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  • Virginia Woolf: The Complete Works

    THE NOVELS The Voyage Out (1915) Night and Day (1919) Jacob's Room (1922) Mrs. Dalloway (1925) To the Lighthouse (1927) The Waves (1931) The Years (1937) Between the Acts (1941) THE 'BIOGRAPHIES' Orlando: a biography (1928) Flush: a biography (1933) Roger Fry: a biography (1940) THE STORIES Two Stories (1917) Kew Gardens (1919) Monday or Tuesday (1921) A Haunted House, and other short stories ... Read more

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  • Vitruvius Britannicus

    Second Series

    The Baroque excesses of the early eighteenth century inspired a rebellion among a consortium of British architects and their patrons. Taking their cue from the Renaissance works of Andrea Palladio, these Neo-Palladians returned the direction of British architecture toward classical principles. The Vitruvius Britannicus (British Vitruvius) reflects their vision, offering magnificent copperplate ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • The Great Scientists

    From Euclid to Stephen Hawking

    From skyscrapers to jet aircraft, from mobile phones to computers, the products of modern science surround us on all sides.Perhaps the most significant product of science, however, is not the microwave, or the space station or the widescreen TV; it is the scientific method itself. Those societies that have actively embraced this method have flourished.The men and women who appear in The Great ... Read more

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  • The Wonders

    Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show, the Circus and the Victorian Age

    by John Woolf ...
    A radical history of the extraordinary Freak performers whose talents and disabilities helped define the Victorian era and beyond.Ladies and gentlemen, step right up…On 23 March, 1844, General Tom Thumb, at 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed to Queen Victoria. On both sides of the Atlantic, this event marked a tipping point in the nineteenth century: the age ... Read more

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  • Black Victorians

    Hidden in History

    Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, populated by people of colour marking achievements both ordinary and extraordinary.In this deeply researched and dynamic history, Woolf and Abraham reach into the archives to recentre our attention on marginalised Black Victorians, from leading medic George ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Wonders

    by John Woolf ...

    Unabridged

    Ladies and gentlemen, step right up…On 23 March, 1844, General Tom Thumb, at 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed to Queen Victoria. On both sides of the Atlantic, this event marked a tipping point in the nineteenth century: the age of the ‘Freak’ was born.Bewitching all levels of society, the ‘Freak Show’ was a world of astonishing spectacle and entertainment ... Read more

    $31.00 CAD

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  • Audiobook

    Jacob's Room (Unabridged)

    Unabridged

    5 hours 54 min

    In the heart of post-World War I London, Jacob's Room stands as a poignant tribute to a young man lost to the ravages of war. Through the eyes of his friends and family, we piece together the fragments of Jacob's life, from his childhood dreams to his untimely demise. Virginia Woolf's lyrical prose paints a vivid tapestry of grief, memory, and the enduring power of love. As we delve into Jacob's ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    3 Stories - Describes Nature

    A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

    Unabridged

    38 min

    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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    Stories About Obsession that AREN'T Moby Dick

    The name that first comes to mind isn't always the best

    Unabridged

    12 hours 36 min

    In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just over-looked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured ... Read more

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  • Great Scientists

    Series series Great People in History
    Science is an ever-growing, ever-changing field of study. Every principle, every discovery is built on top of a previous discovery. Great scientists have studied life, the environment, and the physical world trying to learn more about why things are the way they are. Readers gain insight to some of the greatest scientific minds history has to offer, from Archimedes to Stephen Hawking. ... Read more

    $41.89 CAD

  • Advances in postharvest management of horticultural produce

    Series Book 66 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Focuses on advances in preservation technologies such as advanced modelling of cooling patterns, dynamic controlled atmosphere and improving use of 1-MCP as an ethylene inhibitorReviews strengths and weaknesses of different disinfection techniques, such as the use of sanitisers, hot water or air, irradiation, plasma, ozone and natural antimicrobialsCovers developments in smart supply chain and ... Read more

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  • A Society & Kew Gardens

    Level 600 Reader (L+) (CERF B1)

    Series Book 600 - Matatabi Graded Readers
    A Society & Kew Gardens: Level 600 Reader (L+) (CERF B1) presents modern and simplified versions of two famous stories written by Virginia Woolf. A Society, first published in 1921, shows the issue of inequality in British society in the early 1900s. It ridicules the elitist social circles of England with satire, revealing their shallow and isolated nature. Kew Gardens, first published in 1919, ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD