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The Life of the Caterpillar (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Lyrical Natural History of Caterpillar Instincts, Metamorphosis, and Nineteenth-Century Entomology

by Jean-Henri Fabre, Celia Orwinley ...

Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos ...

In The Life of the Caterpillar, Jean-Henri Fabre turns the seemingly humble larva into a subject of intellectual drama and aesthetic fascination. Through patient observation of feeding, moulting, processionary habits, defenses, and metamorphosis, he reveals the caterpillar as an organism of intricate instincts and surprising adaptations. Fabre's style unites scientific precision with lyrical ... Read more

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In The Life of the Caterpillar, Jean-Henri Fabre turns the seemingly humble larva into a subject of intellectual drama and aesthetic fascination. Through patient observation of feeding, moulting, processionary habits, defenses, and metamorphosis, he reveals the caterpillar as an organism of intricate instincts and surprising adaptations. Fabre's style unites scientific precision with lyrical
... Read more
Language, Migration and Social Inequalities

A Critical Sociolinguistic Perspective on Institutions and Work

Edited by Alexandre Duchêne, Dr. Celia Roberts, Melissa Moyer Greer ...

Series Book 2 - Language, Mobility and Institutions
Migration and the mobility of citizens around the globe pose important challenges to the linguistic and cultural homogeneity that nation-states rely on for defining their physical boundaries and identity, as well as the rights and obligations of their citizens. A new social order resulting from neoliberal economic practices, globalisation and outsourcing also challenges traditional ways the nation ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Migration and the mobility of citizens around the globe pose important challenges to the linguistic and cultural homogeneity that nation-states rely on for defining their physical boundaries and identity, as well as the rights and obligations of their citizens. A new social order resulting from neoliberal economic practices, globalisation and outsourcing also challenges traditional ways the nation
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King Richard III

Directed by David Timson

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell, Stella Gonet, Michael Maloney, John Shrapnel, Celia Imrie, John Woodvine, Bruce Alexander, Auriol Smith, Raphael Clarkson, Louise Alder, Dominic Kraemer, Jamie Glover, Stephen Thorne, Daniel Philpott, Jonathan Keeble, Peter Yapp, Barrie Jaimeson, Nick Fletcher, Neville Jason, David Timson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 20 min

Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks in association with Cambridge University Press. ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks in association with Cambridge University Press.
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Good Newes from New England (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Or a true relation of things very remarkable at the plantation of Plimoth in New-England

by Edward Winslow, Celia Orwinley ...

Good Newes from New England (1624) is Edward Winslow's vivid account of the early Plymouth colony, written as both reportage and providential testimony. Continuing the promotional and justificatory tradition of colonial travel writing, it describes relations with Wampanoag leaders, episodes of diplomacy and conflict, religious observance, famine, illness, and the fragile routines of settlement. ... Read more

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Good Newes from New England (1624) is Edward Winslow's vivid account of the early Plymouth colony, written as both reportage and providential testimony. Continuing the promotional and justificatory tradition of colonial travel writing, it describes relations with Wampanoag leaders, episodes of diplomacy and conflict, religious observance, famine, illness, and the fragile routines of settlement.
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Fabre's Book of Insects (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Classic Natural History Essays on Insect Behavior, Field Observation, and the Miniature Life of Provence

by Jean-Henri Fabre, Celia Orwinley ...

Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos ...

Fabre's Book of Insects presents the marvels of insect life through episodes drawn from Jean-Henri Fabre's celebrated entomological writings: the habits of wasps, beetles, cicadas, caterpillars, spiders, and other small creatures observed with patient exactitude. Its style is at once scientific and literary, transforming field notes into lucid narratives of behavior, instinct, struggle, and ... Read more

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Fabre's Book of Insects presents the marvels of insect life through episodes drawn from Jean-Henri Fabre's celebrated entomological writings: the habits of wasps, beetles, cicadas, caterpillars, spiders, and other small creatures observed with patient exactitude. Its style is at once scientific and literary, transforming field notes into lucid narratives of behavior, instinct, struggle, and
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The Girl in the Spider's Web

A Lisbeth Salander Novel

by David Lagercrantz ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series
Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return to the Girl in the Dragon Tattoo series in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. • Also known as the Millennium series“Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans—our punk hacker heroine is in good hands.… A twisty, bloody thrill ride.… An instant page-turner.” ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return to the Girl in the Dragon Tattoo series in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. • Also known as the Millennium series“Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans—our punk hacker heroine is in good hands.… A twisty, bloody thrill ride.… An instant page-turner.”
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Honor's Knight

by Rachel Bach ...

Narrated by Emily Durante ...

Series series Paradox
Unabridged

13 hours 11 min

Devi Morris has a lot of problems, and not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her short several memories and one partner, she'd determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life. But even though Devi's not actually looking for it this time, trouble keeps finding her. She sees ghostly creatures no one else can, the inexplicable black stain on her ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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Devi Morris has a lot of problems, and not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her short several memories and one partner, she'd determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life. But even though Devi's not actually looking for it this time, trouble keeps finding her. She sees ghostly creatures no one else can, the inexplicable black stain on her
... Read more

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Charming

by Elliott James ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

Series series Pax Arcana
Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

John Charming isn't your average prince...He comes from a line of Charmings—an illustrious family of dragon slayers, witch-finders and killers dating back to before the fall of Rome. Trained by a modern day version of the Knights Templar, monster hunters who have updated their methods from chain mail and crossbows to Kevlar and shotguns, John Charming was one of the best—until a curse made him one ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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John Charming isn't your average prince...He comes from a line of Charmings—an illustrious family of dragon slayers, witch-finders and killers dating back to before the fall of Rome. Trained by a modern day version of the Knights Templar, monster hunters who have updated their methods from chain mail and crossbows to Kevlar and shotguns, John Charming was one of the best—until a curse made him one
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Etiquette & Espionage

by Gail Carriger ...

Narrated by Moira Quirk ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Finishing School
Unabridged

8 hours 55 min

This thrilling steampunk novel set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor that Gail Carriger's legions of fans have come to adore.Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than in proper manners—and the family can only ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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This thrilling steampunk novel set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor that Gail Carriger's legions of fans have come to adore.Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than in proper manners—and the family can only
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The Lady Hellion

by Joanna Shupe ...

Narrated by Carmen Rose ...

Series series Wicked Deceptions
Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

A rabble rouser for justice, Sophie's latest mission is to fight for the rights of the poor, the wretched—and the employees at Madame Hartley's brothel. She's not concerned about the criminals who will cross her path, for Sophie has mastered the art of deception—including the art of wearing trousers. Now her fate is in her own hands, along with a loaded gun. All she needs is instruction on how to ... Read more

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A rabble rouser for justice, Sophie's latest mission is to fight for the rights of the poor, the wretched—and the employees at Madame Hartley's brothel. She's not concerned about the criminals who will cross her path, for Sophie has mastered the art of deception—including the art of wearing trousers. Now her fate is in her own hands, along with a loaded gun. All she needs is instruction on how to
... Read more

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Countdown City

by Ben H. Winters ...

Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Last Policeman
Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

“A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.” —Alexandra Alter, The New York TimesDetective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse.There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice ... Read more

$49.46 CAD

“A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.” —Alexandra Alter, The New York TimesDetective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse.There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice
... Read more
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Harperland

The Politics of Control

by Lawrence Martin ...

Narrated by Michael Puttonen ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

Harperland: The Politics of Control examines Stephen Harper’s first four years in power. Soarking to the top of the best-seller lists in its first week, Peter C. Newman called it “A book of revelations...This is Stephen Harper unplugged.” Don Martin of The National Post declared it an excellent book providing insights the Prime Minister could well learn from. In Harperland, prominent Globe and ... Read more

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Harperland: The Politics of Control examines Stephen Harper’s first four years in power. Soarking to the top of the best-seller lists in its first week, Peter C. Newman called it “A book of revelations...This is Stephen Harper unplugged.” Don Martin of The National Post declared it an excellent book providing insights the Prime Minister could well learn from. In Harperland, prominent Globe and
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