Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Includes eBooks
  
  Includes audiobooks
  
  Includes 30 hours of listening time
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Includes eBooks
  
  Includes audiobooks
  
  Includes 30 hours of listening time
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Includes eBooks

Includes audiobooks

Includes 30 hours of listening time

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Includes eBooks

Includes audiobooks

Includes 30 hours of listening time

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Ship Fever

Stories

by Andrea Barrett ...

1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams. In "Ship Fever," the ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams. In "Ship Fever," the
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Voyage of the Narwhal

A Novel

by Andrea Barrett ...

"A glistening narrative, crammed full of rich, pictorial description and tingling suspense." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book ReviewAn intoxicating story of the thrills of exploration, the fallacy of discovery, and the inevitable costs of ambition from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.The Narwhal has a simple mission: to find ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"A glistening narrative, crammed full of rich, pictorial description and tingling suspense." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book ReviewAn intoxicating story of the thrills of exploration, the fallacy of discovery, and the inevitable costs of ambition from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.The Narwhal has a simple mission: to find
... Read more
The Air We Breathe

A Novel

by Andrea Barrett ...

"Turbulent and dramatic, full of longing and death and lust, the yearning to cover one's own life and way in the world." —David Mehegan, Boston GlobeAn elegant and astute tale of desire and betrayal, science and medicine, from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.In the fall of 1916, America prepares for war—but in the town of Tamarack ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

"Turbulent and dramatic, full of longing and death and lust, the yearning to cover one's own life and way in the world." —David Mehegan, Boston GlobeAn elegant and astute tale of desire and betrayal, science and medicine, from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.In the fall of 1916, America prepares for war—but in the town of Tamarack
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Archangel

Stories

by Andrea Barrett ...

"Elegantly contemplative.…[O]ffers a powerfully human sense of the struggle it takes for new ideas to dislodge old ones." —Janet Maslin, New York Times Book ReviewDramas both personal and cosmic unfold around five pivotal moments in the history of knowledge in this collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.A young boy comes of ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Elegantly contemplative.…[O]ffers a powerfully human sense of the struggle it takes for new ideas to dislodge old ones." —Janet Maslin, New York Times Book ReviewDramas both personal and cosmic unfold around five pivotal moments in the history of knowledge in this collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.A young boy comes of
... Read more
Natural History

Stories

by Andrea Barrett ...

Finalist for the Story PrizeLonglisted for the Carol Shields Prize for FictionA BookPage and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA masterful collection of interconnected stories from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.In Natural History, Andrea Barrett completes the beautiful arc of intertwined lives of a family of scientists, teachers, ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

Finalist for the Story PrizeLonglisted for the Carol Shields Prize for FictionA BookPage and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA masterful collection of interconnected stories from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.In Natural History, Andrea Barrett completes the beautiful arc of intertwined lives of a family of scientists, teachers,
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Dust and Light

On the Art of Fact in Fiction

by Andrea Barrett ...

**"An ode to fiction’s unique ability to illuminate history—not as fact but as felt experience.” —The New YorkerThe National Book Award–winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction.**Hailed as a "genius-enchantress" (Karen Russell) and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, the celebrated novelist Andrea Barrett has for decades reached backward to find inspiration ... Read more

$18.29 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

**"An ode to fiction’s unique ability to illuminate history—not as fact but as felt experience.” —The New YorkerThe National Book Award–winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction.**Hailed as a "genius-enchantress" (Karen Russell) and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, the celebrated novelist Andrea Barrett has for decades reached backward to find inspiration
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Servants of the Map

Stories

by Andrea Barrett ...

"Gemlike stories that sparkle with intelligence and fire." — O, The Oprah MagazineA finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this wonderfully imagined collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award, explores the crossroads of science and desire.Servants of the Map sweeps through two centuries, from the Western Himalayas to the Adirondacks, ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Gemlike stories that sparkle with intelligence and fire." — O, The Oprah MagazineA finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this wonderfully imagined collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award, explores the crossroads of science and desire.Servants of the Map sweeps through two centuries, from the Western Himalayas to the Adirondacks,
... Read more
The Widow's Children

A Novel

by Paula Fox ...

"Chekhovian. . . . Every line of Fox's story, every gesture of her characters, is alive and surprising."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York TimesOn the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three friends: Clara Hansen, Laura's timid, brow-beaten daughter from a ... Read more

$23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Chekhovian. . . . Every line of Fox's story, every gesture of her characters, is alive and surprising."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York TimesOn the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three friends: Clara Hansen, Laura's timid, brow-beaten daughter from a
... Read more
The Regimental History

by Andrea Barrett ...

Series Book 7.1 - Ploughshares Solos
Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”Available now are nine new Ploughshares Solos, longform ... Read more

$2.73 CAD

Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”Available now are nine new Ploughshares Solos, longform
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Dust and Light

On the Art of Fact in Fiction

by Andrea Barrett ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

4 hours 12 min

The celebrated National Book Award–winning writer's intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction.In this thoughtful collection of essays, Andrea Barrett draws from her experiences writing some of the most acclaimed historical fiction of our time to explore the mysteries and delights of the genre. Inspiration found in the past, she argues, can illuminate fiction, just as dust ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

The celebrated National Book Award–winning writer's intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction.In this thoughtful collection of essays, Andrea Barrett draws from her experiences writing some of the most acclaimed historical fiction of our time to explore the mysteries and delights of the genre. Inspiration found in the past, she argues, can illuminate fiction, just as dust
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Ploughshares Fall 2019

by Ladette Randolph, Andrea Barrett, Ian Stansel, Nancy K. Mays, Danielle Spencer, Kiley Reid, Susan Neville, Takbum Gyel, Lex Williford, Tracy Daugherty ...

The Fall 2019 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Fall 2019 Issue, edited by Editor ... Read more

$9.61 CAD

The Fall 2019 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Fall 2019 Issue, edited by Editor
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Air We Breathe

A Novel

by Andrea Barrett ...

Narrated by Jeff Woodman ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

In the autumn of 1916, Americans are debating whether to enter the First World War. There are “preparedness parades,” and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, many of them recent immigrants ... Read more

$36.35 CAD

Also available as: eBook

In the autumn of 1916, Americans are debating whether to enter the First World War. There are “preparedness parades,” and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, many of them recent immigrants
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Modern Library Classics

Ploughshares Solos

Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights

Modern Library Classics

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

Ship Fever

The Voyage of the Narwhal

The Air We Breathe

Archangel

Natural History

Dust and Light

Servants of the Map

The Widow's Children

The Regimental History

Dust and Light

Ploughshares Fall 2019

The Air We Breathe

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Modern Library Classics

Ploughshares Solos

Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights

Modern Library Classics

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

Show: