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Cosmic Wonder
Our Place in the Epic Story of the Universe
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901596
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Embark on a humorous and detailed cosmic journey with science writer Nathan Hellner-Mestelman in Cosmic Wonder: Our Place in the Epic Story of the Universe. From the absurd speeds of our tiny planet to the depths of the universe, this guide offers a funny, deep, and insightful exploration.
Warning: Prepare for an existential crisis as you ponder our cosmic origins, connections-and the riveting cascade of destruction that binds us to the cosmos. Buckle up for a brain-tingling rollercoaster ride to the edge of the universe and back.
Seeking Asylum
Building a Shareable World
Price:
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901527
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
The author of the bestselling We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada (LLP 2022), Toula Drimonis traces the history of sanctuary, examines myths about refugees and migrants, and interviews with migration.
Here Is Still Here
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901466
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Isabel, raised in a family of post-war Jewish immigrants in Canada, embarks on a journey to find love, purpose and home, navigating between Montreal and Jerusalem. In Here Is Still Here, Sivan Slapak explores human connection and identity with compassion and wit, reminding us that no matter how far you go, you remain yourself.
The Storm of Progress
Climate Change, AI, and the Roots of Our Dangerous Ethical Myopia
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901497
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
We need to ask: what kind of 'progress' leads to the destruction of humanity's basic habitat, even its basic identity? How could it be that more science and less superstition; more observation, less presumption; more reason, less emotion-all these good things-how could it be that they are what has led us into existential peril? The short answer is that it is not these ideas that are at fault. The problem lies in more fundamental attitudes to human nature itself that underlie the Enlightenment vision.
How Did I Get Here?
A Writer's Education
Price:
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781773901404
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Award-winning author mixes memoir and fiction, truth and make-believe in mediations on his youth, his education, and the influences that led to his writing career.
A Ramshackle Home
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901435
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Felicia Mihali's début novel in French was compared with Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel by celebrated Quebec author Marie-Claire Blais. The English version, A Ramshackle Home, will enable English readers to savour the subtlety and grace of Mihali's writing.
Scar Tissue
Tracing Motherhood
Price:
CA$18.95
ISBN: 9781773901374
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Mothers are created by the existence of their children, and then simultaneously expanded and abbreviated by maternity as a social category. An almost impossible intimacy.
Dear Humans
A Letter from the Animals
Price:
CA$18.95
ISBN: 9781773901312
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
The Earth is changing fast. When they realize that humans are behind the destruction, the animals must act quickly. Could they send them to another planet? Maybe the humans need help? The animals write a letter to remind humans how they were meant to live on this Earth. And how to turn things around before it's too late.
Where They Stood
The Evolution of the Black Anglo Community in Montreal
Price:
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901343
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Where They Stood examines the Black history of Montreal to tell the stories of those who made a thriving community possible.
An Opera in 3 Acts, Starring Gino Quilico
Price:
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9781773901244
Pub Date: October 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Connie Guzzo-McParland writes her own aria with this real-life Quilico family dynasty that takes us through the international world of opera??all its high notes, tragedies and artistry intact.
We, the Others
Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901213
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
We, the Others explores the xenophobia, ethno-nationalism, and the fear of the "other? that is at the root of the belief that immigration is a polluting force.
Gleaned from the author's personal family history as the second-generation daughter of Greek immigrants, and from her research as a journalist and columnist covering identity politics and social issues in Quebec, it is a poignant look at inter-generational struggles, conflicting loyalties and heartfelt questions of belonging.
Mukbang
Price:
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781773901183
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Kim Delorme is uninterested in the world beyond her computer screen, instead living on a diet of video games, early 2000s Internet videos, and fads. It's not long before she discovers mukbangs, a voyeuristic world where people overeat in front of the camera. But a horrifying incident halts her ascension into their ranks, creating a shock wave that affects everyone in her life.
Mukbang is a grimy, shocking, and darkly funny dive into our relationships with food, self-image, and intimacy.
Can't Help Falling
A Long Road to Motherhood
Price:
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901084
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
In this memoir, Tarah Schwartz puts words to excruciating loss as she recounts her unexpected and deeply inspiring journey to motherhood. As a long time news reporter, she spent years working in front of a television camera, telling stories that reflected the power of the human spirit to survive. This time she tells her own.
Firebrands
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901053
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Philippe is a creature of habit now, a man of routine. Trapped in an uninspiring job, with a wife, two children, and an uneventful life in the suburbs of Montreal, his student days spent chasing neo-Nazis across Europe was a lifetime ago. Until a ghost from the past turns up on his doorstep.An old friend convinces Philippe to return to his activist ways, leaving everything behind to hunt down a dangerous band of white supremacists.
Lea
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901022
Pub Date: February 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
How do you change the world? Based on the true story of Léa Roback, this novel brings to life a heroine emboldened by struggle and by the still-resonant terrors of her historical moment.
No Crystal Stair
Price:
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773900919
Pub Date: October 2021
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
A Black community in 1940s Montreal, a woman who must pass as white in order to get a job, a family struggling to maintain dignity and joy. No Crystal Stair is a seminal novel of an era and a racism that continues to reverberate.
Cosmic Wonder
Our Place in the Epic Story of the Universe
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901596
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Embark on a humorous and detailed cosmic journey with science writer Nathan Hellner-Mestelman in Cosmic Wonder: Our Place in the Epic Story of the Universe. From the absurd speeds of our tiny planet to the depths of the universe, this guide offers a funny, deep, and insightful exploration.
Warning: Prepare for an existential crisis as you ponder our cosmic origins, connections-and the riveting cascade of destruction that binds us to the cosmos. Buckle up for a brain-tingling rollercoaster ride to the edge of the universe and back.
Seeking Asylum
Building a Shareable World
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901527
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
The author of the bestselling We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada (LLP 2022), Toula Drimonis traces the history of sanctuary, examines myths about refugees and migrants, and interviews with migration.
Here Is Still Here
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901466
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Isabel, raised in a family of post-war Jewish immigrants in Canada, embarks on a journey to find love, purpose and home, navigating between Montreal and Jerusalem. In Here Is Still Here, Sivan Slapak explores human connection and identity with compassion and wit, reminding us that no matter how far you go, you remain yourself.
The Storm of Progress
Climate Change, AI, and the Roots of Our Dangerous Ethical Myopia
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901497
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
We need to ask: what kind of 'progress' leads to the destruction of humanity's basic habitat, even its basic identity? How could it be that more science and less superstition; more observation, less presumption; more reason, less emotion-all these good things-how could it be that they are what has led us into existential peril? The short answer is that it is not these ideas that are at fault. The problem lies in more fundamental attitudes to human nature itself that underlie the Enlightenment vision.
How Did I Get Here?
A Writer's Education
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781773901404
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Award-winning author mixes memoir and fiction, truth and make-believe in mediations on his youth, his education, and the influences that led to his writing career.
A Ramshackle Home
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901435
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Felicia Mihali's début novel in French was compared with Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel by celebrated Quebec author Marie-Claire Blais. The English version, A Ramshackle Home, will enable English readers to savour the subtlety and grace of Mihali's writing.
Scar Tissue
Tracing Motherhood
CA$18.95
ISBN: 9781773901374
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Mothers are created by the existence of their children, and then simultaneously expanded and abbreviated by maternity as a social category. An almost impossible intimacy.
Dear Humans
A Letter from the Animals
CA$18.95
ISBN: 9781773901312
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
The Earth is changing fast. When they realize that humans are behind the destruction, the animals must act quickly. Could they send them to another planet? Maybe the humans need help? The animals write a letter to remind humans how they were meant to live on this Earth. And how to turn things around before it's too late.
Where They Stood
The Evolution of the Black Anglo Community in Montreal
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901343
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Where They Stood examines the Black history of Montreal to tell the stories of those who made a thriving community possible.
An Opera in 3 Acts, Starring Gino Quilico
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9781773901244
Pub Date: October 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Connie Guzzo-McParland writes her own aria with this real-life Quilico family dynasty that takes us through the international world of opera??all its high notes, tragedies and artistry intact.
We, the Others
Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781773901213
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
We, the Others explores the xenophobia, ethno-nationalism, and the fear of the "other? that is at the root of the belief that immigration is a polluting force.
Gleaned from the author's personal family history as the second-generation daughter of Greek immigrants, and from her research as a journalist and columnist covering identity politics and social issues in Quebec, it is a poignant look at inter-generational struggles, conflicting loyalties and heartfelt questions of belonging.
Mukbang
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781773901183
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Kim Delorme is uninterested in the world beyond her computer screen, instead living on a diet of video games, early 2000s Internet videos, and fads. It's not long before she discovers mukbangs, a voyeuristic world where people overeat in front of the camera. But a horrifying incident halts her ascension into their ranks, creating a shock wave that affects everyone in her life.
Mukbang is a grimy, shocking, and darkly funny dive into our relationships with food, self-image, and intimacy.
Can't Help Falling
A Long Road to Motherhood
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901084
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
In this memoir, Tarah Schwartz puts words to excruciating loss as she recounts her unexpected and deeply inspiring journey to motherhood. As a long time news reporter, she spent years working in front of a television camera, telling stories that reflected the power of the human spirit to survive. This time she tells her own.
Firebrands
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901053
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Philippe is a creature of habit now, a man of routine. Trapped in an uninspiring job, with a wife, two children, and an uneventful life in the suburbs of Montreal, his student days spent chasing neo-Nazis across Europe was a lifetime ago. Until a ghost from the past turns up on his doorstep.An old friend convinces Philippe to return to his activist ways, leaving everything behind to hunt down a dangerous band of white supremacists.
Lea
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901022
Pub Date: February 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
How do you change the world? Based on the true story of Léa Roback, this novel brings to life a heroine emboldened by struggle and by the still-resonant terrors of her historical moment.
No Crystal Stair
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773900919
Pub Date: October 2021
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
A Black community in 1940s Montreal, a woman who must pass as white in order to get a job, a family struggling to maintain dignity and joy. No Crystal Stair is a seminal novel of an era and a racism that continues to reverberate.