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  • How Round Is Your Circle?

    Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet

    by John Bryant, Chris Sangwin ...
    "Part magic show, part history lesson, and all about geometry, How Round Is Your Circle? is an eloquent testimonial to the authors' passion for numbers." — Civil EngineeringHow do you draw a straight line? How do you determine if a circle is really round? These may sound like simple or even trivial mathematical problems, but to an engineer the answers can mean the difference between success and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Quiet Mind to Suffer With

    Mental Illness, Trauma, and the Death of Christ

    by John Bryant ...
    Publishers Weekly starred review · Christianity Today Book Award Winner · ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award Winner · Illumination Book Awards Gold Medal Winner · Southwestern Journal of Theology Book of the Year Honorable Mention"This is a stunning book, so rare and so beautiful. I cannot recommend it highly enough." --Matthew A. LaPineSuffering has been made holy by Christ's proximity to it.This is ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Great Australian Motorcycle Stories

    by John Bryant ...
    A bumper collection of yarns from motorcyclist enthusiasts around Australia.Get out on the highway and into this new collection of all-Australian motorcycle stories - the latest addition to ABC Books' bestselling Great Australian series. Edited by John Bryant and full of laconic Aussie humour, the collection features 40 stories that capture the freedom, fun, independence and adventure that comes ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Table at the End of the World

    Christ's Regard for Those in Despair

    by John Bryant ...
    We go and visit the people whose world has ended--and set up a tableRegard doesn't save people; the good news does. But regard is our most tender, basic, and visible sign that this news is true.In The Table at the End of the World, chaplain and award-winning author John Andrew Bryant takes us into the ordinary and the heartbreaking--the places where people do their sitting and their eating and ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The London Marathon

    by John Bryant ...
    'If you want to win something, run 100 metres. If you want to experience something, run a marathon' - Emil ZatopekThe London Marathon salutes 25 years of the London Marathon by exploring the incredible physical and mental challenge that lies at the very heart of marathon running. It begins with the author standing on the start line at Blackheath for the very first London Marathon in March 1981. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • 3:59.4

    The Quest to Break the Four Minute Mile

    by John Bryant ...
    "Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event nine, the one mile: first, #41, Roger Bannister ... with a time which will be a new English Native, British National, All-Comers, European, British Empire and World Record. The time was three..."As the announcer spoke those fateful words, the crowd roared, and the century-long quest to run 'the world's greatest race' was finally at an end.For ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Great Australian Ute Stories

    by John Bryant ...
    A bumper collection of hilarious and heartwarming Australian stories collected by ute-aficionado John Bryant.We invented it. We love it. the ute is a national icon alongside the pie and sauce. It is the very symbol of our resourceful ingenuity. No matter what you drive, this collection of ute yarns will charm you with its laconic humour and Aussie warmth. Written by everyday Australians in praise ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Herman Melville

    A Half Known Life

    by John Bryant ...
    A comprehensive exploration of Melville's formative years, providing a new biographical foundation for today's generations of Melville readersHerman Melville: A Half Known Life, Volumes 1 and 2, follows Herman Melville's life from early childhood to his astonishing emergence as a bestselling novelist with the publication of Typee in 1846. These volumes comprise the first half of a comprehensive ... Read more

    $326.99 CAD

  • The Marathon Makers

    by John Bryant ...
    **With a foreword by Sebastian Coe ** At the 1908 Summer Olympics, one of the contenders in the marathon was the diminutive Italian Dorando Pietri. After leading the pack at a grueling pace, Pietri staggered into the stadium, turned the wrong direction, and fell five times, after which two officials took him by the arms and brought him across the finish line. The American team lodged a complaint, ... Read more

    $7.09 CAD

  • Chris Brasher

    The Man Who Made the London Marathon

    by John Bryant ...
    One of the most remarkable – and controversial – sporting figures in British history, Chris Brasher piled unique achievement on unique achievement.It was Chris Brasher who, along with Chris Chataway, paced Roger Bannister to break the 4-minute mile. Then he won his own Olympic Gold Medal in the steeplechase at the 1956 Olympics. Probably best known now for founding the London Marathon, Chris went ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • 26.2 - The Incredible True Story of the Three Men Who Shaped The London Marathon

    by John Bryant ...
    This is the thrilling account of heroism, ambition and scandal of three remarkable men whose actions at the 1908 Olympics overshadowed the first London Olympic Games…. A diminutive Italian, Dorando Pietri, who fell five times, and was practically carried across the finish line. Scottish sprinter, Wyndham Halswelle and American competitor, Johnny Hayes who were drawn into a dispute between the ... Read more

    $7.09 CAD

  • Bayesian Demographic Estimation and Forecasting

    by John Bryant, Junni L. Zhang ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Bayesian Demographic Estimation and Forecasting presents three statistical frameworks for modern demographic estimation and forecasting. The frameworks draw on recent advances in statistical methodology to provide new tools for tackling challenges such as disaggregation, measurement error, missing data, and combining multiple data sources. The methods apply to single demographic series, or to ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD