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The period from the early 1880s through the First World War has been called «The Golden Age of the Storytellers.» These were the writers who sought not to write great literature, but to entertain, spinning yarns to be printed and read, just as their predecessors, the minstrels and bards, recited and were listened to. Through their countless tales of adventure and derring-do they brought romance and colour to the lives of those who could do no more than dream. This was the age of Sir Arthur Conan...
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Over eighty per cent of Canadians live near a body of waterand that means when Canadians turn to crime, somebody usually ends up all wet. In this anthology of original crime fiction, editors Violette Malan and Therese Greenwood celebrate that most Canadian of locations: the ocean, lake, or river near you. With tales set across Canada, by award-winning authors like James Powell, Rick Mofina and Barbara Fradkin, and even a crossover story from fantasy writer Tanya Huff, you may just find your next...
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Meet some fascinating females: Jennie Baxer, 1890s journalist and world traveller Nelvana of the Northern Lights, created for comic book-starved Canadians during the Second World War the 60s’ Eve Adam, the «Rock Hit of Prague,» whose methods violate all the «rules» for detective books and, very much of the 1990s, vampire detective Vicki Nelson, whose beat is Toronto’s Queen Street West As well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin’s introduction describes hundreds of...
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Music may soothe the savage breast, but in this fifth collection of witty and wicked crime fiction from the Ladies’ Killing Circle, music provides the background for tales of murder and mayhem. Eighteen stories by Canadian women crime writers along with poems from Joy Hewitt Mann take their inspiration from titles as varied as the upbeat «Wake Up Little Suzie» through the romantic «Summertime» and musicals such as «There’s No Business Like Show Business». It’s a collection you won’t want to put...
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Nikki begin uiteindelik in haar nuwe skool aanpas. Sy het twee cool vriende en Brandon het haar uiteindelik begin raaksien. Nikki wil saam met Brandon na die skooldans gaan, maar wanneer MacKenzie begin spog dat sy saam met Brandon gaan, besluit Nikki om liewer na haar sussie se partytjie te gaan. Later vind sy uit dat MacKenzie gejok het, en Nikki besef haar droom om saam met Brandon dans toe te gaan kan waar word. Maar hoe woon jy twee partytjies tegelyk by?
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This richly photographed travel pictorial tours Korea—a place of dynamic innovation with strong traditional currents. Several years ago, a columnist at one of Korea's English language newspapers used the byline «Only the Morning is Calm.» And while Korea is known as the Land of the Morning Calm, that columnist was right on target. From the hectic sidewalks of the cities, to skiers zipping down mountain slopes, Korea is anything but a country stuck in time. Yet, the past is not...
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SparrowsPlaying hide-and-seekAmong the tea blossoms.—Kobayashi IssaHaiku, the traditional Japanese verse form composed of seventeen syllables, can express a dramatic scene or philosophical idea in a single line of verse. In this collection, haiku poet Yuzuru Miura has selected and translated poems by past masters such as Basho and Buson, as well as haiku by contemporary poets. Fireflies, pheasants, a summer shower, winter snow, camellias—all the favorite haiku subjects are...
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Readers of Asian & Pacific Short Stories will have the exciting experience of encountering for the first time the recent work of some of Asia's most talented writers. Collected in this anthology are short stories by authors in nine Asian and Pacific countries: Australia, the Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, and the Republic of Vietnam.These writers speak in many different languages, and their stories tell of life in...
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"A richly entertaining series of Hawaiian tales with explanatory facts, which will delight and inform both the folklore fan and the general reader. Until now, long out of print."—The Honolulu AdvertiserIn bringing together this collection of Hawaiian legends, the author of this little book has conferred a great favor upon all those residents of Hawaii and of those visitors to its shores who pay take an interest in its original inhabitants, once an exceedingly numerous people, but...
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Chapters from fourteen best-selling classic novels published between 1842 and 1919 are compiled here for today's readers. The selections not only give a rare un-stereotyped look at the day-to-day life in grandma's time but also reveal a wealth of good reading that has long been forgotten.Tales about sheepherding contest, a family Sunday evening around the fireplace, a great snowstorm, a new minister in town, an American who inherits an English estate, and a look at Victorian-age...
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With its clear defined photos and easy to read recipes, Fabulous Asian Homestyle Recipes contains everything you need to know to create over 50 delicious, easy, and authentic Asian dishes. This cookbook contains recipes for a variety of dishes that are both healthy and appetizing. Fabulous Asian Homestyle Recipes features recipes for salads, snacks, soups, vegetables, noodles, rice, fish, seafood, poultry, meat, and desserts. Recipes include:Delicious crab omeletMiso soup with clamsSpicy chili...
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What’s the best bud when you go out to party and want to live it up? Feeling a little down and need to let go? Feeling stressed and need to slow down? Need to focus on a complicated task?Even the casual user knows the two types of marijuana, indica and sativa, and within these broad categories are literally thousands of varieties, each with its own effects. Marijuana botanists have crossbred varieties to enhance or diminish characteristics. Happy Buds is all about the effects of these...
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With its clear photography and easy to read recipes, Quick & Easy Vietnamese Cooking contains everything you need to create over 40 healthy, easy, and authentic Vietnamese recipes.This Vietnamese cookbook contains recipes from all over Vietnam and features a wide variety of ingredients. Inside are instructions for appetizers, salads, desserts, drinks, meat, poultry, rice, vegetables, seafood, soups, and curries. Recipes include:Grilled lemongrass beef saladPeanut dipping sauceMango coconut...
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