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1. April TWB staff picks at 25%
2. Reserve your copy of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. 25% off!
3. New dvds and CDs
4. April new books

TWB Staff Picks: the first 5 books are 25% off during April

Bear With Me: What They Don’t Tell You About Pregnancy and new Motherhood by Diane Flacks. McClelland & Stewart. $24.99
Brilliant comedy writer and performer Diane Flacks assures us that we’re not alone on this emotional roller-coaster ride. Candid and comforting, poignant and hilarious, this is one book no pregnant parent should be without.

Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb. Doubleday. $32.95
“This book is a deeply imagined immersion into the lives of people for whom war, poverty, marginalization and exile are the commonplace trials. Gibb’s understanding of this world seems almost uncanny but it is her compassion for her characters that impressed me the most.” Barbara Gowdy

Ticknor by Sheila Heti. Anansi. $19.95
This is an acute and spellbinding novel, a masterwork of feeling and wit. With Ticknor, Heti has created a memorable new hero of Prufrockian dimensions.

Conversations with Tariq Ali: Speaking of Empire and Resistance by Tariq Ali and David Barsamian. The New Press. $21.95
Now that the United States’ military budget exceeds the combined military budgets of all other nations on Earth, and that the leaders of the two dominant political parties in the U.S. outdo each other in warmongering, there is no more pressing issue for us all than empire. Ali and Barsamian discuss and analyze current crises, and through their ever-insightful conversation, reveal that there is far more vigorous resistance to empire than the press dares to cover.

Masque by Rachel Zolf
A polyphonic assemblage of fragments, Masque engages media constructs and the flesh in methodically built layers painstakingly stripped away. A cast of characters interrogates Author, Performer and Audience - public and private personae revealing traces of veiled knowledge.

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a nd..reserve your copy of: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K Rowlings. Raincoast. $41.00 - 25% off from July 16-31 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this point in the midst of the storm of this battle of good and evil. The author has already said that the Half-Blood Prince is neither Harry nor Voldemort. And most importantly, the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been brewing FIX. On sale date: Saturday, July 16, 2005 at 10am! Advance payment not necessary for reservation. Email or phone us!

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April new DVDs and CDs

Corporation DVD, a film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan. Mongrel Media, $31.25
Special 2 Disc Edition!

Back to Me, by Kathleen Edwards. $16.95

Papa, Don’t Lay That Shit on Me, $21.95
Featuring the Chicago Women’s Liberation Rock Band, Naomi Weisstein, Le Tigre, and The New Haven Women’s

Liberation Rock Band Real Deal, by Cris Williamson. $20.00

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April 2005 New Books

Postcolonial Whiteness: A Critical Reader on Race and Empire, edited by Alfred Lopez. SUNY Press, $35.00
Postcolonial Whiteness examines the interrelations between whiteness and the history of European colonialism, as well as the status of whiteness in the contemporary postcolonial world. It addresses two fundamental questions: What happens to whiteness after empire, and to what extent to white cultural norms or imperatives remain embedded in the postcolonial or post-independence state as a part of the colonial legacy?

East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture edited by Shilpa Dave, Leilani Nishime, and Tasha G. Oren. New York University Press. $29.95
This new collection traces cross-cultural influences and global cultural trends. Contributors consider topics ranging from early Asian American movie stars to the influences of South Asian iconography on rave culture, and to the marketing of Asian culture through food to the contemporary clamor for transnational Chinese women’s historical fiction.

Check It While I Wreck It by Gwendolyn D. Pough. Northeastern University Press. $27.00
This fresh and thought-provoking perspective on the complexities of Hip-Hop urges young Black women to harness the energy, vitality, and activist roots of Hop-Hop culture and rap music to claim a public identity for themselves and to “bring wreck” on sexism and misogyny in mainstream society.

Foucault and the Government of Disability, by Shelley Tremain. University of Michigan Press, 34.95
This is the first collection of essays to consider the relevance of Foucault to the phenomenon of disability, and the significance of disability studies to understanding and interpreting Foucault. The Question of Zion, by Jacqueline Rose. Princeton UP, $ 26.95 “Jacqueline Rose speaks as a Jewish woman who deeply feels that the traumatic pain of her people and because of that pain is anguished by the violence towards another people entailed in the Zionist project.” Paul Mendes-Flohr

The Gender of Desire: Essays on Male Sexuality, by Michael Kimmel. SUNY Press, $37.75
Kimmel explores the construction of male sexuality, pornography, and sexual violence. He analyzes what male sexuality is, where it comes from, how it works, what affects it, pornography’s impact on it, what fantasies men have about sex, what people think about sex, and how male ideas about sex affect what men actually do.

Labour Migrations: Special issue of Feminist Review #77. Palgrave, $29.95
People are on the move across the globe, seeking labour elsewhere. While some ‘jog-trot’ across borders and others negotiate the ever changing legal remits of border controls, a significant number risk their lives to get to those parts of the world where (a) the bread is buttered and (b) their labour is needed. This special issue of Feminist Review examines these questions by an international collection of contributors.

The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib, edited by Karen Greenberg and Joshua Dratel. Cambridge UP, $67.95
“The Torture Papers may well be the most important and damning set of documents exposing the US government lawlessness ever published…each page tells the story of US leaders consciously willing to ignore the fundamental protections that guarantee all of us our humanity.” Michael Ratner

The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat. Vintage, $17.95.
New in paperback!

Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart by Alice Walker. Ballantine Books. $21.00
At 57, Kate leaves her lover, Yolo, to embark on a new excursion, one that begins on the Colorado River, proceeds through the past, and flows inexorably into the future. As Yolo begins his own parallel voyage, Kate encounters celibates and lovers, shamans and snakes, memories of family disaster and marital discord, and emerges at a place where nothing remains but love.

Confessions of a Teen Sleuth, a Parody by Chelsea Cain. Bloomsbury, $19.95
America’s favorite girl detective is back to set the record straight. According to the titian-haired heroine, she was not a fictional character, but an intrepid real-life sleuth who investigated some of the 20th century’s biggest mysteries.

Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe. Bold Strokes Books. $21.50
For Doctor KT O’Bannon, a near-fatal tragedy derails a career and disrupts everything she thought she knew about herself and her future. Battered and nearly broken, she turns for solace to the one women who knows her best, her ex-lover Doctor Tory King. Their unexpected reunion opens old wounds, forges new bonds, and awakens long-buried passions.

No Secrets, No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse by Robin D. Stone. Harlem Moon Broadway Books. $17.95
No Secrets, No Lies is a powerful and daringly honest resource guide for families seeking to understand, prevent, and overcome childhood sexual abuse and its devastating impact on adult survivors. Through compelling personal accounts from everyday people, illuminates the emotional, psychological, and hidden consequences of remaining silent, and provides holistic, practical steps to move toward healing.

Preventing Sexual Abuse of Patients: Al Legal Guide for Health Care Professionals by Marilou McPhedran and Wendy Sutton. LexisNexis Canada. $60.00
This practical text provides regulated Health Care professionals with the legal background and educational support they need to better understand, deal with, and prevent incidents and claims of sexual abuse in the Health Care environments. Written in straightforward, non-legalistic language, it helps health professionals understand the specific legislation that governs sexual abuse and the impact of the Regulated Health Profession Act.

Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad by Betty DeRamus. Atria Books. $36.00
Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold stories of ordinary men and women who took extraordinary measures, risking life and limb to be together, facing mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to defy the system.

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, by Koren Zailckas. Viking, $32.00
In this literary debut, Koren relates how drinking warped her self-image and teenage development. An unflinching and candid self-examination, and an informed rant against a consumer culture that idealizes the effects of alcohol.

Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, by Abigail Garner. Harper Collins, $19.95
Drawing on a decade of community organizing, and interviews with more that 50 grown sons and daughters of LGBT parents, Garner addresses such topics as coming out to children, facing homophobia at school, co-parenting with ex-partners, the impact of AIDS, and the children’s own sexuality.

Going Going, by Naomi Shihab Nye. Harper Collins, $22.99
Nye’s latest offering to young adults chronicles a community where many local businesses have been forced to close their doors due to the encroachment of franchises.

Malka, by Mirjam Pressler. Penguin, $8.99
Seven-year-old Malka must flee the Hungarian border in a hurry, to a place where Jews can live in peace. During the escape Malka finds herself alone, in a terrifying world full of strangers, starvation and constant fear of Nazi roundups.

First Moon: Celebration and Support for a Girl’s Growing-Up Journey, by Maureen Theresa Smith.
New World Library, $33.95
Nothing rocks a girl’s world as much as her first period. Designed to support girls before and during their first year of menstruation, this kit offers a guidebook, companion journal, 13-month flow chart calendar, stickers and a keepsake box.