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  • Neighbours and Nationals in an African City Ward

    by David Parkin ...
    This study analyses the way in which tribal ties are maintained in the development of a tribally mixed, middle class community in Kampala, Uganda. Political independence in the early nineteen sixties in much of Africa created expectations of increased development, education and living standards. There was hope that ethnic tensions arising from false colonial boundaries might be transcended by ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • Splitting Rainbows - Must All Dreams End?

    A West Wales Odyssey, #1

    by David Parkins ...
    Series Book 1 - A West Wales Odyssey
    Out on a headland in West Wales where he goes regularly to watch porpoises, seals and sea birds, Marshall meets, apparently by chance, the enigmatic Anna, to whom he is immediately attracted.They begin seeing each other, but it is soon set against a background of Marshall being 'stalked' by someone who appears to have ill-intent towards him - and possibly towards Anna as well.Marshall and Anna ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Saplings and Spades

    A Woodland Returns

    by David Parkins ...
    As a young boy, David witnessed bulldozers obliterate a forest for a bypass. Decades later, he resolved to replace the annihilated trees with another wood. Starting from nothing, he set about the task. It was not easy; there was vastly more to woodland establishment than planting saplings. Writing informally, David recalls the triumphs and disasters of his undertaking. Success was hard-won and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Sophie - a Death and a Life

    A West Wales Odyssey, #3

    by David Parkins ...
    Series Book 3 - A West Wales Odyssey
    To an already long list of unpleasant and tragic events, that in recent months have been visited upon a small West Wales community, is now added yet another.To Susanne, a local school teacher, there seems to be just too many bad things happening and she is convinced they are part of something bigger, and that much worse is still to come.The latest event is a suicide - that of a still-beautiful ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Broken Crockery - The Dinner Party From Hell

    A West Wales Odyssey, #2

    by David Parkins ...
    Series Book 2 - A West Wales Odyssey
    About Broken Crockery -The villagers in the district are all talking about the recent murder in their small communityTo take their minds off of things, local artist Simon and his wife Arabella decide to throw a dinner party and invite two other couples - their new neighbours Kyle and Deni, plus friends Ashley and Susanne. They also invite Jacqueline, a woman who moved into the area some months ago ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Spotter - a Short Story

    by David Parkins ...
    It is 1964 and at the age of eleven, The Spotter finds himself in a school he doesn't like and a target for bullying. He doesn't like sport and he doesn't fit in - plus his hair is too long!He lives for the weekends and his one escape – trainspotting – riding the rails behind the steam locomotives that are now in their final years of operation, and that will soon be sent to the scrap yards.He ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Transformative Materiality of Meaning-Making

    by David Parkin ...
    Series Book 19 - Encounters
    This book explores verbal and non-verbal communication from a social anthropological viewpoint, drawing on ethnographic data from fieldwork in East Africa. It gives an overview of developments since the 1960s in the anthropology of language use and how these have influenced the author’s thinking. The volume makes the argument that language and other forms of communication involve semiotic ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Skye Above

    by Eric Walters ...
    Illustrated by David Parkins ...
    Series series Orca Echoes
    Nine-year-old Skye has always had a fascination with flying. She’d love to be a pilot someday, like both of her parents, but deep down she really wishes she could be a bird.When Skye’s parents take her to Costa Rica, she is thrilled about all of the beautiful exotic birds she’ll get to see. What she doesn’t realize is that her parents have three big surprises planned, and each will offer her a ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where's Burgess?

    by Laurie Elmquist ...
    Illustrated by David Parkins ...
    Series series Orca Echoes
    Reece Hansen is missing two things: his father and his frog.Reece's parents are newly separated, and his dad is now living in another city, fighting forest fires. Reece struggles to get used to daily life without him. When he loses his pet frog, Burgess, Reece puts posters up around the neighborhood. But frogs are difficult to find. It takes an unusual classmate, the boy who wears a bathrobe to ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • It's Not about the Apple!

    by Veronika Martenova Charles ...
    Illustrated by David Parkins ...
    Series Book 4 - Easy-to-Read Wonder Tales
    Here are five first books for fledgling readers that offer the enjoyment of a good story along with the thrill of accomplishment that comes from independent reading. Written in short, easy phrases with carefully selected vocabulary and plentiful illustrations, each book helps youngsters achieve success as they have fun. The series follows three friends who love to share stories. In each book, one ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Don't Open the Door!

    by Veronika Martenova Charles ...
    Illustrated by David Parkins ...
    Series series Easy-to-Read Spooky Tales
    Having been warned not to open the door for anyone while Mom goes to help a neighbor, the three boys try to outdo each other by telling scary stories about strangers at the door. By the time they have finished, they have scared themselves under the bed. Stories in this book come from Bohemia, the Guyanas, and Peru and are based on the universal theme of not opening the door to strangers. ... Read more

    Was $8.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Power, Mobility and Voice

    Jan Blommaert's Unfinished Business

    Edited by Karel Arnaut, Ico Maly, David Parkin, Dr. Massimiliano Spotti ...
    Series Book 27 - Encounters
    Builds on the profound and challenging legacy of sociolinguist Jan Blommaert, one of the most important thinkers in contemporary sociolinguistics, who dismantled the theoretical and ideological orthodoxies of his time.This volume honours the influential work of Jan Blommaert, furthering his critical and constructive engagement with power dynamics across numerous domains. It takes Blommaert’s work ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD