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“louise stern”

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  • Chattering

    Stories

    by Louise Stern ...
    Louise Stern’s stories are peopled with brave young girls, out to party, travel the world, go a little bit wild. The one thing that marks them out from their peers is that they have grown up deaf. They communicate with the outside world via a complicated mixture of sign language, lip-reading, note-scribbling, guesswork and instinct. Yet they are full of daring, ready for adventures that take them ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Ismael and His Sisters

    by Louise Stern ...
    Siblings Ismael, Rosie and Cristina are deaf, and so are many in their Maya village. The deaf and hearing alike communicate in sign language, forming a tightly-knit community with an unsophisticated, simple lifestyle. But when Ismael gets into a fight at the local fiesta and flees the village, leaving Rosie and Cristina to fend for themselves, the daily rhythms of village life are disrupted, and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Gerontological Social Work in Action

    Anti-Oppressive Practice with Older Adults, their Families, and Communities

    by Wendy Hulko, Shari Brotman, Louise Stern, Ilyan Ferrer ...
    Gerontological Social Work in Action introduces "anti-oppression gerontology" (AOG), a critical approach to social work with older adults, their families, and communities. AOG principles are applied to direct and indirect practice and a range of topics of relevance to social work practice in the context of a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse world.Weaving together stories from diverse older ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

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  • Invasion of the Road Weenies

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    Series series Weenies Stories
    Invasion of the Road Weenies, a collection of warped and creepy tales ranging from the silly and offbeat to flat-out horrifying from the award-winning storyteller and master of the macabre, David LubarA town is overrun by road weenies--a.k.a. joggers--who never smile. A girl thinks she's too old for Halloween...until she finds a special pair of gloves. A boy takes a shortcut to an unexpected place ... Read more

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  • Up Up Up

    by Julie Booker ...
    Up Up Up heralds the arrival of a writer of astonishing range, compassion, and acuity. In this stunning short story collection, Julie Booker grabs the reins from writers like Lydia Millet and Miranda July and takes off at full speed, and in directions all her own. A pair of plus-sized friends make tracks for a kayaking trip in Alaska. A woman vacations with her parents at a Texas trailer park, ... Read more

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  • Dancing Girls and Other Stories

    by Margaret Atwood ...
    Dancing Girls is Margaret Atwood’s highly praised first collection of short fiction. In it she explores the dark intricacies of the mind, the complexities of human relationships, and the clashes between cultures. In the stories, the mundane and the bizarre intersect in unexpected ways: ex-wives indulge in an odd feast at a psychiatrist’s funeral; a young student is pursued by an obsessed immigrant ... Read more

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    by Debra Jo Immergut ...
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  • The Sleepover Joke Book

    by Sandy Ransford ...
    A new collection of hilarious jokes on anything and everything to do with sleepovers. Divided into sections, it features all the fun of sleepover visits, the food, the videos, the games, the music, the gossip, the telling of creepy late night stories, the joke telling and giggling - and of course the sleeping! ... Read more

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  • The Ladies Killing Circle Anthology 4-Book Bundle

    Fit to Die / Bone Dance / When Boomers Go Bad / Going Out With a Bang

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  • Kingston Noir

    by Colin Channer ...
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    "Subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . with a rich interplay of geographies and themes." — Los Angeles TimesFrom Trench Town to Half Way Tree to Norbrook to Portmore and beyond, the stories of Kingston Noir shine light into the darkest corners of this fabled city.Joining award-winning Jamaican authors such as Marlon James, Leone Ross, ... Read more

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    A Quill & Quire Best Book of the YearA Globe & Mail Best Short Fiction TitleA National Post Best Short Fiction TitleA January Magazine Best Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2014 Ethel Wilson Fiction PrizeLonglisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award"Complicated, passionate, genuine."-ChatelaineWomen. Young women, old women. The hair-obsessed, the politically d... ... Read more

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