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ISBN13: 9781771830034
ISBN10: 1771830034
English
The characters in Holy Fools + 2 Stories are humble people who may seem mad. Burdened by delusion. Driven by irrational goals. They take action and are caught up in the web of events, carried to unfamiliar shores that may or may not denote salvation. There is no message. I...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771830041
ISBN10: 1771830042
English
The characters in Holy Fools + 2 Stories are humble people who may seem mad. Burdened by delusion. Driven by irrational goals. They take action and are caught up in the web of events, carried to unfamiliar shores that may or may not denote salvation. There is no message. I...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771833653
ISBN10: 1771833653
English
A tour guide leads a Valentine's Day-themed ghost walk, visiting the sites of horrific, yet romantic, deaths. A homicide cop solves tough cases using tips from his plants. Scientists discover a new species of religiously observant gophers, and a young math whiz, on the hunt for her escaped boa constrictor,...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771833660
ISBN10: 1771833661
English
A tour guide leads a Valentine's Day-themed ghost walk, visiting the sites of horrific, yet romantic, deaths. A homicide cop solves tough cases using tips from his plants. Scientists discover a new species of religiously observant gophers, and a young math whiz, on the hunt for her escaped boa constrictor,...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550716672
ISBN10: 1550716670
English, French
This bilingual collection of poetry is a selection of award-winning Franco-Ontarian poet Robert Dickson's various collections of poetry, including his Governor-General Award winning Humains paysages en temps de paix relative (Human Landscapes in Times of Relative Peace).
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550716689
ISBN10: 1550716689
English, French
This bilingual collection of poetry is a selection of award-winning Franco-Ontarian poet Robert Dickson's various collections of poetry, including his Governor-General Award winning Humains paysages en temps de paix relative (Human
Franz Kafka, Thor Polson, Georg Mordechai Langer, Elana Wolff, Menachem Wolff
2014
ePub
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550718683
ISBN10: 1550718681
English
Kafka's writings are characterized by an extreme sensitivity manifested in absurdity, alienation, and gallows humor, and these two particular collections of short pieces, A Country Doctor (1919) and A Hunger Artist (1924), represent later works in the corpus. Poems and Songs of Love is a translation of the collection Piyyutim...
Franz Kafka, Thor Polson, Georg Mordechai Langer, Elana Wolff, Menachem Wolff
2014
Kindle
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550718690
ISBN10: 155071869X
English
Franz Kafka's writings are characterized by an extreme sensitivity manifested in absurdity, alienation, and gallows humor. These two particular collections of short pieces, A Country Doctor (1919) and A Hunger Artist (1924), newly translated by Thor Polson, represent later works in the corpus. Poems and Songs of Love is a...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550718980
ISBN10: 1550718983
English
Although poetry is one of the oldest art forms and cinema one of the youngest, a symbiosis exists between the two -- an interchange of metaphor, rhythm, point-of-view. No surprise, then, that so many contemporary poets write about film and the magnitude of its effect on modern life. Featuring work...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550718997
ISBN10: 1550718991
English
Although poetry is one of the oldest art forms and cinema one of the youngest, a symbiosis exists between the two -- an interchange of metaphor, rhythm, point-of-view. No surprise, then, that so many contemporary poets write about film and the magnitude of its effect on modern life. Featuring work...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771832885
ISBN10: 1771832886
English
The essays in If You're Not Free At Work, Where Are You Free?: Literature and Social Change focus on the interconnection of community/workplace/individual and how literature (and thinking about literature) has a role in social struggles aimed at making that nexus more liberatory. The essays' topics include various social issues...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771832892
ISBN10: 1771832894
English
The essays in If You're Not Free At Work, Where Are You Free?: Literature and Social Change focus on the interconnection of community/workplace/individual and how literature (and thinking about literature) has a role in social struggles aimed at making that nexus more liberatory. The essays' topics include various social issues...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550719345
ISBN10: 1550719343
English
In a letter that she writes to a certain Théodore, the narrator in Images evokes a tumultuous period in her life: her adolescence. During this period, filled with anxiety and panic, she found help and comfort from Dorothée, a young woman barely older than her, who helped her escape her...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550719352
ISBN10: 1550719351
English
In a letter that she writes to a certain Théodore, the narrator in Images evokes a tumultuous period in her life: her adolescence. During this period, filled with anxiety and panic, she found help and comfort from Dorothée, a young woman barely older than her, who helped her escape her...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771832441
ISBN10: 1771832444
English
Immortal Water is an extraordinary tale of the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon and a retired history teacher, Ross Porter. In parallel, interlaced plots both men suffer life altering crises. As age steals away their powers they obsess in a quixotic search for the mythical Fountain of Youth. Each...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771832458
ISBN10: 1771832452
English
Immortal Water is an extraordinary tale of the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon and a retired history teacher, Ross Porter. In parallel, interlaced plots both men suffer life altering crises. As age steals away their powers they obsess in a quixotic search for the mythical Fountain of Youth. Each...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550715446
English
The thirty-three authors whose poems appear in this collection are: Jonathan Bennett, Rosemary Blake, Allan Briesmaster, Robin Blackburn, Clara Blackwood, James Clarke, Ron Charach, Margaret Christakos, Antonio D'Alfonso, Christopher Doda, Kate Marshall Flaherty, Keith Garebian, Ellen S. Jaffe, Steven Laird, John B. Lee, Malca Litovitz, Laura Lush, Joseph Maviglia,...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550715453
English
The thirty-three authors whose poems appear in this collection are: Jonathan Bennett, Rosemary Blake, Allan Briesmaster, Robin Blackburn, Clara Blackwood, James Clarke, Ron Charach, Margaret Christakos, Antonio D'Alfonso, Christopher Doda, Kate Marshall Flaherty, Keith Garebian, Ellen S. Jaffe, Steven Laird, John B. Lee, Malca Litovitz, Laura Lush, Joseph Maviglia,...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550717099
ISBN10: 155071709X
English
In this satirical take on the goings on in the halls of academia, Christian private-college style, Ricapito tells the story of Bert Russo, a naive professor who learns the hard way that making waves (especially political ones) can lead to dire consequences. In the end, having exposed the hypocrisy and...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550717105
ISBN10: 1550717103
English
In this satirical take on the goings on in the halls of academia, Christian private-college style, Ricapito tells the story of Bert Russo, a naive professor who learns the hard way that making waves (especially political ones) can lead to dire consequences. In the end, having exposed the hypocrisy and...
Guernica Editions (MiroLand)
ISBN13: 9781771832373
ISBN10: 1771832371
English
Attempting to make sense of her life, and change her sad disposition
to a happy one, the author of In the Backyard: Relearning the
Art of Aging, Dying and Making Love seeks out the help of her
in-house therapist/husband, Dr. George Nemeth. The accredited
psychologist's answers to the big questions provide a compassionate
and...
Guernica Editions (MiroLand)
ISBN13: 9781771832380
ISBN10: 177183238X
English
Attempting to make sense of her life, and change her sad disposition
to a happy one, the author of In the Backyard: Relearning the
Art of Aging, Dying and Making Love seeks out the help of her
in-house therapist/husband, Dr. George Nemeth. The accredited
psychologist's answers to the big questions provide a compassionate
and...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550717693
English
In the Silence Absence Makes is a poetic mystery, a nightmare, an elegy. A lost girl and the loss of innocence, both of the child and the society she is part of. Poems like the photos on the front pages of today's newspaper.
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550717921
English
In the Silence Absence Makes is a poetic mystery, a nightmare, an elegy. A lost girl and the loss of innocence, both of the child and the society she is part of. Poems like the photos on the front pages of today's newspaper.
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771830218
ISBN10: 1771830212
English
Two black men: the poet, an elder and veteran of last century's civil rights movement; and a nameless youth, swaggering and beltless, seduced by guns-and-gangs and expensive cars, and perpetually targeted by police. They are brothers by the colour of their skin, neighbours in the same “crib,” yet separated by...
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781771830225
ISBN10: 1771830220
English
Two black men: the poet, an elder and veteran of last century's civil rights movement; and a nameless youth, swaggering and beltless, seduced by guns-and-gangs and expensive cars, and perpetually targeted by police. They are brothers by the colour of their skin, neighbours in the same “crib,” yet separated by...
Vlado Kreslin, Urška Charney
2012
ePub
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550716375
ISBN10: 1550716379
English
Kreslin's poetry is a beautiful aesthetic experience, evocative and subtle, particularly rich in natural imagery. There are clear themes that run like veins throughout it: the Mura River (which winds through Prekmurje), the ubiquitous storks of Prekmurje and other avian images, an appreciation for gypsy culture (particularly their musical traditions),...
Vlado Kreslin, Urška Charney
2012
Kindle
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550716382
ISBN10: 1550716387
English
Kreslin's poetry is a beautiful aesthetic experience, evocative and subtle, particularly rich in natural imagery. There are clear themes that run like veins throughout it: the Mura River (which winds through Prekmurje), the ubiquitous storks of Prekmurje and other avian images, an appreciation for gypsy culture (particularly their musical traditions),...
Loretta Gatto-White, Delia De Santis
2013
ePub
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550716764
ISBN10: 155071676X
English
The persistence of misconceptions about Italian-Canadian food culture raises many questions for us. Are we gluttonous, inebriate and too loud? Do we force-feed guests? Are we in fact food-obsessed? How many grains of truth can a stereotype hold? We had to know, so we asked articulate and thoughtful Italian-Canadian writers...
Loretta Gatto-White, Delia De Santis
2013
Kindle
Guernica Editions
ISBN13: 9781550716771
ISBN10: 1550716778
English
The persistence of misconceptions about Italian-Canadian food culture raises many questions for us. Are we gluttonous, inebriate and too loud? Do we force-feed guests? Are we in fact food-obsessed? How many grains of truth can a stereotype hold? We had to know, so we asked articulate and thoughtful Italian-Canadian writers...