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{"id":6818430255163,"title":"Rebecca, Born in the Maelstrom","handle":"rebecca-born-in-the-maelstrom","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith this astounding fourth novel in her ongoing series of contemporary masterpieces (\u003cem\u003eThese Festive Nights\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThunder and Light\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAugustino and the Choir of Destruction\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRebecca, Born in the Maelstrom\u003c\/em\u003e), Marie-Claire Blais invites us again to enter a complex circle of unforgettable characters. But this time, the tone is different: Blais' writing has acquired a new, buoyant, electrifying rhythm -- a rhythm some critics have described as the heartbeat of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs we follow a central character named Rebecca, the voice in the novel becomes the voice of the world inventing itself, and the future playing itself out. 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Rebecca, Born in the Maelstrom
The fourth in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. The tone of the portrait of contemporary North America is different in this novel and Blais' prose has now acquired a buoyant, electrifying rhythm.
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Nothing for You Here, Young Man
The sixth in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. This novel is a dazzling, complex portrait of life that shows us how creativity and hope and suffering and exclusion intersect.
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Subway Stations of the Cross
A journey of an ancient faith in today’s restless world based on the solo show by critically acclaimed playwright and actor Ins Choi.
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Guacamole
Guacamole is the third title of Jorge Argueta's popular bilingual Cooking Poems series, celebrating the joys of preparing, eating and sharing food.
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Their work is as perfect today as it was the day they released it.” — \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Lennon, February 23, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_11_Auth":"Thomas Lennon","OtherText_Accolades_12":"\u003cp\u003e“The Kids in the Hall quoted to an acquaintance is the litmus test for friendship. Silly, subversive, intelligent comedy delivered with heart. They have no parallel.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBobcat Goldthwait, February 23, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_12_Auth":"Bobcat Goldthwait","OtherText_Accolades_13":"\u003cp\u003e“The Kids in the Hall set the tone for what sketch comedy could be. They showed that cultural impact was as important as comedy, and I don’t think there’s ever been a comedy troupe that’s been able to pull that off since.” — \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Stroumboulopoulos, February 23, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_13_Auth":"George Stroumboulopoulos","OtherText_Accolades_14":"\u003cp\u003e“Individually and collectively, The Kids in the Hall are some of the funniest people to ever do a sketch show, and Paul Myers is the perfect guy to write a book about them.” — \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Conniff, February 23, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_14_Auth":"Frank Conniff","OtherText_Accolades_15":"\u003cp\u003e“Everything they did was done with truth. And it was so refreshing, too. 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They were all so gifted, and their storytelling was very cool and sophisticated.” — \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Steinberg, February 23, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_16_Auth":"David Steinberg","OtherText_Accolades_17":"\u003cp\u003e“The Kids in the Hall are easily the most influential comedians of my generation and one of the greatest sketch troupes of all time.” — \u003cstrong\u003eKliph Nesteroff, author of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy, February 23, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_17_Auth":"Kliph Nesteroff, author of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Fred Armisen","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e“They were the step after Saturday Night Live. 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Additional details when they’re available.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Introduction to The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy (uncorrected)]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n \u003cp\u003eOn a spring-like Sunday evening in May of 2015, I entered San Francisco’s prestigious Warfield Theater to catch up with my old friends, the legendary comedy troupe known as the Kids In The Hall. As longtime stage director Jim Millan ushered me into the backstage domain, I found them distractedly immersed in their various pre-show rituals, and as usual, it fell to Kevin McDonald to be the first to greet me, offering drinks and snacks before walking me over to a large round table where Mark McKinney nodded hello from behind a newspaper and Bruce McCulloch broke briefly from a conversation with his wife Tracy to raise an eyebrow in lieu of a verbal greeting. A jittery Scott Thompson darted in and out of the room, seeming to have misplaced something important, while Dave Foley offered me a warm handshake with one hand while nursing a soft drink in the other, having recently gone on the wagon. By this point, I had known the troupe for over thirty years, but while these five middle-aged men had long since outgrown their childlike name, very little else seemed to have changed about them since the day we met. While a sense of imminent fun hung over the backstage area, this was not a party; these men were about to go to work at the job they had created for themselves back on the streets of Toronto in the early 80s. As curtain time approached, Millan politely asked all visitors to clear the room and take their seats, affording me my first opportunity to get an unscientific read on the age demographics of the 2300 fans in the sold-out house. Surprisingly, it wasn’t all silver foxes like myself and it seemed to me that roughly half the house was comprised of millennials or younger, a large cross-section of these people hadn’t even been born when \u003cem\u003eThe Kids In The Hall\u003c\/em\u003e TV series was still on network television in the early 1990s, and it was entirely possible that, for many, this was their first time at a Kids In The Hall live show. As the house lights dimmed, a recording of Shadowy Men on A Shadowy Planet’s “Having An Average Weekend,” the official theme for the Kids’ TV series, echoed through the auditorium to cheers of instant recognition. The air was as electric as I was nostalgic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eTaking in the moment I realized that the Kids and I had come a long way, some 30 years and 2,634 miles (4239 km) to be precise, to get here. My mind raced back to Toronto in the winter of 1985, at the very show where I had first realized that maybe, just maybe, these guys had something special. As in all the best stories, it opens on a dark and stormy night, when an especially nasty blizzard was heaping obscene amounts of snow upon the city. TTC streetcars were backed up all along Queen Street and most major surface routes, and you couldn’t get a cab to save your life. Frankly, if you had nothing better to do, you were best advised to stay home under a blanket, preferably near a space heater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eYet some of us brave comedy aficionados \u003cem\u003edid\u003c\/em\u003e have something better to do, we who had bravely trudged through six-foot snowdrifts, past cars that wouldn’t be dug out until morning, just to get to a tiny cabaret bar called The Rivoli, where a photocopied poster on a telephone pole out front beckoned, “Man The Laff Boats, it’s The Kids In The Hall.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOnce safely inside the warm confines of the Riv, we bought our drinks from the bartender and talent booker, Carson, and took our seats just as Dave, Kevin, Bruce, Mark, and Scott commandeered two cramped but functional stages and went about the hilarious business of fulfilling their weekly residency. Besides the dreadful weather, the news that day had been dominated by a horrific Air India plane crash, and a kind of black cloud seemed to hang in the air above the city. Earlier that afternoon, the five Kids had huddled backstage to mull over whether they should even play the show at all, operating on the assumption that nobody would make it through the storm, or feel much like laughing if they did. Instead, they opted do the show anyway, for themselves, audience or not.\u003c\/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003e “The show went on,” says McDonald, “and for some reason, this became the first night that we had a lineup around the block and even had to turn people away. After that night, we always had a great audience at the Rivoli.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe troupe had been honing their act for months, and I had been laughing along with their uniquely suburban takes on social justice, big city life, and institutional hypocrisy. Week after week, I had witnessed them creating fresh new material out of the ether, creating new characters and forging a unique comedy aesthetic, right before our eyes. While clearly informed by \u003cem\u003eMonty Python’s Flying Circus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSCTV\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/em\u003e, their highly disruptive comedy that was as anarchic as any punk rock show playing in the neighbouring bars of the Queen Street strip. Sure they were all white males, but in the early 80s just having one of those white males be openly gay, and not always playing it for laughs, seemed revolutionary. While they played all the female roles themselves, it never seemed like a campy drag act, and their “ladies” were frequently the heroes of their scenes. While the name was already age inappropriate – even then, they were all in their early to mid-twenties -- it also announced them as perennial outsiders, the punks in the corridor, ready to break into the big room by any means necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eI had discovered them early on, and organically. After my younger brother, the sketch comedian and writer Mike Myers, had flourished at the Second City Theatre’s comedy workshops, I found myself following him to class and soon I too was learning the ways and history of improv comedy alongside my fellow students, Kevin and Dave. They said they had been doing shows and that I should come to see them. As fate would have it, my girlfriend at the time mentioned a comedy troupe she’d heard about that featured a fellow student from York University named Scott. Of course, all roads were leading us to The Rivoli, and as Toronto thawed out and warmed up, so too did the buzz around The Kids In The Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eEventually that buzz translated into a career in television and I became a regular member of the studio audience for their live tapings. Soon, our secret was out, and their name spread across the country and beyond. Just as \u003cem\u003eSCTV\u003c\/em\u003e had put Canadian comedy on the map, \u003cem\u003eThe Kids In The Hall\u003c\/em\u003e updated it and made it even cooler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAs they moved into film and theatre tours, various tensions within the troupe would at times threaten their fragile union, but like any thirty-year marriage, they have somehow made it work for three decades and as the curtain opened at Warfield in 2015, the marriage analogy is underlined by the sight of all five Kids in bridal gowns, symbolically re-affirming their vows via classic sketches, while offering new material, just as they had back in those chilly Rivoli days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAfter the show, Kevin made it clear to me that while these five strong willed individuals would probably always find something to fight over, but that this same tension was probably also the secret to their longevity. As with their fictional garage rock band in their beloved sketch, Rod Torfulson’s Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck, there were times in the Kids’ career when they questioned if they were going to make it, but judging by the heroes welcome they received in San Francisco, it was clear they had finally arrived (having eaten).\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eIt wasn’t easy, and it wasn’t always fun. As a troupe, they’ve often made risky artistic choices, and probably shot themselves in the foot more than once, all in the name of reaching a consensus, according to McDonald, the state of their union was as strong as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e “I always say that, individually, we’re five smart guys, but together we add up to one dumb guy,” McDonald would later tell me during one of our many conversations for this book. “We create most of our own problems, then we're sad about it, but later on, we can see the humour in them. I think it helps us write better sketches.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThese pages constitute the inside story of how that One Dumb Guy would go on to write some of the funniest sketch comedy ever performed and inspire their peers and subsequent generations of sketch comedians to create programs such as\u003cem\u003e Mr. Show with Bob \u0026 David\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe State\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Ben Stiller Show\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePortlandia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKey \u0026 Peele\u003c\/em\u003e, and most recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Baroness Von Sketch Show\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eToday, the Kids In The Hall can still make me laugh whenever I see them or their work, and despite cheating death and worse, they’re still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe story of just how they \u003cem\u003egot\u003c\/em\u003e here begins in earnest in the province of Alberta, when a young drunk punk named Bruce McCulloch met a well-traveled diplomat’s son named Mark McKinney. \u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH THE KIDS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFeatures exclusive interviews with all five members of The Kids in the Hall: Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH COMEDY ROYALTY:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFeatures exclusive interviews and tributes from comedy luminaries, including Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers, Judd Apatow, Garry Shandling, Paul Feig, Mike Myers, David Cross, Michael Ian Black, Brent Butt, Jonah Ray, Dana Gould, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Richter, and Canada’s newest comedy sensation, Baroness Von Sketch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEDIA INVOLVEMENT:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWe’re publishing simultaneously in North America, and we hope to be able to arrange for Paul and the Kids to do media, this will be confirmed closer to publication.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREUNION ON NETFLIX?:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn September 2017, news outlets reported that Lorne Michaels was in talks with Netflix to get the Kids back on TV in a Netflix original series (similar to what he’d done with Mr. Show). 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The Kids in the Hall
The definitive, authorized story of legendary sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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Avis Dolphin
Inspired by the story of actual passengers on the ill-fated Lusitania, this is a novel of great adventure and suspense.
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The Bad Chair
A fresh and funny picture book about feeling left out and the power of friendship, from the author and illustrator of A Year Without Mom.
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The Red Pole of Macau
Ava is called upon to protect her family's future in Hong Kong's dark and deadly world of organized crime in the fourth book in the Ava Lee series.
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The novel is driven by characterizations, action and multiple settings. Ian Hamilton’s textured voice allows the action to convey the emotional focus and his story-telling puts you at the centre of the conflict. The poignant conclusion adds yet another dimension to this multi-layered story. The series is addictive.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamilton Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Hamilton Spectator","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Hamilton knows how to keep the pages turning. He eases us into the seemingly tame world of white-collar crime, then raises the stakes, bringing the action to its peak with an intensity and violence that’s stomach-churning. 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The Scottish Banker of Surabaya
The fifth installment in the popular Ava Lee series, The Scottish Banker of Surabaya exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob.
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The Traveling Circus
Husband-and-wife team Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel create a sequel to their popular series about a quirky, curious family and their world travels.
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An exceptional selection for nonfiction collections; use it to deepen discussions on the relationship among humans, animals, and the environment.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_1":". . . masterfully conceived and beautifully illustrated . . . . Superbly designed nonfiction with a powerful environmental message.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_2":"Thornhill delivers sound science with breathtaking artwork and beautifully crafted words. . . . readers will gain respect for and understanding of this common, but triumphant, bird.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_3":"[Thornhill's] engaging and informative avian history bestows worth upon the sparrow's feathery back, recasting it from villain to valuable ally.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Booklist, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_4":"In her engrossing narrative . . . Thornhill revels in the irony of the sparrows’ “triumph,” even as she comments on complexities that add dimension to the story and point toward their uncertain future.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_5":"With lively narrative writing and wonderfully detailed, painterly digital illustrations, Thornhill tells a meticulously researched history of the lowly grain-loving house sparrow …","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_Review_6":". . . excellent research and storytelling skills . . .","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_7":"The visual appeal of the artwork is captivating. This book is highly recommended . . . It provides a fresh way of looking at history.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Resource Links","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The extraordinary story of one of the most adaptable creatures on Earth.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Nominated","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"07","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"Silver Birch Book Award ‚Äî Non-Fiction","PrizeName_1":"School Library Journal Best Books","PrizeYear_0":"2019","PrizeYear_1":"2018","ProductFormDescription":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","PublicationDate":"2018-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"The extraordinary story of one of the most adaptable creatures on Earth.","Width":"8.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow
The extraordinary story of one of the most adaptable creatures on Earth.
