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  • Metaphor in Dante

    by David Gibbons ...
    The heart of the book is an analysis of metaphor in the Paradiso, but the volume also reaches back to Dante's earliest lyrics and concludes with a look forward to Petrarch's use of this important device. ... Read more

    $153.90 CAD

  • The Dark Ages

    by J.B. Bury, Edward Creasy, Henry Bradley, Edward Gibbon, David Hume, Charles Oman, knowledge house, Washington Irving ...
    The Dark Ages is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. The term employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery to contrast the era's "darkness" (lack of records) with earlier and later periods of "light" (abundance of ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    by David Womersley, Edward Gibbon ...
    Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Pepsi Cola Addict

    by June-Alison Gibbons ...
    The legendary lost novel in which fourteen-year-old Preston Wildey-King must choose between his all-consuming passion for Pepsi Cola and his love for schoolmate Peggy."He walked into the turbulent super market. There were people everywhere. His eyes swept over the shelves and stabilised on a large stack of Pepsi-colas. He could almost experience the cool fizzy liquid descending his parched throat. ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Dark Ages Collection

    by J.B. Bury, Edward Creasy, Henry Bradley, Edward Gibbon, David Hume, Charles Oman ...
    The Dark Ages is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. The term employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery to contrast the era's "darkness" (lack of records) with earlier and later periods of "light" (abundance of ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia

    Edited by David Lindenmayer, Philip Gibbons ...
    Ecological and biodiversity-based monitoring has been marked by an appalling lack of effectiveness and lack of success in Australia for more than 40 years, despite the billions of dollars that are invested in biodiversity conservation annually. What can be done to rectify this situation? This book tackles many aspects of the problem of biodiversity monitoring. It arose from a major workshop held ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • Zibaldone

    by Giacomo Leopardi ...
    Translated by Kathleen Baldwin, Richard Dixon, David Gibbons, Ann Goldstein, Gerard Slowey, Martin Thom, Pamela Williams ...
    A groundbreaking translation of the epic work of one of the great minds of the nineteenth centuryGiacomo Leopardi was the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and was recognized by readers from Nietzsche to Beckett as one of the towering literary figures in Italian history. To many, he is the finest Italian poet after Dante. (Jonathan Galassi's translation of Leopardi's Canti was ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Childhood, Science Fiction, and Pedagogy

    Children Ex Machina

    Edited by David W. Kupferman, Andrew Gibbons ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book invites readers to both reassess and reconceptualize definitions of childhood and pedagogy by imagining the possibilities - past, present, and future - provided by the aesthetic turn to science fiction. It explores constructions of children, childhood, and pedagogy through the multiple lenses of science fiction as a method of inquiry, and discusses what counts as science fiction and why ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • The Dark Ages Collection

    by J.b. Bury, Edward Creasy, Henry Bradley, Edward Gibbon, David Hume, Charles Oman ...
    The Dark Ages is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire.The term employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery to contrast the era's "darkness" (lack of records) with earlier and later periods of "light" (abundance of records ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic

    Edited by Ika Darnhofer, David Gibbon, Benoît Dedieu ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Cow up a Tree

    Knowing and Learning for Change in Agriculture. Case Studies from Industrialised Countries

    by Niels Röling, Marianne Cerf, David Gibbon, Ray Ison, Janice Jiggins, Jet Proost, Hubert Bernard, Mark Paine ...
    Western societies are calling for speedy change in agriculture and the agrifood industries to incorporate new quality criteria into the goods they produce. To promote these changes what scientists must develop are not universally implementable technical solutions, but self-diagnosis methods to be used by agricultural producers and their advisors. They also need to evolve new procedures for ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in Australia

    by Philip Gibbons, David Lindenmayer ...
    More than 300 species of Australian native animals — mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians — use tree hollows, but there has never been a complete inventory of them. Many of these species are threatened, or are in decline, because of land-use practices such as grazing, timber production and firewood collection. All forest management agencies in Australia attempt to reduce the impact of logging ... Read more

    $76.89 CAD