Resultaten gefilterd op "Great Plains Publications"

Gracelessland

Adam Lindsay Honsinger

• Paperback | Engels
• It's 1978, the year after Elvis Presley died, and Kepler Pressler is a sixteen-year-old Toronto kid with an obsessive attachment to his sock monkey, a... Lees meer

Children of Tomorrow

J R Burgmann

• Paperback | Engels
• "Articulate, riveting, deftly crafted, and thought-provoking, Children of Tomorrow is especially and unreservedly recommended for both community and c... Lees meer

Vermin

Lori Hahnel

• Paperback | Engels
• The stories in Vermin are linked by themes of loss, longing and music: a restaurant server in a Tofino restaurant reflects on the nature of men in her... Lees meer

A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba

Bartley Kives

• Paperback | Engels
• Sandwiched between North Dakota and Nunavut, Manitoba has never been the busiest chunk of tourism real estate in North America. To independent travell... Lees meer

The View from the Lane

Deborah-Anne Tunney

• Paperback | Engels
• Spanning the twentieth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, this masterful collection of linked stories follows the life of Amy, through tale... Lees meer

Stuck in the Middle

• Paperback | Engels
• WINNER, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award, Manitoba Book Awards 2013 Lees meer

Homebodies

Amy LeBlanc

• Paperback | Engels
• "Homebodies will leave readers entertained and enlightened--and maybe a little terrified." -- Literary Review of Canada "LeBlanc surprises and disturb... Lees meer

Run as One

Errol Ranville

• Paperback | Engels
• Errol Ranville has been running all his life: from chronic poverty and racism in rural Manitoba; a discriminatory music business; alcohol and drug add... Lees meer

Overcome

Anne Mahon

• Paperback | Engels
• Abandonment, loss, endless transitions, self-reliance, continued persistence, and fierce beauty all coexist in this compelling collection of stories o... Lees meer

Night Moves

Richard Van Camp

• Paperback | Engels
• As a window into the magic and medicine of the Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp's fourth short story collection is hilarious and heartbreaking.... Lees meer

Mosienko

Ty Dilello

• Paperback | Engels
• Bill Mosienko was one of Manitoba's greatest hockey players and athletes. Mosienko became a hockey legend in 1952 when he recorded the fastest hat-tri... Lees meer

The Truth about the Barn

David Elias

• Paperback | Engels
• The Truth About The Barn offers answers to important questions about how barns came into being, why they look the way they do, why they're worth refle... Lees meer

Where the Waters Meet

Stéphanie Boulay

• Paperback | Engels
• She lives outside the village, in the woods, near the river, with her sister. Or her mother. She doesn't really know. Her life is simple, but nothing ... Lees meer

The House on Sugarbush Road

Meira Cook

• Hardcover | Engels
• The House on Sugarbush Road, set in post-apartheid Johannesburg shortly after the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela, is the story of the intertwining li... Lees meer

Mike on Crime

Mike McIntyre

• Paperback | Engels
• Justice reporter, national radio show host, and best-selling author Mike McIntyre reflects on 20 years of Canadian crime coverage by offering up some ... Lees meer

Wonder World

K R Byggdin

• Paperback | Engels
• "What this town has done, it's like pickling people. Taking us when we're young and fresh and vulnerable, sticking us in a jar and filling us with all... Lees meer

The Lucky Ones

Anne Mahon

• Paperback | Engels
• In The Lucky Ones: African Refugees' Stories of Extraordinary Courage, Anne Mahon presents a collection of personal accounts of heartbreaking loss, ex... Lees meer

Winning Chance

Katherine Koller

• Paperback | Engels
• In the stories in Winning Chance , Katherine Koller explores second chances, how we find them, and how we find the courage to take them. Whether they ... Lees meer

Peculiar Lessons

Lois Braun

• Paperback | Engels
• Part memoir, part social history, this collection of ten essays explores the various physical and natural elements that form the backdrop to Braun's m... Lees meer

The Moon of Letting Go

Richard Van Camp

• Paperback | Engels
• Extending the tradition of Aboriginal storytelling, Richard Van Camp's new collection is eloquently and humorously optimistic. The stories in The Moon... Lees meer

Vikings on a Prairie Ocean

Glenn Sigurdson

• Paperback | Engels
• Well-known mediator and lawyer, Glenn Sigurdson blends personal memoir, family history and Icelandic lore in a unique and wide-ranging autobiography. ... Lees meer

7 Ways to Sunday

Lee Kvern

• Paperback | Engels
• Lee Kvern's much-anticipated new collection contains stories which revolve around humanity in all its flawed glory: an artist's girlfriend dies by mis... Lees meer

Will

Shane Neilson

• Hardcover | Engels
• Will is Shane Neilson's debut collection of short fiction. The book ranges from straightforward East Coast depictions of alcoholism and frustrated far... Lees meer

Assiniboine Park

David Spector

• Paperback | Engels
• In 1904, Assiniboine Park was conceived as a people's playground, a place devoid of commercial amusements where all classes of Winnipeggers could rela... Lees meer