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  • Audiobook

    Paperboy

    Series series DI Alison McCoist

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular. Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit. When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled corpse under a flyover, they are both sucked into a deadly stramash of gangland wars and police corruption. Can Chuck solve his gambling and ... Read more

    $23.04 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bullsh*t Comparisons

    A field guide to thinking critically in a world of difference

    by Andrew Brooks ...
    Life is complicated, comparisons are easy. We consume enormous quantities of information every day from sources that are reliable, and those less trustworthy, including journalists, politicians, friends and social media.One of the most commons tools we use to communicate is comparison. Are we suffering a 'hurricane' of migrants? Do dogs look like their owners? Is Oxford better than Harvard? ... Read more

    $11.49 CAD

  • Clothing Poverty

    The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes

    by Andrew Brooks ...
    Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling?Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the-world tour to reveal how clothes are manufactured and retailed, bringing to light how fast fashion and recycling are interconnected. Andrew Brooks shows how ... Read more

    $21.29 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Bullsh*t Comparisons

    A Field Guide to Thinking Critically in a World of Difference

    by Andrew Brooks ...
    Narrated by Andrew Brooks ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 40 min

    Bullshit Comparisons will challenge the way you think about rankings, charts, and other marketing and political tools designed to create odious and dangerous comparisons.Is Boris Johnson really like Winston Churchill? Are electric cars actually greener than petrol ones? Which is the world's most successful university? Is Lisbon the new Barcelona? Should we compare the achievements of younger and ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    First Light

    A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2

    Narrated by Andrew Brooke ...
    Series series

    Unabridged

    11 hours 29 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of First Light by Geoffrey Wellum, read by Andrew Brooke.Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, eighteen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF...Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, ... Read more

    $20.29 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales

    A stunning illustrated collection of fifteen dark and ancient stories

    Series series Doctor Who Children's Collection

    Unabridged

    6 hours 44 min

    We are all stories, in the end . . .A stunning collection of dark and ancient fairy tales from the world of Doctor Who, read by cast of actors from the TV show, including Tom Baker and Paul McGann!These captivating stories include mysterious myths and legends about heroes and monsters of all kinds, from every corner of the universe. Originally told to young Time Lords at bedtime, these twisted ... Read more

    $16.60 CAD

  • Fast Fashion

    A Cut from Clothing Poverty with Exclusive New Content

    by Andrew Brooks ...
    Fast Fashion: A cut from Clothing Poverty marks the two-year anniversary of the disastrous collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh on 24 April 2013.Featuring a new introduction along with a chapter from the previously published Clothing Poverty: The hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes, Andrew Brooks stitches together the events of the Rana Plaza tragedy with the hidden ... Read more

    $1.82 CAD

  • Handbook of Markov Chain Monte Carlo

    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods
    This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition of the Handbook of Markov Chain Monte Carlo reflects the dramatic evolution of MCMC methods since the publication of the first edition. With the addition of two new editors, Radu V. Craiu and Dootika Vats, this comprehensive reference now offers deeper insights into the theoretical foundations and cutting-edge developments that are reshaping the ... Read more

    $322.92 CAD

  • Canberra Boys

    Fascinating Accounts from the Operators of an English Electric Classic

    A history of the British bomber aircraft and stories from the crew who served with it.The English Electric Canberra first came into production in the late 1940s and has since played a hugely significant part in world events. In Canberra Boys, Andrew Brookes takes us through its rich history with the help of those who operated this magnificent machine. Contributors include Roly "Bee" Beamont, the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Worlds

    by Andrew Brooks ...
    Andrew Brooks is an upcoming digital artist whose composite images highlight the intricate detail of the world's they capture. New Worlds draws together a collection of 28 surreal or hyper real photographs, often developed from hundreds of shots which are then digitally enhanced. With short audio extracts accompanying each picture, Andrew takes time to personally reveal the techniques and ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The End of Development

    A Global History of Poverty and Prosperity

    by Andrew Brooks ...
    Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor?Human history unfolded differently across the globe. The world is separated in to places of poverty and prosperity. Tracing the long arc of human history from hunter gatherer societies to the early twenty first century in an argument grounded in a deep understanding of geography, Andrew Brooks rejects popular explanations for the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • A Land Rover Named Lucy

    Three friends. One Land Rover. A journey that changed everything.

    Three young men, one stubborn Land Rover, and a journey that refused to quit.‘Sometimes the hardest roads lead us home’.When test race car driver Andrew Edwards agrees to deliver a rusting Land Rover from England to West Africa for his cousin, a renowned wildlife artist studying bird migration, he imagines a challenging but manageable adventure. What unfolds is anything but.With two mechanically ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD