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Ampersand Dewey Divas Adult Spring 2018 December 19th, 2017 Paperback | $17.99 The Showrunner Fiction Dundurn Kim Moritsugu Jun 2, 2018 The hiring of a new assistant triggers a power struggle between an aging TV show creator and her former protégée. Ctn Qty: 40 304 pages 5.50" x 8.50" x 1.00" Rising-star showrunner Stacey McCreedy has one goal: to leave behind her nerd-girl origins and become a power player — like Ann Dalloni, her former mentor and current producing partner. Ann, meanwhile, is feeling her age and losing her mind. But she’ll be damned if she cedes control of their hit primetime TV show to 9781459740976 Stacey. ... [more] After Ann hires Jenna, a young actress hoping to restart her stalled career, as an assistant, the relationship between Ann and Stacey deteriorates into a blood feud. Soon, Jenna must choose whom to support and whom to betray to achieve her own ends. 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Alison Moore moves deftly from flash fictions to novella, from insightful realism to chilling gothic 288 pages horror. With the same emotional tension and tightly controlled prose that garnered her first novel such 5.00" x 7.75" x 0.52" accolades, Moore once again shines a light into the darkest corners of the human heart and stares unflinchingly at the horrors found there. 9781771962155 Paperback | $19.99 Why Indigenous Literatures Matter Social Science Indigenous Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Daniel Heath Justice Press Part survey of the field of Indigenous literary studies, part cultural history, and part literary polemic, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter asserts the vital significance of literary expression to the political, creative, Feb 28, 2018 and intellectual efforts of Indigenous peoples today. In considering the connections between literature and lived Ctn Qty: 1 experience, this book contemplates four key questions at the heart of Indigenous kinship traditions: How do we 260 pages learn to be human? How do we become good relatives? How do we become good ancestors? How do we learn to live together? Blending personal narrative and broader historical and cultural analysis with close readings of 5.25" x 8.00" x 0.50" key creative and critical texts, Justice argues that Indigenous writers engage with these questions in part to 9781771121767 challenge settler-colonial policies and practices that have targeted Indigenous connections to land, history, family, and self. More importantly, Indigenous writers imaginatively engage the many ways that communities and individuals have sought to nurture these relationships and project them into the future. ... [more] This provocative volume challenges readers to critically consider and rethink their assumptions about Indigenous literature, history, and politics while never forgetting the emotional connections of our shared humanity and the power of story to effect personal and social change. Written with a generalist reader firmly in mind, but addressing issues of interest to specialists in the field, this book welcomes new audiences to Indigenous literary studies while offering more seasoned readers a renewed appreciation Pagefor these 1 transformative literary traditions. Ampersand Dewey Divas Adult Spring 2018 December 19th, 2017 Paperback | $34.95 Ms. Prime Minister: Gender, Media, and Leadership Political Science University of Toronto Linda Trimble Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Ms. Prime Minister offers both solace and words of caution for women politicians. After closely analyzing the media coverage of former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell; two former Prime Ministers of New Zealand, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark; and Australia’s 27th Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Linda Trimble concludes that Jan 11, 2018 reporting both reinforces and contests unfair gender norms. News about female leaders gives undue attention Ctn Qty: to their gender identities, bodies and family lives. Yet equivalent men are also treated to evaluations of their 328 pages gendered personas. And, as Trimble finds, some media accounts expose sexism and authenticate women's 6.00" x 9.00" performances of leadership. Ms. Prime Minister provides important insight into the news frameworks that work 9781442613638 to deny or confer political legitimacy. It concludes with advice designed to inform the gender strategies of women who aspire to political leadership roles and the reporting techniques of the journalists who cover them. Paperback | $19.95 Homes: A Refugee Story Biography & Autobiography Abu Bakr al Rabeeah , Winnie Yeung Freehand Books In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria - just before the Syrian civil war broke out. Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the violence May 1, 2018 began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. Ctn Qty: Homes tells of the strange juxtapositions of growing up in a war zone: horrific, unimaginable events punctuated 190 pages by normalcy - soccer, cousins, video games, friends. Homes is the remarkable true story of how a young boy 5.00" x 7.50" emerged from a war zone - and found safety in Canada - with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria. As told to her by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, writer Winnie Yeung has crafted 9781988298283 a heartbreaking, hopeful, and urgently necessary book that provides a window into understanding Syria. Hardcover | $28.00 Life and Soul: How to Live a Long and Healthy Life Biography & Autobiography William Roache Hay House In his first memoir,Soul on the Street, Britain’s most beloved actor William Roache shared his spiritual beliefs and experiences with the public for the first time. These included his ability to see spirits, his interest in May 1, 2018 astrology and druid philosophy, and his belief in reincarnation, past lives, and the afterlife. Ctn Qty: 12 5.50" x 8.50" His first memoir was an open letter to his fans, who had often written to him not knowing where else to turn for information regarding life’s deepest questions. Now, inLife and Soul, William shares his most recent life experiences and the wisdom gained through these. 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FromNew York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams – a compelling portrait of one of America’s most beloved and misunderstood entertainers. May 15, 2018 Ctn Qty: 16 From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role inMork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning 544 pages performance inGood Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all 6.12" x 9.25" with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning 9781627794244 speed.But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’s comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt, which he drew upon in his comedy and in celebrated films likeDead Poets Society;Good Morning, Vietnam;The Fisher King;Aladdin; andMrs.