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  • The Teacher

    Before he was a respected elder and a master of "trampology," Geoffry was just a quick, grey mouse with an unhealthy obsession with cheese

    by Frank Polman ...
    Every hero has a beginning. Geoffry’s just happened to involve a mousetrap, a very confused cat, and an accidental trip onto a human trampoline.In a cozy mouse community living beneath the floorboards, life revolves around two things: the divine wisdom of Great Mickey broadcasting three times a week on KetNet, and the ultimate quest for delicious cheese. Geoffry, a pious and ambitious young mouse, ... Read more

    $4.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Net Positive

    How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

    by Paul Polman, Andrew Winston ...
    A Financial Times Best Business Book of the YearNamed one of 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50"An advocate of sustainable capitalism explains how it's done" — The Economist"Polman's new book with the sustainable business expert Andrew Winston…argues that it's profitable to do business with the goal of making the world better." — The New York Times... ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • War Games

    The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times

    by Linda Polman ...
    From Rwanda to Afghanistan, from Sudan to Iraq, this devastating expose shows how the humanitarian aid industry, the media and warmongers are locked in a cycle of mutual dependency on battlefields around the world.'Polman shines a light on the multibillion dollar juggernaut that is today's humanitarian aid network. A disturbing account that raises profound questions' Financial Times'One of the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Situating Data Science

    Exploring How Relationships to Data Shape Learning

    Edited by Michelle Hoda Wilkerson, Joseph L. Polman ...
    The emerging field of Data Science has had a large impact on science and society. This book explores how one distinguishing feature of Data Science – its focus on data collected from social and environmental contexts within which learners often find themselves deeply embedded – suggests serious implications for learning and education.Drawing from theories of learning and identity development in ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Reeds Splicing Handbook

    by Jan-Willem Polman ...
    Series series Reeds Handbooks
    For any seafarer, splicing rope is an essential skill. But the traditional 3-strand rope is fast disappearing. So how do you splice braided rope? This is the definitive pocket-sized guide to all rope splicing techniques. Most of the techniques are quite easy to master – and also fun to do. See why splices are better – and stronger – than knots or shackles for joining or shortening rope, and follow ... Read more

    $15.89 CAD

  • Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment

    Edited by Frans Padt, Paul Opdam, Nico Polman, Catrien Termeer ...
    Sensitivity to scales is one of the key challenges in environmental governance. Climate change, food production, energy supply, and natural resource management are examples of environmental challenges that stretch across scales and require action at multiple levels. Governance systems are typically ill-equipped for this task due to organisational and jurisdictional specialisation and short-term ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications

    Edited by Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Basil Manos, Nico Polman, Davide Viaggi ...
    Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an increasingly important role in the socio-economic environment of rural areas, and e-governance can empower citizens by facilitating their access to information and participatory decision-making. Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications is a state-of-the-art reference book which ... Read more

    $189.59 CAD

  • Splicing Modern Ropes 2nd edition

    A Practical Handbook

    by Jan-Willem Polman ...
    The definitive guide to making strong, reliable splices in braided rope, using step-by-step photographs and clear instructions to help readers master this important but tricky skill.For any seafarer, splicing rope is an essential skill. But the traditional 3-strand rope is fast disappearing. So how do you splice braided rope?This is the ultimate guide to this crucial knowledge. Most of the ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • Splicing Modern Ropes

    A Practical Handbook

    by Jan-Willem Polman ...
    The time when every vessel going to sea made use of 3-strand rope has gone. Splicing that type of rope and cord is relatively straightforward. Nowadays the most common type of rope used on board yachts, dinghies, motorboats, working boats and ferries is braided rope. Few people have the knowledge to splice it, or even where to start.Splicing Modern Ropes is the first guide to this essential skill. ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • Red Jacarandas

    Three Weird Tales of Los Angeles

    by Jeff Polman ...
    Three chilling tales set in and around the City of Angels, a region with dark secrets baked into its past... AFTERSHOCK: Suzanna Bristol, well-known psychiatrist and self-help author, is emotionally rattled and displaced from her condo in the Valley by a sudden late-night earthquake. After an odd encounter in a Santa Monica Canyon bar with a mysterious young man watching her from a corner table, ... Read more

    $12.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • We Did Nothing

    Why the truth doesn't always come out when the UN goes in

    by Linda Polman ...
    Linda Polman's We Did Nothing: Why the truth doesn't always come out with the UN goes in is an eye-opening account of peace-keeping operations across the globe.In recent years our newspapers and televisions have brought us stories of the failure of the UN to keep the peace in the modern world. How often have our journalists, our politicians and charity workers turned around and accused the UN of ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Net Positive

    How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

    by Paul Polman, Andrew Winston ...
    Narrated by Paul Polman, Andrew Winston, Tom Parks ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 17 min

    Runaway climate change and gross inequality are ravaging the world. Who can help lead us to a better future? Business.These and other massive challenges threaten our very existence on the planet. Yet division and discord risk undermining our response, just when we need to come together.At this critical time in history, the imperative to reimagine our economies and companies could not be more ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook