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“judith thompson”

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  • White Biting Dog and Other Plays

    by Judith Thompson ...
    This book collects some of Judith Thompson’s earlier, hard-to-find plays, including White Biting Dog, a poetic black comedy about a divorced lawyer who prepares to kill himself by jumping off the Bloor Street Viaduct—until he encounters a small dog who sets him on a different path; I Am Yours, a harrowing story about a group of characters on the brink of despair as each tries to escape what haunts ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • In Crow's Field

    by Judith Thompson ...
    Ana Burns is lying in an abandoned farmer’s field, falling asleep as the sun sets, when her mind is transported to her childhood, to another time, another field, where her life changed forever.Growing up in Middletown, Connecticut, in the 1960s, Ana lives mostly in her imagination. One day, while collecting wildflowers in Crow’s Field with a friend, two older boys approach to ask what they’re ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Crackwalker

    by Judith Thompson ...
    Teresa is sexy, seductive, and mentally challenged. Worshipped by her boyfriend, she turns tricks at $5, is addicted to Tim Hortons' doughnuts, lies without thinking, and overflows with endless kindness, but she continues to hold on to her limitless innocence. The Crackwalker captures the music, the dialect, and the unpretty realities of the inner city. First produced thirty years ago, Thompson's ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Lion In The Streets

    by Judith Thompson ...
    Seventeen years ago, Isobel was murdered at the tender age of nine. Now she finds herself back in her previous life as a ghost searching for the person responsible for her untimely death. But this time she’s powerful, having the ability to watch over the living, observe them, and sometimes interact with them. Isobel has been paying attention to her former neighbours, and it’s not long before she ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Palace of the End

    by Judith Thompson ...
    Based around the lives of three distinct characters—a young soldier imprisoned for her misconduct at a prison camp in Iraq, a microbiologist-cum-weapons inspector who exposes the false justifications for war, and a mother/political opponent of Saddam Hussein—Palace of the End details the reality of the war in Iraq from three unique perspectives. With its emphasis on the human voice and power of ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Watching Glory Die

    by Judith Thompson ...
    Glory is a troubled teenage inmate who, in her solitary prison cell, is tormented by hallucinations.While she battles the creature in her mind, her adoptive mother Rosellen struggles to remain connected to her daughter, believing that she can sense Glory’s feelings no matter the distance. In the prison halls, Gail, a working-class guard, glides between her conscience and her professional duties, ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Luminous Ink

    Writers on Writing in Canada

    by Margaret Atwood, Madeleine Thien, M. G. Vassanji, Lawrence Hill, Pascale Quiviger, Nino Ricci, Sheila Fischman, Heather O'Neill, Camilla Gibb, Eden Robinson, Lee Maracle, Rawi Hage, Michael Helm, Lisa Moore, Rita Wong, Hiromi Goto, George Elliott Clarke, Nicole Brossard, Judith Thompson, David Chariandy, Richard Van Camp, Marie-Hélène Poitras, Stephen Henighan, Greg Hollingshead, Michael Ondaatje, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson ...
    Twenty-six writers in Canada were asked to contribute pieces of original work describing how they see writing today. From Atwood’s opening, through writing from Indigenous writers, the reader is given a sense of how twenty-seven of the country’s finest writers see their world today. With an introduction by the editors, Dionne Brand, Rabindranath Maharaj, and Tessa McWatt.Contributors include: ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Perfect Pie

    by Judith Thompson ...
    In the course of an afternoon's reunion between two long-estranged women, a buried memory, and two teenagers' wild secret, slams into the present.When Patsy invites her old friend Francesca, now a glamourous actress, to her home in Marmora after a thirty-year absence the two women reunite with a certain amount of unease. As the day progresses, we learn how their friendship blossomed in their ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • The Daughter of Adoption

    A Tale of Modern Times

    by John Thelwall ...
    John Thelwall’s The Daughter of Adoption: A Tale of Modern Times is a witty and wide-ranging work in which the picaresque and sentimental novel of the eighteenth century confronts the revolutionary ideas and forms of the Romantic period. Thelwall puts his two main characters, the conflicted English gentleman Henry Montfort and the Creole Seraphina Parkinson, through their paces in a slave ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Hedda Gabler & Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia

    by Judith Thompson ...
    In Hedda Gabler, a moving exploration of female oppression, a recently married Hedda navigates her new identity as a wife and the intense constraints put on her by society. She prefers pistols to cooking and does not care for raising a family. As Hedda fights against the pressures of her new life and her own neuroses, she comes to terms with an untimely choice.Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia is a ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Thrill

    by Judith Thompson ...
    Elora Dixon is a vibrant, middle-aged lawyer and disability-rights activist who has never walked a step in her life. A neuromuscular disease left her with a curved spine and a reliance on around-the-clock care. Nonetheless, she is an inexorable force when chance pits her against the notorious Julian Summer, who is in town promoting his internationally bestselling book.Julian is a fervent supporter ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

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    Wild Seas, Wilder Cities

    A collection of environmental fiction, poems and articles

    by Helen Salsbury, Richard Salsbury, Vin Adams, Jane Andreoli, Helen Angell, Denise Bennett, Rachel Birchley, Julian Bishop0, Rio Bivens1, Abigail Burt2, John Callaway3, Mark Cassidy5, Barbara Claridge6, Fiona Dignan8, Marguerite Doyle9, Katy Gary0, Jackie Green1, Alison Habens3, Sue Harper5, Linda Hibben7, Linda Hilborne8, Tamsin Hopkins9, Nicola Humphries1, Soumya Jasthi2, Margaret Jennings4, Jenni Jones5, Liz Kay7, Annie Kirby8, Andrew Larder0, Christine Lawrence1, Tina MacNaughton3, FC Malby5, Jamie Marsh6, Wendy Metcalfe7, Christina Moran9, Ellie Parker1, Eileen Phyall3, Maggie Sawkins5, S C6, Helen Scadding7, Clare Seek8, Sue Shipp0, Sue Spiers1, Irene Strange3, Judith Thompson5, Brooke Wain7, Gordon Watts8, Richard Williams9, Mary Sylvia Winter1 ...
    Narrated by Helen Salsbury, Richard Salsbury, Jane Andreoli, John Callaway4, Barbara Claridge7, Jackie Green2, Alison Habens4, Sue Harper6, Tamsin Hopkins0, Soumya Jasthi3, Jenni Jones6, Annie Kirby9, Christine Lawrence2, Tina MacNaughton4, Wendy Metcalfe8, Christina Moran0, Ellie Parker2, Eileen Phyall4, Clare Seek9, Sue Spiers2, Irene Strange4, Judith Thompson6, Richard Williams0, Alexia Daniels2, Anne Paton-Cragg3, Binit Ghosh4, Brian Armstrong5, Crystal Griffiths6, Emma Briggs7, Evan Walker8, Graham Brown9, Holly Smith0, James Close1, James Kirby2, Jasper Astrophel3, Jonathan Dodd4, Kath Dugan5, Kathryn Bivens6, Kia Wilson7, Lorraine Close8, Lou Lewis9, Mariella Rohansten0, Neil Blanks1, Nicky Thomas2, Patrick Olliver3, Philip Cahill4, Sarah Grimm5, Sue Renshaw6, Suzanne Parekh7, Vaughan Capstick8 ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus