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  • A Town With No Noise

    by Karen Smythe ...
    Samara and J., a struggling young couple, are off to J.’s birthplace, Upton Bay, a small town turned upscale theatre and winery destination. Sam has been hired by an editor friend to write a promotional piece about the place while she and J. stay with his grandfather Otto, a prominent businessman in his day. But their visit does not go as planned. Sam’s explorations of Upton’s tourist attractions ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • This Side of Sad

    by Karen Smythe ...
    Part mystery, part elegy, This Side of Sad begins with an ending: the violent enigma of a man's death. Was it an accident, or did James commit suicide? In the shattering aftermath, his widow, Maslen, questions her own capacity for love and undertakes a painful self-inquiry, examining the history of her heart and tracing the fault lines of her own fragile identity. What emerges is a mesmerizing ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Secrets To Gain And Retain Sponsorship For Young Athletes

    by Karen Smythe ...
    A 'how to' for young athletes (and their parents) to gain sponsorship to jump start their sporting career.Many young athletes do not have the opportunity to advance their sporting career without the support of sponsors or other fundraising options. Some talented young athletes have had to give up their sporting career due to a lack of funding and consequently they are unable to perform at higher ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imaginings of Time in Lydgate and Hoccleve's Verse

    by Karen Elaine Smyth ...
    Using empirical research to explore medieval writers' imaginings of time, this study presents a new morphology by which to study narratives of time in fifteenth-century literary culture, focusing on poems of John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve. Karen Smyth begins with an overview of medieval time-keeping devices and considers collective and individual attitudes and perceptions of time. She then ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

  • 10 Tips For Young Athletes During Covid-19

    by Karen Smythe ...
    We all need to play our part during Covid-19.For most athletes, sport has been placed on hold until further notice.This book contains tips for young athletes to be involved in the fight against the virus and to keep them motivated towards their sporting goals whilst we are in this period of uncertainty. ... Read more

    Free

  • Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research

    Beyond Impact

    by Andrew Power, Karen Smyth, Robert Rutherfoord, Liz Richardson, Peter Matthews, Catherine Durose, Dave Vanderhoven, Colin Shepherd, Helen Graham, Oliver Davis, Elizabeth Curtis, Jo Vergunst, Amanda Ravetz, Steve Pool, Kimberley Marwood, Hugh Escott, Deborah James, Martin Phillips, Mihaela Kelemen, Rachael Turner, Martin Swan, John Stanley, David Robinson, Paul Manners, Rebecca Madgin, John Lawson, Alex Hale, Paul Furness, Kathy Cremin, Richard A. Courtney, Danny Callaghan, Peter Brown, Karen Brookfield, Richard Brigham, Lianne Brigham, Tim Boon, Mike Benson, Martin Bashforth, Colin Foskett, Justine Gaubert, Gemma Burford, Katerina Alexiou, Theodore Zamenopoulos, Ann Light, Andy Dearden, Sophia De Sousa, Paula Graham, Marie Harder, Elona Hoover, Julian Brigstocke, Dave O'Brien, Steve Connelly, Laura Brown, Julie Brown, Janice Astbury, Kim Aumann, Sophie Duncan ...
    Series series Connected Communities
    Universities are increasingly being asked to take an active role as research collaborators with citizens, public bodies, and community organisations, which, it is claimed, makes them more accountable, creates better research outcomes, and enhances the knowledge base. Yet many of these research collaborators, as well as their funders and institutions, have not yet developed the methods to ‘account ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

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    Nobody's Girl Friday

    The Women Who Ran Hollywood

    by J. E. Smyth ...
    Narrated by Karen White ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 34 min

    The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style, led their unions, climbed to the top during the war, and fought the blacklist.Based on a decade of archival research, author J ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Murderer's Daughter

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    A True Love Story Rediscovered

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  • The Professor of Desire

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