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  • Babi Yar

    The powerful story of Ukraine’s holocaust, set in Kyiv during the Nazi occupation

    by A. Anatoli ...
    Translated by David Floyd ...
    This is the gripping story of Kyiv during the Second World War told by a young boy who saw it all.'Rightly hailed a masterpiece' Daily MailAnatoli Kuznetsov is twelve years old in September 1941 when the German army enters Kyiv, Ukraine and the killings begin 'So here is my invitation: enter into my fate, imagine that you are twelve, that the world is at war and that nobody knows what is going to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Climb

    Tragic Ambitions on Everest

    Unabridged

    9 hours 28 min

    Read The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev (portrayed by Ingvar Sigurðsson in the film Everest) and G. Weston DeWalt’s compelling account of those fateful events on Everest.In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets: An Anthology (A Bilingual Edition)

    This anthology reflects a search of the Ukrainian nation for its identity, the roots of which lie deep inside Ukrainian-language poetry. Some of the included poets are well-known locally and internationally; among them are Serhiy Zhadan, Halyna Kruk, Ostap Slyvynsky, Marianna Kijanowska, Oleh Kotsarev, Anna Bagriana and, of course, the living legend of Ukrainian poetry, Vasyl Holoborodko. The next ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Time of the Octopus: Based on the true story of whistleblower Edward Snowden

    A frightening, prophetic vision of our world...In Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, fugitive US intelligence officer Joshua Kold is held in limbo, unable to leave the airport’s transit area. He is on the run, after blowing the lid off the terrifying reach of covert American global surveillance operations. Will the Russian authorities grant him asylum, or will they hand him over the clutches of the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seeing Through Abstraction

    Literary Encounters with Information in Modern China

    During the first half of the twentieth century, China saw sweeping changes in the material conditions and practices of communication, transforming the volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and value of information. Encountering the new abstract matter of information, a generation of Chinese writers faced a crisis of literary identity: What made literature distinct from other informational genres, ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Climb

    Tragic Ambitions on Everest

    Everest, the major motion picture from Universal Pictures, is set for wide release on September 18, 2015. Read The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev (portrayed by Ingvar Sigurðsson in the film) and G. Weston DeWalt’s compelling account of those fateful events on Everest.In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Children of the Arbat

    This autobiographical fiction of Soviet life just prior to Stalin's Great Purge intertwines the story of Sasha Pankratov, a Russian student unjustly arrested, imprisoned, and exiled, with the story of Stalin's obsession with power. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Children in Space

    Translated by Igor Goriatchev ...
    ""Five in the Spaceship" is the most popular story by children's writer Anatoly Moshkovsky and one of the best works of Soviet children's science fiction, which remains captivating for a new generation of readers. Five kids hijack a spaceship and set off to distant, uncharted worlds. They are in for incredibly interesting adventures and challenges!" is the most popular story by children's writer ... Read more

    $5.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heart of the Path

    Gurdjieff's Teachings in Guided Meditations

    This book includes 27 meditation scripts. It is a unique exploration of the Fourth Way, using altered states of consciousness to deepen understanding. Gurdjieff employed this approach in his early Russian groups, guiding students into trance-like states and teaching Fourth Way concepts through vivid imagery.This method allows ideas to connect directly with the emotional center, bypassing the ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Origin Uncertain

    Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology

    Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with origins unknown, disputed, or so buried in old journals that they may as well be lost to the general public. In Origin Uncertain: Unraveling the Mysteries ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Word Origins ... and How We Know Them

    Etymology for Everyone

    Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Find the Right Plan with Anatoly Karpov

    • One of the world's greatest chess players reveals the secrets of how he plans his play• Packed with invaluable information on how to mobilise your forces, avoid threats and win the game• Illustrated with a wealth of annotated examples from the author's own gamesThe legendary Anatoly Karpov has won over 250 Grandmaster tournaments, many more than any other player in chess history, and his games ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD