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The Precipice is the sweeping story of Lucy Cameron, a young woman who seems destined to live and die in small-town Ontario. Into this place of monotony and petty incidents, of spiteful gossip an…

He must escape. <br/> Illegitimate and orphaned, Gian-Luca is brought up by his Italian grandparents in their prosperous salumeria in Old Compton Street, Soho. Here, surrounded by plenty – by bot…

У Стэна и Джой Делэйни, некогда известных теннисистов, четверо взрослых детей, которые, несмотря на внешнюю успешность, страдают от психологических травм родом из детства, вызванных соперничество…

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НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ. Ди…

My father drowned in the Aegean Sea, fifty nautical miles northeast of the port of Piraeus. When it happened, my mother and I were at home in Toronto. It was early evening in Greece, afternoon fo…

A fresh take on the romance novel from the Giller Prize-winning author of Fifteen Dogs From their first meeting, it was clear that Gwen and Tancred were meant to be together. But, as we know, the…

Finalist, 2022 International Book Award for Multicultural FictionThese twelve short stories dive deep into imaginary worlds where everyday life is marked and marred by war. They speak of wounded …

&quot;Smart, beautifully written, and really, really, funny satire featuring Arthur Beauchamp." – The Globe and Mail <br/> Finalist for the Stephen Leacock Humour Award In this zany political thr…

Finally, after 58 years The Body on Mount Royal is back in print, starring hard-drinking private dick, Russell Teed.From the back cover of the 1953 edition: Take a brutally beaten body, a lonely …

The bonds between women are hard to break. Tomboy Joan Ogden just wants to move to London, study medicine, and live with Elizabeth. But her mother has other ideas. She wants her to remain at home…

Is it possible that there are family pets so loyal they return even after death? Some people report experiencing the sensation of a cat rubbing up against a pant leg after their favorite feline h…

CBC BOOKS WORKS OF CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023 49th SHELF EDITORS&amp;#39; PICK FOR JUNE 2023 When a family is forced to return to the mother&amp;#39;s childhood home, she …

Blue Bear Woman or Ourse bleue is the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree woman&apos;s search for her roots and identity, this is also the author&apos;…

A man loses his daughter while swimming one summer. This little gem of a novella-sad and beautiful and spellbinding all at once-is the tale of how he strives to be reunited with her again, whethe…

Kids encounter all kinds of animal ghosts in this spirited debut volume. Some involve pets, others involve wild animals, but all are based on fact and very, very scary! <br/> When a fishtank come…

&quot;It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces that make this story sing." – San Francisco Chro…

The arrival, one sunny morning, of pale green wall-to-wall carpeting for the living room is the crowning jewel in Karen Whitney&amp;#39;s long-anticipated transformation of her house into a beaut…

M. R. James wrote, arguably, the finest supernatural tales in English literature, and this collection contains the best of them, including &apos;Canon Alberic&apos;s Scrapbook&apos;, &apos;Oh, Wh…

In her brilliantly inventive debut collection, Vanessa Onwuemezi takes readers on a surreal and haunting journey through a landscape on the edge of time. At the border with another world, a line …