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  • Volkswagen Blues

    by Jacques Poulin ...
    Translated by Sheila Fischman ...
    A 2005 Canada Reads SelectionIn this classic road novel, Jacques Poulin tells the story of a man in search of his brother. The geographical journey — through Detroit, into Chicago, on to St. Louis, along the Oregon Trail and into California — becomes a metaphor for the exploration of the history of the French in North America. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Autumn Rounds

    by Jacques Poulin ...
    Translated by Sheila Fischman ...
    A heartfelt masterpiece about the joys of travel, reading, and companionship.In rural Canada, dotted along the coast of a vast mauve river, live villagers of different stripes: a recently divorced hydroplane pilot, a factory-worker who closely resembles her fisherman husband, a probing motorcyclist with a pet St. Bernard, a pair of beautiful blonde joggers, and other curious characters.For all ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Inconvenient Indian

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  • The Forgotten Daughter

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  • Rabbit Foot Bill

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    by Helen Humphreys ...
    A lonely boy in a prairie town befriends alocal outsider in 1947 and then witnesses a shocking murder. Based on a true story.Canwood, Saskatchewan, 1947. Leonard Flint, alonely boy in a small farming town befriends the local outsider, a man known asRabbit Foot Bill. Bill doesn’t talk much, but he allows Leonard to accompanyhim as he sets rabbit snares and to visit his small, secluded dwelling ... Read more

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  • Five Little Indians

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    by Michelle Good ...
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  • The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

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    by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers ...
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    by Derek Walcott ...
    A masterpiece of modern epic poetry from the Nobel Prize–winning author: "One of the great poems of our time." —John Lucas, New StatesmanDive into the poignant verses of Omeros, a grand opus of epic poetry penned by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Told in multiple chapters and tracing two currents of history, this work offers an immersive blend of historic account and personal sentiment.Titled with ... Read more

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