Reference & Language in Nonfiction eBooks

How to Build Wooden Boats

With 16 Small-Boat Designs

by Edwin Monk ...

Series series Dover Crafts: Woodworking
Written especially for the amateur boat builder, this concise guidebook contains clear, practical directions and designs for building 16 modern small boats, rowboats, sailboats, outboards, a 125-class hydroplane, and a runabout. You'll find detailed step-by-step instructions, with diagrams, for each design presented. The construction techniques have been kept as simple as possible; moreover, the ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Written especially for the amateur boat builder, this concise guidebook contains clear, practical directions and designs for building 16 modern small boats, rowboats, sailboats, outboards, a 125-class hydroplane, and a runabout. You'll find detailed step-by-step instructions, with diagrams, for each design presented. The construction techniques have been kept as simple as possible; moreover, the
... Read more
Basic Portuguese

A Grammar and Workbook

by Cristina Sousa ...

Series series Routledge Grammar Workbooks
Basic Portuguese: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.Twenty units cover the core material which students can expect to encounter in their first year of learning Portuguese. Grammar points are followed by examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning.Clearly presented and user-friendly, ... Read more

$97.99 CAD

Basic Portuguese: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.Twenty units cover the core material which students can expect to encounter in their first year of learning Portuguese. Grammar points are followed by examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning.Clearly presented and user-friendly,
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The Quest for Gentility in China

Negotiations Beyond Gender and Class

Edited by Daria Berg, Chloe Starr ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and cultural practices in China from 1550 to 1999, showing how the notion of gentility has evolved and retained its relevance in China from late imperial times until the modern day. Gentility denotes the way of the gentleman and gentlewoman. The ... Read more

$117.99 CAD

The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and cultural practices in China from 1550 to 1999, showing how the notion of gentility has evolved and retained its relevance in China from late imperial times until the modern day. Gentility denotes the way of the gentleman and gentlewoman. The
... Read more
Stalling for Time

My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

by Gary Noesner ...

**The FBI’s chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix.“Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco, Texas.”—The Washington Post**In Stalling for Time, the FBI’s chief hostage negotiator takes readers on a ... Read more

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**The FBI’s chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix.“Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco, Texas.”—The Washington Post**In Stalling for Time, the FBI’s chief hostage negotiator takes readers on a
... Read more
SAT Math Level I Test Prep Review--Exambusters Algebra Flash Cards--Workbook 1 of 2

SAT II Exam Study Guide

by SAT II Exambusters ...

Series Book 1 - Exambusters SAT 2
"SAT MATH LEVEL I Prep Flashcard Workbook 1 of 2: ALGEBRA REVIEW" 450 questions and answers. Essential definitions, formulas, concepts, and sample problems. Topics: Sets, Variables, Exponents, Properties of Numbers, Like Terms, Simple Equations, Property of Equality, Signed Numbers, Monomials, Polynomials, Advanced Equations, Verbal Problems, Factoring Polynomials, Algebraic Fractions, Equations ... Read more

$6.82 CAD

"SAT MATH LEVEL I Prep Flashcard Workbook 1 of 2: ALGEBRA REVIEW" 450 questions and answers. Essential definitions, formulas, concepts, and sample problems. Topics: Sets, Variables, Exponents, Properties of Numbers, Like Terms, Simple Equations, Property of Equality, Signed Numbers, Monomials, Polynomials, Advanced Equations, Verbal Problems, Factoring Polynomials, Algebraic Fractions, Equations
... Read more
Suiting Themselves

How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda

by Sharon Beder ...

In this brilliantly researched expos 'communications Rottweiler' Sharon Beder blasts open the backrooms and boardrooms to reveal how the international corporate elite dictate global politics for their own benefit. Beder shows how they created business associations andthink tanks in the 1970s to drive public policy, forced the worldwide privatization and deregulation of public services in the 1980s ... Read more

$81.99 CAD

In this brilliantly researched expos 'communications Rottweiler' Sharon Beder blasts open the backrooms and boardrooms to reveal how the international corporate elite dictate global politics for their own benefit. Beder shows how they created business associations andthink tanks in the 1970s to drive public policy, forced the worldwide privatization and deregulation of public services in the 1980s
... Read more
Effective Communication for Healthcare Providers

by RRT Jenifer Washington ...

Effective communication is the cornerstone of quality healthcare. In a field where clarity, accuracy, and empathy are essential, healthcare providers must develop strong communication skills to ensure patient safety, build trust, and foster collaborative teamwork. Effective Communication for Healthcare Providers is a comprehensive guide designed to equip healthcare professionals with the tools and ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Effective communication is the cornerstone of quality healthcare. In a field where clarity, accuracy, and empathy are essential, healthcare providers must develop strong communication skills to ensure patient safety, build trust, and foster collaborative teamwork. Effective Communication for Healthcare Providers is a comprehensive guide designed to equip healthcare professionals with the tools and
... Read more
Will Write for Shoes

How to Write a Chick Lit Novel

by Cathy Yardley ...

* What is Chick Lit exactly?* How do I write a Chick Lit novel?* What are the steps I need to take to get published?Once dismissed as a fad by the popular press and literary community, the women's fiction genre called Chick Lit is now one of the hottest growing markets for new writers. In Will Write for Shoes, veteran Chick Lit and romance author Cathy Yardley addresses the common questions (and ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

* What is Chick Lit exactly?* How do I write a Chick Lit novel?* What are the steps I need to take to get published?Once dismissed as a fad by the popular press and literary community, the women's fiction genre called Chick Lit is now one of the hottest growing markets for new writers. In Will Write for Shoes, veteran Chick Lit and romance author Cathy Yardley addresses the common questions (and
... Read more
Make A Difference With Your Marketing: Teach Yourself

by Jonathan Gabay ...

Make a Difference with your Marketing will help you take your marketing skills to a whole new level. By honing your imaginative skills and instilling great creative planning into your marketing, you can be sure that the results will keep you ahead of the competition. Your author, Jonathan Gabay, is one of the country's most respected creative brand consultants, and currently works with some of the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Make a Difference with your Marketing will help you take your marketing skills to a whole new level. By honing your imaginative skills and instilling great creative planning into your marketing, you can be sure that the results will keep you ahead of the competition. Your author, Jonathan Gabay, is one of the country's most respected creative brand consultants, and currently works with some of the
... Read more
Dictionary of Gypsy Life and Lore

by Wade Baskin, Harry E. Wedeck ...

Through the centuries, Gypsies all over the world have been misunderstood, maligned, rejected. Outcasts of the countries in which they live, they have wandered for centuries over the face of the earth. They have no homeland, no political unity, no recognition among nations. They have been alone, sundered, shunned, persecuted and banished. Until about a century ago, their original home had been a ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Through the centuries, Gypsies all over the world have been misunderstood, maligned, rejected. Outcasts of the countries in which they live, they have wandered for centuries over the face of the earth. They have no homeland, no political unity, no recognition among nations. They have been alone, sundered, shunned, persecuted and banished. Until about a century ago, their original home had been a
... Read more
Ancestry.com

by Liahona Publications ...

Are you a descendant of any famous people? Have you ever wondered how you could find out. Have you run into a wall and can't find that missing Grandparent, or Maybe you don't know where to start.You will discover everything while unveiling your family's history with "Ancestry.com: Frequently Asked Questions" in this ultimate guide to genealogy.Over 400 questions answered, this book provides you ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you a descendant of any famous people? Have you ever wondered how you could find out. Have you run into a wall and can't find that missing Grandparent, or Maybe you don't know where to start.You will discover everything while unveiling your family's history with "Ancestry.com: Frequently Asked Questions" in this ultimate guide to genealogy.Over 400 questions answered, this book provides you
... Read more
How to Read, Evaluate, and Use Research

by Sofia Bahena, Sharon L. Nichols, Paul A. Schutz ...

This text helps students learn how to select, read, understand, and evaluate the research they read. Many texts focus on the process of conducting research and not as much on how students in applied disciplines can assess and apply that research in their future professional lives; this text aims to fill that gap. Organized in the same way as a research article, the book includes a chapter on ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This text helps students learn how to select, read, understand, and evaluate the research they read. Many texts focus on the process of conducting research and not as much on how students in applied disciplines can assess and apply that research in their future professional lives; this text aims to fill that gap. Organized in the same way as a research article, the book includes a chapter on
... Read more
Visul Amandei Amanda’s Dream

Romanian English Bedtime Collection

by Shelley Admont, KidKiddos Books ...

Series series Romanian English Bedtime Collection
Romanian English bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Romanian as their second language.In this insightful children's picture book, you will meet Amanda, a young girl who had a lot to learn about hard work and how to make her dreams a reality. Join Amanda to her wonderful journey, and learn with her how to find your goal and make it come true. You will watch her face ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Romanian English bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Romanian as their second language.In this insightful children's picture book, you will meet Amanda, a young girl who had a lot to learn about hard work and how to make her dreams a reality. Join Amanda to her wonderful journey, and learn with her how to find your goal and make it come true. You will watch her face
... Read more
Paramédico

by Benjamin Gilmour ...

Around the world by ambulance.Paramédico is a brilliant collection of adventures by Australian paramedic Benjamin Gilmour as he works and volunteers on ambulances around the world. From England to Mexico, and Iceland to Pakistan, Gilmour takes us on an extraordinary thrill-ride with his wild coworkers. Along the way he learns a few things, too, and shows us not only how precious life truly is, but ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Around the world by ambulance.Paramédico is a brilliant collection of adventures by Australian paramedic Benjamin Gilmour as he works and volunteers on ambulances around the world. From England to Mexico, and Iceland to Pakistan, Gilmour takes us on an extraordinary thrill-ride with his wild coworkers. Along the way he learns a few things, too, and shows us not only how precious life truly is, but
... Read more
A Latin Dictionary

by Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short ...

A Latin Dictionary (or Harpers' Latin Dictionary, often referred to as Lewis and Short or L and S) is a popular English-language lexicographical work of the Latin language. Lewis and Short were the names of its editors, Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. It was derived from the 1850 English translation of an earlier Latin-German dictionary. The division of labour between the two editors was ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

A Latin Dictionary (or Harpers' Latin Dictionary, often referred to as Lewis and Short or L and S) is a popular English-language lexicographical work of the Latin language. Lewis and Short were the names of its editors, Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. It was derived from the 1850 English translation of an earlier Latin-German dictionary. The division of labour between the two editors was
... Read more
The Doubleday Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form

by Sidney L. Landau ...

A reference book that belongs on every desk--one of the handiest, best-organized, and most reliable thesauruses available, newly updated to reflect the American language of today. ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

A reference book that belongs on every desk--one of the handiest, best-organized, and most reliable thesauruses available, newly updated to reflect the American language of today.
... Read more
Controlling Pilot Error : Culture, Environment, and CRM (Crew Resource Management)

Culture, Environment, and CRM (Crew Resource Management)

by Anthony T. Kern ...

Expert authors demonstrate the topic using pilot drawn from an FAA/NASA sponsored database. A post-mortem of real-life, real-pilot accidents are examined to explain what went wrong and why. An action agenda is drawn of preventive techniques pilots can effect to avoid the same risks. ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Expert authors demonstrate the topic using pilot drawn from an FAA/NASA sponsored database. A post-mortem of real-life, real-pilot accidents are examined to explain what went wrong and why. An action agenda is drawn of preventive techniques pilots can effect to avoid the same risks.
... Read more
Conversations on Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

by dailyBooks ...

Sharp Objects: by Gillian Flynn | Conversation StartersA Brief Look Inside:EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPERthan the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,and the characters and its world still live on.Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed tobring us beneath the surface of the pageand invite us into the world that lives on.These quest... ... Read more

$5.63 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sharp Objects: by Gillian Flynn | Conversation StartersA Brief Look Inside:EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPERthan the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,and the characters and its world still live on.Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed tobring us beneath the surface of the pageand invite us into the world that lives on.These quest...
... Read more
Let's Hear It for the Girls

375 Great Books for Readers 2-14

by Erica Bauermeister, Holly Smith ...

"Bravo! They've given adults and young girls a much-needed treasure map of heroines and 'she-roes'...It blazes an important path in the forest of children's literature."-Jim Trelease. ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

"Bravo! They've given adults and young girls a much-needed treasure map of heroines and 'she-roes'...It blazes an important path in the forest of children's literature."-Jim Trelease.
... Read more
Don't Think, Dear

On Loving and Leaving Ballet

by Alice Robb ...

"Expertly choreographed and long overdue, this is the nuanced reckoning ballet needs, ballerinas deserve, and all feminists should note." -Oprah DailyAn incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

"Expertly choreographed and long overdue, this is the nuanced reckoning ballet needs, ballerinas deserve, and all feminists should note." -Oprah DailyAn incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a
... Read more
Les manuels scolaires en Haïti

Outils de la colonialité

by Jacques-Michel Gourgues ...

Jacques-Michel Gourgues interpelle les pratiques discursives dans les manuels haïtiens de sciences sociales. Il fait ressortir notamment le rôle de ces manuels dans la fabrication et la perpétuation de repères mentaux qui favorisent, chez les apprenants, la prégnance d'une épistémologie euro-centrée et, conséquemment, l'acceptation d'un rapport de domination essentiellement néocolonial. L'auteur ... Read more

$13.13 CAD

Jacques-Michel Gourgues interpelle les pratiques discursives dans les manuels haïtiens de sciences sociales. Il fait ressortir notamment le rôle de ces manuels dans la fabrication et la perpétuation de repères mentaux qui favorisent, chez les apprenants, la prégnance d'une épistémologie euro-centrée et, conséquemment, l'acceptation d'un rapport de domination essentiellement néocolonial. L'auteur
... Read more
Moi, Thérèse Miaou - J'aime pas les vacances ! CP/CE1 6/7 ans

by Gérard Moncomble ...

Illustrated by Frédéric Pillot ...

Series Book 3 - Moi, Thérèse Miaou
Des vacances ! Pour quoi faire ? Avoir du sable dans les oreilles et rôtir au soleil ? Non merci ! Partez sans moi, les zinzins de la bronzette !Les Premières Lectures niveau 2 accompagnent les enfants en CP et CE1, avec :- Une vraie intrigue, découpée en chapitres pour faire des pauses.- Un petit dico pour enrichir son vocabulaire.- Des bonus pédagogiques et ludiques pour prolonger la lecture en ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Des vacances ! Pour quoi faire ? Avoir du sable dans les oreilles et rôtir au soleil ? Non merci ! Partez sans moi, les zinzins de la bronzette !Les Premières Lectures niveau 2 accompagnent les enfants en CP et CE1, avec :- Une vraie intrigue, découpée en chapitres pour faire des pauses.- Un petit dico pour enrichir son vocabulaire.- Des bonus pédagogiques et ludiques pour prolonger la lecture en
... Read more
Wrongfully Convicted (Updated and Expanded Edition)

Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice

by Kent Roach ...

A top legal scholar explains Canada’s national tragedy of wrongful convictions, how anyone could be caught up in them, and what we can do to safeguard justice.Canada’s legal system has a serious problem: a significant but unknown number of people have been convicted for crimes they didn’t commit. There are famous cases of wrongful convictions, such as David Milgaard and Donald Marshall Jr., where ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

A top legal scholar explains Canada’s national tragedy of wrongful convictions, how anyone could be caught up in them, and what we can do to safeguard justice.Canada’s legal system has a serious problem: a significant but unknown number of people have been convicted for crimes they didn’t commit. There are famous cases of wrongful convictions, such as David Milgaard and Donald Marshall Jr., where
... Read more
Pocket Guide to Historical Research

How tos, How nots, and the Whys of Research for Historical Fiction

by Evangeline Holland ...

From Edwardian Promenade blogger and author Evangeline Holland: a quick and dirty guide to conducting research for your historical fiction! ... Read more

$2.81 CAD

From Edwardian Promenade blogger and author Evangeline Holland: a quick and dirty guide to conducting research for your historical fiction!
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