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  • E Is for Edward

    A Centennial Celebration of the Mischievous Mind of Edward Gorey

    This "big and beautiful gift-worthy holiday art book" (New York Times) is a sweeping, gorgeously produced celebration of beloved American writer, artist, and illustrator Edward Gorey on his 100th birthday. Issued by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and produced in creative partnership with The Edward Gorey House.For more than seven decades, Edward Gorey's work has delighted fans of all ages and ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • The Very Fine Clock

    Illustrated by Edward Gorey ...
    by Muriel Spark ...
    Two stars team up—Muriel Spark and Edward Gorey—to bring the charming tale of Ticky the clock to life in this children’s classic.Once there was a very fine clock named Ticky, who lived with Professor Horace John Morris and kept perfect time. Each night, at fourteen minutes past ten, his time was used to set the rest of the clocks in the house. When the professor’s friends suggest that Ticky be ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Story of Harold

    by Terry Andrews ...
    **Back in print for the first time in decades, this stylish classic of 1970s queer literature follows a Greenwich Village–based children’s book author who avidly participates in the era’s sexual freedoms while privately nursing a desire for oblivion.Named one of the “25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature” by The New York Times**There may be no one living in Greenwich Village more ... Read more

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  • The Shrinking of Treehorn

    Illustrated by Edward Gorey ...
    "If you want to pretend you're shrinking, that's all right," said Treehorn's mother, "as long as you don't do it at the table."A small boy finds himself shrinking in this oddly offbeat, surreal, and funny story, illustrated with Edward Gorey's signature pen and ink drawings.No one around seems to appreciate what Treehorn's going through--his parents are busy, his friends laugh at him, and he gets ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The House With a Clock In Its Walls

    by John Bellairs ...
    Illustrated by Edward Gorey ...
    Series series Lewis Barnavelt
    **A haunting gothic tale by master mysery writer John Bellairs--soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black!"The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."--The New York Times Book Review**When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Doom of the Haunted Opera

    A Lewis Barnavelt Book

    Illustrated by Edward Gorey ...
    Two kids find a haunted opera score capable of raising the dead!When Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger explore an abandoned theater, they discover an unpublished opera score entitled “The Day of Doom”. Ignoring a strange omen, they show it to their music teacher, who heralds “The Day of Doom” as a masterpiece. Little do they know that the eerie Henry Vanderhelm, the composer's grandson, ... Read more

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  • The Specter From the Magician's Museum

    Illustrated by Edward Gorey ...
    Series series Lewis Barnavelt
    Based on John Bellairs' mystery-adventure series, this thrilling story will keep you on the edge of your seat!John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Shrinking of Treehorn

    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    21 min

    "If you want to pretend you're shrinking, that's all right," said Treehorn's mother, "as long as you don't do it at the table."But Treehorn wasn’t pretending. He really was shrinking, and that didn’t make life easy for him ashe became smaller by the moment. Treehorn’s teacher said, “we don’t shrink in this class,” and sent himto the Principal. Poor Treehorn spends an unhappy day and night until he ... Read more

    $10.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by DK ...
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    Discover the spine-chilling history of ghosts and the supernatural across the world in this illustrated guide.A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from Neolithic ancestor worship and ancient necromancy to modern-day ghost-hunting and creepypasta tales and from ... Read more

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  • The Handsewn Wardrobe

    A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches

    Discover the slow, quiet joy of sewing clothes by hand in this one-of-kind guide.Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, this hand-sewing course-in-a-book shows you how to create nine wardrobe staples, including a t-shirt, a button-up, and jeans, using simple hand-sewing and hand-stitching techniques. Author Louisa Owen Sonstroem shares her sustainable, empowering, and portable craft ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Burning Down the House

    Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock

    Rolling Stone Best Music Books of the Year"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans—it’s a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music.”—Town & Country*"*Riveting"—New York Post"A masterful achievement." —Booklist (starred review)On the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biograph... ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Words from Hell

    Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology

    by Jess Zafarris ...
    'A fiendishly good read!'Mignon Fogarty, Grammar GirlThe English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It's where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and stitched unceremoniously back together with misunderstood snippets of languages snatched from the wreckage of conquest and colonialism. It wreaks merciless ... Read more

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