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  • The Course of Love

    by Alain De Botton ...
    In Edinburgh, a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married, they have children -- but no relationship is as simple as "happily ever after." The Course of Love is a novel that explores what happens after the birth of love, what it takes to maintain love, and what happens to our original ideals under the pressures of an average existence. With philosophical insight and psychological ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Consolations of Philosophy

    by Alain De Botton ...
    Series series Vintage International
    From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems.Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is an unexpected book of both solace and humor. Dividing ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Happiness is a Smoking Gun

    A Clarissa Spencer Cozy Mystery, #1

    by Alaine Allister ...
    Series Book 1 - A Clarissa Spencer Cozy Mystery
    A bossy cat. An eccentric aunt. An unsolved murder.Out of work reporter Clarissa Spencer is being stalked by a stray cat. She can't cook to save her life, her garden is an overgrown mess and her chocolate chip cookie addiction is out of control. Then to top it all off, she gets struck by lightning.Clarissa thinks she has it bad - until she learns the town mayor has been murdered. Okay, so it could ... Read more

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  • A Language of Dragons

    by S. F. Williamson ...
    Series Book 1 - A Language of Dragons
    In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans in this sweeping debut and epic retelling of Bletchley Park steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel.* New York Times Bestseller * #1 International Bestseller * As Seen in Cosmo * Audible Most Anticipated Audiobooks of 2025 * Indigo Best ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)

    by Henri Alain-Fournier ...
    Translated by Robin Buss ...
    'I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then' Nick HornbyThe Lost Estate is Robin Buss's translation of Henri Alain-Fournier's poignant study of lost love, Le Grand Meaulnes.When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Religion for Atheists

    A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

    by Alain De Botton ...
    From the author of The Architecture of Happiness, a deeply moving meditation on how we can still benefit, without believing, from the wisdom, the beauty, and the consolatory power that religion has to offer.Alain de Botton was brought up in a committedly atheistic household, and though he was powerfully swayed by his parents' views, he underwent, in his mid-twenties, a crisis of faithlessness. His ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

    by Alain De Botton ...
    From the international bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this lyrical, erudite look at our world of work.We spend most of our time at work, but what we do there rarely gets discussed in the sort of lyrical and descriptive prose our efforts surely deserve. Determined to correct this lapse, armed with a poetic perspective and his trademark ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Canadian Politics, Seventh Edition

    Edited by James Bickerton, Alain-G. Gagnon ...
    For this new edition, James Bickerton and Alain-G. Gagnon have organized the book into six parts. Part I covers the origins and foundation of Canada as a political entity while Part II focuses on government, parliament, and the courts. Part III examines matters pertaining to federalism and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Part IV casts some new light on electoral politics and political ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • A War of Wyverns

    by S. F. Williamson ...
    Series Book 2 - A Language of Dragons
    Rebellion happens in the shadows.In the sequel to the New York Times bestseller A Language of Dragons, language is the greatest weapon in a war between humans and dragons—and one translator has the power to change the world. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel.Who is Vivien Featherswallow?It’s the question on the lips of every human and dragon in Britannia, and even she... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Name of the Game is Murder

    A Clarissa Spencer Cozy Mystery, #6

    by Alaine Allister ...
    Series Book 6 - A Clarissa Spencer Cozy Mystery
    Sun, fun, family...and a bingo hall murder?Clarissa Spencer’s love life is heating up. And that means it’s time to introduce her boyfriend to her parents. Will they approve of him? Will their special brand of crazy scare him away? Poor Clarissa is a bundle of nerves.A suspicious death provides the perfect distraction. Who killed Bobby the bingo caller? The list of suspects is long but if anyone ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolutionary Yiddishland

    A History of Jewish Radicalism

    by Alain Brossat, Sylvia Klingberg ...
    Translated by David Fernbach ...
    This “rich and poignant” history traces Jewish radicals from their Eastern European roots through years of hope, Nazi resistance, and beyond—“with fascinating asides on Spain and Palestine” (Noam Chomsky).Jewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those resisting Franco and the Nazis. They originated in ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Le Grand Meaulnes, in the originial French

    by Alain-Fournier ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for the unobtainable, and the mysterious world between childhood and ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus