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A journey in search of the pleasure and powers of silence
By author: Sara Maitland
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A serious, important and deeply engaging book, describing the risks and resources of silence.
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Travels in Search of the Heart of Poland
By author: Michael Moran
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This entertaining personal memoir and meticulously researched cultural journey through Poland is a timely celebration of a valiant and richly cultured people, only now returning to the European fold.
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An exhilarating and blackly funny exploration of migration and borders from an Albanian who grew up in Hoxha's madhouse, longing to cross to Greece, only to find another seam of absurdities and disappointments on his eventual arrival.
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In his #1 bestselling 2004 CBC Massey Lectures, Ronald Wright considers the most urgent questions of the twenty-first century, and of our survival on this earth.
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A set of 5 Audio CDs of CBC's Ideas broadcast lectures of Ronald Wright's #1 bestseller, A Short History of Progress. Read by the author and produced by CBC Audio.
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With painful honesty, Diana Athill explores the extreme highs and extreme lows of a three-year relationship.
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A richly illustrated edition of Ronald Wright's #1 bestselling 2004 CBC Massey Lectures.
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Michael Jacobs journeys across seven different countries, from the balmy Caribbean to the inhospitable islands of the Tierra del Fuego, through the relics of ancient civilizations, to retrace the footsteps of previous travellers through the Andes.
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Embark on an ecstatic journey through literary space with acclaimed author Andre Alexis.
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L'Arche founder Jean Vanier proposes that by opening ourselves to those society perceives as weak, different, or inferior, we can achieve true personal and societal freedom.
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