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David Macfarlane

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Field Notes

What are sports, really? What do we love about them? And what, in our digital age, have they become?On Sports reads like a conversation between friends at the ballpark in those golden days before the kiss cam and college co-eds with T-shirt cannons spoiled the fun; a book that feels like the sun on your forehead and the breeze in your hair, beer and laughter on your lips; a book that celebrates communion and friendship and the beauty of these games—whether...

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David Macfarlane

When the worst that can happen, happens, the only useful lesson is the knowledge that it can. That's the take-away: a world can actually end, time can actually run out, sadness can prevail. But I didn't know that then . . .From one of Canada's most celebrated writers and the author of the classic memoir The Danger Tree comes an occasionally hilarious, sometimes heart-breaking meditation on love, memory, and the fathomless depths of grief.Likeness ...

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David Macfarlane

"Rich, imaginative. . . . One of the best novels I've read all year."—Ross King, author of Leonardo and the Last SupperA sensuous, heartbreaking novel about art, beauty, and the choices we make that define us for life.In 1968 a young man travels to Paris, where a series of unlikely events takes him to a tiny village in Italy—and to the one great love of his life. A marble merchant meets a couple on their honeymoon, introducing them to the sensual beauty of Carrara....

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David Macfarlane

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David Macfarlane

When the worst that can happen, happens, the only useful lesson is the knowledge that it can. That's the take-away: a world can actually end, time can actually run out, sadness can prevail. But I didn't know that then . . .From one of Canada's most celebrated writers and the author of the classic memoir The Danger Tree comes an occasionally hilarious, sometimes heart-breaking meditation on love, memory, and the fathomless depths of grief.Likeness ...

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J. A. Baker, Robert Macfarlane

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David Attenborough, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart

David Attenborough reads J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing, The Peregrine.J. A. Baker’s classic of British nature writing was first published in 1967. Greeted with acclaim, it went on to win the Duff Cooper Prize, the pre-eminent literary prize of the time. Luminaries such as Ted Hughes, Barry Lopez and An...

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Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow

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David Monteath

From the founder of Mary’s Meals and the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Shed That Fed a Million Children, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow travels the world encountering startling acts of charity and the power of generosity.Few people in the world are better placed to understand the role of charity and generosity than Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow. As the founder and CEO of Mary’s Meals, Magnus helps feed and educate millions of children in 18 different countries across the world every ...

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Ali Askerov, Stefan Brooks, Joldon Kutmanaliev, S. Neil MacFarlane, David Matsaberidze, Malte Müller, Sait Ocakli, Lasha Tchantouridze, Zurab Tchiaberashvili, Kamala Valiyeva, Mairbek Vatchagaev, Sam Whitt, Musa Qasimli, Idil P. Izmirli, Robert Bruce Ware

In the 30 years since the emergence of the post-Soviet conflicts things have both changed and remained the same – continuities and changes in post-Soviet conflicts are the primary themes of this volume – it addresses all major wars, civil wars, and rebellions in the former Soviet Union. The volume focuses on factors that have contributed or may contribute to the resolution of the post-Soviet conflicts, most of which have represented rather long and damaging crises. In all conflict cases Mo...

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Damian McBeath, David Woods, Rachel Macfarlane

What makes a school great? Studies into good schools are numerous, but there has been much less written about great schools. The former are more common, but with success comes complacency; good is the enemy of great. In 2009 the London Leadership Strategy established the Going for Great programme, creating a forum for leaders of schools rated `outstanding' by Ofsted. This collaboration sought to identify and share best practice; based on their case studies, school-to-school visits, the res...

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Kathleen Winter

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Tim Bruce, Nneka Okoye, Clare Kissane

“A stunning, spellbinding, poetic triumph." —Toronto StarFrom Giller-shortlisted author Kathleen Winter (author of the bestseller Annabel): A stunning novel reimagining the lost years of misunderstood Romantic Era genius Dorothy Wordsworth.When young James Dixon, a local jack-of-all-trades recently returned from the Battle of Waterloo, meets Dorothy Wordsworth, he quickly realizes he’s never met another woman anything like...

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Danielle Daniel

NATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this haunting and groundbreaking historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of women in the Algonquin territories of the 1600s, a story inspired by her family’s ancestral link to a young girl who was murdered by French settlers.Marie, a gifted healer of the Deer Clan, does not want to marry the green-eyed soldier from France who has asked for her hand. But her people are threatened by disea...

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Michelle Good

WINNER: Canada Reads 2022WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for FictionWINNER: Amazon First Novel AwardWINNER: Kobo Emerging Author PrizeFinalist: Scotiabank Giller PrizeFinalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust PrizeFinalist: BC & Yukon Book PrizeShortlist: Indigenous Voices AwardsNational Bestseller; A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year; A CBC Best Book of the Year; An Apple Best Book of the Year; A Kobo Best Book of...

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Linden MacIntyre

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA thrilling new psychological drama from Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Linden MacIntrye, weaving threads of crime, disability and dementia together into a tale of unrequited love and delusion.Two old friends, who first met in university, get together for a weekend of golfing: Allan, a football hero, worldly and financially successful, and his quieter friend, nicknamed Byron, lame from a childhood injury, a smart fellow w...