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  • Broken Heart, Shared Heart, Healing Heart

    Navigating the Loss of Your Pet

    by Barbara Allen ...
    **"This book will appeal to three types of readers: people who are grieving the death of a pet, readers who know someone who has recently lost a pet, and those who are interested in the bonds between animals and humans." --**Library JournalExperiencing the death of a beloved pet can be profoundly difficult, and it can be challenging to find real support and comfort during this time. Where do you ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lost Animals, Disappearing Worlds

    Stories of Extinction

    by Barbara Allen ...
    This book presents thirty-one extinct species through the personal perspectives of those animals. This intimate approach not only highlights each species but explores the broader implications of losing a species forever. How do we honour such a loss? Can we grieve for species we never knew? These animals range from the well-known passenger pigeon, thylacine and great auk, to lesser-known creatures ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

  • Pigeon

    by Barbara Allen ...
    Series Book 33 - Animal
    Our frequent urban companion, cooing in the eaves of train stations or scavenging underfoot for breadcrumbs and discarded scraps, the pigeon has many detractors - and even some fans. Written out of love for and fascination with this humble yet important bird, Barbara Allen's Pigeon explores its cultural significance, as well as comparing it to the dove. While the pigeon and the dove are ... Read more

    $22.09 CAD

  • Goose

    by Barbara Allen ...
    Series Book 108 - Animal
    Long dismissed as the dull cousin of ducks and swans, the goose proves to be a bird of astonishing significance. From medieval legends and the myth of the barnacle goose to Konrad Lorenz’s pioneering work on imprinting and the first human-led migration, geese occupy a rich place in science and story. Their quills helped write the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence. They wander through ... Read more

    $22.09 CAD

  • Animals in Religion

    Devotion, Symbol and Ritual

    by Barbara Allen ...
    Animals in Religion explores the role and presence of animals within a wide range of religious traditions, from ensouled narratives within oral tradition to religious texts, myths and accompanying legends. Some of the material may have a familiar ring, such as the stories of St Francis of Assisi and Ganesha, but other, unusual facts also make an appearance.This book proposes a deeper respect for ... Read more

    $59.09 CAD

  • Front Toward Enemy

    A Slain Soldier's Widow Details Her Husband's Murder and How Military Courts Allowed the Killer to Escape Justice

    by Barbara Allen ...
    A slain soldier's widow details her husband's murder by a fellow soldier . . . and exposes how the US military courts allowed the killer to escape justice.June 7, 2005. A sandstorm obscured what light lingered in Iraq's nighttime sky as Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez tied a claymore mine to a window grate. On the other side of the window was Lieutenant Louis Allen, a husband and father of four ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pelican

    by Barbara Allen ...
    Series Book 89 - Animal
    With its distinctive, comical walk, large bill and association with the conservation movement, the pelican has attained iconic status. But the pelican has a chequered history. Classed as ‘unclean’ in the King James Bible, the legend of the compassionate pelican was later appropriated by Christianity to symbolize Christ’s sacrifice. This majestic bird, gifted to British royalty in 1664, has been ... Read more

    $22.09 CAD

  • Mozambique’s Samora Machel

    A Life Cut Short

    by Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman ...
    Series series Ohio Short Histories of Africa
    The precipitous rise and controversial fall of a formidable African leader.Samora Machel (1933–1986), the son of small-town farmers, led his people through a war against their Portuguese colonists and became the first president of the People’s Republic of Mozambique.Machel’s military successes against a colonial regime backed by South Africa, Rhodesia, the United States, and its NATO allies ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • Truth in Advertising?

    Lies in Political Advertising and How They Affect the Electorate

    by Barbara Allen, Daniel Stevens, Jeffrey Berg ...
    This book represents the first systematic effort to examine (1) the factual accuracy of the claims made in an entire political advertising campaign, (2) the visuals and sound cues used in that advertising and their relationship with the tone and accuracy of ads, and (3) the impact of the accuracy of claims on what people know and how they vote in a real campaign. The research is based on several ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • The Little Book of HSP Wisdom

    A quick reference guide to life for highly sensitive people

    by Barbara Allen-Williams ...
    The Little Book of HSP Wisdom is a thoughtful book to reach for when needing a few words of wisdom about struggles, values, habits and perspectives on life as an HSP.This book addresses in a simple and straight- forward way, common areas of challenge, growth and development most highly sensitive people encounter. Reading this book will feel like hearing some very kind but no-nonsense advice from ... Read more

    $10.19 CAD

  • Sense Of Place

    American Regional Cultures

    Edited by Barbara Allen, Thomas J. Schlereth ...
    Despite the homogenization of American life, areas of strong regional consciousness still persist in the United States, and there is a growing interest in regionalism among the public and among academics. In response to that interest ten folklorists here describe and interpret a variety of American regional cultures in the twentieth century. Their book is the first to deal specifically with ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Leaflets of the Russian Revolution

    Socialist Organizing in 1917

    by Barbara C. Allen ...
    When workers and peasants rose up across Russia and smashed the centuries old Tsarist autocracy their actions reverberated across the world, and continue to inspire activists to this day. This carefully assembled and expertly translated collection of documents from the Petrograd socialist movement in 1917 provides contemporary readers with a firsthand glimpse into the revolutionary ferment as it ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD