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Par Northrop Frye. 1982
Par Frederick Porter Hitz. 2004
A study of how the literature of espionage compares with its actual practice, written by a former CIA officer. Hitz…
concludes that in most instances truth is more surprising and peculiar than fiction. For espionage fans interested in an insider's assessment of the reality behind the entertainment. Some strong language. 2004.Par P. K Page. 1985
Par Bruce Meyer. 2000
Meyer shows how all the greats - Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare and numerous other classic writers - are still…
very relevant. Using his trademark approach to reading and understanding, he takes readers on an exciting voyage of discovery through some of the most important works of Western literature. 2000.Par Robertson Davies, Judith Skelton Grant. 1979
Par Northrop Frye, Robert D Denham. 2001
Frye's entries contain self-analysis and self-revelation, as well as humour, dark moods and claustrophobia, and some self-congratulating. They also serve…
as a chronicle of Frye's life, as we watch him teach classes, plan his career, record his dreams, register his reactions to the people he meets, and reflect on books, music, movies, and religious and political issues. Some strong language. 2001.Par Karen Elizabeth Gordon. 1997
Par John Ralston Saul. 2014
Presents a powerful portrait of modern Aboriginal life in Canada, in contrast with the perceived failings so often portrayed in…
politics and in media. The author illustrates his arguments by compiling a remarkable selection of letters, speeches and writings by Aboriginal leaders and thinkers, showcasing the extraordinarily rich, moving and stable indigenous point of view across the centuries. 2014.Par George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sonia Orwell. 1970
Par Margaret Atwood. 2017
Margaret Atwood considers the Canadian literary landscape of the 1960s to be like the Burgess Shale, a geological formation that…
contains the fossils of many weird and strange early life forms, different from but not unrelated to contemporary writerly ones. Atwood also gives readers some insight into the fashions and foibles of those times. Her recollections and anecdotes offer a wry and often humorous look at the early days of the institutions taken for granted today - from writers' unions and grant programs to book tours and festivals. 2017.Par Northrop Frye. 1971
Dr. Frye has collected all his essays on Canadian writing and painting which he believes are of permanent value. Includes…
his annual surveys of English Canadian poetry which originally appeared between 1950 and 1960.Par Edwidge Danticat. 2017
A personal account of the author's mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other…
writers have approached death in their own work. The book moves outward from the shock of her mother's diagnosis and sifts through Danticat's writing life and personal history. 2017Par Brent Stonefish. 2007
This informative guide will help First Nation, Métis and Inuit adult learners excel and achieve their educational goals when attending…
a post-secondary program. It looks at the various aspects of student life that one may face while going to school. 2007.Par Margaret Atwood. 1972
Originally published in 1972, Atwood's book redefined what made this country's literature unique in a landscape dominated by its British…
and American counterparts. She describes the struggle of local writers to survive this dominance, eventually asserting that there is a distinct Canadian literature, with its own preoccupations, themes, and ideas specific to its history, geopolitics, and landscape. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004, c1972.Par John Lawrence Reynolds. 2006
A comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at the origins and history, rituals and initiations, artifacts, secret signs, languages and famous members of…
the most notorious secret societies of all time. Included are the Cosa Nostra, Al Qaeda, the Triads, Wicca, Skull & Bones, the Freemasons, and the Druids. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.Par Suzanne Fournier, Ernie Crey. 1997
Describes the treatment of aboriginal children in Canada who were taken to live in residential schools. The story is told…
using interviews and anecdotes shared by those who attended the schools. The current state of aboriginal affairs is also discussed. 1997.Par Al Purdy, Sam Solecki. 1995
A collection of essays, anecdotes, travel pieces, and criticism by Canadian poet Al Purdy. The pieces are divided into essays…
on encountering the world through Canadian sensibilities, opinions on other writers like Charles Bukowski, Margaret Atwood, and Bliss Carman, and reviews of poets like bill bissett and Russian Anna Akhmatova. 1995.Par Michelle Dean. 2018
Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet…
Malcolm. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history of America in the twentieth century, arguing as fervently with each other as they did with the sexist attitudes of the men who often undervalued their work as critics and essayists. 2018.Par Margaret Atwood. 1995
The author writes of the imaginative mystique of the Canadian North. In discussing the work of writers like Robert Service,…
Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, and Margaret Laurence, she talks of northern folklore, myth, and imagery. Originally presented as the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University. 1995.