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    History's Verdict

    Wise verdicts on World War 2’s most powerful figures.

    by Paul MacNally, Christopher Monaghan, Bob Howard, Graham Birrell, Michael O'Connor ...
    Narrated by Jonathan David Mellor ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 10 min

    Since the early hours September first 1939, when the guns of the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish military base of Westerplatte in the former free city of Danzig (Gdansk) and triggered the Second World War, over seventy years have gone by.The outcome of the conflict - which claimed the lives of over 55 million people and involved most of the nations of the Earth – ... Read more

    $20.60 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Venus, Vanishing

    A Novel

    by Rebecca Birrell ...
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire meets The Safekeep in this “gripping, gorgeously written debut” (Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre)"A tour de force that will captivate and haunt readers, wrestling with questions of the role of art in times of oppression and the relationship of an artist to their finished work, with a pulsing thread of desire thrumming throughout. A taut, mesmerizing story.”—Kirkus ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Comparing Devolved Governance

    by D. Birrell ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government. ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Your Captain Speaking

    by Scott Birrell ...
    When Scott Birrell said he wanted to be a pilot after leaving school, his headmaster's response was crushing: 'Don't be stupid, boy.' This is the story of how he proved his ambition was anything but stupid.After taking his first flying lesson at the age of 14, he went on to be a flying instructor, a commercial pilot flying the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, an international airline captain, a ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quantum Fields in Curved Space

    by N. D. Birrell, P. C. W. Davies ...
    Series series Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
    This book presents a comprehensive review of the subject of gravitational effects in quantum field theory. Although the treatment is general, special emphasis is given to the Hawking black hole evaporation effect, and to particle creation processes in the early universe. The last decade has witnessed a phenomenal growth in this subject. This is the first attempt to collect and unify the vast ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Blind to Betrayal

    Why We Fool Ourselves We Aren't Being Fooled

    by Jennifer Freyd, Pamela Birrell ...
    One of the world's top experts on betrayal looks at why we often can't see it right in front of our facesIf the cover-up is worse than the crime, blindness to betrayal can be worse than the betrayal itself. Whether the betrayer is an unfaithful spouse, an abusive authority figure, an unfair boss, or a corrupt institution, we often refuse to see the truth order to protect ourselves. This book ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Guide to the Bayeux Tapestry

    by F. F. L. Birrell ...
    THE Bayeux Tapestry is probably the most famous and the most remarkable of mediæval embroideries. In it is given the complete story of a great exploit and one that must always be of particular interest to the English and French peoples—the story of the Norman Conquest. None of the main incidents leading up to the Conquest itself are omitted. The arrival of Harold in Normandy, his stay with William ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Songs from a Jade Terrace

    An Anthology of Early Chinese Love Poetry, Translated with Annotations and an Introduction

    Edited by Anne Birrell ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts
    This book, first published in 1982, was the first translation of the Chinese classic Yü-t-‘ai hsin-yung – the unique anthology of love poems, compiled in AD 545. This traces the development of love poetry from the second century BC to its full flowering in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. Dr Birrell’s incisive introductory essay provides a concise survey of the historical and literary setting to ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Guide to the Bayeux tapestry

    by Francis Birrell ...
    "Guide to the Bayeux Tapestry" by Francis Birrell offers an insightful exploration of one of the most significant pieces of medieval art. The tapestry, which vividly depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England, serves as both a historical document and a work of art. Birrell's analysis delves into the intricate details of the tapestry's imagery, providing context and ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Silence

    From the Renaissance to the Present Day

    by Alain Corbin ...
    Translated by Jean Birrell ...
    Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries.It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in mountains and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Bodyology - The Curious Science of Our Bodies

    by Mosaic Science, Rose George, Rhodri Marsden, Cynthia Graber, Neil Steinberg, Ian Birrell ...
    Bodyology: The Curious Science of the Human BodyEver wondered what it's really like to be struck by lightning — what happens to your skin, nerves, heart rhythm, and brain in a split second? What it means to lose your sense of smell (anosmia), why it can vanish after illness or injury, and what recovery can look like? Whether we'll ever find a genuine cure for baldness and hair loss? Or how a ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Blind to Betrayal

    Why We Fool Ourselves We Aren't Being Fooled

    by Jennifer Freyd, Pamela Birrell ...
    Narrated by Rebecca Gunn ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 59 min

    One of the world's top experts on betrayal looks at why we often can't see it right in front of our facesIf the cover-up is worse than the crime, blindness to betrayal can be worse than the betrayal itself. Whether the betrayer is an unfaithful spouse, an abusive authority figure, an unfair boss, or a corrupt institution, we often refuse to see the truth order to protect ourselves. This book ... Read more

    $14.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBook