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  • In Memory of Memory

    Translated by Sasha Dugdale ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    Winner of the 2023 Berman Literature PrizeLonglisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary PrizeShortlisted for the 2021 International Booker PrizeLonglisted for the 2021 National Book Awards: Translated LiteratureLonglisted for the 2021 Bailie Gifford PrizeWinner of the 2018 Bolshaya Kniga AwardWinner of the 2019 NOS Literature PrizeThe Globe 100 : a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2021An exciting... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Disappearing Act

    Translated by Sasha Dugdale ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    From the renowned Russian author of In Memory of Memory comes a haunting meditation on identity, exile, language, art, and the fragile desire to disappear.The writer M has been living in exile in the city of B since her homeland declared war on a neighbouring state. Wracked by shame and despair, and severed from her language, M finds herself unable to write, unmoored in a present where the future ... Read more

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  • Holy Winter

    Translated by Sasha Dugdale ...
    Series series
    A profoundly moving book-length poem from "Russia's greatest living poet" ( Poetry) and the acclaimed author of In Memory of Memory.Maria Stepanova was a highly influential figure in Moscow's cosmopolitan literary scene for many years until Putin strangled it, along with civil liberties and dissent. Written in a frenzy of poetic inspiration , Holy Winter speaks of winter and war, banishment and ... Read more

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  • The Voice Over

    Poems and Essays

    Series series
    Maria Stepanova is one of the most powerful and distinctive voices of Russia’s first post-Soviet literary generation. An award-winning poet and prose writer, she has also founded a major platform for independent journalism. Her verse blends formal mastery with a keen ear for the evolution of spoken language. As Russia’s political climate has turned increasingly repressive, Stepanova has responded ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD

  • A Beautiful Rose and a Humble Dandelion

    Illustrated by Oksana Mansberger ...
    In a garden where beauty is admired, a proud red rose basks in attention, while a humble dandelion stands unnoticed. The rose boasts of her charm, believing she is superior. But as time passes, the rose withers, while the dandelion transforms into a delicate puffball, bringing joy to a child who blows its seeds into the wind. Through this gentle tale, young readers learn that true value isn't ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Friendship Not From First Sight

    Meet Becky - a mischievous little tornado of a dog who chews everything from shoes to homework (which actually worked out pretty well for Nikita). Life is good until Sheila, a polite and sophisticated pup, joins the family. At first, Becky isn't thrilled about sharing her tasty bones - but soon realizes Sheila might be the perfect partner in crime.But Sheila isn't just polite - she's smart. Becky ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • ORDER ME SOME MAGIC

    Illustrated by Oksana Mansberger ...
    An accidental experiment. A mysterious creature. A world turned upside down.When a few curious kids mix the wrong chemicals in their dad's lab, they don't just make a mess-they create a living, color-changing creature with magical powers! Suddenly, nothing is normal, and everything is extraordinary.Can they keep their creation a secret... or will the magic take over?A fun, fast-paced adventure ... Read more

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  • War of the Beasts and the Animals

    Translated by Dugdale Sasha ...
    War of the Beasts and the Animals is Russian poet Maria Stepanova’s first full English-language collection. Stepanova is one of Russia’s most innovative and exciting poets and thinkers, and founding editor of Colta.ru, an online independent site which has been compared to Huffington Post in its status and importance. Immensely high-profile in Russia, her reputation has lagged behind in the West, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Nanofabrication

    Techniques and Principles

    Edited by Maria Stepanova, Steven Dew ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Intended to update scientists and engineers on the current state of the art in a variety of key techniques used extensively in the fabrication of structures at the nanoscale. The present work covers the essential technologies for creating sub 25 nm features lithographically, depositing layers with nanometer control, and etching patterns and structures at the nanoscale. A distinguishing feature of ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Disappearing Act (Unabridged)

    Narrated by Clare Wille ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 15 min

    The writer known as M. is living in exile while her home country wages war on a neighbouring state. Wracked by shame and severed from her language, M. finds herself unable to write, unmoored in a present where the future feels unknowable. When she travels to a nearby country for an event, a twist of fate leaves her stranded in an unfamiliar city, phoneless and untraceable. In this rupture, she ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Translated by Andrew Davis ...
    Osip Mandelstam is one of the greatest of twentieth-century poets and Voronezh Notebooks, a sequence of poems composed between 1935 and 1937 when he was living in internal exile in the Soviet city of Voronezh, is his last and most exploratory work. Meditating on death and survival, on power and poetry, on marriage, madness, friendship, and memory, challenging Stalin between lines that are full of ... Read more

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  • Nobody Leaves

    Impressions of Poland

    Translated by William Brand ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'A peculiar genius with no modern equivalent, except possibly Kafka' - Jonathan MillerRegarded as a central part of Kapuscinski's work, these vivid portraits of life in the depths of Poland embody the young writer's mastery of literary reportageWhen the great Ryszard Kapuscinski was a young journalist in the early 1960s, he was sent to the farthest reaches of his native Poland between foreign ... Read more

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