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{"id":6814253908027,"title":"Mermaids and Ikons","handle":"mermaids-and-ikons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward-winning poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwen explores her strongly personal responses to the landscape, culture, and people of Greece in this exquisitely written travel diary, which was originally published in 1978.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1978, beloved poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwen’s first work of nonfiction explores her strongly personal responses to a complex civilization. Partly written during a trip to Greece in 1971, MacEwen moves from the urban tumult of Athens to the radiant simplicity of an island in the Aegean. In this intimate and exquisitely written travel diary, she evokes the very spirit of Greece — the exuberance of the people, the sun-drenched landscape, and the shaping power of ancient traditions and myths in modern Mediterranean life.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T09:40:26-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-23T13:24:56-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A List","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) MacEwen Gwendolyn","Feminist Reads","Introduction by Sullivan Rosemary","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2017-08-26"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1495,"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":40206683701307,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487002633","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mermaids and Ikons - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":140,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487002633","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40206701297723,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487002640","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mermaids and Ikons - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487002640","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40206702215227,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487002657","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mermaids and Ikons - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487002657","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d0ca20b7-460e-4707-8902-15541163d5af.jpg?v=1655624294"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d0ca20b7-460e-4707-8902-15541163d5af.jpg?v=1655624294","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243414835259,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d0ca20b7-460e-4707-8902-15541163d5af.jpg?v=1655624294"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d0ca20b7-460e-4707-8902-15541163d5af.jpg?v=1655624294","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward-winning poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwen explores her strongly personal responses to the landscape, culture, and people of Greece in this exquisitely written travel diary, which was originally published in 1978.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1978, beloved poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwen’s first work of nonfiction explores her strongly personal responses to a complex civilization. Partly written during a trip to Greece in 1971, MacEwen moves from the urban tumult of Athens to the radiant simplicity of an island in the Aegean. In this intimate and exquisitely written travel diary, she evokes the very spirit of Greece — the exuberance of the people, the sun-drenched landscape, and the shaping power of ancient traditions and myths in modern Mediterranean life.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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And what is this unearthly being?’","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Margaret Atwood","OtherText_Accolades_1":"Gwendolyn MacEwen seemed to many an exotic and mesmerizing presence. In less than twenty-six years she published twenty books and became with Margaret Atwood the most celebrated poet of her day.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Rosemary Sullivan, The Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe A List edition will feature an introduction by Rosemary Sullivan, author of \u003cem\u003eStalin’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThis A List edition coincides with both the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation and the 50th anniversary of House of Anansi Press.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eThe windows of the night train revealed a landscape almost lunar in its starkness. 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Mermaids and Ikons
Beloved poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwen’s first work of nonfiction in a handsome A List edition.
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{"id":6660407492667,"title":"No Stars in the Sky","handle":"no-stars-in-the-sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Profoundly moving and beautifully written . . . each story is its own universe that transports the reader through the characters’ joy and pain.” — Amy Stuart \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe nineteen stories in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e feature strong but damaged female characters in crisis. Tormented by personal conflicts and oppressive regimes that treat the female body like a trophy of war, the women in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e face life-altering circumstances that either shatter or make them stronger, albeit at a very high price. True to her Latin American roots, Bátiz shines a light on the crises that concern her most: the plight of migrant children along the Mexico–U.S. border, the tragedy of the disappeared in Mexico and Argentina, and the generalized racial and domestic violence that has turned life into a constant struggle for survival. With an unflinching hand, Bátiz explores the breadth of the human condition to expose silent tragedies too often ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-27T09:39:21-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-21T10:09:18-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult Short Stories","Astoria","By (author) Bátiz Martha","Feminist Reads","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2022-05-03"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"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":39645093101627,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010027","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"No Stars in the Sky - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":274,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010027","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39645094477883,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010034","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"No Stars in the Sky - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010034","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243508518971,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.786,"height":2100,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473"},"aspect_ratio":0.786,"height":2100,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Profoundly moving and beautifully written . . . each story is its own universe that transports the reader through the characters’ joy and pain.” — Amy Stuart \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe nineteen stories in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e feature strong but damaged female characters in crisis. Tormented by personal conflicts and oppressive regimes that treat the female body like a trophy of war, the women in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e face life-altering circumstances that either shatter or make them stronger, albeit at a very high price. True to her Latin American roots, Bátiz shines a light on the crises that concern her most: the plight of migrant children along the Mexico–U.S. border, the tragedy of the disappeared in Mexico and Argentina, and the generalized racial and domestic violence that has turned life into a constant struggle for survival. With an unflinching hand, Bátiz explores the breadth of the human condition to expose silent tragedies too often ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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In these stories, Latin American women scramble with courage and stamina to persevere in the face of violence, illegal incarceration, abandonment, migration, solitude, and ruptured relationships. Bátiz’s prose is raw, honest, and immediate. To appreciate its beauty, one has only to take in the opening sentence to the story ‘Uncle Ko’s One Thousand Lives’: ‘When no one expected his return anymore, when almost everyone believed he must be dead, he appeared out of nowhere at our door.’\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes, The Illegal, and Beatrice and Croc Harry","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003eProfoundly moving and beautifully written, Martha Bátiz’s \u003cem \u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e spans different countries and timelines but always circles back to keen observances of the human experience. With a writing style so gorgeous and spare, Bátiz has a remarkable capacity to draw out moments both significant and small, to find the deepest meaning in little snippets of time. Each story is its own universe that transports the reader through the characters’ joy and pain, turmoil and resilience, from the hills of inland Mexico to the streetcars of Toronto and beyond. A brilliant collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Amy Stuart, author of Still Mine, Still Water, and Still Here","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003eThese are stories for the twenty-first century. Their geography is as vast as their violence. Bátiz has a powerful gift for empathy, entering the mind of a disappeared boy in Argentina, a fourteen-year-old girl exploited at the US\/ Mexico border, and female asylum seekers sharing their grief. The power of these stories comes from the writer’s understanding of the politics of exploitation and her refusal to look away.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Rosemary Sullivan, author of Stalin's Daughter and The Betrayal of Anne Frank","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully written, masterfully crafted collection that explores the trauma of loss. Its vivid characters stayed with me long after I finished the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003eBrimming with unforgettable characters who find themselves in unimaginable circumstances \u003cem \u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e shines with brilliance and will leave you breathless. Bátiz’s prose sparkles against the dark background of heartbreaking choices and harsh realities, and lights up the senses. This book is meant to be read slowly and savoured.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Christina Kilbourne, author of Safe Harbour and The Limitless Sky","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem \u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, Martha Bátiz travels across countries and cultures with confidence, humour, and an ear for the musicality of language. Her stories, both beautiful and terrifying, deal with loss, depression, injustice, and the need to love and be loved. A refreshing collection written by an author in full control of her literary style.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Pura López-Colomé, author of Speaking in Song and Borrosa Imago Mundi","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA Mexican Canadian author, Bátiz is an authentic voice telling nuanced and layered Hispanic stories filled with multidimensional characters.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eHer stories shine a light on crises such as the plight of migrant children along the Mexico–U.S. border, the tragedy of the disappeared in Mexico and Argentina, and generalized racial and domestic violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eThis incisive and evocative collection of stories feature strong and resilient women faced with violence, disappearance and tragedies that all too often remain unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Ms. Magazine","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Ms. Magazine","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new collection of hard-hitting and intimate stories by award-winning Mexican Canadian author Martha Bátiz.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2022-05-03","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A new collection of hard-hitting and intimate stories by award-winning Mexican Canadian author Martha Bátiz.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
No Stars in the Sky
A new collection of hard-hitting and intimate stories by award-winning Mexican Canadian author Martha Bátiz.
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It is heartening to see essential tools (such as the “Will to Intervene”) being offered up in practical and meaningful ways, when so many have turned their back on them, and so, on our responsibilities as global citizens.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Roméo A. Dallaire","OtherText_Accolades_1":"Beyond Payam Akhavan's impressive professional and academic distinctions as a former UN prosecutor lies a deep and enduring dedication to the pursuit of justice on the international stage. In Search of a Better World is a revelation of the some of the darkest moments of the world’s recent history and a vital and enduring odyssey of hope for the future. An essential work on the human rights struggles of our times.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran","OtherText_Accolades_2":"Payam Akhavan has produced a remarkable work — a unique combination of fascinating biography, moving descriptions of human suffering inflicted by malicious war criminals, and recognition of the resilience, courage, and dignity of so many of the victims. This book will be appreciated by all who understand and reject the evils of irrational discrimination and applaud the efforts of those determined to end it.","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Justice Richard J. Goldstone","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePayam Akhavan is a highly sought after expert on human rights law. He is a go-to expert for commentary and is perfectly poised to write about and comment on ongoing human rights struggles.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe author has international contacts, having had academic postings at Oxford, University of Paris, European University Institute, and Yale Law School. He has also been featured on the BBC and in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003ePrevious Massey Lectures have received coverage in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e, and on NPR.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe lecture and book will receive a national tour and promotion through national media. The Massey Lectures airs on three select U.S. stations: KUOW Seattle, WBEZ Chicago, MPBN Maine.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003ePerfect for those interested in international law and global human rights issues. Also, the Massey Lectures work well in the institutional and IB markets.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Search of a Better World\u003c\/em\u003e will be available on NetGalley and Edelweiss.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Such an illustrious career, played out against the backdrop of some of humanity’s darkest moments, makes for a revelatory, heartbreaking, and often challenging narrative.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"[Akhavan’s] standing as the 2017 Massey Lecturer [is] not only deserved but overdue. The lecture’s companion book, In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey is more than a treatise on rights: it’s also effectively an autobiography, showing how a crusade with global implications had its roots in personal experience.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"An essential analysis of the major human rights struggles of our times by an internationally renowned human rights lawyer and former UN prosecutor.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2017-09-09","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The CBC Massey Lectures","ShortDescription":"An essential analysis of the major human rights struggles of our times by an internationally renowned human rights lawyer and former UN prosecutor.","Subtitle":"A Human Rights Odyssey","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
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An essential analysis of the major human rights struggles of our times by an internationally renowned human rights lawyer and former UN prosecutor.
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I will walk differently through our world after reading this book, paying attention to what is alive, which, if you look closely, Blackie shows us, is absolutely everything.\"","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Emily Urquhart, author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\"A new Sharon Blackie is always a cause for celebration.\"","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Melissa Harrison, author of Clay and At Hawthorn Time","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\"Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackie’s beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life.\"","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Clover Stroud, author of The Wild Other","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\"It’s inspiring, yes, but so much more than that — it’s empowering. Readers are encouraged to take action to live a life that is enchanted — filled with creativity and play and meaning and belonging. 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The Enchanted Life
A set of practical and grounded tools for enchanting our lives and the places we live, leading to a greater sense of meaning and belonging.
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Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing discusses personal freedom and responsibility in a world prone inherited structures of unquestioned belief.
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We Want What We Want
Thirteen glittering and darkly funny stories of people testing boundaries, from two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Alix Ohlin.
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Owlish
With your face covered, sneaking into a city you thought you knew, are you still yourself? Or have you crossed to another world, where the streets are unpredictable and the people strangers, where you might at any moment run into some unknown dream version of yourself?
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ages 7
to 10
/ grades 2
to 5
Forever Truffle
A new graphic novel from Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, co-creators of Jane, the Fox and Me and Louis Undercover.
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The Malaise of Modernity
In his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, philosopher Charles Taylor elucidates the modern concept of self-fulfilment.
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Malaika’s Costume
Malaika’s mother can’t buy her a carnival costume — will she still be able to dance in the parade?
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ages 2
to 5
/ grades P
to K
Good Morning, Sam
In this vibrant and humorous book in the Stella and Sam series, Sam gets the last laugh on his big sister.
