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Book of Longing
by Leonard Cohen
Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is one of the legendary writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is his dazzling new collection of poetry -- twenty years in the making -- written on southern California's Mount Baldy and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. Following his highly acclaimed 1984 publication, Book of Mercy , and... (more)
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The Favourite Game
by Leonard Cohen
In this unforgettable novel, Leonard Cohen boldly etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal. Life for Breavman is made up of dazzling colour – a series of motion pictures fed through a high-speed projector: the half-understood death of his father; the adult games of love and war, with their infinite capacity for fantasy and cruelty; his secret experiments... (more)
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The Spanish Doctor
by Matt Cohen
One of Matt Cohen`s great gifts as a writer was that he refused to sit still and be pigeon-holed for one particular style of story. He turned his pen to everything from the genius of the Salem novels to the carefree beauty of Teddy Jam`s children`s books to the epic saga of The Spanish Doctor (first published in 1985) Set in Spain at the beginning of the great era of Jewish persecution in the 15th century, The... (more)
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Belle Du Seigneur
by Albert Cohen
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Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashana Ride [ENGINEER ARI & THE ROSH HA -OS] [Library Binding]
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Secret Genealogy
by Suellen Ocean
Secret Genealogy is a “must read” for those who want to trace their ancestry into antiquity. Suellen Ocean believes that many American surnames were originally of Jewish descent. “There are millions of people out there who don’t know who they descend from. Americans should reopen their family albums and look deeper into the meanings of names in their family trees and symbols in their coats of arms. Names... (more)
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Without Tess
by Marcella Fleischman Pixley
Tess and Lizzie are sisters, sisters as close as can be, who share a secret world filled with selkies, flying horses, and a girl who can transform into a wolf in the middle of the night. But when Lizzie is ready to grow up, Tess clings to their fantasies. As Tess sinks deeper and deeper into her delusions, she decides that she can’t live in the real world any longer and leaves Lizzie and her family forever. Now,... (more)
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Columbus and the fat lady, and other storiesMatt Cohen
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Columbus and the fat lady, and other stories
by Matt Cohen
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The Colours of War (Canadian Literature Classics)
by Matt Cohen
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Death of a Lady's Man
by Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal in 1934. He received his B.A. from McGill University and pursued graduate studies in English at Columbia University. Soon thereafter, he returned to Montreal and worked in his family’s clothing business while he continued to write poetry. His artistic career began in 1956 with the publication of Let Us Compare Mythologies . He has published nine collections of poetry, most... (more)
Korsoniloff, (Spiderline edition)Matt Cohen
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by Matt Cohen
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The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone (Canadian Literature Classics)
by Matt Cohen
The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone , first published in 1979, is one of Matt Cohen's four novels that came to be known as the Salem quartet--stories set in the fictional town of Salem in eastern Ontario, somewhere north of Kingston in the rugged farmland and forest of the Canadian Shield. These are the novels that first brought Matt Cohen to national attention. The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone , a... (more)
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A Chance Meeting
by Rachel Cohen
Each chapter of "A Chance Meeting" takes up an actual encounter between two historical figures. As Rachel Cohen writes in her introduction: 'They met in ordinary ways - a careful arrangement after long admiration, a friend's casual introduction, or because they both just happened to be standing near the drinks. They talked to each other for a few hours or for forty years, and later it seemed to them impossible... (more)
Leonard Cohen Selected Poems 1956 - 1968Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen Selected Poems 1956 - 1968
by Leonard Cohen
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BOOKSELLER, The
by Matt Cohen
Paul Stevens enters a world of anxious curiosity as he struggles to know more about his new love, Judith, after discovering that his gambling brother, Henry, knows her through a mutual connection in her secret past.
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Animal Rights: A Beginner's Guide
A Handbook of Issues, Organizations, Actions, and Resources
by Amy Blount Achor
Animal Rights covers a wealth of information on a controversial topic. Numerous aspects of this often volatile issue are addressed in a clearly written and carefully organized four-part presentation. "Issues" are covered in two introductory chapters, offering an overview of animal rights and violence towards animals, followed by six chapters devoted to discussions of specific issues, including companion animals,... (more)
Famous Curses (Archway Paperback)Daniel Cohen
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Famous Curses (Archway Paperback)
by Daniel Cohen
Presents the stories behind and discusses the validity of such famous curses as those associated with King Tut's tomb and the Hope diamond.
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GETTING LUCKY Stories
by Matt Cohen
Songs of Love and HateLeonard Cohen
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Songs of Love and Hate
by Leonard Cohen
Illustrated songbook from album of same name by singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen. Includes many photos of Cohen and article/interview with Cohen that originally appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine. The music notation includes guitar tablature. Songs included are: "Avalanche", "Sing Another Aong, Boys", "Famous Blue Raincoat", "No Diamonds in the Mine", "Last Year's Man", "Love Calls You By Your Name", "Joan of Arc",... (more)