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  • The Secret Lives of Colour

    AMAZING NEW EDITION + 25 NEW COLOURS

    by Kassia St Clair ...
    THE MODERN CLASSIC AND SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER.NOW BOLDER, BRIGHTER AND EXPANDED INTO GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR WITH 25 NEW COLOURS.'Dazzling and vibrant' Mail on Sunday'Extraordinarily full and interesting' TLS'Gorgeous' Guardian'Charming' FT'Beautiful' Daily Mail<st... ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Golden Thread

    How Fabric Changed History

    by Kassia St Clair ...
    ** A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK **'Fascinating . . . The history of the world through the eye of a needle . . . I recommend this book to anyone' THE SPECTATOR'A charming, absorbing and history that takes us on a journey from the silk roads to sportswear, from ruffs to spacesuits . . . I devoured this quietly feminist book' SUNDAY TIMES'Joyful and beautiful' NATURE**'Will make you rethink ... ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Race to the Future

    8,000 Miles to Paris - The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century

    by Kassia St. Clair ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe rise of the automobile as told through its Rubicon moment—a sensational, high-risk race across two continents on the verge of revolution.**The racers—an Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a con man, and several rival journalists—battle over steep inclines, through narrow mountain passages, and across the arid Gobi Desert. Competitors endure ... Read more

    $21.29 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Secret Lives of Colour

    by Kassia St Clair ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.'Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ... ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Golden Thread

    How Fabric Changed History

    by Kassia St Clair ...
    Narrated by Helen Johns ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 27 min

    As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the WeekA new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of Colour.From the mummies of Ancient Egypt; via the silken dragon robes of Imperial China and the woollen sails of Viking longboats to the Indian calicoes and chintzes that powered the Industrial Revolution (and sparked more than one war); arriving finally at the lab-blended fibres that have ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Race to the Future

    8000 Miles to Paris – The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth Century

    by Kassia St. Clair ...
    Narrated by Kassia St. Clair ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    The racers battle over steep inclines, through narrow mountain passages, and across the arid Gobi Desert. Competitors endure torrential rain and choking dust. There are barely any roads, and petrol is almost impossible to find.More than its many adventures, the Peking-to-Paris Motor Challenge took place on the precipice of a new world. As the twentieth century dawned, imperial regimes in China and ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Secret Lives of Colour

    AMAZING NEW EDITION + 25 NEW COLOURS

    by Kassia St Clair ...
    Narrated by Kassia St Clair ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 45 min

    THE MODERN CLASSIC AND SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER.NOW BOLDER, BRIGHTER AND EXPANDED INTO GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR WITH 25 NEW COLOURS.'Dazzling and vibrant' Mail on Sunday'Extraordinarily full and interesting' TLS'Gorgeous' Guardian'Charming' FT'Beautiful' Daily Mail<st... ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Secret Lives of Colour

    by Kassia St Clair ...
    Narrated by Kassia St Clair ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 7 min

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.'Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde</st... ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Unshackling America

    How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution

    by Willard Sterne Randall ...
    Narrated by AI Voice ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 44 min

    **This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice.Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Willard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Washington's End

    The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

    by Jonathan Horn ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 14 min

    Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn “provides a captivating and enlightening look at George Washington’s post-presidential life and the politically divided country that was part of his legacy” (New York Journal of Books) in this revealing account of America’s first post-presidency.Beginning where most biographies of George Washington leave off, Washington’s End ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Revolutionary Brothers

    Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations

    by Tom Chaffin ...
    Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 22 min

    “...a gripping narrative that offers a revelatory perspective on the combined origins of two nations...compelling drama and instructive history.” -- Wall Street JournalIn a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette shared a singularly extraordinary friendship, ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The Unexpected President

    The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

    by Scott S. Greenberger ...
    Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 22 min

    Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and the vast majority of his fellow citizens but by his own conscience. As President James A. Garfield struggled for his life, Arthur knew better than his detractors ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBook