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  • Katharina Luther

    Nun, Rebel, Wife

    by Anne Boileau ...
    On 31st October 1517, Martin Luther pinned ninety-five theses on the Castle Church door, Wittenberg, criticizing the Church of Rome; they were printed and published by Lucas Cranach and caused a storm. Nine young nuns, intoxicated by Luther's subversive writings, became restless and longed to leave their convent. On Good Friday 1523 a haulier smuggled them out hidden in empty herring barrels. Five ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canada's Soldiers in South Africa

    Tales from the Boer War, 1899-1902

    by John Boileau ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    In 1899 a thousand Canadian soldiers went to war--in South Africa.They were fighting white farmers who defied the mighty British empire by setting up their own, independent state.This South African or Boer War of 1899-1902 marked the first time Canadian troops went abroad to fight alongside Britain.Like other conflicts, the Boer War was controversial in Canada. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's liberal ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Old Enough to Fight

    Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War

    by Dan Black, John Boileau ...
    Between 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in the First World War. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles: Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and the rest. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story.Some boys ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Vertigo

    by Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac ...
    Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury ...
    Series Book 5 - Pushkin Vertigo
    The original breath-taking psychological thriller behind Hitchcock’s legendary film—the story of a man tormented by his search for the truth, and ultimately destroyed by a terrible secretIt could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew he had his reasons. But when an old friend appeared out of nowhere with concerns ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • She Who Was No More

    by Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac ...
    Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury ...
    Series Book 3 - Pushkin Vertigo
    A couple's murderous plot goes horribly awry in this French noir classic that later inspired the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece PsychoEvery Saturday evening, travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife, Mireille, who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover, Lucienne—an ambitious doctor—and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan.Drugging Mireille, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Too Young to Die

    Canada's Boy Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Second World War

    by John Boileau, Dan Black ...
    John Boileau and Dan Black tell the stories of some of the 30,000 underage youths -- some as young as fourteen -- who joined the Canadian Armed Forces in the Second World War. This is the companion volume to the authors' popular 2013 book Old Enough to Fight about boy soldiers in the First World War. Like their predecessors a generation before, these boys managed to enlist despite their youth. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Power of Fractional Learning and Development - From Random Acts of Learning to Purposeful Engagement

    by Kirsten Boileau ...
    In a rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are rethinking how they invest in employee development. The Power of Fractional Learning and Development Services offers a practical and visionary look at how businesses—especially small and mid-sized enterprises—can leverage the power of fractional Learning & Development (L&D) leadership to drive real results.Drawing on real-world case ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lucky and the Lost

    The Lives of Titanic's Children

    by John Boileau ...
    More than half the children aboard Titanic died in the sinking, calling into question the notion of "women and children first." In The Lucky and the Lost: The Lives of Titanic's Children, historian John Boileau tells the stories of the children who fortunately escaped in lifeboats and those who tragically did not. It also examines the heart-breaking circumstances of the victims' deaths as well as ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Because They Were Women

    The Montreal Massacre

    by Josée Boileau ...
    Translated by Chantal Bilodeau ...
    Series Book 13 - A Feminist History Society Book
    - A pointed cultural examination and a personal tribute to the twelve young women who’s lives were lost thirty years ago to a murderous rampage by a man who targeted them simply because they were women. - Released in French on the 30th anniversary of the massacre, this fall’s publication of the English book will mark 31 years since the tragedy. - Examines what the murder of these young women means ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Le Lutrin—An Heroick Poem

    A Neoclassical Epic of Church Satire and Heroic Poetry

    by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ...
    Nicolas Boileau-Despr√©aux's "Le Lutrin'ÄîAn Heroick Poem" is a masterful blend of wit and literary critique, embodying the spirit of 17th-century French classicism. Written in heroic couplets, the poem artfully critiques the emerging literary pretensions of the time while celebrating the nobility of poetic form. Utilizing allegorical characters and rich imagery, Boileau navigates themes of vanity ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Six Crimes Without a Murderer

    by Pierre Boileau ...
    A classic French puzzle mystery—featuring not 1 but 6 locked room murders—from the influential suspense writer who inspired Hitchcock’s Vertigo.How can you catch a killer who doesn’t exist?It seems like an impossible crime. A husband and wife shot by an intruder in their elegant Paris apartment, in full view of the crowds gathered on the street below. The apartment door is bolted from the inside. ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

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  • Mental Health Symptoms in Literature since Modernism

    by Nicolas Pierre Boileau ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Mental Health Symptoms in Literature since Modernism looks at various ways of treating symptoms of psychological disorders in the literature of the long twentieth century. This book shows that literature can, in its questioning of commonly accepted views of this lived experience of psychic symptoms, help engender new theories about the functioning of subjective cases. Modernism emerged at about ... Read more

    $153.99 CAD