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  • Jo van Gogh-Bonger

    The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous

    by Hans Luijten ...
    Translated by Lynne Richards ...
    WINNER OF THE 2023 MARY LYNN KOTZ AWARD FOR ART IN LITERATUREIt is so good, after so many years of public indifference, even hostility towards Vincent and his work, to feel towards the end of my life that the battle is won.'JO VAN GOGH-BONGER TO GUSTAVE COQUIOT, 1922'It is a sacrifice for the sake of Vincent's glory.'JO VAN GOGH-BONGER ON THE SALE OF 'THE SUNFLOWERS' TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY, UK, ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Secret Life Of Sunflowers

    A gripping, inspiring novel based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law

    Series series
    "This book draws all the emotions out of you. I went from tears to snorting with laughter. It was both lighthearted and heart breaking, yet it inspires me to live my best life!" Michele CoxWhen Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. ... Read more

    Was $11.99 CAD Now $9.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Widow Van Gogh

    Tragedy, Triumph, and the Woman Who Made Vincent van Gogh a Legend: A Life of Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger

    by Joan Martelli ...
    A vivid new biography uncovers the fascinating story of Jo Van Gogh-Bonger, the true steward of Van Gogh's art and legacy after Vincent and Theo's early deaths.On a stormy summer night in 1891, a young Dutch widow left her home and went for a walk outside alone in the rain. It was the anniversary of the death of her brother-in-law, Vincent van Gogh, and she was at the beginning of an improbable ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Dutch Kangaroo

    a tale of actions and reactions

    by Katja Bongers ...
    The story of this literary thriller unfolds against the background of the emigration of a Dutch couple in the 1960s. They set off for the other side of the world virtually unprepared, knowing little about life in Australia. Their first stop is the Bonegilla migrant camp. After leaving the camp, they try to make a good life for themselves in Port Augusta by working hard. They do well financially, ... Read more

    $11.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Criminality and Economic Conditions

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    William Adrian Bonger's Criminality and Economic Conditions is a landmark in modern criminology, a searching study of crime as a social product rather than a matter of individual vice. Drawing on economics, sociology, psychology, and statistics, Bonger challenges law's habitual faith in punishment and heredity, arguing instead that crime must be understood through its causes, much as medicine ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa

    Management and Restoration

    Series series The Earthscan Forest Library
    Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributes to climate change. Efforts are therefore required to try to minimize further degradation and restore tropical forests in a sustainable way.This is the first research ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Shine Your Light

    Teen's Guide to Honoring Elders and Yourself

    Shine Your Light is a heartwarming and educational book designed to teach preschoolers and young children the values of respect, kindness, honesty, and gratitude. Through simple language, engaging reflections, and fun activities, this book helps children understand the importance of listening to parents, teachers, and elders, while encouraging positive behavior and social skills. Each section is ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Criminality and Economic Conditions

    In systematizing the literature of my subject I have pursued the following method: I begin with some significant extracts from authors who wrote before the birth of modern criminal science. After these I take up the statisticians, that is to say, those who, without belonging to any special school of criminologists, have treated the subject principally by the aid of statistics. Next I give an ... Read more

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  • Everyday Enlightenment

    Seven Stories of Awakening

    by Sally Bongers ...
    Sally Bongers, the distinguished Australian cinematographer, compiled these interviews while researching subjects for a documentary film on Enlightenment. Initially she sought out established spiritual teachers, but her emphasis changed to interviewing ordinary people who had experienced a shift of perception which, in the Eastern tradition, would be called Enlightenment or Liberation. She found ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Pear-Shaped

    The Life Story of Your Uterus

    **"In Pear-Shaped, the uterus—misunderstood and often misdiagnosed—finally gets a long overdue biography. A fascinating and fantastically human look at an organ that is so much more than our shared entryway to life."—Abby Norman, author of Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's PainFans of Dr. Jen Gunter and Emily Nagoski will love this science-based and empowering ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The interface of agrarian structure, agricultural technology, reform and the problem of distribution and accumulation in ethiopian agriculture (1966-1980)

    by Tenkir Bonger ...
    The Interface of Agrarian Structure, Agricultural Technology, Reform and the Problem of Distribution and Accumulation in Ethiopian Agriculture (1966-1980) ... Read more

    $8.39 CAD

  • The Legatee

    by Katja Bongers ...
    This is a family saga in which the main characters make each other's lives miserable in every possible way. Wouter (the protagonist) becomes embroiled with his siblings in an ugly battle about their father's inheritance. The story has surprising, touching, funny, but also gruesome twists and turns. ... Read more

    $9.62 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus