Guernica editions jun 2021 (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Choosing Eleonore tells the story of a one-way friendship, of tragic loneliness. In it, award-winning Quebec author Andrée A. Gratton explores the syndrome of the delusion of being loved. Centred on two young women: Eleonore and Marianne, this is Marianne's story. From the first sentence, we feel that something is wrong in her perception of reality. 'Long before we met, Eleonore had been dreaming of me,' she says. But who is this Eleonore, whom Marianne had never spoken to What is so fascinating about her Neither humiliation and rebuffs nor rejection will disabuse Marianne of her certainty of being loved by Eleonore.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of BEST CRIME NOVELLA at The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence 2022Set in Toronto 1970, just as the FLQ crisis emerges to shake an innocent country, eleven year old Johnny Wong uncovers an underbelly to his tight, downtown neighbourhood. He shares a room with his Chinese immigrant mother in an enclave with American draft dodgers and new Canadians. He is befriended by Rollie, one of the draft dodgers who takes on a fatherly and writing mentor role. Johnny's mother is threatened by the 'children's warfare society.' A neighbour is found murdered. He suspects the feline loving Catwoman next door and tries to break into her house. Ultimately he is betrayed but he must act to save his family. He discovers a distant kinship with Jean, the son of one of the hostages kidnapped by the FLQ who have sent Canada into a crisis. As his world spins out of control, his only solace are letters to Dave Keon, who 'as Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, can be trusted.'.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why do we travel the world to discover where home really is Even if we find it in the place we started from, is it ever really the same In buckled into the sky, Adele Graf routes our search for home through ancestors in their own country and family who settled abroad. Yet it's only after travel that we're drawn to 'zigzag back' to our 'pillared front door' -- whether that's our current home, our childhood home, our mind's home, our home in the world -- or all of these at once. We'd left home, had even ignored our 'house with its blue shutters,' because, as these vivid and tender poems assure us, 'it will always be there.'.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical guide for new post-secondary faculty navigating the world of higher education.Higher Teaching offers essential guidance for new instructors in colleges and universities. Addressing the challenges faced by those with limited formal training, this handbook provides practical strategies for effective teaching. Learn how to design engaging lessons, manage classrooms effectively, assess student learning, and promote academic integrity. Discover advice from experienced teachers and explore theories that inform current higher education practices. Equip yourself with the tools to excel in your new role and create a positive learning environment.- Master effective teaching techniques- Develop engaging lesson plans- Manage diverse classrooms- Navigate academic integrity issues- Improve your teaching skillsFor new post-secondary faculty seeking to enhance their teaching abilities and create a supportive learning environment.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Vietnamese woman's journey through war, immigration, and self-discovery.Part memoir and part social criticism, Why Do You Look at Me and See a Girl is a provocative exploration of identity, family, and freedom. Anvi Hoàng recounts her life in Vietnam and America, grappling with cultural expectations and the weight of history.From her grandmother's prison visits to her own transformation in America, Hoàng challenges tradition and prejudice. She confronts the legacy of colonialism, resists Western stereotypes, and seeks justice for the women of her family. This unflinching memoir is for readers interested in Vietnamese American experiences, cultural identity, and the search for a voice. Discover a story of resilience, reflection, and the power of self-definition.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Where were you when the pandemic hit While the shock of COVID-19 was fresh, the Quebec Writers' Federation sent out a call to its members asking for short descriptions of life under lockdown. The response was immediate and heartfelt. Written and posted online between April 6 and May 26 of 2020, these dispatches--including several from the front lines--are first-person stories of hunkering down, gasping for air, facing challenges, getting through. Mainly written from isolation, the pieces present reading and writing as constant themes: trying, failing, being blocked, and finding renewed purpose. Award-winning author Susan Doherty opens the volume with a dramatic account of her own close call: how the man who saved her life unknowingly put her in danger of infection. Poet Rachel McCrum and writer Crystal Chan, who shepherded the project, reflect in their closing remarks on how the experience created community, and delivered unexpected insight into the power and purpose of chronicling our days. This book is a collaborative effort to document a time like no other. The cover image, a re-imagined detail from a seventeenth-century engraving of a plague doctor wearing elaborate personal protective equipment, links our present to a past in which disease was a decisive player. It is a moment we are not likely to forget anytime soon.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Less than an hour after Millington receives his permanent resident visa, he wonders if his husband Jay would now end their marriage. And Jay has multiple reasons to. Millington is an ex-Methodist minister, who once believed he could be celibate. When he fled Caribbean Methodism and came to Montreal, he thought he'd resolved the issues that made him leave, but he comes to understand that psychological trauma, childhood conditioning, parental and community expectations and his own need for community and family valorization are not easily exorcised. The third installment in the No Safeguards quartet of novels.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Enter the cross-cultural tale of gusto and enchantment, adaptation and loss, preserving the old ways of making a life. Presented in six acts with intermissions and curtain calls, it is a new form of literature presented in interactive libretto form. Read it silently, read it out loud, or step upon the imaginary stage of all life to commandeer the operatic recitative called sing/speak. Il Vagabondo is a love story-an opera rusticana of the people, by the people, for the people. It is all true.…