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  • The Fast

    The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without

    by John Oakes ...
    With fasting at an all-time high in popularity, here is an enlightening exploration into the history, science, and philosophy behind the practice—essential to many religions and wellness routines.Whether for philosophical, political, or health-related reasons, fasting marks a departure from daily routine. Based on extensive historical, scientific, and cultural research and reporting, The Fast ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Reluctant Revolutionary

    The Life and Legacy of Pastor Andrew Eliot (1718–1778) of Boston

    by John S. Oakes ...
    Andrew Eliot (1718-1778) was one of the most prominent Boston leaders in the second half of the eighteenth century. As minister of one of the city's biggest churches, his was an important political as well as religious voice into the earliest years of the American War for Independence. But Eliot has often been neglected or misunderstood. In this first full biography, John S. Oakes draws on ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conservative Revolutionaries

    Transformation and Tradition in the Religious and Political Thought of Charles Chauncy and Jonathan Mayhew

    by John S. Oakes ...
    Boston Congregationalist ministers Charles Chauncy (1705-87) and Jonathan Mayhew (1720-66) were significant political as well as religious leaders in colonial and revolutionary New England. Scholars have often stressed their influence on major shifts in New England theology, from traditional Calvinism to Arminianism and, ultimately, to universalism and Unitarianism. They have also portrayed Mayhew ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Libya

    The History of Gaddafi's Pariah State

    by John Oakes ...
    For more than four decades, Libya has been something of an enigma to outsiders. Ruled by the despotic and unstable Muammar Gaddafi since he led a military coup in 1969, it has vast oil wealth and one of the highest standards of living in Africa. Yet it has also been one of the most prolific state sponsors of terrorism (supplying arms and explosives to the IRA, perpetrating the Lockerbie bombing) ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kitchener's Lost Boys

    From the Playing Fields to the Killing Fields

    by John Oakes ...
    In the early days of the First World War, Lord Kitchener made his famous appeal for volunteers to join the New Army. Men flocked to recruiting offices to enlist, and on some days tens of thousands of potential soldiers responded to his call. Men had to be at least eighteen years old to join up, and nineteen to serve overseas, but in the flurry of activity many younger boys came to enlist: some ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • War Lord

    Khalifa Haftar and the Future of Libya

    by John Oakes ...
    Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar leads an army that controls most of Libya, stands at the gates of Tripoli and is threatening to overthrow the Government of National Accord. Backed by the powerful Libyan tribes, Khalifa Haftar has also won the backing of several international governments who see him as Libya’s last hope of a democratic solution. Others portray him as a dangerous rogue commander with ... Read more

    $21.69 CAD

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    The Fast

    The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without

    by John Oakes ...
    Narrated by Matt Godfrey ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 57 min

    With fasting at an all-time high in popularity, here is an enlightening exploration into the history, science, and philosophy behind the practice—essential to many religions and wellness routines.Whether for philosophical, political, or health-related reasons, fasting marks a departure from daily routine. Based on extensive historical, scientific, and cultural research and reporting, The Fast ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • After Dinner Conversation Magazine

    After Dinner Conversation Magazine, #61

    by Emecheta Christian, John Oakes, Travis Lewis, Katie Moriarty, Terry Pilling, D. H. Parish, Sebastian Hoyle ...
    Series Book 61 - After Dinner Conversation Magazine
    Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" by Chill SubsNamed Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsRated "Top 50 Fiction" by SubstackDelight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • AQA GCSE (9–1) Geography Second Edition

    by John Widdowson, Simon Oakes, Michael Witherick, Meryl King, Rebecca Blackshaw, Sarah Wheeler ...
    Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: GeographyEquip your students for AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography with our fully revised second edition Student Book. Our expert author team, John Widdowson, Rebecca Blackshaw, Meryl King, Sarah Wheeler, Simon Oakes and Michael Witherick bring you revised case studies and examples, as well as a wealth of new practice questions to help your students apply their knowledge ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens

    Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era

    by Amy S. Greenberg, Thomas J. Balcerski, Douglas R. Egerton, Matthew Pinsker, William P. MacKinnon, Frank Towers, Joan Cashin, John David Smith, Michael Green, James Oakes, Bruce C. Levine, T. Michael Parrish ...
    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Southern Middle Class in the Long Nineteenth Century

    by Susanna Delfino, Angela Lakwete, Martin Reuf, Don H. Doyle, Sally Hadden, Sonya Ramsey, Jennie Goloboy, Bruce W. Eelman, Amanda R. Mushal, Frank Towers, James Oakes, John G. Deal ...
    Jonathan Daniel Wells and Jennifer R. Green provide a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in the nineteenth-century South, a place often seen as being composed of just two classes—planters and slaves. Rather, an active middle class, made up of men and women devoted to the cultural and economic modernization of Dixie, worked ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    A Curious Account of Native People in North America

    by Thomas King ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the RBC Taylor PrizeFinalist for Canada ReadsFinalist for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction**Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, The Inconvenient Indian distills the insights gleaned from Thomas King’s critical examination of the history and experience of Native peoples in North America, weaving the curiously circular tale of the relationship ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD