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  • Bowie's Bookshelf

    The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life

    **“The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” —David BowieThree years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. Discover them all in this “unconventional biography of an artist who helped define modern music ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Farmer's Son

    Calving Season on a Family Farm

    by John Connell ...
    Narrated by Alan Smyth ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 56 min

    For fans of The Shepherd's Life, a poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old worldFarming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.Connell records ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Farmer's Son

    Calving Season on a Family Farm

    by John Connell ...
    A poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world.Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Running Book

    A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History

    by John Connell ...
    ‘Sensational! John Connell has done it again’ – Dean KarnazesFrom the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow BookIn The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because running is as much about the mind as the body, the book is about more than the physical experience. What John sees on his journey prompts him to ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Book of Spice

    From Anise to Zedoary

    At once familiar and exotic, spices are rare things, comforting us in favorite dishes while evoking far-flung countries, Arabian souks, colonial conquests and vast fortunes. John O'Connell introduces us to spices and their unique properties, both medical and magical, alongside the fascinating histories behind both kitchen staples and esoteric luxuries.A tasty compendium of spices and a fascinating ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Baskerville

    The Mysterious Tale of Sherlock's Return

    Based on true events in the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this darkly thrilling tale of friendship, rivalry, and ambition tells the backstory of how one of the world’s most celebrated mysteries came to be written.Dartmoor, 1900. Two friends are roaming the moors: Arthur Conan Doyle – the most famous novelist of his age – who has recently killed off his most popular creation, Sherlock Holmes; and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Kitchen Table Psychology

    Dating and Compatibility, Part I

    Matchmaking gets help from social psychology and evolutionary biology as new secrets are revealed to help guide the search for life-long partners. Through conversations you might have at a kitchen table over coffee, you are taken on a journey into the psychological decision-making we use when choosing a mate. Several, never seen before, patterns that are critical to our selection process are ... Read more

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  • For the Love of Letters

    The Joy of Slow Communication

    Remember letters? They were good, weren’t they? The thrill of receiving that battered envelope, all the better for the wait . . . In this richly entertaining book, paper geek John O’Connell puts forward a passionate case for the value of letter-writing in a distracted, technology-obsessed world. Drawing on great examples from the past, he shows that the best letters have much to teach us – Samuel ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Lambing Season

    Stories of Life on an Irish Family Farm

    by John Connell ...
    A hymn to the rituals of farming life from the bestselling Irish author of The Farmer's Son.For John Connell, the lambing season on his County Longford farm begins in the autumn. In the sheep shed, he surveys the dozen females in his care and contemplates the work ahead as the season slowly turns to winter, then spring.The twelve sheep have come into his life at just the right moment. After years ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Papua New Guinea

    The Struggle for Development

    by John Connell ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
    Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:* rapid economic growth and political conflict* civil war on the island of Bougainville* population growth and urbanisation* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts* uneven development and social divisions. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Bowie's Bookshelf

    The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life

    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 44 min

    Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities.In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did the power imbued in a single ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Island Challenges

    Caribbean and Pacific Futures

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the key development challenges facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean and the Pacific, focusing on livelihoods and state security and stability in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides a comprehensive overview by exploring six broad and interrelated themes: state capacity to provide basic services (such as health, water, ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD