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  • Latin Love Lessons

    Put a Little Ovid in Your Life

    It wasn't just heated floors, hot baths, aqueducts, and paved roads that the Romans did first and best—they were also experts at the art of love. From the most effective pickup lines to percipient advice on getting over a breakup, from grooming tips to sex tips, the Romans had time-proof solutions. Charlotte Higgins brings them together in this indispensable guide to love—a collection of the ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under Another Sky

    Journeys in Roman Britain

    The author and classics scholar shares " a delightful, deeply informed recounting of her journeys across Britain in search of its ancient Roman past" ( Kirkus, starred review).What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Red Thread

    On Mazes and Labyrinths

    'Charlotte Higgins's Red Thread is a masterwork' Ali SmithA thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir.The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne's ball of red thread, is one of the most intriguing, suggestive and persistent of all myths, and the labyrinth - the beautiful, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Greek Myths

    A New Retelling

    A brilliantly original, landmark retelling of Greek myths, recounted as if they were actual scenes being woven into textiles by the women who feature prominently in them—including Athena, Helen, Circe and Penelope“Greek myths were full of powerful witches, unpredictable gods and sword-wielding slayers. They were also extreme: about families who turn murderously on each other; impossible tasks set ... Read more

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  • It's All Greek To Me

    From Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, How Ancient Greece Has Shaped Our World

    A lively look at the influence of Ancient Greece on contemporary culture—"A primer, lavish lecture and love song" ( Kirkus Reviews).Why is ancient Greece important? Because, quite simply, if we want to understand the modern Western world, we need to look back to the Greeks. Consider the way we think about ethics, about the nature of beauty and truth, about our place in the universe, about our ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This New Noise

    The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC

    A brilliantly researched and gripping history of the BBC, from its origins to the present day.'The book could scarcely be better or better timed. It is elegantly written, closely argued, balanced, pulls no punches.'MELVYN BRAGG, GUARDIANCharlotte Higgins, the Guardian's chief culture writer, steps behind the polished doors of Broadcasting House and investigates the BBC. Based on her hugely popular ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Angel Children

    The Angel Childrenby Charlotte M. Higgins ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Greek Myths

    A New Retelling

    Narrated by Daphne Kouma ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 55 min

    A brilliantly original, landmark retelling of Greek myths, recounted as if they were actual scenes being woven into textiles by the women who feature prominently in them—including Athena, Helen, Circe and Penelope“Greek myths were full of powerful witches, unpredictable gods and sword-wielding slayers. They were also extreme: about families who turn murderously on each other; impossible tasks set ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain

    Journeys in Roman Britain

    Narrated by Julia Franklin ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 19 min

    Under Another Sky was shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionWhat has 'Roman Britain' meant to the British people since the Romans left? And what does Roman Britain mean to us now? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Charlotte Higgins leads us through the history, and by using some of Britain's most intriguing ancient monuments, Under Another Sky invites ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 25 CHRISTIAN FICTION BOOKS, Volume 1

    CONTENTS:Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Volume 1Adela Cathcart, Volume 2Adela Cathcart, Volume 3The Allis Family by Velda Allis EddyAll's for the Best by T. S. ArthurAlone in London by Hesba StrettonAlvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by A. J. O'ReillyAmos Huntingdon by Theodore P. WilsonThe Angel Children by Charlotte M. HigginsThe Angel over the Right Shoulder by H. TrustaThe Ball and the Cross ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Nothing But the Truth

    Narrated by Sasha Higgins ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 22 min

    She wanted to write the story of a killer. But some stories can kill you.Journalist Ann Stackhouse is writing a true-crime book about Maxine Adams, the woman accused of five brutal murders before vanishing from the headlines. When Maxine finally agrees to meet, Ann can't believe her luck—this book could make her career.But Maxine has rules. Ann must tell the story her way. The more Ann listens, ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

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    The Amber Fury

    Narrated by Zara Ramm ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 46 min

    When Alex Morris loses her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Alex takes a job at a Pupil Referral Unit, which accepts the students excluded from other schools in the city. These are troubled, difficult kids and Alex is terrified of what she’s taken on. There is one class – a group of five teenagers – who intimidate Alex and every ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD