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  • An Instance Of The Fingerpost

    A literary historical thriller of power and revelation

    by Iain Pears ...
    Set in Oxford in the 1660s - a time and place of great intellectual, religious, scientific and political ferment - this remarkable novel centres around a young woman, Sarah Blundy, who stands accused of the murder of Robert Grove, a fellow of New College. Four witnesses describe the events surrounding his death: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Teenager's Guide to Feminism

    by Megan Mimiaga ...
    This powerful debut anthology from Pear Shaped Pressfeatures contributions by feminists from all walks of life. What started out as an introductory book for teens, has morphed into a set of stories and sentiments about the continued search for gender equality through the ages. A Teenager's Guide to Feminism is aimed at helping today's youth navigate the necessary but sometimes controversial topics ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Raphael Affair

    by Iain Pears ...
    Narrated by Geoffrey Howard ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - The Jonathan Argyll Series

    Unabridged

    5 hours 32 min

    Set in Rome, The Raphael Affair features the perpetually beset General Bottando of the Italian National Art Theft Squad; his glamorous assistant, Flavia di Stefano; and Jonathan Argyll, a British art historian. When Jonathan is arrested for breaking into an obscure church in Rome, he claims that it contains a long-lost Raphael hidden under a painting by Mantini. The painting disappears—then ... Read more

    $22.35 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Cite Them Right

    The Essential Referencing Guide

    by Richard Pears, Graham Shields ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Study Skills
    Cite them right is renowned as the most easy-to-use guide to referencing text available to students and authors. Academics and teachers rely on the advice in Cite them right to guide their students in the skills of identifying and referencing information sources and avoiding plagiarism.It provides readers with detailed examples of print and electronic sources, business, government, technical and ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • A Reply to Dr. Vaughan's "Letter on the Late Post-Office Agitation"

    by Pears ...
    A Reply to Dr. Vaughan's Letter on the Late Post-Office Agitation is a pointed and articulate pamphlet authored by James Montgomery, published in 1840, as a direct response to Dr. Vaughan’s public letter concerning the controversies and debates surrounding the British Post Office reforms of the era. The book delves into the heated public discourse that followed the introduction of Rowland Hill’s ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Children's Treasure Book - Vol II - Alice in Wonderland - Illustrated By Harry Rountree and Chas Pears

    by Lewis Carroll ...
    Illustrated by Chas Pears ...
    Volume two of the Children's Treasure Book contains Lewis Carroll's classic tale of Alice in Wonderland. Here the story is decorated throughout with Harry Rountree's charming black and white line drawings and Chas Pears's beautiful coloured plates. Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stone's Fall

    by Iain Pears ...
    A tour de force in the tradition of Iain Pears’ international bestseller, An Instance of the Fingerpost, Stone’s Fall weaves a story of love and high finance into the fabric of a page-turning thriller. A novel to stand alongside Atonement and The Remains of the Day.A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone’s Fall is a quest, a love story, and a tale of murder—richly satisfying ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Raphael Affair

    by Iain Pears ...
    First in the Italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer and sleuth Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling masterpiece 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.Flavia di Stefano is the kind of Italian beauty that art dealer Jonathon Argyll doesn't normally get to meet in his line of work. But, it turns out, all he had to do was get caught breaking into one of Rome's churches – ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Blenheim Orchard

    by Tim Pears ...
    Ezra and Sheena Pepin live in Oxford with their three children. Ezra has abandoned his calling as an anthropologist; Sheena has found hers running a travel company. They are like everyone else: overworked, worried about their children, trying to preserve their marriage. But when change comes knocking at the Pepins' door, the family will never be quite the same again. Perceptive and funny, Blenheim ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Writing for Scholarly Publication

    Behind the Scenes in Language Education

    Edited by Christine Pears Casanave, Stephanie Vandrick ...
    This collection of first-person essays by established authors provides a wealth of support and insights for new and experienced academic writers in language education and multicultural studies. Although writing for publication is becoming increasingly important as these fields become both more professional and more competitive, few scholars talk candidly about their experiences negotiating a piece ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • In A Land Of Plenty

    by Tim Pears ...
    In a small town in the middle of England, the aftermath of the Second World War brings change. For ambitious industrialist Charles Freeman, it offers new opportunities and marriage toMary. He buys the big house on the hill and nails his aspirations to the future.In quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of family joy and tragedy. As the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Bernini Bust

    by Iain Pears ...
    Clever Italian art-history crime series featuring scholar and dealer Jonathon Argyll, from the author of the best-selling masterpiece ‘An Instance of the Fingerpost’.The hardest part of being an art dealer is having to sell your beloved works. For Jonathan Argyll, the pain is soothed when an American billionaire agrees to pay a vast sum for a relatively minor piece.Arriving in the Californian ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD