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The Sentinel is a good place to become acquainted with Moritz's work...a masterpiece...Moritz's free verse takes on a classical quality...The Sentinel is an exploration of the possibilities of hope...[Moritz is a] rare poet...” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Al Moritz is a poet of high seriousness - rare in this quick and confessional age. And so, all the more to be valued.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eP.K. Page\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"P.K. Page","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“An ancient voice, mournful like the wind, speaks to itself yet means to be overheard in A.F. Moritz's amazing poems...We seem to hear shattered echoes from the Bible, Dante, Petrarch, or Sceve bound up in Maldoror's cruel eloquence.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Ashbery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"John Ashbery","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Moritz is at his best when he combines his poetic sensibility-his ear for rhythm, precise phrasing, nuanced shifts in tone and register, and lyrical imagery-with his knowledge of mythic and literary conventions and his cogent political and philosophical observations” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Canadian Literature","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“The Sentinel is filled with moments like this: graceful, adroit, surprising. There is something reassuring in art of this calibre; it reminds us how things matter. Moritz's voice is unmistakable. 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The Sentinel
A. F. Moritz's magisterial voice, rare insight, and supple craft are on impressive display in this Griffin Poetry Prize winning collection.
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{"id":6818232565819,"title":"Banjo of Destiny","handle":"banjo-of-destiny","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impressive young man: etiquette lessons, ballroom dancing, watercolor painting. And, of course, classical piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremiah complies, because he wants to please his parents. But one day, by chance, he hears the captivating strains of a different kind of music -- the strums, plucks and rhythms of a banjo. It is music that stirs something in Jeremiah's dutiful little soul, and he is suddenly obsessed. And when his parents forbid him to play one, he decides to learn anyway -- even if he has to make the instrument himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-29T12:27:11-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-29T10:55:51-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 0 - 9","By (author) Fagan Cary","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","pub date: 2011-03-05"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"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":40228989796411,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980864","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Banjo of Destiny - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781554980864","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40229002248251,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554981410","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Banjo of Destiny - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554981410","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40229006671931,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554985692","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Banjo of Destiny - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554985692","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_17fdb38d-a49f-41ca-847e-54b10239a168.jpg?v=1731042757"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_17fdb38d-a49f-41ca-847e-54b10239a168.jpg?v=1731042757","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24903055802427,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":540,"width":360,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_17fdb38d-a49f-41ca-847e-54b10239a168.jpg?v=1731042757"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":540,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_17fdb38d-a49f-41ca-847e-54b10239a168.jpg?v=1731042757","width":360}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impressive young man: etiquette lessons, ballroom dancing, watercolor painting. And, of course, classical piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremiah complies, because he wants to please his parents. But one day, by chance, he hears the captivating strains of a different kind of music -- the strums, plucks and rhythms of a banjo. It is music that stirs something in Jeremiah's dutiful little soul, and he is suddenly obsessed. And when his parents forbid him to play one, he decides to learn anyway -- even if he has to make the instrument himself.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Banjo of Destiny
A funny, offbeat story about a kid who, against all odds, pursues an unexpected passion — to play the banjo.
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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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Highly Recommended.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Media Connection\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Library Media Connection, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time.","ProductFormDescription":"Web PDF","PublicationDate":"2014-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time.","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554984817\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"9","WidthCode":"in"}
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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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The Waking Comes Late
A poetry collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us.
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Prologue for the Age of Consequence special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Garth Martens' collection Prologue for the Age of Consequence is limited to 50 copies.
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Help Me, Jacques Cousteau
Gil Adamson, author of Ridgerunner, weaves an utterly original tale of an extraordinary family with a knack for eccentric behaviour.
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Dirty Feet
A compelling novel that tells the story of one man's journey to retrace the steps of the mysterious, nomadic father who abandoned him years earlier.
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The Trap
The Trap follows the reclusive novelist Linda Conrads who sets out to trap the man she believes murdered her sister using her latest novel.
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Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein
In 1966 Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter teamed up to create Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein — now a unique piece of Canadian cultural history.
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The New Brick Reader
Full of invigorating and challenging literary essays, interviews, memoirs, travelogues, belles letters, and unusual musings.
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Easy to Like
A bitingly hilarious satire of the making of wine, television, and taste from one of Canada’s most accomplished comic writers.
