 February
Lisa Moore
In 1982, the oil rig Ocean Ranger sank off the coast of Newfoundland during a Valentine's Day storm, killing all eighty-four men aboard. February is the story of Helen O'Mara, one of those left behind when her husband drowns. Reviewers have praised Lisa Moore’s elegant, yet unsentimental portrait of grief.
$29.95 |
Come, Thou Tortoise
Jessica Grant
A delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and a innocent narrator who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery.
$29.95 |
Vanishing and other Stories
Deborah Willis
Evocative and passionately written, Vanishing and Other Stories explores emotional and physical absences, the ways in which people leave, are left, and whether or not it’s ever possible to move on. In the title story a distinguished writer vanishes from his house, leaving many unanswered questions. Slowly painful details of his life emerge as his family tries to cope with his disappearance. In a story set on Saltspring Island, a wife seeks to discover the identity of her husband's secret lover. Another story has the mother of a sensitive young teenager become involved with a member of the circus when it comes to town. These stories are intriguing and beautifully developed with dark humour, wisdom and dexterity. Willis creates an incredible array of very believable characters.
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$24.00 |
Not Yet: A Memoir of Living & Almost Dying
Wayson Choy
Novelist and memoirist of Vancouver's Chinatown, Wayson Choy writes of his two close calls with mortality. A quiet manifesto for embracing life by seeing how lucky we are for each day that comes.
$27.95 |
Unembedded: Two Decades of Maverick War Reporting
Scott Taylor
In 2004 Scott Taylor was a hostage of Iraqi mujahadeen and sentenced to execution. A former infantryman, Scott Taylor is the editor-publisher of Esprit de Corps magazine and as a war correspondent has reported from numerous global hotspots.
$34.95 |
Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights
Ezra Levant
A shocking and controversial look at the threat that radicalized human rights commissions pose to Canadian values from the man charged with publishing a Danish cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
$28.99 |
The Winter Vault
Anne Michaels
From the author of Fugitive Pieces comes the vivid story of a husband and wife trying to find their way back to each other. Anne Michaels shows us how to salvage what we can from the violence of life.
on sale for $26.39 |
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