Categories
Physical Variants
Quick View
{"id":6900791705659,"title":"The Return","handle":"the-return","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComing home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman gets on the bus and rides out of the big city. She arrives in the countryside, where she is as big as a giant, looming over a tiny house, a garden and her tiny grandmother. The cabbages and the apple trees are far below. Her grandmother smiles up at her in her yellow hat. The young woman bends down to give her little grandmother a big kiss, and then she smells her grandmother’s cooking. She has returned home. When they sit down at the table, the young woman has shrunk to a child-like size, and the two share a meal together in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gentle, wordless story Natalia Chernysheva beautifully captures the feelings of coming home to comfort and memories and of returning to our childlike selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7\u003cbr\u003e\nUse illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-06-29T16:21:42-04:00","created_at":"2022-06-29T11:58:19-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 4 - 7","By (author) Chernysheva Natalia","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7","Groundwood Books","Illustrated by Chernysheva Natalia","Lexile measure NP","Picture Books","pub date: 2019-10-01","Wordless Picture Books"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1795,"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":40504132108347,"title":"hardcover jacket","option1":"hardcover jacket","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773062099","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Return - hardcover jacket","public_title":"hardcover jacket","options":["hardcover jacket"],"price":1795,"weight":300,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781773062099","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40504133222459,"title":"EPUB, fixed","option1":"EPUB, fixed","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773062105","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Return - EPUB, fixed","public_title":"EPUB, fixed","options":["EPUB, fixed"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773062105","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40504133681211,"title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option1":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773062839","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Return - Kindle, Fixed Layout","public_title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","options":["Kindle, Fixed Layout"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773062839","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1797cd38-df6e-472f-b7d0-dcfd1209df8e.jpg?v=1731043242","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_58b4b78f-e149-4043-b4d7-4fab36ee167f.jpg?v=1656518948","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_46c6af7b-1629-4489-93b1-b2f3aa18cd2e.jpg?v=1656518950","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9316059-16da-40c9-89e8-8a1aefdc3047.jpg?v=1656518954"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1797cd38-df6e-472f-b7d0-dcfd1209df8e.jpg?v=1731043242","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"A small house sits in an empty field. Around the house are bushes and a tree. A woman with light skin tone and black hair stands in the field and towers over the house. She wears a white dress with black polka dots. She bends her head to look down at the house. Text: The Return. Natalia Chernysheva.","id":24903056785467,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.323,"height":1600,"width":2116,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1797cd38-df6e-472f-b7d0-dcfd1209df8e.jpg?v=1731043242"},"aspect_ratio":1.323,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1797cd38-df6e-472f-b7d0-dcfd1209df8e.jpg?v=1731043242","width":2116},{"alt":"Trees line a road in shades of black and white. They tower over a small yellow bus that is driving down the road. The bus is releasing exhaust into the air.","id":22295510548539,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":2.732,"height":183,"width":500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_58b4b78f-e149-4043-b4d7-4fab36ee167f.jpg?v=1656518948"},"aspect_ratio":2.732,"height":183,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_58b4b78f-e149-4043-b4d7-4fab36ee167f.jpg?v=1656518948","width":500},{"alt":"There is a large field in shades of black and white. A single house beside a tree sits in the field. The house and tree are lined in yellow. A woman with light skin tone stands watching the house. She has a ponytail and is wearing a polka dot dress.","id":22295510810683,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":2.732,"height":183,"width":500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_46c6af7b-1629-4489-93b1-b2f3aa18cd2e.jpg?v=1656518950"},"aspect_ratio":2.732,"height":183,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_46c6af7b-1629-4489-93b1-b2f3aa18cd2e.jpg?v=1656518950","width":500},{"alt":"A garden with many bushes and a single apple tree surrounds a small log house. In the garden is a dining table with one chair and a bench. An adult and a child sit together on the bench. The adult has one arm around the child. On the table are a pot and two plates.","id":22295511105595,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":2.732,"height":183,"width":500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9316059-16da-40c9-89e8-8a1aefdc3047.jpg?v=1656518954"},"aspect_ratio":2.732,"height":183,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9316059-16da-40c9-89e8-8a1aefdc3047.jpg?v=1656518954","width":500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComing home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman gets on the bus and rides out of the big city. She arrives in the countryside, where she is as big as a giant, looming over a tiny house, a garden and her tiny grandmother. The cabbages and the apple trees are far below. Her grandmother smiles up at her in her yellow hat. The young woman bends down to give her little grandmother a big kiss, and then she smells her grandmother’s cooking. She has returned home. When they sit down at the table, the young woman has shrunk to a child-like size, and the two share a meal together in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gentle, wordless story Natalia Chernysheva beautifully captures the feelings of coming home to comfort and memories and of returning to our childlike selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7\u003cbr\u003e\nUse illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781554983933","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781554989140","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781554983933","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773063799","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"26","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"4","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"K","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"K","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"7","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"2","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"2","BASICMainSubject":"JUV039020","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION\/Social Themes\/Adolescence \u0026 Coming of Age","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATALIA CHERNYSHEVA\u003c\/strong\u003e is a director, animator and artist. She is the director of four award-winning films: \u003cem\u003eThe Gossamer\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem\u003eDeux Amis\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eLe Retour\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) and \u003cem\u003eSnowflake\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). Natalie studied graphics and animation at Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art, and she has worked as an animator, artist and designer on animated films, including \u003cem\u003eThat Is the Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eLetter\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). She studied at La Poudrière film school in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Adolescence \u0026amp; Coming of Age","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Family \/ Multigenerational","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Emotions \u0026amp; Feelings","BISACSubject_0":"JUV039020","BISACSubject_1":"JUV013030","BISACSubject_2":"JUV039050","CommonCore":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7","ComplexityCode_0":"NP","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATALIA CHERNYSHEVA\u003c\/strong\u003e is a director, animator and artist. She is the director of four award-winning films: \u003cem\u003eThe Gossamer\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem\u003eDeux Amis\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eLe Retour\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) and \u003cem\u003eSnowflake\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). Natalie studied graphics and animation at Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art, and she has worked as an animator, artist and designer on animated films, including \u003cem\u003eThat Is the Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eLetter\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). She studied at La Poudrière film school in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATALIA CHERNYSHEVA\u003c\/strong\u003e is a director, animator and artist. She is the director of four award-winning films: \u003cem\u003eThe Gossamer\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem\u003eDeux Amis\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eLe Retour\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) and \u003cem\u003eSnowflake\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). Natalie studied graphics and animation at Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art, and she has worked as an animator, artist and designer on animated films, including \u003cem\u003eThat Is the Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eLetter\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). She studied at La Poudrière film school in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Chernysheva, Natalia","Contributor_1":"Chernysheva, Natalia","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComing home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman gets on the bus and rides out of the big city. She arrives in the countryside, where she is as big as a giant, looming over a tiny house, a garden and her tiny grandmother. The cabbages and the apple trees are far below. Her grandmother smiles up at her in her yellow hat. The young woman bends down to give her little grandmother a big kiss, and then she smells her grandmother’s cooking. She has returned home. When they sit down at the table, the young woman has shrunk to a child-like size, and the two share a meal together in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gentle, wordless story Natalia Chernysheva beautifully captures the feelings of coming home to comfort and memories and of returning to our childlike selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7\u003cbr\u003e\nUse illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773062839","Height":"7","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"going home; family and home stories; city and town life; parents and children; extended family; comforting; growing up; empathy; compassion; respect for community; caring; appreciation; low level wordless text; rich illustrations; use of space and perspective; inferring; questioning; Common Core aligned; CC Literature Integration of Knowledge and Ideas; grade 1; grade 2; picture book","NumberOfPages":"36","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis story has universal appeal as so many children, and the adults who read with them, have experienced returning to a place and\/or people that make them feel at home.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eNatalia Chernysheva is a talented animator and artist, and her illustrations in The Return are simple and stunning.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eWordless picture books are excellent for promoting pre-reading skills — prediction, comprehension, sequencing, inferring and visual literacy. They are also an excellent choice for classrooms with English-language learners.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections: Social studies \/ family, heritage and identity; Health \/ human development.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eShort video – The Return: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/63082999\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis story has universal appeal as so many children, and the adults who read with them, have experienced returning to a place and\/or people that make them feel at home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatalia Chernysheva is a talented animator and artist, and her illustrations in The Return are simple and stunning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWordless picture books are excellent for promoting pre-reading skills — prediction, comprehension, sequencing, inferring and visual literacy. They are also an excellent choice for classrooms with English-language learners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections: Social studies \/ family, heritage and identity; Health \/ human development.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort video – The Return: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/63082999\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“As comforting as a home-cooked meal.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Readers of all ages will enjoy working together to craft a story and dialogue to accompany the emotional imagery of this book.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Coming home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"USBBY Outstanding International Book","PrizeYear_0":"2020","ProductFormDescription":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","PublicationDate":"2019-10-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Coming home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.","Width":"9.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
The Return
Coming home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.
Quick View
{"id":7349182201915,"title":"The Return of History","handle":"the-return-of-history","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History,” which argued that the demise of confrontation between Communism and capitalism, and the expansion of Western liberal democracy, signalled the endpoint of humanity’s sociocultural and political evolution, and the path toward a more peaceful world. But a quarter of a century after Fukuyama’s bold prediction, history has returned: arbitrary executions, attempts to annihilate ethnic and religious minorities, the starvation of besieged populations, invasion and annexation of territory, and the mass movement of refugees and displaced persons. It has also witnessed cracks and cleavages within Western liberal democracies as a result of deepening economic inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return of History \u003c\/i\u003eargues that our own liberal democratic society was not inevitable, but that we must all, as individual citizens, take a more active role in its preservation and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-21T09:51:14-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-21T09:48:27-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","Adult Starred Reviews","By (author) Welsh Jennifer","House of Anansi Press","Massey Lectures","pub date: 2016-09-17","The CBC Massey Lectures"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":2495,"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":42025474195515,"title":"hardcover jacket","option1":"hardcover jacket","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001308","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Return of History - hardcover jacket","public_title":"hardcover jacket","options":["hardcover jacket"],"price":2495,"weight":520,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487001308","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":42025474326587,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001315","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Return of History - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487001315","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":42025474359355,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001322","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Return of History - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487001322","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":42025474392123,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487002428","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Return of History - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":400,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487002428","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_defcca88-255f-4645-8330-495a228bc943.jpg?v=1740149327"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_defcca88-255f-4645-8330-495a228bc943.jpg?v=1740149327","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25137085218875,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_defcca88-255f-4645-8330-495a228bc943.jpg?v=1740149327"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_defcca88-255f-4645-8330-495a228bc943.jpg?v=1740149327","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History,” which argued that the demise of confrontation between Communism and capitalism, and the expansion of Western liberal democracy, signalled the endpoint of humanity’s sociocultural and political evolution, and the path toward a more peaceful world. But a quarter of a century after Fukuyama’s bold prediction, history has returned: arbitrary executions, attempts to annihilate ethnic and religious minorities, the starvation of besieged populations, invasion and annexation of territory, and the mass movement of refugees and displaced persons. It has also witnessed cracks and cleavages within Western liberal democracies as a result of deepening economic inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return of History \u003c\/i\u003eargues that our own liberal democratic society was not inevitable, but that we must all, as individual citizens, take a more active role in its preservation and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780887845451","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781770890626","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487008116","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487008116","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9780887845451","AlsoRecommendedISBN_5":"9781770890626","BASICMainSubject":"POL011000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POLITICAL SCIENCE\/International Relations\/General","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJENNIFER WELSH\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and a Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford. From 2013 until 2016, she was the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on the Responsibility to Protect. She co-founded the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, and has taught international relations at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the Central European University (Prague). Welsh is the author, co-author, and editor of several books and articles on international relations, the changing character of war, and Canadian foreign policy. She was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, and is of Metis descent. She now lives in Italy, with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ International Relations \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Geopolitics","BISACSubject_0":"POL011000","BISACSubject_1":"POL000000","BISACSubject_2":"POL062000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJENNIFER WELSH\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and a Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford. From 2013 until 2016, she was the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on the Responsibility to Protect. She co-founded the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, and has taught international relations at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the Central European University (Prague). Welsh is the author, co-author, and editor of several books and articles on international relations, the changing character of war, and Canadian foreign policy. She was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, and is of Metis descent. She now lives in Italy, with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Welsh, Jennifer","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History,” which argued that the demise of confrontation between Communism and capitalism, and the expansion of Western liberal democracy, signalled the endpoint of humanity’s sociocultural and political evolution, and the path toward a more peaceful world. But a quarter of a century after Fukuyama’s bold prediction, history has returned: arbitrary executions, attempts to annihilate ethnic and religious minorities, the starvation of besieged populations, invasion and annexation of territory, and the mass movement of refugees and displaced persons. It has also witnessed cracks and cleavages within Western liberal democracies as a result of deepening economic inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return of History \u003c\/i\u003eargues that our own liberal democratic society was not inevitable, but that we must all, as individual citizens, take a more active role in its preservation and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487002428","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487002428\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"5.25","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"educators","NumberOfPages":"360","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis politically relevant title is now available in paperback.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is a timely topic given the political upheaval due to mass migration from the Middle East to Europe of refugees and the rise of populism in North America and Europe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Insightful, frighteningly timely, and highly accessible. . . [Welsh] skillfully answers realpolitik questions with a seamless, finely honed argument deserving of broad readership and study.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publisher's Weekly","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Welsh’s unusual perspective serves her well and distinguishes this book from other return-of-history jeremiads. Not only is she exceptionally fluent in the debates and histories of political science, but she has a unique understanding of the actual workings and breaking points of the formal international order and its failings.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Welsh offers an engaging and thought-provoking argument.” — \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“Welsh mounts a forceful moral argument.” — \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“Outright inspirational . . . Whether you are interested in history, political science, economics, or are simply concerned about the state of the world, this book will force you to think long and hard.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A timely and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics by Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General Jennifer Welsh.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"National Bestseller","PrizeYear_0":"2017","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2016-09-17","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The CBC Massey Lectures","ShortDescription":"A timely and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics by Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General Jennifer Welsh.","Subtitle":"Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century","Width":"8","WidthCode":"in"}
The Return of History
A timely and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics by Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General Jennifer Welsh.
Quick View
{"id":6818885861435,"title":"The Rights Revolution","handle":"the-rights-revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an updated preface by the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities? Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights? Is rights language empowering individuals while weakening community?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Ignatieff confronts these controversial questions head-on in \u003cem\u003eThe Rights Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers. For Ignatieff, believing in rights means believing in politics, believing in deliberation rather than confrontation, compromise rather than violence.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T11:56:02-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T10:46:40-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Ignatieff Michael","House of Anansi Press","Massey Lectures","pub date: 2007-02-01","The CBC Massey Lectures"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"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":40248569724987,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847622","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Rights Revolution - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":209,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847622","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40248575131707,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887848926","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Rights Revolution - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":2295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887848926","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40248576278587,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897458","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Rights Revolution - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897458","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d7531dc4-2c3b-4917-81eb-dc1d3385b570.jpg?v=1678600761"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d7531dc4-2c3b-4917-81eb-dc1d3385b570.jpg?v=1678600761","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324556132411,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":576,"width":360,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d7531dc4-2c3b-4917-81eb-dc1d3385b570.jpg?v=1678600761"},"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":576,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d7531dc4-2c3b-4917-81eb-dc1d3385b570.jpg?v=1678600761","width":360}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an updated preface by the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities? Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights? Is rights language empowering individuals while weakening community?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Ignatieff confronts these controversial questions head-on in \u003cem\u003eThe Rights Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers. For Ignatieff, believing in rights means believing in politics, believing in deliberation rather than confrontation, compromise rather than violence.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487006020","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487006020","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487006839","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781770892736","BASICMainSubject":"POL035010","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POLITICAL SCIENCE\/Human Rights","BiographicalNote":"Michael Ignatieff is a writer and historian. He lives in Toronto, Canada, where he teaches at the University of Toronto.\n\nFollow Michael Ignatieff on Twitter:\nhttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/m_ignatieff","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Human Rights","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Public Policy \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Political Ideologies \/ Democracy","BISACSubject_0":"POL035010","BISACSubject_1":"POL028000","BISACSubject_2":"POL007000","ContributorBio_0":"Michael Ignatieff is a writer and historian. He lives in Toronto, Canada, where he teaches at the University of Toronto.\n\nFollow Michael Ignatieff on Twitter:\nhttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/m_ignatieff","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Ignatieff, Michael (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an updated preface by the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities? Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights? Is rights language empowering individuals while weakening community?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Ignatieff confronts these controversial questions head-on in \u003cem\u003eThe Rights Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers. For Ignatieff, believing in rights means believing in politics, believing in deliberation rather than confrontation, compromise rather than violence.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770897458","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770897458\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.88","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"Democracy; Public Policy; Massey Lectures","NumberOfPages":"192","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2007-02-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The CBC Massey Lectures","ShortDescription":"In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.","Width":"5.01","WidthCode":"in"}
The Rights Revolution
In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.
Quick View
{"id":6812117270587,"title":"The Rise of Populism","handle":"the-rise-of-populism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate, held on November 2, 2018, pits Stephen Bannon, the CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, against columnist and author David Frum to debate the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the Western world, politics is undergoing a sea-change. Long-held notions of the role of government, trade and economic policy, foreign policy, and immigration are being challenged by populist thinkers and movements. Does this surging populist agenda in Western nations signal a permanent shift in our politics? Or is it a passing phenomenon that will remain at the fringes of society and political power? Will our politics continue to be shaped by the post-war consensus on trade, inclusive national identity, and globalization, or by the agenda of insurgent populist politics, parties, and leaders?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate pits former Donald Trump advisor Stephen K. Bannon against columnist and public intellectual David Frum to debate the future of the liberal political order.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-22T16:44:22-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-22T11:21:44-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Bannon Stephen K.","By (author) Frum David","Edited by Griffiths Rudyard","House of Anansi Press","Munk Debates","pub date: 2019-06-18","Technology \u0026 Politics"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":1495,"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":40195613294651,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487006297","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Rise of Populism - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":140,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487006297","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40195775037499,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487006303","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Rise of Populism - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487006303","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40195777003579,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487006310","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Rise of Populism - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487006310","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_c2c70177-cd33-4632-8bfb-e8059cdb4ada.jpg?v=1654445618"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_c2c70177-cd33-4632-8bfb-e8059cdb4ada.jpg?v=1654445618","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Purple background. Text: The Rise of Populism. The Munk Debates. Speakers: Stephen K. Bannon vs. David Frum.","id":22170994212923,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_c2c70177-cd33-4632-8bfb-e8059cdb4ada.jpg?v=1654445618"},"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_c2c70177-cd33-4632-8bfb-e8059cdb4ada.jpg?v=1654445618","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate, held on November 2, 2018, pits Stephen Bannon, the CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, against columnist and author David Frum to debate the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the Western world, politics is undergoing a sea-change. Long-held notions of the role of government, trade and economic policy, foreign policy, and immigration are being challenged by populist thinkers and movements. Does this surging populist agenda in Western nations signal a permanent shift in our politics? Or is it a passing phenomenon that will remain at the fringes of society and political power? Will our politics continue to be shaped by the post-war consensus on trade, inclusive national identity, and globalization, or by the agenda of insurgent populist politics, parties, and leaders?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate pits former Donald Trump advisor Stephen K. Bannon against columnist and public intellectual David Frum to debate the future of the liberal political order.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487004514","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9780887845741","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487002428","BASICMainSubject":"POL042020","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POLITICAL SCIENCE\/Political Ideologies\/Conservatism \u0026 Liberalism","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEPHEN K. BANNON\u003c\/strong\u003e was the CEO of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and served as chief strategist and senior counselor at the White House. He was also previously a chairman of Breitbart News and a banker at Goldman Sachs. Bannon is the founder of Citizens of the American Republic, a non-profit organization that advocates for populism and economic nationalism, and is an advisor to populist leaders in the United States and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Commentary \u0026amp; Opinion","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Political Ideologies \/ Democracy","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Political Ideologies \/ Conservatism \u0026amp; Liberalism","BISACSubject_0":"POL046000","BISACSubject_1":"POL007000","BISACSubject_2":"POL042020","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEPHEN K. BANNON\u003c\/strong\u003e was the CEO of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and served as chief strategist and senior counselor at the White House. He was also previously a chairman of Breitbart News and a banker at Goldman Sachs. Bannon is the founder of Citizens of the American Republic, a non-profit organization that advocates for populism and economic nationalism, and is an advisor to populist leaders in the United States and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDAVID FRUM\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of North America’s leading public intellectuals, staunch critic of modern conservatism and its co-mingling with populist politics, and a former speechwriter for the George W. Bush White House. Frum is currently a senior editor of the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e and a frequent media commentator in Canada and the U.S. He is the author of nine books, most recently the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eTrumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRudyard Griffiths\u003c\/strong\u003e is the co-organizer and moderator of the Munk Debates. He is also the co-founder of the Dominion Institute, co-director of the Grano Speakers Series, and author of \u003cem\u003eWho We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"By (author)","ContributorRole_2":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Bannon, Stephen K.","Contributor_1":"Frum, David (CA)","Contributor_2":"Griffiths, Rudyard (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate, held on November 2, 2018, pits Stephen Bannon, the CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, against columnist and author David Frum to debate the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the Western world, politics is undergoing a sea-change. Long-held notions of the role of government, trade and economic policy, foreign policy, and immigration are being challenged by populist thinkers and movements. Does this surging populist agenda in Western nations signal a permanent shift in our politics? Or is it a passing phenomenon that will remain at the fringes of society and political power? Will our politics continue to be shaped by the post-war consensus on trade, inclusive national identity, and globalization, or by the agenda of insurgent populist politics, parties, and leaders?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate pits former Donald Trump advisor Stephen K. Bannon against columnist and public intellectual David Frum to debate the future of the liberal political order.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487006310","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487006310\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"capitalism; anarchism; Republican; America first; Tea Party; economic nationalism; antifa; Black Lives Matter; liberalism; Donald Trump; facism; 21st century; twenty-first century; Davos; Marine Le Pen; Hillary Clinton; deplorables; Jared Kushner; Obama administration; NATO; NAFTA; debate; political science; Stephen Miller; Vladimir Putin; Peter Munk","NumberOfPages":"144","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cp\u003eThis debate pits two big names in American politics against each other, which is sure to make it a draw for those who support them as well as those who oppose them.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Munk Debates have been extremely successful for us, particularly on the rights front. We have an opportunity to publish some of the most important and well-known thinkers, politicians, business people, and humanitarians of our time and from around the world. Not only does this add prestige to our already incredible list, but it has also opened the door to international publishers who have never acquired rights from us.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for the institutional market and those interest in current events and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cp\u003eThis debate pits two big names in American politics against each other, which is sure to make it a draw for those who support them as well as those who oppose them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Munk Debates have been extremely successful for us, particularly on the rights front. We have an opportunity to publish some of the most important and well-known thinkers, politicians, business people, and humanitarians of our time and from around the world. Not only does this add prestige to our already incredible list, but it has also opened the door to international publishers who have never acquired rights from us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for the institutional market and those interest in current events and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate takes on the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2019-06-18","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"Munk Debates","ShortDescription":"The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate takes on the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.","Subtitle":"The Munk Debates","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Rise of Populism
The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate takes on the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.
Quick View
{"id":6818956410939,"title":"The Rivers North of the Future","handle":"the-rivers-north-of-the-future","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Rivers North of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e David Cayley has compiled Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllich's view, which could be summed up as the corruption of the best is the worst, is that Jesus' call to love more abundantly became the basis for new forms of power in the hands of those who organized and administered this New Testament. Illich also explores the invention of technology, the road from hospitality to the hospital, the criminalization of sin, the church as the template of the modern state, and the death of nature. Illich's analysis of contemporary society as a congealed and corrupted Christianity is both a bold historical hypothesis and a call to believers to re-invent the Christian church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Charles Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIvan Illich (1926-2002) was a brilliant polymath, an iconoclastic thinker, and a prolific writer. He was a priest, vice-rector of a university, founder of the Centre for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and author of numerous books, including Deschooling Society, Tools for Conviviality, Energy and Equity, and Medical Nemesis.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T14:15:33-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T13:35:37-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Cayley David","Foreword by Taylor Charles","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2005-02-26"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":2495,"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":40249437585467,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847141","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Rivers North of the Future - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2495,"weight":408,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847141","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40249439551547,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887848933","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Rivers North of the Future - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887848933","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40249439748155,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897465","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Rivers North of the Future - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897465","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d289fe16-117d-41cc-abdb-206107a7aa5f.jpg?v=1678605582"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d289fe16-117d-41cc-abdb-206107a7aa5f.jpg?v=1678605582","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324587851835,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.669,"height":2691,"width":1799,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d289fe16-117d-41cc-abdb-206107a7aa5f.jpg?v=1678605582"},"aspect_ratio":0.669,"height":2691,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d289fe16-117d-41cc-abdb-206107a7aa5f.jpg?v=1678605582","width":1799}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Rivers North of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e David Cayley has compiled Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllich's view, which could be summed up as the corruption of the best is the worst, is that Jesus' call to love more abundantly became the basis for new forms of power in the hands of those who organized and administered this New Testament. Illich also explores the invention of technology, the road from hospitality to the hospital, the criminalization of sin, the church as the template of the modern state, and the death of nature. Illich's analysis of contemporary society as a congealed and corrupted Christianity is both a bold historical hypothesis and a call to believers to re-invent the Christian church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Charles Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIvan Illich (1926-2002) was a brilliant polymath, an iconoclastic thinker, and a prolific writer. He was a priest, vice-rector of a university, founder of the Centre for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and author of numerous books, including Deschooling Society, Tools for Conviviality, Energy and Equity, and Medical Nemesis.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780887848469","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487005146","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9780887848469","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487004088","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781487005146","BASICMainSubject":"PHI019000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"PHILOSOPHY\/Political","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Cayley is a producer at CBC Radio as well as a writer. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rivers North of the Future \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Expanding Prison\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"PHILOSOPHY \/ Political","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"EDUCATION \/ Philosophy, Theory \u0026amp; Social Aspects","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"BIOGRAPHY \u0026amp; AUTOBIOGRAPHY \/ Educators","BISACSubject_0":"PHI019000","BISACSubject_1":"EDU040000","BISACSubject_2":"BIO019000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Cayley is a producer at CBC Radio as well as a writer. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rivers North of the Future \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Expanding Prison\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Taylor is emeritus professor of philosophy at McGill University. He is also the author of the acclaimed books \u003cem\u003eSources of the Self \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eA Secular Age \u003c\/em\u003eand the winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Foreword by","Contributor_0":"Cayley, David (CA)","Contributor_1":"Taylor, Charles (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Rivers North of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e David Cayley has compiled Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllich's view, which could be summed up as the corruption of the best is the worst, is that Jesus' call to love more abundantly became the basis for new forms of power in the hands of those who organized and administered this New Testament. Illich also explores the invention of technology, the road from hospitality to the hospital, the criminalization of sin, the church as the template of the modern state, and the death of nature. Illich's analysis of contemporary society as a congealed and corrupted Christianity is both a bold historical hypothesis and a call to believers to re-invent the Christian church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Charles Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIvan Illich (1926-2002) was a brilliant polymath, an iconoclastic thinker, and a prolific writer. He was a priest, vice-rector of a university, founder of the Centre for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and author of numerous books, including Deschooling Society, Tools for Conviviality, Energy and Equity, and Medical Nemesis.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770897465","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770897465\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"9.63","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"Educators; Political; Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects","NumberOfPages":"256","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"David Cayley compiles Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2005-02-26","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"David Cayley compiles Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
The Rivers North of the Future
David Cayley compiles Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.
Quick View
{"id":7349208907835,"title":"The Riveter","handle":"the-riveter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCBC,\u003c\/em\u003e Indigo\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand more!)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVancouver, 1942. Josiah Chang arrives in the bustling city ready to serve his country in the war against fascism, but Chinese Canadians are barred from joining the army out of fear they might expect citizenship in return. So, Josiah heads to the shipyard to find work as a riveter, fastening together the ribs and steel plates of Victory ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne night, Josiah spots Poppy singing at a navy club. Despite their different backgrounds, they fall for each other instantly and begin a starry-eyed romance that lasts until the harsh reality of their situation is made clear. Determined to prove himself, Josiah takes a train to Toronto where he’s finally given the chance to enlist. After volunteering for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and jumping into Normandy on D-Day, he must fight through the battlefields of Europe to make it back to the woman he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e By turns harrowing and exhilarating, \u003cem\u003eThe Riveter\u003c\/em\u003e explores what one man must sacrifice to belong to the only country he has ever called home.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-21T10:56:13-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-21T10:54:10-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult Starred Reviews","By (author) Wang Jack","House of Anansi Press","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2025-02-11"],"price":1999,"price_min":1999,"price_max":2499,"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":42025534128187,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487007614","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Riveter - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2499,"weight":414,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487007614","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":42025534259259,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487007621","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Riveter - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487007621","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7d183c8-66df-49d8-9cda-530f075e893d.jpg?v=1740153266"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7d183c8-66df-49d8-9cda-530f075e893d.jpg?v=1740153266","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25137300439099,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7d183c8-66df-49d8-9cda-530f075e893d.jpg?v=1740153266"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e7d183c8-66df-49d8-9cda-530f075e893d.jpg?v=1740153266","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCBC,\u003c\/em\u003e Indigo\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand more!)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVancouver, 1942. Josiah Chang arrives in the bustling city ready to serve his country in the war against fascism, but Chinese Canadians are barred from joining the army out of fear they might expect citizenship in return. So, Josiah heads to the shipyard to find work as a riveter, fastening together the ribs and steel plates of Victory ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne night, Josiah spots Poppy singing at a navy club. Despite their different backgrounds, they fall for each other instantly and begin a starry-eyed romance that lasts until the harsh reality of their situation is made clear. Determined to prove himself, Josiah takes a train to Toronto where he’s finally given the chance to enlist. After volunteering for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and jumping into Normandy on D-Day, he must fight through the battlefields of Europe to make it back to the woman he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e By turns harrowing and exhilarating, \u003cem\u003eThe Riveter\u003c\/em\u003e explores what one man must sacrifice to belong to the only country he has ever called home.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487001056","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781770893979","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781770893559","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487001056","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781770893979","BASICMainSubject":"FIC027230","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION\/Romance\/Multicultural \u0026 Interracial","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJACK WANG\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and longlisted for Canada Reads. His writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eFiddlehead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrick\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePRISM international\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eMalahat Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJoyland\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Journey Prize. He held the David T. K. Wong Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, and has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts. Originally from Vancouver, he lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and their two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"FICTION \/ Historical \/ 20th Century \/ World War II \u0026amp; Holocaust","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"FICTION \/ Romance \/ Multicultural \u0026amp; Interracial","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"FICTION \/ Asian American \u0026amp; Pacific Islander","BISACSubject_0":"FIC014050","BISACSubject_1":"FIC027230","BISACSubject_2":"FIC054000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJACK WANG\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and longlisted for Canada Reads. His writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eFiddlehead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrick\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePRISM international\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eMalahat Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJoyland\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Journey Prize. He held the David T. K. Wong Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, and has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts. Originally from Vancouver, he lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and their two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Wang, Jack (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCBC,\u003c\/em\u003e Indigo\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand more!)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVancouver, 1942. Josiah Chang arrives in the bustling city ready to serve his country in the war against fascism, but Chinese Canadians are barred from joining the army out of fear they might expect citizenship in return. So, Josiah heads to the shipyard to find work as a riveter, fastening together the ribs and steel plates of Victory ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne night, Josiah spots Poppy singing at a navy club. Despite their different backgrounds, they fall for each other instantly and begin a starry-eyed romance that lasts until the harsh reality of their situation is made clear. Determined to prove himself, Josiah takes a train to Toronto where he’s finally given the chance to enlist. After volunteering for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and jumping into Normandy on D-Day, he must fight through the battlefields of Europe to make it back to the woman he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e By turns harrowing and exhilarating, \u003cem\u003eThe Riveter\u003c\/em\u003e explores what one man must sacrifice to belong to the only country he has ever called home.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487007621","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487007621\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"Asian Heritage Month;AAPI Month;Father's Day;Remembrance Day;Allies;World War Two;Holocaust;Military;V-E Day;V-E Day Anniversary;Danuda Gleed Award;Kobo Emerging Writer Prize;Canada Reads;Central New York Book Award;Michael Ondaatje;Anthony Doerr;Saving Private Ryan;All Quiet On the Western Front;Band of Brothers;The Radio Opperator","NumberOfPages":"392","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Even in the cauldron of war, Jack Wang creates scenes of such scalding beauty that I didn’t want them to end.” —\u003cstrong\u003eGil Adamson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Outlander\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRidegrunner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Impeccably researched and beautifully written, \u003cem\u003eThe Riveter\u003c\/em\u003e will stay with readers long after the final page.” —\u003cstrong\u003eMeg Waite Clayton, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Train to London\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Postmistress of Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e“The Riveter probes the limits of love through Josiah and Poppy’s cross-cultural romance, evolving through the years to the unforgettable and emotional final pages.” —\u003cstrong\u003eMelissa Fu, author of \u003cem\u003ePeach Blossom Spring\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe book will publish a few months before the 80th Anniversary of VE Day (May 8, 1945). The story is an opportunity to reflect on Canada’s role in WWII, and specifically that of a Chinese Canadian soldier.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is surprisingly little Canadian fiction set during WWII. Most Canadian war novels and films focus on the Great War (\u003cem\u003eThe Wars\u003c\/em\u003e by Timothy Findley, \u003cem\u003ePasschendaele\u003c\/em\u003e, etc.), with very few taking place during WWII (\u003cem\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/em\u003e being a rare exception).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe subplot of a love story between a Chinese man and a Canadian woman propels the pages forward and sheds light on the lesser-discussed dynamics of an interracial relationship from a Chinese perspective. It also provides an emotional throughline for readers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis novel will appeal to readers of books like \u003cem\u003eThe Radio Operator\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWang’s debut story collection \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e (Anansi, 2020) was the winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Central New York Book Award for Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and longlisted for Canada Reads in 2022.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e\"Fans of WWII fiction will devour this.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSTARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"A familiar tale of war and homecoming, rife with correspondence, death, and pangs of yearning for a beloved back home.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Riveter\u003c\/em\u003e offers up cross-cultural love story and a reminder that human rights are not to be taken for granted.\" —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vancouver Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003e“A sprawling, ambitious love story.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— British Columbia Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“A compelling and emotional read ... This novel is about more than war; it is about love and loyalty, acceptance, and clash of cultures.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Astoundingly accomplished, Wang's virtuoso novel haunts with poignance and grace.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Shelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"A lyrical historical novel about love, war and homecoming.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"This exhilarating debut is part cross-cultural romance and part underdog story, one that will have readers rooting for its memorable, indefatigable protagonist.\"\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“High-altitude drama.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e– The National Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Riveter\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping tale of the Second World War, couched not so securely in an interracial love affair, and a remarkable expression of the hidden and not so hidden costs of racial intolerance.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Literary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e\"A riveting must-read.\" —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e\"Readers of historical romance and tales of forbidden love will be satisfied by Wang’s writing and its infusion of Canadian history, geography, and point of view.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of \u003cem\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/em\u003e comes a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeName_0":"New Yorker Best Book of 2025","PrizeName_1":"Globe and Mail Best Book of 2025","PrizeName_2":"CBC Best Book of 2025","PrizeName_3":"Indigo Best Book of 2025","PrizeYear_0":"2025","PrizeYear_1":"2025","PrizeYear_2":"2025","PrizeYear_3":"2025","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2025-02-11","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of \u003cem\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/em\u003e comes a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"A Novel","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Riveter
For readers of The English Patient and All the Light We Cannot See comes a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.
Quick View
{"id":6815471370299,"title":"The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out","handle":"the-road-in-is-not-the-same-road-out","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth collection, and the first since the Griffin Poetry Prize–winning \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts. Ferrying the intimate self through the public realm, these poems meditate on the tensile strength of our most elemental bonds and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently attuned to the demotic and the enigmatic, she returns our language to us as if new again, in a style somehow both nomadic and steady, both unpredictable and meticulously crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, witty, tough-minded, and perceptive, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e offers Solie's most exciting and captivating work to date, in poems of natural contemplation and uncertainty ranging under the aegis of lyric grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T17:43:57-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T14:39:22-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","Adult Special Edition","By (author) Solie Karen","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2015-04-02"],"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":40209999265851,"title":"hardcover special edition","option1":"hardcover special edition","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770898202","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out - hardcover special edition","public_title":"hardcover special edition","options":["hardcover special edition"],"price":1995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770898202","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d9e25df7-ad95-420f-847f-9b44d9c835b2.jpg?v=1719712918"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d9e25df7-ad95-420f-847f-9b44d9c835b2.jpg?v=1719712918","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24668250275899,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":3321,"width":2657,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d9e25df7-ad95-420f-847f-9b44d9c835b2.jpg?v=1719712918"},"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":3321,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d9e25df7-ad95-420f-847f-9b44d9c835b2.jpg?v=1719712918","width":2657}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth collection, and the first since the Griffin Poetry Prize–winning \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts. Ferrying the intimate self through the public realm, these poems meditate on the tensile strength of our most elemental bonds and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently attuned to the demotic and the enigmatic, she returns our language to us as if new again, in a style somehow both nomadic and steady, both unpredictable and meticulously crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, witty, tough-minded, and perceptive, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e offers Solie's most exciting and captivating work to date, in poems of natural contemplation and uncertainty ranging under the aegis of lyric grace.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780887847400","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487006181","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9780887842580","BASICMainSubject":"POE011000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY\/Canadian","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKAREN SOLIE\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in southwest Saskatchewan. Her five previous collections of poetry–\u003cem\u003eShort Haul Engine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern and Normal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Caiplie Caves\u003c\/em\u003e–have won the Dorothy Livesay Award, Pat Lowther Award, Trillium Poetry Prize, and the Griffin Prize, and been shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize. A 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize recipient and 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, she teaches half-time for the University of St Andrews in Scotland and lives the rest of the year in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POETRY \/ Canadian \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"POE011000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKAREN SOLIE\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in southwest Saskatchewan. Her five previous collections of poetry–\u003cem\u003eShort Haul Engine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern and Normal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Caiplie Caves\u003c\/em\u003e–have won the Dorothy Livesay Award, Pat Lowther Award, Trillium Poetry Prize, and the Griffin Prize, and been shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize. A 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize recipient and 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, she teaches half-time for the University of St Andrews in Scotland and lives the rest of the year in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Solie, Karen (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth collection, and the first since the Griffin Poetry Prize–winning \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts. Ferrying the intimate self through the public realm, these poems meditate on the tensile strength of our most elemental bonds and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently attuned to the demotic and the enigmatic, she returns our language to us as if new again, in a style somehow both nomadic and steady, both unpredictable and meticulously crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, witty, tough-minded, and perceptive, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e offers Solie's most exciting and captivating work to date, in poems of natural contemplation and uncertainty ranging under the aegis of lyric grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770898202","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770898202\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"104","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“…remarkable…[t]here are glimmers of hope in these poems…” — \u003cstrong\u003eCandace Fertile, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Candace Fertile","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Unease is arguably the dominant mood of our cultural moment — and Karen Solie taps into it brilliantly in her fourth collection, The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out, a follow-up to her Griffin Poetry Prize-winning Pigeon.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBarb Carey, \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Barb Carey","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Solie at her best” — \u003cstrong\u003eEmma Healey, \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Emma Healey","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“…she might be the most technically sound sentence engineer in the country, prose authors included.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJacob McArthur Mooney, \u003cem\u003eThe National Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Jacob McArthur Mooney","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The National Post","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeName_0":"Trillium Book Award","PrizeYear_0":"2016","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover special edition","PublicationDate":"2015-04-02","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.","Subtitle":"Special Edition","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.
Quick View
{"id":6815471501371,"title":"The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out","handle":"the-road-in-is-not-the-same-road-out-1","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth collection, and the first since the Griffin Poetry Prize–winning \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts. Ferrying the intimate self through the public realm, these poems meditate on the tensile strength of our most elemental bonds and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently attuned to the demotic and the enigmatic, she returns our language to us as if new again, in a style somehow both nomadic and steady, both unpredictable and meticulously crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, witty, tough-minded, and perceptive, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e offers Solie's most exciting and captivating work to date, in poems of natural contemplation and uncertainty ranging under the aegis of lyric grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T17:43:58-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T14:39:31-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Solie Karen","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2015-04-02"],"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":40209999724603,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770898196","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770898196","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40210088394811,"title":"Web PDF","option1":"Web PDF","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770898219","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out - Web PDF","public_title":"Web PDF","options":["Web PDF"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770898219","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3248b8ab-4658-4278-9363-5df92a131899.jpg?v=1719712999"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3248b8ab-4658-4278-9363-5df92a131899.jpg?v=1719712999","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24668252307515,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"width":413,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3248b8ab-4658-4278-9363-5df92a131899.jpg?v=1719712999"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3248b8ab-4658-4278-9363-5df92a131899.jpg?v=1719712999","width":413}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth collection, and the first since the Griffin Poetry Prize–winning \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts. Ferrying the intimate self through the public realm, these poems meditate on the tensile strength of our most elemental bonds and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently attuned to the demotic and the enigmatic, she returns our language to us as if new again, in a style somehow both nomadic and steady, both unpredictable and meticulously crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, witty, tough-minded, and perceptive, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e offers Solie's most exciting and captivating work to date, in poems of natural contemplation and uncertainty ranging under the aegis of lyric grace.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780887842580","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9780887847400","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487006181","BASICMainSubject":"POE011000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY\/Canadian","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKAREN SOLIE\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in southwest Saskatchewan. Her five previous collections of poetry–\u003cem\u003eShort Haul Engine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern and Normal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Caiplie Caves\u003c\/em\u003e–have won the Dorothy Livesay Award, Pat Lowther Award, Trillium Poetry Prize, and the Griffin Prize, and been shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize. A 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize recipient and 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, she teaches half-time for the University of St Andrews in Scotland and lives the rest of the year in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POETRY \/ Canadian \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"POE011000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKAREN SOLIE\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in southwest Saskatchewan. Her five previous collections of poetry–\u003cem\u003eShort Haul Engine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern and Normal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Caiplie Caves\u003c\/em\u003e–have won the Dorothy Livesay Award, Pat Lowther Award, Trillium Poetry Prize, and the Griffin Prize, and been shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize. A 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize recipient and 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, she teaches half-time for the University of St Andrews in Scotland and lives the rest of the year in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Solie, Karen (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth collection, and the first since the Griffin Poetry Prize–winning \u003cem\u003ePigeon\u003c\/em\u003e, Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts. Ferrying the intimate self through the public realm, these poems meditate on the tensile strength of our most elemental bonds and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently attuned to the demotic and the enigmatic, she returns our language to us as if new again, in a style somehow both nomadic and steady, both unpredictable and meticulously crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, witty, tough-minded, and perceptive, \u003cem\u003eThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out\u003c\/em\u003e offers Solie's most exciting and captivating work to date, in poems of natural contemplation and uncertainty ranging under the aegis of lyric grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770898219","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770898219\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"Canadian; women writers; Canadian poetry; Reflective poems; Reflection; Poems about Paintings; A Disaster At Sea; The Raft of the Medusa; Technology vs the natural world; Technology; Nature; Natural World; Hopeful poems; Poems about Hope; Hope; Canadian poets; Modern landscapes; Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize; Women Authors","NumberOfPages":"112","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“…remarkable…[t]here are glimmers of hope in these poems…” — \u003cstrong\u003eCandace Fertile, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Candace Fertile","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“…she might be the most technically sound sentence engineer in the country, prose authors included.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJacob McArthur Mooney, \u003cem\u003eThe National Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Jacob McArthur Mooney","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The National Post","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Solie at her best” — \u003cstrong\u003eEmma Healey, \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Emma Healey","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Unease is arguably the dominant mood of our cultural moment — and Karen Solie taps into it brilliantly in her fourth collection, The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out, a follow-up to her Griffin Poetry Prize-winning Pigeon.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBarb Carey, \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Barb Carey","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In her fourth collection Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeName_0":"Trillium Book Award","PrizeYear_0":"2016","ProductFormDescription":"Web PDF","PublicationDate":"2015-04-02","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"In her fourth collection Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
In her fourth collection Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts.
Quick View
{"id":7232489586747,"title":"The Runaway","handle":"the-runaway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce there was a runaway … The third book in the Crow Stories trilogy is a haunting tale of a young boy’s resilience and hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a young boy loses his mother to cholera, he is convinced he must leave home. He is fearless, resourceful and, above all, determined to find what he is looking for. When his hunger gets the best of him, he agrees to join two riders who take him to their encampment. The boy is soon put to work for his soup and bread, and time passes, though he holds fast to his purpose. Then just when he is ready to set out again, he finds there is no need …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNancy Vo’s finale to the Crow Stories trilogy is a moving tribute to a young boy’s resilience and faith in the people he loves — even in the face of their absence — and his discovery that while times may be hard, they can also get much better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-01-31T10:34:44-05:00","created_at":"2024-01-30T16:16:51-05:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 4 - 8","By (author) Vo Nancy","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7","Dealing with Loss","Groundwood Books","Illustrated by Vo Nancy","Lexile measure AD520L","Picture Books","pub date: 2024-08-06","Stories of Resilience","The Crow Stories trilogy"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1999,"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":41614496366651,"title":"hardcover jacket","option1":"hardcover jacket","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773064017","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Runaway - hardcover jacket","public_title":"hardcover jacket","options":["hardcover jacket"],"price":1999,"weight":331,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781773064017","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41614496596027,"title":"EPUB, fixed","option1":"EPUB, fixed","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773064024","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Runaway - EPUB, fixed","public_title":"EPUB, fixed","options":["EPUB, fixed"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773064024","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41614496694331,"title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option1":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773064031","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Runaway - Kindle, Fixed Layout","public_title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","options":["Kindle, Fixed Layout"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773064031","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_21899dbc-6536-455d-bb3c-43f39e33df90.jpg?v=1706650455","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1681e493-b483-4b8d-a622-96dcf555f9dd.jpg?v=1706650460","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773064017_interior02.jpg?v=1706715189","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773064017_interior03.jpg?v=1706715199"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_21899dbc-6536-455d-bb3c-43f39e33df90.jpg?v=1706650455","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover: The Runaway. By Nancy Vo. A small boy walks across a gray field toward us, his shadow lengthening in front of him. A barn with a fenced paddock and a cluster of trees sits on the horizon, under a pale orange sky.","id":24147977830459,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.977,"height":1638,"width":1600,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_21899dbc-6536-455d-bb3c-43f39e33df90.jpg?v=1706650455"},"aspect_ratio":0.977,"height":1638,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_21899dbc-6536-455d-bb3c-43f39e33df90.jpg?v=1706650455","width":1600},{"alt":"The edge of a house is visible on the left side of the page. It has white siding, a paneled glass window and brick covering the lower half. The sky is painted in shades of gray and blue. The boy climbs onto the back of a horse-pulled wagon, driven by an unsuspecting man wearing a broad-brimmed hat. The wagon is loaded with large sacks. Text: “The runaway was not afraid. He was small, and fast, and clever.”","id":24147977863227,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.914,"height":418,"width":800,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1681e493-b483-4b8d-a622-96dcf555f9dd.jpg?v=1706650460"},"aspect_ratio":1.914,"height":418,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1681e493-b483-4b8d-a622-96dcf555f9dd.jpg?v=1706650460","width":800},{"alt":"A line of covered wagons extends into the horizon along prairie fields. A woman and two girls sit side-by-side in the closest covered wagon. One person walks alongside, and another rides a horse. The boy walks away from the wagons, a satchel slung over his shoulder. Text: \"He followed people on the move, but surely he would not need to travel so far.\"","id":24150287712315,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.913,"height":1600,"width":3060,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773064017_interior02.jpg?v=1706715189"},"aspect_ratio":1.913,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773064017_interior02.jpg?v=1706715189","width":3060},{"alt":"Two people sit on horseback, facing us. They have light skin tone and wear broad-brimmed hats, buttoned shirts and kerchiefs. Tall striped trees rise behind them, and flowers fill the foreground. The boy’s head is turned in profile to face the two riders. Text: “‘Boy, why are you in the woods alone?’ said one. ‘There are wolves and bears,’ said the other. ‘I’m hungry,’ said the runaway.”","id":24150288171067,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.913,"height":1600,"width":3060,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773064017_interior03.jpg?v=1706715199"},"aspect_ratio":1.913,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773064017_interior03.jpg?v=1706715199","width":3060}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce there was a runaway … The third book in the Crow Stories trilogy is a haunting tale of a young boy’s resilience and hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a young boy loses his mother to cholera, he is convinced he must leave home. He is fearless, resourceful and, above all, determined to find what he is looking for. When his hunger gets the best of him, he agrees to join two riders who take him to their encampment. The boy is soon put to work for his soup and bread, and time passes, though he holds fast to his purpose. Then just when he is ready to set out again, he finds there is no need …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNancy Vo’s finale to the Crow Stories trilogy is a moving tribute to a young boy’s resilience and faith in the people he loves — even in the face of their absence — and his discovery that while times may be hard, they can also get much better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781773061283","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781773062242","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773065632","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"26","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"4","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"K","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"K","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"8","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"3","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"3","BASICMainSubject":"JUV039140","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION\/Social Themes\/Self-Esteem \u0026 Self-Reliance","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNANCY VO\u003c\/strong\u003e was raised where the sun rose in the prairies and set behind the Rockies. By night she makes picture books. She is the author\/illustrator of the first two books in the Crow Stories trilogy: \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e, described by the New York Times as “bewitching,” and \u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e, praised in a \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e starred review as “visually arresting and enigmatic.” Nancy is also the author\/illustrator of \u003cem\u003eBoobies\u003c\/em\u003e and the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eAs Glenn as Can Be\u003c\/em\u003e by Sarah Ellis. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Esteem \u0026amp; Self-Reliance","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Runaways","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Family \/ Siblings","BISACSubject_0":"JUV039140","BISACSubject_1":"JUV039130","BISACSubject_2":"JUV013070","CommonCore":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7","CommonCore_1":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7","ComplexityCode_0":"AD520L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNANCY VO\u003c\/strong\u003e was raised where the sun rose in the prairies and set behind the Rockies. By night she makes picture books. She is the author\/illustrator of the first two books in the Crow Stories trilogy: \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e, described by the New York Times as “bewitching,” and \u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e, praised in a \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e starred review as “visually arresting and enigmatic.” Nancy is also the author\/illustrator of \u003cem\u003eBoobies\u003c\/em\u003e and the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eAs Glenn as Can Be\u003c\/em\u003e by Sarah Ellis. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNANCY VO\u003c\/strong\u003e was raised where the sun rose in the prairies and set behind the Rockies. By night she makes picture books. She is the author\/illustrator of the first two books in the Crow Stories trilogy: \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e, described by the New York Times as “bewitching,” and \u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e, praised in a \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e starred review as “visually arresting and enigmatic.” Nancy is also the author\/illustrator of \u003cem\u003eBoobies\u003c\/em\u003e and the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eAs Glenn as Can Be\u003c\/em\u003e by Sarah Ellis. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Vo, Nancy (CA)","Contributor_1":"Vo, Nancy (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce there was a runaway … The third book in the Crow Stories trilogy is a haunting tale of a young boy’s resilience and hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a young boy loses his mother to cholera, he is convinced he must leave home. He is fearless, resourceful and, above all, determined to find what he is looking for. When his hunger gets the best of him, he agrees to join two riders who take him to their encampment. The boy is soon put to work for his soup and bread, and time passes, though he holds fast to his purpose. Then just when he is ready to set out again, he finds there is no need …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNancy Vo’s finale to the Crow Stories trilogy is a moving tribute to a young boy’s resilience and faith in the people he loves — even in the face of their absence — and his discovery that while times may be hard, they can also get much better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773064031","Height":"8.625","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"\u003cp\u003edialogue;illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","MetaKeywords":"absent parent;loss and longing;illness and disease;death and bereavement;travelling;leaving home;journey;adventure;jobs and occupations;historical fiction;overcoming adversity;coping with hardship;new experiences;independence;growing up","NumberOfPages":"44","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Runaway\u003c\/em\u003e is the third book in the Crow Stories trilogy, which includes \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stories in the series address themes of resilience (\u003cem\u003eThe Runaway\u003c\/em\u003e), friendship (\u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e) and redemption (\u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan be read as a standalone, but it will be especially enjoyed by readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e, who will recognize Annie and the fox. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy creates her unique style of illustration with pen and watercolor, then adds subtle details with period newspaper clippings and textiles. The cover title was produced with wood type on letterpress. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA nugget for history buffs: The story is set in the mid-nineteenth century, against the backdrop of the cholera epidemic and the migrations West along the California, Oregon and Mormon Trails.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Runaway\u003c\/em\u003e is the third book in the Crow Stories trilogy, which includes \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stories in the series address themes of resilience (\u003cem\u003eThe Runaway\u003c\/em\u003e), friendship (\u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e) and redemption (\u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan be read as a standalone, but it will be especially enjoyed by readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e, who will recognize Annie and the fox. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy creates her unique style of illustration with pen and watercolor, then adds subtle details with period newspaper clippings and textiles. The cover title was produced with wood type on letterpress. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA nugget for history buffs: The story is set in the mid-nineteenth century, against the backdrop of the cholera epidemic and the migrations West along the California, Oregon and Mormon Trails.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“An unexpectedly tender story.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Wall Street Journal","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Illustrations and minimal text convey a deeply felt story that will provide rich opportunities for children to extend the storytelling and perhaps tell their own survival stories. Beautifully presented.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“This final installment in the Crow Stories trilogy features the familiar muted palette, Old West setting, and spare narrative of Vo’s previous books. ... A satisfying finish.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Vo has plenty of tricks up her sleeve as she brings this amazing series to a close.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Unusual illustrations in which old newsprint is placed over painted images gives a nostalgic feeling to this picture book.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce there was a runaway … The third book in the Crow Stories trilogy is a haunting tale of a young boy’s resilience and hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"Globe 100 Best Books","PrizeYear_0":"2024","ProductFormDescription":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","PublicationDate":"2024-08-06","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","Series":"The Crow Stories trilogy","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce there was a runaway … The third book in the Crow Stories trilogy is a haunting tale of a young boy’s resilience and hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"8.25","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 4
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
The Runaway
Once there was a runaway … The third book in the Crow Stories trilogy is a haunting tale of a young boy’s resilience and hope.
Quick View
{"id":7168181927995,"title":"The Scooter Twins","handle":"the-scooter-twins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelanie and Melvin may be twins, but they couldn’t be more different. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelanie is LOUD and Melvin is quiet. Melvin likes frogs and Melanie loves MOTORCYCLES! When the twins learn that they will get their very own mobility scooters, Melanie is excited to race to school, but Melvin is worried he’ll fall — and that people will stare. And there’s a problem: Grandma can’t afford the scooters without selling one of Mom’s treasured paintings, one of the only things the twins have left to remember their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the process of getting their scooters, Melanie and Melvin have to navigate challenges that people with disabilities face on a daily basis: rudeness from a store clerk and products that aren’t made with kids in mind. But in the end, Melanie and Melvin choose scooters that are just right for them and make moving through their neighborhood a new adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by disability advocate and mobility scooter user Dorothy Ellen Palmer, and illustrated by Maria Sweeney, \u003cem\u003eThe Scooter Twins\u003c\/em\u003e is an #ownvoices story that shares the joys and challenges of disabled childhood, and offers many kids who get new wheels the opportunity to find themselves in the pages of a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-07-27T17:52:10-04:00","created_at":"2023-07-27T17:46:53-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 6 - 9","By (author) Palmer Dorothy Ellen","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3","Childrens Award-Winning","Diversity","Groundwood Books","Human Rights and Activism","Illustrated by Sweeney Maria","Lexile measure 610L","Picture Books","pub date: 2024-03-05"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":2199,"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":41383598227515,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773066295","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Scooter Twins - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":2199,"weight":386,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781773066295","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41383599669307,"title":"EPUB, fixed","option1":"EPUB, fixed","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773066301","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Scooter Twins - EPUB, fixed","public_title":"EPUB, fixed","options":["EPUB, fixed"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773066301","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41383600128059,"title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option1":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773066318","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Scooter Twins - Kindle, Fixed Layout","public_title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","options":["Kindle, Fixed Layout"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773066318","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_89cc0eba-c72f-462f-a05d-20bc51ba38a9.jpg?v=1710270619","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior01.jpg?v=1710272846","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior02.jpg?v=1710272853","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior03.jpg?v=1710272863"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_89cc0eba-c72f-462f-a05d-20bc51ba38a9.jpg?v=1710270619","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Scooter Twins, by Dorothy Ellen Palmer and Maria Sweeney. Two children, a boy and a girl, face each other. They are visible from the shoulders up. The girl has long brown hair in a braid, and wears a purple shirt. The boy has short, dark curly hair, green glasses and a green striped shirt. Behind them, on a sidewalk, are two mobility scooters: one black and one green.","id":24311001382971,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.101,"height":1600,"width":1761,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_89cc0eba-c72f-462f-a05d-20bc51ba38a9.jpg?v=1710270619"},"aspect_ratio":1.101,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_89cc0eba-c72f-462f-a05d-20bc51ba38a9.jpg?v=1710270619","width":1761},{"alt":"Two children, a boy and a girl, sit at a table in a kitchen eating pancakes. Their grandmother holds another plate with a large stack of pancakes on it. They all have light skin tone, and are wearing their pajamas. In the text, Melanie and Melvin are excited to turn eight, but not to have to go to the doctor's office today!","id":24311289086011,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":2.223,"height":1600,"width":3556,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior01.jpg?v=1710272846"},"aspect_ratio":2.223,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior01.jpg?v=1710272846","width":3556},{"alt":"On the left page, Melanie, Melvin and their grandmother sit on a seat in a public bus, surrounded by other passengers. The family and a few passengers wear masks. Grandma reads a magazine to Melvin, while Melanie reads on her own. On the right page, Melanie and Melvin are at the doctor's office. Dr. Singh, who has dark skin tone and long brown hair, recommends that the twins get mobility scooters. They are all wearing masks.","id":24311289348155,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":2.223,"height":1600,"width":3556,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior02.jpg?v=1710272853"},"aspect_ratio":2.223,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior02.jpg?v=1710272853","width":3556},{"alt":"Melvin, a young boy with light skin tone, stares at a laptop in front of him with his head in his hands. A white cat licks its paw behind the computer on the table. On the computer screen, Melvin reads about curb cuts that help people using mobility devices cross the street more safely.","id":24311289741371,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":2.223,"height":1600,"width":3556,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior03.jpg?v=1710272863"},"aspect_ratio":2.223,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781773066295_interior03.jpg?v=1710272863","width":3556}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelanie and Melvin may be twins, but they couldn’t be more different. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelanie is LOUD and Melvin is quiet. Melvin likes frogs and Melanie loves MOTORCYCLES! When the twins learn that they will get their very own mobility scooters, Melanie is excited to race to school, but Melvin is worried he’ll fall — and that people will stare. And there’s a problem: Grandma can’t afford the scooters without selling one of Mom’s treasured paintings, one of the only things the twins have left to remember their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the process of getting their scooters, Melanie and Melvin have to navigate challenges that people with disabilities face on a daily basis: rudeness from a store clerk and products that aren’t made with kids in mind. But in the end, Melanie and Melvin choose scooters that are just right for them and make moving through their neighborhood a new adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by disability advocate and mobility scooter user Dorothy Ellen Palmer, and illustrated by Maria Sweeney, \u003cem\u003eThe Scooter Twins\u003c\/em\u003e is an #ownvoices story that shares the joys and challenges of disabled childhood, and offers many kids who get new wheels the opportunity to find themselves in the pages of a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781554987948","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781773066950","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781773062501","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773066950","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"03","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"26","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"9","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"1","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"4","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"6","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"4","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"1","BASICMainSubject":"JUV039150","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION\/Disability","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOROTHY ELLEN PALMER\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mother of two, an award-winning disabled senior writer, accessibility advocate and retired teacher. She served on the Accessibility Advisory Board of the Festival of Literary Diversity and regularly appears at literary festivals. She won the Helen Henderson Award for disability journalism, and has published three novels, the memoir \u003cem\u003eFalling for Myself\u003c\/em\u003e, and her first picture book, \u003cem\u003eThe Scooter Twins\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her mobility scooter, Rosie.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Disabilities","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Family \/ Siblings","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Poverty \u0026amp; Homelessness","BISACSubject_0":"JUV039150","BISACSubject_1":"JUV013070","BISACSubject_2":"JUV039070","CommonCore":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3","CommonCore_1":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3","ComplexityCode_0":"610L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOROTHY ELLEN PALMER\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mother of two, an award-winning disabled senior writer, accessibility advocate and retired teacher. She served on the Accessibility Advisory Board of the Festival of Literary Diversity and regularly appears at literary festivals. She won the Helen Henderson Award for disability journalism, and has published three novels, the memoir \u003cem\u003eFalling for Myself\u003c\/em\u003e, and her first picture book, \u003cem\u003eThe Scooter Twins\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her mobility scooter, Rosie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARIA SWEENEY\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Moldovan-born, United States-based freelance illustrator and comic artist. She graduated \u003cem\u003emagna cum laude\u003c\/em\u003e from Moore College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration. Her educational mini-comic, \u003cem\u003eThe Straw Ban\u003c\/em\u003e, won an Outstanding Submission for the 2019 Locher Memorial Awards. She writes and self-publishes comics relating to her experience of navigating the world with a rare disability. \u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Palmer, Dorothy Ellen (CA)","Contributor_1":"Sweeney, Maria","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelanie and Melvin may be twins, but they couldn’t be more different. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelanie is LOUD and Melvin is quiet. Melvin likes frogs and Melanie loves MOTORCYCLES! When the twins learn that they will get their very own mobility scooters, Melanie is excited to race to school, but Melvin is worried he’ll fall — and that people will stare. And there’s a problem: Grandma can’t afford the scooters without selling one of Mom’s treasured paintings, one of the only things the twins have left to remember their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the process of getting their scooters, Melanie and Melvin have to navigate challenges that people with disabilities face on a daily basis: rudeness from a store clerk and products that aren’t made with kids in mind. But in the end, Melanie and Melvin choose scooters that are just right for them and make moving through their neighborhood a new adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by disability advocate and mobility scooter user Dorothy Ellen Palmer, and illustrated by Maria Sweeney, \u003cem\u003eThe Scooter Twins\u003c\/em\u003e is an #ownvoices story that shares the joys and challenges of disabled childhood, and offers many kids who get new wheels the opportunity to find themselves in the pages of a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773066318","Height":"9","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"absent parents;grandparents and grandchildren;supportive family;sibling relationships;fraternal twins;being different;feeling left out;new experiences;different personalities;child's perspective;independence;confidence;self empowerment;disability studies","NumberOfPages":"671","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn #ownvoices story written by disability advocate (and proud owner of her own mobility scooter named Rosie), Dorothy Palmer, and illustrated by Maria Sweeney, disabled cartoonist and disability activist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe twins are portrayed as active and engaged children, combatting the stereotype of people with disabilities as lacking in agency. Their disabilities are not named in the book, allowing children who have a broad range of disabilities to relate to the characters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mobility scooters in this story are portrayed as tools for independence, not symbols of confinement. The scooters are individualized just like the twins – readers who use scooters will be thrilled to see Melanie’s exciting wolf-themed scooter, and Melvin’s frog-green scooter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis story portrays the realities of a low-income family. Grandma, Melvin and Melanie must make the difficult decision to sell one of Mom’s paintings to afford the scooters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis story normalizes a blended family or a family that doesn’t follow the traditional family structure. The twins live with their grandmother as their primary caregiver; it’s implied that their parents have passed away.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn #ownvoices story written by disability advocate (and proud owner of her own mobility scooter named Rosie), Dorothy Palmer, and illustrated by Maria Sweeney, disabled cartoonist and disability activist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe twins are portrayed as active and engaged children, combatting the stereotype of people with disabilities as lacking in agency. Their disabilities are not named in the book, allowing children who have a broad range of disabilities to relate to the characters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mobility scooters in this story are portrayed as tools for independence, not symbols of confinement. The scooters are individualized just like the twins – readers who use scooters will be thrilled to see Melanie’s exciting wolf-themed scooter, and Melvin’s frog-green scooter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis story portrays the realities of a low-income family. Grandma, Melvin and Melanie must make the difficult decision to sell one of Mom’s paintings to afford the scooters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis story normalizes a blended family or a family that doesn’t follow the traditional family structure. The twins live with their grandmother as their primary caregiver; it’s implied that their parents have passed away.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“An educational, reassuring take on disability and loss.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Written by an accessibility advocate, this story could be used to engage children in discussions surrounding mobility issues.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“This picture book shines a light on inequities in the healthcare system while still being child-friendly and fun.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Book Riot","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“An empowering book that promotes self advocacy skills and disability justice.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eTwins Melvin and Melanie are excited to get their first mobility scooters. But will it change how the world sees them and how they see themselves?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"05","PrizeName_0":"IODE Jean Throop Book Award","PrizeName_1":"Hamilton Literary Awards, Children's Literature","PrizeYear_0":"2025","PrizeYear_1":"2025","ProductFormDescription":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","PublicationDate":"2024-03-05","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eTwins Melvin and Melanie are excited to get their first mobility scooters. But will it change how the world sees them and how they see themselves?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"10","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 6
/ grades 4
to 1
The Scooter Twins
Twins Melvin and Melanie are excited to get their first mobility scooters. But will it change how the world sees them and how they see themselves?
Quick View
{"id":6816230670395,"title":"The Scottish Banker of Surabaya","handle":"the-scottish-banker-of-surabaya","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fifth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva begins an investigation into what she thinks is a Ponzi scheme. The trail leads her to a bank in Indonesia that is run by a Scot, but in actuality is a front for an elaborate money-laundering operation for Italian mobsters. The relationship between Ava and the Scotsman turns nasty and personal. Meanwhile, Uncle’s health problems become apparent…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T16:28:20-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T14:38:34-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult LGBTQ+","An Ava Lee Novel","By (author) Hamilton Ian","pub date: 2013-01-08","Spiderline"],"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":40213759426619,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892347","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Scottish Banker of Surabaya - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":426,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892347","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40213829615675,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892354","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Scottish Banker of Surabaya - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770892354","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40213829681211,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770895317","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Scottish Banker of Surabaya - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770895317","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_91ce875b-8738-4977-bef3-3e551d3171b6.jpg?v=1679028381"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_91ce875b-8738-4977-bef3-3e551d3171b6.jpg?v=1679028381","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23338830856251,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_91ce875b-8738-4977-bef3-3e551d3171b6.jpg?v=1679028381"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_91ce875b-8738-4977-bef3-3e551d3171b6.jpg?v=1679028381","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fifth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva begins an investigation into what she thinks is a Ponzi scheme. The trail leads her to a bank in Indonesia that is run by a Scot, but in actuality is a front for an elaborate money-laundering operation for Italian mobsters. The relationship between Ava and the Scotsman turns nasty and personal. Meanwhile, Uncle’s health problems become apparent…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487003234","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487003494","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487003753","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781487003234","BASICMainSubject":"FIC022040","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION\/Mystery \u0026 Detective\/Women Sleuths","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIAN HAMILTON\u003c\/strong\u003e is the acclaimed author of sixteen books in the Ava Lee series, four in the Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung series, and the standalone novel \u003cem\u003eBonnie Jack\u003c\/em\u003e. National bestsellers, his books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Award (formerly the Arthur Ellis Award), the Barry Award, and the Lambda Literary Prize. BBC Culture named him one of the ten mystery\/crime writers who should be on your bookshelf. The Ava Lee series is being adapted for television. \u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"FICTION \/ Mystery \u0026amp; Detective \/ Women Sleuths","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"FICTION \/ Thrillers \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"FICTION \/ Crime","BISACSubject_0":"FIC022040","BISACSubject_1":"FIC031000","BISACSubject_2":"FIC050000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIAN HAMILTON\u003c\/strong\u003e is the acclaimed author of sixteen books in the Ava Lee series, four in the Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung series, and the standalone novel \u003cem\u003eBonnie Jack\u003c\/em\u003e. National bestsellers, his books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Award (formerly the Arthur Ellis Award), the Barry Award, and the Lambda Literary Prize. BBC Culture named him one of the ten mystery\/crime writers who should be on your bookshelf. The Ava Lee series is being adapted for television. \u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Hamilton, Ian (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fifth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva begins an investigation into what she thinks is a Ponzi scheme. The trail leads her to a bank in Indonesia that is run by a Scot, but in actuality is a front for an elaborate money-laundering operation for Italian mobsters. The relationship between Ava and the Scotsman turns nasty and personal. Meanwhile, Uncle’s health problems become apparent…\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770895317","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770895317\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","guide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770892347\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=guide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Spiderline","MetaKeywords":"Chinese Canadian; forensic accountant; hong kong; china; fraud; tax evasion; theft; pyramid scheme; gangs; ruthless avenger; Ozark; white collar crime; global criminal underworld; strong female protagonist; long detective series; LGBTQ+; set in china; beach read; private investigator; organized crime syndicate; triad gang; Toronto; lesbian; queer relationships; vacation; airport; travel; mob; martial arts; Lisbeth Salander; Strada Films and Tryptych Media; Jack Reacher; Killing Eve","NumberOfPages":"472","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Hamilton deepens Ava’s character, and imbues her with greater mettle and emotional fire, to the extent that book five is his best, most memorable, to date.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“…increasingly compelling pages of high-value, high-octane Ava Lee adventures.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLondon Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"London Free Press","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Filled with the usual twists and turns that make detective fiction fun, this one is… irresistible.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSun Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Sun Times","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Those new to [Ava Lee's] world will find the book easily accessible… with their tight plotting and crackerjack heroine, Hamilton’s novels are the sort of crowd-pleasing, narrative-focused fiction we find all too rarely in this country.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“The fifth Ava Lee novel is a winner on all fronts… The pacing is furious yet sneaky: You’re hooked before you realize it. The novel is driven by characterizations, action and multiple settings. Ian Hamilton’s textured voice allows the action to convey the emotional focus and his story-telling puts you at the centre of the conflict. The poignant conclusion adds yet another dimension to this multi-layered story. The series is addictive.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamilton Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Hamilton Spectator","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Hamilton knows how to keep the pages turning. He eases us into the seemingly tame world of white-collar crime, then raises the stakes, bringing the action to its peak with an intensity and violence that’s stomach-churning. His Ava Lee is a winner and a welcome addition to the world of strong female avengers.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNOW Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"NOW Toronto","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The fifth installment in the popular Ava Lee series, The Scottish Banker of Surabaya exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2013-01-08","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"An Ava Lee Novel","ShortDescription":"The fifth installment in the popular Ava Lee series, The Scottish Banker of Surabaya exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.","Subtitle":"An Ava Lee Novel: Book 5","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Scottish Banker of Surabaya
The fifth installment in the popular Ava Lee series, The Scottish Banker of Surabaya exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.
Quick View
{"id":6582758768699,"title":"The Scream of the Butterfly","handle":"the-scream-of-the-butterfly","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mayor of Copenhagen is found murdered in his luxury apartment. Detective Lars Winkler is put on this sensitive case, which is further complicated by the fact that the victim’s mother is the leader of the country’s most radical political party and the current minister of finance. Lars notices the minister and her husband are strangely untouched by their son’s death. When he begins to dig into the mayor’s past, he slowly uncovers the dark story of a young, idealistic man who had only one wish: to free himself of his family and live his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark and chilling, \u003cem\u003eThe Scream of the Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e is Scandinavian crime at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:14:30-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:14:30-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A Lars Winkler Novel","By (author) Melander Jakob","pub date: 2015-11-06","Spiderline"],"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":39403467341883,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770894426","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Scream of the Butterfly - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770894426","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":39413717467195,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487000868","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Scream of the Butterfly - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487000868","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":39413717565499,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770894419","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Scream of the Butterfly - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":599,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770894419","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dcb958b5-1540-4fd9-ae0c-73fb5eb20872.jpg?v=1723950095"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dcb958b5-1540-4fd9-ae0c-73fb5eb20872.jpg?v=1723950095","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24743103201339,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"width":413,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dcb958b5-1540-4fd9-ae0c-73fb5eb20872.jpg?v=1723950095"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dcb958b5-1540-4fd9-ae0c-73fb5eb20872.jpg?v=1723950095","width":413}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe mayor of Copenhagen is found murdered in his luxury apartment. Detective Lars Winkler is put on this sensitive case, which is further complicated by the fact that the victim’s mother is the leader of the country’s most radical political party and the current minister of finance. Lars notices the minister and her husband are strangely untouched by their son’s death. When he begins to dig into the mayor’s past, he slowly uncovers the dark story of a young, idealistic man who had only one wish: to free himself of his family and live his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark and chilling, \u003cem\u003eThe Scream of the Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e is Scandinavian crime at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487002350","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487005696","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487005696","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487008604","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781487008604","BASICMainSubject":"FIC050000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION\/Crime","BiographicalNote":"Jakob Melander is the author of the internationally acclaimed Lars Winkler crime series. Born in 1965, he entered the eighties punk scene as a bass player and guitar player in various bands. He lives in Copenhagen.","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"FICTION \/ Crime","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"FICTION \/ Thrillers \/ Crime","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"FICTION \/ Mystery \u0026amp; Detective \/ International Crime \u0026amp; Mystery","BISACSubject_0":"FIC050000","BISACSubject_1":"FIC031010","BISACSubject_2":"FIC022080","ContributorBio_0":"Jakob Melander is the author of the internationally acclaimed Lars Winkler crime series. Born in 1965, he entered the eighties punk scene as a bass player and guitar player in various bands. He lives in Copenhagen.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Melander, Jakob","Description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mayor of Copenhagen is found murdered in his luxury apartment. Detective Lars Winkler is put on this sensitive case, which is further complicated by the fact that the victim’s mother is the leader of the country’s most radical political party and the current minister of finance. Lars notices the minister and her husband are strangely untouched by their son’s death. When he begins to dig into the mayor’s past, he slowly uncovers the dark story of a young, idealistic man who had only one wish: to free himself of his family and live his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark and chilling, \u003cem\u003eThe Scream of the Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e is Scandinavian crime at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770894419","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770894419\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","guide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770894419\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=guide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Spiderline","MetaKeywords":"Nordic noir; Trans; Transgender; detective; mystery; Crime; Political; Drama; LGBTQ; LGBT; Thriller; Murder; Translation; Scandinavian; Copenhagen; Series; European; Suspense; Dark; Disturbing; Detective Fiction; Murderer; Noir; Nordic; Death; Translation; Translated; Beach Reads; Easy Reads; Queer Characters; Trans Characters","NumberOfPages":"360","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Detective Winkler is put on a highly sensitive case and what he uncovers threatens to expose the dark past of many in the highest echelons of power.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2015-11-06","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"A Lars Winkler Novel","ShortDescription":"Detective Winkler is put on a highly sensitive case and what he uncovers threatens to expose the dark past of many in the highest echelons of power.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Scream of the Butterfly
Detective Winkler is put on a highly sensitive case and what he uncovers threatens to expose the dark past of many in the highest echelons of power.
