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{"id":6817704607803,"title":"People Park","handle":"people-park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the Silver Jubilee of People Park, an urban experiment conceived by a radical mayor and zealously policed by the testosterone-powered New Fraternal League of Men. To celebrate, the insular island city has engaged the illustrationist Raven, who promises to deliver the most astonishing spectacle its residents have ever seen. As the entire island comes together for the event, we meet an unforgettable cross-section of its inhabitants, from activists to nihilists, art stars to athletes, families to inveterate loners. Soon, however, what has promised to be a triumph of civic harmony begins to reveal its shadow side. 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People Park
A tour de force of eerily prescient, grotesque, and hilarious observation and a narrative of gripping, unrelenting suspense.
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{"id":6817706016827,"title":"Thrifty Gardening","handle":"thrifty-gardening","description":"\u003cp\u003eBestselling author and gardening columnist Marjorie Harris offers a timely and entertaining guide for gardeners at every stage of life. Whether you're moving into your first apartment or condo, upgrading to a house, or downsizing to smaller digs, Harris shares the best tips on how to create a beautiful garden for any space — all on a budget\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe highly anticipated sequel to her popular book \u003cem\u003eThrifty: Living the Frugal Life with Style\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThrifty Gardening\u003c\/em\u003e marries Harris's passion for gardening with her thrifty lifestyle savvy so that everyone can create a natural oasis whatever their living situation is — and without breaking the bank.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-28T16:55:47-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-28T14:26:50-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Harris Marjorie","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2012-03-03"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"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":40220059172923,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887842719","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thrifty Gardening - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":327,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887842719","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220281077819,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770890541","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thrifty Gardening - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770890541","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220283043899,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897762","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thrifty Gardening - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897762","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d657f93-5720-4a85-9261-42e1c4dcc643.jpg?v=1678597054"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d657f93-5720-4a85-9261-42e1c4dcc643.jpg?v=1678597054","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324504752187,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.742,"height":539,"width":400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d657f93-5720-4a85-9261-42e1c4dcc643.jpg?v=1678597054"},"aspect_ratio":0.742,"height":539,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d657f93-5720-4a85-9261-42e1c4dcc643.jpg?v=1678597054","width":400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eBestselling author and gardening columnist Marjorie Harris offers a timely and entertaining guide for gardeners at every stage of life. Whether you're moving into your first apartment or condo, upgrading to a house, or downsizing to smaller digs, Harris shares the best tips on how to create a beautiful garden for any space — all on a budget\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe highly anticipated sequel to her popular book \u003cem\u003eThrifty: Living the Frugal Life with Style\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThrifty Gardening\u003c\/em\u003e marries Harris's passion for gardening with her thrifty lifestyle savvy so that everyone can create a natural oasis whatever their living situation is — and without breaking the bank.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Thrifty Gardening
Gardener extraordinaire Marjorie Harris gives you the best tips and trade secrets on creating that perfect natural oasis the thrifty way.
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Somewhere Over the Sea
A beautifully written and deeply intimate work of literary nonfiction that conveys the profound love of one father for his autistic son.
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Time Warped
"A fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time." — Financial Times
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Doppler
A bestseller in Scandinavia — Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose.
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Still Counting the Dead
BBC correspondent Frances Harrison covers the attacks on Sri Lanka’s Tamils, civilians, and rebels alike by their own government.
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Zagreb Cowboy
Set in 1991 Yugoslavia, Zagreb Cowboy is the spectacular debut featuring one of the most compelling characters in crime fiction: Marko della Torre.
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The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012
An updated edition of the magisterial history of the Balkan region from the Misha Glenny, the bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket.
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You’ll ask yourself that, too, because Posen makes many good points for employees and business owners alike...Posen offers pages and pages of ideas meant to make the business world better, do-able from dual sides of the paycheck.” — \u003cstrong\u003eTerri Schlichenmeyer, \u003cem\u003eThe Augusta Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Terri Schlichenmeyer","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Augusta Chronicle","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“You'll ask yourself that, too, as you devour this common-sense, how-to, rant-slash-advice book because Posen makes many good points for employees and business owners alike. In making those arguments, he underscores his research by sharing dozens of anecdotes from his patients and others, and some of them are jaw-droppingly uncomfortable to read. 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Is Work Killing You?
From the bestselling author of The Little Book of Stress Relief comes the definitive guide to treating excessive stress in the workplace.
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Bone and Bread
A heady, powerfully emotional novel that is part family saga, part love story, and part mystery.
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[Her] fiction is very human, taut with tension, and replete with well-drawn characters. Certainly a strong debut collection.” — \u003cstrong\u003eChad Pelley, \u003cem\u003eTelegraph-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Chad Pelley","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Telegraph-Journal","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Théodora Armstrong['s] first collection of striking, realist stories, Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility, is an exceptional debut.” — \u003cstrong\u003eZoe Whittall, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Zoe Whittall","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Armstrong’s tales are indeed satisfying; the book is delicious from start to finish... Her gritty realism and rich, crisp prose have been compared to that of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor. High praise indeed. Clear Skies is the kind of collection that leaves you satisfied, but wanting more.” — \u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Lalonde, \u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Michelle Lalonde","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Théodora Armstrong’s début collection launches House of Anansi Press’s new short-fiction imprint, Astoria, in impressive fashion. This is a writer to watch, and a book not to be missed... These darkly intimate and subtly heart-breaking pieces are pure pleasure to read. Armstrong is an electrifying new voice on the short fiction scene.” — \u003cstrong\u003eStacey Madden, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Stacey Madden","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“Armstrong’s themes of agency and inevitability are distilled to their essence and given another ironic twist, and her typically spare language is honed to a fine edge.” — \u003cstrong\u003eSteven W. Beattie, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Steven W. Beattie","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“A worthwhile, well-honed collection that's probing and nuanced... Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility also highlights an author whose regional scope ought to be appreciated well past the borders of British Columbia.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBrett Josef Grubisic, \u003cem\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Brett Josef Grubisic","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“The stories in this collection are a rare phenomenon, capable of taking the reader to places so familiar one forgets they’ve never been there. The writing is crisp, taut, and evocative, and each story has a separate pleasure to give. Théodora Armstrong is a terrifically talented young writer, and this is a superb début.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSteven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“[Théodora Armstrong’s] stories are direct and non-apologetic, fluid and intelligent, and especially good at delineating a desire to connect and the lack of ability to make that connection.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Anthony Jarman, author of 19 Knives and Ireland’s Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Mark Anthony Jarman, author of 19 Knives and Ireland’s Eye","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\"Théodora Armstrong's stories are brash and brainy.\" - Mark Anthony Jarman","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2013-02-22","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\"Théodora Armstrong's stories are brash and brainy.\" - Mark Anthony Jarman","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
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A poignant and often humorous memoir, full of energy and life.” — \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Holgate, \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Dafna Izenberg","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Maclean's","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“...an affecting memoir without cliches.” — \u003cstrong\u003eArifa Akbar, \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Andrew Holgate","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"The Sunday Times","OtherText_Review_8":"...an affecting memoir without cliches.","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Arifa Akbar","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"The Independent","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"05","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"Green Carnation Prize","PrizeName_1":"The Sunday Times' Memoir of the Year","PrizeYear_0":"2013","PrizeYear_1":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2013-04-11","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.","Width":"5.3125","WidthCode":"in"}
Maggie & Me
A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.
