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  • First Time Dad: A Concise Guide to Baby Essentials for Active First-time Dads (Embracing Fatherhood and Navigating the First Year With Confidence)

    by John Gardner ...
    This guide doesn't stop at diapering and safe sleep tips. It addresses concerns that are often overlooked, such as balancing work and parenting, supporting your partner emotionally and physically postpartum, and managing your mental health amidst the upheaval. Ever wondered how you'll bond with your newborn, or how you can create a secure and nurturing environment? You’re covered. Inside, you’ll ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • On Moral Fiction

    by John Gardner ...
    "Fearless, illuminating" criticism from a New York Times–bestselling author and legendary teacher, "proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial" ( Los Angeles Times).Novelist John Gardner's thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: "True art is by its nature moral." It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in life and in art. Since the book's first publication, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Art of Living

    & Other Stories

    by John Gardner ...
    An inspired book of short stories that explores the profound relationship between life and artWhile mourning the loss of his son in the Vietnam War, an Italian chef reflects on the importance of art for future generations. An American boy retreats inward after he kills his younger brother in a farming accident, finding solace in classical music and a friendship with his teacher. Placing the artist ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Writers & Writing

    by John Gardner ...
    The classic work on the art of fiction by the "refreshingly unpredictable" novelist and literary critic ( Publishers Weekly)In this posthumously published collection of his essays and reviews, acclaimed novelist John Gardner discusses the craft of fiction writing, taking to task some of his best-known contemporaries in the process. Gardner criticizes some for writing disingenuous fiction, and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The King's Indian

    Stories and Tales

    by John Gardner ...
    An iconic collection that showcases Gardner as a master craftsman navigating an uncertain worldIn this exceptional book, author John Gardner explores the literary form as a vehicle of vision, and creates heroes that personify his tremendous artistic ideals: A Boston schoolmaster abandons his dreams of owning a farmhouse in rural Illinois only to be taken on a voyage across the seas and into self ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • James Bond Omnibus: The John Gardner Years

    by John Gardner ...
    Sixteen James Bond stories from master-storyteller John Gardner.Bundle comprises of: BROKENCLAW; COLD; DEATH IS FOREVER; FOR SPECIAL SERVICES; GOLDENEYE; ICEBREAKER; LICENCE RENEWED; LICENCE TO KILL; THE MAN FROM BARBAROSSA; NEVER SEND FLOWERS; NO DEALS, MR BOND; NOBODY LIVES FOREVER; ROLE OF HONOUR; SCORPIUS; SEAFIRE; WIN, LOSE OR DIE. ... Read more

    $69.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sunlight Dialogues

    by John Gardner ...
    John Gardner's sweeping portrait of the collision of opposing philosophical perspectives in 1960s America, centering on the appearance of a mysterious stranger in a small upstate New York townOne summer day, a countercultural drifter known only as the Sunlight Man appears in Batavia, New York. Jailed for painting the word "LOVE" across two lanes of traffic, the Sunlight Man encounters Fred Clumly, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Fiction

    Notes on Craft for Young Writers

    by John Gardner ...
    This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $12.99 CAD

  • The Return of Moriarty

    Sherlock Holmes' Nemesis Lives Again

    by John Gardner ...
    Now back in print after forty years: The first novel in John Gardner’s bestselling series of Victorian crime thrillers pitting Sherlock Holmes against the Napoleon of crime, Professor James Moriarty.Once again, the game is afoot . . . What really happened in Switzerland between Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes in 1891? And why is Holmes, now in London at 221B Baker Street, curiously uncooperative with ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • On Becoming a Novelist

    by John Gardner ...
    The classic for serious fiction writers: "The book is the result of John Gardner's twenty-odd years of teaching experience, and it shows" (Anne Tyler).In this essential guide, John Gardner advises the aspiring fiction author on such topics as the value of creative writing workshops, the developmental stages of literary growth, and the inevitable experience of writer's block. Drawn from his two ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wreckage of Agathon

    by John Gardner ...
    A wonderful exploration into the maturation process across the course of human lifeLaid to waste by drink, Agathon, a seer, is a shell of a man. He sits imprisoned with his apprentice, Peeker, for his presumed involvement in a rebellion against the Spartan tyrant Lykourgos. Confined to a cell, the men produce extraordinary writings that illustrate the stories of their lives and give witness to ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grendel

    by John Gardner ...
    This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic."An extraordinary achievement."—New York TimesThe first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This is the novel William ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook