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Russian Vocabulary for English Speakers - 3000 Words

by Andrey Taranov ...

3000-WORD ENGLISH-RUSSIAN VOCABULARYThis book is a learning tool for mastering basic Russian vocabulary. It will help you obtain a solid base in your knowledge of the Russian language. The 3000 words contained in this edition will aid in your understanding of simple phrases and hone your composition skills.This manual will also be an invaluable reference during any trip abroad where the Russian ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

3000-WORD ENGLISH-RUSSIAN VOCABULARYThis book is a learning tool for mastering basic Russian vocabulary. It will help you obtain a solid base in your knowledge of the Russian language. The 3000 words contained in this edition will aid in your understanding of simple phrases and hone your composition skills.This manual will also be an invaluable reference during any trip abroad where the Russian
... Read more
Crisis in Canada's Policing

Why change is so hard, and how we can get real reform in our police forces

by John Sewell ...

In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic surged, millions gathered across Canada and the United States to protest violence and racism in policing sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. In the days and weeks following, the deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in Toronto and Chantel Moore in New Brunswick showed that police violence is also a Canadian ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic surged, millions gathered across Canada and the United States to protest violence and racism in policing sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. In the days and weeks following, the deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in Toronto and Chantel Moore in New Brunswick showed that police violence is also a Canadian
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Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction

by Klaus Dodds ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq or Lebanon, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these 'danger zones' - in Europe or the US ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq or Lebanon, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these 'danger zones' - in Europe or the US
... Read more
Nikon D780 Experience - The Still Photography Guide to Operation and Image Creation with the Nikon D780

by Douglas Klostermann ...

Nikon D780 Experience is an e book user's guide that goes beyond the manual to help you learn the features, settings, and controls of this sophisticated and highly customizable camera. Most importantly it also explains how, when, and why to use the camera's features, settings, and controls in your photography.As with all Full Stop guides, this book is written in a clear, concise, and comprehensive ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Nikon D780 Experience is an e book user's guide that goes beyond the manual to help you learn the features, settings, and controls of this sophisticated and highly customizable camera. Most importantly it also explains how, when, and why to use the camera's features, settings, and controls in your photography.As with all Full Stop guides, this book is written in a clear, concise, and comprehensive
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Inside the Britannic

Uncovering the wreck of the Titanic's sister ship

by Simon Mills ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARITIME FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST BOOKDocumenting one of the most comprehensive surveys of a shipwreck ever conducted, Simon Mills' new book takes you inside the SS Britannic for a unique dive into the past.The Olympic Class ships were intended to be the greatest liners to ever sail the oceans, but the Britannic sank only four years after her sister ship the Titanic. While the ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARITIME FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST BOOKDocumenting one of the most comprehensive surveys of a shipwreck ever conducted, Simon Mills' new book takes you inside the SS Britannic for a unique dive into the past.The Olympic Class ships were intended to be the greatest liners to ever sail the oceans, but the Britannic sank only four years after her sister ship the Titanic. While the
... Read more
A Dictionary of Biomedicine

by John Lackie ...

Series series Oxford Quick Reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine includes 10,000 A-Z entries on all areas of biomedicine. Entries are authoritative and wide-ranging, covering terms from the related areas of anatomy, genetics, molecular bioscience, pathology, pharmacology, and clinical medicine. Biomedicine - the study of molecular bioscience relating to disease - is playing an increasingly important role in medical application, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A Dictionary of Biomedicine includes 10,000 A-Z entries on all areas of biomedicine. Entries are authoritative and wide-ranging, covering terms from the related areas of anatomy, genetics, molecular bioscience, pathology, pharmacology, and clinical medicine. Biomedicine - the study of molecular bioscience relating to disease - is playing an increasingly important role in medical application,
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The Art of Coaching Teams

Building Resilient Communities that Transform Schools

by Elena Aguilar ...

The missing how-to manual for being an effective team leaderThe Art of Coaching Teams is the manual you never received when you signed on to lead a team. Being a great teacher is one thing, but leading a team, or team development, is an entirely different dynamic. Your successes are public, but so are your failures—and there's no specific rubric or curriculum to give you direction. Team ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

The missing how-to manual for being an effective team leaderThe Art of Coaching Teams is the manual you never received when you signed on to lead a team. Being a great teacher is one thing, but leading a team, or team development, is an entirely different dynamic. Your successes are public, but so are your failures—and there's no specific rubric or curriculum to give you direction. Team
... Read more
Auteurpreneur en pyjama : Développer votre plateforme d'auteur dans le confort de votre foyer

by Geraldine Solon ...

Nous vivons probablement à la meilleure époque pour être un auteur, mais avec les milliers de livres publiés chaque jour, comment votre livre se démarquera-t-il du reste ? Que vous soyez un auteur publié par une maison d’édition traditionnelle ou autopublié, vous devez participer activement au marketing de votre livre. Bien que les auteurs aient aussi besoin de cultiver une présence en personne ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

Nous vivons probablement à la meilleure époque pour être un auteur, mais avec les milliers de livres publiés chaque jour, comment votre livre se démarquera-t-il du reste ? Que vous soyez un auteur publié par une maison d’édition traditionnelle ou autopublié, vous devez participer activement au marketing de votre livre. Bien que les auteurs aient aussi besoin de cultiver une présence en personne
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Big Kids, Bigger Feelings

Navigating Defiance, Meltdowns, and Anxiety to Raise Confident, Connected Kids

by Alyssa Blask Campbell, Rachel Stuart Lounder ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the coauthor of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, a guide to supporting children’s social and emotional growth through the elementary school years (ages 5–12), a critical but often-overlooked developmental stage.TOO OLD FOR TANTRUMSTOO YOUNG FOR TEENAGE DRAMAMeltdowns. Name-calling. Hitting, kicking, and hair-pulling. Except, these aren’t the toddler years. Why is y... ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the coauthor of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, a guide to supporting children’s social and emotional growth through the elementary school years (ages 5–12), a critical but often-overlooked developmental stage.TOO OLD FOR TANTRUMSTOO YOUNG FOR TEENAGE DRAMAMeltdowns. Name-calling. Hitting, kicking, and hair-pulling. Except, these aren’t the toddler years. Why is y...
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China and Globalization

The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society

by Doug Guthrie ...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009!In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the ... Read more

$129.99 CAD

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009!In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the
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Pepys's Navy

Ships, Men & Warfare, 1649–1689

by J. D. Davies ...

An extensively illustrated reference covering four tumultuous decades that gave birth to the modern Royal Navy.Winner of the Samuel Pepys Prize and Latham MedalThis reference book describes every aspect of the English navy in the second half of the seventeenth century, from the time when the Fleet Royal was taken into Parliamentary control after the defeat of Charles I, until the accession of ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An extensively illustrated reference covering four tumultuous decades that gave birth to the modern Royal Navy.Winner of the Samuel Pepys Prize and Latham MedalThis reference book describes every aspect of the English navy in the second half of the seventeenth century, from the time when the Fleet Royal was taken into Parliamentary control after the defeat of Charles I, until the accession of
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Unlocking Python

A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners

by Ryan Mitchell ...

A fun and practical guide to learning Python with a special focus on data science, web scraping, and web applicationsIn Unlocking Python: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners, veteran software engineer, educator, and author Ryan Mitchell delivers an intuitive, engaging, and practical roadmap to Python programming. The author walks you through the vocabulary, tools, foundational knowledge, and ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

A fun and practical guide to learning Python with a special focus on data science, web scraping, and web applicationsIn Unlocking Python: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners, veteran software engineer, educator, and author Ryan Mitchell delivers an intuitive, engaging, and practical roadmap to Python programming. The author walks you through the vocabulary, tools, foundational knowledge, and
... Read more
Marriage and Mayhem for the Tobacco Girls

The page-turning historical saga from Lizzie Lane

by Lizzie Lane ...

Series Book 5 - The Tobacco Girls
Time's running out for The Tobacco Girls in this penultimate books in this bestselling series from Lizzie Lane.War is fleeting, but true love last forever...May 1944Hope and excitement is in the air when news breaks of the allied forces landing in Normandy. D Day has arrived. However, the day-to-day struggles for the Tobacco Girls continue.Carole Thomas wants her old life back. She is burdened ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Time's running out for The Tobacco Girls in this penultimate books in this bestselling series from Lizzie Lane.War is fleeting, but true love last forever...May 1944Hope and excitement is in the air when news breaks of the allied forces landing in Normandy. D Day has arrived. However, the day-to-day struggles for the Tobacco Girls continue.Carole Thomas wants her old life back. She is burdened
... Read more
Up the Airway

Coastal British Columbia Stories

by Wayne J. Lutz ...

Flying Coastal British Columbia, where mountains drop into the sea and people practice self-reliance and a different sense of purpose. Airports in British Columbia, along with Arctic destinations, are featured. Contrarian views of the people and places of coastal British Columbia, and off-the-grid living. Written by a flight instructor with 7000 hours of flight experience. ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Flying Coastal British Columbia, where mountains drop into the sea and people practice self-reliance and a different sense of purpose. Airports in British Columbia, along with Arctic destinations, are featured. Contrarian views of the people and places of coastal British Columbia, and off-the-grid living. Written by a flight instructor with 7000 hours of flight experience.
... Read more
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

(37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry Books With Active Table of Contents)(Bauer Classics)

by William Shakespeare, Bauer Books ...

Series Book 1 - All Time Best Writers
This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!COMEDIESThe Comedy of ErrorsThe Taming of the ShrewThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaLove’s Labor’s LostA Midsummer Night’s DreamThe Merchant of Venice.. ... Read more

Was $27.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!COMEDIESThe Comedy of ErrorsThe Taming of the ShrewThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaLove’s Labor’s LostA Midsummer Night’s DreamThe Merchant of Venice..
... Read more
Penguin Readers Level 5: Doctor Who: Borrowed Time (ELT Graded Reader)

Adapted and Shortened Edition

by Naomi Alderman ...

Series Book 5 - Penguin Readers
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction,
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The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy

Trace Your Roots, Share Your History, and Create Your Family Tree

by Kimberly Powell ...

Use online tools to discover your family's history!Thanks to the overwhelming number of genealogical records available online today, it's never been easier to trace your family history and find your roots. But where do you begin? With all that information, it can be impossible to know where to start! In The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy, 3rd Edition, genealogy expert Kimberly Powell guides ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Use online tools to discover your family's history!Thanks to the overwhelming number of genealogical records available online today, it's never been easier to trace your family history and find your roots. But where do you begin? With all that information, it can be impossible to know where to start! In The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy, 3rd Edition, genealogy expert Kimberly Powell guides
... Read more
You Know You've Been in Japan too Long...

by Bill Mutranowski ...

Anyone who spends even a little time in Japan will have a few good stories to tell when they get back home.But rubbing elbows with the Japanese, on their own turf, is good for more than just a laugh. The experience can give you a lot of insight into yourself. And that's not the kind of thing you can pick up in any old souvenir shop.This illustrated Japan travel culture guie is for anyone who can ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

Anyone who spends even a little time in Japan will have a few good stories to tell when they get back home.But rubbing elbows with the Japanese, on their own turf, is good for more than just a laugh. The experience can give you a lot of insight into yourself. And that's not the kind of thing you can pick up in any old souvenir shop.This illustrated Japan travel culture guie is for anyone who can
... Read more
Whipping Boy

The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully

by Allen Kurzweil ...

Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact CrimeThe true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully.Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact CrimeThe true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully.Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a
... Read more
Now You Know More

The Book of Answers, Vol. 2

by Doug Lennox ...

Series Book 2 - Now You Know
This is a follow-up to last year's runaway bestseller Now You Know ... The Book of Answers, which went through five printings and sold over 20,000 copies!Why do we shout "Fore" on a golf course? Why is confetti thrown at a wedding? Exactly how long is a "moment" or a "jiffy"? Why is breaking a mirror bad luck, and a rabbit's foot good luck?In this second book, Lennox continues to trace the concise ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

This is a follow-up to last year's runaway bestseller Now You Know ... The Book of Answers, which went through five printings and sold over 20,000 copies!Why do we shout "Fore" on a golf course? Why is confetti thrown at a wedding? Exactly how long is a "moment" or a "jiffy"? Why is breaking a mirror bad luck, and a rabbit's foot good luck?In this second book, Lennox continues to trace the concise
... Read more
Arthur Koestler : un croisé sans croix

Essai psycho-biographique sur un contemporain capital

by Pierre Debray-Ritzen ...

Pierre Debray-Ritzen, qui fut le directeur du Cahier de L'Herne consacré, en 1975, à Arthur Koestler, a souhaité relier, en une véritable biographie, les différentes époques d'une vie passionnante. Mettant celles-ci en parallèle avec l'évolution d'une psychologie tumultueuse, il a détaillé, en ses diverses phases, la genèse d'une création. D'où ce livre – le seul en langue française – sur celui qu ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Pierre Debray-Ritzen, qui fut le directeur du Cahier de L'Herne consacré, en 1975, à Arthur Koestler, a souhaité relier, en une véritable biographie, les différentes époques d'une vie passionnante. Mettant celles-ci en parallèle avec l'évolution d'une psychologie tumultueuse, il a détaillé, en ses diverses phases, la genèse d'une création. D'où ce livre – le seul en langue française – sur celui qu
... Read more
Comment retrouver le sommeil

by Charles Gellman, Gilbert Tordjman ...

Le monde du sommeil est à la fois familier et étrange. On commence seulement à l’explorer scientifiquement au laboratoire, et à comprendre les origines du mauvais sommeil qui frappe des millions de personnes. L’insomnie doit donner à réfléchir ; le plus souvent, on se contente d’absorber automatiquement des médicaments, sans se demander quelles sont les raisons médicales — ou psychologiques — de ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Le monde du sommeil est à la fois familier et étrange. On commence seulement à l’explorer scientifiquement au laboratoire, et à comprendre les origines du mauvais sommeil qui frappe des millions de personnes. L’insomnie doit donner à réfléchir ; le plus souvent, on se contente d’absorber automatiquement des médicaments, sans se demander quelles sont les raisons médicales — ou psychologiques — de
... Read more
Drumming Our Way Home

Intergenerational Learning, Teaching, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing

by Georgina Martin ...

What does it mean to be Secwepemc? And how can an autobiographical journey to recover Secwepemc identity inform learning and teaching? Drumming Our Way Home demonstrates how telling, retelling, and re-storying lived experiences not only passes on traditional ways but also opens up a world of culture-based learning.Georgina Martin was taken from her mother not long after birth in a tuberculosis ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

What does it mean to be Secwepemc? And how can an autobiographical journey to recover Secwepemc identity inform learning and teaching? Drumming Our Way Home demonstrates how telling, retelling, and re-storying lived experiences not only passes on traditional ways but also opens up a world of culture-based learning.Georgina Martin was taken from her mother not long after birth in a tuberculosis
... Read more
DEAD TIRED – Pilot Fatigue – Aviation's Insidious Killer

by Ace Abbott ...

AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF TIRED PILOTS BY A RETIRED COMMERCIAL PILOTDead Tired reversed equals tired dead, and this reversal stands out as the primary theme of this book, namely the problem of tired pilots who wind up dead.•The issue of tired pilots crashing airplanes is now out of the closet.Unfortunately, it took an ugly accident (Continental Flight 3407 at Buffalo, New York, on January ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF TIRED PILOTS BY A RETIRED COMMERCIAL PILOTDead Tired reversed equals tired dead, and this reversal stands out as the primary theme of this book, namely the problem of tired pilots who wind up dead.•The issue of tired pilots crashing airplanes is now out of the closet.Unfortunately, it took an ugly accident (Continental Flight 3407 at Buffalo, New York, on January
... Read more

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