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    by Helle Helle ...
    Translated by Martin Aitken ...
    From one of Scandinavia’s finest and best-loved novelists comes a startlingly intimate and powerful portrait about the fragile, yet irrevocable bond between a young girl and her dying motherFollowing a number of moves from one shabby rental to another, they—the mother and daughter of this elusive, strangely riveting novel set in 1980s Denmark—now reside in an apartment over the hairdresser shop in ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • they

    by Helle Helle ...
    Translated by Martin Aitken ...
    'They go for a walk by the playing fields, the anemones are out.' In the small Danish town of Rodby, a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter live uneventfully, each day marked by routine and a quiet intimacy. Together, they are a family; complete, content - and fragile. When the mother begins to feel unwell, everything and nothing changes. They go about their lives, talk about anything but the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • This Should Be Written in the Present Tense

    by Helle Helle ...
    Translated by Martin Aitken ...
    A beautifully intimate novel from award-winning Danish novelist, Helle HelleThis should be written in the present tense. But it isn’t.Dorte should be at uni in Copenhagen. But she’s not.She should probably put some curtains up in her new place.And maybe stop sleeping with her neighbour’s boyfriend.Perhaps things don’t always work out the way they should. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Hafni says

    by Helle Helle ...
    Translated by Martin Aitken ...
    Hafni says she's getting divorced. To celebrate, she sets out across Denmark on a smorrebrod tour, to taste-test all of the best open-faced sandwiches her country has to offer. One month later, she makes a phone call from a lay-by to tell us where she went, what went wrong and why she's been gone for three weeks longer than expected. Marked by Helle Helle's signature subtlety and infused with her ... Read more

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  • Hafni Says

    by Helle Helle ...
    Translated by Martin Aitken ...
    A marvelously inventive road-trip novel, told as one long conversation in the aftermath of a capsized marriageHafni says: I don’t want to be me. I want to change who I am. I don’t know how to change who I am.Hafni has come to the end of her marriage. From a rest stop she phones the novel’s narrator—a main character from Helle Helle’s previous novel they—but it’s she who does all the talking. She’s ... Read more

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  • The Conquest of Ruins

    The Third Reich and the Fall of Rome

    by Julia Hell ...
    The Roman Empire has been a source of inspiration and a model for imitation for Western empires practically since the moment Rome fell. Yet, as Julia Hell shows in The Conquest of Ruins, what has had the strongest grip on aspiring imperial imaginations isn't that empire's glory but its fall—and the haunting monuments left in its wake.Hell examines centuries of European empire-building—from Charles ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Idea Man Trilogy Boxed Set, The

    by Kristin Helling ...
    Narrated by Spencer Carney ...

    Unabridged

    24 hours 11 min

    Parker, a quirky hipster novelist is pursued by a mysterious stalker. A story he can’t resist.Greysen, a genius inventor must erase his identity and flee the country to survive.When the two lives intertwine, chaos ensues.The Idea Man Boxed Set is a multi-point-of-view trilogy of comedic thrillers. These plot-twisting thrillers are a must for lovers of action-packed stories with a touch of awkward ... Read more

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  • Kayaking Adventures In Beautiful British Columbia: True Stories of Adventure While Kayaking in BC

    by Jennifer Hellings ...
    Kayaking Adventures in Beautiful British Columbia is a collection of true, wilderness adventure stories by renowned author Jennifer Hellings. Join her as she paddles and camps along the coast of BC, encountering the diverse wildlife which make this area their home. From kayaking with killer whales to having bears visit her campsite, her adventures are both thrilling and sublime. Illustrated with ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gilgamesh

    A New Translation of the Ancient Epic

    by Sophus Helle ...
    A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic graceGilgamesh is a Babylonian epic from three thousand years ago, which tells of King Gilgamesh’s deep love for the wild man Enkidu and his pursuit of immortality when Enkidu dies. It is a story about love between men, loss and grief, the confrontation with ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Enheduana

    The Complete Poems of the World's First Author

    by Sophus Helle ...
    The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated from the original SumerianEnheduana was a high priestess and royal princess who lived in Ur, in what is now southern Iraq, about 2300 BCE. Not only does Enheduana have the distinction of being the first author whose name we know, but the poems attributed to her are hymns of great power. They are a rare ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Damon Snow Boxset

    Books 1-4

    by Olivia Helling ...
    Series series Damon Snow
    He thought love was impossible, until his cull’s dying wish...Damon's first 4 lessons with over 500 pages. Save over 30% when you buy the boxset!London, 1809. Incubus demon and male prostitute Damon Snow thinks he has the world figured out. Love only exists in rich poets’ imaginations and all any man wants from him is a quick romp. But when his long-time and dying patron forces Damon to ... Read more

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  • Human

    Babylonian Reflections on Labor

    by Sophus Helle ...
    Series series Critical Antiquities
    Acclaimed author and translator Sophus Helle considers an ancient creation story with themes of humanity, class warfare, and catastrophic climate change.The Babylonian poem Atra-hasis is a forgotten masterpiece of political thought. Written in Akkadian in what is now southern Iraq during the early second millennium BCE, Atra-hasis gives us a glimpse of how ancient poets understood the society ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD