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  • The Wandering Host

    Fourth Source Explorations

    by David Starr Jordan, "Twinkle" Marie Manning ...
    The work contained within this manuscript was penned by David Starr Jordan circa 1904. The Wandering Host is an allegorical story about the search for spiritual meaning. Symbolic of Jesus Christ’s ministry, it succinctly embodies our Christian heritage and the fourth of the six sources Unitarian Universalists draw our faith from, namely that which calls us to respond to God's love by loving our ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • School Statue Showdown

    by David Starr ...
    Series series Lorimer YA Fiction Standalone
    This mystery/adventure set in a small BC lumber town is a fictional account of an event that is similar to many across the country – a sudden conflict over a school name and the historic figure it recognizes.In this book, the son of the owners of the town’s lumber mill goes to a school named after his grandfather. When his grandfather’s statue is splashed with paint as a protest, his best friend ... Read more

    $12.95 CAD

  • King's Shilling, The

    by David Starr ...
    In this thrilling sequel to The Nor’Wester, Duncan Scott returns to England from Canada to search for his long-lost sister, Libby. Arriving on the Liverpool docks, Duncan learns that his sister’s fate has captivated the entire country. He also learns a name: Elizabeth Fry, a prison reformer who helped Libby and who holds the key to her location. But before he can meet Fry and find his sister once ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Golden Game

    by David Starr ...
    Series series Soccer United: Team Refugee
    Abbas is a Syrian refugee and a striker on a junior high soccer team of refugee and immigrant players. He is excited when his team is sponsored to play a big tournament, where he can reconnect with a friend from Syria. But a traffic accident triggers Abbas to experience anxiety and flashbacks to the violence in Syria. He finds ways to conquer his flashbacks and anxiety before the big tournament ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Judaism - Simple Guides

    by David Starr-Glass ...
    Series series Simple Guides
    This book will help you to appreciate the wisdom of the world's oldest monotheistic religion; to understand what it means to be a Jew; to recognize the key Jewish festivals and the different aspects of Jewish practice and belief; to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal relationships.Judaism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion. While the number of its adherents has ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Philosophy of Despair

    Exploring Hopelessness and Pessimism in Late 19th Century Literature

    by David Starr Jordan ...
    In "The Philosophy of Despair," David Starr Jordan delves into the depths of human thought and the existential quandaries that arise within the human experience. Through a series of profound essays, Jordan adopts a lyrical yet incisive literary style, merging philosophical inquiry with poetic reflection. The work emerges as a response to the late 19th-century intellectual climate, characterized by ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Elder Man

    West Country Girls and Boys, #1

    by David Starr ...
    Series Book 1 - West Country Girls and Boys
    Gerard's life had heretofore been defined entirely by work. The Richard family had always been exceptionally close. In fact, despite the children, now in their thirties, still lived together with their widowed mother in their large, Bristol town house. Gerard had thus taken it upon himself to be the 'man of the house', to be the primary provider for the family. After all, in this day and age, even ... Read more

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  • Girl of Newgate Prison, The

    by David Starr ...
    In this young reader novel set at the beginning of the 19th century, Libby is placed in chains and transported to London’s notorious Newgate Prison after which, in a show trial, she is found guilty of helping her brother escape justice for attacking a Peer of the Realm after he beat her. Her punishment? Death by hanging. But while living in the horrific conditions of Newgate Prison, she is ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Golden Goal

    by David Starr ...
    Series series Soccer United: Team Refugee
    When Dylan doesn't get off to a good start at his new school and gets in trouble for fighting, he has to join the soccer team with a group of immigrant and refugee students who play on a rough, gravel field. Mocked by his old team, Dylan becomes determined to bring his new team to the championship finals. Getting to know his teammates opens Dylans eyes about hardship, and shows him the value of a ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Like Joyful Tears

    by David Starr ...
    In Like Joyful Tears, readers see first-hand the trauma and havoc wreaked by civil war. Victoria Deng of southern Sudan is sixteen when her school is attacked by northern soldiers and everyone but herself and her sister Mary are massacred. The girls are soon rescued by southern rebel soldiers, who are escorting hundreds of children on the harrowing and dangerous cross-desert journey to a refugee ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • Nor'Wester, The

    by David Starr ...
    This gripping novel for young readers begins in 1805, when fifteen-year-old Duncan Scott and his sister Libby lose their parents in a Glasgow cotton mill fire. Their tragedy is compounded when, through one reckless act of grief, the Scott children become fugitives as well as orphans, and must flee Scotland. Across the border in England, Duncan and Libby are betrayed by their travelling companion. ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Last Pick

    by David Starr ...
    Series series Lorimer Sports Stories
    "Current and delivering an important message, Last Pick is a must-read. Highly recommended." — CM: Canadian Review of MaterialsLast Pick shows how determination can help overcome obstacles — even bullying. Growing up with a developmental condition that left her clumsy in both movement and speech, Jazz was teased and never had the chance to play team sports. Now rid of her symptoms, Jazz is ready ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD