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  • The Voyageur Classic Canadian Fiction 7-Book Bundle

    All Else Is Folly / Pauline Johnson / The Town Below / Self Condemned / Storm Below / The Yellow Briar / Maria Chapdelaine

    by Peregrine Acland, Pauline Johnson, Roger Lemelin, Hugh Garner, Patrick Slater, Louis Hemon, Wyndham Lewis ...
    Translated by W.H. Blake ...
    Series series Voyageur Classics
    Voyageur Classics is a series of special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions by noted experts. This bundle contains some of the greatest Canadian fiction, including influential literature from Quebec (Maria Chapdelaine, The Town Below), a collection of the best of the legendary Pauline Johnson, Peregrine Acland’s gripping Great War novel All Else is ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dusty Bookcase

    A Journey Through Canada's Forgotten, Neglected and Suppressed Writing

    by Brian Busby ...
    Largely drawn from his columns for Canadian Notes & Queries and entries in his popular blog by the same name, Brian Busby's The Dusty Bookcase explores the fascinating world of Canada's lesser-known literary efforts: works that suffered censorship, critical neglect, or brilliant yet fleeting notoriety. These rare and quirky totems of Canadiana, collected over the last three decades, form a travel ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • In Flanders Fields and Other Poems of the First World War

    by Brian Busby ...
    Few people alive today had direct experience of the First World War, and yet it seems embedded in the collective consciousness of the combatant nations as a warning to future generations of the futility of military conflict. Our awareness of the terror, loneliness and desperate hope endured by the men who fought this war we owe to the quality of the art that came out of it, not least the poetry. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Gentleman of Pleasure

    One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer

    by Brian Busby ...
    John Glassco (1909-1981) holds a unique position in Canadian letters and a somewhat notorious reputation throughout the world. He is best known for his Memoirs of Montparnasse, the controversial chronicle of his youthful adventures and encounters with celebrities in the Paris of James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway. Less known are his poetry, his instrumental role in the foundation of ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The Long November

    by James Benson Nablo ...
    Series series Ricochet Books
    It descends with a challenge upon the censors, and yet this powerful story had to be told, for it is so much a part of a struggling, impetuous generation of youth in Canada. It is sometimes brazen, sometimes explosive, always face to face with gripping reality, shocking as that may be to those who shy away from life’s more lurid facets. - from the first paperback editionFirst published in 1946, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Mayor of Côte St. Paul

    by Ronald Cooke ...
    A novel about Montreal during the not-so-halcyon era of a couple of decades ago when gangs and girls made rum-running and slot machines big business.from the 1950 editionRonald J. Cooke’s second novel, The Mayor of Côte St. Paulis the tale of a struggling writer living in Depression-era Montreal. Winnipegger Dave Manley arrived in the city thinking that its rich atmosphere will inspire his fiction ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Great Canadian Speeches

    Words that Shaped a Nation

    by Brian Busby ...
    Great Canadian Speeches features 50 momentous and powerful speeches in Canadian history, each testament the skilful use of language to inspire political change.Whether it be Lester Pearson addressing the Royal Canadian Legion during the height of the Flag Debate or Pierre Trudeau's 1980 Referendum speech at the Paul Sauvé Arena, this book brings to life the pivotal moments in the history of Canada ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • War Poems: An Anthology of Unforgettable Verse

    An Anthology of Unforgettable Verse

    by Brian Busby ...
    Since time immemorial war has inspired poets, firing their imaginations to produce some of the world's greatest verse. The poems included in this new compilation cover conflicts from every period of history -- from the wars of the ancients, through the Renaissance and the Middle Ages to the present day. The experiences and emotions they encompass are timeless: heroism, courage, stoicism, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Book of Magic

    by Brian Busby ...
    The Book of Magic is a treasure trove of magical illusions to be performed with playing cards, rope, rings handkerchiefs, banknotes and coins. Written by Bruce Smith, a professional magician and member of the Magic Circle, it tells you how to do a wealth of baffling and entertaining tricks, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and illustrations. The Book of Magic offers and excellent ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • A Gentleman of Pleasure

    One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer

    by Brian Busby ...
    John Glassco (1909-1981) holds a unique position in Canadian letters and a somewhat notorious reputation throughout the world. He is best known for his Memoirs of Montparnasse, the controversial chronicle of his youthful adventures and encounters with celebrities in the Paris of James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway. Less known are his poetry, his instrumental role in the foundation of ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

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  • The Voyageur Modern Canadian Literature 5-Book Bundle

    The Silence on the Shore / Combat Journal for Place d'Armes / The Donnellys / In This Poem I Am / Canadian Exploration Literature

    by Germaine Warkentin, James Reaney, Hugh Garner, Scott Symons, Robin Skelton ...
    Series series Voyageur Classics
    Voyageur Classics is a series of special versions of Canadian classics, with added material and new introductions. In this bundle we find five classic works of twentieth century fiction, drama and poetry, a period when Canada’s literary identity was shaped. Originally published in 1962, The Silence on the Shore is considered by many critics to be renowned Hugh Garner’s best, most ambitious novel. ... Read more

    $33.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Flanders Fields and Other Poems

    by John McCrae, Andrew Sir Macphail ...
    pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. {From a} Facsimile of an autograph copy of the poem “In Flanders Fields ... Read more

    $1.99 USD