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Best Sellers
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Gutter Child
- Written by: Jael Richardson
- Narrated by: Phoenix Pagliacci
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Imagine a world in which the hopeless and vulnerable are forced to buy their freedom by working off their debt to society. Imagine a world divided into the privileged Mainland and the policed Gutter. In that world lives Elimina Dubois, one of 100 children selected as a social experiment....
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It Could Have Been Good
- By Jessica on 2021-03-20
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La servante écarlate
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Edition spéciale avec un bonus. Devant la chute drastique de la fécondité, la république de Gilead, récemment fondée par des fanatiques...
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Écoute très appréciée
- By Sylvie on 2019-12-16
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milk and honey
- Written by: Rupi Kaur
- Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Rupi Kaur presents an all-new performance of milk and honey, her number one New York Times best-selling collection of poetry and prose about survival, the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity....
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It hurt very good
- By Anonymous User on 2023-03-02
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Book of Longing
- Written by: Leonard Cohen
- Narrated by: Leonard Cohen
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Book of Longing is a critically-acclaimed collection of poetry by the late Leonard Cohen. The audiobook features edited and remastered archival recordings of the author himself, reading the poems in a home environment....
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Scars and Stars
- Written by: Jesse Thistle
- Narrated by: Jesse Thistle
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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Fans of Jesse Thistle’s extraordinary debut From the Ashes have already had the pleasure of knowing his poetry. In Scars and Stars, he digs deeper into the poetic form, which is especially close to his heart....
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Lovely!
- By Jeanguy Turmelle on 2023-09-11
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Fifteen Dogs
- Written by: André Alexis
- Narrated by: André Alexis
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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A bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic....
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Fabulous
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-04-06
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Gutter Child
- Written by: Jael Richardson
- Narrated by: Phoenix Pagliacci
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Imagine a world in which the hopeless and vulnerable are forced to buy their freedom by working off their debt to society. Imagine a world divided into the privileged Mainland and the policed Gutter. In that world lives Elimina Dubois, one of 100 children selected as a social experiment....
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It Could Have Been Good
- By Jessica on 2021-03-20
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La servante écarlate
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Edition spéciale avec un bonus. Devant la chute drastique de la fécondité, la république de Gilead, récemment fondée par des fanatiques...
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Écoute très appréciée
- By Sylvie on 2019-12-16
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milk and honey
- Written by: Rupi Kaur
- Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Rupi Kaur presents an all-new performance of milk and honey, her number one New York Times best-selling collection of poetry and prose about survival, the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity....
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It hurt very good
- By Anonymous User on 2023-03-02
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Book of Longing
- Written by: Leonard Cohen
- Narrated by: Leonard Cohen
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Book of Longing is a critically-acclaimed collection of poetry by the late Leonard Cohen. The audiobook features edited and remastered archival recordings of the author himself, reading the poems in a home environment....
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Scars and Stars
- Written by: Jesse Thistle
- Narrated by: Jesse Thistle
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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Fans of Jesse Thistle’s extraordinary debut From the Ashes have already had the pleasure of knowing his poetry. In Scars and Stars, he digs deeper into the poetic form, which is especially close to his heart....
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Lovely!
- By Jeanguy Turmelle on 2023-09-11
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Fifteen Dogs
- Written by: André Alexis
- Narrated by: André Alexis
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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A bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic....
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Fabulous
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-04-06
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The Flame
- Poems and Selections From Notebooks
- Written by: Leonard Cohen
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood, Rodney Crowell, John Doe, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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The final work from Leonard Cohen, Canada's most celebrated poet and an artist whose audience spans generations and whose work is known and loved throughout the world....
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Intimately beautiful and beautifully intimate
- By Joanne D. on 2018-11-22
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The Blue Clerk
- Ars Poetica in 59 Versos
- Written by: Dionne Brand
- Narrated by: Dionne Brand
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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On a lonely wharf a clerk in an ink blue coat inspects bales and bales of paper that hold a poet's accumulated left-hand pages--the unwritten, the withheld, the unexpressed, the withdrawn, the restrained....
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La naissance de Jalna
- Jalna - La saga des Whiteoak 1
- Written by: Mazo de la Roche
- Narrated by: Catherine Gautier
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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Cette fresque familiale canadienne fut l'un des plus grands succès de la littérature nord-américaine, dès la parution en 1927 du premier...
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This Accident of Being Lost
- Written by: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
- Narrated by: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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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. Blending elements of science fiction, contemporary realism, and the lyric voice, these are visionary pieces....
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The Watch That Ends the Night
- Written by: Hugh MacLennan
- Narrated by: Julian Casey
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
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George and Catherine Stewart share not only the burden of Catherine's heart disease, which could cause her death at any time, but the memory of Jerome Martell, her first husband and George's closest friend....
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Wires That Sputter
- Poems
- Written by: Britta Badour
- Narrated by: Britta Badour
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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A powerful debut collection from an award-winning artist, public speaker, and poet....
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Highly recommend checking this out
- By bboypiecez on 2023-06-23
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In Flanders Fields
- Written by: John McCrae
- Narrated by: Phillip J. Mather
- Length: 1 min
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"In Flanders Fields" is one of the most famous poems written by John McCrae. It is believed that McCrae wrote the poem after presiding at the funeral of a friend killed during the second Battle of Ypres, in 1915....
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Dearly
- Poems
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Before she became one of the world's most important and loved novelists, Margaret Atwood was a poet. Dearly is her first collection in over a decade. It brings together many of her most recognizable and celebrated themes....
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Excellent
- By Anonymous User on 2023-08-24
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Coke Machine Glow
- Written by: Gordon Downie
- Narrated by: Dan Ayckroyd, Robbie Baker, Clare Downie, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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On the 20th-anniversary year of Coke Machine Glow, fans have more to delight in: the audiobook of Coke Machine Glow and a brand-new album by Downie, released posthumously.
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C'est le coeur qui lâche en dernier
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Caroline Breton
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Stan et Charmaine ont été touchés de plein fouet par la crise économique qui consume les États-Unis. Tous deux survivent grâce aux maigres...
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Canadian Shorts II
- A Collection of Short Stories
- Written by: Brenda Fisk
- Narrated by: Jenny Hoops, Jonathan Ostrander
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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Canadian Shorts II is a specially selected collection of short stories by established and emerging Canadian authors. Showcasing Canada's diverse writing talent, there is a story for every listener, from literary fiction to scifi fantasy to prairie gothic to romance-thriller....
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You'll Come Back to Yourself
- Written by: Michaela Angemeer
- Narrated by: Michaela Angemeer
- Length: 26 mins
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Dive into this collection of poetry and prose inspired by modern dating and broken relationships, perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur and Orion Carloto....
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Runaway Dreams
- Written by: Richard Wagamese
- Narrated by: Billy Merasty
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Having developed an impressive reputation for his many novels and non-fiction works, Richard Wagamese now presents a collection of stunning poems ranging over a broad landscape....
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Relatable, true, and real
- By Kelly on 2022-06-09
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An Evening with W.O. Mitchell
- A Collection of the Author's Best-Loved Performance Pieces
- Written by: W. O. Mitchell
- Narrated by: W. O. Mitchell
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
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In a unique listening experience from the unforgettable writer and public speaker W.O. Mitchell, An Evening with W.O. Mitchell is a curated, abridged selection of nine remarkable pieces from Mitchell’s lifetime of public readings, read by the author himself....
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You Look Good for Your Age: An Anthology
- Robert Kroetsch Series
- Written by: Rona Altrows - editor
- Narrated by: Marysia Bucholc
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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With wit and wisdom, women writers challenge ageism through essays, short stories, and poetry....
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Unscripted with Mila
- Vested Interest: ABC Corp, Book 6
- Written by: Melanie Moreland
- Narrated by: Maxine Mitchell, John Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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From New York Times best-selling author Melanie Moreland comes a story of finding love, acceptance, and happiness when you least expect it. Mila Morrison prefers the silent company of her keyboard to that of people. She lives vicariously through the characters she creates....
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loved it
- By 🎧💕💕💕 readittomebaby 💕💕💕🎧 on 2023-08-14
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Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems
- Written by: Dionne Brand, Christina Sharpe - introduction
- Narrated by: Dionne Brand, Christina Sharpe
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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An immense achievement, comprising a decades-long career, of new and collected poetry from one of Canada’s most honored and significant poets....
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The Cremation of Sam McGee
- Written by: Robert Service
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 6 mins
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Cap the narrator makes a deal with his pal Sam McGee that he will cremate him when he dies. Now the problem is where to do this deed in the frozen Yukon....
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a pals last need is a thing to heed
- By Heather Elizabeth Rose on 2021-06-12
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The Return of the Sphinx
- Written by: Hugh MacLennan
- Narrated by: Daniel Michael Karpenchuk
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Alan Ainslie is an able and dedicated man high in the government. Daniel Ainslie, his son, is a member of an explosive movement impelled by the naive rebelliousness of the New Left. Hugh MacLennan weaves a complex and story of two generations in conflict....
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Le dernier sacrement
- Written by: Denis Bouchard
- Narrated by: Denis Bouchard, Marylou Belugou, Ayana O'Shun, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Denis Prud'homme est hospitalisé dans une unité de soins palliatifs. Professeur d'université, enfant de la Révolution tranquille, Denis est athée, et plutôt deux fois qu'une! Mais voilà qu'à sa dernière heure, il doute....
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Tiny Lights for Travellers
- Written by: Naomi K. Lewis
- Narrated by: Naomi K. Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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When her marriage suddenly ends, and a diary documenting her beloved Opa’s escape from Nazi-occupied Netherlands in the summer of 1942 is discovered, Naomi Lewis decides to retrace his journey to freedom....
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Compelling and insightful
- By AR on 2022-06-08
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Each Man's Son
- Written by: Hugh MacLennan
- Narrated by: Billy MacLellan
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Dan Ainslie, a brilliant doctor working with the miners of his native Cape Breton Island, is forty-two and deeply in love with his wife. Longing for the son he can never have, he comes to love the young Alan MacNeil, whose father deserted him and his mother several years before....
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Voices in Time
- Written by: Hugh MacLennan
- Narrated by: Daniel Michael Karpenchuk
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Hugh MacLennan skillfully juxtaposes the insanity of life in Nazi Germany, the political climate of Montreal in the 1960s, and the perspective of an old man looking back on the conditions that led to world destruction as the background to an unforgettable love story....
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How a Poem Moves
- A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry
- Written by: Adam Sol
- Narrated by: Adam Sol, Soraya Peerbaye
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry audiences become well-versed in verse....
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Everything I expected and more
- By Sutherland Booth on 2019-09-10