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  • Texas Turf

    Horse Racing in 19th Century Texas

    by Anne J. Bailey ...
    Texas was a land of change in the nineteenth century. Different flags flew in Texas skies during this period, but horse racing remained the most popular sport under each banner. Settlers from the United States started jockey clubs and Thoroughbred horse races in the cities, while sprint racing for a quarter mile with horses of dubious ancestry reigned in the small towns and rural areas. Whether a ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Stars Above

    by Anne R Bailey ...
    Under the Child Migration Scheme, thousands of poor and orphaned children were sent from Britain to the British colonies.In 1869, Sara Roth finds herself on the SS Hibernian as one of the several Home Children, heading for Canada. Facing discrimination, heartbreak and her desire to find a place where she belongs; her future will be determined by her endurance and luck.This is a coming of age story ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade

    Beyond the Silence and the Shame

    by Anne Bailey ...
    It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of AtorkorFor centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans. In this watershed book, historian Anne C. Bailey focuses on memories of the trade from the African perspective. African chiefs and other elders in an area of southeastern Ghana ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD

  • Between the Enemy and Texas

    Parsons's Texas Cavalry in the Civil War

    by Anne J. Bailey ...
    Much of the Civil War west of the Mississippi was a war of waiting for action, of foraging already stripped land for an army that supposedly could provision itself, and of disease in camp, while trying to hold out against Union pressure. There were none of the major engagements that characterized the conflict farther east. Instead, small units of Confederate cavalry and infantry skirmished with ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • What The House Taught Us

    Poems

    by Anne Bailey ...
    Series series The Emma Press Poetry Pamphlets
    You never know how things really are in other people's families, in other people's homes. There's the public face and the private truths – the personal griefs and tragedies, whether festering or resting in peace. In her wry, engagingly strange poems, Anne Bailey takes the door off the latch and lets us inside.She shows us loss and disappointment, as well as hardness and resilience, particularly ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Weeping Time

    Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History

    by Anne C. Bailey ...
    In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates. This book is one of the first to analyze the operation of this auction and trace the lives of slaves before, during, and after their sale. Immersing herself in the personal papers of the Butlers, accounts from journalists that witnessed the auction, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Timothy Findley and the Aesthetics of Fascism

    Intertextual Collaboration and Resistance

    by Anne Geddes Bailey ...
    Series series The New Canadian Criticism Series
    Timothy Findley and the Aesthetics of Fascism: Intertextual Collaboration and Resistance investigates the troubling relationship between narrative meaning and representations of violence within Timothy Findley’s novels, throughout which writing and reading literature are portrayed as dangerous and political acts.Findley’s novels often expose the ideological underpinnings of the cultures in which ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    To Covet a Highland Criminal

    by Lori Ann Bailey ...
    Narrated by Mhairi Morrison ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Wicked Highland Misfits

    Unabridged

    11 hours 23 min

    A Wicked Highland Misfits novel Book Two: To Covet a Highland CriminalGrowing up as an orphan on the streets of Aberdeen, Scotland, Bran MacKay had a rough life. To save his adopted sister from paying for one of his past mistakes, he needs a large sum of money. Upon overhearing a plot to rob a business, he beats the thieves to the establishment. When he learns his actions could cost an innocent ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Weight Escape

    How to Stop Dieting and Start Living

    by Ann Bailey, Joseph Ciarrochi, Russ Harris ...
    Skip the diets and calorie counting—the bestselling author of The Happiness Trap reveals how mindful eating is the key to long-term weight control and well-beingUsing the mindfulness-based method called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Happiness Trap author Dr. Russ Harris, psychological practitioner Ann Bailey, and scientist Joseph Ciarrochi present a holistic approach to well-being and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    To Have a Highland Thief

    by Lori Ann Bailey ...
    Narrated by Mhairi Morrison ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Wicked Highland Misfits

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    Having lost her parents at a young age, Flora MacGregor grows up as the substitute mother for a group of notorious criminals. She hates stealing, but to save her adopted brother, she takes to the streets to pick pockets. Her mission is accomplished when she lifts a jewel-filled box from a handsome Englishman. After she hides the treasure, he tracks her down, detains her, and demands the return of ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • May We Have Your Attention Please?: A Springboard Clinic Workbook for Living—and Thriving—with Adult ADHD

    by Laura MacNiven, J. Anne Bailey PhD CPsych ...
    "A lively, approachable way to befriend your ADHD and thrive!" —Melissa Orlov, author of award-winning The ADHD Effect on MarriageMay We Have Your Attention Please? will help you to conquer your adult ADHD — in a way that's right for you.This practical and engaging workbook uses cutting-edge research and lessons from working with thousands of adults with ADHD, as shared by specialists with ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Civil War Arkansas

    Beyond Battles and Leaders

    by Anne Bailey ...
    Series series The Civil War in the West
    This collection of essays represents the best recent history written on Civil War activity in Arkansas. It illuminates the complexity of such issues as guerrilla warfare, Union army policies, and the struggles hetween white and black civilians and soldiers, and also shows that the war years were a time of great change and personal conflict for the citizens of the state, despite the absence of ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD