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The Life of Yousuf Karsh
Discover how Karsh of Ottawa built his reputation as the greatest portrait photographer of the 20th century.
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The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
In this international sensation, Gaetan Soucy weaves an unsettling tale of siblings who confront the real world after an upbringing on fairytales.
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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. The only difference is that then it was Russkies and immigrants, and now, uh …\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Sunday Herald","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"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.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_3":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_4":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_5":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeCode_3":"04","PrizeCode_4":"03","PrizeCode_5":"04","PrizeName_0":"Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction","PrizeName_1":"Roehampton Poetry Prize","PrizeName_2":"Goldsmiths Prize","PrizeName_3":"Man Booker Prize","PrizeName_4":"An Economist Book of the Year","PrizeName_5":"Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award","PrizeYear_0":"2018","PrizeYear_1":"2018","PrizeYear_2":"2018","PrizeYear_3":"2018","PrizeYear_4":"2018","PrizeYear_5":"2018","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2018-10-30","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"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.","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
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.
The Longest Death
Two lovers plot a daring heist in this atmospheric noir about fate and fortune on the fringes of the American dream.
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[Strauss] has masterfully translated L’année la plus longue, Grenier’s genre-volt-face, into The Longest Year — a year so good I wouldn’t mind living it a few times over myself, this novel’s plot begging for another crack.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe National Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The National Post","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"05","PrizeCode_2":"05","PrizeName_0":"Prix littéraire des collégiens","PrizeName_1":"Prix des libraires","PrizeName_2":"Prix littéraire France-Québec","PrizeYear_0":"2015","PrizeYear_1":"2015","PrizeYear_2":"2015","ProductFormDescription":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","PublicationDate":"2017-03-25","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Longest Year
Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.
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Her mother was peaceful. She was calm. The sight filled Alice with the kind of green hope she found at the bottom of rock pools at low tide but never managed to cup in her hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe more time she spent with her mother in the garden, the more deeply Alice understood — from the tilt of Agnes’s wrist when she inspected a new bud, to the light that reached her eyes when she lifted her chin, and the thin rings of dirt that encircled her fingers as she coaxed new fern fronds from the soil — the truest parts of her mother bloomed among her plants. Especially when she talked to the flowers. Her eyes glazed over and she mumbled in a secret language, a word here, a phrase there as she snapped flowers off their stems and tucked them into her pockets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSorrowful remembrance,\u003c\/em\u003e she’d say as she plucked a bindweed flower from its vine. \u003cem\u003eLove, returned.\u003c\/em\u003e The citrusy scent of lemon myrtle would fill the air as she tore it from a branch. \u003cem\u003ePleasures of memory.\u003c\/em\u003e Her mother pocketed a scarlet palm of kangaroo paw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions scratched at the back of Alice’s throat. Why did her mother’s words only flow when she was telling stories about other places and other worlds? What about their world, right in front of them? Where did she go when her eyes were far away? Why couldn’t Alice go with her?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy her seventh birthday, Alice’s body was heavy from the burden of unanswered questions. They filled her chest. Why did her mother talk to the native flowers in such cryptic ways? How could her father be two different people? What curse did Alice’s first tears save her mother from? Although they weighed on her mind, Alice’s questions remained stuck, lodged in her windpipe as painfully as if she’d swallowed a seedpod. Moments of opportunity came on good days in the garden, when the light fell just so, yet Alice said nothing. In silence, she followed her mother as her pockets filled with flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Agnes ever noticed Alice’s silence, she never said anything to break it. It was understood time spent in the garden was quiet time. \u003cem\u003eLike a library,\u003c\/em\u003e her mother once mused as she glided through her maidenhair ferns. Though Alice hadn’t ever been to a library — to see more books in one place than she could imagine, or hear the whispers of collective pages turning — she felt she almost had, through her mother’s stories. From Agnes’s description, Alice imagined a library must be a quiet garden of books, where stories grew like flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlice hadn’t been anywhere else beyond their property either. Her life was confined to its boundaries: from her mother’s garden to the where the cane fields started, to the bay where the sea curled close by. She was forbidden to venture further than those lines, and especially the one that separated their driveway from the lane that led into town. \u003cem\u003eIt’s no place for a girl,\u003c\/em\u003e her father would say, slamming his fist on the dinner table, making the plates and cutlery jump, whenever Alice’s mother suggested sending her to school. \u003cem\u003eShe’s safer here,\u003c\/em\u003e he’d growl, putting an end to the conversation. That’s what her father was most able to do, put an end to everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether they spent their day in the garden or at the sea, the point always came when a storm bird would call, or a cloud would cross the sun, and Alice’s mother would shake herself awake, as if she’d been sleepwalking through a dream. She became animated, turning on her heel to sprint towards the house, calling over her shoulder at Alice, \u003cem\u003efirst one to the kitchen gets fresh cream on her scones.\u003c\/em\u003e Afternoon tea was a bittersweet time; her father would be home soon. Ten minutes before he was due, her mother would position herself by the front door, her face pulled too tight in a smile, her voice pitched too high, her fingers in knots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome days Alice’s mother disappeared from her body altogether. There were no stories or walks to the sea. There was no talking with flowers. Her mother would stay in bed with the curtains drawn against the blanching light, vanished, as if her soul had gone somewhere else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen that happened, Alice tried to distract herself from the way the air in the house pressed on her body; the awful silence as if no one were home; the sight of her mother crumpled in bed. Those were things that made it difficult to breathe. Alice picked up books she’d read a dozen times already and revisited school worksheets she’d already completed. She fled to the sea to caw with the gulls and chase waves along shore. She ran alongside the walls of sugar cane, throwing her hair back and swaying like the green stalks in the hot wind. But no matter how she tried, nothing felt good. Alice wished on feathers and dandelions to be a bird and fly far away into the golden seam of the horizon, where the sea was sewn to the sky. Day after shadowy day passed without her mother. Alice paced the edges of her world. 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There is a reason Ringland’s novel, her first, and already a bestseller, has been bought by publishers around the world, and it’s not the native flowers ... The first half of\u003cem\u003e The Lost Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e is delicate and dark as a fairytale, with violent details that stick to you like burrs. But it is in the second half, with Alice out in the real world, where Ringland really gets into gear, and her talent is undeniable ... Ringland’s storytelling is driven by an undimmed sense of wonder at the darkness and light, the damage and love in people. It makes for a determined investigation of abuse and survival accomplished with profound sensitivity.” — \u003cstrong\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Sydney Morning Herald","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Domestic violence and the lies that surround it—rarely is the topic explored in such a beautifully written, hopeful, and enthralling tale.” — \u003cstrong\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Herald Sun","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“Lush, powerful ... This is an engrossing novel imbued with passion and reverence for the Australian natural world, with a cast of characters that inspire affection in the reader even as they make mistakes. Those who couldn’t put down \u003cem\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/em\u003e will find a gentler but no less compelling journey of female survival in this novel.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Books+Publishing","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“There’s an aching heart beating through Holly Ringland’s narrative that although at times seems almost broken, is stitched back together with shards of optimism that offer constant hope. These are characters we love, care about, and want to nurture ... A vivid and brave tale of love, loss, and inner power.” — \u003cstrong\u003eAustralian Women’s Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Australian Women’s Weekly","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“At its heart, this book is about finding a way to care for yourself, in a world that sometimes likes to step on its flowers.” — \u003cstrong\u003eCourier‑Mail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Courier‑Mail","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.","ProductFormDescription":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","PublicationDate":"2018-08-07","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
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The Lost Massey Lectures
This anthology of early CBC Massey Lectures gathers the work of five of the great minds of modern times.
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More than a mere book, it’s a brave act of shamanism that touches and transforms the reader’s heart, healing and encouraging at a time when the world feels most desperately in need of restoration.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Silberman, author of \u003cem\u003eNeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e has been a massive success and has sold over 36,000 copies in North America. 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He is a regular presence on television and hosted an adaptation of his book The Wild Places on BBC’s The Natural World. His most recent book, Underland, won the Wainwright Prize and was named one of the best books of the twenty-first century by the Guardian.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to those worried about the vanishing natural world, a larger-than-ever group thanks to new studies and articles on biodiversity loss. 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Crafted with the same tenderness as its sibling.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Shelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Maria Popova, Brain Pickings","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"Macfarlane and Morris bring us the mystery and wisdom of wild things as complementary and consolatory to our tame incompleteness … These painted verses sing and shimmer with a magical exuberance that renders the wild world not parallel, not foreign, but proximate, beckoning, native to our own souls … A charm against the curse of civilization, of exploitation, of apathy.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eMaria Popova, \u003cem\u003eBrain Pickings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Shelf Awareness","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“An enchanting diversion into the wonder and magic of nature.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBulletin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The Lost Spells is a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations that evokes the magic of the everyday natural world.","ProductFormDescription":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","PublicationDate":"2020-10-27","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The Lost Works","ShortDescription":"The Lost Spells is a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations that evokes the magic of the everyday natural world.","Width":"4.76","WidthCode":"in"}
The Lost Spells
The Lost Spells is a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations that evokes the magic of the everyday natural world.
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{"id":6813784965179,"title":"The Lost Words","handle":"the-lost-words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom bestselling \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, when a new edition of the \u003ci\u003eOxford Junior Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. Apparently they were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. 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The Lost Words
A beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world.
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The Maestro
Young Burl Crow doesn't get many breaks but his meeting with Nathaniel Orlando Gow, the Maestro, changes Burl's life forever.
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The Malaise of Modernity
In his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, philosopher Charles Taylor elucidates the modern concept of self-fulfilment.
