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José Speaks Out
José Mujica is a former revolutionary, past president of Uruguay and climate activist. José's speech to the UN is part of the Speak Out series.
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Coco and the Caterpillars
A boy loves his garden and everything in it, especially the caterpillars who will become butterflies. But his pet chicken Coco loves them too ...
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In \u003cem\u003eLittle Crosses\u003c\/em\u003e, Sabrina Reeves wades into the maelstrom with her heart on the outside, and it’s that vulnerability that sets the pace here, that makes this book so hard to set down. Cassie’s is a compelling journey, one that many of us will recognize intimately, and painfully, as true.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Sina Queyras, author of Autobiography of Childhood","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003eNina Wolfe is a force of nature, a free spirit, and the life of the party—but as her children know, she can also swallow people whole. Her story sucked me in and left me with a deep respect for writer Sabrina Reeves, who clearly understands the push and pull of dealing with a larger-than-life parent in crisis. \u003cem \u003eLittle Crosses\u003c\/em\u003e heralds the arrival of a big talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Neil Smith, author of Jones","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003eA magnetic read. 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Little Crosses
A daughter examines her complicated relationship with a charismatic, narcissistic mother who now lives with alcohol-related dementia.
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At once a detective story, a meditation on art in the Anthropocene, and a speculative encounter with the liveliness of things, Mandy-Suzanne Wong’s startling novel is literature for our times.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eSofia Samatar, author of \u003cem\u003eThe White Mosque\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTender\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Sofia Samatar, author of The White Mosque and Tender","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wong's limpid, precise prose has a nineteenth century vibe, while her focus, an inanimate object, could not be more contemporary. 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A Year Without Mom
A stunning graphic novel debut, A Year Without Mom follows twelve-year-old Dasha through a year full of turmoil after her mother leaves for America.
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Patient Frame
These dynamic, vigorous, tender poems are part of an ongoing search, a scanning of our human horizons for moments of lasting value.
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to 8
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to 3
Ten Small Tales
A new nursery classic that draws inspiration from sources the world over, with all the magic properties of your old favorite tales.
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Me, Myself, They
A personal work of memoir and critical analysis that pushes for an inclusive understanding of sex and gender.
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Pebbles to the Sea
Two children feel adrift between the separate worlds of their parents, until their close-knit coastal community helps to anchor them.
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Along with the question of what constitutes action, it remains a choice central to political and private life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Solie’s fifth book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eThe Caiplie Caves\u003c\/em\u003e, attends to transition in times of crisis. Around passages informed by Ethernan’s story are poems that orbit the geographical location of the caves but that range through the ages, addressing violence, power, work, economies, self-delusion, and belief. Indecision and necessity are inseparable companions. As are the prospect of error and regret.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's poetry collection The Caiplie Caves is limited to 50 copies.
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Payback
In her 2008 CBC Massey Lectures, Margaret Atwood delivers a wide ranging, entertaining, and imaginative look at the topic of debt.
