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{"id":7325050699835,"title":"Petit, the Monster","handle":"petit-the-monster","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetit is puzzled. He's a good boy when he plays with his dog. But he's a bad boy when he pulls a girl's hair. He can be very nice to his grandfather but terrible to pigeons. It's good when he takes care of his toys, but very bad when he doesn't want to share them. In short, the world is mysterious to Petit. It's exhausting trying to figure it all out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a brilliant, funny and ever-so-true recreation of a small boy's world. The ambiguities and confusions confronting the behavior of human beings, even small children, are so perfectly and lovingly observed and so wonderfully illustrated that this book is a little masterpiece. Every child and every grownup with any honesty will recognize themselves in this story.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T15:40:04-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T15:40:04-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244437635131,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888999474","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Petit, the Monster - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1695,"weight":299,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888999474","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888999474.jpg?v=1736368751"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888999474.jpg?v=1736368751","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979683311675,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.982,"height":2439,"width":2394,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888999474.jpg?v=1736368751"},"aspect_ratio":0.982,"height":2439,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888999474.jpg?v=1736368751","width":2394}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003ePetit is puzzled. He's a good boy when he plays with his dog. But he's a bad boy when he pulls a girl's hair. He can be very nice to his grandfather but terrible to pigeons. It's good when he takes care of his toys, but very bad when he doesn't want to share them. In short, the world is mysterious to Petit. It's exhausting trying to figure it all out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a brilliant, funny and ever-so-true recreation of a small boy's world. The ambiguities and confusions confronting the behavior of human beings, even small children, are so perfectly and lovingly observed and so wonderfully illustrated that this book is a little masterpiece. Every child and every grownup with any honesty will recognize themselves in this story.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISOL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is an Argentine author and illustrator of children’s books with a passion for comic book artistry, literature and the visual arts. She has been honored with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for her outstanding contribution to children’s literature, has twice been selected as a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and has won a Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava. Isol has also written and illustrated The Menino; Petit, the Monster; Beautiful Griselda and Nocturne. To date, her books have been published in over twenty countries and in seventeen languages. Isol lives in Buenos Aires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Isol","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"40","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325050306619,"title":"The Strongest Man in the World","handle":"the-strongest-man-in-the-world","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrongman and circus owner Louis Cyr captured the world's imagination with his remarkable feats of strength and his mammoth proportions. Set in Quebec at the turn of the 20th century, this biography, in graphic-novel style, features the celebrity in his old age as he recalls the glory days for his young daughter. In vivid detail he recounts his adventures traveling through Europe, performing feats of strength that astounded audiences and remain unsurpassed today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicolas Debon's vibrant illustrations and moving text bring the world of long-ago circuses and celebrities to life for young readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T15:34:18-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T15:34:18-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43250104074299,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997319","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Strongest Man in the World - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1895,"weight":345,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997319","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eStrongman and circus owner Louis Cyr captured the world's imagination with his remarkable feats of strength and his mammoth proportions. Set in Quebec at the turn of the 20th century, this biography, in graphic-novel style, features the celebrity in his old age as he recalls the glory days for his young daughter. In vivid detail he recounts his adventures traveling through Europe, performing feats of strength that astounded audiences and remain unsurpassed today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicolas Debon's vibrant illustrations and moving text bring the world of long-ago circuses and celebrities to life for young readers.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"Nicolas Debon was born in Northern France and later moved to Nancy where he studied art at l'Ecole nationale des Beaux-Arts before moving to Toronto for ten years. His picture book \u003cem\u003eThe Strongest Man in the World\u003c\/em\u003e won the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\/\u003cem\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/em\u003e Award. Nicolas currently lives in France.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Debon, Nicolas","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"36","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325049978939,"title":"The Auction 2nd ed","handle":"the-auction-2nd-ed","description":"\u003cp\u003eHurt and angry that his grandfather is selling the family farm, Todd has come to help him prepare for the auction that will take place the following day. What starts out as a sad occasion becomes happy as the two share the stories of the old days when Grandfather created the farm out of the prairie. \u003cem\u003eThe Auction\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful and moving story about coming to grips with loss and change.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T15:23:20-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T15:23:20-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":695,"price_min":695,"price_max":695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43250104696891,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888998422","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Auction 2nd ed - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":695,"weight":127,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888998422","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eHurt and angry that his grandfather is selling the family farm, Todd has come to help him prepare for the auction that will take place the following day. What starts out as a sad occasion becomes happy as the two share the stories of the old days when Grandfather created the farm out of the prairie. \u003cem\u003eThe Auction\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful and moving story about coming to grips with loss and change.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"Jan Andrews is a well-known author and storyteller who has been nominated for the Governor General’s Award three times. She has written books that have become classics, including \u003cem\u003eVery Last First Time\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Ian Wallace), \u003cem\u003eThe Auction\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Karen Reczuch) and \u003cem\u003eOut of the Everywhere: Tales for a New World\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Simon Ng). She is the founding president of the Storytellers of Canada and has performed at festivals and in concert throughout Canada and the U.S., as well as in Australia and England.","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003eKaren Reczuch has illustrated many award-winning children’s books. \u003cem\u003eLoon\u003c\/em\u003e by Susan Vande Griek won the TD Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-fiction, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Picture Book Award and the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable Information Book Award. Karen’s other publications include \u003cem\u003eWest Coast Wild\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the VCLR Information Book Award; \u003cem\u003eThe Auction\u003c\/em\u003e by Jan Andrews, a Governor General’s Award finalist; \u003cem\u003eJust Like New \u003c\/em\u003eby Ainslie Manson, winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award; and \u003cem\u003eSalmon Creek\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the BC Book Prize. Karen’s work includes scientific, historical and archeological illustration, and has been exhibited internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Andrews, Jan","Contributor_1":"Reczuch, Karen","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"32","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325049225275,"title":"The Jesus Sayings","handle":"the-jesus-sayings","description":"\u003cp\u003eJesus never said he was the son of God, he made no mention of the devil, and he didn't instruct his followers to wait for their reward in the eternal afterlife. Today, many people are shocked by these sober conclusions of modern biblical scholarship. So what did Jesus teach?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSocial historian Rex Weyler uncovers the mystery surrounding the historical Jesus, whose voice and words have been distorted by centuries of revision. By examining the research of international Bible scholars and some 200 competing ancient sources, including the recent discovery of the extraordinary Gospels of Thomas and Mary, Weyler recreates the life of Jesus and his legacy, from the Roman Empire to our present age, and offers a fresh and provocative view of Jesus' message and his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T15:07:49-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T15:07:49-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244476137531,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887848193","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Jesus Sayings - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":535,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887848193","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848193.jpg?v=1736366788"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848193.jpg?v=1736366788","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979675611195,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2547,"width":1649,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848193.jpg?v=1736366788"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2547,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848193.jpg?v=1736366788","width":1649}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eJesus never said he was the son of God, he made no mention of the devil, and he didn't instruct his followers to wait for their reward in the eternal afterlife. Today, many people are shocked by these sober conclusions of modern biblical scholarship. So what did Jesus teach?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSocial historian Rex Weyler uncovers the mystery surrounding the historical Jesus, whose voice and words have been distorted by centuries of revision. By examining the research of international Bible scholars and some 200 competing ancient sources, including the recent discovery of the extraordinary Gospels of Thomas and Mary, Weyler recreates the life of Jesus and his legacy, from the Roman Empire to our present age, and offers a fresh and provocative view of Jesus' message and his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eRex Weyler is a critically acclaimed author and religion commentator. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eVisit Rex Weyler's website:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ehttp:\/\/rexweyler.com\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Weyler, Rex","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"408","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325048799291,"title":"Out of Orbit","handle":"out-of-orbit","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn February 2003, American astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin were on a routine fourteen-week mission maintaining the International Space Station. But then the space shuttle Columbia exploded far beneath them. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts had suddenly lost their ride back to earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOut of Orbit chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered mission controls in Houston and Moscow as they worked frantically against the clock, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. Latched to the side of the space station was a Russian-built Soyuz TMA-1 capsule, the rocket equivalent of a 1976 Gremlin. Despite the inherent danger, the Soyuz became the only hope to return Bowersox, Budarin, and Pettit home. Their harrowing journey back to earth is a powerful reminder that space travel remains an incredibly dangerous pursuit.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:54:44-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:54:44-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244505595963,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847936","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Out of Orbit - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":227,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847936","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847936.jpg?v=1736366031"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847936.jpg?v=1736366031","options":["Title "],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979670401083,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":2397,"width":1554,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847936.jpg?v=1736366031"},"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":2397,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847936.jpg?v=1736366031","width":1554}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn February 2003, American astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin were on a routine fourteen-week mission maintaining the International Space Station. But then the space shuttle Columbia exploded far beneath them. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts had suddenly lost their ride back to earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOut of Orbit chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered mission controls in Houston and Moscow as they worked frantically against the clock, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. Latched to the side of the space station was a Russian-built Soyuz TMA-1 capsule, the rocket equivalent of a 1976 Gremlin. Despite the inherent danger, the Soyuz became the only hope to return Bowersox, Budarin, and Pettit home. Their harrowing journey back to earth is a powerful reminder that space travel remains an incredibly dangerous pursuit.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eChris Jones is a journalist and author of the books \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFalling Hard: A Rookie's Year in Boxing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Orbit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. He lives in Ottawa and is a contributing editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Jones, Chris","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"320","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325048373307,"title":"Nein","handle":"nein","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNein. A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life — and finds it bottomless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein is not no. Nein is not yes. Nein is nein.\u003cbr\u003eNein believes in nothing. Militantly.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not take questions.\u003cbr\u003eNein regrets to inform you.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not style. Nein is not syntax.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not thank you for shopping.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not the medium. Nein is not the message.\u003cbr\u003eNein says no. To a yes. That is a no.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein closes its eyes to your surveillance state. Your dating profile. Your dreams. And hears the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStridently hopeless and charmingly dour,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNein. A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an irreverent philosophical investigation into the everyday that sounds the call to rediscover its strangeness. Inspired by the aphorisms of Nietzsche, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, Jarosinski’s epigrammatic style reinvents short-form philosophy for a world doomed to distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs tenets of a rather unorthodox manifesto, Jarosinski’s four-line compositions seek to illuminate our most urgent questions. And the least. The result is a compelling and thought-provoking translation of digital into print. Theory into praxis. 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A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life — and finds it bottomless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein is not no. Nein is not yes. Nein is nein.\u003cbr\u003eNein believes in nothing. Militantly.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not take questions.\u003cbr\u003eNein regrets to inform you.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not style. Nein is not syntax.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not thank you for shopping.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not the medium. Nein is not the message.\u003cbr\u003eNein says no. To a yes. That is a no.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein closes its eyes to your surveillance state. Your dating profile. Your dreams. And hears the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStridently hopeless and charmingly dour,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNein. A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an irreverent philosophical investigation into the everyday that sounds the call to rediscover its strangeness. Inspired by the aphorisms of Nietzsche, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, Jarosinski’s epigrammatic style reinvents short-form philosophy for a world doomed to distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs tenets of a rather unorthodox manifesto, Jarosinski’s four-line compositions seek to illuminate our most urgent questions. And the least. The result is a compelling and thought-provoking translation of digital into print. Theory into praxis. And tragedy into farce.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eERIC JAROSINSKI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is a former Ivy League professor and expert on modern German literature, culture, and critical thought. His work has been featured in numerous international publications, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDer Spiegel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeue Zürcher Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. His Twitter feed @NeinQuarterly has close to 100,000 followers in more than 100 countries. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Jarosinski, Eric","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"144","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325046177851,"title":"The Admen Move on Lhasa","handle":"the-admen-move-on-lhasa","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed fiction writer and poet Steven Heighton confronts our society's growing preference for the virtual — in the media, in our modes of communication, in art, in war — as opposed to the visceral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these essays Heighton explores ways of remaining authentically creative and passionately engaged with life in an increasingly artificial world.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:31:06-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:31:06-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244523356219,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887845888","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Admen Move on Lhasa - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":218,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887845888","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979662241851,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.64,"height":431,"width":276,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588"},"aspect_ratio":0.64,"height":431,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588","width":276}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed fiction writer and poet Steven Heighton confronts our society's growing preference for the virtual — in the media, in our modes of communication, in art, in war — as opposed to the visceral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these essays Heighton explores ways of remaining authentically creative and passionately engaged with life in an increasingly artificial world.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEVEN HEIGHTON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e (1961-2022)’s most recent books were the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e (Hamish Hamilton, 2017), the Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poetry collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waking Comes Late \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e(House of Anansi Press, 2016), and the memoir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaching Mithymna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e (Biblioasis, 2020), which was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. He was also the author of the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfterlands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, which was published in six countries, was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e Editor’s Choice, and was a “best of year” selection from ten publications in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The novel was optioned for film by Pall Grimsson. His other poetry collections include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ecstasy of Skeptics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Address Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. His fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages, have appeared in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, Tin House, Poetry, Brick, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and The Walrus Magazine, among others; have been internationally anthologized in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest English Stories, Best American Poetry, The Minerva Book of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e; and have won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Gerald Lampert Award, the K. M. Hunter Award, the P. K. Page Founders’ Award, the Petra Kenney Prize, the Air Canada Award, and four gold National Magazine Awards. In addition, Heighton was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Journey Prize, the Moth Prize, and Britain’s W. H. Smith Award. Heighton was also a fiction reviewer for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. He lived in Kingston, Ontario. In 2021, Wolfe Island Records released an album of his songs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Share\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. To listen, visit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\"\u003ewww.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Heighton, Steven","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"176","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325043032123,"title":"Mona","handle":"mona","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA suspenseful and highly original technothriller based on breathtaking developments in the field of thought-controlled systems and cyber warfare.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Söderqvist, professor of computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has invented Mind Surf: a thought-controlled system that allows people with disabilities to browse the web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamir Mustaf is a former MIT professor whose daughter Mona was killed by an Israeli cluster bomb five years earlier. He has just developed the most sophisticated computer virus the world has ever seen, for the purpose of a cyber attack against Israel’s financial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric’s wife Hanna falls into a coma — struck by an aggressive and previously unknown virus — after having tested her husband’s invention. The doctors are at a loss. Although everyone around him thinks he’s gone mad, Eric is convinced that his wife has been infected by a powerful computer virus known as Mona, and that the only way he can save her is by tracking down its creator.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:09:44-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:09:44-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43250104959035,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770893931","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mona - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":360,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770893931","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA suspenseful and highly original technothriller based on breathtaking developments in the field of thought-controlled systems and cyber warfare.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Söderqvist, professor of computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has invented Mind Surf: a thought-controlled system that allows people with disabilities to browse the web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamir Mustaf is a former MIT professor whose daughter Mona was killed by an Israeli cluster bomb five years earlier. He has just developed the most sophisticated computer virus the world has ever seen, for the purpose of a cyber attack against Israel’s financial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric’s wife Hanna falls into a coma — struck by an aggressive and previously unknown virus — after having tested her husband’s invention. The doctors are at a loss. Although everyone around him thinks he’s gone mad, Eric is convinced that his wife has been infected by a powerful computer virus known as Mona, and that the only way he can save her is by tracking down its creator.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eDan T. Sehlberg is an IT and media entrepreneur. He has established several companies, including Sweden’s first website for travel booking. His debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e, is the first in a diptych about Professor Eric Söderquist. Sehlberg lives with his wife and two daughters in Stockholm, Sweden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles is an American translator specializing in literature. She recently translated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e by Jonas Jonasson, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e by Dan T. Sehlberg, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoom No. 10\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e by Åke Edwarson. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Sehlberg, Dan T.","Contributor_1":"Willson-Broyles, Rachel","Imprint":"Spiderline","NumberOfPages":"456","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325042540603,"title":"Every Man a Menace","handle":"every-man-a-menace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHailed by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas an “emerging master of the crime genre,” Patrick Hoffman’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a heart-stopping novel about the high-stakes world of Ecstasy-smuggling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco is about to receive the biggest delivery of MDMA to hit the West Coast in years. Raymond Gaspar, just out of prison, is sent to the city by his criminal boss — still locked up on the inside — to check in on the testy woman who buys the product and the increasingly erratic dealer expected to take care of distribution. Down in Miami, the club owner responsible for shipping the drugs from Southeast Asia to the Bay Area has just met the girl of his dreams, but there’s something about her past that’s troubling him. And thousands of miles away, in Bangkok, a former conscript of the Israeli army, who is farther up the production chain, swipes right on a male dating app, taking a chance on the wrong pretty face — and one that threatens to unravel the whole operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStretching from the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia to the Golden Gate of San Francisco,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a gritty and propulsive novel about the making, moving, and selling of the drug known as Molly — pure happiness in powder form, brought to market by bloodshed and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:01:03-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:01:03-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244563726395,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487001988","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Every Man a Menace - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":360,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487001988","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779","options":["Title "],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979648086075,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHailed by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas an “emerging master of the crime genre,” Patrick Hoffman’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a heart-stopping novel about the high-stakes world of Ecstasy-smuggling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco is about to receive the biggest delivery of MDMA to hit the West Coast in years. Raymond Gaspar, just out of prison, is sent to the city by his criminal boss — still locked up on the inside — to check in on the testy woman who buys the product and the increasingly erratic dealer expected to take care of distribution. Down in Miami, the club owner responsible for shipping the drugs from Southeast Asia to the Bay Area has just met the girl of his dreams, but there’s something about her past that’s troubling him. And thousands of miles away, in Bangkok, a former conscript of the Israeli army, who is farther up the production chain, swipes right on a male dating app, taking a chance on the wrong pretty face — and one that threatens to unravel the whole operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStretching from the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia to the Golden Gate of San Francisco,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a gritty and propulsive novel about the making, moving, and selling of the drug known as Molly — pure happiness in powder form, brought to market by bloodshed and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325038477371,"title":"Soon","handle":"soon","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the long summer holiday, the Lampton and Hallwright families gather in a large beach house belonging to Prime Minister David Hallwright and his wife Roza. The weather is perfect and outwardly all is well, but tension is brewing underneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an unusual bond uniting the two families — one that forced their meeting and sustains their relationship. And one that threatens to destroy it. You see, the Lamptons and Hallwrights share something, but it’s something neither family is willing to give up. As the vacation progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that there are some important secrets that need to be kept quiet; secrets that could ruin them all if they became public; and secrets that might impinge their moral sensibilities …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoon\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlotte Grimshaw takes readers on a journey through the world of privilege, power, and politics, exposing the dark side of human nature. This is an exhilarating and thought-provoking novel, in the vein of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, that questions how far people will go to protect themselves and all they hold dear.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T13:02:53-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T13:02:53-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244575195195,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894341","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Soon - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":290,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894341","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979631702075,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the long summer holiday, the Lampton and Hallwright families gather in a large beach house belonging to Prime Minister David Hallwright and his wife Roza. The weather is perfect and outwardly all is well, but tension is brewing underneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an unusual bond uniting the two families — one that forced their meeting and sustains their relationship. And one that threatens to destroy it. You see, the Lamptons and Hallwrights share something, but it’s something neither family is willing to give up. As the vacation progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that there are some important secrets that need to be kept quiet; secrets that could ruin them all if they became public; and secrets that might impinge their moral sensibilities …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoon\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlotte Grimshaw takes readers on a journey through the world of privilege, power, and politics, exposing the dark side of human nature. This is an exhilarating and thought-provoking novel, in the vein of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, that questions how far people will go to protect themselves and all they hold dear.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eCharlotte Grimshaw is the author of four critically acclaimed novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvocation, Guilt, Foreign City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Grimshaw, Charlotte","Imprint":"Spiderline","NumberOfPages":"312","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325038247995,"title":"Fire and Air","handle":"fire-and-air","description":"\u003cp\u003eTold from the points of view of a mother and daughter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire and Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the story of a Belgian and Dutch family who flee to Canada to escape the Second World War, only to have the past catch up to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Elly Verkest is a first-generation immigrant to Canada. Her father, Gaston, is one of the many Belgians who moved to the country after the Second World War, and her mother, Mina, is from Zundert, a small town in the Netherlands. When Gaston goes on one of his trips to his hometown of Flanders, he doesn’t come back. As each struggles with the sudden disappearance of Gaston, mother and daughter grow farther apart. When she is a young adult, Elly decides to search for her father in Belgium. There, she discovers that Gaston has a secret life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Elly returns to Canada, she finds out she is pregnant by a man she met in Atwerp. Several years later, Elly’s daughter, Linda, develops a close relationship with her grandmother. Slowly, she discovers all of the family secrets…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:55:34-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:55:34-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244582862907,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894013","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fire and Air - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":399,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894013","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979630620731,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":600,"width":393,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877","width":393}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eTold from the points of view of a mother and daughter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire and Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the story of a Belgian and Dutch family who flee to Canada to escape the Second World War, only to have the past catch up to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Elly Verkest is a first-generation immigrant to Canada. Her father, Gaston, is one of the many Belgians who moved to the country after the Second World War, and her mother, Mina, is from Zundert, a small town in the Netherlands. When Gaston goes on one of his trips to his hometown of Flanders, he doesn’t come back. As each struggles with the sudden disappearance of Gaston, mother and daughter grow farther apart. When she is a young adult, Elly decides to search for her father in Belgium. There, she discovers that Gaston has a secret life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Elly returns to Canada, she finds out she is pregnant by a man she met in Atwerp. Several years later, Elly’s daughter, Linda, develops a close relationship with her grandmother. Slowly, she discovers all of the family secrets…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eErik Vlaminck is an author and playwright. He gained prominence as a novelist with a six-part cycle of novels about the unusual life of ordinary people in Flanders in the twentieth century. In 2011, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e was nominated for the prestigious Libris and AKO Literature Award. He lives in Belgium.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ePaul Vincent taught Dutch at London University from 1967 to 1989 and since then has translated a wide variety of Dutch-language authors, including Louis Couperus, Willem Elsschot and Harry Mulisch. He lives in London, U.K.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Vlaminck, Erik","Contributor_1":"Vincent, Paul","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"304","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325038051387,"title":"The Winter War","handle":"the-winter-war","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of Helsinki. But look closer and the cracks start to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of Max's life begin to dissolve. He hasn't produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer loves him. His grown-up daughters — one in London, one in Helsinki — have problems of their own. So when a former student turned journalist shows up and offers him a seductive lifeline, Max starts down a dangerous path from which he may never find a way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, sharp, and brilliantly truthful, Teir's debut has the feel of a big, contemporary, humane American novel, but with a distinctly Scandinavian edge.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:48:07-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:48:07-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249240178747,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487000448","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Winter War - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":499,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487000448","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979630129211,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of Helsinki. But look closer and the cracks start to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of Max's life begin to dissolve. He hasn't produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer loves him. His grown-up daughters — one in London, one in Helsinki — have problems of their own. So when a former student turned journalist shows up and offers him a seductive lifeline, Max starts down a dangerous path from which he may never find a way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, sharp, and brilliantly truthful, Teir's debut has the feel of a big, contemporary, humane American novel, but with a distinctly Scandinavian edge.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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