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Advance reading copy (ARC). 183 + [4] p. Very, very slight shelfwear, otherwise Fine. From the back:Adua, an immigrant from Somalia to Italy, has lived in Rome for nearly forty years. She came seeking freedom from a strict father and an oppressive regime, but her dreams of becoming a film star ended in shame. Now that the civil war in Somalia is over, her homeland beckons. Yet Adua has a husband who needs her, a young man, also an immigrant, who braved a dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. When her father, who worked as an interpreter for Mussolini's fascist regime, dies, Adua inherits the family home. She must decide whether to make the journey back to reclaim her material inheritance, but also how to take charge of her own story and build a future. Igiaba Scego is an Italian novelist and journalist. She was born in Romein 1974 in Somali parents who took refuge in Italy following a coup d'état in their native country where her father served as foreign minister."Utterly sublime. Igiaba Scego…
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by Igiaba Scego; Jamie Richards (Translator)
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Andvökuskáld: Ævisaga Stephans G. Stephanssonar (2. Bindi) [Wakeful Poet: Biography of Stephan G. Stephansson (Volume 2)]
by Viðar Hreinsson
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(Vinsamlegast sjáðu neðst á síðunni til þýðingar.) RARE. [At time of listing, there are no other copies for sale online and the book is held at only 11 libraries worldwide.] Language: Icelandic 482 p. ; ill. (portraits, maps); includes bibliography and index. Presumably first edition, this blue cloth hardcover with pictorial dust jacket is still in commercial plastic wrap/unopened. As such, some details listed here have been based upon library cataloguing information. The book and dust jacket appear to be in Near Fine to Fine condition, with the exception of a minor bump to top edge of rear cover and a small amount of shelfwear in places where shrinkwrap has been torn. Please see listing images. Stephan G. Stephansson (1853-1927) was a celebrated Icelandic-Canadian poet. The title of this volume of his biography relates to the title of his 6-volume collection of poetry Andvökur, so-titled for the fact that much of his poetry was written during bouts of insomnia. Þýðing (frá Google…
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Animal City: Where the citizens are those who eat the non-citizens
by Ray Staszko
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Presumably first edition (thus). 237 p. Vintage edition with yellowed pages, mild shelfwear, and some spine creasing, internally Near Fine. From the rear: A modern city, founded by civilized animals, run by clever animals, unique and alone in a world of wild animals who would like to destroy it. [Note: This is not a metaphorical book description, the characters are actually animals, not humans. Think Zootopia for adults.]
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Atomic Road
by Grant Buday
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First Edition. Half-title is stamped in blue with "NOT FOR RESALE / REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY". 224 p. Fine.From the back: October, 1962, the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Clement Greenberg, the art critic of the 20th century, is more interested in silencing his rival Harold Rosenberg than with the threat of nuclear destruction. Greenberg is driving from New York to the Emma Lake artist colony in Saskatchewan, where he intends to shut Rosenberg up once and for all. With him is infamous Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser. The 1950s were Greenberg's decade. Abstract Expressionism was the genre he championed. Yet by 1962, everywhere Greenberg looks he is bedevilled by Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans, just as everywhere Althusser looks he sees the capitalist decadence. Althusser, who escaped prosecution for strangling his wife on an insanity plea, is heading to a Saskatchewan hospital for LSD therapy. Pursuing them is Jean Claude Piche, a veteran of the conflicts in Indochina and Algeria, contracted to…
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The Bright Pavilions: A Novel
by Hugh Walpole
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First Edition. (UK) xii, 709 p., [1] folded leaf (genealogical table). Deep red hardcover, with blindstamped cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, and red-coloured foredge (top edge only). The covers show some minor edgewear, the tip and heel of spine have some mild bumping, and the coloured foredge exhibits some fading, but it is otherwise Near Fine, with the exception of the folded leaf of the genealogical tree, which has been previously misfolded, resulting in a few very small closed tears to its far edge. The dust jacket is housed in a removable protective sleeve to prevent further damage, but the paper is aged, with some sunning, and tears and chips to edges. See listing images for details. From dust jacket flaps: In The Bright Pavilions, Hugh Walpole goes back to Elizabethan days for a new Chronicle of the Herries family. Cumberland is again the central ground of the story. There are various family relations, but The Bright Pavilions tells in the main the adventures of two brothers,…
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Crossing The Line
by David H. Elias
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Inscribed by author. Presumably first edition. 147 p. Some minor edgewear, particularly a bit of rubbing to the top rear corner of spine, but otherwise Fine, possibly unread. From the back: In a tiny farming community next to the U.S. border in southern Manitoba, the characters in David Elias' collection of short stories are constantly "crossing the line" — between reality and fantasy, childhood and the adult world, sanity and insanity. The imaginary yet nonetheless real line that divides two countries symbolizes the lines, visible and invisible, that must be crossed at crucial points in their lives.
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The Dancing Chicken: A Novel
by Susan Musgrave
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First edition, first printing. 216 p. Red-orange hardcover with 1/4 cloth binding and red lettering to spine. Book shows some edgewear/bumping (see photos) but is internally Fine. The dust jacket also has edgewear, including a small tear, but is otherwise Near Fine and housed in a removable protective sleeve. Please see photos.From the dust jacket: Susan Musgrave is one of Canada's foremost poets whose work has been described as mesmerizing, startling and brilliant. When her first novel, The Charcoal Burners, was published in 1980, critics compared it favourably to works of Margaret Atwood, Marian Engel and Leonard Cohen. THE DANCING CHICKEN represents yet another departure for this daring writer. It casts a satiric eye on the alliances and misalliances of small-town institutions and families, specifically the Holmes family. Cod Holmes, who considers himself unhappily married to Nora, is on the verge of falling in love with Ursula, who is slightly mad. He is also spectacularly unfaithful with nurse…
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The Elephant Man: A Play
by Bernard Pomerance
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xv, 71, [4] p. ; 21 cm. Vintage paperback in bright orange and deep blue pictorial cover, shows minor wear, some sunning to spine, a very faint dampstain accompanied with a slight wrinkling of textblock, but otherwise Very Good. Please see images. From the rear cover: The Elephant Man is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part of the nineteenth century. A horribly deformed young man, who has been a freak attraction in traveling side shows, is found abandoned and helpless and is admitted for observation to Whitechapel, a prestigious London hospital. Under the care of a famous young doctor, who educates him and introduces him to London society, Merrick changes from a sensational object of pity to the urbane and witty favorite of the aristocracy and literati. But his belief that he can become a man like any other is a dream never to be realized. Bernard Pomerance is a young American playwright born and raised in New York City. While a number of his plays have been…
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First and Vital Candle
by Rudy Wiebe
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First edition. 354 p. Bright orange cloth hardcover with black lettering to spine and textured yellow endpapers, has negligible edgewear, a few minor markings, a few faint spots to top foredge, and is very slightly shaken, but is internally Fine. The dust jacket, however, has some wear, including small closed tears, wrinkling, price sticker residue and abrasions, but has been housed in a protective removable plastic sleeve to prevent further wear. Please see listing images. From the dust jacket: Abe Ross is a man in search of meaning. He is middle-aged, rebellious, and adrift. The rigid religiosity of his youth has hardened him equally against both friend and faith. He has just returned from the wilds of Northern Canada to discover, if he can, a personal answer to man's eternal question. Still unsuccessful in his search, Ross leaves civilization, accepting a new life with an isolated band of Ojibwa Indians in upper Ontario. Here he is caught up in a maelstrom of magic and superstition; in sharp…
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The Girl with the Full Figure is Your Daughter
by Oscar Martens
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Presumably first edition. 152 p. Mild shelfwear, otherwise Fine.From the rear: "The rapidly unreeling dream (or nightmare) of each of these stories—stories of drifters, hookers, highway victims, corporate spies and con-men, dead-- beat dads and the heartbroken—comes at us from off-kilter angles that are wholly the author's own. His imagination is bold and unbreaking, his instinct for the aptest detail is sure-fire. Here is an unignorable debut." - Steven Heighton, author of the bestselling novel The Shadow Boxer "Rife with the blackest humour, quirky, unadorned, Oscar Martens' stories are full of characters on a collision course with each other and with the world. In the resulting aftermath, we gain this original new voice, this dark, edgy satirist of the human condition." - Nadine McInnis, author of the acclaimed Quicksilver Tapping into the voyeuristic human compulsion that attracts us to the dirty little secrets of people's lives, Oscar Martens' stories peel back layers of contemporary…
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The High-Rise in Fort Fierce
by Paul Carlucci
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First Edition, First Printing. 215 p. Light sticker ghost to cover and extremely mild edgewear, otherwise Fine, seemingly unread. From the publisher: Drugs. Violence. Racism. Despair. The tiny, northern town of Fort Fierce has issues in spades, and most of them fester in the high-rise by the lake.In this visceral, emotionally raw, and completely absorbing collection, Carlucci takes his readers through the ravaged history of Franklin Place, from its construction during the Cold War to its demolition decades later. We meet the Franklins themselves, three generations of landlords, each more paranoid and alienated than the last. And we meet their tenants: a drug dealer, a lonely bigot, a political activist, a struggling father, a wandering sex offender, a woman who refuses to give into it all. They wander in and out of each other's lives, with little in common but the building and the mould behind its walls. In The High-Rise in Fort Fierce, Carlucci immerses us in a dim yet eerily familiar world. Love… Read More
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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version, containing the Old and New Testaments
by Crossway Bibles
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1106 p. Red-letter Bible (words of Jesus in red font) with bookmark ribbon and original box. Includes table of Weights and Measures, and a Concordance. From the box: The Complete English Standard Version Bible word-for-word accuracy and precision; literary beauty and readability Complete ESV Classic Concordance: with more than 12,000 references Premium Bonded Leather Red Letter Text words of Christ in red The English Standard Version (ESV) is an "essentially literal" translation of the Bible, emphasizing word-for-word accuracy and precision along with literary beauty and readability. Based on these classic principles of translation, the ESV Bible is ideally suited for personal reading, for public worship, for in-depth study, and for Scripture memorization—a Bible translation for all of life.
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Kidnapped
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250 p. Illustrated.Covers show significant wear with cracked hinges, and the textblock has a few minor tears, but is otherwise internally Fine and possibly even unread. From cataloguing data: A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
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356 p. Mild page curl and minor shelfwear, otherwise Near Fine. Winner of the Man Booker Prize. From the back: After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, an orang-utan, a zebra with a broken leg, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi Patel, a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years, a novel of such rare and wondrous storytelling that it may, as one character claims, make you believe in God. Can a reader reasonably ask for anything more? May require small amount of extra shipping due to thickness of book.
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My Garden of the Red, Red Rose
by J. R. Aitken
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First Edition. [17], 322, [3] p.; ill. (colour), 8 plates. Red cloth hardcover, smyth-sewn binding, with gilt lettering to cover and spine, spine exhibits sunning and slight bumping, front cover is slightly bowed, and the covers have minor edgewear, previous owner's name in pen to ffep, cracked but holding at half-title (see photos) and pg. 16, and the foredge and bottom of the textblock are deckle edged and aged, with the expected amount of wear and tear, but the book is otherwise internally clean, clear, and tightly bound. Some pages are still uncut, so it has never been read through. All 8 tipped-in colour plates are present.Please see listing images for preview and more details, and do not hesitate to contact us should you require further photographs to make a decision.It is unclear what genre this book falls under and there is no information to be found online. Through browsing the text, it seems to be something like a romantic memoir, but it may be fictional drama, a little bit of mystery, with…
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Panorama chrétien nºs 1-57, 70-129 et Panorama aujourd'hui nºs 1 - 13 (périodiques reliés) [Christian Panorama and Panorama Today (bound periodicals)]
by René Finkelstein, Robert Masson (éds.), et al. (L'Union des œuvres ouvrières catholiques de France [The Union of Catholic Workers' Works of France])
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(Voir en bas pour la traduction en français.) Rare collection. This set of periodicals was originally bound for the library of one Monseigneur Maurice Baudoux (1902-1988), Officer of the Order of Canada and archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. He was awarded the honour of the OC for his work in the western provinces on behalf of French Canada. The binder was the Montréal-based Reliure Deshaies & Associes. The present listing includes 11 bound volumes of periodicals, in orange/brown hardcover, which contain an estimated 16500 pages in total. French language. The sizes vary from 28 - 35 cm tall. Note that there are two gaps in this collection (most of 1962 and 1968). The volumes are, by and large, in Very Good condition. Most of the covers show mild to moderate shelfwear, including but not limited to scrapes and rubbing, and a few are predictably shaken (very thick volumes) but otherwise securely bound without any major defect. Internally, the covers of each issue are generally somewhat…
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Passages Of Winter
by Arthur Adamson
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Inscribed by author, presumably first edition. 72 p.; illustrated by author. Please see images. Though covers show wear, including markings from stickers and a previous owner's attempt to remove a light pen mark, it is internally clean, bright, and tightly bound (possibly even unread). From the back: Arthur Adamson was born in 1926 in Winnipeg. He now teaches English at the University of Manitoba. He has written art criticism as well as poetry and literary criticism. His previous book of poetry, The Inside Animal, was published at Turnstone Press. He has illustrated his own work and that of others, and has exhibited paintings and prints at various galleries in Winnipeg.
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Reading by Lightning
by Joan Thomas
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Inscribed by author, award-winning debut novel. Second printing.385 p. Mild shelfwear and "On the Same Page" program sticker on inside of cover, otherwise Near Fine. Comes with matching bookmark in Fine condition. From the back: Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck his faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairies. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants. In her teens, Lily is sent to England to care for her grandmother, where she explores the delicious question of whom she might become. Experiencing life in all its ambiguity, she waits with the rest of England for World War II to start – until the news she has been dreading arrives on the doorstep.
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The Slip
by Mark Sampson
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Advance Reading Copy. 280 p. Price correction to rear and extremely mild edgewear, otherwise Fine, seemingly unread. From the back: Dr. Phillip Sharpe, absent-minded professor extraordinaire, teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto and is one of Canada's most combative public intellectuals. But when a live TV debate with his fiercest rival goes horribly off the rails, an oblivious Philip says some things to her that he really shouldn't have. As a clip of Phillip's "slip" goes viral, it's soon reveals all of the cracks and fissures in his marriage with his young, stay-at-home wife, Grace. And while the two of them try to get on the same side of the situation, things quickly spiral out of control. Can Philip make amends and save his marriage? Is there any hope of salvaging his reputation? To do so, he'll need to take a hard look at his on-air comments and conscript a band of misfits in a scheme to set things right.
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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First thus. 160 p.; ill. ; includes Book Group Reading Notes. Very minor wear to covers/edges, otherwise Near Fine.A special edition printed for a city-wide reading campaign with exclusive sketches by Cam Kennedy and an introduction by Ian Rankin. The Book Group Reading Notes discuss "shilling shockers", the author's inspiration, how it relates to the sci-fi genre, etc.From the back cover:"Born of a nightmare" and "produced in white-hot haste", the first manuscript of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, was thrown into a fire, but the second telling of this dark, gothic tale became a publishing sensation in 1886.John Utterson, a respectable London lawyer, is drawn into a gruesome tale as he uncovers strange connections between his old friend, the brilliant scientist Dr Henry Jekyll, and the brooding stranger, Edward Hyde. As he investigates Jekyll's mysterious life he uncovers a truly terrifying story of deception ...
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