Reference & Language in Nonfiction eBooks

Constantin Stanislavski

by Stéphane Poliakov ...

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) est le célèbre auteur d'une théorie de la mise en scène comme direction d'acteur que l'on appelle "système de Stanislavski". Stéphane Poliakov introduit et présente ici les recherches de ce grand homme de théâtre à travers des traductions inédites. ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) est le célèbre auteur d'une théorie de la mise en scène comme direction d'acteur que l'on appelle "système de Stanislavski". Stéphane Poliakov introduit et présente ici les recherches de ce grand homme de théâtre à travers des traductions inédites.
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KJV, Teen Study Bible

by Lawrence O. Richards, Sue W. Richards, Zondervan ...

The bestselling KJV Teen Study Bible keeps up with today’s teen, to help them keep up with God!Today’s teens are moving fast, but God is moving faster! The KJV Teen Study Bible will help them keep in step with all he has done, is doing, and will do in the world—and in their life. This KJV Bible for teens will also help them discover the eternal truths of God’s Word and apply them to the issues ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

The bestselling KJV Teen Study Bible keeps up with today’s teen, to help them keep up with God!Today’s teens are moving fast, but God is moving faster! The KJV Teen Study Bible will help them keep in step with all he has done, is doing, and will do in the world—and in their life. This KJV Bible for teens will also help them discover the eternal truths of God’s Word and apply them to the issues
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The Major Languages of South Asia, the Middle East and Africa

Edited by Bernard Comrie ...

Based on the much-praised The World's Major Languages, this is the first comprehensive guide in paperback to describe the development, grammar sound and writing system, and sociological factors of the major language families in these areas. ... Read more

$70.99 CAD

Based on the much-praised The World's Major Languages, this is the first comprehensive guide in paperback to describe the development, grammar sound and writing system, and sociological factors of the major language families in these areas.
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The Art of the Compliment

Using Kind Words with Grace and Style

by Christie Matheson ...

A few well-chosen words can elicit smiles, inspire happiness, transform moods, and turn a bad day into a good one. Philosopher William James once said, The deepest principle in human nature is the desire to be appreciated.” This is a fun, fabulous, reader-friendly book all about compliments-the history of compliments, how to use them, best-loved compliments, and how to take them. ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

A few well-chosen words can elicit smiles, inspire happiness, transform moods, and turn a bad day into a good one. Philosopher William James once said, The deepest principle in human nature is the desire to be appreciated.” This is a fun, fabulous, reader-friendly book all about compliments-the history of compliments, how to use them, best-loved compliments, and how to take them.
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Public Transport

Its Planning, Management and Operation

by Peter R. White ...

Series series Natural and Built Environment Series
Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of bus and rail systems is introduced with particular reference to peak capacity and energy consumption. An analysis of cost structures and costing ... Read more

$117.99 CAD

Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of bus and rail systems is introduced with particular reference to peak capacity and energy consumption. An analysis of cost structures and costing
... Read more
Japanese for Busy People Book 1: Romanized

Revised 4th Edition

by AJALT ...

Series Book 1 - Japanese for Busy People Series-4th Edition
4th Revised Edition of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE, the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world.Since it was first published in 1984, the focus of the Japanese for Busy People series has always been to teach Japanese for effective communication.As suggested in the title, this is a concise course for busy students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as efficiently as ... Read more

$19.19 CAD

4th Revised Edition of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE, the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world.Since it was first published in 1984, the focus of the Japanese for Busy People series has always been to teach Japanese for effective communication.As suggested in the title, this is a concise course for busy students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as efficiently as
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The Glamour of Grammar

A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

by Roy Peter Clark ...

"Very much a manual for the 21st century . . . a welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone who cares about language-and is willing to argue about it." — New York Times Book ReviewEarly in the history of English, the words "grammar" and "glamour" meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

"Very much a manual for the 21st century . . . a welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone who cares about language-and is willing to argue about it." — New York Times Book ReviewEarly in the history of English, the words "grammar" and "glamour" meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging
... Read more
The Tywi Estuary Killings

A gripping, gritty crime mystery from John Nicholl

by John Nicholl ...

Series Book 2 - Carmarthen Crime
A completely gripping, gritty crime thriller from UK Top 20 bestselling author John NichollIs it revenge or is it justice?DI Gravel is supposed to be on mandatory leave, but when a severed head washes up on the estuary beach his holiday is cut short. Back on the job, he’s shocked when the case leads him to the victim from an old caseSeventeen years ago, the system failed Rebecca. They let the ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A completely gripping, gritty crime thriller from UK Top 20 bestselling author John NichollIs it revenge or is it justice?DI Gravel is supposed to be on mandatory leave, but when a severed head washes up on the estuary beach his holiday is cut short. Back on the job, he’s shocked when the case leads him to the victim from an old caseSeventeen years ago, the system failed Rebecca. They let the
... Read more
Unlearning

Changing Your Beliefs and Your Classroom with UDL

by Allison Posey, Katie Novak ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) suggests exciting ways to design and deliver engaging, rigorous learning experiences-as a growing international movement of UDL practitioners can attest. However, implementing UDL also requires us to unlearn many beliefs, assumptions, and teaching practices that no longer work.In this lively and fun book, UDL experts Allison Posey and Katie Novak describe ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) suggests exciting ways to design and deliver engaging, rigorous learning experiences-as a growing international movement of UDL practitioners can attest. However, implementing UDL also requires us to unlearn many beliefs, assumptions, and teaching practices that no longer work.In this lively and fun book, UDL experts Allison Posey and Katie Novak describe
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The Visual Basic for Applications Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Visual Basic for Applications

by Sophia Bolton ...

This book is your ultimate Visual Basic for Applications resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Visual Basic for Applications's whole picture right away. Get countless Visual Basic for Applications facts right at your fingertips with this ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is your ultimate Visual Basic for Applications resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Visual Basic for Applications's whole picture right away. Get countless Visual Basic for Applications facts right at your fingertips with this
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The Wreck of the SS London

by Simon Wills ...

The loss of the Costa Concordia in 2012 shocked Europe when thirty-two passengers died on a luxury liner. Yet in mid-Victorian times, more lives than this were lost in shipwrecks every week. This book will tell the story of one particularly notorious Victorian wreck that the author has been researching for over ten years. The sinking of the SS London in 1866 provoked incredulity because of the ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

The loss of the Costa Concordia in 2012 shocked Europe when thirty-two passengers died on a luxury liner. Yet in mid-Victorian times, more lives than this were lost in shipwrecks every week. This book will tell the story of one particularly notorious Victorian wreck that the author has been researching for over ten years. The sinking of the SS London in 1866 provoked incredulity because of the
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Gonzo Text

Disentangling Meaning in Hunter S. Thompson’s Journalism

by Matthew Winston ...

Series Book 11 - Media and Culture
Hunter Thompson’s writing is widely read and studied, yet as a methodology and body of work his Gonzo journalism has not been the subject of much critical or theoretical examination. This book fills the gap by constructing a coherent theoretical framework around Gonzo journalism.Drawing on theories of subjectivity and authorship from Derrida, Foucault and Barthes, key themes of Gonzo journalism ... Read more

$116.99 CAD

Hunter Thompson’s writing is widely read and studied, yet as a methodology and body of work his Gonzo journalism has not been the subject of much critical or theoretical examination. This book fills the gap by constructing a coherent theoretical framework around Gonzo journalism.Drawing on theories of subjectivity and authorship from Derrida, Foucault and Barthes, key themes of Gonzo journalism
... Read more
My Cute Kawaii Drawings

Learn to draw adorable art with this easy step-by-step guide

by Mayumi Jezewski ...

Learn to draw the cutest kawaii pictures in easy-to-follow steps!Kawaii is a Japanese term that means adorable or cute. In drawing, it describes a simplified style with rounded shapes, representing characters, animals, food, or any object that has a cute, childlike look.In this fun and colourful book, young (and young-at-heart) artists can unlock the secrets of kawaii drawing, from getting the ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn to draw the cutest kawaii pictures in easy-to-follow steps!Kawaii is a Japanese term that means adorable or cute. In drawing, it describes a simplified style with rounded shapes, representing characters, animals, food, or any object that has a cute, childlike look.In this fun and colourful book, young (and young-at-heart) artists can unlock the secrets of kawaii drawing, from getting the
... Read more
Best Party Book Ever!

From invites to overnights and everything in between

by Editors of Faithgirlz! and Girls' Life Mag ...

Series series Faithgirlz
Let the celebration begin!Whether you want to throw the best birthday bash ever or you’re dreaming up a just-for-fun sleepover extravaganza with your friends, Faithgirlz! has you covered. Packed full of creative and crazy-fun ideas, this book contains everything you need to know to plan fifteen great get-togethers from start to finish. From holiday parties to secret garden soirees, cookie bake ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Let the celebration begin!Whether you want to throw the best birthday bash ever or you’re dreaming up a just-for-fun sleepover extravaganza with your friends, Faithgirlz! has you covered. Packed full of creative and crazy-fun ideas, this book contains everything you need to know to plan fifteen great get-togethers from start to finish. From holiday parties to secret garden soirees, cookie bake
... Read more
Places of Learning

Media, Architecture, Pedagogy

by Elizabeth Ellsworth ...

This book takes a close look at places of learning located outside of schools, yet deeply concerned with the experience of the learning self. It explores what it might mean to think of pedagogy not in relation to knowledge as a "thing made," but to knowledge in the making. ... Read more

$104.99 CAD

This book takes a close look at places of learning located outside of schools, yet deeply concerned with the experience of the learning self. It explores what it might mean to think of pedagogy not in relation to knowledge as a "thing made," but to knowledge in the making.
... Read more
La cuisine du poisson, des crustacés et des fruits de mer

by Caroline Vannier ...

Poché, grillé, cuit en papillote ou à la vapeur, en sauce ou au naturel, le poisson est l’aliment qui déchaîne le plus l’imagination culinaire. Il se prête - mieux que n’importe quel autre mets - aux créations les plus recherchées, Caroline Vannier vous propose, dans cet ouvrage, de savoureuses recettes de poissons, fruits de mer et crustacés, qui vous séduiront par leur originalité, combleront ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Poché, grillé, cuit en papillote ou à la vapeur, en sauce ou au naturel, le poisson est l’aliment qui déchaîne le plus l’imagination culinaire. Il se prête - mieux que n’importe quel autre mets - aux créations les plus recherchées, Caroline Vannier vous propose, dans cet ouvrage, de savoureuses recettes de poissons, fruits de mer et crustacés, qui vous séduiront par leur originalité, combleront
... Read more
Language, Culture, and Teaching

Critical Perspectives

by Sonia Nieto ...

Series series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that ... Read more

$122.99 CAD

Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that
... Read more
A Mind Apart

Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

by Peter Szatmari, MD ...

Why would a child refuse to talk about anything but wasp wings-or the color of subway train doors? What does it mean when a nine-year-old asks questions about death hundreds of times a day? And how can parents build a close relationship with a little girl who hates to be touched? In this compassionate book, leading autism authority Dr. Peter Szatmari shows that children with autism spectrum ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Why would a child refuse to talk about anything but wasp wings-or the color of subway train doors? What does it mean when a nine-year-old asks questions about death hundreds of times a day? And how can parents build a close relationship with a little girl who hates to be touched? In this compassionate book, leading autism authority Dr. Peter Szatmari shows that children with autism spectrum
... Read more
The High North

Cannabis in Canada

Edited by Andrew D. Hathaway, Clayton James Smith McCann ...

The High North is a groundbreaking collection of essays that shakes up widely accepted narratives about marijuana legalization in Canada. In 2018, Canada became only the second country in the world to legalize cannabis. Once shunned, cannabis users are now eagerly courted as customers. What has cannabis legalization meant for the general public, governments, and the Canadian legal system? The ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

The High North is a groundbreaking collection of essays that shakes up widely accepted narratives about marijuana legalization in Canada. In 2018, Canada became only the second country in the world to legalize cannabis. Once shunned, cannabis users are now eagerly courted as customers. What has cannabis legalization meant for the general public, governments, and the Canadian legal system? The
... Read more
Write Great Characters

by Amanda Apthorpe ...

Series Book 3 - Write This Way
You have a story you want to tell. You’ve organised time to do it (Volume 1) and have come a long way in finding your writer’s voice (Volume 2). Now you need to decide whose story you’re going to write, and how make them so interesting that the reader is compelled to follow their journey to the end.In this third volume of the Write This Way series – Write Great Characters - Dr. Amanda Apthorpe ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

You have a story you want to tell. You’ve organised time to do it (Volume 1) and have come a long way in finding your writer’s voice (Volume 2). Now you need to decide whose story you’re going to write, and how make them so interesting that the reader is compelled to follow their journey to the end.In this third volume of the Write This Way series – Write Great Characters - Dr. Amanda Apthorpe
... Read more
Manon Lescaut (BAC 2025)

by Abbé Prévost ...

« Je me trouvai enflammé tout d’un coup jusqu’au transport » : le jeune chevalier des Grieux vient de découvrir Manon Lescaut dans la cour d’une auberge d’Amiens. Plus tard, cette « charmante et adorable créature » se retrouve dans un convoi de prostituées en partance pour le Nouveau Monde, suivie de son amant ruiné. Comment le couple est-il parvenu à une telle déchéance ? C’est ce que nous ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

« Je me trouvai enflammé tout d’un coup jusqu’au transport » : le jeune chevalier des Grieux vient de découvrir Manon Lescaut dans la cour d’une auberge d’Amiens. Plus tard, cette « charmante et adorable créature » se retrouve dans un convoi de prostituées en partance pour le Nouveau Monde, suivie de son amant ruiné. Comment le couple est-il parvenu à une telle déchéance ? C’est ce que nous
... Read more
The Last Speakers

The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages

by K. David Harrison ...

Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as revitalization efforts to teach disappearing languages to younger generations. Thought-provoking and ... Read more

$19.34 CAD

Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as revitalization efforts to teach disappearing languages to younger generations. Thought-provoking and
... Read more
Managing Technology in Higher Education

Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning

by A. W. (Tony) Bates, Albert Sangra ...

Universities continue to struggle in their efforts to fully integrate information and communications technology within their activities. Based on examination of current practices in technology integration at 25 universities worldwide, this book argues for a radical approach to the management of technology in higher education. It offers recommendations for improving governance, strategic planning, ... Read more

$48.99 CAD

Universities continue to struggle in their efforts to fully integrate information and communications technology within their activities. Based on examination of current practices in technology integration at 25 universities worldwide, this book argues for a radical approach to the management of technology in higher education. It offers recommendations for improving governance, strategic planning,
... Read more
Noires machinations / Foul Plots - Bilingue

by Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Series series Hors collection
Innovation numérique pédagogique : adaptation de la série BILINGUE de Pocket-Langues Pour Tous !Trois enquêtes passionnantes du célèbre détective Sherlock Holmes.La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose :• une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes• une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les œuvres d'auteurs étrangers• une adaptati... ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Innovation numérique pédagogique : adaptation de la série BILINGUE de Pocket-Langues Pour Tous !Trois enquêtes passionnantes du célèbre détective Sherlock Holmes.La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose :• une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes• une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les œuvres d'auteurs étrangers• une adaptati...
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