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{"id":6818430025787,"title":"Help Me, Jacques Cousteau","handle":"help-me-jacques-cousteau","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith her multiple-award-winning, bestselling, and critically acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eThe Outlander\u003c\/em\u003e, Gil Adamson established herself as one of our preeminent fiction writers. But ten years before \u003cem\u003eThe Outlander\u003c\/em\u003e, when Adamson published another book of fiction with a small press, readers and critics immediately sat up and took note. Barbara Gowdy called \u003cem\u003eHelp Me, Jacques Cousteau\u003c\/em\u003e \"outstanding … smart, haunting, utterly original\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHelp Me, Jacques Cousteau\u003c\/em\u003e presents the life and times of Hazel and her brother Andrew, who are born into an extraordinary family who share only one thing: a penchant for eccentric behaviour. Adamson demonstrates her powerful prose style, uniquely combining a scientist's loving attention to detail, a comic's unerring delivery and a poet's sublime ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this updated edition, Adamson's brilliant, fascinating, and funny portrait of a contemporary young woman's coming of age is ready for readers once again.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T09:06:19-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-29T16:17:09-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["By (author) Adamson Gil","House of Anansi Press","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2009-10-01"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40233989570619,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847998","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Help Me, Jacques Cousteau - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":245,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847998","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40233994256443,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887849459","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Help Me, Jacques Cousteau - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887849459","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40233994649659,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770896499","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Help Me, Jacques Cousteau - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770896499","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e99f06e0-7d81-4cec-a481-f9df28447b27.jpg?v=1655700172"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e99f06e0-7d81-4cec-a481-f9df28447b27.jpg?v=1655700172","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22245190008891,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2401,"width":1576,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e99f06e0-7d81-4cec-a481-f9df28447b27.jpg?v=1655700172"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2401,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e99f06e0-7d81-4cec-a481-f9df28447b27.jpg?v=1655700172","width":1576}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eWith her multiple-award-winning, bestselling, and critically acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eThe Outlander\u003c\/em\u003e, Gil Adamson established herself as one of our preeminent fiction writers. But ten years before \u003cem\u003eThe Outlander\u003c\/em\u003e, when Adamson published another book of fiction with a small press, readers and critics immediately sat up and took note. Barbara Gowdy called \u003cem\u003eHelp Me, Jacques Cousteau\u003c\/em\u003e \"outstanding … smart, haunting, utterly original\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHelp Me, Jacques Cousteau\u003c\/em\u003e presents the life and times of Hazel and her brother Andrew, who are born into an extraordinary family who share only one thing: a penchant for eccentric behaviour. Adamson demonstrates her powerful prose style, uniquely combining a scientist's loving attention to detail, a comic's unerring delivery and a poet's sublime ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this updated edition, Adamson's brilliant, fascinating, and funny portrait of a contemporary young woman's coming of age is ready for readers once again.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Gil Adamson, author of Ridgerunner, weaves an utterly original tale of an extraordinary family with a knack for eccentric behaviour.
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{"id":6818230763579,"title":"Dirty Feet","handle":"dirty-feet","description":"\u003cp\u003eNominated for the Governor General's Literary Award: Translation and the ReLit Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a small child, Askia was forced, along with his family, to wander the African desert as if under a curse. First driven from their home by drought and hunger, they were then kept from the villages they passed through by the fear and suspicion of others, who did not want to see their \"dirty feet\" stay for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYears later, it seems Askia is destined to relive his family’s curse night after night as he roams the streets of Paris in his taxi. One evening, he picks up Olia, a young woman who claims to recognize his face, telling him that his features are similar to those of a man she photographed years ago. Had it been his father, the enigmatic Sidi Ben Sylla Mohammed? 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Dirty Feet
A compelling novel that tells the story of one man's journey to retrace the steps of the mysterious, nomadic father who abandoned him years earlier.
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{"id":6811313406011,"title":"You Are Not What We Expected","handle":"you-are-not-what-we-expected","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis stunningly intimate collection of stories is an exquisite portrait of a Jewish community\u003c\/strong\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003e the secular and religious families who inhabit it and the tensions that exist there \u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003e that illuminates the unexpected ways we remain connected during times of change. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Uncle Isaac moves back from L.A. to help his sister, Elaine Levine, care for her suddenly motherless grandchildren, he finds himself embroiled in even more drama than he would like in their suburban neighbourhood. Meanwhile, a nanny miles from her own family in the Philippines, cares for a young boy who doesn’t fit in at school. 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You Are Not What We Expected
This collection is a portrait of a Jewish community and the secular and religious families who inhabit it and the tensions that exist there.
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Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein
In 1966 Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter teamed up to create Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein — now a unique piece of Canadian cultural history.
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Full of invigorating and challenging literary essays, interviews, memoirs, travelogues, belles letters, and unusual musings.
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Easy to Like
A bitingly hilarious satire of the making of wine, television, and taste from one of Canada’s most accomplished comic writers.
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The Disciple of Las Vegas
Ava Lee goes deep inside the shady world of online gambling in the second installment of the pulse-pounding series.
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The Blue Book
A novel of illusions and false trails, magical numbers and redemptive humour, about what happens when we are misled and what happens when we are true.
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Strange Light Afar
Eight Japanese folktales, retold in a way you’ve never imagined. Beautiful, strange and unforgettable.
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Her novel The Crazy Man has been a stunning success, winning the Governor General's Award, the Texas Institute of Letters Friends of the Austin Public Library Award for Best Yound Adult Book, the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the Rocky Mountain Book Award, the Hackmatack Award, the OLA Golden Oak Award and the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. She has written another children's novel, Sky, and has published two collections of poetry. Pamela now lives with her family in Sidney, British Columbia.\n\nMatt James is a painter, illustrator and musician. He held his first exhibition in 2003 and has contributed paintings and illustrations to numerous publications. Matt's band, Wayne Omaha, has toured Canada and released three full-length CDs. 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A Pond, a Poet, and Three Pests
A funny new fable about artistic creation and chasing fame, inspired by one of Japan’s most beloved poets, Bashō, and his famous haiku, “The Old Pond.”
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