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Books by publisher "Anvil"
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By
Dante Alighieri ,
Dorothy L Sayers
[Paperback 2005]
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Dante (1265-1321) is the greatest of Italian poets and his DIVINE COMEDY is the finest of all Christian allegories. To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his COMEDY in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be... more
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Carol Ann Duffy
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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As with her later collections, The Other Country takes its readers on a journey that is both familiar yet surreal. Escorting us to 'the other country' -- that is, those places that we otherwise visit only in our memories or our minds -- it blurs the lines between fantasy and... more
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Eliot Weinberger
[Paperback 2004]
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A rich compendium of translations, The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry is the first collection to look at Chinese poetry through its enormous influence on American poetry. Weinberger begins with Ezra Pound's Cathay (1915), and include Modern American poets translate classical Chinese poetry. The New Directions Anthology of... more
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Dick Davis
[Paperback]
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Devices and Desires' is Dick Davis's selection from his three earlier books, together with twenty-three new poems. This collection by one of England's most original, yet traditional, poets demonstrates the range of themes which he commands, and the gift f... more
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Norris Van Den Berg
[Paperback 2009]
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Based upon the diary of one of General George Washington's staff officers, The Waterman recounts the seemingly impossible transport of fifty-nine cannons three hundred miles over land and water from Ft. Ticonderoga to Boston in the dead of winter 1776. Th... more
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Marguerite Pigeon
[Paperback 2009]
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"Inventory" is a collection of 58 object poems. Taking as a starting point the reciprocal relation between subjects and objects, the book explores the unique way that objects appear in an individual consciousness. Each object in this inventory exists o... more
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By
Carol E Mayer
[Hardbound 2007]
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8.
By
Tammy Armstrong
[Paperback 2004]
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"Unravel" addresses our universal experiences of time and place, and how those places shape who and what we are. "Unravel" challenges our sometimes-complacent perceptions and justifies what we all hold dear: an address and an identity.... more
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Catherine Owen ,
Karen Moe
[Paperback 2006]
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Rooted in the back alleys, squats and psychiatric wards of contemporary Vancouver and Montreal, these unyielding poems enter the intersecting tensions and intensities in characters such as Mike, a panhandler on Vancouver's Commercial Drive, Matthew, a... more
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Matthew Firth
[Paperback 2006]
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"Suburban Pornography" is contemporary literature, which documents Canadian urban life in a raw and naked manner. The prose is stripped--minimalist, direct, urgent, unflinching. The stories revolve around ordinary characters and problems--people stuck... more
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Kate Mc Mahon
[Paperback 2009]
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Liz, a late-term starter at St Gabriels, hates the place. 'Give a helping hand,' advises Gran in between urging her to get herself on the hurling team. But Karen turns down her offer of help with a barn-owl conservation project, and star hurlers Sean and... more
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Noel L Griese
[Hardbound 2001]
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Arthur W. Page was arguably the most influential public relations practitioner of the 20th century. After graduating from Harvard in 1905, he began his career as a staffer for and then editor of the World302222s Work magazine, rising to a partnership in t... more
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By
Tony Hickey ,
Maria Murray
[Paperback 1996]
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Heather Haley
[Paperback 2003]
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Heather Haley's poetry is tough, irreverent, and in-your-face. She asks all the questions that a nice girl's not supposed to ask. Down back roads and highways, her characters long to possess the past and harness the future. Cowboys, car accidents, brok... more
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Robert Strandquist
[Paperback 2005]
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Following the success of his novel, "The Dreamlife of Bridges", Robert Strandquist makes a much-awaited return to the short story form. As always, Strandquist's works explores relationships both familial and sexual, and plumbs the unspoken communicatio... more
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Dennis E Bolen
[Paperback 2009]
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"Kaspoit!" is a novel of our times, told in the language of our times. It s set in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver. The time is now and gangland crime is rampant. Seemingly random murders and takedowns are exploding at a disturbing rate. Criminals are... more
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By
Mike Hoolboom ,
Alex Mac Kenzie
[Paperback 2009]
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The Pacific Cinematheque Monograph Series was initiated to explore the spectrum of contributions and innovations of Western Canadian filmmakers, videomakers, and fringe media artists. Monograph Number One focuses, fittingly, on David Rimmer, one of Can... more
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By
Po Chu I
[Paperback 2006]
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By
Tom Walmsley ,
Sandy Mc Clelland
[Paperback 2004]
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"Honeymoon in Berlin" examines the extremes of human desire, and investigates the human fascination with limits, the line between courage and fear, life and death.... more
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By
Clint Burnham
[Paperback 2007]
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Burnham's poetry works at the edges of meaning, propriety, and the commodification of language. Combining elements of found text--the overheard, the over-read--he recasts his findings in various combinations that are unique to their presentation on the... more
