Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...
  • Cats Miscellany

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends

    by Lesley O'Mara ...
    Series series Books of Miscellany
    Cats Miscellany provides readers with a fun collection of feline facts, anecdotes, and tales. In this truly fanciful work, author Lesley O’Mara has crafts a kaleidoscope of information which is sure to delight every cat lover. What happened when Charles Dickens discovered that his cat William was really a Williamina? How do you tell if your cat is truly fat? How long did it take one Florida ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Cats' Miscellany

    by Lesley O'Mara ...
    Cats' Miscellany is the definitive book on cats: covering everything from mythical legends to more practical advice on handling and training, as well as biological and physiological information, this compendium delivers a treat for cat lovers everywhere. If you've ever wanted to know just how far a cat will go to stay with its owner, or which famous historical figures were owned by their cats, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • On Cats

    An Anthology

    A PERFECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: Ernest Hemingway, Frida Khalo, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others offer a beautiful ode to feline companions in this collection of writings introduced by Margaret Atwood.For centuries, cats have been worshipped, adored and mistrusted in equal measure.In these pages, writers reflect on the curious feline qualities that inspire such devotion in their owners, even when it ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • A Cat's Tale

    A Journey Through Feline History

    A "fun, fanciful, and even informative" history of felines as revealed by a very learned tabby with a knack for hunting down facts ( People).Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory and spread the myth of human greatness. And today, cats are peddled on social media as silly creatures here to amuse humans with their antics. But this is ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Hoax: A History of Deception

    5,000 Years of Fakes, Forgeries, and Fallacies

    An entertaining collection of the most audacious and underhanded deceptions in the history of mankind, from sacred relics to financial schemes to fake art, music, and identities.World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Néaumont to tell this anti-history of ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • A History of Birds

    by Simon Wills ...
    "Intriguing stories from the history of the human relationship with birds, including their symbolism in art, literature, religion, and folklore" ( Booklist ).Even the most well-informed wildlife enthusiast will be entertained by the stories and fascinating facts in this beautifully illustrated book.Our ancestors hunted, tamed, worshipped, and depicted birds, and even bestowed magical properties ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dawning Moon of the Mind

    Unlocking the Pyramid Texts

    "With the skill of a scholar and the sensibility of a poet, Susan Morrow opens the language of hieroglyphs." ―Elaine Pagels, New York Times -bestselling author of The Gnostic GospelsBuried in the Egyptian desert some four thousand years ago, the Pyramid Texts are among the world's oldest poetry. Yet ever since the discovery of these hieroglyphs in 1881, they have been misconstrued by Western Egy ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Cats

    A Portrait in Pictures and Words

    Every cat knows how to charm. Their alluring countenance and flawless prowess will put a smile on any feline lover's face. This stunning photographic collection of the cutest and most exquisite cats, complemented with a sprinkling of feline-inspired quotes and poems, is guaranteed to captivate and enchant anybody who has ever known the comforts of living with a cat. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Jane Austen on Love and Romance

    by Jane Austen ...
    Jane Austen left an indelible mark on the world of literature. Her novels set a benchmark for her era and have entranced readers ever since. In Jane Austen on Love and Romance, Constance Moore proves how well Austen understood the human heart and why her work, filled with genuine emotion and wit, has continued to touch romantics. So, if you want to live happily ever after with a dashing man who ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Assassination of the Archduke

    Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World

    Drawing on unpublished letters and rare sources, this is the true story behind the tragic romance and brutal assassination that ignited World War I.In the summer of 1914, three great empires dominated Europe: Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. Four years later all had vanished in the chaos of World War I. One event precipitated the conflict, and at its heart was a tragic love story. When ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Da Vinci Notebooks

    A Dazzling Array of da Vinci's Celebrated and Inspirational Inventions, Theories, and Observations

    Edited by Emma Dickens ...
    Towering across time as the creator of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilization. His keen scientific imagination and, most of all, his aesthetic and creative genius have forever changed the course of our culture. Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and recent in-depth biographies ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • A History of Pi

    by Petr Beckmann ...
    The classic layman's history of the mathematical constant—"A pure delight…. Entirely offbeat, which gives it its charm" ( The Denver Post )."A very readable account."— Science"A cheerful work."— Scientific AmericanThe history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror... ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD