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  • Just Once, No More

    On Fathers, Sons, and Who We Are Until We Are No Longer

    by Charles Foran ...
    **In his poignant memoir, Charles Foran presents a portrait of his gruff-but-fond father wrestling with the end of life as Charlie acts as witness, solace, and would-be guide while facing his own mortality."Luminous. . . . Wise and moving." —Yann Martel**Dave Foran was a formidable man of few words, from a different era than his sensitive, literary son, Charlie. As a younger person, Dave had lived ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Mordecai

    The Life & Times

    by Charles Foran ...
    Foran's book is the first major biography with access to family letters and archives: the definitive, detailed, intimate portrait of Mordecai Richler, the lion of Canadian literature, and the turbulent, changing times that nurtured him. It is also an extraordinary love story that lasted half a century.Mordecai Richler won multiple Governor General's Literary Awards, the Giller Prize, the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Extraordinary Canadians: Maurice Richard

    by Charles Foran ...
    Series series Extraordinary Canadians
    Born in 1921 into a working-class family, Maurice Richard came of age as a French Canadian and athlete during an era when the majority population of Quebec slumbered. A proud, reticent man, Richard aspired only to score goals and win championships for the Montreal Canadiens. But he represented far more than a high-scoring forward who filled seats in NHL arenas. Beginning with his 50-goal, 50-game ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Planet Lolita

    by Charles Foran ...
    An electrifying novel about a chance encounter that changes everything for a girlOn the remote Hong Kong beach where they are camping, bickering parents and their lonely teenage daughter awaken at sunrise to a strange sight: a dozen women suddenly on the shore. They seem to have washed in from the sea. Fifteen-year-old Sarah, known as Xixi, tries befriending them, and she snaps a cell phone image ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Join the Revolution, Comrade

    Journeys and Essays

    by Charles Foran ...
    In Join the Revolution, Comrade, Charles Foran brings to the essay form the same restlessness and originality that mark his novels and non-fiction. Foran visits places in Vietnam that have been 'colonized' by western war films, talks to Shanghai residents about their colossal city and commiserates with the people of Bali about the effects of terrorist bombs on their island. In Beijing he looks up ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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    Just Once, No More

    On Fathers, Sons, and Who We Are Until We Are No Longer

    by Charles Foran ...
    Narrated by Charles Foran ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 4 min

    **In his poignant memoir, Charles Foran presents a portrait of his gruff-but-fond father wrestling with the end of life as Charlie acts as witness, solace, and would-be guide while facing his own mortality."Luminous. . . . Wise and moving." —Yann Martel**Dave Foran was a formidable man of few words, from a different era than his sensitive, literary son, Charlie. As a younger person, Dave had lived ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Outsider

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    The Wisdom of Morrie

    Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully

    by Morrie Schwartz, Rob Schwartz ...
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    The Theory of Crows

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    Bewilderment

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    **OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZEA heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Overstory.Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by New York, Chicago Tribune, BookPage, Literary Hub, The Millions, New Statesmen and Times of London**The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life ... Read more

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