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    Matilda

    Empress, Queen, Warrior

    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 57 min

    A life of Matilda—empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle AgesMatilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the first woman ever to hold the position—and an able military general.This new biography explores Matilda's achievements as military and political leader, and sets her life and career in full ... Read more

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    Two Houses, Two Kingdoms

    A History of France and England, 1100-1300

    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 50 min

    An exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary storyThe twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and ... Read more

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  • Contemporary France

    Politics and Society since 1945

    Many recent studies of French politics have tended to concentrate on the French political system in isolation. Contemporary France aims to set the working of the French political system into its historical, social and economic context. The first section gives a succinct description of the main developments since 1944 in all major contexts - economy, society, domestic politics and foreign relations ... Read more

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  • Warriors

    Life and death among the Somalis

    by Gerald Hanley ...
    Somalia is one of the world's most desolate, sun-scorched lands, inhabited by fierce and independent-minded tribesmen. It was here that Gerald Hanley spent the Second World War, charged with preventing bloodshed between feuding tribes at a remote outstation. Rations were scarce, pay infrequent and his detachment of native soldiers near-mutinous. In these extreme conditions seven British officers ... Read more

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  • Lionessheart

    The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet

    '... brings the medieval world vividly to life, recreating the always fascinating and sometimes dangerous world in which Joanna moved.' - All About HistoryRichard the Lionheart travelled to far-flung realms, went on crusade, met kings and popes, and exerted a great deal of influence on the world around him … and so did his sister.The sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine have been the subject ... Read more

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  • The Furys Saga

    The Furys, The Secret Journey, Our Time Is Gone, Winter Song, and An End and a Beginning

    by James Hanley ...
    Series series The Furys Saga
    A powerful five-volume story of a working-class Irish Catholic family in England by a "novelist of distinction and originality" (E. M. Forster).In five novels, published between 1935 and 1958, James Hanley chronicled the struggles of an Irish Catholic family of seafarers in a fictional port city based on Liverpool, evoking the harsh realities and frustrated longings of Britain's working class. The ... Read more

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  • Matilda

    Empress, Queen, Warrior

    A life of Matilda—empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages“[Matilda] will attract a growing audience interested in stories of women challenging the male-dominated European past.”—Alexandra Locking, Medieval Review“A lively and authoritative account.”—Katherine Harvey, Times Literary SupplementMatilda was ... ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Spellbound

    My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith

    by Phil Hanley ...
    National BestsellerAn Amazon Best of Biography/MemoirComedian and severe dyslexic P****hil Hanley reveals his unlikely path to success in a story that is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.When Phil Hanley was in first grade, he realized something that would forever set him apart from his peers: he couldn’t read. His teachers were ill-equipped to assist him, an... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Tired of Being Tired

    Do you diet but still find it impossible to lose weight?Do your crave candy, sodas, popcorn, bagels, pasta, chips, cookies?Do you have trouble sleeping through the night?Do you awaken exhausted in the morning even if you’ve slept?Does it take a cup of coffee or more to get you going in the morning?In today’s high-stress world, many would answer yes to at least one of... ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Two Houses, Two Kingdoms

    A History of France and England, 1100–1300

    An exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary storyThe twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • PHOENIX DRAGON

    THE LOST HEIR

    She died in chains. She rose in fire.Divina was ten years old when her parents sold her. Chained in a cabin. Burned by silver. Carved into by monsters. She should have broken. She should have stayed dead.But Divina isn't just a girl. She's a phoenix dragon. And when the fire came, it didn't destroy her, it rebuilt her.Now she's running through the mountains with a telepathic panther named Jazmyn, ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • The Light of the Oracle

    Bryn is the daughter of a humble stone-cutter. So no one is more surprised than she when the Master Priest seeks her out to become a student at the famous Temple of the Oracle; a training school for future priests and priestesses.But her innately gifted nature proves a threat to the evil embedded within the Temple, and Bryn encounters unimaginable danger. Is she able to struggle with the unknown ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD