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  • Thin Places: The Ottawan Anthology

    by Michel Weatherall, Jana Begovic, Brigitte Boulay, Summer Breeze, Tawnis Commanda, George Foster, Matthew Lalonde, John C. Nash, Ian Prattis, Sara Scally, Laurie Stewart, Jamieson Wolf, Genevieve V. Georget, John W. Partington ...
    Winner of the 2021 Book of the Year (Faces of Ottawa Awards)In this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, fear, isolation, mental illness and hardship will be a challenge many will face in silence.100% of this ebook's proceeds will directly aid Ottawa's needy and be donated to Shadow Ottawa until the launch of it's print edition (September 30th, 2020),For more information, you can find them at www ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • pottery Made Easy

    by John Wolfe Dougherty ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meaning in Life and Why It Matters

    by Susan Wolf, John Koethe, Nomy Arpaly, Jonathan Haidt, Robert McC. Adams ...
    Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
    A fresh reflection on what makes life meaningfulMost people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • Fear of Fear

    A Survey of Terrorist Operations and Controls in Open Societies

    by John B. Wolf ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Terrorism, continuing unabated in the contemporary world, is having a serious impact on the lives of people and nations. Once, only govern ments and ruling classes possessed the power to coerce large segments of the world's peoples. Today, a handful of thugs, covered and concealed by a collection of terrorist organizations, are disturbing people every where by perpetrating dramatic criminal acts ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • The History and Philosophy of Materialism

    Edited by Charles T. Wolfe, John Symons ...
    Series series Rewriting the History of Philosophy
    Materialism - the view that facts are dependent upon or reducible to physical processes - is one of the most long-standing and controversial of all philosophical theories. Originating in antiquity, its proponents include Epicurus, Hobbes, Diderot, Darwin and Marx, whilst its impact on modern physics and consciousness debates reverberates strongly today. It is also an important yet generally ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Science of Synthesis: Cross Coupling and Heck-Type Reactions Vol. 2

    Carbon-Heteroatom Cross Coupling and C-C Cross Coupling of Acidic C-H Nucleophiles

    Edited by John Wolfe ...
    In Science of Synthesis: Cross Coupling and Heck-Type Reactions, expert authors present and discuss the best and most reliable methods currently available for the formation of new carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds using these reactions, highlighted with representative experimental procedures. Together, the three volumes of Cross Coupling and Heck-Type Reactions provide an extensive ... Read more

    $328.69 CAD

  • Cats in Question

    The Smithsonian Answer Book

    by John Seidensticker, Susan Lumpkin ...
    Series series Smithsonian's In Question Series
    What are cats? How do cats hunt? Do wild cats like catnip? Do cats dream? Cats in Question, a new book in Smithsonian's highly successful “In Question” series, offers authoritative and engaging answers to the thousands of questions about cats that Smithsonian scientists receive annually. All of the world’s cats are here, from fearsome predators such as lions and tigers, to mysterious hunters such ... Read more

    $25.19 CAD

  • Antiterrorist Initiatives

    by John B. Wolf ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Traditionally, terrorist bands operating in rural or urban areas use vio lence to cast themselves as a legitimate political force. Necklacing, plac ing an oil-soaked tire around the neck of an informer and then igniting it, and knee-capping, positioning a handgun behind the kneecap of a "tout" (a police informer) and then squeezing the trigger, are among the enforcement methods used by clandestine ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind

    Tales of Voice, Vision, and Video from K-12 Classrooms

    by Michael Schoonmaker, John M. Wolf ...
    Have you ever had an idea for a book, a movie, or a TV show? Chances are that you’ve had many. Today’s students, who are coming of age in a world that is increasingly mediated by smartphones, pads, pods, apps, and the Internet, are even more likely to think of their lives and experiences in terms of stories. Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind explores how our innate abilities as storytellers can be ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • Lines on a Map

    Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration

    by Frank Wolf ...
    Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure TravelTwo decades of adventure writing are captured in this entertaining and inspiring collection of travel journalism by renowned adventurer, writer, filmmaker and environmentalist Frank Wolf.Lines on a Map is a compilation of Frank Wolf’s best work from the past two decades. Some of the adventures include: two friends on a cycling ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Cities and Fascination

    Beyond the Surplus of Meaning

    Edited by Heiko Schmid, Wolf-Dietrich Sahr, John Urry ...
    Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a 'spectactularization' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Declining by Degrees

    Higher Education at Risk

    Edited by Richard H. Hersh, John Merrow ...
    What is actually happening on college campuses in the years between admission and graduation?Not enough to keep America competitive, and not enough to provide our citizens with fulfilling lives.When A Nation at Risk called attention to the problems of our public schools in 1983, that landmark report provided a convenient "cover" for higher education, inadvertently implying that all was well on ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD