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Gargoyles
Bill Gaston crafts these short fictions around the idea of the gargoyle — the concrete representation of extremes of human emotions.
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For Tamara special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Sarah Lang's poetry collection For Tamara is limited to 50 copies.
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Far to Go
This epic novel takes you inside an affluent Jewish family in the lead-up to Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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The Dragon Head of Hong Kong
The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series.
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Double Dutch
Stories in Double Dutch deftly alternate between fantasy and reality, transporting readers into worlds that are at once both familiar and uncanny.
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De Niro's Game
As a part of the launch of the new A-List series, a curated selection of titles from Anansi's backlist featuring handsome new covers and introductions by well-known Canadian writers, comes Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game, with a new introduction.
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Have we become complacent about our personal security -- sharing our thoughts, beliefs and the details of our daily lives with anyone who cares to relieve us of them? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating and compelling book, Misha Glenny, author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eMcMafia\u003c\/em\u003e, explores the three fundamental threats facing us in the twenty-first century: cyber crime, cyber warfare and cyber industrial espionage. Governments and the private sector are losing billions of dollars each year, fighting an ever-morphing, often invisible, and highly intelligent new breed of criminal: the hacker. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlenny has travelled and trawled the world. And by exploring the rise and fall of the criminal website, \u003cem\u003eDarkMarket\u003c\/em\u003e, he has uncovered the most vivid, alarming and illuminating stories. 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Congotronic special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Shane Book's poetry collection Congotronic is limited to 50 copies.
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Exclusively available from Anansi Digital, Communion is one of the early great works by a Canadian literary titan.
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Carnival
A memorable novel about the beautiful, twisted existence of life in the modern city, told from the perspective of a taxi driver.
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Can Donald Trump Make America Great Again?
The nineteenth semi-annual Munk Debate tackles whether Donald Trump has what it takes to be the 45th President of the United States.
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The Broken Social Scene Story Project
Thirteen short stories inspired by Broken Social Scene's groundbreaking album, You Forgot It In People.
