Twenty-five years after the Berlin Wall was pulled down by Berliners fed up with the division of their city, Stan Persky returns to Eastern Europe. In essays informative and insightful, he illuminates
Reinvesting in Families is the fourth in this series of child welfare books featuring voices from the prairies. This book is a collection of critical knowledge, issues and research in Canada related t
One thousand years ago, a civilization existed in Spain that was famed throughout Europe. To the horror of the Christian rulers to the north, Jews, Christians, and Moors lived together in harmony - an
Marinetti Dines with the High Command is a work that dramatizes the turbulent life and times of F. T. Marinetti, founder of Futurism, the first global art movement. Marinetti?s artistic career raises
Having taken over a decade to write, Erina Harris' first full-length work comprises two serial poems or "Books" within which individual poems stand on their own, and also refract amongst themselves, b
A tale of subjugation, protest, and transformation, Never More Together tells the story of what can become of a society that fears the truth.When the inhabitants of a harmonious Edenic community are i
Bookish eight-year-old Imogene Murakami, nicknamed 'Egg,a-? lives with her parents and her teenaged sister, Kathy, on an ostrich farm in Bittercreek, Alberta. Egg's older brother Albert has died in an
Beth and her husband Jake are expecting a baby. While Beth is having an ultrasound, her very expensive handsewn Italian-made coat disappears from the hospital waiting room. Beth is furious - the coat
Probably composed at the height of the Viking Age, Vafrunismal recounts how one day the mysterious and powerful god Ooinn visits the hall of an ancient giant named Vafprunismal. There, with their head
Two Trails Narrow follows the lives of two Algonquin half breeds, Ryman McGregor and Abraham Scott, who united as wannabe escapees from the harsh hands of the Jesuit priests at St. Xavier's Residentia
Karl Polanyi’s belief that the greatest threat to freedom was a poorly administered economy led him to an economics that was more existential and human-centered. Part I of this book develops Polanyi’s
This volume argues that adults can learn English as a second language if their typical errors are corrected systematically and in line with their preferred style of learning. The remedy designed for t
The three outstanding plays in this collection include Footprints on the Moon (finalist for the Governor General's Award and winner of the Labatt Award for Best Canadian Play) which tells the story of
Man of Bone has a thriller's taste for blood, but Alan Cumyn delivers something more: a heart-wrenching portrait of an ordinary Canadian jerked into third-world terrorism. Bill Burridge, his wife and
The life and thought of Bakunin has contemporary relevance, particularly for his definitions of freedom. This book confirms that his holistic thinking was dominated by a desire to achieve a unity of t
Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. As a child of immigrants, Yaya Yao always "craved an unbroken narrative: an arc that would give my existence a sense of context and continuity.
As the author of award-winning thrillers, Jon Evans is no stranger to writing about daring escapades and exotic locales. In No Fixed Address, he chronicles his own real-life solo travels across sixty-
In this collection Jeanette Lynes' follows in the tradition of Michael Ondaatje'sThe Collected Works of Billy the Kid. In Bedlam Cowslip, she turns her attention to the life and work of John Clare, th
Miranda Pearson's exquisite poems in The Fire Extinguisher reveal the individual psyche in a way that is both painstakingly beautiful and generous. No detail is too small to find a place in her consta
Fifty years ago, Tom Wolfe asked this now famous question of Marshall McLuhan: "what if he is right?" Fifty years later, McLuhan's biographer, Douglas Coupland; his sons, Eric and Mi
EGALE Canada Human Rights Trust OUT IN PRINT Literary Award Winner!Shannon Webb-Campbell’s Still No Word seeks the appearance of the self in others and the recognition of others within the self. Patie
In his second collection of poems, Jeff Latosik looks to those provisional moments of arrival and anchoring in what Canadian poet Don Coles has called "the catastrophe of time."Safel
In A Serious Call, Governor General's Award-winner Don Coles presents a collection of moments suspended in time: a line of poetry, forgotten for years and remembered as often; a photograph cut out of
Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is unique in that it focuses on parents who a
Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is unique in that it focuses on parents who a
Rhona McAdam's sixth collection of poems, Ex-ville, reflects upon what we leave behind: the people, places and journeys that shape our lives. We peer through many doorways in this suburb of the imagin
To celebrate their anniversary, Sam surprises his wife Vera by bringing her back to the spot of their rural honeymoon fifty years ago. Now surrounded by parking lots and software buildings, Vera is sh
After Freda's father is arrested by the Nazis following Crystal Night, she, her mother, and her younger sister flee Germany for the "safe haven" of Shanghai. But the safe haven becomes anything but "s
From Terry Fox to Ghandi, Rosa Parks to Elijah Harper, Robert Priest has collected some of his most inspiring poems together in this book for young people. Priest, an award-winning poet and musician,
A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of climate change in the Prairie provinces, along with strategies for adapting to the "new normal."The present climate crisis shows
In 1923, a visitation occurred. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the world's most famous medium, Margery Crandon, both came to call on the Elmwood home of Thomas Glendenning Hamilton: one time member of the
Miller Gore Brittain (1912-1968) had an unerring sense of structure and composition. In the early 1930s, at the Art Students' League in New York, he experienced the pivotal moment in American art: the
The remarkable story of Elizabeth Matheson stands out as a biography of one of Canada's extraordinary women and as a compelling picture of pioneer life on the prairies. One of Canada's first
A city suburb, 1980. The front of propriety, the freakish stillness and the bush parties. This is the home of Germaine Stevens, a social misfit who thinks she's struck ultimate cool when she's accepte
The complete Brennen Siding Trilogy is now available in a single volume. Brennen Siding, a hamlet on a small tributary of the famous Miramichi River, is home to an unforgettable crew — Dryfly and Pali
Watch a funnel cloud pick a fight with a Ferris wheel! Visit ghost towns of Ontario and China! Tour the reclaimed Goldrush Hotel! Meet the genius who realized windows are the opposite of mirrors! Witn
On the morning of July 1, 1916, at Beaumont-Hamel, the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment climbed out of their trenches and advanced into no man’s land. Eric Mackenzie Robertson went over the top
Inspired by nature, science, topics in the news, art and music, New Brunswick poet M. Travis Lane is prolific yet eschews the spotlight. She has won the Atlantic Poetry Prize, the Alden Nowlan Prize f
Brought to Light is a collection of twenty short stories about women who were connected to famous men, or who achieved fame in their own lives, as well as remarkable artists, journalists and others wh
Expulsion consists of two parts: a group of short stories and one novella. But the main protagonists share one thing: they are all women coming of age, whether in post-Stalinist Russia (where the shor
