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{"id":6815470780475,"title":"The Tweedles Go Online","handle":"the-tweedles-go-online","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tweedles are back and ready to take another exuberant swing at going modern. When their neighbors the Hamms announce that they’ve “gone online” by buying a telephone, Mama excitedly follows suit. But will the lure of the telephone be too much of a distraction for this sweetly old-fashioned family?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh from their adventure with their new electric car, Mama decides that the family needs a telephone to keep up with the changing times, and daughter Frances could not be more thrilled. But not all the Tweedles are convinced. Son Francis only has eyes for the family’s car, and Papa worries about the family’s privacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce the phone is installed in the family’s home, they can hardly believe the noise it makes! But Frances takes a shine to the telephone immediately, and her enthusiasm for the new device threatens to keep the whole family up at night. Eventually Mama and Francis warm up to the telephone, too, and soon they can’t sit still long enough to play a family game of Crokinole. 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Everyone’s favorite old-fashioned family is welcoming another new addition to their home — a telephone!
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{"id":6816115851323,"title":"The Two Sisters of Borneo","handle":"the-two-sisters-of-borneo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sixth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series from Arthur Ellis Award winner Ian Hamilton.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva has been in Hong Kong looking after Uncle. She has also set up an investment company with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda Yee. One of their first investments — a furniture company owned by two sisters in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo — runs into immediate problems with a Dutch customer. Ava goes to the Netherlands to investigate, but her life is threatened when she is confronted by a gang of local thugs in Borneo. Out of the shadows comes a mysterious man from Shanghai…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T14:27:37-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T11:53:35-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult LGBTQ+","An Ava Lee Novel","By (author) Hamilton Ian","pub date: 2014-01-27","Spiderline","Thrillers \u0026 Mystery"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2295,"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":40213537292347,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892446","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Two Sisters of Borneo - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892446","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213631205435,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892453","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Two Sisters of Borneo - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770892453","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213631696955,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770895430","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Two Sisters of Borneo - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770895430","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23338829971515,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sixth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series from Arthur Ellis Award winner Ian Hamilton.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva has been in Hong Kong looking after Uncle. She has also set up an investment company with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda Yee. One of their first investments — a furniture company owned by two sisters in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo — runs into immediate problems with a Dutch customer. Ava goes to the Netherlands to investigate, but her life is threatened when she is confronted by a gang of local thugs in Borneo. Out of the shadows comes a mysterious man from Shanghai…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Two Sisters of Borneo
The sixth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series from Arthur Ellis Award winner, Ian Hamilton.
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The Unconscious Civilization
John Ralston Saul argues that our society is only superficially based on democracy, and that increasingly it is conformist and corporatist.
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The Universe Within
Neil Turok's 2012 CBC Massey Lectures is a visionary look at the way the human mind can shape the future.
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The Unmemntioable
A book-length poem that delves into the fraught history of war, loss, and emigration from Western Ukraine.
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A small duck finds itself in a place full of unusual creatures speaking an unfamiliar language. But with a friend by its side, it soon feels at home.
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{"id":6815267094587,"title":"The Waking Comes Late","handle":"the-waking-comes-late","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2016 Governor General's Literary Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Raymond Souster Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernor General’s Literary Award finalist and bestselling author Steven Heighton returns with a collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us. The poet challenges the boundaries of sleep and even death in these meditations on what lies just beneath the surface of contemporary life. These are poems that trouble over the idea of failure even as they continually recommit to the present moment. This is fierce music performed in a minor key.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T12:06:57-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T09:48:57-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Poetry","By (author) Heighton Steven","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2016-04-09"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40209203462203,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487000936","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Waking Comes Late - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487000936","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9172809-3128-437e-96d6-e80663f38148.jpg?v=1655698696"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9172809-3128-437e-96d6-e80663f38148.jpg?v=1655698696","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22245176574011,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":612,"width":396,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9172809-3128-437e-96d6-e80663f38148.jpg?v=1655698696"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":612,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9172809-3128-437e-96d6-e80663f38148.jpg?v=1655698696","width":396}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2016 Governor General's Literary Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Raymond Souster Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernor General’s Literary Award finalist and bestselling author Steven Heighton returns with a collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us. The poet challenges the boundaries of sleep and even death in these meditations on what lies just beneath the surface of contemporary life. These are poems that trouble over the idea of failure even as they continually recommit to the present moment. This is fierce music performed in a minor key.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Waking Comes Late
A poetry collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us.
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The Waking Comes Late special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Steven Heighton's poetry collection The Waking Comes Late is limited to 50 copies.
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The Water Rat of Wanchai + The Dragon Head of Hong Kong
Get the very first book in the wildly popular Ava Lee series, which includes the prequel — The Dragon Head of Hong Kong.
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The Way of the Screenwriter
Amnon Buchbinder illuminates the path to mastery for aspiring screenwriters and lovers of the cinematic experience.
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The Wayfinders
Distinguished anthropologist Wade Davis leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures.
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ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
The Whirlpool
From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Laurel Croza comes a mesmerizing collection of short stories about the whirlpool of adolescence.
