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Bill Gaston's classic hockey novel is a triumphant blend of mordant humour and heartbreak.
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{"id":6818365538363,"title":"The Munk Debates","handle":"the-munk-debates","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Munk Debates is Canada's premier international debate series, a highly anticipated cultural event and feast of ideas. Launched in 2008 by philanthropists Peter and Melanie Munk, these debates bring together some of the world's greatest thinkers to discuss the most pressing political, social, and cultural issues that are shaping the course of world events. 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A timely and provocative exploration of major political, social, and cultural issues in the form of debates by the world's leading thinkers.
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{"id":6818231910459,"title":"Methodist Hatchet","handle":"methodist-hatchet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Trillium Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarooned in the shiftless, unnamed space between a map of the world and a world of false maps, the poems in \u003cem\u003eMethodist Hatchet\u003c\/em\u003e cling to what’s necessary from each, while attempting to sing their own bewilderment. Carolinian forest echoes back as construction cranes in an urban skyline. Second Life returns as wildlife, as childhood. Even the poem itself -- the idea of a poem -- as a unit of understanding is shadowed by a great unknowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFearless in its language, its trajectories and frames of reference, \u003cem\u003eMethodist Hatchet\u003c\/em\u003e gazes upon the objects of its attention until they rattle and exude their auras of strangeness. It is this strangeness, this mysterious stillness, that is the big heart of Ken Babstock’s playful, fierce, intelligent book.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-29T12:27:08-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-29T10:55:06-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Poetry","By (author) Babstock Ken","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2011-04-30"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":2295,"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":40228976492603,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887842931","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Methodist Hatchet - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":150,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887842931","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40228987797563,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770891586","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Methodist Hatchet - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770891586","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40228991074363,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770896932","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Methodist Hatchet - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770896932","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_56a3cc0f-5e96-414d-909f-14f43107ba74.jpg?v=1678597486"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_56a3cc0f-5e96-414d-909f-14f43107ba74.jpg?v=1678597486","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324516417595,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_56a3cc0f-5e96-414d-909f-14f43107ba74.jpg?v=1678597486"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_56a3cc0f-5e96-414d-909f-14f43107ba74.jpg?v=1678597486","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Trillium Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarooned in the shiftless, unnamed space between a map of the world and a world of false maps, the poems in \u003cem\u003eMethodist Hatchet\u003c\/em\u003e cling to what’s necessary from each, while attempting to sing their own bewilderment. Carolinian forest echoes back as construction cranes in an urban skyline. Second Life returns as wildlife, as childhood. Even the poem itself -- the idea of a poem -- as a unit of understanding is shadowed by a great unknowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFearless in its language, its trajectories and frames of reference, \u003cem\u003eMethodist Hatchet\u003c\/em\u003e gazes upon the objects of its attention until they rattle and exude their auras of strangeness. It is this strangeness, this mysterious stillness, that is the big heart of Ken Babstock’s playful, fierce, intelligent book.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Methodist Hatchet
The exhilarating fourth collection from one of Canada’s most talented poets, Governor General’s Literary Award winner Ken Babstock.
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Does the 21st Century Belong to China?
A Munk Debate on the key geopolitical issue of the century: the rise of China.
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North America’s Lost Decade?
The eighth semi-annual Munk Debate asks will North America rebound from economic stagnation, or is the future more uncertain than ever?
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Thrifty Gardening
Gardener extraordinaire Marjorie Harris gives you the best tips and trade secrets on creating that perfect natural oasis the thrifty way.
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Somewhere Over the Sea
A beautifully written and deeply intimate work of literary nonfiction that conveys the profound love of one father for his autistic son.
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Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons?
The tenth edition of the Munk Debates discusses if the world can tolerate an Iran with nuclear weapons?
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Bone and Bread
A heady, powerfully emotional novel that is part family saga, part love story, and part mystery.
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Should We Tax the Rich More?
The eleventh semi-annual Munk Debate considers taxation — should the rich pay more?
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El Niño tracks the survival of one woman and a young, undocumented migrant as they journey through the no-man’s-land of a remote southwestern desert.
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For Tamara special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Sarah Lang's poetry collection For Tamara is limited to 50 copies.
