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{"id":7118293598267,"title":"The Age of Insecurity","handle":"the-age-of-insecurity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, 2024 Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and activist Astra Taylor exposes how seemingly disparate crises—rising inequality and declining mental health, the ecological emergency, and the threat of authoritarianism—originate from a social order built on insecurity. 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She regularly writes for major publications, has directed multiple documentaries, toured with the band Neutral Milk Hotel, and co-founded the Debt Collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Taylor, Astra (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, 2024 Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and activist Astra Taylor exposes how seemingly disparate crises—rising inequality and declining mental health, the ecological emergency, and the threat of authoritarianism—originate from a social order built on insecurity. 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It's a stunning work of social theory, but to call it that doesn't convey how much it touches on the troubles of this very moment, as well as their origins—while always reminding us that things can be different.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things To Me","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eInsecurity is as important to understanding our world as inequality. But unlike inequality, it is understudied, undertheorized, and underdiscussed. This book is an attempt to address the gap in literature. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe premise is that in reality, the status quo isn’t really working for anyone, even the affluent and comparatively privileged; and contrary to their convictions, it isn’t working for those fighting, sometimes violently, to retain their relative advantage in a rapidly changing world. 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That time is now.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The Tyee","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eTaylor makes the case for clearing away capitalism’s distracting, destabilising regime; Keltner for expanding and more clearly valuing our connections to each other, to our own depths and capacities, and to the grandeur and order of the world beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"New Statesman","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eA handbook for a new way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003eAstra Taylor’s \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Insecurity\u003c\/em\u003e made me feel I understood something obvious that I had overlooked before ... that we on the left can (and need to) offer a different, better conception of security.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Current Affairs","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003eThe Age of Insecurity \u003c\/em\u003edoesn’t tackle those challenging questions. What it does, instead, is explain why our world hardly allows them to be posed and hardly gives us the breathing space to think about them. It is, yes, a readable and insightful analysis of our present. But we have a lot of those—maybe too many. What makes this book worth the reader’s time is its idiosyncratic blend of the personal and the public, the emotional and the economic.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Commonweal Magazine","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003eA must-read.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Peace News","OtherText_Review_quote_0":"\u003cp\u003eAstra Taylor is a rare public intellectual, utterly committed to asking humanity's most profound questions yet entirely devoid of pretensions and compulsively readable.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_quote_0_Auth":"Naomi Klein","OtherText_Review_quote_1":"\u003cp\u003eWhether she is writing about gender discrimination in the tech industry, the plight of refugees, or the rights of the natural world, Taylor reveals in her essays a forthright commitment to “the cause of common humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_quote_1_Src":"Kirkus","OtherText_Review_quote_2":"\u003cp\u003eBlending big-picture thinking with the history of the populist struggle in America [Taylor] makes a strong case that the time for change is now.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_quote_2_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese days, everyone feels insecure. 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The Age of Insecurity
These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?
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The Art of the Obit
Award-winning journalist Sandra Martin reveals the cult and craft of obituary writing from the ancient Greeks to a wired-up 24/7 world.
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The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012
An updated edition of the magisterial history of the Balkan region from the Misha Glenny, the bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket.
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And it is informed always by a sprawling curiosity and deep humanity, which make it an affirming, and deeply moving read.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eKrasnostein walks a very careful line between religion and belief, with forays into both the divine and devastation. 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It is nothing short of astounding!","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"WellRead","OtherText_Review_6":"Krasnostein writes beautifully, and emerges as a thoughtful and compassionate observer … The Believer is, in many ways, my favourite kind of book: one that requires a little extra attention and engagement, calling on the reader as an active participant in its project of making meaning … The result is a meditative and intensely rewarding reading experience, the impact of which lingers long after the final page.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"West Australian","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Krasnostein, who blew us all away with her fantastic book The Trauma Cleaner, brings her inquisitive nature and empathetic way with people to her new book \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e … By seeking such disparate subjects, Krasnostein has woven the threads of their stories, and their very different belief systems, into a tapestry that is rich with life, love, and stories. 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The Believer
From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.
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Many entries include insights from the famed and infamous, such as Oscar Wilde, Coco Chanel, Mae West, Eve Ensler, Albert Camus, Anaïs Nin, and William Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eWritten and compiled by three dangerously knowledgeable, absolutely fabulous, and mordantly witty women, \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-have guide for moments of crisis and a delectable compendium of humour and advice.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-28T16:54:45-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-28T14:25:16-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","Anansi International","By (author) Conville Clare","By (author) Hoggard Liz","By (author) Lovett Sarah-Jane","pub date: 2012-05-19"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40220050882619,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770890169","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Book for Dangerous Women - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1995,"weight":445,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770890169","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220208955451,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770891920","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Book for Dangerous Women - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770891920","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220210430011,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770895751","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Book for Dangerous Women - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770895751","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e6cd507f-6546-4b1f-8c93-ebc205b220e3.jpg?v=1678598083"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e6cd507f-6546-4b1f-8c93-ebc205b220e3.jpg?v=1678598083","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324529033275,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.703,"height":2262,"width":1590,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e6cd507f-6546-4b1f-8c93-ebc205b220e3.jpg?v=1678598083"},"aspect_ratio":0.703,"height":2262,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_e6cd507f-6546-4b1f-8c93-ebc205b220e3.jpg?v=1678598083","width":1590}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eEver wonder how to best dress your apple-shaped figure? Do you know the top twelve rules on how to properly (and discreetly) conduct an affair? \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a sly, elegant encyclopedia of practical wisdom by three women who know a bit about life and bring their myriad of experiences of bear on topics such as marriage, infidelity, motherhood, sex, fashion, friendship, work, and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eMore than five hundred entries of safe advice show us how to get through life with a little grace and a lot of fun — from how to accept compliments to when to wear \"cami-knickers,\" to how to deal with ambivalence (toward lovers, friends, or foes), and why owning a cat and a fancy dress may be more fulfilling than sex. Many entries include insights from the famed and infamous, such as Oscar Wilde, Coco Chanel, Mae West, Eve Ensler, Albert Camus, Anaïs Nin, and William Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eWritten and compiled by three dangerously knowledgeable, absolutely fabulous, and mordantly witty women, \u003cem\u003eThe Book for Dangerous Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-have guide for moments of crisis and a delectable compendium of humour and advice.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Book for Dangerous Women
An essential bedside companion full of cheeky humour, well-won wisdom, and practical advice, written by three dangerously knowledgeable witty women.
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{"id":7479072784443,"title":"The Book of Birds","handle":"the-book-of-birds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e: a dazzling celebration of birdlife, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of nature lovers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50% of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns and springs are quieter each year than the last. It does not have to be this way –– but we will not save what we do not love.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e is a compendium of forty-nine bird species, from Avocet to Yellowhammer, all of which are presently declining or endangered. Inspired by the classic bird-books with which the authors grew up, this is a field guide with a difference. It asks not ‘What is that bird?’, but ‘Who is that bird?’ It shows its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them.\u003cbr\u003e\nWith lyrical precision and playfulness, Robert Macfarlane evokes each bird’s habits and habitats –– their patterns of flight and of song, how they nest and hunt, the threats which shadow them, and how their wild lives intersect with ours. And on every page we encounter Jackie Morris’s exhilarating artwork, painted in watercolour and gold, animated by an extraordinary attention to detail and sense of life. Set among this dazzling flock of species are seven sections celebrating the 'Seven Wonders' that together make up the everyday miracle of 'Bird': Nest, Egg, Beak, Song, Feather, Flight and Migration.\u003cbr\u003e\nSeven years in the making, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the splendours and mysteries of birdlife, and a clarion call to halt the loss of birds from land, sea and sky. From Dipper to Dunnock and Kestrel to Kingfisher, from mountain to ocean and city to river, Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane conjure the unique spirit and lifeway of each species. This is a book to be treasured by bird-lovers of all ages, and a future classic work of reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","published_at":"2025-10-28T10:12:05-04:00","created_at":"2025-10-28T09:34:23-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Coming Soon","Adult Environmentalism","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Macfarlane Robert","By (author) Morris Jackie","pub date: 2026-05-07"],"price":4200,"price_min":4200,"price_max":4200,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42580556349499,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487007515","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Book of Birds - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":4200,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487007515","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487007515.jpg?v=1761658175"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487007515.jpg?v=1761658175","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":26009136922683,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.693,"height":2965,"width":2055,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487007515.jpg?v=1761658175"},"aspect_ratio":0.693,"height":2965,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487007515.jpg?v=1761658175","width":2055}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e: a dazzling celebration of birdlife, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of nature lovers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50% of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns and springs are quieter each year than the last. It does not have to be this way –– but we will not save what we do not love.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e is a compendium of forty-nine bird species, from Avocet to Yellowhammer, all of which are presently declining or endangered. Inspired by the classic bird-books with which the authors grew up, this is a field guide with a difference. It asks not ‘What is that bird?’, but ‘Who is that bird?’ It shows its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them.\u003cbr\u003e\nWith lyrical precision and playfulness, Robert Macfarlane evokes each bird’s habits and habitats –– their patterns of flight and of song, how they nest and hunt, the threats which shadow them, and how their wild lives intersect with ours. And on every page we encounter Jackie Morris’s exhilarating artwork, painted in watercolour and gold, animated by an extraordinary attention to detail and sense of life. Set among this dazzling flock of species are seven sections celebrating the 'Seven Wonders' that together make up the everyday miracle of 'Bird': Nest, Egg, Beak, Song, Feather, Flight and Migration.\u003cbr\u003e\nSeven years in the making, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the splendours and mysteries of birdlife, and a clarion call to halt the loss of birds from land, sea and sky. From Dipper to Dunnock and Kestrel to Kingfisher, from mountain to ocean and city to river, Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane conjure the unique spirit and lifeway of each species. This is a book to be treasured by bird-lovers of all ages, and a future classic work of reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n"}
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His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, won prizes around the world, and been widely adapted for film, music, theatre, radio and dance. He has also written operas, plays, albums, choral works, and films including\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eRiver\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eMountain\u003c\/em\u003e, both narrated by Willem Dafoe. He has collaborated closely with artists including Olafur Eliasson, and with the artist Jackie Morris he co-created the internationally bestselling books of nature-poetry and art,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2017, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E.M. Forster Prize for Literature, and in 2023 in Toronto he was the inaugural winner of the Weston International Award for a body of work in the field of non-fiction. 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She is the internationally bestselling and award-winning co-creator of\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/em\u003e, two books which have captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers of all ages.\u0026nbsp;In 2018 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal and the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e. Her artwork is held by public art collections in the UK and USA and has been published in the\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;among other venues. 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The Book of Birds
From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon The Lost Words: a dazzling celebration of birdlife, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of nature lovers
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{"id":6814252433467,"title":"The Bush Garden","handle":"the-bush-garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published in 1971,\u003ci\u003eThe Bush Garden \u003c\/i\u003efeatures Northrop Frye’s timeless essays on Canadian literature and painting, and an introduction by bestselling author Lisa Moore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this cogent collection of essays written between 1943 and 1969, formidable literary critic and theorist Northrop Frye explores the Canadian imagination through the lens of the country’s artistic output: prose, poetry, and paintings. Frye offers insightful commentary on the works that shaped a “Canadian sensibility,” and includes a comprehensive survey of the landscape of Canadian poetry throughout the 1950s, including astute criticism of the work of E. J. 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An environment turned outward towards the sea, like so much of Newfoundland, and one turned towards inland seas, like so much of the Maritimes, are an imaginative contrast: anyone who has been conditioned by one in his early years can hardly be conditioned by the other in the same way. Anyone brought up on the urban plain of Southern Ontario or the gentle pays farmland along the south shore of the St. Lawrence may become fascinated by the great sprawling wilderness of Northern Ontario or Ungava, may move their and live with its people and become accepted as one of them, but if he paints or writes about it he will paint or write as an imaginative foreigner. And what can there be in common between an imagination nurtured on the prairies, where it is a centre of consciousness diffusing itself over a vast flat expanse stretching to a remote horizon, and one nurtured in British Columbia, where it is in the midst of gigantic trees and mountains leaping into the sky all around it, and obliterating the horizon everywhere?\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Any publication by Northrop Frye is an important literary event; this one is of the highest importance to Canadian literature. Here Frye has collected all the essays he believes to be of permanent value on Canadian writing and painting. His tremendous intelligence and erudition is thus focused on a much smaller field of vision than it normally is. Tethered in its own backyard, as it were, this formidable creature can be observed more closely than it can be when it roams the far reaches of the literary world.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_1":"Frye’s handiwork is equivalent to most everyone’s masterwork. Nor can I imagine a more perceptive book being written about the Canadian poetic imagination. Northrop Frye resembles nobody so much as a poet Midas — everything he touches turns into poetic metaphor.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"These reviews are still relevant, partly because Frye is such a good critic and partly because his reviews embraced such a wide range of poetry that, perhaps especially in retrospect, they provide a fascinating sense of process through which a literature develops . . . We can respond to the immediate perceptions of a subtle and literate critical mind.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Maclean’s","OtherText_Review_3":"Perhaps the most remarkable thing about The Bush Garden is that it reveals Northrop Frye as a practical critic. He does not try to fit everything he reads into preconceived theories, and the range of his sympathies is admirably wide. 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The Bush Garden
Originally published by Anansi in 1971, this attractive A List edition features Northrop Frye’s timeless essays on literature and painting.
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Mr. Siblin winds up mixing high and low musical forms, art and political histories, Bach's and Casals's individual stories and matters of arcane musicology into a single inquisitive volume.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"New York Times","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“...wade through and you will encounter a Bach who is not just a composing machine but a human being.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e“...fascinating...The Cello Suites is a satisfying and sustaining read. 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A fascinating story deftly told - and, for me at least, ideally read with Bach's thirty-six movements playing softly in the background: a recipe for literary rapture.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSimon Winchester\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Simon Winchester","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“[The Cello Suites is] a delightful whirlwind tour through two different ages of musical history...Siblin's research is remarkably comprehensive...and his prose is amiable, at times charming...As Siblin inevitably concludes, 'Every age reimagines Bach on its own terms.' We're lucky that we have a writer this skilful and creative to do the work.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Walrus","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Compelling and fascinating. As an historian, Eric Siblin does a good job describing both Bach's life and Pablo Casals' discovery of the Suites; it's spine-tingling stuff. This is quirky nonfiction that the reader really learns something from. You immediately want to go out and learn some more.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLynn Tompson, Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Lynn Tompson, Bookseller","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Eric Siblin's new book is at once a study of music, a work of history, and a passionate tribute...Meticulous in his research, Siblin makes convincing connections and offers possible answers to the questions surrounding the suites...If Siblin is correct that Bach is what you make of him, then The Cello Suites has made him, if possible, yet more legendary.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“In Siblin's world, Bach and Casals have real, beating hearts; these are not the fusty dead practitioners of a desiccated art form. Siblin's enthusiasm for his subject is boundless and, as a newbie in a foreign land, he brings an unstuffy freshness to the often staid world of classical music writing.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"New Statesman","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Siblin's book is well researched, and filled with enough anecdotes to engage even the classical-music aficionado...the book is best distinguished by its writing ...Read The Cello Suites - preferably with their melodious hum in the background - and you will never look at a cello in quite the same way again.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Economist","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Siblin maintains interest with writing that is accurate, colourful and personal. 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The #1 national bestselling work about the incredible story of one of the world's most beloved and haunting pieces of music.
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The City of Words
In his 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned author Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at the rise of violent intolerance in our societies.
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Being aware of the impact of the systems within which we operate can empower us with an enriched understanding of the work that we do and, hopefully, help us advocate for change. There is a fine line between being aware of issues and being crushed by the weight of the systemic problems we face. Aim for the former to stay in a headspace of action and empowerment, and remember, we can’t single-handedly save the world in one profound act. What we \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e do is implement some of the actions outlined in this book, and develop some of our own, to effect incremental change toward a more equitable world.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelp your Audience Live (Mentally) Healthily\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eOver the years there have been all sorts of sketchy ways the creative industries have been complicit in manufacturing needs. The practice of manipulating audience behaviour has become increasingly stealthy through the use of things like dark patterns (manipulative interface designs that trick users into doing things they may not have wanted to do), the repetitive hyper-targeting and re-targeting of ads and past-viewed products, and addictive experiences in digital product design. Aiming to identify and avoid these modes of practice is a key step toward an ethical practice.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eI would argue that we can’t be conscious creatives if we’re exploiting self-esteem to sell a product, infusing fat-phobia into our marketing messages, advertising nutritionally void foods to kids, producing experiences that capitalize on a dopamine\/reward response, selling high fashion using violent, misogynistic imagery, or promoting mindless consumption. These ethical pitfalls aren’t always simple to avoid, however mindful awareness, positive intentions, and advocating for the promotion of healthy behaviours in our audiences are steps in the right direction.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMake it Analogue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eWhen creating with objectives toward developing strong and connected communities, consider that reliance on or defaulting to a technology-based solution might not serve our cause well. Social Innovation leader Ezio Manzini believes that a community’s reliance on digital connectivity can actually weaken a once-solid social fabric. This replacement of authentic, real-world connections with connections based in superficial, digital realms can, arguably, compromise a community’s resilience. 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Advocating for change can require long hours, emotional labour, mental fortitude, and a requirement for presence in collective action not always available to those whose safety, mental health, or physical health may be compromised. To be supportive allies in the pursuit of a better world, we must start with an understanding of the complex systems that can impact our abilities to act. When we withdraw judgment from other people’s choices, we can remember to do the same for ourselves. 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If you’re a creative searching for cleaner, healthier, and socially just ways to practice, you’ll not find a better place to start looking. And the timing couldn’t be better.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eApplied Arts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Applied Arts","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"An actionable guide to mindfulness and practical ethics for any creative professional who wants to make a living without selling their soul.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2020-08-04","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"An actionable guide to mindfulness and practical ethics for any creative professional who wants to make a living without selling their soul.","Subtitle":"Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Conscious Creative
An actionable guide to mindfulness and practical ethics for any creative professional who wants to make a living without selling their soul.
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The Cult of Efficiency
Janice Gross Stein illuminates public education and universal health care, locally and globally, as flashpoints in the debate about their efficiency.
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The Educated Imagination
Northrop Frye's 1962 CBC Massey Lectures provide a wonderful and concise introduction to his theories of literature and literary education.
