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  • Widow Basquiat

    A Love Story

    **The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life togetherAn NPR Best Book of the Year Selection**New York City in the 1980s was a mesmerizing, wild place. A hotbed for hip hop, underground culture, and unmatched creative energy, it spawned some of the most significant art of the 20th century. It was where Jean-Michel Basquiat became an ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Poison That Fascinates

    Having been deserted by her mother as a baby, Emily now lives with her father in Mexico City, and works in the local orphanage. When a mysterious cousin, Santi, appears on their doorstep, he brings with him family secrets, and soon Emily finds desire and temptation have overturned her straightforward life forever. The Poison That Fascinates is an alluring fable forged in sensuous prose. Jennifer ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Promised Party

    Kahlo, Basquiat and Me

    'Clement has lived a life like no other, and made of it a shimmering mosaic, a masterpiece, which is this book' Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LessGrowing up in 1970s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo’s house. It was a bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, which allowed an awakening of creative freedom ... Read more

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  • Prayers for the Stolen

    The haunting novel of love and survival that inspired Mexico’s official submission for International Feature Film—now shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards® and streaming on Netflix“Prayers for the Stolen gives us words for what we haven’t had words for before, like something translated from a dream in a secret language. . . . Beguiling, and even crazily enchanting.”—Francisco Goldman, New York ... Read more

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  • Widow Basquiat

    A Memoir

    Series series Canons
    MADONNA. ANDY WARHOL. KEITH HARING. FAB 5 FREDDIE. DEBBIE HARRY. JULIAN SCHNABEL.Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. In 1988, unable to deal with the demands that his new fame brought, Basquiat, the most successful black visual artist in history, died ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD

  • Gun Love

    A Novel

    **LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • “Fortified with wit and tenderness . . . Gun Love potently illuminates a puzzled land.”—O: The Oprah MagazineNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME • SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZEThe searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen**Pearl's mother took ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • A True Story Based on Lies

    A True Story Based on Lies is a remarkable and original novel that addresses the universal issues of class discrimination, male oppression and female servitude through dual narratives of spellbinding power. Set in contemporary Mexico, the book charts the consequences of a sexual relationship between Leonora, a servant in the wealthy O'Conner home, and her master. When a child, Aura Olivia, is born ... Read more

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  • Reading Humility in Early Modern England

    While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self. As this study shows, early modern literary engagements with humility link it to self-knowledge through the practice of right reading, and make humility ... Read more

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  • San Clemente

    Series series Images of America
    In the 1920s, San Clemente founder Ole Hanson envisioned a �Spanish Village� on the Pacific coast halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego. His city would have streets that followed the natural contours of the land. Sunny beaches and perfect climate enticed many to settle in this charming community. Known for its hospitality and neighborly atmosphere, the city became host and home to dignitaries ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Gun Love

    A Novel

    Narrated by Imani Parks ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 52 min

    **LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • “Fortified with wit and tenderness . . . Gun Love potently illuminates a puzzled land.”—O: The Oprah MagazineNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME • SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZEThe searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen**Pearl's mother took ... Read more

    $23.00 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Prayers for the Stolen

    A Novel

    Narrated by Justine Eyre ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    Ladydi Garcia Martínez is fierce, funny and smart. She was born into a world where being a girl is a dangerous thing. In the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, women must fend for themselves, as their men have left to seek opportunities elsewhere. Here in the shadow of the drug war, bodies turn up on the outskirts of the village to be taken back to the earth by scorpions and snakes. School is held ... Read more

    $26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pharmacist’s Pocket Guide for Diabetes and Obesity

    Practical Strategies, Tips, and Considerations

    Edited by Jennifer Clements ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The prevalence of diabetes and obesity has increased over the past decade and is expected to continue to rise until at least 2030. There is a clear association between diabetes and obesity due to insulin resistance, chronic inflammatory state, and endothelial dysfunction. Since diabetes and obesity are commonly encountered chronic conditions, pharmacists and associated trainees are in a unique ... Read more

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