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  • North Pole, South Pole

    The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism

    by Gillian Turner ...
    This "fantastic story" of one of physics' great riddles takes us through centuries of scientific history (Simon Lamb, author of Devil in the Mountain).Why do compass needles point north—but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world's oceans? How is Earth able to sustain life under an onslaught of solar wind and cosmic radiation? For centuries, the world ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • North Pole, South Pole

    The Quest to Understand Earth's Magnetism

    by Gillian Turner ...
    Series series Awa Science
    Going all the way back to the Roman legend of a shepherd whose iron-studded boots stuck to the rocks, this book charts the history of the earth's magnetism, which intrigued and stumped scientists and ordinary people for centuries. Absorbing and accessible, it is a lively study of what exactly magnetic force is, what causes it, and what its place has been throughout scientific history, offering ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Primary English Across the Curriculum

    by Judith Cullen, Enid Jones, Linda Saunders, Gillian Turner, Karen Tulloch ...
    Series series Transforming Primary QTS Series
    This book supports trainee teachers working towards primary QTS in teaching primary English across all areas of the curriculum.Focused on teaching a more integrated and inclusive curriculum, this text draws out meaningful cross curriculur links and explores how the teaching of English can take place across the whole curriculum. It examines how a teacher′s effective use of English is essential in ... Read more

    $71.19 CAD

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  • The Tragedy of American Science

    From Truman to Trump

    by Clifford D. Conner ...
    A look at the destructive history of science-for-profit, including its toll on the US pandemic response, by the author of A People's History of Science.Despite a facade of brilliant technological advances, American science has led humanity to the brink of interrelated disasters. In The Tragedy of American Science, historian of science Clifford D. Conner describes the dual processes by which this ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quantum Legacies

    Dispatches from an Uncertain World

    by David Kaiser ...
    "Engrossing . . . Leave[s] us with a richer picture of physics as a lived activity." — Los Angeles Review of BooksIn Quantum Legacies, David Kaiser introduces readers to iconic episodes in physicists' still-unfolding quest to understand space, time, and matter at their most fundamental. In a series of vibrant essays, Kaiser takes us inside moments of discovery and debate among the great minds of ... Read more

    Was $23.99 CAD Now $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Warfare between Science & Religion

    The Idea That Wouldn't Die

    Edited by Jeff Hardin, Ronald L Numbers, Ronald A. Binzley ...
    A "very welcome volume" of essays questioning the presumption of irreconcilable conflict between science and religion ( British Journal for the History of Science).The "conflict thesis"—the idea that an inevitable, irreconcilable conflict exists between science and religion—has long been part of the popular imagination. The Warfare between Science and Religion assembles a group of distinguished ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Chemical Age

    How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth

    by Frank A. von Hippel ...
    This sweeping history reveals how the use of chemicals has saved lives, destroyed species, and radically changed our planet: "Remarkable . . . highly recommended." — ChoiceIn The Chemical Age, ecologist Frank A. von Hippel explores humanity's long and uneasy coexistence with pests, and how the battles to exterminate them have shaped our modern world. He also tells the captivating story of the ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life Everlasting

    The Animal Way of Death

    by Bernd Heinrich ...
    An enlightening look at animal behavior and the cycle of life and death, from "one of the finest naturalists of our time" (Edward O. Wilson).When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • This Great Harbour

    Scapa Flow

    by W.S. Hewison ...
    From the days of the Vikings to World War II, a history of the famous Scottish seaway.Known by mariners since Viking times as a safe anchorage in notoriously savage waters, Scapa Flow is the seaway that runs between the Orkney mainland and the island of Hoy. As the northern base of the Royal Navy and Allied fleets in two world wars, it witnessed some of the most seminal events in modern naval ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Brilliant Abyss

    Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It

    by Helen Scales ...
    A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist known for "nature writing at its most engaging" ( Sunday Express).A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway as revolutionary studies rewrite the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is being revealed as perhaps the most amazing part of our ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Peculiar Indifference

    The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America

    by Elliott Currie ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARFrom Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie comes a devastating exploration of the extreme levels of violence afflicting Black communities, and a blueprint for addressing the crisisAbout 170,000 Black Americans have died in homicides just since the year 2000. Violence takes more years of life from Black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined; a ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Whose Middle Ages?

    Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past

    by Geraldine Heng ...
    Series series Fordham Series in Medieval Studies
    "An ethical and accessible introduction to a historical period often implicated in racist narratives of nationalism and imperialism." —Sierra Lomuto, Assistant Professor of Global Medieval Literature, Rowan UniversityA collection of twenty-two essays, Whose Middle Ages? gives nonspecialists access to the richness of our historical knowledge while debunking damaging misconceptions about the ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus