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  • Bubble Gum and Hula Hoops

    The Origins of Objects in Our Everyday Lives

    by Harry Oliver ...
    The fascinating and funny origins of everyday objects-bliss for history hounds, language lovers and trivia buffs.Who hasn't wondered:· Whether Thomas Crapper really invented the toilet· What accident led to the invention of the microwave· Why it took nearly twenty years for someone to finally decide to slice bread· How laziness resulted in the invention of the dishwasher· Which discovery made the ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

    Surprising Origins of Everyday Expressions

    by Harry Oliver ...
    Let's "cut to the chase" and "make no bones about it"-this book will have you "pleased as punch."Sowing your wild oats, throwing in the towel, painting the town red...Harry Oliver reveals the fascinating stories behind these and other strange turns of phrase steeped in the weird and wonderful history and traditions of everyday life. From quirky terms to street and city names and more, this book ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Black Cats & Four-Leaf Clovers

    The Origins of Old Wives' Tales and Superstitions in Our Everyday Lives

    by Harry Oliver ...
    Cross your fingers, knock on wood, and clutch your rabbit's foot a little tighter.In this charming and endlessly diverting book, Harry Oliver delves into the stories behind the traditions and superstitions that permeate our everyday lives, unearthing the fascinating histories of these weird and wonderful notions. So before you search for any more four-leaf clovers, worry about the next Friday the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Ascension

    an absolutely gripping BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club pick

    by Oliver Harris ...
    Ascension: the most remote island in the world . . .Elliot Kane, former spy, trying to leave the world of espionage behind.Kathryn Taylor: a stalled career in MI6, running the South Atlantic desk.Rory Bannatyne: covert technical specialist. Dead, apparently of suicide.Three friends from a mission many years ago reconnect when one of them dies on Ascension Island. Rory Bannatyne had been tasked ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Shadow Intelligence

    an utterly unputdownable spy thriller

    by Oliver Harris ...
    **'Oliver Harris is always pure quality and I'm loving the hell out of his foray into the contemporary spy novel' Ian Rankin'Scary if true, or even half true' Sunday Times star pickThere is a dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane - mercurial, inquisitive, free floating. He's spent fifteen years managing events overseas that never make the papers, deniable and deeply effective. Kane is a ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Black Cats & April Fools - Origins of Old Wives Tales and Superstitions in Our Daily Lives

    by Harry Oliver ...
    We have all touched wood to ward off misfortune, or seen a bride throw a bouquet over her head at a wedding, but how often do we stop to think about where such customs come from, or why we still use them? The truth is that behind many of our daily rituals and beliefs lies a fascinating history of weird and wonderful notions, some rational, others fanciful, that provide a rich and entertaining ... Read more

    $7.09 CAD

  • Bees Knees and Barmy Armies - Origins of the Words and Phrases we Use Every Day

    by Harry Oliver ...
    Every day we pepper our speech with hundreds of phrases, place names and expressions, but rarely do we think about their origins. If we did, we'd be in for a treat, because the stories behind our sayings are often fascinating, amusing and intriguing. Following on from the bestselling March Hares and Monkeys' Uncles, once again Harry Oliver has delved deep into the history behind hundreds of terms ... Read more

    $7.09 CAD

  • William Burroughs in Context

    Edited by Oliver Harris, Davis Schneiderman, Alex Wermer-Colan ...
    Series series Literature in Context
    William Burroughs in Context offers the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of the iconic author to date and it captures the immense scope of Burroughs' radical vision and cultural influence. Moving far beyond the Beat Generation, this volume brings together 35 original essays that reframe Burroughs through his many identities: novelist, multimedia artist, queer visionary, drug ... Read more

    $128.79 CAD

  • Lacan's Return to Antiquity

    Between nature and the gods

    by Oliver Harris ...
    Chapters 1, 2, and 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781138820388Lacan’s Return to Antiquity is the first book devoted to the role of classical antiquity in Lacan’s work. Oliver Harris poses a question familiar from studies of Freud: ... Read more

    $38.46 CAD

  • Arsetrology

    How your poo can predict your future

    by Harry Holland, Oliver Scheidt ...
    Forget the crystal ball - predicting the future is all about the toilet bowl. 'Arsetrology' is a groundbreaking new book which uncovers the hidden depths of your number twos, using the ancient art of poo-reading.If horoscopes and palm-reading are driving you round the u-bend, then panic no more. Sit down, relax, do your thing - and then proudly gaze upon what you have produced to discover what the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Customs, Folklore, Ritual, and Colonial Ethnology in Early 20th-Century Burma

    by Harry Ignatius Marshall, Olive Briarford ...
    The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology is a substantial early twentieth-century ethnographic account of one of Burma's major upland and lowland minority communities. Marshall surveys Karen origins, clan and village life, marriage, law, music, myth, animist belief, Christian conversion, and linguistic diversity with the classificatory ambition typical of colonial ... Read more

    Was $2.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Redpatch

    by Sean Harris Oliver, Raes Calvert ...
    This is the story of a Métis soldier fighting for Canada on the Western Front of Europe during World War I. Vancouver 1914: a young Indigenous man named Jonathon Woodrow, desperate to prove himself as a warrior, enlists to fight in the Canadian army. Relying on his experience in hunting and wilderness survival, Private Woodrow quickly becomes one of the most feared trench raiders in the 1st ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD