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    The First Agatha Raisin Mystery

    by M. C. Beaton ...
    Series Book 1 - Agatha Raisin Mysteries
    The first book in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling Agatha Raisin series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and settles in for an early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. But she soon finds her life of leisure isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.Bored, lonely, and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Europe

    A New History

    **A bold new history of Europe, from ancient Greece to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.“A true tour de force.”** —Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsWhat do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as never before—as the history of an idea, and a ... Read more

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  • Annie Beaton's Year of Positive Thinking

    A brilliantly funny, relatable, feelgood read - guaranteed to have you laughing out loud!

    by Mink Elliott ...
    'This book is hilarious! I have not been able to put it down and I have literally belly laughed on a number of occasions.' Reader ReviewIt's Annie Beaton's 50th birthday! But instead of getting roses and perfume, she gets sacked, her son, Ben, tells her she's growing a beard and her husband Joe tells her he wants a divorce.Moving to the countryside to stay in her eccentric aunt's house, Annie must ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Namaste Motherf*ckers

    A modern manifesto for keeping cool when you’re a hot mess - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND HAPPY PLACE BOOKCLUB PICK

    by Cally Beaton ...
    'What an absolute book this is!' - Dawn French**'**This book is the perfect guide to show you how to live life to the max' - Fearne Cotton'Do I want a Cally Beaton rebrand? Hell yeah.' - Sally Phillips'This is the best writing by Mrs Beaton since that cookbook' - Sandi ToksvigPart memoir, part stereotype-defying manifesto, Namaste Motherf*ckers is a funny, empowerin... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Greeks

    A Global History

    A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today.**“With suave latitude and dependable detail, Beaton takes his readers from a bright prehistoric ‘dawn’ in the Aegean to the heavy skies of contemporary geo-politics.” —**The New CriterionMore than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Ducks

    Two Years in the Oil Sands

    by Kate Beaton ...
    A New York Times Notable book! One of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2022! Winner of Canada Reads 2023!“An exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival.“—Carmen Maria MachadoBefore there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the ... Read more

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  • Emergence

    Seventeen-year-old Rae Taylor has spent her life chasing big waves, and she's closer than ever to earning her place on the world tour, but when an ancient artefact stirs after centuries of silence, the truth shatters her carefully built world and everything she thought she knew about herself.Rae is pulled into a realm she once thought existed only in her grandmother's stories, a world held ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Men's Work

    A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom

    by Connor Beaton ...
    “I can unequivocally say that this is the book every man needs.”—Mark Groves, human connection specialist and founder of Create The LoveSuck it up. Stuff it down. Pour a bottle of whiskey over the top. Rinse and repeat until sufficiently numbed. This is the step-by-step doctrine men are taught. Men have traded in their internal leadership, sovereignty, and even masculinity for comfort, validation, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour

    by Kate Beaton ...
    Series series CLC Kreisel Lecture Series
    Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by Kate Beaton, award-winning author of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, explores connections between class, literature, and art from Cape Breton Island. She addresses the fact that people from poor or working-class backgrounds face significant barriers entering the Canadian arts scene and shows that if they do not write themselves into stories, others will, often ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Shadow of Sin

    by Kaden Beaton ...
    Josiah Black would love nothing more than to live his life on the farm his parents left for him. A life of simple pleasures. A life of hard work. Above all else, a life of God.Elias Black would love nothing more than to get off that farm as soon as possible. Ever the restless soul, he dreams of a life of adventure. A life beyond the farm. A life very few men in America could dream of.With ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Greece

    Biography of a Modern Nation

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for the rest of my life' Victoria HislopWe think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Hark! A Vagrant

    by Kate Beaton ...
    FEATURED ON MORE THAN TWENTY BEST-OF LISTS, INCLUDING TIME, AMAZON, E! AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY!Hark! A Vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorker cartoonist and comics sensation Kate Beaton. No era or tome emerges unscathed as Beaton rightly skewers the Western world's revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists ... Read more

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