set against the backdrop of Mexico in the 1930s.
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{"id":6817702805563,"title":"Doppler","handle":"doppler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year and Chapters\/Indigo Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in Scandinavia -- \u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who, after the death of his father, abandons his home, his family, his career, and the trappings of civilization for a makeshift tent in the woods where he adopts a moose-calf named Bongo. Or is it Bongo who adopts him? Together they devote themselves, with some surprising results, to the art of carefree living. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHilarious, touching, and poignant in equal measure -- you will read it with tear-stained cheeks and sore sides -- \u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e is also a deeply subversive novel and a strong criticism of modern consumer culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-28T16:54:27-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-28T14:20:23-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Anansi International","By (author) Loe Erlend","pub date: 2012-06-06"],"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":40220010577979,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770893009","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Doppler - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1995,"weight":245,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770893009","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220011888699,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770893016","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Doppler - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770893016","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220012183611,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770896130","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Doppler - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770896130","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_402f8d4f-f067-4675-ab1d-cedd88a8f52f.jpg?v=1678598296"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_402f8d4f-f067-4675-ab1d-cedd88a8f52f.jpg?v=1678598296","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324533063739,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.616,"height":2551,"width":1571,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_402f8d4f-f067-4675-ab1d-cedd88a8f52f.jpg?v=1678598296"},"aspect_ratio":0.616,"height":2551,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_402f8d4f-f067-4675-ab1d-cedd88a8f52f.jpg?v=1678598296","width":1571}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year and Chapters\/Indigo Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in Scandinavia -- \u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who, after the death of his father, abandons his home, his family, his career, and the trappings of civilization for a makeshift tent in the woods where he adopts a moose-calf named Bongo. Or is it Bongo who adopts him? Together they devote themselves, with some surprising results, to the art of carefree living. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHilarious, touching, and poignant in equal measure -- you will read it with tear-stained cheeks and sore sides -- \u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e is also a deeply subversive novel and a strong criticism of modern consumer culture.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Doppler
A bestseller in Scandinavia — Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose.
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{"id":6817704247355,"title":"Applesauce","handle":"applesauce","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominated for the Astrid Lindgren Prize and listed as one of the Best Children's Books of 2012 by Kirkus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJohnny's daddy has smooth cheeks, an apple in his throat and sounds like a mom when he sings in the bath. At other times a cactus grows out of his chin and his breath smells like cauliflower. At times he has warm hands and his fingers taste like applesauce. Other times his hands are cold and flash like lightning, and he becomes a thunder daddy. When this happens Johnny wants to find a new daddy, but he eventually realizes that thunder daddies don't last forever. 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Applesauce
A touching picture book about a boy's conflicted feelings for his father, from Belgium's illustrious children's book creator, Klaas Verplancke.
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Under the Keel
A brilliant collection from Michael Crummey, bestselling author of Galore.
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ages 9
and up
/ grades 4
and up
The Tiny Boy and Other Tales from Indonesia
A collection of beautifully illustrated Indonesian folktales. A fundrasier for IBBY Indonesia's Children in Crisis Project.
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ages 8
to 11
/ grades 4
to 6
The Spotted Dog Last Seen
While volunteering at a local graveyard, Derek discovers that solving a mystery from long ago will also help him put his own present-day fears to rest.
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The Servant
Faten’s happy life in her village comes to an abrupt end due to the civil war in Lebanon. An inspiring coming-of-age novel full of strength and hope.
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The Scottish Banker of Surabaya
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Structured as an imaginary science project, the varied pieces in this collection investigate the intersection of poetry and chemicals, specifically plastics, attempting to understand their essential role in culture. Through various procedures, constraints, and formal mutations, the poems express the repeating structures fundamental to plastic molecules as they appear in cultural and linguistic behaviours such as arguments, anxieties, and trends.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA wildly experimental and chemically reactive work, \u003cem\u003eThe Polymers\u003c\/em\u003e thrills and provokes. 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You’ll never look at the world of a poem — or the world itself — in the same way again.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Clelia Scala","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Open Book Toronto","OtherText_Review_1":"Between being amused at the interjections Dickinson makes into usually scientific conventions, forms and language, and being enthralled by the occasional breath-taking metaphorical leap that extends far deeper than the surface level lightness, I couldn’t put this book down once I’d opened it.","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Genevieve Robichaud","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Lemon Hound","OtherText_Review_2":"This is smart poetry, evasive poetry, deeply specific poetry and it is worth the challenge.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Lori Cayer","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Winnipeg Review","OtherText_Review_3":"...a must-read for chemists interested in the plastic limits of culture; for poets interested in the cultural limits of plastics; for environmentalists keen on linguistics; for lovers of the weirdly incongruous; and for all of us denizens of the not so distant future...","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Chris Hutchinson","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Gulf Coast","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The Polymers is a bold work from one of our most ambitious poetic minds.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeName_0":"Governor General's Literary Awards","PrizeYear_0":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2013-04-13","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"The Polymers is a bold work from one of our most ambitious poetic minds.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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The Polymers is a bold work from one of our most ambitious poetic minds.
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{"id":6816227262523,"title":"Should We Tax the Rich More?","handle":"should-we-tax-the-rich-more","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs middle-class incomes stagnate in advanced economies while the rich experience record income gains, the eleventh semi-annual Munk Debate pits wealth redistribution supporters Paul Krugman and George Papandreou against Newt Gingrich and Arthur Laffer to debate taxation — should the rich pay more?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFor some the answer is obvious: redistribute the wealth of the top income earners who have enjoyed, for almost a generation, the lion’s share of all income gains. Imposing higher taxes on the wealthy is the best way for countries such as Canada to reinvest in their social safety nets, education, and infrastructure while protecting the middle class. Others argue that anemic economic growth, not income inequality, is the real problem facing advanced countries. 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The eleventh semi-annual Munk Debate considers taxation — should the rich pay more?
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{"id":6816227360827,"title":"Roots: 40 Years of Style","handle":"roots-40-years-of-style","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo commemorate Roots Canada’s fortieth anniversary, \u003cem\u003eRoots: Forty Years of Style\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the company’s rich history and brings together a curated collection of the best and most visually arresting photographs from the Roots archive — many of which have never been seen before. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs one of Canada’s most iconic brand, Roots has a history that runs deep into the heart of this country. Founded in 1973 by Michael Budman and Don Green, with a goal of translating their affinity for the Canadian wilderness and sport into a distinctive and unique aesthetic, Roots is now an internationally renowned company synonymous with excellent design, workmanship, and innovative store concepts. 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Roots: 40 Years of Style
Published to commemorate Roots Canada’s fortieth anniversary, Roots: The First Forty Years of Style celebrates the company’s rich history.
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{"id":6816229294139,"title":"On Sal Mal Lane","handle":"on-sal-mal-lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of Reader's Digest Best Summer Reads (US).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war, Ru Freeman’s epic novel explores the lives of the diverse families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns on one another with the country on the brink of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the day the Herath family moves in, Sal Mal Lane is a quiet street, disturbed only by the cries of the children whose triumphs and tragedies sustain the families that live there. As each neighbour adapts to the newcomers in different ways, the children fill their days with cricket matches, romantic crushes, and small rivalries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the tides of civil war begin to turn towards the neighbourhood, their differences ignite in ways no one could have imagined. 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War defined my entire childhood and all but the last two years of my adult life. It was a time when neighbor turned against neighbor, schools were divided, friendships and romances broken off. A time when suspicions grew, movements were restricted, freedoms curtailed, and people’s rights were compromised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u2028\u2028\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the government of Sri Lanka in May 2009, I worked on an essay for a magazine about my experiences as a child growing up in Sri Lanka. The editor and I went back and forth several times, and during the process it became clear that the editor wanted a clearly delineated tale about villains and saints, uncomplicated by the nuances of my own, real experience. While I understood that American newspaper culture looked for black and white, the story I was writing was not so simple, and I needed to place it within fiction in order to allow it the necessary space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u2028\u2028\u003cp\u003eI wrote down seven hundred words about several very different families who lived on one lane, and sent it to one of my brothers. He happened to be online and we started chatting about what I had written. He reminded me of the riots, and what happened that day when we were very young and interpreted the world differently than we do now. It was the stuff of online chats, those half-sentences lacking punctuation, but right away I realized that this was exactly what I had been harkening toward. I didn’t want official statements and propaganda to be the only story heard. I wanted to give people a sense of who we once were, who we became, and how we all lost something that was worth fighting for in that shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u2028 \u2028\u003cp\u003eAs a political journalist I understand perfectly how easy it is to reinterpret or misinterpret anything that is said or done, how necessary it is to stay focused on a single message. When I write short political pieces, my opinions are always clear and, often, unforgiving. Fiction is the place where I look for the truth, because it allows for conversation. When I write fiction I am interested in engaging with readers. To see what they think, to hear what they have “taken” from the book, what I intended and what I did not. There is more truth to be had in a communal evocation of it than there is in single-person reportage. Fiction provides space for that.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eRu Freeman, author of \u003cem\u003eOn Sal Mal Lane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u2028 \u2028\u003cp\u003eWhile the war in Sri Lanka has ended, the work toward reconciliation is ongoing. People who live in Sri Lanka have the benefit of living as the people in this book live—in the midst of one another, all mixed up. This book is an attempt to lay down a bridge. To say, there is another side and it is safe to cross back and forth. With the publication of the book coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the war’s end, I feel there will be a chance to get this message out both to Sri Lankans and to an American audience: wars can and do end, peace is possible so long as there is acknowledgment of wrongdoing to be set beside the necessity of forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Lovingly written, historically rich and compassionate to all sides of the turmoil.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"…with prose both lingering and breathtaking – the children, even the lane’s bully who could have been different with just the occasional kindness, will charm you, tease you, play with you, and when they leave you, they’ll shatter your heart.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"BookDragon, book review blog produced by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC)","OtherText_Review_2":"By the time Freeman’s characters are finally tested, some found wanting, some proving to be caring neighbours after all, the reader is thoroughly invested in the fate of all the residents on Sal Mal Lane.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Joel Yanofsky","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_3":"Ru Freeman is a tender-hearted fireball.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Hope Mills","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Millions","OtherText_Review_4":"There is something positively Russian in the feel of this book – in its full-bodied evocation of domestic lives...which, beyond logic and any ability I might have to convey it, draw us in almost hypnotically.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Kathleen Byrne","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_5":"It is the Heraths, and especially their children — Suren, Rashmi, Nihil and little Devi — who are at the heart of this generous story…They are wondrous to behold, with their intelligence, imagination and innocence. I don’t know that I’ve seen children more opulently depicted in fiction since Dickens.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Cristina Garcia","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"The New York Times","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This epic novel explores the lives of the families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns to war.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2013-04-29","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"This epic novel explores the lives of the families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns to war.","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
On Sal Mal Lane
This epic novel explores the lives of the families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns to war.
