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  • Alcatraz Island Prison and the Men Who Live There

    by James A. Johnston ...
    Alcatraz is possibly the most famous prison that has ever existed, here is a fascinating history of this island in San Francisco bay, with interviews and biographies of some of the notorious people who called it home. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grief Therapy for Beginners

    A Clinician's Introduction to Grief Counseling, Continuing Bonds, and Complicated Grief Treatment

    by James Craig Johnston ...
    Most practitioners encounter bereaved clients before they receive any training in grief.Whether in a hospital ward, a community mental health team, a counseling practice, or a hospice, the expectation is often the same: you are qualified, so you can handle it. What that expectation misses is that grief-specific training is rarely built into qualifying curricula, and the models most practitioners ... Read more

    $14.17 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Crewe Murders

    Inside New Zealand's most infamous cold case

    by Kirsty Johnston, James Hollings ...
    The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 remains New Zealand' s most infamous cold case. It spawned two trials, two appeals, several books, a film, and eventually a royal commission finding of police corruption. It also resulted in a free pardon, the only time the New Zealand government has bypassed the courts to set a convicted murderer free. And still, the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Slave Ship to Harvard

    Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family

    by James H. Johnston ...
    "Part historical narrative, part genealogical detective work," this is t he true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations ( Library Journal).Using diaries, court records, legal documents, books, paintings, photographs, and oral histories, From Slave Ship to Harvard traces a family—from the colonial period and the American Revolution through the Civil War to Harvard and ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Material Remains

    Reading the Past in Medieval and Early Modern British Literature

    Edited by Jan-Peer Hartmann, Andrew James Johnston ...
    Series series Interventions: New Studies in Medieval Culture
    Medieval and early modern literature was fascinated with the material remains of the past. Scenes involving the discovery, description, circulation, or contemplation of archaeological objects can be found in texts ranging from hagiography to elegiac poetry, from historiography to romance—across regions and periods. This volume gathers voices to explore the ways in which these texts employ ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Byzantium

    Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100

    by James Howard-Johnston ...
    Byzantium was a strange entity--a relic of classical antiquity which survived deep into the Middle Ages. Drawing on a lifetime's work in the field of Byzantine studies, James Howard-Johnston aims to explain Byzantium's longevity, first as a state geared to fighting a two-centuries long guerrilla war of defence, then as an increasingly confident regional power. It is only by analysing its economic, ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • From Slave Ship to Harvard

    Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family

    by James H. Johnston ...
    From Slave Ship to Harvard is the true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations. The author has reconstructed a unique narrative of black struggle and achievement from paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories. From Slave Ship to Harvard traces the family from the colonial period and the American Revolution through the ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

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    Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 2, February 1900 (Unabridged)

    by Anonymous Anonymous ...
    Narrated by Angelo Moore, James Johnston, Jeremiah Freeman ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours

    Delve into the captivating world of nature with "Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No. 2, February 1900." This meticulously preserved volume offers a treasure trove of knowledge and insights into the avian realm and beyond. From the vibrant plumage of exotic birds to the intricate workings of the natural world, this book invites you on an extraordinary journey of discovery. Prepare to be captivated ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Riding into War

    The Memoir of a Horse Transport Driver, 1916-1919

    by James Robert Johnston ...
    Series Book 4 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front lines. One night, Johnston was hauling guns back from the front line. Suddenly, in the darkness and pouring rain, he, his team, the wagon, and the guns pitched into an old trench. After disentangling the horses from their harness, Johnston found a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Healthcare Writing

    A Practical Guide to Professional Success

    by Michael Arntfield, James Johnston ...
    Notable for its use of real document examples drawn from actual healthcare settings, in addition to its central section’s extended focus on narrative medicine and new media writing, Healthcare Writing: A Practical Guide to Professional Success provides a wide-ranging, much-needed contemporary perspective on the modes and contexts of writing most pertinent to today’s healthcare professionals. Aimed ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Strange matter

    Medieval disruptions of time

    Edited by Martin Bleisteiner, Jan-Peer Hartmann, Andrew James Johnston ...
    Series series Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
    Strange matter offers exciting new perspectives on the premodern fascination with materiality and the various ways in which the Middle Ages and subsequent periods experienced things in time. Drawing on a wide selection of examples that range from medieval texts and artefacts of both European and non-European origin to Macbeth’s highly evocative meditation on bubbles, the essays compiled in this ... Read more

    $148.99 CAD

  • The Last Great War of Antiquity

    by James Howard-Johnston ...
    The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the available resources and great powers of the steppe world. The conflict raged on an unprecedented scale, and its end brought the classical phase of history to a close. Despite all this, it has left a ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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