Reference & Language in Nonfiction eBooks

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Bilingual Edition (English – French)

by Victor Hugo ...

Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood ...

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding French paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot. ... Read more

$6.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding French paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.
... Read more
Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: A Simple Guide

by Dr. Milos Kankaras ...

This book represents a brief but still comprehensive guide to Jean Piaget's influential theory of cognitive development. It inspires readers to embark on a captivating journey through the stages of human intellectual growth, exploring the profound insights and discoveries of one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century.Drawing upon Piaget's extensive research and groundbreaking ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book represents a brief but still comprehensive guide to Jean Piaget's influential theory of cognitive development. It inspires readers to embark on a captivating journey through the stages of human intellectual growth, exploring the profound insights and discoveries of one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century.Drawing upon Piaget's extensive research and groundbreaking
... Read more
The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey

A Political History

by Zeynel Besleney ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
A North Caucasian ethnic group that has been largely obscured in world history as a result of their expulsion from their homeland by Tsarist Russia in the 1860s, Circassians now comprise significant communities not only in the Northwest Caucasus but also in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Europe and the US. The Circassian Diaspora investigates how a community of impoverished migrants has evolved into a ... Read more

$88.99 CAD

A North Caucasian ethnic group that has been largely obscured in world history as a result of their expulsion from their homeland by Tsarist Russia in the 1860s, Circassians now comprise significant communities not only in the Northwest Caucasus but also in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Europe and the US. The Circassian Diaspora investigates how a community of impoverished migrants has evolved into a
... Read more
Canuckology

From Dollars to Donuts—Canada's Premier Pollsters Reveal What Canadians Think and Why

by John Wright, Darrell Bricker ...

The anonymity of a phone line is the secret to the success for Darrell Bricker and John Wright of Ipsos Reid, the largest market research company in Canada. Ipsos' accuracy in gathering people's thoughts and predicting trends makes them the go-to source for major companies seeking answers to unusual questions, such as: What would your ideal lover look like? Would you rather touch the Stanley Cup ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The anonymity of a phone line is the secret to the success for Darrell Bricker and John Wright of Ipsos Reid, the largest market research company in Canada. Ipsos' accuracy in gathering people's thoughts and predicting trends makes them the go-to source for major companies seeking answers to unusual questions, such as: What would your ideal lover look like? Would you rather touch the Stanley Cup
... Read more
The Comic Toolbox

How to be Funny Even if You're Not

by John Vorhaus ...

Comedy is not magic, not inspiration, not a “gift.” Mostly, it’s simple rules and structures—the logic of the illogical—tools that anyone can use.The Comic Toolbox is a straightforward, often humorous, workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem solving. In it, veteran Hollywood comedy writer John Vorhaus offers his tools of the trade to writers, comics, and anyone else who wants to be ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

Comedy is not magic, not inspiration, not a “gift.” Mostly, it’s simple rules and structures—the logic of the illogical—tools that anyone can use.The Comic Toolbox is a straightforward, often humorous, workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem solving. In it, veteran Hollywood comedy writer John Vorhaus offers his tools of the trade to writers, comics, and anyone else who wants to be
... Read more
Intermediate German Short Stories: Learn German Vocabulary and Phrases with Stories (B1/ B2) (German Edition)

by Verblix Press ...

Captivating Short Stories to Improve Your German Vocabulary and Reading Skills!Are you an intermediate learner of German who wants to practise reading the language but finds that most of the learning material out there is too easy or too high-level for you? If so, this is the book you've been looking for!Intermediate German Short Stories - Learn German Vocabulary and Phrases with Stories is a ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Captivating Short Stories to Improve Your German Vocabulary and Reading Skills!Are you an intermediate learner of German who wants to practise reading the language but finds that most of the learning material out there is too easy or too high-level for you? If so, this is the book you've been looking for!Intermediate German Short Stories - Learn German Vocabulary and Phrases with Stories is a
... Read more
Queen of the Lakes

by Mark L. Thompson ...

Series series Great Lakes Books
Queen of the Lakes, perfect for coffee tables, lakefront cabins, and boat lovers' bookshelves, tells the story of each of the ships that has been honored with the title "Queen of the Great Lakes."This book is an account of ships that have borne the name "Queen of the Lakes," an honorary title indicating that, at the time of its launching, a ship is the longest on the Great Lakes. In one of the ... Read more

$41.92 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Queen of the Lakes, perfect for coffee tables, lakefront cabins, and boat lovers' bookshelves, tells the story of each of the ships that has been honored with the title "Queen of the Great Lakes."This book is an account of ships that have borne the name "Queen of the Lakes," an honorary title indicating that, at the time of its launching, a ship is the longest on the Great Lakes. In one of the
... Read more
The Last Trail - The Original Classic Edition

by Grey Zane ...

The Last Trail by Zane Grey - The Original Classic EditionFinally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition.This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside:Sheppards eye first caught the ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Last Trail by Zane Grey - The Original Classic EditionFinally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition.This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside:Sheppards eye first caught the
... Read more
McGraw-Hill Education Essential Vocabulary for the TOEFL® Test

by Diane Engelhardt ...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Build your mastery of English vocabulary--and ace the TOEFL test!The first step to passing any language-based exam is the mastery of vocabulary. Written by an ESL expert, McGraw-Hill : Essential Vocabulary for ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Build your mastery of English vocabulary--and ace the TOEFL test!The first step to passing any language-based exam is the mastery of vocabulary. Written by an ESL expert, McGraw-Hill : Essential Vocabulary for
... Read more
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

by Mignon Fogarty ...

Series series Quick & Dirty Tips
Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller fully revised and updated in 2023 to reflect modern topics and changes in style and usage since initial publication.Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether?Grammar Girl is here to help!Mignon Fogarty ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller fully revised and updated in 2023 to reflect modern topics and changes in style and usage since initial publication.Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether?Grammar Girl is here to help!Mignon Fogarty
... Read more
Learning and Teaching While White

Antiracist Strategies for School Communities

by Jenna Chandler-Ward, Elizabeth Denevi ...

Series series Equity and Social Justice in Education Series
We need to name whiteness, in order to move toward antiracism.For too long, white educators have relied on people of color to make change to a relentlessly racist school system. Racial equity will not come until white educators recognize their role in supporting racist policies and practices, and take responsibility for dismantling them.Learning and Teaching While White is an accessible guide to ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

We need to name whiteness, in order to move toward antiracism.For too long, white educators have relied on people of color to make change to a relentlessly racist school system. Racial equity will not come until white educators recognize their role in supporting racist policies and practices, and take responsibility for dismantling them.Learning and Teaching While White is an accessible guide to
... Read more
Classical Mythology A to Z

An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places

by Annette Giesecke ...

A beautifully illustrated, wonderfully engaging A-to-Z guide to more than 700 major and minor gods and goddesses, characters, creatures, and places of classical Greek and Roman mythology.Classical Mythology A-to-Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythology. Written by Annette Giesecke, PhD, Professor of Classics and Chair of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at the ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A beautifully illustrated, wonderfully engaging A-to-Z guide to more than 700 major and minor gods and goddesses, characters, creatures, and places of classical Greek and Roman mythology.Classical Mythology A-to-Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythology. Written by Annette Giesecke, PhD, Professor of Classics and Chair of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at the
... Read more
Montreal Standard Time: The Early Journalism of Mavis Gallant

Edited by Neil Besner, Marta Dvorák, Bill Richardson ...

Montreal Standard Time is drawn from Mavis Gallant’s columns in The Montreal Standard during her six-year tenure at the newspaper, beginning in 1944, when she was 22. Gallant reported on an extraordinary range of subjects: labour issues, mining, existentialism, immigration, comedy, mercy killings, feminism, and suffrage. Her journalism is peopled by a rich cast of characters: writers, painters, ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Montreal Standard Time is drawn from Mavis Gallant’s columns in The Montreal Standard during her six-year tenure at the newspaper, beginning in 1944, when she was 22. Gallant reported on an extraordinary range of subjects: labour issues, mining, existentialism, immigration, comedy, mercy killings, feminism, and suffrage. Her journalism is peopled by a rich cast of characters: writers, painters,
... Read more
How We Teach Science

What’s Changed, and Why It Matters

by John L. Rudolph ...

A former Wisconsin high school science teacher makes the case that how and why we teach science matters, especially now that its legitimacy is under attack.Why teach science? The answer to that question will determine how it is taught. Yet despite the enduring belief in this country that science should be taught, there has been no enduring consensus about how or why.This is especially true when it ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

A former Wisconsin high school science teacher makes the case that how and why we teach science matters, especially now that its legitimacy is under attack.Why teach science? The answer to that question will determine how it is taught. Yet despite the enduring belief in this country that science should be taught, there has been no enduring consensus about how or why.This is especially true when it
... Read more
Moore (More, Mossi) Language Audio Training Course

Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Burkina Faso

by Language Recall ...

Series series African Languages
Moore Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Moore Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Burkina Faso. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in learning the Moore language.Listen to the native speakers and practice your conversation skills, ... Read more

$6.23 CAD

Moore Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Moore Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Burkina Faso. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in learning the Moore language.Listen to the native speakers and practice your conversation skills,
... Read more
Écrits sur l'éducation

by Bertrand Russell ...

Considéré l’une des plus importantes figures intellectuelles du XXe siècle, Bertrand Russell a écrit sur de nombreux sujets, parmi lesquels l’éducation occupe une place de choix. Dans cette anthologie, la première du genre en français, Normand Baillargeon et Chantal Santerre ont réuni 18 textes qui présentent les principaux aspects de la vision de l’éducation développée par Russell et son rôle ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Considéré l’une des plus importantes figures intellectuelles du XXe siècle, Bertrand Russell a écrit sur de nombreux sujets, parmi lesquels l’éducation occupe une place de choix. Dans cette anthologie, la première du genre en français, Normand Baillargeon et Chantal Santerre ont réuni 18 textes qui présentent les principaux aspects de la vision de l’éducation développée par Russell et son rôle
... Read more
Essential Skills for The Occasional Genealogist

Beyond-beginner Genealogy Skills for Busy Family Historians

by Jennifer Patterson Dondero ...

Do you want to learn how to effectively and efficiently track, analyze, plan, and report your genealogy research?Genealogists often find themselves strapped for time, struggling to balance their passion for family history with the demands of everyday life. In this book, professional genealogist, and chronic Occasional Genealogist, Jennifer Dondero shares her expertise to help hobbyist genealogists ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Do you want to learn how to effectively and efficiently track, analyze, plan, and report your genealogy research?Genealogists often find themselves strapped for time, struggling to balance their passion for family history with the demands of everyday life. In this book, professional genealogist, and chronic Occasional Genealogist, Jennifer Dondero shares her expertise to help hobbyist genealogists
... Read more
White House Confidential

The Little Book of Weird Presidential History

by Gregg Stebben, Austin Hill ...

An irreverent look at Presidential foibles, follies, fibs, and moral failuresWere past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today? Don’t bet on it! White House Confidential shows that commanders-in-chief have been lying, cheating, stealing, and womanizing from the days of the Founding Fathers. Focusing on the qualities that never made it into White House press ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

An irreverent look at Presidential foibles, follies, fibs, and moral failuresWere past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today? Don’t bet on it! White House Confidential shows that commanders-in-chief have been lying, cheating, stealing, and womanizing from the days of the Founding Fathers. Focusing on the qualities that never made it into White House press
... Read more
History and Pictorial of Chicago O’Hare International Airport (1976 to 1996)

by Richard Fuller ...

This book is a pictorial history of Chicago O’Hare International Airport from 1976 to 1996. The pictures show all the changes that Chicago O’Hare International Airport went through during that period, plus in between each chapter is some history of what had taken place during those years and what the memories of the passengers and crew of AAL flight 191 were. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

This book is a pictorial history of Chicago O’Hare International Airport from 1976 to 1996. The pictures show all the changes that Chicago O’Hare International Airport went through during that period, plus in between each chapter is some history of what had taken place during those years and what the memories of the passengers and crew of AAL flight 191 were.
... Read more
Miracle Boy Grows Up

How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity

by Ben Mattlin ...

Ben Mattlin lives a normal, independent life. Why is that interesting? Because Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital weakness from which he was expected to die in childhood. Not only did Mattlin live through childhood, he became one of the first students in a wheelchair to attend Harvard, from which he graduated and became a professional writer. His advantage? Mattlin’s life ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Ben Mattlin lives a normal, independent life. Why is that interesting? Because Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital weakness from which he was expected to die in childhood. Not only did Mattlin live through childhood, he became one of the first students in a wheelchair to attend Harvard, from which he graduated and became a professional writer. His advantage? Mattlin’s life
... Read more
Bank Funding, Liquidity, and Capital Adequacy

A Law and Finance Approach

by José Gabilondo ...

Series series Elgar Financial Law series
Focusing primarily on the banking system in the United States, this book offers an innovative framework that integrates a depository bank's liquidity and its capital adequacy into a unified notion of funding that helps to explain how the 2007-2008 crisis unfolded, why central banks succeeded in resolving the crisis, and how the conceptual legacy of the crisis and its resolution led to lasting ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Focusing primarily on the banking system in the United States, this book offers an innovative framework that integrates a depository bank's liquidity and its capital adequacy into a unified notion of funding that helps to explain how the 2007-2008 crisis unfolded, why central banks succeeded in resolving the crisis, and how the conceptual legacy of the crisis and its resolution led to lasting
... Read more
The Jailhouse Lawyer

by Calvin Duncan, Sophie Cull ...

**A USA TODAY Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Public Library • Winner of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award • A Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Nonfiction“Duncan’s story is so incredible it strains belief. It is so heartwarming and hopeful that it will stay with you for a long time.” —John Grisham"This brilliantly told story—at once ... Read more

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**A USA TODAY Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Public Library • Winner of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award • A Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Nonfiction“Duncan’s story is so incredible it strains belief. It is so heartwarming and hopeful that it will stay with you for a long time.” —John Grisham"This brilliantly told story—at once
... Read more
Fire on the Levee

The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice after Hurricane Katrina

by Jared Fishman ...

**“A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” —David Simon, creator of The WireThe former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in Hurricane Katrina–era New Orleans.**In 2009, Jared Fishman was a young prosecutor working on low-level civil rights ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

**“A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” —David Simon, creator of The WireThe former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in Hurricane Katrina–era New Orleans.**In 2009, Jared Fishman was a young prosecutor working on low-level civil rights
... Read more
Leer mejor para escribir mejor

by Maria Antonia de Miquel ...

Aunque la «manía lectora» es un fenómeno relativamente reciente, al menos desde fines del siglo XVIII leer forma parte de los hábitos y los placeres de muchos de nosotros. Ahora bien, ¿cómo leemos? ¿Sabemos leer? Y, si aspiramos a ser escritores, ¿sabemos sacar partido de nuestras lecturas? En Leer mejor para escribir mejor, María Antonia de Miquel nos da las claves para pasar de ser lectores ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Aunque la «manía lectora» es un fenómeno relativamente reciente, al menos desde fines del siglo XVIII leer forma parte de los hábitos y los placeres de muchos de nosotros. Ahora bien, ¿cómo leemos? ¿Sabemos leer? Y, si aspiramos a ser escritores, ¿sabemos sacar partido de nuestras lecturas? En Leer mejor para escribir mejor, María Antonia de Miquel nos da las claves para pasar de ser lectores
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