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{"id":6816116670523,"title":"The Four Walls of My Freedom","handle":"the-four-walls-of-my-freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003eA riveting and redemptive family memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Four Walls of My Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e is Donna Thomson’s account of raising a son with cerebral palsy and a passionate appeal to change the way we think about “the good life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonna Thomson’s life was forever changed when her son Nicholas was born with cerebral palsy. A former actor, director, and teacher, Donna became his primary caregiver and embarked on a second career as a disability activist, author, and consultant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomson vividly describes her experience in treading delicately through daily care, emergencies, and medical bureaucracy as she and her family cope with her son’s condition while maintaining value and dignity (for Nicholas, too). 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And of course I am also very grateful personally to you for your very kind words. It has been a wonderful pleasure for me to meet you and to learn about and be inspired by your ideas on this subject. Your particular insights and engagements make the general commitment we try to advance so much easier to understand, appreciate, and use as guidance.\u003c\\\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Amartya Sen","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI am deeply moved by this book. \u003c\\\/strong\u003eIt is about being human, finding wisdom and learning to live in the face of pain. It is about seeing under the suffering and needs of people with disabilities, their value and beauty, their uniqueness and dignity. \u003cstrong\u003eThis book should be read by all who seek to understand what it means to be human.\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Four Walls of My Freedom deals with a very hard situation with realism, grit, and optimism. It will resonate with many.\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Margaret Atwood","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does it mean to live 'a good life,' and how can we help the most vulnerable people around us to live life to the full? 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The Four Walls of My Freedom
Donna Thomson’s account of raising a son with cerebral palsy and a passionate appeal to change the way we think about “the good life.”
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{"id":6816111132731,"title":"El Niño","handle":"el-nio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInspired by J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace, \u003cem\u003eEl Niño\u003c\/em\u003e tracks the survival of one woman and a young, undocumented migrant as they journey through the no-man’s-land of a remote southwestern desert.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoney hasn’t seen her mother, Marianne, in more than two years. She drives deep into the once-prosperous border region of the Oro Desert for a surprise visit, only to discover that Marianne has vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlone in an unforgiving environment populated with hostile locals, she meets Chávez, a young “coyote” or human trafficker, who convinces Honey he knows her mother’s whereabouts and agrees to take her there — for a price. As they make their way through the Oro’s brutal no-man’s-land they are tracked by Ocho, a teenage bounty hunter determined to recruit Chávez. 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El Niño
El Niño tracks the survival of one woman and a young, undocumented migrant as they journey through the no-man’s-land of a remote southwestern desert.
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{"id":6816111984699,"title":"For Tamara","handle":"for-tamara","description":"\u003cp\u003eArranged as a mother’s survival guide to her daughter, \u003cem\u003eFor Tamara\u003c\/em\u003e is a touching and inventive long poem about surviving and thriving from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Work of Days\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems simple: a long letter, from a mother to a daughter, relaying the information needed to survive on this earth. But as Sarah Lang’s second book, \u003cem\u003eFor Tamara\u003c\/em\u003e, unfolds, it becomes a roughly-hewn, genre-bending, post-apocalyptic survival guide. The world with which we are familiar has ended, and in its wake are the countless dead and survivors who are little more than scavengers. The poem’s unforgettable narrator, mother to a young girl named Tamara, has decided to leave her daughter with a document that will not only express her love for her, but that will also teach her how to live. 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Arranged as a mother’s survival guide to her daughter, For Tamara is a touching and inventive long poem about surviving and thriving.
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Prologue for the Age of Consequence
Garth Martens’ poetry debut, Prologue for the Age of Consequence, is about the tar sands and industrial projects of Alberta, and the men who work in them.
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{"id":6816107954235,"title":"Walt","handle":"walt","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom critically acclaimed author Russell Wangersky, comes a dark, psychological thriller about a man named Walt, a grocery store cleaner who collects the shopping lists people leave in the store and discard without thought. 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The plainspoken narration draws you in and makes you feel at home, yet all the while Wangersky is cranking the thumbscrews, the grip tightening and tightening until you're left utterly breathless. Think The Silent Wife, think Gone Girl — that same sense of mounting menace, a feeling that things ain't quite right beneath the surface calm. You can read this book in one sitting but I guarantee it'll stay with you for years.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCraig Davidson, author of Cataract City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Craig Davidson, author of Cataract City","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Meet Walt. Obsessed with shopping lists he picks up in the supermarket where he works, and the women they lead him to. Possibly a stalker. Possibly a peeping Tom. Possibly a murderer. Russell Wangersky's fine novel takes you into the mind of a character you're not likely to forget in a hurry and to places beyond your comfort zone. 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Here be expert experimentalism: The dictionary exploded and reloaded; the canon fired and melted down.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Elliott Clark, author of I \u0026 I and Poet Laureate of Toronto, 2012-15\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"George Elliott Clark, author of I \u0026amp; I and Poet Laureate of Toronto, 2012-15","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“One of the most unsettling crime novels I’ve read this year…Wangersky can write extraordinarily well in a number of disciplines, so it’s only reasonable to expect that, when turning his attention to psychological suspense, he’d excel at this, too.” — \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Weinman, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Sarah Weinman","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“a full-on psychological thriller in the vein of John Fowles’ 1963 classic The Collector....contains a number of chilling scenes....Wangersky does a good job keeping the reader guessing as to whether Walt is a bona fide killer, or just another garden-variety creep.” — \u003cstrong\u003eStacey Madden, \u003cem\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Stacey Madden","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“a frank, penetrating thriller... the wordcraft here is crisp, tight and evocative” — \u003cstrong\u003eJ.M. 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Just as vitally, he and Walt demonstrate the ways the rhythms and music of words can be used to build sensation — and serious unease — on the page.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJoan Barfoot, \u003cem\u003eLondon Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Joan Barfoot","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"London Free Press","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“a character-driven literary novel, with the suspense of a thriller…rich, evocative writing makes everything in the book feel remarkably real” — \u003cstrong\u003eChad Pelley, \u003cem\u003eThe Overcast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Chad Pelley","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"The Overcast","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“[Wangersky] follows in the footsteps of Mailer and Dostoevsky, delving into the psychology of a deeply disturbed character…” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat Shakespearean Rag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"That Shakespearean Rag","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“a cracking good story” — \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Pitt, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"David Pitt","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A dark, psychological thriller about a man that is being pursued by police unsatisfied with the answers he’s given about his wife’s disappearance.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2014-09-05","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A dark, psychological thriller about a man that is being pursued by police unsatisfied with the answers he’s given about his wife’s disappearance.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Walt
A dark, psychological thriller about a man that is being pursued by police unsatisfied with the answers he’s given about his wife’s disappearance.
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Slim and None
Sports entrepreneur and film producer Howard Baldwin recounts his spirited and hugely entertaining life story.
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Does State Spying Make Us Safer?
The thirteenth Munk Debate tackles whether state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedom — the democratic issue of the moment.
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{"id":6815473205307,"title":"Ravenscrag","handle":"ravenscrag","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe writer Alain Farah is living in two time periods, and he feels out of place in both. At the opening of his story, we find ourselves at McGill in 1962 and 2012. But the real problem lies elsewhere: on campus, a psychiatrist is conducting dangerous and unethical experiments on his patients. The writer’s uncle, Nab Safi, knows something about it, but soon he won’t be around to tell his story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so begins an investigation in which time, place, memory, and people collide. A mother in the Lebanese ghetto bets her son in a game of dice to settle her debts. Dinosaurs are resurrected. An odd gun will be used to determine the outcome for those who truly believe. 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Ravenscrag
A playful, semi-autobiographical, retro science fiction novel about mind control, memory, and madness — based on historical events.
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The King of Shanghai
The seventh novel in the Ava Lee series finds Ava getting caught up in the election for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies.
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The Heart of Hell
The third installment in Alen Mattich's highly addictive Marko della Torre series.
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The Gallery of Lost Species
The debut novel by award-winning poet Nina Berkhout is the compelling story of a fractured family looking for beauty in all the wrong places.
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Alliance building, public diplomacy, and eschewing traditional warfare in favour of the focused use of hard power such as drones and special forces are all hallmarks of the so-called Obama Doctrine. Is this a farsighted foreign policy for the United States and the world in the twenty-first century — one that acknowledges and embraces the increasing diffusion of power among states and non-state actors? Or, is an America “leading from behind” a boon for the nations and blocs who want to roll back economic globalization, international law, and the spread of democracy and human rights?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this edition of the Munk Debates, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Bret Stephens and famed historian and foreign policy commentator Robert Kagan square off against CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and noted academic and political commentator Anne-Marie Slaughter to debate the legacy of President Obama. With ISIS looking to reshape the Middle East, Russia increasingly at odds with the rest of the West, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a standstill, the Munk Debate on Foreign Policy asks: Has Obama’s foreign policy taken the U.S. in the right direction? \u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?
The fourteenth semi-annual Munk Debate discusses the legacy of President Obama.
