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{"id":6814243291195,"title":"Fear","handle":"fear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece of psychological suspense for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house. A modestly successful architect with an attractive, intelligent wife, Rebecca, and two children, Randolph finds his life turned upside down when his father, a man he loves yet has always feared, is imprisoned for murder.\u003ci\u003e… \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFear\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the twisted events leading up to his father’s incarceration. It begins when Randolph and his family move into a new building and meet their neighbour, Dieter Tiberius, the peculiar yet seemingly friendly man living in the basement apartment. As the Tiefenthalers settle into their home, they become increasingly disturbed as Dieter’s strange behaviour turns malevolent — sending erotic letters to Rebecca, spying, making accusations of child abuse, and filing police reports he against the Tiefenthalers. Finally, Randolph confesses his own feelings of desperation and helplessness, which ultimately lead to his father’s intervention. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T09:40:16-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-23T13:21:47-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Anansi International","By (author) Kurbjuweit Dirk","pub date: 2017-10-21","Thrillers \u0026 Mystery","Translated by Taylor Imogen"],"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":40206668955707,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487002831","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fear - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":360,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487002831","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40206670331963,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487002848","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fear - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487002848","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40206670659643,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487002855","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fear - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487002855","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3d1d8415-7886-4a31-877e-e7ffb8f5af09.jpg?v=1655626973"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3d1d8415-7886-4a31-877e-e7ffb8f5af09.jpg?v=1655626973","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243440263227,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3d1d8415-7886-4a31-877e-e7ffb8f5af09.jpg?v=1655626973"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3d1d8415-7886-4a31-877e-e7ffb8f5af09.jpg?v=1655626973","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece of psychological suspense for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house. 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She thought she heard ice clinking in a glass and wondered if he was drinking. “Ava, I would like that explanation to take place in Manila,” he said. “I know this will sound vague and maybe even conspiratorial, but I’m not comfortable explaining it to you over the phone. First, it’s very complicated, and I’m not as well informed as some other people I’d like you to talk to. Second, this isn’t something that can be explained in half an hour, or even several hours. I believe you should meet and take the measure of the people who’ve related at least part of their suspicions to us.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“And you have no one in the Philippines you can turn to?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Absolutely not. As I said, this is about trust, and the number of people who Tommy and I truly trust we can count on one hand. Of those, only one lives in Manila, and he’s the first person we want you to talk to.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Uncle, I really don’t know what to say. I have other responsibilities now.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Give us one day,” he said quickly. “Get on a plane tomorrow and come to Manila for one meeting. If you decide to go back to Toronto or Hong Kong or wherever after that, the issue will never be mentioned again and we’ll still be grateful for your time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’m expected in Shanghai tomorrow for a business review that’s scheduled to last several days.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Postpone it,” Chang said. “Please, Ava.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe word please startled her. It wasn’t something she could remember Chang or Tommy Ordonez ever uttering. Not only was it out of character, in her mind it was an acknowledgement that she was their equal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I can’t give you an answer this minute,” she said. “I have to think about it, and I also want to talk to my partners and the people expecting me in Shanghai.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Of course, do that,” he said. “But there is urgency to this matter. Waiting four days to talk to you wasn’t easy — more than once I reached for the phone. Can you possibly speak to them tonight?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yes, I can, and I’ll call you when I have.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’ll stay up until I hear from you,” he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Uncle, you do understand this doesn’t mean I’m leaning towards saying yes?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Please, give us that one day, Ava,” Chang said. “My belief is that if you do, you’ll commit to helping us get to the bottom of this problem.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe’s dangling bait, she thought. She admired how skillfully he had handled his end of the conversation: He had started it by invoking their connection through Uncle. Then he’d complimented her while insisting that he thought she was above flattery. Finally, he had framed his request as a personal favour. She didn’t know why he thought he had the right to ask for one, since he and Ava were hardly friends, but he had anyway and it had been exactly the right approach. Indeed, it was probably the only approach that had a chance of succeeding with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Let me make some calls,” she said.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Ava Lee series has received starred reviews in \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e and has been endorsed by Linwood Barclay, Taylor Stevens, Barbara Peters, and Richard Katz.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe will continue to build the Ava Lee brand in the US, touring Ian Hamilton at crime and trade conferences and pitching the series to national media.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIan Hamilton is attending ThrillerFest in NYC from July 12-15, 2017 and Bouchercon in October 2017.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTV rights to the popular series have been optioned and are in development.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreviously published in the US, Ian Hamilton has also been published in 8 territories worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill be available on NetGalley and Edelweiss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“The best of the series so far.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Combines lots of action with Ava’s acute intelligence and ability to solve even the most complex problems.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Literary Hub","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“One of his best . . . Tightly plotted and quick-moving, this is a spare yet terrifically suspenseful novel.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Publisher's Weekly","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In the eleventh installment of the bestselling Ava Lee series, Ava uncovers an international terrorism conspiracy rooted in a college in Tawi-Tawi.","ProductFormDescription":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","PublicationDate":"2018-01-06","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"An Ava Lee Novel","ShortDescription":"In the eleventh installment of the bestselling Ava Lee series, Ava uncovers an international terrorism conspiracy rooted in a college in Tawi-Tawi.","Subtitle":"An Ava Lee Novel: Book 10","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Imam of Tawi-Tawi
In the eleventh installment of the bestselling Ava Lee series, Ava uncovers an international terrorism conspiracy rooted in a college in Tawi-Tawi.
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Eighteen Below
Gritty and chilling, Eighteen Below Zero is the third stand-alone thriller in the internationally bestselling Fabian Risk series.
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{"id":6813802135611,"title":"Is American Democracy in Crisis?","handle":"is-american-democracy-in-crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-first semi-annual Munk Debate pits award-winning journalist E. J. Dionne, Jr. and influential author and blogger Andrew Sullivan against former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich and bestselling author and editor Kimberley Strassel to debate the current crisis of American democracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Our country is now as close to crossing the line from democracy to autocracy as it has been in our lifetimes.” — E. J. Dionne, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the public debate of the moment: is Donald Trump precipitating a crisis of American democracy? For some the answer is an emphatic “yes.” Trump’s disregard for the institutions and political norms of U.S. democracy is imperiling the Republic. 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Is American Democracy in Crisis?
The twenty-first semi-annual Munk Debate considers the current crisis of American democracy.
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Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Mikko Harvey's poetry collection Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit is limited to 50 copies.
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The 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology
The annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry, edited by Ian Williams, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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The Sisters Brothers (Movie Tie-In Edition)
A new edition to coincide with the release of the major motion picture adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, and John C. Reilly.
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{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487001988","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487007218","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781770890336","BASICMainSubject":"POE014000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY \/ Epic","BiographicalNote":"Robin Robertson is from the northeast coast of Scotland and now lives in London. His first collection of poems, \u003cem\u003eA Painted Field\u003c\/em\u003e, won numerous awards, including the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection and the Scottish First Book of the Year Award. His second collection, \u003cem\u003eSlow Air\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in 2002, his third, \u003cem\u003eSwithering\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection and was a finalist for the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, and his fourth, \u003cem\u003eThe Wrecking Light\u003c\/em\u003e, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, the Costa Poetry Award, and the Forward Poetry Prize. 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The evocative truth and the crystalline ring of his words, line by line, make a kind of hope in themselves.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"W.S. Merwin, author of the Pulitzer Prize winner The Shadow of Sirius","OtherText_Accolades_1":"An inter-genre tour de force, The Long Take is a restless reimagining of conventional poetics. Through the poem’s protagonist, Robertson has cast a national, cultural, psychological, and class outsider of vibrant and seedy post-war America into a palpable anti-hero eerily resonant with our contemporary world. With syncopated rhythms, staccato dialogue, and jump-scenes, the book weaves dizzying, jazz-like meditations on PTSD, masculinity, betrayal, and salvation by embodying, in sound, scent, and sixth-sense, one of America’s most hopeful and devastating decades. The result is a ravishing achievement.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Ocean Vuong, author of the T.S. 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The Long Take is a masterly work of art, exciting, colourful, fast-paced — the old-time movie reviewer’s vocabulary is apt to the case — and almost unbearably moving.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_2":"As a work of art, this dreamlike exploration is a triumph; as a timely allegory, it is disturbingly profound . . . Robertson’s The Long Take is one of the first major achievements of twenty-first-century English-language literature.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Financial Times","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Long Take\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wholly unique literary voice and form. A verse novel with photographs, it manages to evoke with exceptional vividness aspects of post-World War Two history that are rarely parsed together. Swinging effortlessly between combat with its traumatic aftermath, and the brute redevelopment of American cities, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Take\u003c\/em\u003e shows us the ravages of capitalism as a continuation of war-time violence by other means. It is also a bold, eloquent homage to cinema as perhaps the only medium in which the true history of America has been preserved. This is a genre-defying novel. Cutting from battlefield to building demolitions in San Francisco and LA, to the killing of black men on the streets of America today, it imports into the very form of the writing one of the most famous film techniques: cross-cutting. You could be in the cinema, or listening to an elegy, or reading the story of one man’s devastating experience as he tries to rebuild the shards of his life after the war. A pageant of loss, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Take\u003c\/em\u003e is also a lyrical tribute to the power of writing and image to convey, and somehow survive, historic and ongoing suffering and injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Man Booker Prize Judges’ Citation","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Long Take\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the inner journey of Canadian veteran Walker as he travels from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco attempting to rebuild his life after living through the horrors of war in Europe. In poetry of the utmost beauty, Robin Robertson interweaves themes from the great age of black and white films, the destruction of communities as cities destroy the old to build the new, the horrors of McCarthyism and the terrible psychological wounds left by war. Robertson shows us things we’d rather not see and asks us to face things we’d rather not face. But with the pulsing narrative drive of classic film noir, the vision of a poet, and the craft of a novelist, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Take\u003c\/em\u003e courageously and magnificently boosts the Walter Scott Prize into its next decade.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Judges’ Citation","OtherText_Review_5":"Composed in a mixture of verse and prose, The Long Take is a book with a big heart. The beauty of the language will seduce the reader from the very start. How do we put ourselves back together in a damaged world? How do we keep our conscience alive and ourselves well-balanced when everything else is slipping away, changing too fast? How much of the past should we allow ourselves to even remember when all that matters is to stay in the present moment, to stay afloat? By taking this long journey west — across New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles — Robin Robertson tells a universal story. With its undeniable beauty; quiet, modest but strong pull, this book will shift something in your soul. By the time you have finished reading it, you won't quite be the same.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Goldsmiths Prize Judges’ Citation","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Long Take\u003c\/em\u003e remarkably captures linguistic styles of 1940s American writing — Saroyan and Steinbeck. As it progresses into the mid-50s we’re hearing Ginsberg and Baldwin … you will be washed in all these when you read this poem … Robertson has chosen a supremely uncomfortable, recognizable flashpoint in U.S. history, an almost perfect mirror image of the nation today: crude, newly unleashed material ambitions mix with off-the-chart levels of fear and paranoia. 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The Long Take
The Long Take is a noir tale that follows Walker, a survivor of D-Day, from bucolic Cape Breton to an America beset by paranoia and corruption.
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Tessa and Scott share their incredible and inspiring story — now updated and expanded with a new introduction and three all-new chapters.
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The Men in White
A heartwarming play about the modern immigrant experience, realizing one’s dreams, and the unifying power of sport.
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Surrender
Surrender explores the changing landscape of the American West and the radical environmental movements that have taken root.
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Undercard
Undercard is the story of four childhood friends reunited by a high-profile prizefight in a Las Vegas casino and an even higher-profile murder.
