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  • Glass Houses

    by Anne Coombs ...
    It’s an ambitious project, and all previous renovators have come to grief.Out of the woodwork real estate agents, a jealous sister, the heritage council, prospective tourism operators and journalists, proffering opinions, make his life a misery.As the restoration goes on, Raymond becomes increasingly isolated, unable to trust anyone, alienating his friends and giving courage to his enemies. He ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Our Familiars

    The Meaning of Animals in Our Lives

    by Anne Coombs ...
    A beautiful meditation on the awe-inspiring responsibility we hold with other living creatures: from their containment and loss of freedom to our intense and mysteriously mutual love.How do animals guard, serve, and care for us? And how and why do we love them so much?Anne Coombs spent her entire life working to understand the profound answers that come from these two deceptively simple questions. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Belarus - Culture Smart!

    The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

    by Anne Coombes, Culture Smart! ...
    Series series Culture Smart!
    Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Routledge Handbook of Sport Fans and Fandom

    Edited by Danielle Sarver Coombs, Anne C. Osborne ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This is the first book to explore the full significance of sport fans and fandom from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, across different sports, communities and levels of engagement. It gives a comprehensive overview of the undeniable economic and cultural influence of sport industries for which fans are the driving force.The book examines different theoretical and methodological ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Confessions of a Grieving Mother

    A Mother's Journey Through the Death of a Child

    by Sherry Anne Coombe ...
    I did not cry. The moment came when Heather died; I did not shed a tear. I felt numb, like I was having an out of body experience, and I was watching myself go through the motions. There were things to do; people to call, it was not the time to begin to fall apart. I had just joined an elite club of grieving mothers. This was the club no one talked about or wanted to become a member of. From that ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Supervision as Transformation

    A Passion for Learning

    by Fiona Adamson, Joan Wilmot, Nicola Coombe, Judy Ryde, Ann Rowe, Richard Olivier, Mary Creaner, Christina Breene, Dr Michael Carroll ...
    Supervision provides a positive space for compassion, inquiry, reflection, and above all development. The chapters in this book are written from a wide range of perspectives, all of which take a practical approach to supervision and show how transformative it can be when approached in the right way.Contributions range from explorations of supervision as a journey of life-long learning and its ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • My Porcelain Doll

    by Sherry Anne Coombe ...
    My Porcelain Doll is Sherry Coombe's, poignant tribute to her late daughter and a moving memoir about walking side by side through Heathers struggles and triumphs during cancer. Sherry traces the journey she and Heather shared through some of the toughest challenges and sweetest moments of fighting cancer. Genuine, intimate and unconditional love, My Porcelain Doll is a story of hope, joy and ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Creative Practice Ethnographies

    by Larissa Hjorth, Anne M. Harris, Kat Jungnickel, Gretchen Coombs ...
    Creative Practice Ethnographies focuses on the intersection of creative practice and ethnography and offers new ways to think about the methods, practice, and promise of research in contemporary interdisciplinary contexts. How does creative practice inform new ways of doing ethnography and vice versa? What new forms of expression and engagement are made possible as a result of these creative ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Female Fans of the NFL

    Taking Their Place in the Stands

    by Anne Cunningham Osborne, Danielle Sarver Coombs ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    In the past, sport, particularly football, has been defined as a male domain. Women’s interest stereotypically ranges from gentle tolerance to active resistance. But increasingly, women are proudly identifying themselves as supporters of their teams, and have become highly desirable audiences for sport organizations and merchandisers. Football provides a unique site at which to examine the complex ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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    Holland Carter Detective, #1

    by Bill Clem ...
    Series Book 1 - Holland Carter Detective
    When Holland Carter is called to Chicago to help fellow detective Sam Books, he is eager to assist. A series of brutal murders have occurred at a staggering rate. All the victims were found with their skull truncated; their brain carefully removed. But the truth is more shocking than Carter imagined -- there is another dimension to the whole affair, that neither he nor Sam could have anticipated. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Slam Dunk

    Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change

    by Cheryl Cooky, Michela Musto, Lauren Rauscher, Marko Begovic, Carole Oglesby, Don Sabo, Marjorie Snyder, Suzel Bozada-Deas, Shari Dworkin, Ranissa Dycus, Faye Linda Wachs, Michael A. Messner ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Sport and Society
    In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most elite-level women athletes, and the continuing dearth of fair and equal media coverage all ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Working Stiff

    Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

    by Judy Melinek, MD, T.J. Mitchell ...
    “Fun…and full of smart science. Fans of CSI—the real kind—will want to read it” (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being.Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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