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  • Doubt. Noise. Addiction.

    by Richella de Vries ...
    Doubt. Noise. Addiction is a literary fiction short story indicating the ethical dilemmas around a new gene therapy, CRISPR. It follows the story of a clinical researcher, Rose. The story shows the thin line between good and bad, right and wrong and how vulnerable people actually can be. Step into Rose's world, her thoughts and her actions and experience how the future can change so rapidly. ... Read more

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  • Slouching Towards Kalamazoo

    A Novel

    by Peter De Vries, Derek De Vries ...
    Series series Phoenix Fiction
    The classic American coming of age novel of a precocious young man and the lessons learned from his tutor by "a masterly entertainer and social satirist" ( The New York Times).It is 1963 in an unnamed town in North Dakota, and Anthony Thrasher is languishing for a second year in eighth grade. Prematurely sophisticated, young Anthony spends too much time reading Joyce, Eliot, and Dylan Thomas but ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Big City Bees

    by Maggie de Vries ...
    Illustrated by Renne Benoit ...
    Vivid writing and luminous art combine to tell a modern story that introduces young readers to the wonders of bees For city kids like Sophie and Matthew, growing pumpkins is a big thrill.But they're worried. They know they need bees to make their pumpkins grow. But will the bees find their garden? Are there even bees in the city?So one day, Grandpa and the children set out to look for bees. They ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • To the Ends of the Earth

    Mary Gaunt, Pioneer Traveller

    by Susanna de Vries ...
    Travel writer, explorer and novelist.'Gaunts never give up', the motto of Mary's ancestor, Prince John of Gaunt (1340-1399) was quoted by Mary's father, William Gaunt, to his children.In the 1880s, Mary Gaunt was one of the first women admitted to Melbourne University. Miss Gaunt's desire to study law was denied since male academics believed women incapable of studying 'difficult' subjects. In ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Without a Stitch in Time

    A Selection of the Best Humorous Short Pieces

    by Peter De Vries ...
    "The range of his performance is hard to equal. . . . De Vries produces something that is more than brilliant entertainment." — New York TimesHarking from the golden age of fiction set in American suburbia—the school of John Updike and Cheever—this work from the great American humorist Peter De Vries looks with laughter upon its lawns, its cocktails, and its slightly unreal feeling of comfort. ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Vale of Laughter

    A Novel

    by Peter De Vries ...
    A brilliant, fiercely funny novel that ponders the eternal question: is it better to laugh or cry?Joe Sandwich is a clown. Not literally, but what else do you call an eleven-year-old who goes to church to confess his good deeds: "I did my homework without being told"? A stockbroker who gets seasick watching the market tape and claims the gross national product is "deodorants"? A father who mows ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rabbit Ears

    by Maggie De Vries ...
    Kaya is adopted, multiracial, grieving the death of her father—and carrying a painful secret. Feeling ill at ease with her family and in her own skin, she runs away repeatedly, gradually disappearing into a life of addiction and sex work. Meanwhile, her sister, Beth, escapes her own troubles with food and a rediscovered talent for magic tricks. Though both girls struggle through darkness and pain, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arthritis, Rheumatism and Psoriasis

    by Jan de Vries ...
    Arthritis, psoriasis and related rheumatic diseases are an enormous and growing problem throughout the world, with as many as 80 million people suffering from one or another of these conditions. Patients seeking help or relief from their own doctors or hospitals are often informed that they will simply have to live with the problem and that little can be done. In this book, Jan de Vries shows how ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Cat's Pajamas and Witch's Milk

    by Peter De Vries ...
    Twin tales of middle-class hilarity and despair from the writer who was dubbed "America's preeminent comic novelist" by the New York TimesWhen college professor Hank Tattersall sees his former flame, Lucy Stiles, at a campus concert, it sets off a chain reaction that results in one of the funniest and most unforgettable exit scenes in American literature—involving a locked door, an alcoholic dog, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pillar of Stone and Sorrow

    by Ranke de Vries ...
    As the sole heir to the mining city of iX, Derra's future seems set in stone. Her days are spent learning about statecraft and attending vapid dinners. Her nights provide a brief respite, when her friend Ver helps her escape into the city's hidden clubs for a taste of freedom. Derra's life changes utterly, however, when she learns that she has been promised in marriage to Conor Nesman, the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • The Gift Bag Chronicles

    A Novel

    by Hilary De Vries ...
    On generating the perfect party in Hollywood:If celebrities don’t walk your red carpet, you don’t exist.If you don’t make Page Six, you don’t exist.To get ten celebrities to show up, invite four hundred. And send a car.Publicity is the only job you can do perfectly and still fail.And the gift bag totally matters.As the newly promoted head of event planning for one of L.A.’s top publicity firms, ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Eye of the Firestorm

    The Namibian - Angolan - South African Border War - Memoirs of a Military Commander

    by Roland de Vries ...
    For his exploits and astuteness, Roland de Vries has rightfully been called the ‘Rommel of the SADF’. In this forthright, warts-and-all but compassionate autobiography he recounts the fascinating story of the transformation of a small, colonial army into, pound-for-pound, the best fighting force on the planet."Eye of the Firestorm" could be used to enhance the teaching within the military, ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus