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The Person You Mean to Be

How Good People Fight Bias

by Dolly Chugh ...

“Finally: an engaging, evidence-based book about how to battle biases, champion diversity and inclusion, and advocate for those who lack power and privilege. Dolly Chugh makes a convincing case that being an ally isn’t about being a good person—it’s about constantly striving to be a better person.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

“Finally: an engaging, evidence-based book about how to battle biases, champion diversity and inclusion, and advocate for those who lack power and privilege. Dolly Chugh makes a convincing case that being an ally isn’t about being a good person—it’s about constantly striving to be a better person.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl
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The Elements of Style: Classic Edition (2018)

With Editor's Notes, New Chapters & Study Guide

by William Strunk Jr., Richard De A'Morelli ...

This Classic Edition commemorates the 100-year anniversary of William Strunk's grammar primer, The Elements of Style. Generations of writers have learned the basics of grammar from Strunk’s little book. It was rated “one of the 100 most influential books written in English” by Time in 2011, and iconic author Stephen King recommended it as a grammar primer that all aspiring writers should read ... Read more

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This Classic Edition commemorates the 100-year anniversary of William Strunk's grammar primer, The Elements of Style. Generations of writers have learned the basics of grammar from Strunk’s little book. It was rated “one of the 100 most influential books written in English” by Time in 2011, and iconic author Stephen King recommended it as a grammar primer that all aspiring writers should read
... Read more
The Birds and Bees of Words

A Guide to the Most Common Errors in Usage, Spelling, and Grammar

by Mary Embree ...

Himbo: a male bimbo. Protire: leave a boring job to do something more interesting. Sheeple: people who follow the crowd. These are just a few of the newly evolved words discussed and explained in The Birds and Bees of Words, an entertaining, informative look at the ever-changing nature of the English language. More than 1,000 words are featured on the book’s list of new and inventive words; nearly ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Himbo: a male bimbo. Protire: leave a boring job to do something more interesting. Sheeple: people who follow the crowd. These are just a few of the newly evolved words discussed and explained in The Birds and Bees of Words, an entertaining, informative look at the ever-changing nature of the English language. More than 1,000 words are featured on the book’s list of new and inventive words; nearly
... Read more
Secrets of Discipline

by Ronald Morrish ...

Secrets of Discipline presents the keys to effective discipline in a clear and understandable format. Learn how to raise and teach children without all the deal making, arguments and confrontations. Learn how to set appropriate limits, teach courtesy and respect, deal effectively with defiance, and prepare children for independence. Many parents and teachers are wondering what has happened to ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Secrets of Discipline presents the keys to effective discipline in a clear and understandable format. Learn how to raise and teach children without all the deal making, arguments and confrontations. Learn how to set appropriate limits, teach courtesy and respect, deal effectively with defiance, and prepare children for independence. Many parents and teachers are wondering what has happened to
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L'Avalée des avalés de Réjean Ducharme (Fiche de lecture)

Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

by Juline Hombourger, lePetitLitteraire ...

Series series Fiche de lecture
Décryptez L'Avalée des avalés de Réjean Ducharme avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de L'Avalée des avalés, le roman poétique culte de la littérature québécoise ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Décryptez L'Avalée des avalés de Réjean Ducharme avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de L'Avalée des avalés, le roman poétique culte de la littérature québécoise ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux
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The Comedy Bible

From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide

by Judy Carter ...

Judy Carter, guru to aspiring comedy writers and stand-up comics, tells all about the biz of being funny and writing funny in this bright, entertaining, and totally practical guide on how to draw humor from your life and turn it into a career.Do you think you’re funny? Do you want to turn your sense of humor into a career? If the answer is yes, then Judy Carter’s The Comedy Bible is for you. The ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Judy Carter, guru to aspiring comedy writers and stand-up comics, tells all about the biz of being funny and writing funny in this bright, entertaining, and totally practical guide on how to draw humor from your life and turn it into a career.Do you think you’re funny? Do you want to turn your sense of humor into a career? If the answer is yes, then Judy Carter’s The Comedy Bible is for you. The
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Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships

by Dr. Laura Schlessinger ...

One of America’s top radio hosts gives her inimitable take on intimate relationships.In Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura addresses the problems men and women face in finding peace, joy and single and married fulfillment in relationships. She identifies the ten most common mistakes people make that mess up their relationships, including:Stupid Secrets: ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

One of America’s top radio hosts gives her inimitable take on intimate relationships.In Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura addresses the problems men and women face in finding peace, joy and single and married fulfillment in relationships. She identifies the ten most common mistakes people make that mess up their relationships, including:Stupid Secrets:
... Read more
Reconceptualizing Disability in Education

by Luigi Iannacci ...

Series series Critical Issues in Disabilities and Education
Reconceptualizing Disability in Education provides an essential critical exploration of problematic discourses, practices, and pedagogies that inform how disability is presently understood and responded to within the field of education. Luigi Iannacci interrogates and destabilizes ableist grand narratives that dominate every aspect of how disability is linguistically, bureaucratically, ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Reconceptualizing Disability in Education provides an essential critical exploration of problematic discourses, practices, and pedagogies that inform how disability is presently understood and responded to within the field of education. Luigi Iannacci interrogates and destabilizes ableist grand narratives that dominate every aspect of how disability is linguistically, bureaucratically,
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The Anatomy of Anxiety

Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response

by Ellen Vora MD ...

From acclaimed psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora comes a groundbreaking understanding of how anxiety manifests in the body and mind—and what we can do to overcome it.Anxiety affects more than forty million Americans—a number that continues to climb in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While conventional medicine tends to view anxiety as a “neck-up” problem—that is, one of brain chemistry and psychology ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

From acclaimed psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora comes a groundbreaking understanding of how anxiety manifests in the body and mind—and what we can do to overcome it.Anxiety affects more than forty million Americans—a number that continues to climb in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While conventional medicine tends to view anxiety as a “neck-up” problem—that is, one of brain chemistry and psychology
... Read more
Living the Law of Attraction

Real Stories of People Manifesting Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Rich German, Robin Hoch ...

The Law of Attraction’s concept is simple: good thoughts attract good things into your life; bad thoughts invite negative energy. Living the Law of Attraction is a collection of over sixty incredible stories from people who are truly living the Law of Attraction. Those who have applied this law to their everyday lives are experiencing what used to be considered miracles. What once were miraculous ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

The Law of Attraction’s concept is simple: good thoughts attract good things into your life; bad thoughts invite negative energy. Living the Law of Attraction is a collection of over sixty incredible stories from people who are truly living the Law of Attraction. Those who have applied this law to their everyday lives are experiencing what used to be considered miracles. What once were miraculous
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Kitchen Hacks

How Clever Cooks Get Things Done

Edited by America's Test Kitchen ...

Innovative solutions to everyday cooking challenges—from maximizing minimal counter space to preparing delicious meals without special appliances—from the Cook’s Illustrated team of test kitchen MacGyversThe test cooks of Cook's Illustrated have hacked their way through the kitchen—and beyond—to find innovative solutions to everyday cooking challenges. A kitchen hack is an unusual, easier, and/or ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Innovative solutions to everyday cooking challenges—from maximizing minimal counter space to preparing delicious meals without special appliances—from the Cook’s Illustrated team of test kitchen MacGyversThe test cooks of Cook's Illustrated have hacked their way through the kitchen—and beyond—to find innovative solutions to everyday cooking challenges. A kitchen hack is an unusual, easier, and/or
... Read more
The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk: Foreword by Martha Sears, RN

by Diana West, Lisa Marasco ...

Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help.Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply. Written by two leading experts who have been there themselves and officially recommended by La Leche League International, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help.Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply. Written by two leading experts who have been there themselves and officially recommended by La Leche League International, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk
... Read more
Paula

A Memoir

by Isabel Allende ...

Newly ReissuedNew York Times Bestselling Author“Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles TimesWhen Isabel Allende’s daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ... ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Newly ReissuedNew York Times Bestselling Author“Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles TimesWhen Isabel Allende’s daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ...
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Competing Against Luck

The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice

by Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, David S. Duncan, Clayton M. Christensen ...

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book on business strategy every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for.How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book on business strategy every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for.How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can
... Read more
Letters to a Young Poet

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

These ten letters, written by one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, offer deep and sincere advice to the young poet. They touch on all aspects of life and are valuable to anyone wishing to be a poet and to those who are not. Written with power, style, and conviction these letters will guide and inspire anyone who reads them. ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

These ten letters, written by one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, offer deep and sincere advice to the young poet. They touch on all aspects of life and are valuable to anyone wishing to be a poet and to those who are not. Written with power, style, and conviction these letters will guide and inspire anyone who reads them.
... Read more
1,000 Character Writing Prompts

Villains, Heroes and Hams for Scripts, Stories and More

by Bryan Cohen ...

Do You Want To Create Rich, Three-Dimensional Characters?These 1,000 Hand-Picked Ideas Are Just What You Need.From the author of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, this 150,000+ word reference tool can serve writers who need characters and need them now!If character development is your problem, this detailed reference tool for any writer is the solution. Imagine if every time you sat down to ... Read more

$4.22 CAD

Do You Want To Create Rich, Three-Dimensional Characters?These 1,000 Hand-Picked Ideas Are Just What You Need.From the author of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, this 150,000+ word reference tool can serve writers who need characters and need them now!If character development is your problem, this detailed reference tool for any writer is the solution. Imagine if every time you sat down to
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Spook

Science Tackles the Afterlife

by Mary Roach ...

What happens when we die? The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars "makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide." (Janet Maslin, New York Times)"A hilarious look at misadventures in paranormal research. . . . Surreal, fascinating, at times absurd" ( Boulder Weekly</stron... ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What happens when we die? The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars "makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide." (Janet Maslin, New York Times)"A hilarious look at misadventures in paranormal research. . . . Surreal, fascinating, at times absurd" ( Boulder Weekly</stron...
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QI: Advanced Banter

by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson ...

The ultimate compendium of crisp one-liners, knockout jokes, droll asides and universal truths collected over the years by the creators of QI.'You know 'that look' women get when they want sex? Me neither.' Steve Martin; 'You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.' Chinese proverb; 'The Beatles are dying in the wrong ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

The ultimate compendium of crisp one-liners, knockout jokes, droll asides and universal truths collected over the years by the creators of QI.'You know 'that look' women get when they want sex? Me neither.' Steve Martin; 'You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.' Chinese proverb; 'The Beatles are dying in the wrong
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Says Who?

A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

by Anne Curzan ...

A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan“I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t have enjoyed myself more.”—Benjamin Dreyer, New York ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan“I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t have enjoyed myself more.”—Benjamin Dreyer, New York
... Read more
101 Amazing Facts about the Royal Family

by Jack Goldstein ...

Series Book 9 - 101 Amazing Facts
Are you a fan of the modern generation of royals? How much do you know about the lives of Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and the rest of the Royal Family? If you're a fan, then this is a great book which will give you fascinating information about royals both past and present. Separated into sections containing information on individual royals, traditions of the monarchy, ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you a fan of the modern generation of royals? How much do you know about the lives of Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and the rest of the Royal Family? If you're a fan, then this is a great book which will give you fascinating information about royals both past and present. Separated into sections containing information on individual royals, traditions of the monarchy,
... Read more
Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare ...

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's classic love story. The star-crossed lovers story ends in tragedyThis new edition has a special introduction from Shakespeare Girl that gives you an idea of how this sixteenth century story can relate to the modern reader and the modern world. A great student resource. The books are great for students, teachers, tutors, parents, or anyone who wants a fun modern ... Read more

$0.99 CAD

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's classic love story. The star-crossed lovers story ends in tragedyThis new edition has a special introduction from Shakespeare Girl that gives you an idea of how this sixteenth century story can relate to the modern reader and the modern world. A great student resource. The books are great for students, teachers, tutors, parents, or anyone who wants a fun modern
... Read more
Vanguard: Declassified

by David Mack, Marco Palmieri, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore ...

Series series Star Trek: The Original Series
The Taurus Reach: the source of a secret that has driven the great powers of the 23rd century to risk everything in the race to control it. Now four new adventures—previously untold tales of the past and present, with hints of what is yet to come—begin the next great phase in the Vanguard saga.Witness the dawn of Starbase 47, as Ambassador Jetanien faces choices that will shape the future of ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

The Taurus Reach: the source of a secret that has driven the great powers of the 23rd century to risk everything in the race to control it. Now four new adventures—previously untold tales of the past and present, with hints of what is yet to come—begin the next great phase in the Vanguard saga.Witness the dawn of Starbase 47, as Ambassador Jetanien faces choices that will shape the future of
... Read more
Lies My Teacher Told Me

Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen ...

"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself."—Howard ZinnA new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award winner, with a new preface by the authorSince its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself."—Howard ZinnA new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award winner, with a new preface by the authorSince its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one
... Read more
The Betrayal of Anne Frank

A Cold Case Investigation

by Rosemary Sullivan ...

A New York Times BestsellerLess a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept...Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team—led by an obsessed retired FBI agent—has finally solved the historical mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?Over thirty million people ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A New York Times BestsellerLess a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept...Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team—led by an obsessed retired FBI agent—has finally solved the historical mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?Over thirty million people
... Read more

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