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  • Democratic Multiplicity

    Perceiving, Enacting, and Integrating Democratic Diversity

    Edited by James Tully, Keith Cherry, Fonna Forman, Jeanne Morefield, Joshua Nichols, Pablo Ouziel, David Owen, Oliver Schmidtke ...
    This edited volume argues that democracy is broader and more diverse than the dominant state-centered, modern representative democracies, to which other modes of democracy are either presumed subordinate or ignored. The contributors seek to overcome the standard opposition of democracy from below (participatory) and democracy from above (representative). Rather, they argue that through differently ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Anti-Submarine Warfare

    An Illustrated History

    by David Owen ...
    A deep dive into the tactics and technology used to defend against submarines—from the opening of the First World War through World War II and beyond.The submarine was undoubtedly the most potent purely naval weapon of the twentieth century. In two world wars, enemy underwater campaigns were very nearly successful in thwarting Allied hopes of victory—indeed, annihilation of Japanese shipping by US ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Chosen One

    by David Owen ...
    Earl Woods, the father of young Eldrick "Tiger" Woods, was widely ridiculed in 1996 when, in an article anointing his son as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, he likened Tiger's potential impact to that of a messiah. This unseemly proclamation appeared to embody all the worst elements of the dreaded sports-parent who seeks financial windfall and personal validation by pushing his child ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Green Metropolis

    Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

    by David Owen ...
    Look out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes.A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future.Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • The Conundrum

    by David Owen ...
    From the acclaimed New Yorker staff writer, a razor-sharp indictment of our efficiency-forward approach to sustainable living.Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100 mpg car are dangerous fantasies. We are consumers, and we like to consume green and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Volume Control

    Hearing in a Deafening World

    by David Owen ...
    The surprising science of hearing and the remarkable technologies that can help us hear betterOur sense of hearing makes it easy to connect with the world and the people around us. The human system for processing sound is a biological marvel, an intricate assembly of delicate membranes, bones, receptor cells, and neurons. Yet many people take their ears for granted, abusing them with loud ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Where the Water Goes

    Life and Death Along the Colorado River

    by David Owen ...
    **“Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems.” —Wall Street JournalAn eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes.**The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dogfight

    The Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt BF 109

    by David Owen ...
    Innumerable books have been published on the two most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109. But books setting out to tell the story of both aircraft are very much rarer - probably fewer than the fingers of one hand. Yet their joint story is one which bears retelling since both were essential to the air campaigns of World War Two.Incredibly, the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Graveyard Gladiators

    by David Owen ...
    A fast-paced, high-stakes adventure about heroes beating impossible odds - perfect for fans of Escape Room and Goosebumps. Brand new from the bestselling author of the Alex Neptune series.Once a year, monsters and the undead rise up from the Underworld and battle each other in the Graveyard Games to win a star prize.Tonight, that prize is...Jude's dad.But not if Jude can win him back. With the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Host City

    by David Owen Kelly ...
    Darlinghurst, Sydney: these are the days of strange rumours. Talk you can catch the gay plague from kissing, or from a mosquito bite. Talk of the government building a wall around 'Darlo' to keep the plague contained. Talk of old quarantine stations around Australia being reopened, of the army being used to round up all the poofters. Bashings increase tenfold and you're dead meat if you don't have ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Copies in Seconds

    How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg--Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine

    by David Owen ...
    The first plain-paper office copier -- which was introduced in 1960 and has been called the most successful product ever marketed in America -- is unusual among major high-technology inventions in that its central process was conceived by a single person. David Owen's fascinating narrative tells the story of the machine nobody thought we needed but now we can't live without.Chester Carlson grew up ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The First National Bank of Dad

    The Best Way to Teach Kids About Money

    by David Owen ...
    Most parents do more harm than good when they try to teach their children about money. They make saving seem like a punishment, and force their children to view reckless spending as their only rational choice. To most kids, a savings account is just a black hole that swallows birthday checks.David Owen, a New Yorker staff writer and the father of two children, has devised a revolutionary new way ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD