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  • The Story of a Forest

    Growth, Destruction and Renewal in the Upper Delaware Valley

    by Robert Kuhn McGregor ...
    The re-established forests of the Upper Delaware exist as a living reminder of centuries of both exploitation and good intentions. Emerging after the last glaciation, they were first modified by Native Americans to promote hunting and limited agriculture. The forests began to disappear as Europeans clear-cut farmland and fed sawmills and tanneries.The advent of the railroad accelerated demand and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • A Wider View of the Universe

    Henry Thoreau's Study of Nature, Revised Edition

    by Robert Kuhn McGregor ...
    Thoreau in his early career did not consider nature a worthy subject for his pen. Beginning with only a superficial knowledge of nature--even while living at Walden Pond--he later began to study the subject more intensely in 1849. Over the next dozen years, he applied himself especially to botany and ornithology, seeking to integrate knowledge into the larger patterns of life.Independently ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • A Calculus of Color

    The Integration of Baseball's American League

    by Robert Kuhn McGregor ...
    In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges--population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration. The league had matured in the Jim Crow era, when northern cities responded to the Great Migration by restricting black access to housing, transportation, accommodations and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Rickets, Race and Reproduction

    Contracted Pelvis and the American Way of Birth

    by Deborah Kuhn McGregor, Robert Kuhn McGregor ...
    This book outlines the history of rickets, a disease commonly associated with childhood, and studies its association with race and its long-reaching effects on childbirth. For centuries, the condition was poorly understood. For females, rickets could pose a double jeopardy: suffering in childhood and severe danger in adulthood when giving birth. The disease could result in a contracted pelvis that ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Conundrums for the Long Week-End

    England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey

    by Lewis, Robert Kuhn McGregor ...
    Lord Peter Wimsey-amateur detective, man of fashion, talented musician, and wealthy intellectual-is known to legions of readers. His enduring presence and popularity is a tribute to his creator, Dorothy L. Sayers, who brought Lord Peter to life during “the long week-end” between the First and Second World Wars, as British aristocracy began to change, making way for a modern world. In Conundrums ... Read more

    $28.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Documents in the Case

    by Dorothy L Sayers ...
    An epistolary crime novel from Dorothy L Sayers, creator of the classic Lord Peter Wimsey series - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries**, and introduced by author and journalist Libby Purves.**The bed was broken and tilted grotesquely sideways. Harrison was sprawled over in a huddle of soiled blankets. His mouth was twisted . . .Harrison had ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • Striding Folly

    Classic crime fiction you need to read

    by Dorothy L Sayers ...
    Series Book 4 - The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection
    Dorothy L Sayers' amateur sleuth returns in this collection of three stories, featuring a brand new introduction from crime writer Catriona McPherson. A must-read for fans of the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, as well Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries**.**'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily TelegraphThree of Lord Peter Wimsey's most ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers

    by Kenney ...
    One of the most fascinating comments often made about Dorothy l. Sayers is that she wrote “real” novels. Catherine Kenney considers why Sayers mysteries tend to strike astute readers this way, and in so doing, suggests her place not only in the history of detection, but in the larger tradition of the English novel which she admired. Gaudy Night, for example, bears striking similarities to ... Read more

    $21.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Presumption of Death

    A Gripping World War II Murder Mystery

    by Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L Sayers ...
    'Miraculously right: catching precisely the tone of the relationship . . . thrilling' - The Times'A must for all Wimsey lovers . . . an entertaining read' - Northern EchoIt's 1940, and while the Second World War rages on, Harriet Vane - now Lady Peter Wimsey - has taken her children to safety in the country.But the war has followed them: glamorous RAF pilots and even more glamorous land-girls ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

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  • Debts of Dishonour

    A Riveting Mystery set in Cambridge

    by Jill Paton Walsh ...
    Series series Imogen Quy Mysteries
    'An entertaining read' - Sunday TimesWhy did Sir Julius Farran die?Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha's College, Cambridge, invites the fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone except the college nurse, Imogen Quy, who Farran invites her to come and work for him.Imogen declines, but when Farran dies, suddenly and shockingly, she has to ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Hangman's Holiday

    A gripping classic crime series that will take you by surprise

    by Dorothy L Sayers ...
    Series Book 2 - The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection
    The ninth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, i****ntroduced by crime writer David Mark - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries**.**'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily TelegraphPoisoned port . . . Pet cats in peril . . . Purloined pearls . . .Lord Peter Wimsey solves the mysteries of the man ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 11

    Photo-Finish, Light Thickens, Black Beech and Honeydew

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    The final volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.PHOTO-FINISHThe luxury mansion on New Zealand's Lake Waihoe is the ideal place for a world-famous soprano to rest after her triumphant tour. Among the other guests are Chief Superintendent Alleyn and his wife – but theirs is not a social visit. When tragedy strikes, and isolated by one of the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD