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  • Lexicon of Affinities

    by Ida Vitale ...
    Translated by Sean Manning ...
    A prowl through words reveals the unstable character of the cosmos.With entries as varied as ‘elbow’, ‘Ophelia’, ‘progress’, the painter Giorgio Morandi, ‘chess’, ‘Eulalia’ (a friend of the author’s aunt), and ‘unicorn’, Ida Vitale constructs a dictionary of her long and passionately engaged artistic life. Taking the reader by the arm, she invites us to become her confidant, sharing her remarkable ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret—A Treasure Hunt

    by Sean Kelly, Ted Mann, Byron Preiss ...
    The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they ... Read more

    $26.04 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Top of the Order

    25 Writers Pick Their Favorite Baseball Player of All Time

    by Sean Manning ...
    There have been many anthologies devoted to our national pastime's greatest players, but here, at last, is one dedicated to those, for reasons far more personal than stats-based, we call our favorites. In Top of the Order twenty-five of today's premier sports journalists, cultural critics, novelists, and humorists (as well as a couple of former major leaguers) deliver memorable, never-before ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Show I'll Never Forget

    50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience

    by Sean Manning ...
    In The Show I'll Never Forget, writer Sean Manning has gathered an amazing array of unforgettable concert memories from a veritable A-list of acclaimed novelists, poets, biographers, cultural critics, and songwriters. Their candid, first-person recollections reveal as much about the writers' lives at the time as they do about the venues where the shows occurred or the artists onstage. Ishmael Reed ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Bound to Last

    30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book

    by Sean Manning ...
    Lovers of the printed book, arise! Thirty of today's top writers are here to tell you you're not alone.In Bound to Last,an amazing array of authors comes to the passionate defense of the printed book with spirited, never-before-published essays celebrating the hardcover or paperback they hold most dear -- not necessarily because of its contents, but because of its significance as a one-of-a-kind, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Rock and Roll Cage Match

    Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided

    by Sean Manning ...
    Music defines us. To return the favor, we’ll stick up with zealous passion for the performers and bands that we love . . . and heap aspersions and ridicule upon people who dare to place their allegiances above our own. In Rock and Roll Cage Match, today’ s leading cultural critics, humorists, music journalists, and musicians themselves take sides in thirty of the all-time juiciest “who’s better” ... Read more

    Was $6.99 CAD Now $5.99 CAD

  • The Things That Need Doing

    A Memoir

    by Sean Manning ...
    “You keep fighting, okay?” I whispered. “We’re in this together. You and me. You’re not alone. You hear me? You are not alone.”5:38 p.m. It was the precise moment Sean Manning was born and the time each year that his mother wished him happy birthday. But just before he turned twenty-seven, their tradition collapsed. A heart attack landed his mom in the hospital and uprooted Manning from his life ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Come Here Often?

    53 Writers Raise a Glass to Their Favorite Bar

    Edited by Sean Manning ...
    Fifty–three of today's most esteemed writers answer the question, "What makes this bar better than all other bars?""A reminder that no matter where you are in the world there is always a place nearby that feels like home."" —The Paris ReviewA neighborhood bar can become as comfortable as a second home or a memory best avoided—a wild evening half remembered and better forgotten. But what makes a ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Byobu

    by Ida Vitale ...
    Translated by Sean Manning ...
    Byobu reveals a rich inner world, one driven by its meticulous attention to our rich outer one."a story’s existence, even if not well defined or well assigned, even if only in its formative stage, just barely latent, emits vague but urgent emanations."Byobu's every interaction trembles with possibility and faint menace. A crack in the walls of his house, marring it forever, means he must burn it ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • George W. Bush

    The American Presidents Series: The 43rd President, 2001-2009

    by James Mann ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    The controversial president whose time in office was defined by the September 11 attacks and the war on terror.George W. Bush stirred powerful feelings on both sides of the aisle. Republicans viewed him as a resolute leader who guided America through the September 11 attacks and retaliated in Afghanistan and Iraq, while Democrats saw him as an overmatched president who led America into two ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Wildest One

    by Marni Mann ...
    Narrated by Sean Masters, Savannah Peachwood ...
    Series series The Weston Group

    Unabridged

    8 hours 36 min

    A scorching hot, hockey, forbidden, billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni MannI’m not the calm before the storm. I am the storm. And only she can tame my wildways.Hockey is my religion.My body is my temple.My only goal in life is to win another Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Whales, so women are just a sexy distraction.Until her.The ... ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

  • Islam, Revival, and Reform

    Redefining Tradition for the Twenty-First Century

    by Women in Muslim Family Law Natana J. DeLong-Bas, Marcia Hermansen, Knut Vikor, Albrecht Hofheinz, Jonathan Wyrtzen, York Norman, Shadi Hamid, Abdullah al-Arian, Shuang Wen, Tuve Buchmann Floden0, Sean Foley1 ...
    Series series Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
    Rooted in the world historical methodology of John O. Voll, this collection brings together a diverse group of scholars to investigate the ongoing impact of revival and reform movements beginning in the eighteenth century and continuing through to the present. Ranging from the MENA region to Africa, India, and China, and covering a variety of religious interpretations, from scripturalist to Sufism ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus