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eBooks & Audiobooks by Irene Vallejo

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  • Consolations

    Timeless Wisdom from the Ancient World for Every Day

    by Irene Vallejo ...
    Translated by Charlotte Whittle ...
    UPLIFTING, PRACTICAL AND SURPRISING WISDOM FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING CLASSICIST'Wonderful. Thoughtfully chosen, carefully explained and beautifully expressed' NATALIE HAYNES'A literary phenomenon' TLS'She leaves her readers inspired, invigorated and sincerely grateful' TELEGRAPHWhy do some loves endure while others fade? Is happiness something we can learn? Why do som... ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Song of Elyssa

    by Irene Vallejo ...
    Translated by Charlotte Whittle ...
    Troy has been sacked, Hector is dead, and Aeneas and his men are on their long voyage home, when they are shipwrecked on the shores of Carthage, andat the mercy of its queen, Elyssa. What comes next is a love story that has been told for milleniamillennia, but this is not the Aeneid we know, Virgil’s epic poem of Aeneas and the founding of Rome. It is the poet in the throes of creation, scrabbling ... Read more

    $20.19 CAD

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  • Papyrus

    The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

    by Irene Vallejo ...
    Translated by Charlotte Whittle ...
    **A "masterly" (Economist), prize-winning, internationally bestselling history of books in the ancient world"Exquisite. . . . Beautifully translated into English by Charlotte Whittle, who is able to convey both Vallejo’s passionate narrative presence and her synthesising intelligence.” —The Guardian**Long before books were mass-produced, hand-copied scrolls made from Nile River reeds were the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Papyrus

    The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

    by Irene Vallejo ...
    Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 30 min

    **A "masterly" (Economist), prize-winning, internationally bestselling history of books in the ancient world"Exquisite. . . . Beautifully translated into English by Charlotte Whittle, who is able to convey both Vallejo’s passionate narrative presence and her synthesising intelligence.” —The Guardian**Long before books were mass-produced, hand-copied scrolls made from Nile River reeds were the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Consolations

    Timeless Wisdom from the Ancient World for Every Day

    by Irene Vallejo ...
    Narrated by Beth Eyre ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 12 min

    UPLIFTING, PRACTICAL AND SURPRISING WISDOM FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING CLASSICIST'Wonderful. Thoughtfully chosen, carefully explained and beautifully expressed' NATALIE HAYNES'A literary phenomenon' TLS'She leaves her readers inspired, invigorated and sincerely grateful' TELEGRAPHWhy do some loves endure while others fade? Is happiness something we can learn? Why do som... ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Killers of Roe

    My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights

    by Amy Littlefield ...
    Narrated by Kris Carr ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 45 min

    A reporter and abortion access correspondent investigates the secret killers and hidden motives behind the death of abortion rights.They are going to kill people, investigative reporter for The Nation Amy Littlefield knew, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. After a decade covering abortion, she wanted to more deeply understand the motives, means, and opportunities behind the a... ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Future of Geography

    How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World

    by Tim Marshall ...
    Narrated by Tim Marshall ...
    Series series Politics of Place

    Unabridged

    6 hours 53 min

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an “insightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinating” (Daily Express) book on today’s new space race and the geopolitics of space—including the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth.Spy satellites orbiting the moon. ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    How the World Made the West

    A 4,000 Year History

    by Josephine Quinn ...
    Narrated by Alix Dunmore ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 47 min

    **An award-winning Cambridge history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)—that the West is, and always has been, truly global.“Those archaic ‘Western Civ’ classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance.”—The Boston Globe**AN ECONOMIST BEST ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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  • Audiobook

    Liberty's Exiles

    American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World

    by Maya Jasanoff ...
    Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 11 min

    Maya Jasanoff won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her groundbreaking work Liberty's Exiles. After the American Revolution, 60,000 British loyalists fled the U.S. for Canada, the Caribbean, India, and other points abroad. Jasanoff traces their harrowing journeys across the globe, shedding light on their ambitions, the post-revolutionary world they encountered, and their legacies. ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Killers of Roe

    My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights

    by Amy Littlefield ...
    A reporter and **abortion access correspondent investigates the secret killers and hidden motives behind the death of abortion rights. "**Haunting, riveting and built around some of the most complex characters you’ll ever meet..." (Rebecca Traister)They are going to kill people, investigative reporter for The Nation Amy Littlefield knew, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. After a ... Read more

    Was $19.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

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  • Audiobook

    A Natural History of Empty Lots

    Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places

    by Christopher Brown ...
    Narrated by Christopher Brown ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours

    An "instant classic", this genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto is a fascinating study for rewilding the city, the self, and society (Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author).During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot in an industrial section of Austin, Texas. The property—abandoned and full of litter and debris ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    Rome and Persia

    The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry

    by Adrian Goldsworthy ...
    Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 25 min

    **The extraordinary history of the epic rivalry between the ancient world’s two great superpowers.“Magnificent.” —Spectator**The Roman Empire was like no other. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity on an unprecedented scale. Its only true rival lay in the east, where the Parthian and then Persian empires ... Read more

    $58.99 CAD

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