Canadian Literature

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea How I Beat the Shit Out of All My Addictions Arsenal Pulp Press	As an alcoholic, drug-addicted comedian with tendencies to over-indulge and under-achieve since he was a teenager, Alex Wood was on track for to achieve his greatest goals: to die young and …	Alex Wood	292	2021	View
In Pursuit of Justice Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op and the Fair Trade Movement Fernwood Publishing	This is the story of Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op, Canada’s first fair trade coffee roaster. This book describes its successes and its failures and details how a small group of people …	Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne	144	2014	View
The Quebec Anthology 1830-1990 University of Ottawa Press	The Quebec Anthology: 1830-1990 provides a complete overview of the Quebec short story from its beginnings to the 1990s and offers a unique opportunity for English readers to discover the essence …	Matt Cohen	427	1997	View
From "The Legend of Rose Latulipe" 1837 From: The Quebec Anthology View University of Ottawa Press	The novel is a work of fantasy and folklore, a blend of the surreal and the macabre that relates the story of Charles Amand, a native of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli who becomes obsessed by the desire to …	Philippe Aubert de Gaspé	7	1997	$0.42 Add
From Introduction From: In Pursuit of Justice View Fernwood Publishing		Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Prologue The Fight of My Life From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Alex Wood introduces readers to his journey, his family, and notes that he’s been battling addiction since childhood. In three years, he quit 14 different addictions, each covered …	Alex Wood	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From "The Three Devils, or, All’s Well That Ends Well" 1867 From: The Quebec Anthology View University of Ottawa Press	"Les trois diables," translated by Wayne Grady as "The Three Devils," first appeared in Contes populaires and was one of Stevens’s more successful stories. It is typical …	Paul Stevens	14	1997	$0.84 Add
From NEW! Chapter 1 I Shook Up the World From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	In the first chapter of the Cocaine segment of the memoir, Wood talks about his experience relapsing onto cocaine at a Montreal strip club. Wood talks about his past dreams, his first gig at Yuk …	Alex Wood	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From The Beginnings From: In Pursuit of Justice View Fernwood Publishing		Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From "The Roussis’ Fire" 1872 From: The Quebec Anthology View University of Ottawa Press	"Le Feu des Roussi," translated here by Yves Brunelle as "The Roussis’ Fire," first appeared in two instalments in the journal L ‘Opinion publique in 1872 under …	Narcisse-Henri-Edouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice	16	1997	$0.96 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2 Miley From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	After feeling like a "grown up" after the Just for Laughs gig, Wood describes how he was "a boy again within weeks." Addiction and debt begins to interfere with his gigs and …	Alex Wood	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From From Coffee to Chocolate and Beyond The Founders From: In Pursuit of Justice View Fernwood Publishing		Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne	24	2014	$2.40 Add
From "Yellow-Wolf, Malecite Chieftain of Old" 1893 From: The Quebec Anthology View University of Ottawa Press	After de Gaspé’s death in 1871, one of his sons, Alfred-Patrice, found a manuscript of stories among his father’s papers. This was published in 1893 as Divers. Jane Brierley, …	Philippe Aubert de Gaspé	15	1997	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3 Withdrawal From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Beginning the Alcohol segment in the throes of withdrawal, Wood takes readers through his transition to heavy drinking and the health issues he’s been encountering. He describes his …	Alex Wood	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From Understanding Fair Trade From: In Pursuit of Justice View Fernwood Publishing		Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From "La Gothe and Her Husband" 1895 From: The Quebec Anthology View University of Ottawa Press	"Le mari de la Gothe," translated here by Patricia Sillers as "La Gothe and Her Husband," first appeared in Fleurs champêtres. Closer in character to the gothic tales of …	Robertine Barry	11	1997	$0.66 Add