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  • ABC

    by David Plante ...
    An original and radiant novel about grief, obsession, and the need for meaning from the author of The Family, a finalist for the National Book Award.When his young son dies in a freak accident, Gerard struggles to find a reason in the smallest of details, including the scrap of paper containing the Sanskrit alphabet that is found at the site. Latching on to this final “clue,” he delves into the ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • American Stranger

    A Novel

    by David Plante ...
    A daughter of Jewish refugees searches for love and a spiritual home in this novel by the National Book Award–nominated author of Difficult Women.Brought up in a secular household on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Nancy Green knows suspiciously little about her parents' past. She knows they escaped Germany, avoiding the fate of so many of their fellow Jews during World War II, but the few family ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Death of a Greek Lover

    by David Plante ...
    A landmark work dedicated to the author's partner, this set of linked poems explores love and loss through the lens of myth, faith, and art. Heavily influenced by the work of C. P. Cavafy, Plante's paen to his beloved will stay with readers long after the last verse.In 1965, the novelist David Plante met the poet and editor Nikos Stangos, with whom he lived until Stangos's death in 2004. Over ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Difficult Women

    by David Plante ...
    David Plante's dazzling portraits of three influential women in the literary world, now back in print for the first time in decades.Difficult Women presents portraits of three extraordinary, complicated, and, yes, difficult women, while also raising intriguing and, in their own way, difficult questions about the character and motivations of the keenly and often cruelly observant portraitist ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Fantasies of the Body

    by David Plante ...
    In this short, masterful gem of a novel, David Plante’s seasoned narrator contemplates the connection between physical beauty and love, drawing on literary references and personal experiences to explore these themes.The unnamed narrator of this brief, urgent novel, a young novelist making his way in the literary world, writes of his fascination with two enigmatic, troubled young men, one a Boston ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Age of Terror

    A Novel

    by David Plante ...
    Set in the seamy world of the Russian sex slave trade, The Age of Terror is the harrowing story of Joe, a disillusioned young American expatriate and lapsed Catholic who searches for life's meaning in the Soviet Union on the eve of its disintegration.Plante plays brilliantly with our assumptions of both the United States and Russia, and ultimately proclaims a universal theme of sacredness and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Becoming a Londoner

    A Diary

    by David Plante ...
    The first volume of National Book Award finalist David Plante's extraordinary diaries of a life lived among the artistic elite in 1960s London.“Nikos and I live together as lovers, as everyone knows, and we seem to be accepted because it's known that we are lovers. In fact, we are, according to the law, criminals in our making love with each other, but it is as if the laws don't apply. It is as if ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Worlds Apart

    A Memoir

    by David Plante ...
    'An absorbing and zesty read, both high-minded and full of high gossip. In short, a rare and unexpected treat' Melvyn Bragg____________________The writer David Plante has kept a diary of his life among the artistic elite for over half a century. It is an extraordinary document, both deeply personal and a rare window onto disappearing worlds. This extracted memoir spans the 1980s, a period of ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry

    A Practical Guide

    by Darren DePaul, Jason Draper, Elizabeth Edrington, Elisabeth Elliott, Drew Haltom, Mark Howard, Michael McGarry, Eric McKiddie, Thomas Olson, David Plant, Philip Walkley, Dave Wright ...
    Youth ministry is an essential part of most evangelical churches. And yet, there is a surprising lack of resources written specifically for youth workers focused on viewing all aspects of youth ministry through a gospel-focused lens. Featuring contributions from a host of experienced youth workers from a wide variety of churches, this how-to manual offers guidance related to every facet of youth ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Eternity

    by David Plante ...
    In London, Ted, a lapsed American Catholic married to a British woman encounters a friend’s child who is studying for his first communion. The boy, Jonathan, is terminally ill and believes the ritual of his first communion might miraculously heal him. Ted sees himself in the boy, and vividly recalls his childhood self. The idea of an eternal afterlife comforts Jonathan, but for Ted the idea ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bench Ain’T Bad

    Kids Don’T Build Boats Iii

    by David E. Plante ...
    The Bench Aint Bad, the third book in the Kids Dont Build Boats series, invites readers to spend time with the narratorJacobas he recounts the ups and downs of his business experiences and personal life. By telling about the successes, failures, and moments in which God worked in the marriage of Jacob and Marjorie, the husband-and-wife writing team of David E. Plante and Lorraine M. Plante uses ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Anna’S Courage

    Kébec Series, Book 3

    by David E. Plante ...
    In this third book in the Kbec series, fur trader and horse breeder Zoel Smith relies on his God-given skills and strengths to forge his own pathinstead of staying with his adoptive parents, Henry and Anna, and assisting with their mission caring for sick and abandoned Indians. But the path he has chosen is not easy; the conflict between the French and the English is quickly escalating. As Zoel ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD