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“polly atkin”

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  • The Company of Owls

    A Memoir

    by Polly Atkin ...
    “The Company of Owls is a book filled with wonder, wisdom, and warmth … Her moving and meaningful observations and lyrical prose will stick with you for a long time.”—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an OctopusLonglisted for the 2025 Wainwright Prize in Nature WritingAn observant, lyrical memoir exploring what owls can teach us about nature, chronic illness, and ourselves—so long as we are ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Some of Us Just Fall

    On Nature and Not Getting Better

    by Polly Atkin ...
    "It raises the standard of nature writing. This is both radical manifesto and activism in book form." –Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean"Defiant and dazzling" –Freya Bromley, author of The Tidal Year"Essential reading" –Jessica J. Lee, author of Turning"Long before I knew I was sick, I knew I was breakable…"After years of unexplained health problems, Polly Atkin's perception of her ... ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Recovering Dorothy

    The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth

    by Polly Atkin ...
    The first book to focus on Dorothy Wordsworth’s later life and work and the impact of her disability – allowing her to step out from her brother’s shadow and back into her own life story.Dorothy Wordsworth is well known as the author of the Alfoxden and Grasmere Journals (1798–1803) and as the sister of the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. She is widely praised for her nature writing and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Owning It

    Our disabled childhoods in our own words

    Illustrated by Sophie Kamlish ...
    by Elle McNicoll, Rebekah Taussig, Nina Tame, M. Leona Godin, Christa Couture, Carly Findlay, Alex Wegman, Daniel Sluman, Ashley Harris Whaley, Jan Grue, Ilya Kaminsky, Imani Barbarin, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini, Kendra Winchester, Steven Verdile, Eugene Grant, Sora J. Kasuga, Ali Abbas, Polly Atkin, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard ...
    Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Owning It

    Our disabled childhoods in our own words

    by Sophie Kamlish, Christa Couture, Alex Wegman1, Ashley Harris Whaley4, Sora J. Kasuga6, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini8, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard0, Rebekah Taussig2, Kendra Winchester4, Carly Findlay6, Nina Tame8, Polly Atkin0, Elle McNicoll2, M. Leona Godin3, Daniel Sluman4, Jan Grue5, Ilya Kaminsky6, Imani Barbarin7, Steven Verdile8, Eugene Grant9, Ali Abbas0 ...
    Narrated by James Catchpole, Lucy Catchpole, Jen Campbell, Christa Couture, Alex Wegman0, Ama Badu2, Ashley Harris Whaley3, Sora J. Kasuga5, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini7, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard9, Rebekah Taussig1, Kendra Winchester3, Carly Findlay5, Nina Tame7, Polly Atkin9, Fawad Afa1 ...

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    7 hours 5 min

    Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Hidden World of the Fox

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  • Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

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    THE MUST-HAVE BOOK FOR FANS OF THE HIT BBC SHOW MORTIMER AND WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHINGThe Sunday Times bestsellerComedy greats Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have been friends for 30 years, but when life intervened, what was once a joyous and spontaneous friendship dwindled to the odd phone call or occasional catch up. Then, Glory Be! They were both diagnosed with heart disease and realised that ... Read more

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  • Being a Beast

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  • The Perfect Golden Circle

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