{"title":"TYPE'S HOLIDAY PREVIEW","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780771021237","title":"An End in Itself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom two-time Leacock Medal winner and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a slim parable of a novel that imagines a world where literature rules—and one humble writer discovers that success can be the strangest fiction of all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if novelists were the new rock stars?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMalcolm Forde is a novelist who's made peace with the modest life of a working writer—half-empty book events, glowing reviews that don't sell books, and the quiet satisfaction of a good sentence. But after falling asleep while writing late one December night, Malcolm wakes up in a world that looks very much like his own . . . except everything has changed. Writers are now global celebrities, lit tours fill stadiums, and he's suddenly rich, adored, and world-famous. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Malcolm is swept into a surreal whirlwind of fame—including private jets, red carpets, and rabid fans—he starts to lose touch with the quiet, solitary art that once gave his life meaning and purpose. \u003ci\u003eAn End in Itself\u003c\/i\u003e is a wry, thoughtful, and deeply human satire that interrogates our obsession with celebrity and success while celebrating the enduring power of the written word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | 208 pages | 5.14\" x 7.77\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terry Fallis (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68101094932712,"sku":"9780771021237x","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_59d614aa-4194-4372-bea4-47c894d787d3.jpg?v=1793729457"},{"product_id":"9781964786476","title":"Cookie Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCookie Box \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ecelebrates the timeless tradition of sharing homemade cookies, reimagined through a modern, year-round lens. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, you’ll find everything you need to create a variety of cookie boxes, from a Christmas Classic Box, to a Birthday Box, a Mailable Box, A Coffee Break Box, and even gluten-free and plant-based boxes, all complete with step-by-step instructions and a wide selection of recipes per box. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearn what makes a balanced cookie box, how much to bake per person, the perfect timeline for prepping and assembling, and how to pack and transport your beautiful creations so you can share perfect sweet treat gifts all year. Find classic recipes for quick and easy bakes like chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies, as well as fun, modern twists to really impress like birthday cake madeleines. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCookie Box\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone looking to make and share more homemade gifts—and their cookie-loving friends and family. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | 176 pages | 7\" x 9\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Lucas Larving (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68108145950952,"sku":"9781964786476x","price":38.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ec55b44f-8ba2-445a-a142-f44a0bfa07a6.jpg?v=1793813400"},{"product_id":"9780063572324","title":"The Little Prince Deluxe Christmas Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn elegant new gift edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's timeless classic, with foil-stamped effects and a paper-over-board case, featuring the author's beautiful illustrations restored to match their original detail and color, and a foreword by Saint-Exupery’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, Stacy Schiff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll grown-ups were once children—although few of them remember it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pilot crashes his plane in the Sahara Desert. There, far away from civilization, he meets The Little Prince, a strange young boy who left his solitary life on a distant asteroid and traveled to the disenchanted adult world. What unfolds is an unforgettable adventure through the night sky, and a timeless meditation on the power of seeing the world with wonder and clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | 112 pages | 6\" x 8\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoine de Saint-Exupéry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124315779304,"sku":"9780063572324x","price":32.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_847a7f8d-c137-4d30-8535-77b00c7299d1.jpg?v=1793906306"},{"product_id":"9798893312133","title":"First Famous Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter rocketing to pop stardom practically overnight, all Marceline wants is a calm holiday at home. What she gets is a run-in with her bad-boy high-school crush, Lucas. Could this Ghost of Christmas Past also become her new muse?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Marceline Freeze went to Juilliard to study violin, she didn’t expect it to lead to a Best New Artist Grammy. Now, after a whirlwind tour and early-onset fame fatigue, she’s looking forward to a normal Christmas in her snowy North Carolina hometown. But all bets are off the second she walks into My Place, the coffee shop that was her refuge growing up. It’s gotten an infuriating Scandi-chic makeover courtesy of its new owner: Lucas North, the rebellious firestarter she worshipped from afar as a teenager.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 240 pages | 5\" x 8\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carrie WIttmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124339765480,"sku":"9798893312133x","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_652b4c2f-c286-41a2-b218-a5f811af3187.jpg?v=1793907047"},{"product_id":"9781639738908","title":"Christmas in Austenland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturn to Austenland at Christmastime in this delightfully charming romance by bestselling author Shannon Hale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKestrel Klein has always been \u003ci\u003etoo much\u003c\/i\u003e. Too much for her mother to manage or for any path in life to actually work out. Too much for her sweet Hank--the guy she thought was her soulmate, before he broke her heart. Itching for a big change, Kestrel enters a contest and wins a vacation to Pembrook Park, an immersive Austen experience. Bonus: it's during Christmas, the one holiday where being \u003ci\u003etoo much\u003c\/i\u003e is the whole point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce inside Austenland, Kestrel feels . . . dare she say, happy? Is it the cozy hearth fires warming her jaded heart? Is it the fun of gentlemen attempting to woo her under the mistletoe? Is it the instant friends who bring her into the fold? She's always worried that unless she can tamp down her too-muchness, she'll never find that found family she craves. Just as Kestrel begins to soften her well-honed defenses, an unexpected visitor disrupts the holiday celebrations. Perhaps it's the chance she needs to find out if her one true love really was meant to be. But now that she finally feels at home, is he still what she wants?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third book in this utterly delightful series gives readers the chance to relish all the fun of Regency romance, from the comfort of their modern lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | 416 pages | 5.95\" x 8.55\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shannon Hale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124355199208,"sku":"9781639738908x","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_eaeb39c7-01b1-4755-b45d-4abdbcd91215.jpg?v=1793907406"},{"product_id":"9780374394011","title":"This Is Not a Christmas Book* (*This Is a Book About Rocks)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny and fresh holiday picture book from \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author Jory John and award-winning illustrator Pierre Collet-Derby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e starring a rock-loving lizard who has no interest in being the hero of a Christmas story. Perfect for fans of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monster at the End of This Book\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is NOT a Christmas book.\u003cbr\u003eJust so you know.\u003cbr\u003eJust so we’re clear. \u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about rocks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut . . . wait. Hold on. Why is there an elf behind that piece of granite over there? And what are those reindeer doing? And who’s this guy with a twinkle in his eye? Santa?!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybe this isn’t a book about rocks after all.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill a very serious, rock-loving lizard be able to find his holiday spirit?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis laugh-out-loud story will bring some extra sparkle (and giggles) to the most wonderful time of the year. Also, features a double gatefold for readers to open the book just like a Christmas gift!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | Ages 4 - 8 | 40 pages | 11.4\" x 9.3\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jory John (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124358705384,"sku":"9780374394011x","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d050cfe1-4976-49f9-86b6-ac7ab7e2c47c.jpg?v=1793907604"},{"product_id":"9780374392345","title":"Merry Christmess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author and Grammy-nominated artist comes a funny, warm-hearted debut middle-grade novel about sisterhood, family, and how the holiday season is a time to be merry—and messy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll twins Stevie and Jordan Clementine want for Christmas is to enjoy the holiday with \u003ci\u003eboth\u003c\/i\u003e of their Grinchy parents—something they haven’t done with their traveling rock star father and work-obsessed mom since they were too young to remember. Instead, the sisters expect to spend this season as they always do: hopping between their uncle’s motel, where they stay with Dad while he is in town, and home, where Mom is too frazzled from organizing the endless holiday celebrations at the local community center to have much Christmas spirit left for her kids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when news arrives that could wreck the halls, mischief-minded Stevie ropes her reluctant sister into a plan to save the holiday: get their parents under one roof for a movie-worthy Christmas. For their scheme to work, the girls will need plenty of holly-and-jolly cheer, enough messy white lies to land on Santa’s naughty list . . . and unexpected help from some four-legged friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrresistibly festive and fun, Tegan Quin’s first solo novel is a fresh celebration of the season that reveals how family messiness is sometimes the missing ingredient for true holiday magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | Ages 8 - 12 | 288 pages | 5.75\" x 8.55\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tegan Quin (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124366602472,"sku":"9780374392345x","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_96eedb54-cfbc-4cdf-a401-ce778fda76da.jpg?v=1793907891"},{"product_id":"9781250444530-1","title":"New York Times Games Fireside Mini Crosswords","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFill your stocking with puzzles!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCozy up by the fire this winter with a jolly new batch of easyto-solve \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Games\u003c\/i\u003e Mini Crossword puzzles. These delightful Minis are sure to bring you fun and joy!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatures: \u003cbr\u003e- 150 easy mini crossword puzzles\u003cbr\u003e- Portable size for on-the-go solving\u003cbr\u003e- Available in print for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 224 pages | 4.75\" x 5.95\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New York Times","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124397338856,"sku":"9781250444530x","price":17.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fe5b2167-ad02-49ec-8c2c-08dcb60cbad9.jpg?v=1793908387"},{"product_id":"9781805708360","title":"Holiday Wordle Challenge","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan you crack these festive Wordles and become the ultimate holiday puzzle champion? \u003ci\u003eHoliday Wordle Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e turns classic word puzzles into a warm and engaging seasonal experience filled with clever twists and satisfying solutions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for puzzle lovers of all levels, this book offers everything from gentle warm-up puzzles to expert challenges—perfect for quiet moments or cosy winter evenings by the fire. It’s ideal for solo relaxation or friendly competition with family and friends during holiday gatherings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you’re a seasoned Wordle player or a curious beginner, this book provides a fun and festive way to sharpen reasoning skills, boost memory, and enjoy screen-free entertainment throughout the holiday season. It also makes a thoughtful and entertaining gift for puzzle lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 192 pages | 5\" x 7.8\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Roland Hall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124408578280,"sku":"9781805708360x","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4f9f5e9a-be25-4a37-a4e1-f6ec34f5710d.jpg?v=1793908558"},{"product_id":"9781324130901","title":"The Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Waters\u003c\/i\u003e (a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick) returns with a tale of love, transgression, and the miraculous healing power of the holiday table.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBonnie Jo Campbell, a master of rural American fiction, brings us a hair-raising winter tale to warm us by the fireside. In this contemporary \u003ci\u003eChristmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, Campbell has created a gritty, spooky, and ultimately heartening holiday story that unfolds in an isolated farmhouse. It is the night before Christmas in a small town in Michigan, and a young woman is haunted by her father’s death. She has been silently penitent for nine years, but her guilt and grief have estranged her from her community and her family. She has taken refuge in the natural world of the plants and trees she tends, but on this anniversary of the tragedy, the supernatural landscape is rattling its chains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a surprise guest appears at the (dreaded) Christmas Eve dinner, the family begins to open up and reveal dangerous secrets and crimes nobody is willing to face. Within this darkest chaos, a sliver of light appears, showing a way to reclaim communion and even a sense of humor. While redemption is never easy or wholesale, the story that a family creates together can heal wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | 256 pages | 5.8\" x 8.6\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnie Jo Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124420604136,"sku":"9781324130901x","price":37.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3e403616-e299-46f3-9de0-41f13f0b4a51.jpg?v=1793908748"}],"url":"https:\/\/typebooks.ca\/collections\/types-holiday-preview.oembed","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}