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  • The Colonies, 1492-1750

    Enriched edition.

    by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Tyler Ashford ...
    In "The Colonies, 1492-1750," Reuben Gold Thwaites meticulously chronicles the formative period of American history, exploring the complexities of European colonization, indigenous relations, and the socio-political dynamics that shaped the early American colonies. Written in a rich narrative style that combines detailed historical analysis with engaging storytelling, Thwaites effectively situates ... Read more

    Was $2.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vincent and the Cat

    by J.B. Thwaite ...
    Series Book 1 - The Catnap Ramblers
    Stuck on the Arctic island of Whitskersey in the middle of the polar night, is it just a case of fever-induced paranoia or is the young editor assigned to Vincent acting shifty?Even the cat, Mr Swifty, seems suspicious of the man, but can he save Vincent just by peeing on his biscuits? Can anyone save him from his chilly fate?Follow along to the cat-shaped continent of Furuyan and discover this ... Read more

    $4.80 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Toaster Project

    Or A Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch

    by Thomas Thwaites ...
    Hello, my name is Thomas Thwaites, and I have made a toaster. So begins-áThe Toaster Project, the author's nine-month-long journey from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry. Along the way, he learns that an ordinary toaster is made up of 404 separate parts, that the best way to smelt metal at home is by using a method found ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Hilarious Sideslips

    by J.B. Thwaite ...
    Series Book 1 - The Drunknap Ramblers
    Having spent most of her life pursuing her career, the esteemed doctor and sleep scientist, Aurora Vesper, has reached the commendable age of thirty-five without having had so much as a sip of alcohol.Stuck on the remote Arctic island of Whitskersey in the middle of polar night, she gives it a taste and learns something unexpected about herself and her fiancé Vincent.You should probably skip this ... Read more

    $9.30 CAD

  • The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse

    by Anthony Thwaite ...
    Poetry remains a living part of the culture of Japan today. The clichés of everyday speech are often to be traced to famous ancient poems, and the traditional forms of poetry are widely known and loved. The congenial attitude comes from a poetical history of about a millennium and a half. This classic collection of verse therefore contains poetry from the earliest, primitive period, through the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • R. S. Thomas: Everyman Poetry

    by rev R.S. Thomas ...
    A best of R.S. Thomas's poems in a beautiful new gift editionR. S. Thomas (1913- 2000) was born in Cardiff. He studied classics, then theology and, after ordination, served six rural Welsh parishes for most of his life. His first book of poems was published in 1946. He won the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1964 and published regularly, Collected Poems 1945-90 marking his eightieth birthday. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Collected Poems

    by Philip Larkin ...
    Since its publication in 1988, Philip Larkin's Collected Poems has become essential reading on any poetry bookshelf. This new edition returns to Larkin's own deliberate ordering of his poems, presenting, in their original sequence, his four published books: The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows. It also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Alternative Economies of Heritage

    Sustainable, Anti-Colonial and Creative Approaches to Cultural Inheritance

    Edited by Denise Thwaites, Bethaney Turner, Tracy Ireland ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Heritage
    Alternative Economies of Heritage is a groundbreaking edited volume that critically evaluates how the ‘work’ of heritage can be reimagined, as a multifarious field of thought and action, to resist the reductive economies of colonial capitalism.In a global context of cultural financialisation and ecological crisis, where sustainable, anti-colonial and creative approaches are required to solve ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • The Librarian of Auschwitz

    by Antonio Iturbe ...
    Translated by Lilit Thwaites ...
    Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Aurora and the Guardian

    by J.B. Thwaite ...
    Series Book 3 - The Catnap Ramblers
    If your current lodgings deny your life-long dream of cat ownership, isn't it only logical to become a brilliant scientist, land the big promotion and transfer to a prestigious sleep research team in Schadesborough?According to Dr Vesper, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’! But before she has even finished packing, something unexpected falls on her lap, and she's no longer sure if it's the cat she ... Read more

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  • Cinderilla

    "Or, the Little Glass Slipper"

    by Charles Perrault, W. H. Thwaite, Robert Samber ...
    Cinderella, or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances, that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune. The oldest documented version comes from China, and the oldest European version from Italy. The most ... Read more

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  • Private Afterwords

    by J.B. Thwaite ...
    Series Book 1 - The Catnap Fumblers
    This book was written as thanks to all the lovely people who took a chance on the author's whimsical debut series the Catnap Ramblers. It contains some delicious complimentary scenes that take place after the main story. If you felt the series could have used a bit more spice and wanted to get the juicy details of where the characters' relationships were heading, this novella is definitely for you ... Read more

    $1.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus