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Dirty Birds

by Morgan Murray ...

Narrated by David Ferry ...

Unabridged

12 hours 27 min

Earphones Award WinnerIn late 2007, as the world’s economy crumbles, the remarkably unremarkable Milton Ontario—not to be confused with Milton, Ontario—leaves his parent’s basement in Saskatchewan and sets forth to find fame, fortune, and love in the electric sexuality of Montreal, to bask in endless Millennial adolescence, to escape the infinite flatness of Saskatchewan, and to find his messiah: ... Read more

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Earphones Award WinnerIn late 2007, as the world’s economy crumbles, the remarkably unremarkable Milton Ontario—not to be confused with Milton, Ontario—leaves his parent’s basement in Saskatchewan and sets forth to find fame, fortune, and love in the electric sexuality of Montreal, to bask in endless Millennial adolescence, to escape the infinite flatness of Saskatchewan, and to find his messiah:
... Read more

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Gilgamesh

A New Rendering in English Verse

by David Ferry ...

"There have been other English accounts of this hero with a thousand descendants, but this is the first one that is as much poetry as scholarship." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book WorldA National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistThis is a new verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia, one of the oldest works in Western literature. Ferry makes Gilgamesh available in the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

"There have been other English accounts of this hero with a thousand descendants, but this is the first one that is as much poetry as scholarship." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book WorldA National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistThis is a new verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia, one of the oldest works in Western literature. Ferry makes Gilgamesh available in the
... Read more
Bewilderment

New Poems and Translations

by David Ferry ...

Series series Phoenix Poets
Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. "This is one of the great books of poetry of this young century."—Dan Chiasson, The New YorkerTo read David Ferry's Bewilderment is to be reminded that poetry of the highest order can be made by the subtlest of means. The passionate nature and originality of Ferry's prosodic daring works astonishing transformations that take your breath away. In poem ... Read more

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Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. "This is one of the great books of poetry of this young century."—Dan Chiasson, The New YorkerTo read David Ferry's Bewilderment is to be reminded that poetry of the highest order can be made by the subtlest of means. The passionate nature and originality of Ferry's prosodic daring works astonishing transformations that take your breath away. In poem
... Read more
The Odes of Horace

A Translation

by Horace, David Ferry ...

David Ferry, the acclaimed poet and translator of Gilgamesh, has made an inspired translation of the complete Odes of Horace, one that conveys the wit, ardor and sublimity of the original with a music of all its own.The Latin poet Horace is, along with his friend Virgil, the most celebrated of the poets of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and, with Virgil, the most influential. These marvelously ... Read more

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David Ferry, the acclaimed poet and translator of Gilgamesh, has made an inspired translation of the complete Odes of Horace, one that conveys the wit, ardor and sublimity of the original with a music of all its own.The Latin poet Horace is, along with his friend Virgil, the most celebrated of the poets of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and, with Virgil, the most influential. These marvelously
... Read more
The Georgics of Virgil

A Translation

by David Ferry ...

"David Ferry's translation of the enchanting Georgics is for poetry lovers like a drink of water from a country spring on a summer day." —Anthony Day, Los Angeles TimesJohn Dryden called Virgil's Georgics, written between 37 and 30 B.C.E., "the best poem by the best poet." The poem, newly translated by the poet and translator David Ferry, is one of the great songs, maybe the greatest we have, of ... Read more

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"David Ferry's translation of the enchanting Georgics is for poetry lovers like a drink of water from a country spring on a summer day." —Anthony Day, Los Angeles TimesJohn Dryden called Virgil's Georgics, written between 37 and 30 B.C.E., "the best poem by the best poet." The poem, newly translated by the poet and translator David Ferry, is one of the great songs, maybe the greatest we have, of
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The Good Allies

How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism during the Second World War

by Tim Cook ...

Narrated by David Ferry ...

Unabridged

16 hours 27 min

From our country's most important war historian, a gripping account of the turbulent relationship between Canada and the US during the Second World War. The two nations entered the war amidst rivalry and mutual suspicion, but learned to fight together before emerging triumphant and bound by an alliance that has lasted to this day.When the Second World War broke out in 1939, it set in motion a ... Read more

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From our country's most important war historian, a gripping account of the turbulent relationship between Canada and the US during the Second World War. The two nations entered the war amidst rivalry and mutual suspicion, but learned to fight together before emerging triumphant and bound by an alliance that has lasted to this day.When the Second World War broke out in 1939, it set in motion a
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First Snow, Last Light

by Wayne Johnston ...

Narrated by David Ferry, Ryan Wells, Gordon Pinsent, Mary Lewis ...

Unabridged

14 hours 16 min

From the author of the critically acclaimed, prizewinning and internationally bestselling The Colony of Unrequited Dreams comes an epic family mystery with a powerful, surprise ending, which features the return of the ever-fascinating Sheilagh Fielding, one of the most memorable characters in fiction.Ned Vatcher, only 14, ambles home from school in the chill hush that precedes the first storm of ... Read more

$18.99 USD

From the author of the critically acclaimed, prizewinning and internationally bestselling The Colony of Unrequited Dreams comes an epic family mystery with a powerful, surprise ending, which features the return of the ever-fascinating Sheilagh Fielding, one of the most memorable characters in fiction.Ned Vatcher, only 14, ambles home from school in the chill hush that precedes the first storm of
... Read more
DisCrit—Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory in Education

Edited by David J. Connor, Beth A. Ferri, Subini A. Annamma ...

Series series Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
This groundbreaking volume brings together major figures in Disability Studies in Education (DSE) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore some of today’s most important issues in education. Scholars examine the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the overrepresentation of minority students in special education and the school-to-prison ... Read more

$43.99 USD

This groundbreaking volume brings together major figures in Disability Studies in Education (DSE) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore some of today’s most important issues in education. Scholars examine the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the overrepresentation of minority students in special education and the school-to-prison
... Read more
Enacting Disability Critical Race Theory

From the Personal to the Global

Edited by Beth A. Ferri, David J. Connor, Subini A. Annamma ...

This edited volume foregrounds Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) as an intersectional framework that has informed scholarly analyses of racism and ableism from the personal to the global - offering important interventions into theory, practice, policy, and research. The authors offer deep personal explorations, innovative interventions aimed at transforming schools, communities, and ... Read more

$58.99 USD

This edited volume foregrounds Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) as an intersectional framework that has informed scholarly analyses of racism and ableism from the personal to the global - offering important interventions into theory, practice, policy, and research. The authors offer deep personal explorations, innovative interventions aimed at transforming schools, communities, and
... Read more
The Cambridge Companion to Walter Benjamin

Edited by David S. Ferris ...

Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of the highly influential twentieth-century critic and theorist Walter Benjamin. The volume provides examinations of the different aspects of Benjamin's work that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical and historical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include Benjamin's relation to the avant ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of the highly influential twentieth-century critic and theorist Walter Benjamin. The volume provides examinations of the different aspects of Benjamin's work that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical and historical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include Benjamin's relation to the avant
... Read more
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"Until You Are Dead"

The Wrongful Conviction of Steven Truscott

by Julian Sher ...

Narrated by David Ferry ...

Unabridged

23 hours 22 min

“Talk to anyone you find, investigate wherever things lead you. I know I'm innocent and I’m not afraid of what you’ll turn up.” — Steven Truscott to Julian Sher“Until You Are Dead” chronicles the loss of Canada’s innocence. Prior to June 11, 1959, Canadian parents could allow their children to play outdoors, unsupervised, in places children traditionally love: schoolyards, fields and nearby ... Read more

$22.99 USD

“Talk to anyone you find, investigate wherever things lead you. I know I'm innocent and I’m not afraid of what you’ll turn up.” — Steven Truscott to Julian Sher“Until You Are Dead” chronicles the loss of Canada’s innocence. Prior to June 11, 1959, Canadian parents could allow their children to play outdoors, unsupervised, in places children traditionally love: schoolyards, fields and nearby
... Read more
DisCrit Expanded

Reverberations, Ruptures, and Inquiries

Edited by Subini A. Annamma, Beth A. Ferri, David J. Connor ...

Series series Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
This sequel to the influential 2016 work DisCrit—Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory in Education explores how DisCrit has both deepened and expanded, providing increasingly nuanced understandings about how racism and ableism circulate across geographic borders, academic disciplines, multiplicative identities, intersecting oppressions, and individual and cultural resistances. Following an ... Read more

$40.99 USD

This sequel to the influential 2016 work DisCrit—Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory in Education explores how DisCrit has both deepened and expanded, providing increasingly nuanced understandings about how racism and ableism circulate across geographic borders, academic disciplines, multiplicative identities, intersecting oppressions, and individual and cultural resistances. Following an
... Read more

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