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  • Trickster Makes This World

    Mischief, Myth, and Art

    by Lewis Hyde ...
    In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Primer for Forgetting

    Getting Past the Past

    by Lewis Hyde ...
    "One of our true superstars of nonfiction" (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche.We live in a culture that prizes memory—how much we can store, the quality of what's preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of our life while fighting off the nightmare of losing ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Gift

    How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

    by W.Lewis Hyde ...
    **“If you want to write, paint, sing, compose, act, or make films, read The Gift.” —from the Introduction by Margaret AtwoodA modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time and a brilliant, life-changing defense of the value of creative labor.**Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Gift

    Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

    by Lewis Hyde ...
    **“A manifesto of sorts for anyone who makes art [and] cares for it.” —Zadie Smith“The best book I know of for talented but unacknowledged creators. . . . A masterpiece.” —Margaret Atwood“No one who is invested in any kind of art . . . can read The Gift and remain unchanged.” —David Foster Wallace**By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Trickster Makes This World

    Mischief, Myth, and Art

    by Lewis Hyde ...
    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 31 min

    In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD

  • Common as Air

    Revolution, Art, and Ownership

    by Lewis Hyde ...
    A stirring defense of our cultural commons, that vast store of art and ideas we have inherited from the past that continues to enrich our present.Suspicious of the current idea that all creative work is "intellectual property," Lewis Hyde turns to America's founding fathers—men like John Adams, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson—in search of other ways to value the fruits of human wit and ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Gift

    How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

    Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 36 min

    A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time, The Gift is a brilliant, life-changing defense of the value of creative labor.Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society—governed by the marketplace—is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists’ work. He shows ... Read more

    $31.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Primer for Forgetting, A

    Getting Past the Past

    by Lewis Hyde ...
    Narrated by Jim Frangione ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 45 min

    “One of our true superstars of nonfiction” (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde, author of The Gift and Trickster Makes the World, offers a playful and melancholy defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche.We live in a culture that prizes memory―how much we can store, the quality of what’s preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

  • Letters to a Young Poet

    Translated by Charlie Louth ...
    At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This book also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Essays of Henry David Thoreau

    A definitive collection of Henry David Thoreau’s major essays, annotated and introduced by Lewis Hyde.Diverging from the long-standing custom of separating Thoreau’s politics from his interest in nature, renowned author Lewis Hyde brings together essays that highlight the ways in which these two strands of thought were intertwined. Here, natural history begins not with fish and birds, but with a ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Seven Perfect Things

    A Novel

    Unabridged

    9 hours 18 min

    A heart-stirring novel about the joy that comes from finding love in unexpected places by the New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author.Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for her and her mother, Mary. One day Abby witnesses a man dump a litter of puppies into the nearby river. Diving in to rescue ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Black Sam: Prince of Pirates

    Unabridged

    10 hours 52 min

    The War of Spanish Succession is over, many sailors are out of work, and the thriving American colonies are quickly becoming the place of opportunity. For Sam Bellamy it is the opportunity to become the captain of his own ship.When he falls in love with a rebellious New England debutante, he finds out very quickly that he needs more than a dream to win over her socialite parents. After a failed ... Read more

    $18.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus