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  • The Secret Life of Dr James Barry

    Victorian England's Most Eminent Surgeon

    by Rachel Holmes ...
    A reissue of Rachel Holmes's landmark biography of Dr James Barry, one of the most enigmatic figures of the Victorian age.James Barry was one of the nineteenth century's most exceptional doctors, and one of its great unsung heroes. Famed for his brilliant innovations, Dr Barry influenced the birth of modern medical practice in places as far apart as South Africa, Jamaica and Canada. Barry's skills ... Read more

    $16.29 CAD

  • Sylvia Pankhurst

    Natural Born Rebel

    by Rachel Holmes ...
    'A wonderful book … Holmes sublimely illuminates Sylvia's extraordinary life' The Times'A masterpiece' Vanessa Redgrave_______________Born into one of Britain's most famous activist families, Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural rebel. A free spirit and radical visionary, history placed her in the shadow of her famous mother, Emmeline, and elder sister, Christabel. Yet artist Sylvia Pankhurst was the ... Read more

    $30.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • African Queen

    The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus

    by Rachel Holmes ...
    Saartjie Baartman was twenty-one years old when she was taken from her native South Africa and shipped to London. Within weeks, the striking African beauty was the talk of the social season of 1810–hailed as “the Hottentot Venus” for her exquisite physique and suggestive semi-nude dance. As her fame spread to Paris, Saartjie became a lightning rod for late Georgian and Napoleonic attitudes toward ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Finding Kite: A Social Skills Adventure Story

    by Rachel Holmes ...
    Series series Adventures in Social Skills
    This choose your own adventure story is a unique, illustrated resource and a compelling mystery, focused on developing the social skills of children on the autistic spectrum. Trapped in Tudor England in 1535, in a world very different from their own, the reader must take on the role of the main character and work out why horses are mysteriously dying. Confronted by challenging social situations ... Read more

    $23.35 CAD

  • Eleanor Marx

    A Life

    by Rachel Holmes ...
    Unrestrained by convention, lionhearted and free, Eleanor Marx (1855–98) was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flaubert's Madame Bovary. She pioneered the theater of Henrik Ibsen . She was the first woman to lead the British dock workers' and gas workers' trade unions. For years she worked tirelessly for her father, Karl Marx, as personal secretary and researcher. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Adventures in Social Skills

    The ‘Finding Kite’ Teacher Guide

    by Rachel Holmes ...
    Series series Adventures in Social Skills
    This teacher resource is filled with worksheets, tasks and activities focused on developing the social skills of autistic children aged 8-12. It has been created to be used alongside the story Finding Kite: An Interactive Tudor Mystery, although activities can stand alone as a programme of intervention.Each task encourages young people to think about their own experiences, challenges and goals, ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

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    Sylvia Pankhurst

    Natural Born Rebel

    by Rachel Holmes ...
    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    39 hours 2 min

    Born into one of Britain's most famous activist families, Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural rebel. A free spirit and radical visionary, history placed her in the shadow of her famous mother, Emmeline, and elder sister, Christabel. Yet artist Sylvia Pankhurst was the most revolutionary of them all.Sylvia found her voice fighting for votes for women, imprisoned and tortured in Holloway prison more than ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • This Is Not a Border

    Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature

    by J.M. Coetzee, Mr William Sutcliffe, Michael Ondaatje, Teju Cole, Alice Walker, Michael Palin, Deborah Moggach, China Miéville, Jeremy Harding, Henning Mankell, Molly Crabapple, Linda Spalding, Adam Foulds, Gillian Slovo, Geoff Dyer, Chinua Achebe, Mahmoud Darwish, Yasmin El-Rifae, Suheir Hammad, Mercedes Kemp, Najwan Darwish, Suad Amiry, Ms Sabrina Mahfouz, John Horner, Bridget Keenan, Pankaj Mishra, Kamila Shamsie, Atef Abu Saif, Selma Dabbagh, Jehan Bseiso, Omar El-Khairy, Remi Kanazi, Maath Musleh, Dr. Ghada Karmi, Ed Pavlic, Muiz, Ru Freeman, Nancy Kricorian, Nathalie Handal, Mohammed Hanif, Victoria Brittain, Rachel Holmes, Raja Shehadeh, Claire Messud, Jamal Mahjoub, Susan Abulhawa ...
    Writers from Alice Walker to Michael Ondaatje to Claire Messud share their thoughts on one of the most vital gatherings of writers and readers in the world.The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 by authors Ahdaf Soueif, Brigid Keenan, Victoria Brittain and Omar Robert Hamilton. Bringing writers to Palestine from all corners of the globe, it aimed to break the cultural siege ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies

    Theory, Practice, and Social Justice

    Edited by Khawla Badwan, Ruth Churchill Dower, Warda Farah, Rosie Flewitt, Abigail Hackett, Rachel Holmes, Christina MacRae, Vishnu KK Nair, David Ben Shannon ...
    Series series Expanding Literacies in Education
    Challenging dominant views of early childhood language development and knowledge, this thought-provoking volume illuminates the importance of place, the body, and movement in opening space for young children’s improvisatory, creative, playful language practices.Bringing together a rich collection of contemporary research and diverse perspectives, the book centers on the premise that ‘where’ talk ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Dusty

    by Rachel Holmes Awagu ...
    Dusty Chalk is one of the older, original school supplies who lives in Classroom B-5. For years, he has been used every day on a green chalkboard by the teacher. Over the summer, the school janitor replaces the green chalkboard with a white, smooth, shiny board. When Dusty Chalk realizes that he is useless on the new board, he begins to feel worthless and hopeless. As the teacher returns to school ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Fifty Shades of Feminism

    by Lisa Appignanesi, Susie Orbach, Rachel Holmes ...
    Half a century after the publication of The Feminine Mystique, have women really exchanged purity and maternity to become desiring machines inspired only by variations of sex, shopping and masochism - all coloured a brilliant neuro-pink?In this volume, fifty women young and old - writers, politicians, actors, scientists, mothers - reflect on the shades that inspired them and what being woman means ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • World on Fire

    Walking in the Wisdom of Christ When Everyone’s Fighting About Everything

    by Hannah Anderson, Jada Edwards, Jasmine L. Holmes, Rachel Gilson, Rebecca McLaughlin, Jen Pollock Michel, Elizabeth Woodson, Mary Wiley, Ashley Marivittori Gorman ...
    Does it feel like no matter where you look or what the issue is, everyone seems to be fighting about everything?We live in the information age, with more access to knowledge than ever before, flowing to us in a never-ending digital stream of updates, statistics, polls, opinions, news, and narratives from those on opposing sides of any issue. And while we’d assume this influx of information would ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus