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  • Wales: England's Colony?

    by Martin Johnes ...
    From the very beginnings of Wales, its people have defined themselves against their large neighbour. Wales: England's Colony? shows, that relationship has not only defined what it has meant to be Welsh, it has also been central to making and defining Wales as a nation. Yet the relationship between the two nations has not always been a happy one and never one between equals. Wales was England's ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Welsh Not

    Elementary Education and the Anglicisation of Nineteenth-Century Wales

    by Martin Johnes ...
    The Welsh Not was a wooden token given to children caught speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century schools. It was often accompanied by corporal punishment, and is widely thought to have been responsible for the decline of the Welsh language. Despite having an iconic status in popular understandings of Wales’s history, there has never before been a study of where, when and why the Welsh Not was used. ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Benefits And Challenges Of Being Single

    Embracing the Benefits and Overcoming the Challenges of Being Single .

    by John Martin ...
    Attention: Are you single and wondering about the advantages and disadvantages of your current relationship status? Here's a breakdown of the benefits and challenges of being single.Interest: Being single has both its perks and challenges. On the one hand, you have the freedom to do what you want, when you want, without having to consider the needs and wants of a partner. This means you have more ... Read more

    $5.63 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wales since 1939

    by Martin Johnes ...
    The period since 1939 saw more rapid and significant change than any other time in Welsh history. Wales developed a more assertive identity of its own and some of the apparatus of a nation state. Yet its economy floundered between boom and bust, its traditional communities were transformed and the Welsh language and other aspects of its distinctiveness were undermined by a globalizing world. Wales ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Blokes on a Plane

    by John Martin ...
    Series Book 2 - Windy Mountain
    Two elderly blokes. One missing mayor. And a mystery that really messes with their travel plans.They’re meant to be organising a heritage trip to Ireland — not chasing after a vanished ex-mayor they never liked. James Northan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and now claims he’s descended from Shakespeare. So when he disappears, the two old fellas from Windy Mountain are hardly heartbroken ... Read more

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  • Christmas and the British: A Modern History

    by Martin Johnes ...
    The modern Christmas was made by the Victorians and rooted in their belief in commerce, family and religion. Their rituals and traditions persist to the present day but the festival has also been changed by growing affluence, shifting family structures, greater expectations of happiness and material comfort, technological developments and falling religious belief. Christmas became a battleground ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Power of Persistence

    How to Stop Quitting on Yourself and Achieve Your Goals

    by John Martin ...
    Are you frustrated by your continued failure to follow through on your goals?Are you tired of getting excited about your New Year’s resolution or business idea only to find your enthusiasm dwindle and your efforts fade away after several months or even weeks?It has been proven throughout history that persistence—not talent— is the most valuable ingredient to accomplishing feats both big and small ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Lie of the Tiger

    by John Martin ...
    Series Book 1 - Windy Mountain
    Every tall tale needs its first lie. This time, the old blokes are trying to fool tourists into believing the Tasmanian Tiger isn’t extinct after all.Which is just as well… because in this comedy, Windy Mountain’s new museum manager is going to need all the help he can get.This hulking Irishman arrives by taxi late at night — and gets a taste of what's to come when the town’s scrawny old cab ... Read more

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  • The Dams of Western San Diego County

    by John Martin ...
    Series series Images of America
    The unreliability of the San Diego River compelled the Franciscan fathers to construct the area's first dam in 1813 to conserve drinking and irrigation water for the Mission San Diego de Alcalá. This water-driven circumstance continued and expanded in the ensuing American era. Lacking a reliable water source at the turn of the 20th century, San Diego County was destined to experience modest growth ... Read more

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  • The Life and Deaths of Billy Gumboots

    by John Martin ...
    Series Book 8 - Windy Mountain
    When Billy Gumboots returns to the small town he’s done everything to avoid, the local funeral director goes out of his way to help him. But why? What's in it for him?Billy also encounters other bizarre characters – including a handyman who sprouts Latin, a red-headed Feng Shu expert who explains why Billy has his yin and yang all wrong, and an old man who looks like him but denies paternity.He ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers Eat Apples!

    by John Martin ...
    Series Book 6 - Windy Mountain
    No one believed the town drunk when he claimed an extinct animal had awakened him in a bus shelter. Now he is leading a community revolt!This story goes back to the beginning of the funny Windy Mountain series.Although it's Book 6, feel free to climb aboard here and go back to see how the series unwinds.Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers Eat Apples! is set in the 1990s. Although that isn't long ago, rural ... Read more

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  • Four Views on Free Will

    by John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Derk Pereboom, Manuel Vargas ...
    Series series Great Debates in Philosophy
    A lively and engaging debate between four representative views on free will, completely revised and updated with new perspectivesFour Views on Free Will is a robust and careful debate about free will, how it interacts with determinism and indeterminism, and whether we have it or not. Providing the most up-to-date account of four major positions in the free will debate, the second edition of this ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD