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Leila and Khaled
Two Palestinians search for a language of love amid the ruins of dispossession.
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Over the last decade there have been a number of books published about the science of music — such as Daniel Levitan’s This Is Your Brain on Music, Oliver Sacks’s Musicophilia, and David Byrne’s How Music Works — and Bad Singer is a doubly successful effort because it doesn’t retread the same ground of these books, with Falconer couching his subject in a personal journey that’s enjoyable to follow.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Bad Singer deftly combines a memoir of Falconer’s personal musical history with a scientific look into how humans hear music.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Maclean's","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“A spirited, even adventurous look at the mysteries of how the human brain perceives and processes sound — and even, on occasion, manages to make beautiful music.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Falconer’s self-deprecating humour keeps Bad Singer’s tone lighthearted and as entertaining as the photos of him hamming it up as a singer on the book cover. Lines like ‘I’m a bad singer. And deep down, it matters’ produce an undercurrent of sorrow, but far more pronounced are his curiosity, vulnerability, and perseverance. 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Hanns and Rudolf
The untold story of the Jewish investigator who pursued and captured one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals.
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O Cadoiro
O Cadoiro is an astonishing exploration of lyricism by one of our greatest poets.
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Kiss the Undertow
The disturbing story of a swimmer navigating the abuse of her body and mind as she trains for competition, exploring the nature of power and will.
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Finale
The fourth and final installment in Ian Hamilton’s exhilarating Ava Lee spin-off series The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung.
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Roguelike special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Mathew Henderson's poetry collection Roguelike is limited to 40 copies.
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A Family Affair
A wry, savvy novel of untidy modern relationships and a chronicle of contemporary middle-class mores.
