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  • Hollow

    A Novel

    by Owen Egerton ...
    An NPR Best Book of the Year, Hollow is the story of a professor whose life is unended after an unspeakable tragedy.When Oliver Bonds, a revered religious studies professor at the University of Texas, loses his toddler son and undergoes intense legal scrutiny over his involvement, grief engulfs him completely. His life as he knows it is over; Oliver loses his wife, home, and faith. Three years ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Book of Harold

    The Illegitimate Son of God

    by Owen Egerton ...
    The Book of Harold is as profound and deeply respectful a novel as it is irreverent in its wild, often hilarious take on a modern messianic movement in suburbia. The titular and sometimes exasperating hero of this masterful satire is Harold Peeks, a middle-aged suburbanite living a lonely if typical modern life in the outskirts of Houston, Texas. His world feels bland and pointless until one ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Everyone Says That at the End of the World

    by Owen Egerton ...
    In this “often riotous, ultimately moving Cat’s Cradle for our time,” a Texas couple prepares for the apocalypse (Kirkus Reviews)In Austin, Milton and Rica are expecting their first child. It’s four days and counting. Not for the baby. But for the end of the world. Evidence: Haydon Brock, a godless television star has suddenly traded his Hollywood fame for salvation. A prophetic hermit crab is ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • How Best To Avoid Dying

    Stories

    by Owen Egerton ...
    In this devilishly clever collection of short fiction, renowned humorist Owen Egerton leads us on a wildly surprising, darkly comic, and often heart-wrenching ride into the terrible beauty of life's end. With razor wit and compassionate insight, Egerton has a crafted a work that brilliantly explores the pain and wonder of life, knowing that with the turn of any corner death could be panhandling ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

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    Hollow

    A Novel

    by Owen Egerton ...
    Narrated by Andrew Eiden ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 28 min

    When Oliver Bonds, a revered religious studies professor at the University of Texas, loses his toddler son and undergoes intense legal scrutiny over his involvement, grief engulfs him completely. His life is upended; Oliver loses his wife, home, and faith. Three years after his son's death, Oliver lives in a shack without electricity and frequents the soup kitchen where he used to volunteer. It's ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Campaign of 1812

    Enriched edition. Decoding Napoleon's Russian Invasion: Strategy, Tactics, and Human Toll in the Campaign of 1812

    In "The Campaign of 1812," Carl Von Clausewitz meticulously analyzes the military strategies, political decisions, and societal impacts surrounding Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Written in a style that intertwines rigorous military analysis with philosophical insights, this work exemplifies Clausewitz's famous dictum that war is merely the continuation of politics by other means. He delves deep ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Death is Hard Work

    A Novel

    Narrated by Neil Shah ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 51 min

    Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination.Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Beast

    Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail

    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 15 min

    One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Óscar Martínez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Man Walks into a Bar

    Over 6,000 of the Most Hilarious Jokes, Funniest Insults and Gut-Busting One-Liners

    A massive collection of laugh-out-loud jokes—arranged A-to-Z by subject!•Did you hear about the flasher who was thinking of retiring? He finally decided to stick it out for one more year!•A dog with three legs walks into a Wild West bar and says, "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."•Where do you get virgin wool from? An ugly sheep!•What did the blonde say when she looked into a box of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Still Life with Bread Crumbs

    A Novel

    by Anna Quindlen ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “marvelous romantic comedy” (The New York Times Book Review) from Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anna Quindlen“[A] wise tale about second chances, starting over, and going after what is most important in life.”—Minneapolis Star TribuneStill Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait ... Read more

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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Cheer

    Stories about the Love, Inspiration, and Joy of Christmas

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Cheer will warm readers’ hearts and spread the wonder of the holiday season with its tales of love and joy. A fantastic holiday gift for the young and young at heart.Everyone loves Christmas and the holiday season. We reunite scattered family members, watch the wonder in a child’s eyes, and feel the joy of giving gifts. The rituals of the holiday season give a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • You've Been Warned

    In this twisty thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, going home for the holidays can be murder when Thanksgiving takes a dark, supernatural turn.Kristin Burns has lived her life by the philosophy "Don't think, just shoot"—pictures, that is. Struggling to make ends meet, she works full-time as a nanny for the fabulously wealthy Turnbull family, looking after their two wonderful children ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD