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  • The Cranky Connoisseur

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    Everyones a foodie now. But in a world of foodies, refinement and rarified good taste seem increasingly to come at the cost of actually being satisfied with anything. How do we crack the dilemma of contentment when were constantly accumulating expertise about how things can be improved? The Cranky Connoisseur takes us on a tasty and entertaining tour through London, Las Vegas, and the remote ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Silent Cruise

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    From the author of the bestselling novel, Stanley Park, a dazzling collection of short fiction to debut in our new Vintage Tales series. Taylor, whose writing possesses an astonishing range and depth, first came to national attention with his short story writing. This collection includes, among others, his Journey Prize-winning story, “Doves of Townsend,” for which he also won a Silver National ... Read more

    Was $19.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Stanley Park

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    A young chef who revels in local bounty, a long-ago murder that remains unsolved, the homeless of Stanley Park, a smooth-talking businessman named Dante — these are the ingredients of Timothy Taylor's stunning debut novel — Kitchen Confidential meets The Edible Woman.Trained in France, Jeremy Papier, the young Vancouver chef, is becoming known for his unpretentious dishes that highlight fresh, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Sounds of Capitalism

    Advertising, Music, and the Conquest of Culture

    by Timothy D. Taylor ...
    From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. And since the 1920s, songs originally written for commercials have become popular songs, and songs written for a popular audience have become irrevocably associated with specific brands and products. Today, musicians move ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise and Fall of Magic Wolf

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    **“A sumptuously written story about culinary ambition, restaurant-world vice, and the frailties of the heart.” — KEVIN CHONG, author of The Double Life of Benson YuRestaurateur Teo Wolf’s culinary fame is peaking just as a series of scandals and reckless decisions threaten to destroy everything.**Teo’s life as a Paris brasserie apprentice is filled with challenges and triumphs, as well as all the ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • The Blue Light Project

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    From one of Canada’s finest writers comes a masterful novel about the clash of art and advertising, the cultish grip of celebrity and the intense connections that can form in times of crisis.An unidentified man storms a television studio where KiddieFame, a controversial children’s talent show wherein kids who are too talented are “killed off,” is being filmed. He is armed with an explosive device ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Beyond Exoticism

    Western Music and the World

    by Timothy D. Taylor, Charles McGovern, Ronald Radano ...
    Series series Refiguring American Music
    In Beyond Exoticism, Timothy D. Taylor considers how western cultures’ understandings of racial, ethnic, and cultural differences have been incorporated into music from early operas to contemporary television advertisements, arguing that the commonly used term “exoticism” glosses over such differences in many studies of western music. Beyond Exoticism encompasses a range of musical genres and ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Story House

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    In his first novel, Stanley Park, Taylor brought readers into the inner workings of the Vancouver culinary scene, writing evocatively about everything from divine local ingredients to kitchen politics. In Story House, he takes on the rarefied world of architectural design – with some boxing, fishing and reality TV thrown in.Graham and Elliot Gordon are half-brothers, six months apart, the only ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Music and Capitalism

    A History of the Present

    by Timothy D. Taylor ...
    Timothy D. Taylor "deeply reveals the social organization of capitalism and its profound impact on music" (Jocelyne Guilbault, author of Governing Sound).iTunes. Spotify. Pandora. With these brief words one can map the landscape of music today, but these aren't musicians, songs, or anything else actually musical—they are products and brands. In Music and Capitalism, ethnomusicologist Timothy D. ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rule of Stephens

    a novel

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    "The significance of being a survivor, in the case of Air France Flight 801, for a long time lay in the simple fact that there should have been no survivors."Catherine Bach did survive, barely suffering a scratch. She hates the word "miracle," yet it feels that way at first. She returns to life as it was before the plane went down. The biotech startup she'd built from an idea to a multi-million ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Birds Opening:

    Detailed Coverage Of An Underrated And Dynamic Choice For White

    by Timothy Taylor ...
    Bird's Opening is an underrated and dynamic choice for White that immediately directs the game into relatively unexplored territory, setting Black players early problems and forcing them to think for themselves rather than having the luxury of relying on the theory of more mainstream openings. It's also a very flexible option that can lead to both sharp gambit play, such as the notorious From's ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Making Value

    Music, Capital, and the Social

    by Timothy D. Taylor ...
    In Making Value, Timothy D. Taylor examines how people’s conceptions of value inform and shape their production and consumption of music. Drawing on anthropological value theory, Taylor theorizes music’s economic and noneconomic forms of value both ethnographically and historically. He covers the creation and exchange of value in a wide range of contexts: indie rock scenes, an Irish traditional ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD