Reference & Language in Nonfiction eBooks

The First King of England: The Story of Athelstan

by Mr Stuart Hill ...

Series series Flashbacks
The Saxon King Athelstan is trying to unite the kingdom of England for the first time, aided by his body-servant Edwin, the son of a shoemaker. Written by bestselling author, Stuart Hill, this exciting adventure story is perfect for fans of historical fiction and will have readers gripped from start to finish.After getting into a brawl with Athelstan the future king of England, fourteen-year-old ... Read more

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The Saxon King Athelstan is trying to unite the kingdom of England for the first time, aided by his body-servant Edwin, the son of a shoemaker. Written by bestselling author, Stuart Hill, this exciting adventure story is perfect for fans of historical fiction and will have readers gripped from start to finish.After getting into a brawl with Athelstan the future king of England, fourteen-year-old
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Silence, on vole !

La vie d'un groupe d'aviation de chasse français dans la R.A.F., contée par ses pilotes, disparus ou vivants

by Collectif ...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine. ... Read more

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Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
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Écrire pour vivre - nouvelle édition

Conseils pratiques à ceux qui rêvent de vivre pour écrire

by Jean-Benoît Nadeau ...

Écrire pour vivre est un guide pratique qui s’adresse aux passionnés de l’écrit, qui espèrent en vivre, en tout ou en partie. Dans la bonne humeur et sans pudeur, Jean-Benoît Nadeau y raconte ses erreurs, ses bons coups (et ceux des autres) en se fondant sur une expérience de plus de 30 ans comme journaliste et auteur de best-sellers internationaux. On y apprend : - Comment trouver la bonne idée ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Écrire pour vivre est un guide pratique qui s’adresse aux passionnés de l’écrit, qui espèrent en vivre, en tout ou en partie. Dans la bonne humeur et sans pudeur, Jean-Benoît Nadeau y raconte ses erreurs, ses bons coups (et ceux des autres) en se fondant sur une expérience de plus de 30 ans comme journaliste et auteur de best-sellers internationaux. On y apprend : - Comment trouver la bonne idée
... Read more
Book and Dagger

How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

by Elyse Graham ...

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, ... Read more

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The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly,
... Read more
Another Country, Another Life

Calumny, Love, and the Secrets of Isaac Jelfs

by J. Patrick Boyer ...

Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many lives: a scapegoated law clerk in England; a soldier in the mad Crimean War; a lawyer on swirling Broadway Avenue in New York. His escape from each was wrapped in deep secrecy. He eventually reached Canada, in 1869, with a new wife and a changed name. In his new home — the remote wilderness of Muskoka — he crafted yet another persona for himself. In Another Country, ... Read more

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Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many lives: a scapegoated law clerk in England; a soldier in the mad Crimean War; a lawyer on swirling Broadway Avenue in New York. His escape from each was wrapped in deep secrecy. He eventually reached Canada, in 1869, with a new wife and a changed name. In his new home — the remote wilderness of Muskoka — he crafted yet another persona for himself. In Another Country,
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The Bible Doesn't Say That

40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings

by Joel M. Hoffman ...

A "witty and accessible look at Scripture" that explores what the Bible meant before two millennia of mistranslations and misinterpretations ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In this fascinating book, acclaimed translator and biblical scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman walks the reader through dozens of mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings about the Bible. In forty short, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A "witty and accessible look at Scripture" that explores what the Bible meant before two millennia of mistranslations and misinterpretations ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In this fascinating book, acclaimed translator and biblical scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman walks the reader through dozens of mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings about the Bible. In forty short,
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F in Exams Pop Quiz

All New Awesomely Wrong Test Answers

by Richard Benson ...

Series series F in Exams
Will some students ever learn from their mistakes? We hope not! A new collection of real—and really hilarious—wrong answers.This all-new collection of hilarious, totally wrong, real test answers serves a fresh batch of A+ wit misapplied to F- quiz scores. A little studying would reveal that the most powerful light source known to man isn't "lightsabers," nor do we salt the roads when it snows "to ... Read more

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Will some students ever learn from their mistakes? We hope not! A new collection of real—and really hilarious—wrong answers.This all-new collection of hilarious, totally wrong, real test answers serves a fresh batch of A+ wit misapplied to F- quiz scores. A little studying would reveal that the most powerful light source known to man isn't "lightsabers," nor do we salt the roads when it snows "to
... Read more
The Pottery Cottage Murders

The terrifying true story of an escaped prisoner and the family he held hostage

by Peter Howse, Carol Anne Lee ...

A psychopathic criminal on the run from prison. A family of five held hostage in their home. A frantic police manhunt across the snowbound Derbyshire moors. Just one survivor.The definitive account of the terrifying 1977 Pottery Cottage murders that shocked Britain.For three days, escaped prisoner Billy Hughes played macabre psychological games with Gill Moran and her family, keeping them in ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

A psychopathic criminal on the run from prison. A family of five held hostage in their home. A frantic police manhunt across the snowbound Derbyshire moors. Just one survivor.The definitive account of the terrifying 1977 Pottery Cottage murders that shocked Britain.For three days, escaped prisoner Billy Hughes played macabre psychological games with Gill Moran and her family, keeping them in
... Read more
Richard Jewell

And Other Tales of Heroes, Scoundrels, and Renegades

by Marie Brenner ...

**Soon to be a major film from Academy Award–winning director Clint Eastwood—**starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser!This collection of captivating profiles from Vanity Fair writer Marie Brenner spans her award-winning career and features larger-than-life figures such as Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, and Richard Jewell—the security guard ... Read more

$22.50 CAD

**Soon to be a major film from Academy Award–winning director Clint Eastwood—**starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser!This collection of captivating profiles from Vanity Fair writer Marie Brenner spans her award-winning career and features larger-than-life figures such as Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, and Richard Jewell—the security guard
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Time Management For Teens And College Students: The Ultimate Guide for Balancing School and Life for Teens and Young Adults

by Kara Ross ...

Are you a high school student, soon to be graduated and heading off to college or to work full time? Are you in college and not sure how to manage the time you do have while going to college? Are you a parent looking for a good introduction to time management for your son or daughter?If you want to learn how you can better manage your time as a young adult, then keep reading!Time management is a ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you a high school student, soon to be graduated and heading off to college or to work full time? Are you in college and not sure how to manage the time you do have while going to college? Are you a parent looking for a good introduction to time management for your son or daughter?If you want to learn how you can better manage your time as a young adult, then keep reading!Time management is a
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Who Owns Outer Space?

International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space

by Michael Byers, Aaron Boley ...

Series Book 176 - Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
From Space debris to asteroid strikes to anti-satellite weapons, humanity's rapid expansion into Space raises major environmental, safety, and security challenges. In this book, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley, an international lawyer and an astrophysicist, identify and interrogate these challenges and propose actionable solutions. They explore essential questions from, 'How do we ensure all of ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From Space debris to asteroid strikes to anti-satellite weapons, humanity's rapid expansion into Space raises major environmental, safety, and security challenges. In this book, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley, an international lawyer and an astrophysicist, identify and interrogate these challenges and propose actionable solutions. They explore essential questions from, 'How do we ensure all of
... Read more
The Brain Injury Workbook

Exercises for Cognitive Rehabilitation

by Trevor Powell ...

Evolved from working with head injured groups at Headway and those attempting to return to work, this is a rich, comprehensive and photocopiable workbook for professionals, carers and clients. It contains over 140 cognitive rehabilitation exercises - tailored for memory, thinking skills, executive functions, awareness and insight, and emotional adjustment. It provides more than 40 information ... Read more

$84.99 CAD

Evolved from working with head injured groups at Headway and those attempting to return to work, this is a rich, comprehensive and photocopiable workbook for professionals, carers and clients. It contains over 140 cognitive rehabilitation exercises - tailored for memory, thinking skills, executive functions, awareness and insight, and emotional adjustment. It provides more than 40 information
... Read more
How to Read Poetry Like a Professor

A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse

by Thomas C. Foster ...

From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles.No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree—a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history—and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles.No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree—a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history—and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all
... Read more
Hope Matters

Why Changing the Way We Think Is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis

by Elin Kelsey ...

“This book comes at just the right moment. It is NOT too late if we get together and take action, NOW.” —Jane GoodallFears about climate change are fueling an epidemic of despair across the world: adults worry about their children’s future; thirty-somethings question whether they should have kids or not; and many young people honestly believe they have no future at all.In the face of extreme eco ... Read more

$18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“This book comes at just the right moment. It is NOT too late if we get together and take action, NOW.” —Jane GoodallFears about climate change are fueling an epidemic of despair across the world: adults worry about their children’s future; thirty-somethings question whether they should have kids or not; and many young people honestly believe they have no future at all.In the face of extreme eco
... Read more
Start Smart, Revised Edition

Building Brain Power in the Early Years

by Pam Schiller, PhD ...

Did you know that emotions boost our memory? Or that small muscle exercises help the brain develop? Early experiences contribute to the structure of the brain and its capacities. The quality, quantity, and consistency of stimulation will determine, to a large extent, the number of brain synapses that are formed and how those connections will function. This is true for both cognitive and emotional ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Did you know that emotions boost our memory? Or that small muscle exercises help the brain develop? Early experiences contribute to the structure of the brain and its capacities. The quality, quantity, and consistency of stimulation will determine, to a large extent, the number of brain synapses that are formed and how those connections will function. This is true for both cognitive and emotional
... Read more
Universities, Professors, and Students in the Intelligent Age

Intelligent Age Series, #4

by Klaus Schwab ...

Series Book 4 - Intelligent Age Series
What will universities look like in the age of artificial intelligence?As AI, automation, and digital transformation reshape economies and societies, the future of higher education is being rewritten. Universities are no longer competing only on prestige or research output. They are competing on their ability to help societies learn faster, adapt more effectively, and innovate continuously.In this ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What will universities look like in the age of artificial intelligence?As AI, automation, and digital transformation reshape economies and societies, the future of higher education is being rewritten. Universities are no longer competing only on prestige or research output. They are competing on their ability to help societies learn faster, adapt more effectively, and innovate continuously.In this
... Read more
Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students

Research-Based Lists and Strategies for Key Content Areas

by Jennifer Wells Greene, Ph.D., Averil Jean Coxhead, Ph.D. ...

Vocabulary knowledge plays a huge role in the academic success of middle school students. But which words do students need to know to master the content in their textbooks, and how can they be learned? This book has the practical answers educators need. Middle school teachers will get five extensive, research-based lists of academic vocabulary words most frequently used in student textbooks—the ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Vocabulary knowledge plays a huge role in the academic success of middle school students. But which words do students need to know to master the content in their textbooks, and how can they be learned? This book has the practical answers educators need. Middle school teachers will get five extensive, research-based lists of academic vocabulary words most frequently used in student textbooks—the
... Read more
Infini comme le ciel

Sur le bonheur, la compassion et l'amour

by Sa Sainteté Le Dalaï-Lama ...

Series series DOCUMENTS
Stop aux idées reçues, aux tableaux les plus sombres d'un monde en crise, sans avenir, en quête de sens ! Rien n'est figé, ni l'individualisme ni la violence ne sont inscrits en l'homme, ils ne sont en aucun cas une fatalité : nous avons en nous le pouvoir de faire changer les choses, nous avons en nous le pouvoir d'être heureux. Comment ? Il suffit d'oser aimer, d'oser l'altérité, l'ouverture d ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Stop aux idées reçues, aux tableaux les plus sombres d'un monde en crise, sans avenir, en quête de sens ! Rien n'est figé, ni l'individualisme ni la violence ne sont inscrits en l'homme, ils ne sont en aucun cas une fatalité : nous avons en nous le pouvoir de faire changer les choses, nous avons en nous le pouvoir d'être heureux. Comment ? Il suffit d'oser aimer, d'oser l'altérité, l'ouverture d
... Read more
Teaching English in Swaziland

Essays on the Life of Gordon James Thomas

by Sarah Mkhonza ...

The book, Teaching English in Swaziland: The Life and Days of Gordon Thomas is about Gordon the teacher and mentor.His life at Manzini Nazarene is one that all his students remember as filled with great moments of teaching and learning. In this book his ideas on teaching are written about in a semi-fictional manner that enables readers to think about their own teaching.The dedication he brought to ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

The book, Teaching English in Swaziland: The Life and Days of Gordon Thomas is about Gordon the teacher and mentor.His life at Manzini Nazarene is one that all his students remember as filled with great moments of teaching and learning. In this book his ideas on teaching are written about in a semi-fictional manner that enables readers to think about their own teaching.The dedication he brought to
... Read more
Introduction to the New Statistics

Estimation, Open Science, and Beyond

by Geoff Cumming, Robert Calin-Jageman ...

This fully revised and updated second edition is an essential introduction to inferential statistics. It is the first introductory statistics text to use an estimation approach from the start and also to explain the new and exciting Open Science practices, which encourage replication and enhance the trustworthiness of research. The estimation approach, with meta-analysis (“the new statistics”), is ... Read more

$139.99 CAD

This fully revised and updated second edition is an essential introduction to inferential statistics. It is the first introductory statistics text to use an estimation approach from the start and also to explain the new and exciting Open Science practices, which encourage replication and enhance the trustworthiness of research. The estimation approach, with meta-analysis (“the new statistics”), is
... Read more
Second Grade Math With Confidence Instructor Guide

by Kate Snow, Shane Klink ...

Illustrated by Itamar Katz ...

Series series Math with Confidence
A scripted, open-and-go program that will have you teaching math confidently--even if you’ve never taught math before.From popular math educator Kate Snow, this easy-to-use program will give parents the tools they need to teach Math with Confidence—even if they’ve never taught math before. Short, engaging, and hands-on lessons will help children develop a strong understanding of Second Grade math, ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

A scripted, open-and-go program that will have you teaching math confidently--even if you’ve never taught math before.From popular math educator Kate Snow, this easy-to-use program will give parents the tools they need to teach Math with Confidence—even if they’ve never taught math before. Short, engaging, and hands-on lessons will help children develop a strong understanding of Second Grade math,
... Read more
Down Around Midnight

A Memoir of Crash and Survival

by Robert Sabbag ...

Around midnight on June 17, 1979, Air New England Flight 248, en route from New York, crashed into the woods on Cape Cod. The pilot was killed, and the survivors struggled to escape the wreckage and wait for rescue. They survived with trauma both physical and emotional. Robert Sabbag was among them. This is his gripping account of the crash and his candid attempts, and those of the other survivors ... Read more

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Around midnight on June 17, 1979, Air New England Flight 248, en route from New York, crashed into the woods on Cape Cod. The pilot was killed, and the survivors struggled to escape the wreckage and wait for rescue. They survived with trauma both physical and emotional. Robert Sabbag was among them. This is his gripping account of the crash and his candid attempts, and those of the other survivors
... Read more
Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology

The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America

by Allan Collins, Richard Halverson ...

Series series Technology, Education—Connections (The TEC Series)
The digital revolution in education is well under way, with more and more learners plugged into the online world. How can schools make the most of both the technology and the learning potential of today’s “born digital” students? In this new edition of their groundbreaking book, Collins and Halverson argue that new technologies have transformed our workplaces, our lives, and our culture and it is ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

The digital revolution in education is well under way, with more and more learners plugged into the online world. How can schools make the most of both the technology and the learning potential of today’s “born digital” students? In this new edition of their groundbreaking book, Collins and Halverson argue that new technologies have transformed our workplaces, our lives, and our culture and it is
... Read more
IF YOU LOVE THEM LEAVE THEM LISTS

by Catherine Rahal, Wendy Moenig ...

A guide to preparing the essential information your representatives will need when you cannot act for yourself. They are the people who hold your power of attorney, your healthcare and financial proxies, and, upon your death, will be your executor. ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

A guide to preparing the essential information your representatives will need when you cannot act for yourself. They are the people who hold your power of attorney, your healthcare and financial proxies, and, upon your death, will be your executor.
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