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This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories
This Accident of Being Lost is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool…
This One Summer
"This graphic novel captures Rose's summer on the cusp of adolescence, caught between her younger friend's childish interests and the compelling (but confusing) adult world. Episodic vignettes, contextualizing flashbacks, and Rose's own musings-all…
This, Our Province
Book review regarding The State of Quebec, Desbarats' commentary on the historical developments which gave rise to the province of Quebec.
Tags: About Desbarats, Book Review, History, Non-fiction, Quebec
Those anti-Kosygin Incidents: 'Cries From the Heart'
Montreal, Quebec
Letters to the editor, from readers in response to Desbarats' article on the anti-Kosygin protests in Canada, during the month of October 1971
Letters to the editor, from readers in response to Desbarats' article on the anti-Kosygin protests in Canada, during the month of October 1971
Those Pesky Garden Gnomes
Players: 3-5
Playing time: 45 min
Age: 13+
Game overview: This is a trick-taking card game with a twist - or two! In every hand, each player has her own secret goal - and these changes randomly with each hand. The closer you come to your goal,…
Playing time: 45 min
Age: 13+
Game overview: This is a trick-taking card game with a twist - or two! In every hand, each player has her own secret goal - and these changes randomly with each hand. The closer you come to your goal,…
Tags: 13+, 3-5 players, 45 mins, Board game, Cards, Games, Gnomes, small
Three Little Kittens
"Three little kittens, they lost their mittens, and they began to cry. The three little kittens may be a bit careless, but they always manage to correct their mistakes in this favorite Mother Goose rhyme exuberantly illustrated in bright and…
Tianxia: Blood, Silk & Jade
Introduction: Become Wuxia
Take on the role of wandering Kung Fu masters with skills and abilities that grant them the powers to affect the fates of many, unsung Kung Fu rules designed form the ground up for the Fate Core roleplaying…
Take on the role of wandering Kung Fu masters with skills and abilities that grant them the powers to affect the fates of many, unsung Kung Fu rules designed form the ground up for the Fate Core roleplaying…
Time Runs Out On CBMT's Hourglass Tonight
Article discussing the potential cancellation of newcaster program The Hourglass - which Desbarats previously worked at.
Title Unknown, leather-bound book [original]
Binding: good ; bound in wooden boards covered loosely with brown leather ; leather shows some wear including rubbing and a few holes
Spine: good ; brown leather ; no decoration
Leaves: fair to good ; pages are very fragile ; some are damaged…
Spine: good ; brown leather ; no decoration
Leaves: fair to good ; pages are very fragile ; some are damaged…
Tags: Ge'ez, leather binding, manuscipt, marginalia, parchment paper, rubrication, vellem
To Kill a Mockingbird
Set in the 1930s in the fictional town Maycomb, Alabama, this book focuses on Scout Finch who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed, lawyer father, Atticus. Scout, Jem, and their friend Dill are interested in the reclusive neighbour,…
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7 Wonders

Players: 2-7
Playing time: 30 minutes
Ages: 10+
Description: Lead one of the seven great cities of the Ancient world. Exploit the natural…