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  • An Applied Visual Sociology: Picturing Harm Reduction

    by Stephen Parkin ...
    Exploring the value of photography and video as legitimate forms of social enquiry, An Applied Visual Sociology: Picturing Harm Reduction constitutes a guidebook for conducting applied visual sociology within health related or social science research projects, providing a full account of the visual research journey and presenting a tested template for conducting theoretically-driven, ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Habitus and Drug Using Environments

    Health, Place and Lived-Experience

    by Stephen Parkin ...
    Informed by the thought of Pierre Bourdieu and framed by the philosophy of harm reduction, Habitus and Drug Using Environments provides a sociological analysis of public environments affected by injecting drug use. Drawing on ethnographic research across several locations, this book offers a qualitative and phenomenological account of the social organisation of public settings used for the ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Constantinople

    by Edmondo De Amicis ...
    Translated by Stephen Parkin ...
    An invaluable record of the metropolis as it used to be a fascinating crossroads between Eastern and Western civilization and one of the most cosmopolitan cities of its time as well as a vivid example of a European tourist’s reaction to it part delight, part incomprehension this book will provide an enriching read for lovers of history or those planning to visit Istanbul themselves. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Memories of London

    by Edmondo De Amicis ...
    Translated by Stephen Parkin ...
    Originally conceived as a series of newspaper articles and later published in volume form, De Amicis's Memories of London brings back to life all the bygone charm of the capital of the British Empire. De Amicis's impressions are paired here with a piece written by one of his contemporaries, the French writer Louis Laurent Simonin, which leaves the city's opulence and grandeur behind and offers an ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Cycling and Sustainability

    by Stephen Ison, Jon Shaw ...
    Series Book 1 - Transport and Sustainability
    This book explores the reasons for difficulties in making cycling mainstream in many cultures, despite its claims for being one of the most sustainable forms of transport. In conditions of relatively low use, cycle users become more closely identified with their means of transport than users of other modes. Such personality-based considerations led to the need initially for the book to explore the ... Read more

    $203.99 CAD

  • Islamic Prayer Across the Indian Ocean

    Inside and Outside the Mosque

    by Stephen Headley, David Parkin ...
    Series series Routledge Indian Ocean Series
    In its attempt to squash the influence of animism and pantheism or polytheism and to promote the idea of the One and Only Absolute God, Islam has come up against a tendency within itself to incorporate certain local religious traditions and practices. This book shares that combination of universality and local particularity, exploring this paradox and the contradictory tendencies contained in it. ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • The Adventures of Pinocchio (New Translation)

    by Carlo Collodi ...
    Translated by Stephen Parkin ...
    Series series Alma Junior Classics
    The story of a naughty wooden puppet who has a penchant for lying and dreams of becoming a real boy, The Adventures of Pinocchio has entered our collective imagination and fascinated generations of young and adult readers since its first publication in 1883. Part fable, part coming-of-age novel, part cautionary tale, Pinocchio’s rollicking exploits through an unforgiving and often incomprehensible ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Twilight Tales

    LTUE Benefit Anthologies, #3

    by Joe Monson, Donna J.W. Munro, Liam Hogan, Victoria Lisowski, Rachel Lewis, Jenean McBrearty, J.D. Robinson, Emily Martha Sorensen, Kelly A. Harmon, Steve DuBois, D.J. Butler, Wendy Nikel, Gustavo Bondoni, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Ralph Benton, Bill Housley, Stephen McQuiggan, Scott R. Parkin, Jude Reid, Michelle Ann King, Dan Wells, Edward Ahern, David J. West, Kirk Eckstine, Joe Vasicek, Mike Munsil, Bob Rehak, Jeanna Mason Stay, S.B. Houghton, Randy Lindsay, Nate Givens, Kary English ...
    Series Book 3 - LTUE Benefit Anthologies
    Things that go bump in the night, mysterious portals to other dimensions and places, bones that know who killed them, seductive vegetation, ghosts that have a tale to tell, and even unexplained behavior in the far reaches of the universe. Twilight Tales contains thirty-one stories each taking you just beyond reality, reminiscent of the rich and uneasy stories by A. Merritt or episodes from the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Emigrants

    by W. G. Sebald ...
    Translated by Michael Hulse ...
    "A masterpiece."—Richard Eder, The New York Times.Published to enormous critical acclaim in the US, The Emigrants has been acclaimed as "one of the best novels to appear since World War II" (Review of Contemporary Fiction) and three times chosen as the 1996 International Book of the Year. The poignant and acclaimed novel about the beauty of lost things, while the protagonist traces the lives of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Islam

    Religion, History, and Civilization

    by Seyyed Hossein Nasr ...
    The world's leading Islamicist offers a concise introduction to this rich and diverse tradition of 1.2 billion adherents.In this informative and clear introduction to the world of Islam, Seyyed Hossein Nasr explores the following topics in depth:•What Is Islam?•The Doctrines and Beliefs of Islam•Islamic Practices and Institutions•The History of Islam•Schools of Islamic Thought•Islam in the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Toro! Toro!

    by Michael Morpurgo ...
    Illustrated by Michael Foreman ...
    Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerBest-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, illustrated by Michael Foreman.TORO,TORO is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand rears a little ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse

    by George R. R. Martin, Paolo Bacigalupi, Orson Scott Card, Junot Diaz ...
    Series Book 2 - Wastelands
    ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT...For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin's seminal The Postman to Hugh Howey's Deep Blood Kettle and Tananarive Due's prescient Patient Zero, the end of the world continues to thrill.This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD