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  The Cats of Ireland - An Irish...

  Seamus Mullarkey

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  DO YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE CATS?? 
  Did you know they played a huge role in Irish history? Like to know more...? 
  This funny, informative book has tons of the kinds of fun stories and fascinating trivia that cat lovers can't get enough of... 
  It tells you EVERYTHING you might possibly like to know about how cats shaped Irish history and culture... 
  DID YOU KNOW? 
  --There’s a luxury Irish hotel that gives plain old kitties the 5-Star treatment? 
  --That Irish pop star Enya hides from the world in a castle by the sea--that’s packed full of felines? 
  --That in medieval times any Irish cat was worth a whopping three times as much as a cow? 
  This one-of-a-kind book has TONS of fun cat stories, unusual trivia and quirky feline facts that are sure to entertain and educate you. 
  NOW YOU CAN DISCOVER... 
  --How you can say goodbye to the rat race and move to Ireland with your cat 
  --How catnip farming could be the future for Irish agriculture. 
  --The very best Irish cat names for your brand-new kitten. 
  AND.. much, much more! 
  This unique book features Irish cat stories, historical Irish trivia and fun feline facts from Ireland that are sure to entertain and intrigue you. 
  Stock up on The Cats of Ireland for:BirthdaysChristmasThank-you giftsAnd of course--for St. Patrick’s Day...

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  Still No Word from You - Notes...

  Peter Orner

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  A new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism 
   
   
    
  From the acclaimed fiction writer about whom Dwight Garner of the New York Times wrote, "You know from the second you pick him up that he's the real deal," comes Still No Word from You, a unique chain of essays and intimate stories that meld the lived life and the reading life. For Orner, there is no separation. Covering such well-known writers as Lorraine Hansberry, Primo Levi, and Marilynne Robinson, as well as other greats like Maeve Brennan and James Alan McPherson, Orner's highly personal take on literature alternates with his own true stories of loss and love, hope and despair. In his mother's copy of A Coney Island of the Mind, he's stopped short by a single word in the margin, "YES!"—which leads him to conjure his mother at twenty-three. He stops reading Penelope Fitzgerald's The Beginning of Spring three quarters of the way through because he knows that finishing the novel will leave him bereft. Orner's solution is to start again from the beginning to slow the inevitable heartache. 
   
   
    
  Still No Word from You is a book for anyone for whom reading is as essential as breathing.

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  All These Things Added -...

  James Allen, Tim Zengerink

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  What if you discovered that the riches of life—both material and spiritual—are within your reach, waiting to be embraced? 
  James Allen’s inspiring collection of essays weaves together themes of personal ambition, ethical living, and spiritual wisdom. Adapted for today’s reader, it demonstrates how genuine prosperity and inner peace grow from the seeds of right thinking, self-discipline, and unwavering faith in your higher purpose. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation: 
  - The synergy between moral integrity and personal success 
  - Techniques for manifesting abundance in all areas of life 
  - The importance of vision, gratitude, and constructive thoughts 
  - Encouragement to strengthen your spiritual and ethical foundations 
  Imagine living each day guided by clarity of purpose, confident that your ambitions serve both personal fulfillment and the greater good. James Allen shows you the path toward a life enriched by harmony and abundance. 
  Embrace the fullness of life. Get your copy now and begin your journey toward holistic prosperity.

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  China's Church Divided - Bishop...

  Paul P. Mariani

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  During the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese state sought to eradicate religious life throughout the country. But by 1978, two years after the death of Mao Zedong, the Communist Party under Deng Xiaoping cautiously embraced the revival of religion. At the same time, the newly elected Pope John Paul II made a point of renewing outreach to China. Paul P. Mariani tracks the fate of Chinese Catholicism in the wake of these transformative leadership changes, focusing on the influential Catholic community in Shanghai. 
   
   
   
  Earlier policies of the 1950s had fractured the Catholic community into a state-approved "patriotic" church that answered to the government and an underground church loyal to Rome. Even after the Cultural Revolution, Mariani shows, this divide remained firmly intact. The resulting tensions were on vivid display in Shanghai, owing to the leadership of the Jesuit priest Louis Jin Luxian. Bishop Jin used his position to revitalize the local Catholic community, but his cooperation with the party put him ever at odds with underground church leaders. 
   
   
   
  Sensitive to the ideals, compromises, and disappointments of Catholics on both sides of the rift, China's Church Divided reveals how the community navigated the irreconcilable differences between a worldwide Church centered in Rome and a regime wary of foreign spiritual authority.

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  The State of the Arts - Culture...

  Alana Wilcox, Christina Palassio

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  City Hall proclaimed 2006 the Year of Creativity. 'Live With Culture' banners flap over the city. And across the city, donors are ponying up millions for the ROM and the AGO. Culture's never had it so good. Right?
    
     
    
    
     
     The State of the Arts  explores the Toronto arts scene from every angle, applauding, assailing and arguing about art in our fair burg. The essays consider the big-ticket and the ticket-free,from the Opera House and the CNE to the subconscious art of graffiti eradication and underground hip-hop. In between, you'll find considerations art in the suburbs, how business uses art to sell condos, questions of infrastructure, an examination of Toronto on film and a history of micro press publishing. You'll read about the fine line between party and art, the trials of being a capitalist in a sea of left-wing artists, the power of the internet to create arts communities and a plea for spaces that cater to musicians and their kids.
    
     
    
    
     
    Throughout, you'll find equal doses of optimism and frustration, and a good measure of T.O. love. Taken together, the thoughts of these writers, thinkers, musicians and city-builders aim to create an honest survey of where we're at and where we can go.
    
     
    
    
     
    Includes sixteen colour pages of eye-level Toronto, and cover art by Susan Szenes.
    
     
    
    
     
    Withessays by Sandra Alland, Jason Anderson, Anna Bowness, Stephen Cain, Kate Carraway, Hanna Cho, Brendan Cormier, Natalie De Vito, Liz Forsberg, Mark Fram, Marc Glassman, Katarina Gligorijevic-Collins, Brenda Goldstein, Amy Lavender Harris, Karen Hines, Sarah B. Hood, Christopher Hume, Sam Javanrouh, Dory Kornfeld, Adam Krawesky, More Or Les, John Lorinc, James MacNevin, Claudia McKoy, Brian McLachlan, Ryan McLaren, Shawn Micallef, Jill Murray, Matt O'Sullivan, Christopher Pandolfi, Michael Redhill, Dylan Reid, Damian Rogers, Stuart Ross, Lisa Rundle, Dana Samuel, Nadja Sayej, Susan Szenes, Kevin Temple, Pablo Torres, Gayla Trail, Rannie Turingan, Jason van Eyk, Adam Vaughan, RM Vaughan, Stéphanie Verge, Lisa Whittington-Hill and Carl Wilson.

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  Lifting Heavy Things - Healing...

  Laura Khoudari, Licia Sky

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  In this innovative title, celebrated trainer and trauma practitioner Laura Khoudari brings a fresh approach to healing after trauma, using strength training as an embodied movement practice. Compassionate, witty, and fastidiously researched, Khoudari's debut, Lifting Heavy Things, is a breakthrough title that will empower and inspire you to develop resilience and build emotional and physical strength through working out with weights, while mindful of the ways that trauma can compromise the wellbeing of the mind and body. 
   
   
   
  In Lifting Heavy Things, you'll learn about: managing chronic pain; creating the conditions for training and healing; understanding how trauma shows up in daily life; using embodied movement practices (beyond yoga) as a tool to comfortably re-inhabit the body; navigating interpersonal relationships during and after the healing process; why you don’t have to tell your trauma story (to everyone); and thriving with and moving beyond trauma. 
   
   
   
  With humor, tenderness, and grit, Lifting Heavy Things takes listeners on a journey of personal revelation and integration, helping them to lighten their emotional burden and build deep inner strength to lift all of the heavy things that life may bring with greater ease.

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