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  • Houston's River Oaks

    by Charles Dain Becker, Joan Blaffer Johnson ...
    Series series Images of Modern America
    River Oaks is a name that has rung out in Houston, Texas, since its founding in 1923. The neighborhood's uncertain geographical boundaries may be a point of controversy, but the impact River Oaks has had on the city is indisputable. River Oaks has been home to astronauts who have contributed to American space exploration; lawyers who are involved in the interworking of the United States' legal ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Body-Smith 401 And Twenty Other Stories

    Anthologies

    by K.J. McKenzie et al, Eduardo Barreto, Cynthia Becker, Cathy Bryant, Christos Callow Jr., Barry Charman, Kenneth B. Chiacchia, Joe Del Priore, Charles Finn, Caroline Jensen, Dawn Knox, Joan Bouza Koster, Jonathan Malory, K.J. McKenzie, Teresa Milbrodt, Lance J. Mushung, Al Onia, Robin Amada Tzucker, Kathy Warnes ...
    Series series Anthologies
    Edited by Harvey Stanbrough. Body-Smith 401 and twenty other stories is dedicated to the memory of Ray Bradbury, who passed from among us on June 5, 2012, after having taught many of us a simple truth: "Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall." You were right. Thanks, Ray. These stories are all speculative fiction, and they all deal more strongly with the characters' ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pintoricchio

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Legacy of an Italian Artistic Master: Pinturicchio and His Influential Works in Renaissance Italy

    by Evelyn March Phillipps, Shane Becker ...
    In "Pintoricchio," Evelyn March Phillipps delves into the life and artistry of the Renaissance painter Bernardino di Betto Boccaccio, known as Pintoricchio. This meticulously researched work combines rich biographical details with a critical analysis of Pintoricchio's artistic contributions, particularly his frescoes that adorned notable Roman churches. Phillipps employs a lyrical prose style that ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition

    by Lisa M. Baril, Colden V. Baxter, Matthew S. Becker, David J. Cooper, Wyatt F. Cross, Douglas A. Frank, Kerry A. Gunther, Robert E. Gresswell, Mark A. Haroldson, N. Thompson Hobbs, Kristin Legg, Taal Levi, David B. McWethy, S. Thomas Olliff, Karthik Ram, Daniel P. Reinhart, Roy A. Renkin, Charles T. Robbins, Paul Schullery, Charles C. Schwartz, Doug Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, John J. Treanor, Lusha M. Tronstad, Rick L. Wallen, Fred G.R. Watson, Emily M. Wellington, Cathy Whitlock, Lee H. Whittlesey, Christopher C. Wilmers ...
    The world’s first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of nature’s enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to events that are putting species under stress, say the authors of Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years in the making. ... Read more

    $64.89 CAD

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    Don’t Tell the President

    The Best, Worst, and Mostly Untold Stories from Presidential Advance

    by Jean Becker, Tom Collamore ...
    Narrated by Charles Constant, Nan McNamara, Tom Parks ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    Dukakis is in the tank! The Queen looks like a talking purple hat! We didn’t leave Chelsea Clinton in Moscow, right?The most harrowing and hilarious stories behind presidential events over the past sixty years—from the Rose Garden to Air Force One, foreign trips to the campaign trail—detailing the art of preparation that goes into these delicate, high stress operations and revealing how they have ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • What Is a Case?

    Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry

    Edited by Charles C. Ragin, Howard Saul Becker ...
    The concept of the case is a basic feature of social science research and yet many questions about how a case should be defined, selected, and judged are far from settled. The contributors to this volume probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and the results of research. The contributions demonstrate that the work of any given ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

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  • The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici

    by Christopher Hibbert ...
    At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family’s huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Beginning in the early ... Read more

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  • We Shall Rise

    by John Ringo, Gary Poole ...
    Series Book 10 - Black Tide Rising
    The world has been brought to its knees by the “zombie virus.” Nations have fallen, cities have been overrun by the infected, and the human race has come perilously close to extinction. But with the first winter come and gone, the infected have been reduced to not much more than a background nuisance, and survivors around the world are taking stock and vowing to rebuild and rise up stronger, ... Read more

    $9.61 CAD

  • The Lives of the Artists

    by Giorgio Vasari ...
    Translated by Julia Conway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art. Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the infancy of art, Vasari considers the period of youthful vigour, shaped by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Masaccio, before ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • 52 Series: Fun Things to Do in the Car

    by Lynn Gordon ...
    Illustrated by Susan Synarski, Karen Johnson ...
    Series series 52 Series
    Kiss the roadtrip blues good-bye with the revised version of this best-selling activity deck featuring updated text throughout as well as a variety of new activities. From engaging games to creative art activities to mind-bending puzzles, this deck will make getting there all the fun. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Leonardo Da Vinci

    Unveiling the Renaissance Genius's Artistic Mastery and Scientific Innovations

    by Maurice W. Brockwell ...
    In "Leonardo Da Vinci," Maurice W. Brockwell delves into the intricate life and multifaceted genius of the Renaissance polymath. The book artfully weaves together biographical sketches, analyses of Da Vinci's seminal works, and reflections on his enduring influence in various fields including art, science, and engineering. Brockwell'Äôs prose is characterized by its clarity and elegance, making ... Read more

    Was $2.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Robot Uprisings

    by Various, John Joseph Adams ...
    A collection of imaginative new stories about the impending robotic revolution and human resistance, from seventeen of the biggest names insci-fi. Including - HUGH HOWEY, SCOTT SIGLER, DANIEL H. WILSON, CORY DOCTOROW and JULIANNE BAGGOTT.Someday soon, our technology is going to rise up and we humans are going to be sliced into bloody chunks by robots that in our hubris we decided to build with ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD