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  • Station 12

    SOE's Secret Weapons Centre

    by Des Turner ...
    The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before.Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British country houses requisitioned during the Second World War by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Born out of Bletchley Park, where ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Birds Without a Nest

    by Clorinda Matto de Turner ...
    Because she was the first to expose the appalling treatment of the natives of Peru, Clorinda Matto de Turner was excommunicated from the Catholic church, burned in effigy, and forced to emigrate to Argentina. She gained her notoriety with this book, which has been compared to Uncle Toms Cabin for its role in the social change of the country. It tells the story of a young upper class couple from ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Birds without a Nest

    A Novel: A Story of Indian Life and Priestly Oppression in Peru

    by Clorinda Matto de Turner, Naomi Lindstrom ...
    Translated by J. G. H. ...
    "I love the native race with a tender love, and so I have observed its customs closely, enchanted by their simplicity, and, as well, the abjection into which this race is plunged by small-town despots, who, while their names may change, never fail to live up to the epithet of tyrants. They are no other than, in general, the priests, governors, caciques, and mayors." So wrote Clorinda Matto de ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Birds without a Nest

    by Clorinda Matto de Turner ...
    Series series Women Writers of the World
    Birds without a Nest is a sharp critique of social injustices, Indigenous oppression, and institutional corruption in 19th-century Peru. Clorinda Matto de Turner exposes the inequalities within society, highlighting the clash between the Creole elite and Indigenous communities, particularly concerning abuses of power, racism, and exploitation. Through characters like Fernando and Lucía Marín, the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Torn from the Nest

    by Clorinda Matto de Turner, John Polt ...
    Series series Library of Latin America
    Clorinda Matto de Turner was the first Peruvian novelist to command an international reputation and the first to dramatize the exploitation of indigenous Latin American people. She believed the task of the novel was to be the photograph that captures the vices and virtues of a people, censuring the former with the appropriate moral lesson and paying its homage of admiration to the latter. In this ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Torn from the Nest

    by Clorinda Matto de Turner, John Polt ...
    Series series Library of Latin America
    Clorinda Matto de Turner was the first Peruvian novelist to command an international reputation and the first to dramatize the exploitation of indigenous Latin American people. She believed the task of the novel was to be the photograph that captures the vices and virtues of a people, censuring the former with the appropriate moral lesson and paying its homage of admiration to the latter. In this ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Personal Relationships

    The Effect on Employee Attitudes, Behavior, and Well-being

    Edited by Lillian Turner de Tormes Eby, Tammy D. Allen ...
    Series series SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series
    We know that positive, fulfilling and satisfying relationships are strong predictors of life satisfaction, psychological health, and physical well-being. This edited volume uses research and theory on the need to belong as a foundation to explore various types of relationships, with an emphasis on the influence of these relationships on employee attitudes, behaviors and well-being. The book ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

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    The history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q's workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom ... Read more

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  • Tommy's Ark

    Soldiers and their Animals in the Great War

    by Richard van Emden ...
    For soldiers in the Great War, going over the top was a comparatively rare event; much more frequently, they were bored and lonely and missing their families at home. Needing an outlet for their affection, many found it in the animal kingdom. Tommy's Ark looks at the war through the eyes of the soldiers who were there, and examines their relationship with a strange and unexpected range of animal ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour

    by Kaye Jones ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Nicknamed ‘The Anarchy' for its unprecedented levels of chaos and disorder, the succession crisis that followed the death of King Henry I in 1135 resulted in England's first civil war.‘The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour’ neatly covers all the major facts and events giving you a clear and straightforward overview of the plots and violence ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • Escape from Corregidor

    by Edgar D. Whitcomb ...
    At a crucial moment, Ed Whitcomb, a B-17 navigator, made a split-second decision and thereby set off a hair-raising, spine-tingling sequence of narrow escapes, captures, unexpected breaks and bitter betrayals that culminated in his final extrication from enemy territory.Whitcomb reached Clark Field just before its demolition by the Japanese. He then evaded capture at the fall of Bataan by fleeing ... Read more

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  • Odd True Tales, Volume 2

    Odd True Tales, #2

    by Mimi Riser ...
    Series Book 2 - Odd True Tales
    A new crazy collection from the "Odd True Tales" series. Some of the narratives deal with the paranormal (ghosts, angels, and more), while others tell of curious events from history. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume Two includes the tales: "High Planes Drifters"… "Call Me Angel"… "Blessing In Disguise"… and "The Female Paul Revere"… ... Read more

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