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A Feast for Joseph
Joseph misses sharing meals with lots of people like he did back in the refugee camp, so when the neighbors finally come over, it’s a feast!
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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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Sita's Ramayana
A beautifully illustrated feminist graphic-novel version of the story of Sita from the great Indian epic -- The Ramayana.
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Birding with Yeats
A delicately rendered memoir on motherhood, family, and the beauty of the natural world.
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Winter Moon Song
A beautifully illustrated first picture book from award-winning author Martha Brooks.
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Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Like This takes you inside small-town Nova Scotia to expose the troubles that lie at its heart.
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The Mosquito Brothers
A city mosquito who longs to be cool finds friendship and adventure on an unexpected trip to The Wild.
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The City of Words
In his 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned author Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at the rise of violent intolerance in our societies.
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Bitter Orange
A suspenseful novel set in 1969 England about one woman’s obsession with a glamorous, hedonistic couple living downstairs who aren’t what they seem.
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Chez l'arabe
A dazzling debut collection from award-winning journalist and New York Times Magazine contributor Mireille Silcoff.
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As she digs into the breadth and depth of the family’s wealth and corruption, she gets caught up in a huge tangled web, extending all the way to the U.S. and the U.K., where it reaches the top echelons of political power.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770899537","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770899537\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","guide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770899537\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=guide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Spiderline","NumberOfPages":"496","OtherText_Review_0":"Hamilton uses his people and plot to examine Chinese class and power structures that open opportunities for massive depravities and corruptions","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"London Free Press","OtherText_Review_1":"the reader is offered plenty of Ava in full flower as the Chinese-Canadian glamour puss who happens to be gay, whip smart and unafraid of whatever dangers come her way.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"…one of those grip tight novels that makes one read “just one more chapter” and you discover it’s 3am.The novel is built on complicated webs artfully woven into clear, magnetic story-telling. Author Ian Hamilton delivers the intrigue within complex and relentless webs in high style and once again proves that everyone, once in their lives, needs an Ava Lee at their backs.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Canadian Mystery Reviews","OtherText_Review_3":"…like the best series writers – Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson come to mind – Hamilton manages to…keep the Ava Lee books fresh…a compulsive read, a page-turner of the old school…The Princeling of Nanjing is a welcome return of an old favourite, and bodes well for future books.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_4":"The only thing scarier than being ripped off for a few million bucks is being the guy who took it and having Ava Lee on your tail. If Hamilton’s kick-ass forensic accountant has your number, it’s up.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Linwood Barclay","OtherText_Review_5":"Ava Lee has a new business, a new look, and, most important, a new Triad boss to appreciate her particular financial talents….We know that Ava will come up with a plan and Hamilton will come up with a twist.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"The Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_6":"As usual with a Hamilton-Lee novel, matters take a decided twist as the plot unrolls","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Owen Sound Sun Times","OtherText_Review_7":"…a terrific addition to the Ava Lee canon, a must read","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Richard King","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"CBC Home Run","OtherText_Review_8":"Ava is a wonderful character, smart, resourceful, and not afraid to kick ass, and you, sir, remain a top-drawer storyteller, and I devour each word you write. like countless others, cannot wait to see what happens with Ava next.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"The Mind Reels","OtherText_Review_9":"[an] exotic thriller that also offers a fascinating inside look at fiscal misconduct in China...Hamilton’s heroine is one of a kind. Ava is gay, a diminutive five-foot-three, a ruthless martial-arts adversary, a brilliant forensic accountant and a woman whose own unique moral code sometimes has her operating on the fringes of the law - but only, we would like to believe, in order to deal with the really bad guys…As a unique character, she's become indispensable.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Calgary Herald","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Ava Lee finds herself caught in a labyrinth of high-level political corruption that spreads to three continents.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2016-01-12","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"An Ava Lee Novel","ShortDescription":"Ava Lee finds herself caught in a labyrinth of high-level political corruption that spreads to three continents.","Subtitle":"An Ava Lee Novel: Book 8","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Princeling of Nanjing
Ava Lee finds herself caught in a labyrinth of high-level political corruption that spreads to three continents.
