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The wagers
by Sean Michaels
When Theo Potiris performed his stand-up comedy act on Conan at thirty, he thought he'd hit it big. But six years later, he's still spending his days working at his parents' grocery store, bicycling to the local open mic, and writing letters to a girlfriend who lives halfway around the world. Theo's desperate for a break. But when he brings his thirteen-year-old niece to the horse track to place a birthday bet-a Potiris family tradition-the goddess of good luck strikes her instead, in the form of a small fortune. Try as he might to be happy for her, Theo's shock and envy finally push him out of the family nest, away from his comedy dreams and toward a new calling.
The Wagers is a literary motorcycle chase, carried by stylish prose and delightful invention. But it's alsoan investigation of work and purpose, happiness and art, the randomness of good fortune, and all the ways we choose to wage our lives
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The Innocents
by Michael Crummey
A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them.
By the award-winning author of River Thieves
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Watermark
by Christy Ann Conlin
In these evocative and startling stories, we meet people navigating the elemental forces of love, life, and death. An insomniac on Halifax's moonlit streets. A runaway bride. A young woman accused of a brutal murder. A man who must live in exile if he is to live at all. A woman coming to terms with her eccentric childhood in a cult on the Bay of Fundy shore.
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Come From Away Inspired Titles
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Come from away : welcome to the rock : an inside look at the hit musical
by Irene Sankoff
A fully illustrated companion to the hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical draws on exclusive interviews to trace its remarkable story and production, providing complete lyrics, exclusive photos and close-up details of sets and costumes. 40,000 first printing. Media tie-in.
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Channel of Peace : Stranded in Gander on 9/11
by Kevin Tuerff
When Kevin Tuerff and his partner flew from France to New York City on September 11th in 2001, they had no idea that the world--and their lives--would change forever.
Channel of Peace tells the story of how Gander's compassion, then and now, has ignited a spirit of kindness that renewed Kevin's spirituality and has inspired an annual and growing "giving back" day.
His story, along with others, has reached thousands of people when it was incorporated into the Broadway musical Come From Away. In Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11 you will find an unforgettable, inspiring tale of hospitality, the strength of the human spirit, and hope.
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The Day the World Came to Town : 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim Defede
The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway's Smash Hit Musical Come from Away.
When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill.
This book recounts the inspiring story of the residents of Gander, Canada, whose acts of kindness have touched the lives of thousands of people and been an example of humanity and goodwill.
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