"The time is the early 1940s, as World War II is underway. The place is rural England, in a sleepy village called Marsham Priory. Eve Trelawney feels trapped, stifled in her quiet life with her husband David, the local doctor. He enjoys his work at the cottage hospital and times spent gardening at home. But Eve craves excitement. A woman with a past, she has been an undercover agent in the Great War and suddenly has an opportunity to return to her former career with British Intelligence. She ignores her husband's warnings, and soon finds herself embroiled in a world in which things are seldom what they seem. Eve has become shrewder and more addicted to danger. Playing now for even higher stakes, she faces not only the new challenges of a different war, but also the shock of unfinished business from her early life. This story of a woman who proves equal to her risky job in a man's world is not only a vivid recreation of the war years in England, it is surprisingly relevant for today's world where women must often navigate the demands of career at the same time as battling the forces of passion within."

Harbinger of Secrets: Women who risked their lives during a time of war when deception meant everything

Literature & Fiction

Went, Rosalind

Literary

Idiomatic

This is the landscape of At Last There Is Nothing Left To Say, Matthew Good's debut book of stories. Taking the form of an artist's journal, Good's tales grind through dark, often violent places animated by voices warped by hallucination and flesh chafed by reality. From the ramblings of an opium-riddled adventurer to treatises on life from a mind rattled by the world; from the tragic end of a teen queen to a day in the life of a rock star; from the execution of the Self by the Other to the pull between rules and freedom, this is a landscape located halfway between imagination and reality, a world that rocks between imagination and reality, a world that rocks between sleep and wakefulness, sanity and insanity, sobriety and inebriation. A must for fans of The Matthew Good Band, At Last There Is Nothing Left To Say sure isn't Disneyland, but it'll take you on a ride you'll never forget.

At Last There Is Nothing Left To Say

Matthew Good

Biographies & Memoirs

New from Joe Ollmann, the creator of Wag! micro books and a monthly comic strip for Exclaim!, Chewing On Tinfoil is a wonderful first full-length book of graphic fiction. In these six beautifully illustrated stories Ollmann peers into the cracks of everyday life, finding inspiration in those slightly uncomfortable moments that make life ... well ... interesting. In experiences extraordinary and mundane, Ollmann catches his motley crew of characters with their pants down: from a chic couple challenging the Grim Reaper's fashion sense; to a childhood anecdote of a ghost story gone wrong; to characters who face the sexism and racism that lingers in our culture. Influenced by a variety of artists, such as Ben Katchor, Charles Schulz, Ralph Steadman and Edward Gorey, Ollmann draws the inhabitants of his world with remarkable craft and an eye for detail, making each character unforgettable. Chewing On Tinfoil is storytelling at its best: highly visual, understated yet wrapped in imagination, and filled with the truth and humour of the human condition.

Chewing on Tinfoil

Comics & Graphic Novels

Ollmann, Joe

Graphic Novels

Although society is becoming more tolerant of gay people, and even accepting of them in some places, gay people continue to suffer psychological damage caused by growing up in largely homophobic societies. How can gay people learn to love themselves when most of the signals society sends out denigrate their very being? Dr. Kevin Alderson has developed a method of building a positive gay identity based on extensive research and years of successful use of self-help psychology in his own practice. Each chapter of Breaking Out begins with a compelling reality-based anecdote followed by an examination of the problem that it highlights. This is followed by an overview of what needs to change, a self-assessment, comprehensive practical exercises to help gay men and lesbian women deal with the particular problem, and a post-test. Chapters cover such topics as homophobia, low self-esteem, denial of self, dealing with stereotypes, spirituality and religion, the reaction of family, friendship and relationships. Written in a conversational, upbeat tone, Breaking Out is the first complete and systematic self-help book to assist gay men and lesbian women build and enhance positive gay identities.

Breaking Out: The Complete Guide to Building and Enhancing a Positive Gay Identity For Men and Women

Self-Help

Alderson, Kevin

Self-Esteem

Using nature as both model and metaphor, Toronto resident Olive Senior delves into birds, flying, and Caribbean life in her third book of poems. Following her much-loved collections, Gardening in the Tropics and Talking of Trees, this long-awaited book of poems is sure to delight readers around the world. Translated into several languages, represented in numerous anthologies, and broadcast in Canada, Britain, and the Caribbean, Senior's work enjoys international acclaim. Her work is taught at universities around the world, and her short story collection, Summer Lightning, has been a literature textbook in Caribbean schools. She has taught creative writing workshops at universities in Canada, the US, the UK, and the Caribbean, and is on the faculty of the Humber School for Writers. Praise for Over the Roofs of the World "Olive Senior's Over the Roofs of the World is a richly crafted, cunning and precise collection of poems. The songs found here move gently through the world and summon grace." — Judges' citation, 2005 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry

Over the Roofs of the World

Senior, Olive

Poetry

Studies show that 90% of institutional investors, such as pension funds, reach their investment goals. However, only 11% of individual investors achieve their goals. Over the past twenty years we have witnessed both the greatest bull market of all time and one of the most devastating crashes in history. During this period, pension funds posted returns of more than double those realized by individual investors. At the same time, the institutional pensions were exposed to less than half of the risk and volatility that individual investors were forced to endure. Using a simple and disciplined process, The Pension Strategy teaches how individual investors can experience the same type of success as their institutional counterparts. The Pension Strategy is built upon the work of Nobel Prize winners William F. Sharpe and Harry M. Markowitz. It details in simple language how average investors can harness the techniques used by large pension plans, such as modern portfolio theory, dynamic asset allocation, and diversification. The Pension Strategy will: - show you how to dramatically reduce the risk in your investment portfolio. - teach you how to structure your investment portfolio and 401Ks to target the maximum possible return with the level of safety you require. - explain the secrets of the most successful pension funds, such as Dynamic Asset Allocation, Absolute Returns, the Capital Market Line, and Modern Portfolio Theory. - reveal how you can build your own Optimal Portfolio. Pension funds and institutional investors have been utilizing this portfolio for decades in order to minimize risk while maximizing their returns. - demonstrate how working with a professional investment advisor can save you both time and money, so that you can enjoy life free from financial worry.

The Pension Strategy: The Ultimate Guide to Personal Investing

Business & Money

Springett, Andrew

Finance

A gay wedding gone bad. A missing groom. An unsullied reputation at risk. Enter Russell Quant - cute, gay, and a rookie private detective. With a nose for good wine and bad lies, Quant is off to France on his first big case. From the smudgy streets of Paris, he sips and sleuths his way to the pastel-colored promenade of Sanary-sur-Mer. Back in Saskatoon, Quant comes face to face with a client who may be the bad guy, a quarry who turns up in the most unexpected place, and a cast of colorful suspects: the vile sister, the best friend, the colleague, the ex-lover, the lawyer, the priest, the snoopy neighbor-are they involved? Or is someone else lurking in the shadows? As he works through his case, Quant juggles his detective gig with the responsibilities of a personal life full of captivating personalities. Taking a cue from the style and humor of Robert B. Parker, and evoking Armistead Maupin with his wit and warmth, Anthony Bidulka's Amuse Bouche is a rich, saucy, and engaging read.

Amuse Bouche: A Russell Quant Mystery

Bidulka, Anthony

History & Criticism

Reggae's influence can be heard in the popular music of nations in a variety of continents. In Dubwise, Klive Walker takes a fresh look at Bob Marley's global impact, specifically his legacy in the Caribbean diaspora. While considering Marley's status as an international reggae icon, Walker also discusses the vital contributions to reggae culture authored by other important Jamaican innovators such as poet Louise Bennett, hand drummer Oswald "Count Ossie" Williams, jazz saxophonist Joe Harriott, ska trombonist Don Drummond and singer Dennis Brown. The history of women in reggae, ignored for far too long, is addressed in a groundbreaking essay. Walker describes how the work of artists such as producer Sonia Pottinger and singer-songwriters Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt is crucial to reggae culture. Walker treats the reggae crafted by American, British and Canadian artists of Caribbean heritage with the importance it deserves. One Dubwise essay considers the innovative reggae of U.K. roots bands such as Aswad and Steel Pulse and Jamaican-American deejay / rappers Shinehead and Sister Carol. Another discusses, for the first time, the history of reggae in Canada, featuring the work of dub poet Lillian Allen and the band Truths and Rights. An essay addressing reggae's relationship to hip-hop weaves together histories of dancehall deejays and hip-hop MCs as it features the rise of raggamuffin rap, a Caribbean diasporic phenomenon.

Dubwise: Reasoning from the reggae underground

Arts & Photography

Walker, Klive

Music

Charity Wiser, matriarch of the Wiser clan by virtue of her wealth and power, is an indomitable provocateur ... and private detective Russell Quant's newest employer. There is more than a single rotten apple on this family tree, and Quant has been hired to discover which one is intent on murdering his client. To help him sleuth out the evil culprit, Charity Wiser arranges a family reunion aboard the opulent Friends of Dorothy Cruiseliner as it tours the most exotic ports of the Mediterranean. But smooth sailing is short-lived as undercurrents of clashes — local and tourist, gay and straight, trendy and traditional — offer Russell insight into the Wisers and reveal a family simmering with rage and greed. He begins to wonder: who doesn't want Charity Wiser dead? Shifting from his prairie stomping ground to a sea undulating with death, Quant's smarts, senses and sea legs are challenged. From tantalizing tapas and sweet sangria in Spain to the bitter taste of death in Sicily, Quant goes head to head with friends and foes in a series of unforgettable locales. Come aboard a sensual journey of sun and sea brine, caviar and champagne on a cruise replete with the luxury of murder. Anthony Bidulka is the author of Amuse Bouche and Flight of Aquavit, and is the winner of the Lambda Literary Award. Praise for Anthony Bidulka's work "... another bright and witty novel from Anthony Bidulka ... There's plenty of action here, and Bidulka spreads it out with witty dialogue, smart commentary and plenty of good, sharp writing." — The Globe and Mail "Bidulka treats the reader to enough red herrings with which to open a fishmarket and more than one writer's fair share of keen observations and appealing bons mots." — Outlooks "... the pages turn at a frantic speed, each suspenseful chapter a chaser for the one preceding." — Swerve

Tapas on the Ramblas: A Russell Quant Mystery

World Literature

Like a potent mix of Absolutely Fabulous and Sweet Valley High, say hello to Pedigree Girls, North America's next big thing. Privileged since birth and smugly self-satisfied, the Pedigree Girls are the stars of a comic strip written and illustrated by multi-talented Montréal artist Sherwin Tjia. These strips are highly addictive, darkly funny and desperately subversive. Revelling in adolescent dysfunction and sociopathology — from snobbery and sex to fashion and cannibalism — the strips plunge the reader into the daily atrocities that make up the lives of two wicked private school girls. Characterized by a humour that will leave you unsure whether to laugh, cry or call the police, this book lays bare the exploits of the privileged, ambiguous and corruptive Pedigree Girls. A bracing tonic for our status-obsessed and consumer-conscious society, Pedigree Girls redefines the art of satire for the twenty-first century.

Pedigree Girls

Tija, Sherwin

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