Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “william b kurtz”
Skip side bar filters

  • Excommunicated from the Union

    How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America

    by William B. Kurtz ...
    Series series The North's Civil War
    "Concise, engaging . . . [A] superb study of the US Catholic community in the Civil War era." — Civil War Book ReviewAnti-Catholicism has had a long presence in American history. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, many Catholic Americans considered it a chance to prove their patriotism once and for all.Exploring how Catholics sought to use their participation in the war to counteract religious ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blacktastic! The Blacktasticon 2018 Anthology

    by Alan Jones, Azziza Sphinx, Balogun Ojetade, Linda D. Addison, Kyoko M, Marcus Haynes, Sheree Renee Thomas, Kenesha Williams, Nicole Kurtz, Violette L. Meier, Valjeanne Jeffers ...
    What is the Black Fantastic? It's Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Cyberfunk, Science Fiction, Real Urban Fantasy, Paranormal and so much more. It's creators from Africa and the African Diaspora expressing and exploring concepts without the boundaries and restrictions often found in the publishing industry. Blacktastic!, the official anthology of Blacktasticon 2018, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Perspectives on the Union War

    by Michael Caires, Jack Furniss, Jesse George-Nichol, William B. Kurtz, Peter Luebke, Tamika Nunley, Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia, Elizabeth R. Varon, University of Virginia ...
    Series series The North's Civil War
    Edited by Gary Gallagher and Elizabeth Varon, two of the most prominent nineteenth-century American historians in the nation, New Perspectives on the Union War provides a more nuanced understanding of what “Union” meant in the Civil War North by exploring how various groups of northerners conceived of the term. The essays in this volume demonstrate that while there was a broad consensus that the ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • The Very Best Story Ever Told

    The Gospel with American Sign Language

    by Robin Currie ...
    Illustrated by David Kurtz Williams ...
    Winner of Serious Writer's Book of the Decade AwardThe Very Best Story Ever Told shares the Gospel story in a unique and creative way, from God's love for the world to Jesus' life to the Spirit surrounding us today. Each line of this story includes important words reinforced with American Sign Language to engage the whole child. As kids learn the signs and repeat the words, visual learning, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hidden Villains: Duos

    by Nicole Givens Kurtz, Rosemary Williams, Mike Rusetsky, Brian MacDonald, Brenda Carre, Rod A. White, John A. Tures, Darin Kennedy, H.K. Slade, Aaron DaMommio, Shane Porteous, Kelly Zimmer, Sierra Jackson, Larina Warnock, Ana Cordoba ...
    A wonderful and wide variety of short stories for talented authors.Nicole Givens KurtzRod A. WhiteMike RusetskyBrenda CarreJohn A. TuresDarin KennedyH.K. SladeAaron DaMommioShane PorteousBrian MacDonaldKelly ZimmerSierra JacksonLarina WarnockAna CordobaRosemary Williams ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

People who read these also enjoyed

  • A Great Sacrifice

    Northern Black Soldiers, Their Families, and the Experience of Civil War

    by James G. Mendez ...
    Series series The North's Civil War
    "Offers readers new insight into the lives of African American men and women from the North in the era of the Civil War." —Liz Regosin, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, St. Lawrence UniversityA Great Sacrifice is an in-depth analysis of the effects of the Civil War on northern black families carried out using letters from northern black women—mothers, wives, sisters, and female family friends ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bookshop of the World

    Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age

    by Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen ...
    The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greatest bibliophiles.The Dutch Golden Age has long been seen as the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, whose paintings captured the public imagination and came to represent the marvel that was the Dutch Republic. Yet there is another, largely overlooked marvel in the Dutch world of the seventeenth century: ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Living in Medieval England

    The Turbulent Year of 1326

    by Kathryn Warner ...
    A month-by-month account of what life was like for the everyday person just before the Black Plague wiped out most of Europe.1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband's powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband, King Edward ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Honorable Treachery

    A History of U.S. Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA

    by G.J.A. O'Toole ...
    A "splendidly written, impeccably researched, and perfectly fascinating" look at clandestine operations from colonial times to the Cuban Missile Crisis ( The Washington Post Book World).We've always depended on intelligence gathering to drive foreign policy in peacetime and command decision in war—but that work has often taken place in the shadows. Honorable Treachery fills in these details in our ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "They Have Killed Papa Dead!"

    The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance

    by Anthony S. Pitch ...
    The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a central drama of the American experience. Its impact is felt to this day, and the basic story is known to all. Anthony Pitch?s thrilling account of the Lincoln conspiracy and its aftermath transcends the mere facts of that awful night during which dashing actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head and would-be assassin Lewis Payne butchered Secretary ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Last Days of Stalin

    by Joshua Rubenstein ...
    A gripping account of the months before and after Joseph Stalin's death and how his demise reshaped the course of twentieth-century history.Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower with armed force, and was also ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • JFK's Secret Doctor

    The Remarkable Life of Medical Pioneer and Legendary Rock Climber Hans Kraus

    by Susan E.B. Schwartz ...
    Set against the grand panorama of twentieth-century world events, it captures the remarkable life and spirit of climbing and medical visionary Hans Kraus (1905-1966). Kraus was taught English by James Joyce, escaped Nazi dominated Europe, and was JFK’s secret back specialist. A legendary rock climber known for hair-raising ascents on two continents, Kraus lived a life filled with tragedy and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD