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Book Excerpt: An Echo in the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon
The following is excerpted from the hardcover edition of An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. Excerpted by permission of Anchor Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this e... Read More.

A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano -- an excerpt
And then there was the piano, which the National Library had decided to purchase from Gould’s estate. An eight-foot-eleven-and-one-quarter-inch Steinway concert grand, it was known as CD 318 (C to signify its special status as having been put aside for the use... Read More.

Shining at the Bottom of the Sea, by Stephen Marche: an excerpt
[For the sake of readability and accessibility, the spelling and in some cases the syntax of this story have been normalized.—s.m.] Wherever they may be, and wherever they may be from, all men do relish a hanging. The Drama of Law, with its Crime and its Pu... Read More.

Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs: An Excerpt
I started playing my first song — “Little Bird, Little Bird,” a folk elegy about a Second World War soldier. I stood at the front of the stage but stepped down on the floor after sensing that the lyrics couldn’t be heard at the back of the hall. Before I got t... Read More.

Lightning and Blackberries: An excerpt
The following is an excerpt from Lightning and Blackberries, by Joanne Jefferson. I felt my heart beating harder and my breath coming in shorter bursts, but I tried to keep myself calm as I turned to retrace my steps. Thunderstorms did not frighten m... Read More.