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  • How Fiction Works

    by James Wood ...
    In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power.Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Ebon Knight, The

    by James Wood ...
    Narrated by Lori Strand ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - The Ebon Knight Chronicles

    Unabridged

    12 hours 54 min

    How far would you go to rescue your sworn enemy?Two adversaries on opposite sides of the Eternal Conflict meet by chance and become allied against a new and sinister third power that has entered the fray. The withdrawn Knight of the Light is supposed to be good, and he really kind of is. The Princess of the Dark is supposed to be evil, and she really kind of isn’t. Can they meet in the middle ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Serious Noticing

    Selected Essays, 1997–2019

    by James Wood ...
    From The New Yorker's book critic, "one of the most intelligent and passionate literary critics working today. . . . a masterful 'greatest hits' collection" (Angela M. Giles, Los Angeles Review of Books ).Ever since the publication of his first essay collection, The Broken Estate James Wood has been widely regarded as a leading literary critic of the English-speaking wo... ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Militia Myths

    Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921

    by James Wood ...
    Series series Studies in Canadian Military History
    The citizen soldier is a central figure in Canada’s social memory of the First World War. But is the ideal of being a citizen first and a soldier only by necessity an unchanging feature of the Canadian identity?This compelling history traces the evolution of the Canadian amateur military tradition in the turbulent years from 1896 to 1921. Before the Great War, Canada’s military culture was in ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • The Broken Estate

    Essays on Literature and Belief

    by James Wood ...
    This book recalls an era when criticism could change the way we look at the world. In the tradition of Matthew Arnold and Edmund Wilson, James Wood reads literature expansively, always pursuing its role and destiny in our lives. In a series of essays about such figures as Melville, Flaubert, Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, and Don DeLillo, Wood relates their fiction to questions of religious and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • MY LITTLE BOOK OF POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS

    by JAMES WOODS ...
    What if you could transform your life simply by changing your words?Would you like to cultivate unshakeable confidence, fulfilling relationships and lasting financial success?My Little Book of Positive Affirmations is your practical guide to reprogramming your mind and attracting happiness, success and serenity. This book is packed with powerful affirmations designed to strengthen every aspect of ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Show Us the Father

    A Memoir

    by James Wood ...
    In his first memoir, the renowned critic explores his preacher-father’s mysterious decision to desert his own parents and the fallout for their family.He had been, in all the important ways, an impeccable father. And he had been, in all the important ways, a terrible son.When James Wood and his siblings were growing up in the English city of Durham, they confronted a peculiar absence in their ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Yelling 2 Yoga

    by James Woods ...
    K-12 schools are being asked to do more than educate. District leaders and school teams must also respond to student stress, behavioral challenges, staff burnout, attendance concerns, and the growing need for social-emotional support.Yelling 2 Yoga provides a practical, seven-step framework for helping schools move from stress and reactivity toward regulation, connection, and campus wellness. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Irresponsible Self

    On Laughter and the Novel

    by James Wood ...
    "James Wood has been called our best young critic. This is not true. He is our best critic; he thinks with a sublime ferocity."--Cynthia OzickFollowing the collection The Broken Estate--which established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation-- The Irresponsible Self confirms Wood's preeminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of contemporary novels.In twenty ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Augustine's Wisdom for Christian Pilgrims

    Timeless Insights from the Social Teachings of an Early Church Father

    by James Wood ...
    Does Saint Augustine have anything to say about contemporary issues like church unity, gender and sexuality, anti-Semitism, abortion, and political engagement? Augustine's theological legacy is well established, but he also speaks powerfully to the cultural challenges we face today.In this book, James R. Wood invites you to explore the timeless wisdom of Augustine. Pointing to Augustine's classics ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD

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  • Upstate

    A Novel

    by James Wood ...
    From the New Yorker book critic and award-winning author, a novel of a family struggling to connect with one another and find meaning in their own lives.In the years since his daughter Vanessa moved to America to become a professor of philosophy, Alan Querry has never been to visit. He has been too busy at home in northern England, holding together his business as a successful property developer. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources

    by Reverend James Wood ...
    The present "Book of Quotations" was undertaken in the belief that, notwithstanding the many excellent compilations of the kind already in existence, there was room for another that should glean its materials from a wider area, and that should have more respect to the requirements, both speculative and practical, of the times we live in. The wide-spread materials at command had never yet been ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus