Painting the Dog: The Best Stories of Leon Rooke
 Leon Rooke is one of Canada's preeminent fiction innovators, a master of the short form, and a literary godfather to scores of writers. Here, for the first time, is the quintessential selection of his best short fiction, culled from a prodigious career ... [... more]
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The Green Labyrinth: Exploring the Mysteries of the Amazon
In the critically acclaimed "The Rope in the Water", Sylvia Fraser described her three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more." In "The Green Labyrinth", Fraser ... [... more]
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With Borges:
During the 1960's, Alberto Manguel, then a teenager, worked after school at a bookstore in Buenos Aires. One day, the legendary Jorge Luis Borges, who would come into the store after work, asked the young man if he would mind coming to his apartment to ... [... more]
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A Perfect Night to Go to China
This astonishing novel - unlike anything Gilmour has ever written before - begins with every parent's worst nightmare: the disappearance of a child. A father makes a casual error of judgement one evening and leaves his six-year-old son alone for fifteen ... [... more]
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STREAM RUNS FAST
Following the reissue in 2005 of Nellie McClung's classic autobiography, "Clearing in the West", comes the highly anticipated second volume, "The Stream Runs Fast." Covering McClung's later life from 1896 to 1945, "The Stream ... [... more]
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Cobalt Blue
With this new collection of nine seamlessly told stories, Mary Borsky demonstrates why she is one of our very best practitioners of the short fiction form. These exquisitely drawn and poignant tales are about women who lead ordinary lives, but who strive ... [... more]
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My Heart is Africa
In 1996, successful businessman and certified pilot, Scott Griffin, decided to break from the comfortable routine of his life to go work for the Flying Doctors Service, an African organization that flies doctors to remote areas to administer medical ... [... more]
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Salt Fish Girl
"Salt Fish Girl" is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female character who shifts shape and form through time and place. Told in the beguiling voice of a narrator who is fish, snake, girl, and woman - all of whom must struggle against ... [... more]
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Sitting Practice
Three and a half weeks after his wedding, Ross Alexander is driving home from a tennis game with his new bride when a wayward tennis ball rolls under his feet. As his wife Iliana removes her seatbelt to retrieve the ball, a truck slams into the car, and ... [... more]
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Prototype: How Canadian Innovation is Shaping the Future
Science and technology writer William Illsey Atkinson embarks on a passionate and provocative exploration of the wide-ranging world of Canadian high-tech firms in search of the ideal company - a new prototype that enriches investors, fulfills employees, ... [... more]
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