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Throwaway Daughter

by Ting-Xing Ye ...

Narrated by Stephanie Belding, Garland Chang, Annie Chen, Rong Fu, John Ng, Diana Tso ...

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5 hours 56 min

A Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel.Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

A Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel.Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical
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Songs for the End of the World

A Novel

by Saleema Nawaz ...

Narrated by Alex Paxton-Beesley, Amelia Sargisson, Tyrone Savage, Braden Wright, David Reale, Christina Ho, Douglas E. Hughes, Stephanie Belding, John Fray, Victoria Carr, Ali Hassan, Odario Williams, Nana aba Duncan, Amy Matysio ...

Unabridged

14 hours 40 min

**"In these dark days, Saleema Nawaz dares to write of hope. Songs for the End of the World is a loving, vivid, tenderly felt novel about men, women, and a possible apocalypse. I couldn't put it down." –Sean Michaels, author of Us Conductors and The WagersNATIONAL BESTSELLER. An immersive, deeply engaging, and hopeful novel about the power of human connection in a time of crisis, as the bonds of ... Read more

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**"In these dark days, Saleema Nawaz dares to write of hope. Songs for the End of the World is a loving, vivid, tenderly felt novel about men, women, and a possible apocalypse. I couldn't put it down." –Sean Michaels, author of Us Conductors and The WagersNATIONAL BESTSELLER. An immersive, deeply engaging, and hopeful novel about the power of human connection in a time of crisis, as the bonds of
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Girl at the Edge of Sky

by Lilian Nattel ...

Narrated by Stephanie Belding ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLERGirl at the Edge of Sky is a unique, thrilling, sometimes terrifying novel based on the life and death of Lily Litvyak, a female Soviet flying ace and fighter pilot shot down behind German lines in the Second World War. From the bestselling author of Web of Angels and The River Midnight.Lily Litvyak is no one's idea of a fighter pilot: a tiny, dimpled teenager with golden curls ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERGirl at the Edge of Sky is a unique, thrilling, sometimes terrifying novel based on the life and death of Lily Litvyak, a female Soviet flying ace and fighter pilot shot down behind German lines in the Second World War. From the bestselling author of Web of Angels and The River Midnight.Lily Litvyak is no one's idea of a fighter pilot: a tiny, dimpled teenager with golden curls
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Burning Questions

Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004-2022

by Margaret Atwood ...

Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Omar El Akkad, Naomi Alderman, Stephanie Belding, Amanda Cordner, Lorna Crozier, Tess Degenstein, Ann Dowd, Esi Edugyan, Kaniehtiio Horn0, Amelia Sargisson1, Ann-Marie MacDonald2 ...

Unabridged

19 hours 28 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays--funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient--which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:**Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?How can we live on our planet?Is it true? And is it fair?What do zombies have to do ... Read more

$36.95 CAD

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays--funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient--which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:**Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?How can we live on our planet?Is it true? And is it fair?What do zombies have to do
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Binge

60 stories to make your brain feel different

by Douglas Coupland ...

Narrated by Douglas Coupland, Salvatore Antonio, Stephanie Belding, Victoria Carr, Jarvis Cocker, Bret Easton Ellis, Anna Faris, Will Ferguson, Genki Ferguson, Chuck Klosterman0, Andrew Moodie1, Jane Pratt2, Katie Ryerson3, Michael Stipe4 ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

The first new work of fiction since 2013 from one of Canada's most successful, idiosyncratic and world-defining writers, Douglas Coupland. He's called it Binge because it's impossible to read just one.Imagine feeling 100% alive every moment of every minute of the day! Maybe that's how animals live. Or trees, even. I sometimes stare at the plastic bag tree visible from my apartment window and ... Read more

$29.95 CAD

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The first new work of fiction since 2013 from one of Canada's most successful, idiosyncratic and world-defining writers, Douglas Coupland. He's called it Binge because it's impossible to read just one.Imagine feeling 100% alive every moment of every minute of the day! Maybe that's how animals live. Or trees, even. I sometimes stare at the plastic bag tree visible from my apartment window and
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Cascade

by Craig Davidson ...

Narrated by Stephanie Belding, Steve Byers, Anand Rajaram, Timothy Carlson, Aurora Browne, Matt Hawkins ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDSFrom the bestselling author of The Saturday Night Ghost Club and Canada Reads-finalist Precious Cargo comes this supremely satisfying collection of stories.Reminiscent of Stephen King's brilliantly cinematic short stories that went on to inspire films such as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, here's a collection crackling with Craig Davidson's ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDSFrom the bestselling author of The Saturday Night Ghost Club and Canada Reads-finalist Precious Cargo comes this supremely satisfying collection of stories.Reminiscent of Stephen King's brilliantly cinematic short stories that went on to inspire films such as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, here's a collection crackling with Craig Davidson's
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The Night Piece

Collected Short Fiction

by André Alexis ...

Narrated by Andrew Moodie ...

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11 hours 7 min

A career-spanning collection of stories from the author of Fifteen Dogs, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and Canada Reads.Vivid, profound, moving, and with moments of sly humour, the stories in The Night Piece reveal worlds both familiar and deeply strange. Drawing from Alexis's acclaimed debut collection, Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa, and the ... Read more

$34.95 CAD

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A career-spanning collection of stories from the author of Fifteen Dogs, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and Canada Reads.Vivid, profound, moving, and with moments of sly humour, the stories in The Night Piece reveal worlds both familiar and deeply strange. Drawing from Alexis's acclaimed debut collection, Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa, and the
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Son of Elsewhere

A Memoir in Pieces

by Elamin Abdelmahmoud ...

Narrated by Elamin Abdelmahmoud ...

Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom one of the most beloved media personalities of his generation comes a one-of-a-kind reflection on Blackness, faith, language, pop culture, and the challenges and rewards of finding your way in the world.Professional wrestling super fandom, Ontario's endlessly unfurling 401 highway, late nights at the convenience store listening to heavy metal—for writer and podcast host ... Read more

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom one of the most beloved media personalities of his generation comes a one-of-a-kind reflection on Blackness, faith, language, pop culture, and the challenges and rewards of finding your way in the world.Professional wrestling super fandom, Ontario's endlessly unfurling 401 highway, late nights at the convenience store listening to heavy metal—for writer and podcast host
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No Good Brother

by Tyler Keevil ...

Narrated by Robert G. Slade ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2018'A great, gripping story, ferociously well-written, with characters that live and breathe' STEF PENNEY, bestselling author of Under a Pole StarTim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed younger brother tracks him down at the shipyards in Vancouver, Tim senses ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2018'A great, gripping story, ferociously well-written, with characters that live and breathe' STEF PENNEY, bestselling author of Under a Pole StarTim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed younger brother tracks him down at the shipyards in Vancouver, Tim senses
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Actress

A Novel

by Anne Enright ...

Narrated by Anne Enright ...

Unabridged

8 hours 4 min

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2020Man Booker Prize-winner and bestselling author Anne Enright's latest--a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths.**This is the story of Irish theatre legend, Katherine O'Dell, as written by her daughter Norah. It tells of early stardom in Hollywood, of highs and lows on the stages of ... Read more

$29.95 CAD

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2020Man Booker Prize-winner and bestselling author Anne Enright's latest--a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths.**This is the story of Irish theatre legend, Katherine O'Dell, as written by her daughter Norah. It tells of early stardom in Hollywood, of highs and lows on the stages of
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Polar Vortex

by Shani Mootoo ...

Narrated by Sharon Lewis, Iris Quinn ...

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

Finalist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller PrizeSome secrets never die…Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque countryside town. What Alex doesn't know is that in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to ... Read more

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Finalist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller PrizeSome secrets never die…Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque countryside town. What Alex doesn't know is that in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to
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Pure Colour

by Sheila Heti ...

Narrated by Sheila Heti ...

Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

**WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER • THE GLOBE AND MAIL • VULTURE • CBC • GLAMOUR • READER'S DIGEST CANADA“True and newly alive.” —Los Angeles Times“One-of-a-kind. . . . nothing less than vital.” —The GuardianA new novel about art, love, death and time f... ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER • THE GLOBE AND MAIL • VULTURE • CBC • GLAMOUR • READER'S DIGEST CANADA“True and newly alive.” —Los Angeles Times“One-of-a-kind. . . . nothing less than vital.” —The GuardianA new novel about art, love, death and time f...
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