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In "Made for Happiness, " Jean Vanier offers an uplifting, contemporary, and practical application of philosophy to human needs and yearnings. Inviting readers to look with fresh eyes at theories of happiness written over two millennia ago, Vanier builds on the philosophical work of his youth as he examines the basis for modern moral philosophy and its role in people's lives today. The book uncovers useful links between psychology, spiritualit...

One of our deepest human desires and needs is to live in peace. We all yearn for peace, but what is it exactly? How do we find it, and how can we bring peace to our lives and our communities? Jean Vanier reflects on recent world events, identifying the sources of conflict and fear within and among individuals, communities, and nations that thwart us in our quest for peace. Peace is not just the work of governments or armies or diplomats, he ar...

The appearance of Margaret Atwood's first major collection of poetry marked the beginning of a truly outstanding career in Canadian and international letters. The voice in these poems is as witty, vulnerable, direct, and incisive as we've come to know in later works, such as Power Politics, Bodily Harm, and Alias Grace. Atwood writes compassionately about the risks of love in a technological age, and the quest for identity in a universe that c...

In this delightful novel, both humankind's smallest problems and largest questions occupy the same delightful stage. Terry's on-and-off job allows him to take care of his baby son, Etienne, while wife Carmen works as a waitress and aspiring manager of a popular pool lounge. Terry loves the "I Ching" and has been consulting his oracle daily. Sometimes he also visits his friend Zed, who is converting an old building into lofts and a cultural cen...

<, div>, The poetry in Furious is charged with Mour&, #233, 's characteristic energy and wit as she explores the limits of "pure" reason and the language of power. There is, too, a fresh and often celebratory look at love, and, in an unusual finale, The Acts, Mour&, #233, challenges us to explore a feminist aesthetic: of thinking, of the page, of working life and the possibility of poetry.<, /div>,

Erin Moure's third collection of poetry confirmed her reputation as a major Canadian poet. She writes of the Canadian West, the railroad, the abrasions of love and politics, the miracle of words and ordinary places--with special emphasis on the hearts, minds, and voices of women.

Grazia dei Rossi, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a "secret book, ” written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties to her Jewish roots. As she re-creates Renaissance Italy in ca...

In this graceful, haunting, and evocative novel, the Gulf War becomes a touchstone for Suzanne's meditation on her mother's life in World War II. Taken is a tribute to women whose lives have been taken by war. In the end, out of the wreckage of grief, pain and power, love and light--however changed--endure.

In a society where we discuss sex openly, the most embarrassing secret is to admit that you can't make "it" happen. I'm Coming is a hilarious and provocative novel about why women fake it.Ever since her sexual debut, Julie has faked orgasms. One day she decides she's had enough and locks herself in the bedroom with food, baby oil, and Mr. Rabbit - a vibrator with a thirty-day orgasm guarantee. Lying in bed she reviews her sexual history: boyfr...

From trips to the market to lighting entire cities, power is pivotal to the simplest of everyday necessities. Wars are fought over it, the planet is polluted by it, but now its price has become too high. Are we capable of shifting to cleaner, safer, more reliable sources of energy? "Fueling the Future" gathers the best and brightest minds in the field -- thinkers like Jeremy Rifkin, L. Hunter Lovins, and Allison MacFarlane -- and uses their co...

On the surface, the Paul family is living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife, Katriina, has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of Helsinki. But look closer and the cracks start to show.As Max approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of his life begin to dissolve. He hasn't produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer...

George Grant--philosopher, conservative, Canadian nationalist, Christian--was one of Canada's most significant thinkers, and the author of Lament for a Nation, Technology and Justice, and English-Speaking Justice. In Technology and Empire, his comments on technology, religion, the university, political structures, and the significance of modern life are perhaps the most disturbing and enlightening to come from any Canadian philosopher.

In History's People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some little-known, who stand out for her. Some have changed the course of history and even directed the currents of their times. Others are memorable for being risk-takers, adventurers, or observers. She looks at the concept of leadership through Bismarck and the unification of Germa...

Launched to prominence with her first collection of poems, Karen Solie continued her upward trajectory with Modern and Normal. Now, with Pigeon, this singer of existential bewilderment takes another step forward. She finds an analog for the divine in a massive, new model tractor and an analogue for the malign in the face of the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez. Her poems are X-rays of delusions and mistaken perceptions, intellectual exploratio...

Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera and for falling down drunk in public. Now, she has no job, no relationship with her long-lost son, and a sad shortage of tranquilizers - but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely).But when Frances Bleeker - an insecure and not very successful American tabloid journalist...

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Each year, the best books of poetry published in English internationally and in Canada are honored with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's most prestigious and richest literary awards. Since 2001 this annual prize has acted as a tremendous spur to interest in and recognition of poetry, focusing worldwide attention on the formidable talent of poets writing in English and works in translation. And each year The Griffin Poetry Prize Ant...