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Poetry
The House on 14th Avenue
The House on 14th Avenue is about paired and shared lives, featuring two people whose connection sometimes seemed forced and uneven. >>
Poetry
Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being
Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being marches through the seasons as Jia-li, a mountain woman, and a girl philosopher inhabit their cosmos, sluicing philosophy of antiquity through twenty-first century existence. >>
Poetry
Ignite
Ignite's unflinchingly honest poems tell the story of a broken relationship between a man and a woman, healed by a very physical process of self-discovery which is sparked by the woman's recovery of desire. Speaking a language we understand, yet taking us to deeper levels of understanding, the poems use language sparingly with imagist clarity; individually they startle, and evoke primal recognitions. >>
Drama
One for the Road: New Plays for One Actor
One for the Road is a collection of recent Canadian plays for one actor. >>
Fiction
The Unknown Masterpiece
Inspector Aliette Nouvelle's investigation into the murder of a Basel art gallery security guard and an unknown masterpiece leads to an art fraud conspiracy that her colleagues in Switzerland are already looking into. As the bodies pile up on both sides of the French-Swiss border, she throws herself into the case, using work as an excuse to get some distance from her faltering relationship with Commissaire Claude Néon. >>
Fiction
Castles in the Air
Castles in the Air is Mary Hagey's debut collection of stories, each about individuals trying desperately to assert themselves in their lives, to salvage what's been lost, or keep a firm hold on what seems to be slipping away, leading always to a quiet unfolding of the truth. >>
Fiction
Nicolai’s Daughters
Alexia has come to Greece to find the half-sister that her father kept from her, discovering a family and a culture she knows nothing about, set against the backdrop of a country in financial crisis. >>
Fiction
A Most Unpleasant Wedding
A Most Unpleasant Wedding is Judith Alguire's most recent Rudley Mystery, named for the cantankerous proprietor of The Pleasant Inn. A wedding held at the Pleasant turns from hopeful to horror when a body of a neighbour is discovered behind the inn. >>