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  • Going East

    The Story of East-West Rail and the Oxford-Cambridge Line

    by K. C. Close, R. J. Cook ...
    The railway route between Oxford and Cambridge – nicknamed the Varsity Line – was opened in stages in the nineteenth century. Running roughly east to west, it crossed several major trunk routes linking London with the North and Midlands, and became part of the LMS in 1923 Railway Grouping. Its strategic value was recognised during the Second World War as it allowed freight traffic to avoid London ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Crochet

    by Eunice Close ...
    This is a classic guide to crochet, a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook. It offers the reader step-by-step instructions for the different techniques of crocheting, teaching them how to produce a variety of designs and simple garments in no time at all and requiring little previous experience. Ideal for beginners and seasoned knitters alike ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marrying the Ketchups

    A novel

    by Jennifer Close ...
    An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the deep-fried, beer-battered, cream cheese-frosted love that feeds them all—from the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses“Laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply resonant to our times. I was so happy to be in the Sullivan family’s Chicago bar, caught in the swirl of three generations of grudges, love ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Destroyer of Worlds

    The Deep History of the Nuclear Age

    by Frank Close ...
    **The thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story—"kinetic, dramatic, and compulsively readable" (Patchen Barss)—of the physicists that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bombA Guardian Best Book of the Year**Although Henri Becquerel didn’t know it at the time, he changed history in 1896 when he left photographic plates and some uranium rocks in a drawer. The rocks emitted something that ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • How to Start a Muslin Mending Business (Beginners Guide)

    by Close Sammie ...
    This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers an overview of How to Start a Muslin Mending Business (Beginners Guide) . The text has been edited and prepared for general readership. All content within is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • How to Become a Dye-tank Tender

    by Close Zelda ...
    This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers an overview of How to Become a Dye-tank Tender . The text has been edited and prepared for general readership. All content within is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The Infinity Puzzle

    How the Hunt to Understand the Universe Led to Extraordinary Science, High Politics, and the Large Hadron Collider

    by Frank Close ...
    We are living in a Golden Age of physics. With the mind of a scientist and the skill of a journalist, bestselling author and renowned physicist Frank Close gives us an insider's look at one of the most inspiring - and challenging - scientific breakthroughs of our time: the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.About 40 years ago, 3 brilliant, yet little-known scientists made breakthroughs that later ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • In Action with the S.A.S.

    A Soldiers Odyssey from Dunkirk to Berlin

    by Roy Close ...
    A World War II memoir of a clerk who put down his pen and took up a weapon, rising through the ranks to become an elite Special Air Service soldier.Roy Close's wartime experiences make breathtaking reading. Mobilized in 1939 he became part of the BEF and was fortunate to avoid death or captivity during the German blitzkrieg and escape through Dunkirk. Sent to North Africa, he joined the Paras and, ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Small Things and Nothing

    by Frank Close ...
    Frank Close breaks down complex concepts in physics in this collection of three of his bestselling books. Including Neutrino, Antimatter, and The Void, this set brings to life the fascinating science of particle physics, neutrinos, antimatter, and nothing. Combing the knowledge of a renowned physicist with the art of a skilled writer, enter the world of physics in an enthralling and readable way. ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • The Hopefuls

    by Jennifer Close ...
    A brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the best selling author of Girls in White Dresses, The Hopefuls tells the story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to D.C., a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among young Washington's aspiring elite.When Beth arrives in Washington, D.C., she hates everything about it: the confusing traffic ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Void

    by Frank Close ...
    What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This little book explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Frank Close tells the ... Read more

    $10.39 CAD

  • Neutrino

    by Frank Close ...
    What are neutrinos? Why does nature need them? What use are they?Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. Formed in certain radioactive decays, they pass through most matter with ease. These tiny, ghostly particles are formed in millions in the Sun and pass through us constantly. For a long time they were thought to be massless, and passing as they do like ghosts they ... Read more

    $10.39 CAD