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Watching the English

The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour - 'Absolutely brilliant' JENNIFER SAUNDERS

by Kate Fox ...

Narrated by Joan Walker ...

Unabridged

21 hours 13 min

THE BESTSELLING MODERN CLASSIC. OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD.'Brilliant and hilarious' GRAYSON PERRY'A delightful read'SUNDAY TIMES'Laugh out loud' MARTIN PARR'Absolutely brilliant' JENNIFER SAUNDERS*WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY GRAYSON PERRY*The unofficial guidebook to the English national character by anthropologist Kate Fox.</st... ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

THE BESTSELLING MODERN CLASSIC. OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD.'Brilliant and hilarious' GRAYSON PERRY'A delightful read'SUNDAY TIMES'Laugh out loud' MARTIN PARR'Absolutely brilliant' JENNIFER SAUNDERS*WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY GRAYSON PERRY*The unofficial guidebook to the English national character by anthropologist Kate Fox.</st...
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Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond ...

Narrated by Doug Ordunio ...

Unabridged

16 hours 20 min

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history.Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both ... Read more

$34.00 CAD

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history.Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both
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Guns, Germs and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Abridged

5 hours 58 min

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns. It is a story that spans 13,000 years of human history, beginning when Stone Age hunter-gatherers constituted the entire human population. Guns, Germs ... Read more

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Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns. It is a story that spans 13,000 years of human history, beginning when Stone Age hunter-gatherers constituted the entire human population. Guns, Germs
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The Revenge of Geography

What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

by Robert D. Kaplan ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

13 hours 24 min

In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled ... Read more

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In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled
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Nations Apart

How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America

by Colin Woodard ...

Narrated by Ari Fliakos ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

**"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov"A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can take to bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic." —The Next Big Idea Club“A lucid exercise in ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

**"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov"A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can take to bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic." —The Next Big Idea Club“A lucid exercise in
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight Revised and Updated

The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late

by Thom Hartmann, Neale Donald Walsch ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

18 hours 2 min

While everything appears to be collapsing around us—ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars—we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children's children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio's feature documentary movie The 11th Hour, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what ... Read more

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While everything appears to be collapsing around us—ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars—we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children's children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio's feature documentary movie The 11th Hour, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what
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At genkende den fremmede - Om Palæstina og narrativer

by Isabella Hammad ...

Narrated by Trine Appel ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

I essayet At genkende den fremmede kaster den prisvindende forfatter Isabella Hammad lys over den palæstinensiske friheds kamp i en kulturanalyse, der er lige så bevægende, som den er aktuel.Ni dage før den 7. oktober 2023 afholdt Hammad en mindeforelæsning om Edward W. Said på Columbia University i New York. Forelæsningen var en knivskarp undersøgelse af narrativernes kampplads i konflikten ... Read more

$29.24 CAD

I essayet At genkende den fremmede kaster den prisvindende forfatter Isabella Hammad lys over den palæstinensiske friheds kamp i en kulturanalyse, der er lige så bevægende, som den er aktuel.Ni dage før den 7. oktober 2023 afholdt Hammad en mindeforelæsning om Edward W. Said på Columbia University i New York. Forelæsningen var en knivskarp undersøgelse af narrativernes kampplads i konflikten
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In Search of the Canary Tree

The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World

by Lauren E. Oakes ...

Narrated by Ellen Archer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming worldSeveral years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming worldSeveral years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants
... Read more
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Himalaya

A Human History

by Ed Douglas ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has been home to a diversity of indigenous and local cultures, a crucible of world religions, a crossroads ... Read more

$49.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has been home to a diversity of indigenous and local cultures, a crucible of world religions, a crossroads
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The Long Land War

The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights

by Jo Guldi ...

Narrated by Wendy Tremont King ...

Series series Yale Agrarian Studies
Unabridged

24 hours 50 min

A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the worldJo Guldi tells the story of a global struggle to bring food, water, and shelter to all. Land is shown to be a central motor of politics in the twentieth century: the basis of movements for giving reparations to formerly colonized people, protests to limit the rent paid ... Read more

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A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the worldJo Guldi tells the story of a global struggle to bring food, water, and shelter to all. Land is shown to be a central motor of politics in the twentieth century: the basis of movements for giving reparations to formerly colonized people, protests to limit the rent paid
... Read more
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Microadventures

Local Discoveries for Great Escapes

by Alastair Humphreys ...

Narrated by Alastair Humphreys ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ GeographicalAdventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity.So what’s a microadventure? It’s close to home, cheap, simple, short and 100% guaranteed to refresh your life. A microadventure takes the spirit of a ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ GeographicalAdventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity.So what’s a microadventure? It’s close to home, cheap, simple, short and 100% guaranteed to refresh your life. A microadventure takes the spirit of a
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Psychogeography

by Merlin Coverley ...

Narrated by Rupert Clervaux ...

Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

Psychogeography**. In recent years this term has been used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from ley lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean?**This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Paris of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background and its political application in the work of Guy ... Read more

$34.34 CAD

Psychogeography**. In recent years this term has been used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from ley lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean?**This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Paris of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background and its political application in the work of Guy
... Read more
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Free the Land

How We Can Fight Poverty and Climate Chaos

by Audrea Lim ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

12 hours 31 min

An eye-opening examination of how treating land as a source of profit has a massive impact on racial inequality and the housing, gentrification, and environmental crises.Climate change, gentrification, racial discrimination, and corporate greed are some of the most urgent problems facing our society. They are traditionally treated as unrelated issues, but they all share a common root: the ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

An eye-opening examination of how treating land as a source of profit has a massive impact on racial inequality and the housing, gentrification, and environmental crises.Climate change, gentrification, racial discrimination, and corporate greed are some of the most urgent problems facing our society. They are traditionally treated as unrelated issues, but they all share a common root: the
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Lines That Divide, Connections That Unite: How Geography Shapes Societies

by S Williams ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 37 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an increasingly interconnected yet divided world, understanding the intricate relationship between geography and society is more critical than ever. This comprehensive exploration delves into the evolving role of global borders , offering a nuanced perspective on how they shape our lives, cultures, and futures. From analyzing current migration ... Read more

$12.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an increasingly interconnected yet divided world, understanding the intricate relationship between geography and society is more critical than ever. This comprehensive exploration delves into the evolving role of global borders , offering a nuanced perspective on how they shape our lives, cultures, and futures. From analyzing current migration
... Read more
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Saving the Appearances

A Study in Idolatry

by Owen Barfield ...

Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 37 min

Barfield draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology, and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats.Saving the Appearances is about the world as we see it and the world as it is; it is about God, human nature, and consciousness. The best-known of numerous books by the British sage whom C.S. Lewis called the ... Read more

$34.34 CAD

Barfield draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology, and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats.Saving the Appearances is about the world as we see it and the world as it is; it is about God, human nature, and consciousness. The best-known of numerous books by the British sage whom C.S. Lewis called the
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Uitgemolken

een nieuwe plattelandsidylle

by Irene van der Aart ...

Narrated by Irene van der Aart ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

In ‘Uitgemolken’ vertelt Irene van der Aart over het leven in de Achterhoek met de blik van een stadsmens. In 2003 kreeg de Amsterdamse verkering met een boer met koeien en ging ze met hem samenwonen op zijn boerderij in de Achterhoek. Inmiddels is ze zeventien jaar verloofd met Boer en hoewel Irene voor altijd ‘import’ zal zijn en nog wekelijks een of meerdere dagen in Amsterdam verblijft, is ze ... Read more

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In ‘Uitgemolken’ vertelt Irene van der Aart over het leven in de Achterhoek met de blik van een stadsmens. In 2003 kreeg de Amsterdamse verkering met een boer met koeien en ging ze met hem samenwonen op zijn boerderij in de Achterhoek. Inmiddels is ze zeventien jaar verloofd met Boer en hoewel Irene voor altijd ‘import’ zal zijn en nog wekelijks een of meerdere dagen in Amsterdam verblijft, is ze
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People of the World

Cultures and Traditions, Ancestry and Identity

by K. David Harrison, K. David Harrison, Catherine Herbert Howell ...

Narrated by Pam Ward ...

Unabridged

18 hours 40 min

From the heart of National Geographic comes this expansive guide to the clans, tribes, ethnicities, and peoples of the world.Organized in keeping with our knowledge of the migration of human groups through history, with statistics and a cultural portrait of each ethnic group, People of the World becomes a fascinating round-the-world tour of customs and traditions as well as a go-to source for ... Read more

$32.15 CAD

From the heart of National Geographic comes this expansive guide to the clans, tribes, ethnicities, and peoples of the world.Organized in keeping with our knowledge of the migration of human groups through history, with statistics and a cultural portrait of each ethnic group, People of the World becomes a fascinating round-the-world tour of customs and traditions as well as a go-to source for
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Finding Your Roots

The Official Companion to the PBS Series

by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...

Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn ...

Unabridged

14 hours 49 min

Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gates' ... Read more

$27.95 CAD

Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gates'
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Neither Nowt Nor Summat

In search of the meaning of Yorkshire

by Ian McMillan ...

Narrated by Ian McMillan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

I’m going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I’m going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don’t want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first morning on the job, getting gloriously lost, turning up where I shouldn’t. I’m going to confirm or deny the clichés, holding them up to see where the ... Read more

$18.45 CAD

I’m going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I’m going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don’t want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first morning on the job, getting gloriously lost, turning up where I shouldn’t. I’m going to confirm or deny the clichés, holding them up to see where the
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Glowing Still

A Woman's Life on the Road - 'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph

by Sara Wheeler ...

Narrated by Sara Wheeler ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

Britain's foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to ZanzibarA Times Literary Supplement and Financial Times Book of the Year'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph'Intrepid and sparky, full of canny quips and lightly poetic observations' Mail on SundaySara Wheeler is Britain's foremos... ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Britain's foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to ZanzibarA Times Literary Supplement and Financial Times Book of the Year'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph'Intrepid and sparky, full of canny quips and lightly poetic observations' Mail on SundaySara Wheeler is Britain's foremos...
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Nature's Serenity: Finding Inner Peace Through Connection with the Natural World

by S Williams ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an increasingly fast-paced and disconnected world, finding inner peace has become more important than ever. Nature's Serenity is your guide to rediscovering the profound mental, emotional, and physical benefits of connecting with the natural world. This transformative book delves into the science, ethics, and practical applications of nature therapy ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an increasingly fast-paced and disconnected world, finding inner peace has become more important than ever. Nature's Serenity is your guide to rediscovering the profound mental, emotional, and physical benefits of connecting with the natural world. This transformative book delves into the science, ethics, and practical applications of nature therapy
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Border Economies

Cities Bridging the U.S.-Mexico Divide

by James Gerber ...

Narrated by Andrew Joseph Perez ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

The border between the United States and Mexico is one of the most unique and complex regions of the world. The asymmetry of the border region, together with the profound cultural differences of the two countries, create national controversies around migration, security, and illegal flows of drugs and weapons. The national narratives miss the fact that the fifteen million or more people living in ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The border between the United States and Mexico is one of the most unique and complex regions of the world. The asymmetry of the border region, together with the profound cultural differences of the two countries, create national controversies around migration, security, and illegal flows of drugs and weapons. The national narratives miss the fact that the fifteen million or more people living in
... Read more
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The Thistle and The Rose

by Linda Porter ...

Narrated by Alix Dunmore ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

Bloomsbury presents The Thistle and The Rose by Linda Porter, read by Alix Dunmore.Margaret Tudor, the elder sister of her more famous brother Henry VIII, is the single most important Tudor figure of this era that historians have consistently overlooked. Married at thirteen to the charismatic James IV of Scotland, a man more than twice her age, she would learn the skills of statecraft that would ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents The Thistle and The Rose by Linda Porter, read by Alix Dunmore.Margaret Tudor, the elder sister of her more famous brother Henry VIII, is the single most important Tudor figure of this era that historians have consistently overlooked. Married at thirteen to the charismatic James IV of Scotland, a man more than twice her age, she would learn the skills of statecraft that would
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Human Geography

A Very Short Introduction

by Patricia Daley, Ian Klinke ...

Narrated by Nneka Okoye ...

Unabridged

4 hours 2 min

Human geography offers answers to some of the most important challenges of our time. To understand contemporary struggles over global economic inequality, forced migration, racial injustice, gender justice, and the climate crisis, we must grasp the ways in which these are fought over and through space.Human Geography, A Very Short Introduction by Patricia Daley and Ian Klinke explains how the ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Human geography offers answers to some of the most important challenges of our time. To understand contemporary struggles over global economic inequality, forced migration, racial injustice, gender justice, and the climate crisis, we must grasp the ways in which these are fought over and through space.Human Geography, A Very Short Introduction by Patricia Daley and Ian Klinke explains how the
... Read more

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