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  • My Father and Myself

    by J. R. Ackerley ...
    When his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that he had led a secret life. And after Ackerley himself died, he left a surprise of his own—this coolly considered, unsparingly honest account of his quest to find out the whole truth about the man who had always eluded him in life. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • My Dog Tulip

    by J. R. Ackerley ...
    Heartwarming and profound, this account of one writer’s relationship with his beloved German Shepherd is “one of the bonafide dog-lit classics” (New Yorker) The distinguished British man of letters J. R. Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middle age, he came into possession of a German Shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the “ideal ... Read more

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  • We Think The World of You

    by J.R. Ackerley ...
    We Think the World of You combines acute social realism and dark fantasy, and was described by J.R. Ackerley as “a fairy tale for adults.” Frank, the narrator, is a middle-aged civil servant, intelligent, acerbic, self-righteous, angry. He is in love with Johnny, a young, married, working-class man with a sweetly easygoing nature. When Johnny is sent to prison for committing a petty theft, Frank ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • My Dog Tulip

    by J.R. Ackerley ...
    The distinguished British man of letters J. R. Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middle age, he came into possession of a German shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the “ideal friend” he had been searching for in vain for years. My Dog Tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of their sixteen-year companionship, as well as a ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Hindoo Holiday

    An Indian Journal

    by J. R. Ackerley ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • My Father and Myself

    by J. R. Ackerley ...
    **NYRB CLASSICS: An adult son and acclaimed author offers a heartfelt gay memoir about uncovering his late father’s secrets.“A cross between Dickens’s David Copperfield, Rousseau’s Confessions, and the new pornography.”** —Donald Windham, novelist and memoiristWhen his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that he had led a secret life. And after Ackerley himself died, he left a ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Science, Technology, and Irish Modernism

    by Seán Hewitt, Luke Gibbons, Gregory Castle, Simon During, Damien Keane, Susanne S. Cammack, Jeremy Lakoff, Enda Duffy, Chris Ackerley, Alan Graham, Katherine Ebury, Andrew Kalaidjian ...
    Series series Irish Studies
    Since W. B. Yeats wrote in 1890 that "the man of science is too often a person who has exchanged his soul for a formula," the anti-scientific bent of Irish literature has often been taken as a given. Science, Technology, and Irish Modernism brings together leading and emerging scholars of Irish modernism to challenge the stereotype that Irish literature has been unconcerned with scientific and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Studies in Learner Corpus Linguistics

    Research and Applications for Foreign Language Teaching and Assessment

    Edited by Erik Castello, Katherine Ackerley, Francesca Coccetta ...
    Series Book 190 - Linguistic Insights
    This volume explores the potential of using both cross-sectional and longitudinal learner corpora to investigate the interlanguage of learners with various L1 backgrounds and to subsequently apply the findings to language teaching and assessment. It is made up of 18 chapters selected from papers presented at the international conference «Compiling and Using Learner Corpora», held in May 2013 at ... Read more

    $149.39 CAD

  • Spaghetti Is Not A Finger Food

    (and other life lessons)

    by Jodi Carmichael ...
    Illustrated by Sarah Ackerley ...
    This deliciously entertaining and humorous chapter book gets top marks for presenting a delightfully quirky day in the life of an eight-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome.Being eight, Connor knew a lot. He knew that Mrs. Winters did not like to be interrupted, but he was sure she would appreciate his fact-finding methods—and who wouldn' t want to know more about geckos? He knew he needed the ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Sharing Perspectives on English-Medium Instruction

    Edited by Katherine Ackerley, Marta Guarda, Francesca Helm ...
    Series Book 222 - Linguistic Insights
    English is increasingly used as a medium of instruction in European higher education not only in northern countries, but also in the European ‘south’. This volume is fruit of a project which was carried out in a public university based in the north-east of Italy with the aim of delivering professional development for university lecturers engaged in EMI. It begins with an overview of the European ... Read more

    $114.39 CAD

  • Spaghetti is NOT a Finger Food

    ( and other life lessons )

    by Jodi Carmichael ...
    Illustrated by Sarah Ackerley ...
    In this humorous chapter book about an eight-year-old boy with AspergersSyndrome, Connor struggles to make his way through a typical school day. In his attempt to be as cool as everyone else, he leaves a hilarious trail of destruction. But, by the end of the day, and despite many miscommunications and misunderstandings, Connor realizes that he is exactly as cool as he is supposed to be. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The 1940 Under the Volcano

    A Critical Edition

    by Malcolm Lowry, Chris Ackerley, David Large ...
    Series series Canadian Literature Collection
    The 1940 Under the Volcano—hidden for too long in the shadows of Lowry’s 1947 masterpiece—differs from the latter in significant ways. It is a bridge between Lowry’s 1930s fiction (especially In Ballast to the White Sea) and the 1947 Under the Volcano itself. Joining the recently published Swinging the Maelstrom and In Ballast to the White Sea, The 1940 Under the Volcano takes its rightful place ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD