Books from Emblem Editions
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Garbo Laughs
By Elizabeth HayFrom the alley below you can see the two women in the kitchen, long-faced Harriet with her thin, dark hair held back by a crooked barrette, and wide-faced Dinah whose bountiful head of silver hair is the envy of the neighbourhood.
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The Garneau Block
By Todd BabiakA Willie Nelson song filled the room in his absence. Madison's lips were dry so she licked them. Two competing forces in her body, the need to cry and the need to scream, crashed up against one another and caused a sort of emotional ...
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Agassiz Stories
By Sandra BirdsellThe superbly crafted stories in this internationally acclaimed collection trace four generations of the Lafrenière family in the fictional small town of Agassiz, Manitoba, from the time of the great flood of 1950 to the present.
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Clara's War: A Young Girl's True Story of Miraculous Survival under the Nazis
By Clara Kramer, Stephen GlantzClara’s mother told her to keep a diary while they lived in the bunker in order to fill her time and “so the world would know what happened to us.” Over sixty years later, Clara Kramer has finally turned those diaries into a ...
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Clara's War: A Young Girl's True Story of Miraculous Survival Under the Nazis
By Clara Kramer, Stephen Glantz" Over sixty years later, Clara Kramer has finally turned those diaries into a compelling and heartbreaking memoir -- a story of love and memory and survival.
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Alice Munro: Writing Her Lives: A Biography
By Robert ThackerOr Doug Gibson? Qt, most important, you?" ln this letter. too, Close expressed her hope that Munro comes around to the view (held by Gibson and Close) that the book should be called T/:1: Progress afL1n1e'.
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Pierre Berton: A Biography
By Brian MckillopSee Gélll (Ottawa Edition). Dec. 1, 2004. A1", TS, Dec. 1. 2004, A1". Nariartal Post, Dec. 1. 2004. A1; Joel Baglole, "Canadian lcon Dies at B4,“ and James Cowan, “Canada's Cltronicler Spoke His Mind," VaneouverS1m, Dec.
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The Sojourn
By Alan CumynWe wander farther into politicians , apparently – Lord Holland , Sir J. Mackintosh , Earl Russell – and then by a door stand under a bronze bust of General Gordon , who put down the Taiping rebellion and died defending Khartoum .
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Memoirs
By Brian MulroneyIt was as a result of this exercise in democracy that I awoke one morning to hear Mrs. McDonald yell, “Brian, get up right away, you're on the front page of the Journal with [Ottawa Mayor] Charlotte Whitton!
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Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir
By Christopher Buckley... of Treuhaft and herself made a brilliant success of muckraking journalism, causing vampiric shrieks in U.S. funeral homes coast to coast and, into the bargain, exposing as a money-minting fraud Bennett Cerf 's Famous Writers School.
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How the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books
By Joan BodgerIf so, Mr. Brown's island would be the Swallows' island. I don't really believe that now. What l do believe is that Mr. Brown, Captain Flint, and Arthur Ransome all have something in common.
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The Kindly Ones
By Jonathan Littell“Oh my human brothers, let me tell you how it happened.” Dr. Max Aue, the man at the heart of Jonathan Littell’s stunning and controversial novel The Kindly Ones, personifies the evils of the Second World War and the Holocaust.
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The Island Walkers
By John BemroseTwo weeks before the announcement of the sale, a notice had appeared on the knitting-room bulletin board, asking for applicants for the position of foreman. He'd applied, feeling the whole time it was an indignity.
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The Case of Lena S.
By David BergenAt the centre of the novel is Lena, a troubled girl who has “chosen” Mason and will teach him something of desire and despair.
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The Time in Between
By David BergenMoving between father and daughter, the present and the past, The Time in Between is a luminous, unforgettable novel about one family, two cultures, and a profound emotional journey in search of elusive answers.
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Broken
By Daniel ClayThey weren't fitter, but their legs were longer than hers were. They only needed one stride to her two or three. They were going to catch her. Outside of the playground. God knew what would happen. She was fully prepared to be killed.
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The Best Laid Plans
By Terry FallisThat's what really matters on E-day Michael, I assume you've run those results.” I turned to Zaleski and tried to ... “One Duncan Angus McLintock, our extrapolated numbers tell us that approximately 350 voters correctly identified him 98.
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Our Days Are Numbered: How Mathematics Orders Our Lives
By Jason Brown237 Sieve of Eratosthenes, 216 six degrees of separation, I87 social networks, 187 standard deviation, 70 Starr, Ringo, 246 Stein's paradox, 71 Sudoku, 100-104 Sultan's Dowry Problem, 132. reasoning, circular — see circular reasoning ...
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Starring Brian Linehan: A Life Behind the Scenes
By George Anthony“As long as you're on the Toronto—L.A. run, and as long as you don't run out of champagne," Brian responded, “you can count on it!" Cynthia laughed again. Ten days later, we were boarding another American Airlines flight to Los Angeles.
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Clara: A Novel
By Kurt PalkaThat trip to Nairobi probably won't happen . ” “ So we won't see her until – whenever . ” Emma sat sipping her latte , her eyes on her mother's face . Clara reached across the table and Emma set down the cup and [ 157 ] CLARA.