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  • Our Ocean Family

    A California Indian Sea Animals Book

    by Terria Smith, Muriel Ammon ...
    Illustrated by Eric Wilder ...
    A board book that introduces babies and toddlers to California sea animals, how they live together, and their connections with Native cultures.Meet the fascinating creatures who live along the Pacific Coast—salmon and seals, pelicans and plovers, turtles and whales galore. Our Ocean Family celebrates the relationships that California’s sea animals have with each other and with this land’s first ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

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  • It Was Nothing!

    by Phyllis Muriel Smith ...
    This is a charming story of a young Canadian woman who meets her future husband while he was attempting to start a fire, not in her heart at the time, but simply while camping. Innocent in life and unaware of the magic that rubbing two sticks together would bring follow her story that begins when a 16 year old girl comes across General Norman Smith and three fifths of the five dependants. ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • A Far Cry From Kensington

    by Muriel Spark ...
    Series Book 27 - Virago Modern Classics
    I can't help it. Sometimes the words just come out and I can't stop them. It feels like preaching the gospel.When publishing assistant and war widow Nancy Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he 'urinates frightful prose', the repercussions are swift. Losing not one, but two, much-sought-after literary jobs, Mrs Hawkins finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving anonymous letters, quack remedies and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hidden History of Monmouth County

    by Rick Geffken, Muriel J. Smith ...
    Series series Hidden History
    Monmouth County's past encompasses more than just sandy beaches and rural farm life.George Washington fought at the Battle of Monmouth as the region played a pivotal role in the birth of the republic. Henry Hudson anchored off Monmouth's shores in 1609 and was the first European to meet with the Lenape Native Americans there. A gun barrel of the USS New Jersey, the most decorated battleship in ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Comforters

    by Muriel Spark ...
    Series Book 350 - Virago Modern Classics
    'The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times.' Ian RankinIn this first novel by Muriel Spark - author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - the only things that aren't ambiguous are Spark's matchless originality and glittering wit.With an introduction by Ali Smith.Caroline Rose is plagued by the tapping of typewriter keys and the strange, detached narration of her every thought and action. She has ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Death in Venice

    by Thomas Mann ...
    Translated by Lesley Chamberlain ...
    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    **A sumptuous new translation of the sublime novella of desire, obsession, and one man’s downfall; another classic from the author of THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.“Probably the greatest of modern German novelists.” ― The New York Times**One of the pre-eminent works of modern European literature, this enthralling story of desire, beauty and infatuation follows the erudite, respectable writer Gustav ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

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  • One Fine Day

    The poignant classic for fans of A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY

    by Mollie Panter-Downes ...
    Series Book 304 - Virago Modern Classics
    'As profound as Katherine Mansfield, restrained as Jane Austen, sharp as Dorothy Parker' IndependentINTRODUCED BY NICOLA BEAUMANThe lark rose in the brilliant air, higher, higher on its spun-glass spiral of song, knowing nothing of peace or war, accepting joyously the bounty of another day.A hot summer's day in 1946. The village of Wealding is no longer troubled by distant sirens, yet the rusting ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Observing Eye

    The Sayings of Muriel Spark

    by Muriel Spark ...
    Series Book 781 - Virago Modern Classics
    The Observing Eye is a collection of Muriel Spark's brilliant asides, sayings, and aphorisms. No other writer can hold a candle to her wry, puckish observations:'Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities.''It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.''The sacrifice of pleasure is of course itself a pleasure.''Be on the alert to recognize your prim... ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Public Image

    A Virago Modern Classic

    by Muriel Spark ...
    Series Book 352 - Virago Modern Classics
    Annabel Christopher is every inch the star: a glamorous actress with a devoted, handsome husband. To keep the paparazzi and her adoring public under her spell, her perfect image must be carefully cultivated, whatever the cost. Beneath the facade, though, her husband cannot bear her or their vapid existence. Envious of her success, he plots his revenge and stages a scandal even Annabel will find a ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Symposium

    by Muriel Spark ...
    Series Book 348 - Virago Modern Classics
    'The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the crème de la crème.' Ian RankinOne October evening five London couples gather for a dinner party, enjoying 'the pheasant (flambe in cognac as it is)' and waiting for the imminent arrival of the late-coming guest Hilda Damien, who has been unavoidably detained due to the fact that she ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Territory of Light

    by Yuko Tsushima ...
    Translated by Geraldine Harcourt ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret DrabbleIt is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light, streaming through the windows, so bright you have to squint, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Territorial Rights

    A Virago Modern Classic

    by Muriel Spark ...
    Series Book 349 - Virago Modern Classics
    Robert wants nothing more than to become a serious art historian. But his hopes for an academic life are put on hold when he's driven from London to Venice to escape one lover and seek out another: the enigmatic Bulgarian refugee Lina Pancev. In Venice, Robert encounters a grand carnival of lust, lies, blackmail, cocktail parties and regicide. As he chases Lina, his heart's desire, the city itself ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD