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{"id":6817705787451,"title":"Pigeon English","handle":"pigeon-english","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Pigeon English is a triumph.\" -- Emma Donoghue, author of \u003cem\u003eRoom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and the 2011 Guardian First Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNewly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on an inner-city housing estate in London, England. The second-best runner in his grade, Harri races through his new life in his personalized trainers -- the Adidas stripes drawn on with black marker -- blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith equal fascination for the local gang -- the Dell Farm Crew --and the pigeon who visits his balcony, Harri absorbs the many strange elements that surround him: watching, listening, and learning the tricks of inner-city survival. 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But when a boy is knifed to death on the high street and a police appeal draws only silence, Harri decides to start a murder investigation of his own, unwittingly endangering the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA deeply funny, moving, and unforgettable story of innocence and experience, hope and harsh reality, \u003cem\u003ePigeon English\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding portrayal of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces around him that try to shape the way he falls.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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It paints a vivid portrait with honesty, sympathy and wit, of a much neglected milieu, and it addresses urgent social questions. It is horrifying, tender and funny. [. . .] Pigeon English will be read by millions.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Lewis Jones","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Telegraph","OtherText_Review_1":". . . exceptional . . . Opoku’s plight is both heart-warming and heartbreaking.","OtherText_Review_10":". . . an authentic and audacious first novel . . . It will be a while before the buzz about [Kelman] dies down.","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Lesley McDowell","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Scotsman","OtherText_Review_11":". . . a tour de force . . . Funny and poignant, Pigeon English is fired with an uncontainable spirit, a rare distillate of boyhood optimism and adult wisdom.","OtherText_Review_11_Auth":"Brian D. Johnson","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Maclean's","OtherText_Review_12":"Kelman has crafted a book that soars.","OtherText_Review_12_Auth":"Mary Jo Anderson","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Chronicle Herald","OtherText_Review_13":". . . engaging . . . Kelman's dead-on evocation of the horrors and freedoms of an inner-city childhood deserves attention.","OtherText_Review_13_Auth":"Benjamin Evans","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Telegraph","OtherText_Review_14":". . . chilling and charming . . . [Pigeon English is] a coming-of-age tale that feels achingly accurate.","OtherText_Review_14_Auth":"Rebecca Caldwell","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_15":"A violent and riveting coming of age story, Stephen Kelman's debut novel also contains well-timed moments of comedy, affecting family drama, and just enough hopefulness to dilute the setting's biting flavour of despair.","OtherText_Review_15_Auth":"Brett Joseph Grubisic","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_16":". . . something of a phenomenon . . .","OtherText_Review_16_Auth":"Michael D. Langan","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Buffalo News","OtherText_Review_17":"[Stephen Kelman] took a real-life knife murder of an immigrant boy a decade ago as his starting point, but the youth he created is distinctly and wonderfully his own.","OtherText_Review_17_Auth":"Jim Higgins","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel","OtherText_Review_18":". . . riveting . . .","OtherText_Review_18_Auth":"Yvonne Zipp","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"Christian Science Monitor","OtherText_Review_19":"... a topical novel with a great narrative voice ... the ending will crush you.","OtherText_Review_19_Auth":"Quentin Mills-Fenn","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Uptown Winnipeg","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Malcolm Jack","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The List","OtherText_Review_2":"Told with humour, despite the gritty subject matter and setting . . . Pigeon English charms its way into some hard places.","OtherText_Review_20":"Few writers nail a voice as well as Stephen Kelman does ...","OtherText_Review_20_Auth":"Julienne Isaacs","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Geez Magazine","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Adrian Turpin","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Financial Times","OtherText_Review_3":"Harrison Opoku, the 11-year-old Ghanaian boy who is the narrator of this very fine coming-of-age novel, may well be about to take his place among other well-loved children in literature. [. . .] To be moved to care this deeply for a fictional character is a rare experience.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Ursula Fuchs","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_4":"Kelman blends Ghanaian slang such as \"Asweh\" (\"I swear\") and \"hutious\" (\"frightening\") with familiar London-ese to fresher and funnier effect. [. . .] Pigeon English does an admirable job of revealing the frightened teenage boys behind gang members' tough facades.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Rachel Aspden","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_5":"Most novels aren’t as imaginative, gut-wrenching and powerful as Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman, and this one is Kelman’s first. It’s immediately engaging, and it doesn’t let go. [. . .] Pigeon English is an amazing novel. It’s a window on a world many of us will never experience (thankfully), and it is beautifully and intelligently written.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Candace Fertile","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Edmonton Journal","OtherText_Review_6":"Kelman has created an endearing character at once foreign yet familiar . . . Pigeon English is a mesmerizing tale of naïveté and discovery that has us rooting on the sidelines, hoping that Harri will triumph.","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Gina Roitman","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Rover Arts","OtherText_Review_7":"Pigeon English convincingly evokes life on the edge as lived by many British children today; the humour, the resilience, the sheer ebullience of its narrator -- a hero for our times -- should ensure the book becomes, deservedly, a classic.","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"John Harding","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Daily Mail","OtherText_Review_8":"Filled with energy, humour and compassion, Pigeon English is a gut-wrenchingly sad novel that makes you laugh out loud.","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Alex Clark","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_9":". . . a very impressive debut . . .","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Emily Donaldson","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Booker-shortlisted Pigeon English is an exciting story of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces that try to shape the way he falls.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_4":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"04","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeCode_4":"05","PrizeName_0":"Desmond Elliott Prize","PrizeName_1":"Man Booker Prize for Fiction","PrizeName_2":"Guardian First Book Award","PrizeName_3":"Toronto Star Reviewers' Top 100 Books","PrizeName_4":"IMPAC Dublin Literary Award","PrizeYear_0":"2011","PrizeYear_1":"2011","PrizeYear_2":"2011","PrizeYear_3":"2011","PrizeYear_4":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2011-03-12","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Booker-shortlisted Pigeon English is an exciting story of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces that try to shape the way he falls.","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
Pigeon English
Booker-shortlisted Pigeon English is an exciting story of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces that try to shape the way he falls.
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{"id":6817705263163,"title":"The Book for Dangerous Women","handle":"the-book-for-dangerous-women","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver wonder how to best dress your apple-shaped figure? Do you know the top twelve rules on how to properly (and discreetly) conduct an affair? \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a sly, elegant encyclopedia of practical wisdom by three women who know a bit about life and bring their myriad of experiences of bear on topics such as marriage, infidelity, motherhood, sex, fashion, friendship, work, and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n \u003cp\u003eMore than five hundred entries of safe advice show us how to get through life with a little grace and a lot of fun — from how to accept compliments to when to wear \"cami-knickers,\" to how to deal with ambivalence (toward lovers, friends, or foes), and why owning a cat and a fancy dress may be more fulfilling than sex. 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Do you know the top twelve rules on how to properly (and discreetly) conduct an affair? \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a sly, elegant encyclopedia of practical wisdom by three women who know a bit about life and bring their myriad of experiences of bear on topics such as marriage, infidelity, motherhood, sex, fashion, friendship, work, and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n \u003cp\u003eMore than five hundred entries of safe advice show us how to get through life with a little grace and a lot of fun — from how to accept compliments to when to wear \"cami-knickers,\" to how to deal with ambivalence (toward lovers, friends, or foes), and why owning a cat and a fancy dress may be more fulfilling than sex. Many entries include insights from the famed and infamous, such as Oscar Wilde, Coco Chanel, Mae West, Eve Ensler, Albert Camus, Anaïs Nin, and William Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n \u003cp\u003eWritten and compiled by three dangerously knowledgeable, absolutely fabulous, and mordantly witty women, \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-have guide for moments of crisis and a delectable compendium of humour and advice.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487000028","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487002992","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487003043","BASICMainSubject":"HUM012000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"HUMOR \/ Topic \/ Men, Women \u0026 Relationships","BiographicalNote":"Liz Hoggard is a columnist and interviewer for the \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e.","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"HUMOR \/ Topic \/ Men, Women \u0026amp; Relationships","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"REFERENCE \/ Personal \u0026amp; Practical Guides","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"BODY, MIND \u0026amp; SPIRIT \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"HUM012000","BISACSubject_1":"REF015000","BISACSubject_2":"OCC000000","ContributorBio_0":"Liz Hoggard is a columnist and interviewer for the \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e.","ContributorBio_1":"Sarah-Jane Lovett, is a Diarist for the \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e.","ContributorBio_2":"Clare Conville is a literary agent, who was listed by the \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the top 50 players in the world of books.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"By (author)","ContributorRole_2":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Hoggard, Liz","Contributor_1":"Lovett, Sarah-Jane","Contributor_2":"Conville, Clare","Description":"\u003cp\u003eEver wonder how to best dress your apple-shaped figure? Do you know the top twelve rules on how to properly (and discreetly) conduct an affair? \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a sly, elegant encyclopedia of practical wisdom by three women who know a bit about life and bring their myriad of experiences of bear on topics such as marriage, infidelity, motherhood, sex, fashion, friendship, work, and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n \u003cp\u003eMore than five hundred entries of safe advice show us how to get through life with a little grace and a lot of fun — from how to accept compliments to when to wear \"cami-knickers,\" to how to deal with ambivalence (toward lovers, friends, or foes), and why owning a cat and a fancy dress may be more fulfilling than sex. Many entries include insights from the famed and infamous, such as Oscar Wilde, Coco Chanel, Mae West, Eve Ensler, Albert Camus, Anaïs Nin, and William Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n \u003cp\u003eWritten and compiled by three dangerously knowledgeable, absolutely fabulous, and mordantly witty women, \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-have guide for moments of crisis and a delectable compendium of humour and advice.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770890169","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770890169\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.25","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Anansi International","MetaKeywords":"Topic; Relationships; General; Personal \u0026amp; Practical Guides; women writers","NumberOfPages":"336","OtherText_Review_0":"... [a] hilarious and helpful guide to modern womanhood ... [the authors] provide good advice, genuine insight, and stunningly funny takes on more off-beat topics ...","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_1":"... a feisty, must-have reference book for the 2K woman.","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Joanne Guidoccio","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Kitchener Waterloo Record","OtherText_Review_2":"... wise and funny ...","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"LA Times","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"An essential bedside companion full of cheeky humour, well-won wisdom, and practical advice, written by three dangerously knowledgeable witty women.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover","PublicationDate":"2012-05-19","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"An essential bedside companion full of cheeky humour, well-won wisdom, and practical advice, written by three dangerously knowledgeable witty women.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Book for Dangerous Women
An essential bedside companion full of cheeky humour, well-won wisdom, and practical advice, written by three dangerously knowledgeable witty women.
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{"id":6812123201595,"title":"Divided Loyalties","handle":"divided-loyalties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed poet Nilofar Shidmehr’s debut story collection is an unflinching look at the lives of women in post-revolutionary Iran and the contemporary diaspora in Canada.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories begin in 1978, the year before the Iranian Revolution. In a neighbourhood in Tehran, a group of affluent girls play a Cinderella game with unexpected consequences. In the mid 1980s, women help their husbands and brothers survive war and political upheaval. In the early 1990s in Vancouver, Canada, a single-mother refugee is harassed by the men she meets on a telephone dating platform. 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I might even stay longer — for six months, a year, or, who knows, the rest of my life — if Maman and I can get along now that the source of our separation is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor does it matter that my mother wrongly accused me of siding with my father. In truth, Papa and I had a row at the end of our trip and he accused me of the exactly the same thing: of supporting her. This is what our parents did to me and Milaad all our lives. Each wanted us in their camp when they fought with each other. And once they made peace, they would divide their children between them. Milaad was hers and I was his.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy situation was much worse than my brother’s during the times when our parents quarreled. As a girl, I was supposed to side with my mother. This wouldn’t have been difficult, if her true reason for being angry was that my father was a miser. We lived very close to poverty because the only money that came into the home was from our mother’s meager salary. Papa used all of his money to buy property. However, the real reason behind my mother’s anger was to control my father and keep him, like Milaad, under her thumb. I believed my father should have his independence as much as I wanted to have mine. I wanted to have freedom of association — to like, love, and assemble with whomever I chose, including my aunt Raazi, Papa’s younger sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntering the arrivals area and dragging my suitcase behind me, I look around for my mother and see her, along with Milaad, walking toward me. In her black winter coat, slacks, and wimple hijab, she looks slim and miserable. I speed up and we meet halfway. She throws herself into my embrace and wails. “You see, Maana, your mother is a widow now.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople standing nearby look at us with compassion. “Sorry for your loss,” they whisper as they pass. The other passengers laugh with joy as they reunite with their loved ones. Their families, dressed mostly in bright colors, shower them with flowers and kisses. I pass Maman a clean napkin I’ve saved for my own crying and hold her until her sobbing subsides.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"A deeply felt portrait of a particular place and its people . . . The stark, protean beauty of Shidmehr’s writing recalls the shape-shifting work of Denis Johnson’s collection Jesus’ Son . . . Shidmehr’s is a necessary, feminist voice that is at once defiant and humbling.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"Showcases an impressive range.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_2":"Divided Loyalties offers an in-depth view into the complex traditions, taboos, and social mores of Iranian society from the 1970s to the present day.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_3":"Divided Loyalties should be required reading.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Refinery29","OtherText_Review_4":"Shidmehr’s sentences are complex and packed with information, at once crystal clear and highly nuanced, metaphoric and ruthlessly specific, held together by powerfully resonant central images that reverberate retroactively and knit together many levels of reference and meaning … These are stories of ordinary lives, starkly rendered and held in tender suspension, often between a ‘home’ which is beloved yet toxic, and an ‘away’ that is lonely and insulting in its oppressiveness. Panoramic yet intimate, they enact a kind of investigative surgery, each one plunging beneath the surface of a situation and penetrating it to the cellular level before re-emerging only a few minutes or hours later to reveal the context surrounding what has come to pass.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"EVENT Magazine","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A collection that spans four decades to present the lives of Iranian women in post-revolutionary Iran and the contemporary diaspora in Canada.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2019-02-05","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A collection that spans four decades to present the lives of Iranian women in post-revolutionary Iran and the contemporary diaspora in Canada.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Divided Loyalties
A collection that spans four decades to present the lives of Iranian women in post-revolutionary Iran and the contemporary diaspora in Canada.
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Young readers will enjoy this story of two siblings learning about the natural world from their grandparents.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"CM Reviews","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Sarah and Charlie hunt down the biggest puddle in the world with their grandfather in this fun introduction to the water cycle, perfect for young readers.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2019-03-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Sarah and Charlie hunt down the biggest puddle in the world with their grandfather in this fun introduction to the water cycle, perfect for young readers.","Width":"10.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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The Biggest Puddle in the World
Sarah and Charlie hunt down the biggest puddle in the world with their grandfather in this fun introduction to the water cycle, perfect for young readers.
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A Boring Wife Settles the Score
The saucy and ever-appealing Diane, now turning fifty and with the wreckage of her marriage behind her, sets off on a new hilarious journey for romance.
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The Girl from Chimel
Nobel Peace Prize winner and noted Maya activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum brings the world of her childhood vividly to life in this illustrated memoir.
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ages 7
to 11
/ grades 2
to 6
As Long as the Rivers Flow
The story of Larry Loyie's last summer before entering residential school.
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ages 2
to 5
/ grades P
to K
Read Me a Story, Stella
Stella introduces her little brother Sam to the pleasures of reading, sharing her new pastime with contagious enthusiasm.
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The Voyage
A small duck finds itself in a place full of unusual creatures speaking an unfamiliar language. But with a friend by its side, it soon feels at home.
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ages 3
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Zoom at Sea
A young domestic cat with sailors among his ancestors, Zoom sets off on the first of his amazing adventures.
