In this collection of poetry and collage, Stan Rogal tackles all of our myths and monsters. With sly allusions, sharp humour and his trademark word play, Rogal reclaims the freaks of the world ?from w
Having been sexually abused by a boxing coach as a teen, and not knowing who to trust or tell, Roland Vandal found solace in drugs and alcohol. His battle with addiction, and his unwillingness to spea
Against the backdrop of Morocco and France, the hero of The Goat In The Tree travels in pursuit of both an audience for his stories and his next meal. Fictional travelogue, love story, and the misadve
From the drunk tank to the graduate seminar, We Are No Longer The Smart Kids In Class asks what it means to think and be, play and learn, ride bikes and make love in a world of depleting resources, te
This book investigates cross-language aspects of motor speech disorders, including their assessment and treatment as well as the underlying neurophysiological and neuropsychological disruptions that b
This compilation from one of Canada's most acclaimed writers spans four decades and six volumes. Often bittersweet and occasionally enigmatic, these poems represent Pittman's infinite talent. Targeted
Painter and printmaker Christopher Pratt is known for luminous, meticulous images of Atlantic-coast settings. Strongly influenced by the culture and landscape of Newfoundland, Pratt's still, crystal-c
Community-based research is relevant social research conducted through partnerships and collaboration between universities and the larger community. The goal is to develop a deeper understanding of co
Francesconi examines linguistic, textual, and discursive dynamics enacted by tourism and travel texts, a genre she chose because tourism pervades contemporary society. Just as tourism cannot be neglec
The Royal Ontario Museum is situated among ivy-covered University of Toronto colleges and faculty buildings and a cluster of cultural institutions transformed by Toronto's architectural reawakening, e
This book brings together research that makes use of tasks to examine oral interaction, written production, vocabulary and reading, lexical innovation and pragmatics in different formal language learn
Using many right-wing extremists in North America (which means, in effect, weird Republicans), Garebian takes well-known utterances of egregious political, social, and cultural atrocity and present th
This collection of nine case studies offers explanations of community-based research in a variety of settings and the components and methodologies involved in their development. Topics discussed inclu
This volume challenges the monolingual mindset by highlighting how language-related issues surround us in many different ways, and explores the tensions that can develop in managing and understanding
This volume challenges the monolingual mindset by highlighting how language-related issues surround us in many different ways, and explores the tensions that can develop in managing and understanding
Close Reading illuminates moments in life when everything changes or comes into focus. Its poems of love, illness,artistic endeavour, spiritual and emotional awakening embrace taking time and contempl
A great conversation can offer insight into the hearts and minds of its participants. In this intimate, wide-ranging collection of conversations (and some correspondence), writer-broadcaster Eleanor W
Beginning with dangerous thoughts from Neruda's memorias, and brooding over the legends of the Haida people in British Columbia (the white raven) and Italian superstitions (the black cat), the protago
This book examines the complex interplay between industrial heritage and tourism. It serves to stimulate meaningful dialogue about the socioeconomic values of industrial sites and the use of tourism f
Over the past four decades, Canadian artist Tony Calzetta has developed a bold style and a unique visual lexicon. In Fabulous Peculiarities, veteran author, art gallery director, curator and columnist
Doug Beardsley captures the spirit of place and the essence of its people while on an extensive sailing trip through Caribbean, Mexican and Pacific waters.Travelling through various Pacific Ocean nati
Prepare for the psychiatry certification exam offered by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Psychiatry Review for Canadian Doctors covers all the main topics and question formats
A novel first published in French in 1982, Picture Theory demonstrates Nicole Brossard's fiction theorique and her preoccupation with the difficulty of writing and reading woman. The title (taken from
Armstrong (French linguistics and translation, U. of Leeds, UK) provides a text for advanced students of French wishing to refine their translation skills, and for students of translation interested i
Recent years have seen the development of language policies in many countries, usually for the purpose of defining status, support and recognition of languages and language diversity. This book analys
Shunned as an outsider and mistreated due to an undiagnosed learning disability, the young and imaginative Mari-Jen Delene retreats into silence. Around her, the fictional community of Ste. Noire, Cap
In Mr. Sapiens, Jesse Patrick Ferguson's third collection of poems, the composer of Harmonics and the architect of Dirty Semiotics now wears the hats of raconteur, portrait artist, correspondent and n
The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook is a graphic retrospective of Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen's career. Consisting of 80 black and white wood engravings, the book was c
Signs of Subversive Innocents travels the depth of human experience from the celebratory to the delusional. This debut collection by Cora Sire tells of characters and realms, both distant and familiar
Finalist - Pat Lowther Memorial PrizeRarely does a writer surprise and delight her reader with such beauty, subtlety and subversive vulnerability. Status Update, Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang?s second book of p
Daniel MacIvor's How it Works introduces us to four unforgettable people: Al, his ex-wife Donna, his new partner Christine, and his troubled daughter Brooke. Brilliantly weaving past and present, this
This book offers sharp new insights into the acquisition and use of French as a foreign language. The authors are specialists in their particular theoretical paradigms and focus on morphology, morpho-
Booze is a history of Canadian drink and drinking from the European conquest to the present. Filled with photographs, ads, and cartoons, this multifaceted story features the liquor traffic, alcohol in
Typically provocative, at once comic and tragic, Pirandello's Naked (Vestire gli ignudi) uncovers the machinery of guilt, deceit, and betrayal underlying the motives of five people. The heroine is a y
Linguists and educators, most from or working in Japan, present a dozen empirical studies on such topics as a survey of Japanese attitudes toward bilingualism, language and identity in Okinawa today,
This volume contains an edition and facing English translation of Explanation of the Divine Temple and "On the Sacred Liturgy," the two commentaries on the pontifical (hierarchal) By
Beautifully written memoir juxtaposes Rotchild's past and present to chronicle his survival in Vilna, Lithuania during World War II. The games that he and his little playmates played "were games of su
"In this stirring collection Between Lives, Shidmehr's direct voice and unflinching gaze puts her among such great activist poets as Martin Espada, Dionne Brand, and Pablo Neruda. With a clear gaze an
For thousands of years, Saskatchewan waterways have been used for transportation; first by aboriginal people, then by voyageurs, and now by those eager to explore some of the most pristine--and quiet-
It's the 1830s.Two travelling minstrels are passing North from London, Ontario, with their song and dance show on the local circuit. Having fallen afoul of the law and desperate for a night's lodging,
