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  • Reading The Bible Backwards

    by Robert Priest ...
    Reverse engineering the word, meme splicing, morpheme replacement therapy, phonetic modifications: these are some of the techniques in play throughout Reading the Bible Backwards , the lyrical thought experiments that make up this eagerly anticipated new collection of poems by Robert Priest. By throwing the Bible and other cultural narratives on the turntable and spinning them backwards, Priest ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spell Crossed 3-Book Bundle

    The Paper Sword / Second Kiss / Missing Piece

    by Robert Priest ...
    Series series Spell Crossed
    On the spell-crossed Phaer Isle, young Xemion and his friend Saheli just made one little mistake, but now they’re in a fight for their own lives and the future of all Phaer. Up against Thralls, Triplicants, dragons, rage-wraiths, will they find the key to victory in the Great Kone, the source of all magic? And what will it cost them?Includes:The Paper Sword – Spell Crossed #1After shaking hands ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Previously Feared Darkness

    by Robert Priest ...
    Picking up and pulling at the vibrant threads of Robert Priest's last book of poems, Reading the Bible Backward, this collection explores new themes while spanning multiple strands of thought. One strand leads, with unabashed candor and elegance, through the author's love life; another, through fields of praise; a third experiments with automated metaphors and delivers a challenging new selection ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Paper Sword

    Spell Crossed

    by Robert Priest ...
    Series Book 1 - Spell Crossed
    A painted sword is their only protection from evil sorcery, strange creatures, and enemy forces.On the spell-crossed Phaer Isle, teenage Xemion dreams of being a great swordsman. When he finds a blade-shaped stick, he fashions it to look like a real sword. Knowing that the laws of their cruel Pathan conquerors would require a death sentence for possession of such an object, his friend Saheli ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Accidents After Happening

    Poems

    by Robert Priest ...
    “One of the most imaginatively inventive poets in the country.” — Pacific Rim Review of BooksThe accidents of Priest’s collection are definitely not all “happy.” They move through a full range of human emotions: dread, grief, anger, ecstasy, lust and empathy. Plus some magic levity. This is poetry you will want to recite aloud: lyrical love poems, sonnets, satires, ghazals, curses, and bitter ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Side of Heaven

    Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith

    Edited by Robert J. Priest, Alvaro L. Nieves ...
    In recent years Christian scholars have become increasingly aware of their responsibility to recognize and respond to the challenges posed by ethnic and racial diversity. Similarly, historically white Christian colleges, universities, seminaries and congregations are struggling to transform themselves into communities that are welcoming to minorities and sensitive to their needs. This collection ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Oberammergau

    The Passion Play and Its Audiences from the Enlightenment to the Nazis

    by Robert D. Priest ...
    The passion play at Oberammergau in Bavaria is one of the oldest theatrical spectacles in the world, with a history of regular performance that dates back to 1634. By the dawn of the twentieth century, each season drew hundreds of thousands of spectators from Europe, North America, and beyond. Thomas Cook's first package tourists rubbed shoulders with luminaries ranging from Henry Ford to ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Blue Pyramids

    by Robert Priest ...
    From his first book, The Visible Man ("as fine a first volume of poetry as one is ever likely to read" - the Dalhousie Review ), to his most recent, Resurrection In the Cartoon ("passionate, humourous, worldly-wise, kick-ass poetry" - The Vancouver Sun ), Robert Priest's poetry has been the delight of critics and readers alike. Blue Pyramids: New and Selected Poems brings together the best of ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • If I Didn’t Love the River

    Poems

    by Robert Priest ...
    In this virtuoso display of sonnets, free verse, prose poems, villanelles, ghazals, and aphorisms, People’s Poet Robert Priest makes it clear why the Pacific Rim Review has called him “surely the most imaginatively inventive poet in the country.” A profound meditation on love, death, sex, and sickness, If I Didn’t Love the River speaks directly to the polarizations of our time. Priest’s mastery of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spell Crossed 2-Book Bundle

    The Paper Sword / Second Kiss

    by Robert Priest ...
    Series series Spell Crossed
    On the spell-crossed Phaer Isle, young Xemion and his friend Saheli just made one little mistake, but now they’re in a fight for their own lives and the future of all Phaer. Up against Thralls, Triplicants, dragons, rage-wraiths, will they find the key to victory in the Great Kone, the source of all magic? And what will it cost them?Includes:The Paper Sword – Spell Crossed #1After shaking hands ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • How To Swallow A Pig

    by Robert Priest ...
    Bizarre sexual parables, hilarious science fiction, fables, text-tangles, dirty stories, lush love letters, re-visionary fairy tales, predictions,strange new games, dream transcripts, and a complete handbook of absurdist instructions, including one on the dangerous arts of pig-swallowing. With all the lyricism and wit which have made his columns in NOW magazine and his Dr. Poetry segments on CBC's ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Old Pirate of Central Park

    by Robert Priest ...
    In this wonderfully quirky story, two stubborn souls - a retired pirate and a retired queen - do battle in the sailboat pond in Central Park. Inspired by memories of his past, the Old Pirate has built a marvelous replica of his sailing ship, the Laughing Dog. But when he takes it to the park to launch it in the pond, he finds the waters are not so friendly - the S.S. Uppity Duchess is unwilling to ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD