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  • «Plaisirs de femmes»

    Women, Pleasure and Transgression in French Literature and Culture

    Edited by Maggie Allison, Elliot Evans, Carrie Tarr ...
    Series Book 133 - Modern French Identities
    Feminist approaches to questions of women, pleasure and transgression have generally been premised on the assumption that women’s pleasures are typically constrained – if not ignored, marginalized or forbidden – in patriarchal cultures. The naming, foregrounding and pursuit of women’s pleasures can therefore be deemed potentially transgressive and linked to women’s emancipation in other realms. ... Read more

    $85.59 CAD

  • Sugar House

    by Allison Muir ...
    Heroine Fenella Lundgren, a flat- broke recent college graduate, accepts a job as an assistant to the fabulously wealthy Rostunger family who live in a converted sugar factory, which also houses a massive private aquarium. As her employers impose their increasingly complex demands, Fenella navigates deepening moral quandaries. When Fenella discovers a forgotten orphan and a cephalopod with super ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • Without You There Would Be No Me

    by Allison Carroll ...
    Allison’s heart exploded with love after giving birth to her four children. At that time, she felt it was necessary to pay most gratitude and homage to their grandparents, especially their grandmothers. Allison and Maggie sat down every night for a week and wrote and illustrated this book to try and express the most possible gratitude to the people who made it all possible, especially her ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

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    Apocalyptic Desires

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    Marguerite Duras is France's best-known and most controversial contemporary woman writer. Duras' influence extends from her early novels of the 1950's to her radically innovative experimental autobiographical text of the 1980's The LoverLeslie Hill's book throws new light on Duras' relationship to feminism, psychoanalysis, sexuality, literature, film, politics, and the media. Feted by Kristeva, ... Read more

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  • Year of the Monkey

    by Patti Smith ...
    From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year.Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by ... Read more

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  • Literature and Painting In Quebec

    From Imagery to Identity

    by William J. Berg ...
    This unique study explores how Quebec's landscapes have been represented in both literature and visual art throughout the centuries, from the writing of early explorers such as Cartier and Champlain to work by prominent contemporary authors and artists from the province. William J. Berg traces recurrent images and themes within these creations through the most significant periods in the ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Blue Place: A Novel (Aud Torvingen)

    by Nicola Griffith ...
    Series Book 1 - Aud Torvingen
    **“I can’t rave enough about The Blue Place. It just slayed me.”—Dennis Lehane"If Jack Reacher had a sister, she'd be Aud Torvingen . . . he would love her, but he'd be a little scared of her, too."―Lee Child**Aud Torvingen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the color of cement and the tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway, a land of ice and snow, she now lives in Atlanta, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Saffron and Brimstone

    Strange Stories

    by Elizabeth Hand ...
    These "superbly crafted tales" showcase the World Fantasy Award–winning author's "beautifully nuanced, often disquieting style" ( Booklist).America boasts no finer, more acclaimed or accomplished literary fantasist than Elizabeth Hand. Poetry, magic, and love intermingle as she tears down the walls that separate the mundane from faerie and fancy. In this stunning collection of eight "strange ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Les Belles Étrangères

    Canadians in Paris

    by Jane Koustas ...
    Series series Perspectives on Translation
    While translation history in Canada is well documented, the history of the translation of Canadian fiction outside the nation remains obscure. Les Belles Étrangères examines the translation of Canadian English-language fiction in France. This book considers the history of this practice, the reasons for the move away from Quebec translators as well as the process and perils involved in this detour ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People

    by Gabe Foreman ...
    People who rely on stereotypes are often vilified. But really, is there a better way to classify people? There are some taxonimical difficulties, though. Exactly how many types of people are there? What behaviours are characteristic of each particular group? How do you know if you’ve spotted an armchair psychologist or a kleptomaniac? Gabe Foreman's A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Monsters on the Run (The Yeti Files #2)

    by Kevin Sherry ...
    Illustrated by Kevin Sherry ...
    Series Book 2 - The Yeti Files
    Blizz Richards and his band of wacky cryptids are back for another illustrated adventure!Everyone thinks the Loch Ness monster is one-of-a-kind. But that just means Nessie's lonely. And only yeti Blizz Richards and his team of cryptozoologists can help her find a friend just like her. With a little help from a time-traveling leprechaun, the gang travels back 65 million years to the age of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Bourdieu and Literature

    by John R.W. Speller ...
    Bourdieu and Literature is a wide-ranging, rigorous and accessible introduction to the relationship between Pierre Bourdieu's work and literary studies. It provides a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of his contributions to literary theory and his thinking about authors and literary works.One of the foremost French intellectuals of the post-war era, Bourdieu has become a standard ... Read more

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