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  • Rebel Without A Clause

    by Sue Butler ...
    The English language is changing constantly. We invent new words and phrases, we mash up idioms, we mispronounce, misuse, misappropriate. Sue Butler has heard it all and is ready to defend and disagree with common usage. Veering from tolerance to outrage, she examines how the word sheila took a nose-dive after World War II, considers whether we should hunker or bunker down, and bemoans the ... Read more

    $8.17 CAD

  • The Aitch Factor

    by Sue Butler ...
    Living languages change all the time, but many of us wish they didn't.For thirty years, Macquarie Dictionary editor Susan Butler has been in the front row watching Australians alternatively defend, reject, embrace and argue heatedly about every aspect of language usage. She has witnessed crusades against 'youse', ducked the missiles over the phrase 'man boobs', pondered the changing pronunciation ... Read more

    $8.17 CAD

  • Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis?

    Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Edited by Professor Sue Arrowsmith, Luke RA Butler, Annamaria La Chimia, Professor Christopher Yukins ...
    This timely book provides the first systematic analysis of global public procurement regulation and policy during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.Through both thematic chapters and national case studies, this book:- explores the adequacy of traditional legal frameworks for emergency procurement;- examines how governments and international organisations have responded specifically to the pandemic; ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • The Victoria History of Hampshire: Dummer and Kempshott

    by Jennie Butler, Sue Lane ...
    Series series VCH Shorts
    Dummer, a small parish on the chalk downlands south of Basingstoke, has a rich and well documented history which is of interest to a wide audience beyond Hampshire. Manorial records from the 16th century onwards provide a fascinating account of communal farming practices before enclosure of the land in 1743. The parish was distinguished by an unusual level of protestant non-conformity in the late ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Clinical Radiology of the Horse

    by Janet A. Butler, Christopher M. Colles, Sue J. Dyson, Svend E. Kold, Paul W. Poulos ...
    Clinical Radiology of the Horse is the best-selling, practical guide to all areas of equine radiography and radiology written by an experienced group of clinicians with a broad range of backgrounds.Offers an atlas of normal and clinical images, as well as a comprehensive guide to techniques, equipment, positioning, and interpretation for general veterinary practitioners and specialists in imaging ... Read more

    $288.99 CAD

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    by Karin Slaughter ...
    Series Book 3 - Grant County Mysteries
    The third thrilling Grant County novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Karin Slaughter, featuring Sara Linton of the acclaimed Will Trent Series.“A fearless writer…One of the boldest thriller writers working today.”— New York Times bestselling author, Tess Gerritsen “Scary, shocking and perfectly suspenseful.”—BookPageSara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, GA, is ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • All the Light We Cannot See

    A Novel

    by Anthony Doerr ...
    *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • In a Manner of Speaking

    Phrases, Expressions, and Proverbs and How We Use and Misuse Them

    by Colin McNairn ...
    What do the whole kit and caboodle,” the whole shebang,” the whole megillah,” the whole enchilada,” the whole nine yards,” the whole box and dice,” and the full Monty” have in common? They’re all expressions that mean the entire quantity,” and they’re all examples of the breadth and depth of the English-speaking world’s vocabulary.From the multitude of words and phrases in daily use, the author of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • London In The Eighteenth Century

    A Great and Monstrous Thing

    by Jerry White ...
    Jerry White's London in the Eighteenth Century is an unrivalled, panoramic account of the city's dramatic century of rebirth by its leading expert.London in the eighteenth century had risen from the ashes. The city and its people had been brought to the brink by the Great Fire of 1666. But the century that followed was a period of vigorous expansion, of scientific and artistic genius, of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Story of English in 100 Words

    by David Crystal, St Martins Press ...
    In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Sin and Syntax

    How to Craft Wicked Good Prose

    by Constance Hale ...
    A fully revised and updated edition with writing prompts and challenges in every chapterToday’s writers need more spunk than Strunk: whether it's the Great American e-mail, Madison Avenue advertising, or Grammy Award-winning rap lyrics, memorable writing must jump off the page. Copy veteran Constance Hale is on a mission to make creative communication, both the lyrical and the unlawful, an option ... Read more

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  • Greater London

    The Story of the Suburbs

    by Nick Barratt ...
    London's suburbs may stretch for well over 600 square miles, but in historical accounts of the capital they tend to take something of a back seat. In Greater London, historian Nick Barratt places them firmly centre stage, tracing their journey from hamlets and villages far out in the open countryside to fully fledged urban enclaves, simultaneously demonstrating the crucial role they have played in ... Read more

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