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  • Over Our Dead Bodies:

    Undertakers Lift the Lid

    Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . . I Had Lost The Hearse!Funerals and the all the things that accompany them are traditionally somber, contemplative events in ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Melting Point

    High Command and War in the 21st Century

    As the Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important — and controversial — operations in modern U.S. military history. He had direct operational responsibility for the strikes on Qassem Soleimani and two successive leaders of ISIS, the many months of deterrence operations against Iran and its proxies, and the methodical drawdown in Iraq. He directed ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • Mortuary Confidential:

    From scary to heartwarming and hilarious, an assortment of behind-the-scenes, true stories about life as an undertaker.From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell—and a special way of telling them.In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Melting Point

    High Command and War in the 21st Century

    Unabridged

    12 hours 5 min

    General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important—and controversial operations in modern US military history. The Melting Point has three themes. The first one is the importance of the primacy of civilian control of the military. It has become widely perceived that this control has been eroded over the years. General McKenzie doesn't believe that to be the case, arguing that the civ-mil ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Philippine Resistance Against Japan in World War II

    Series series Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
    Guerrilla warfare in the Philippines—shaped by centuries of resistance tactics against occupational powers—produced surprising yet often underappreciated strength during World War II. Insurgency groups bolstered by Allied support were crucial to Japan’s defeat. Although most resistance movements in the Pacific Theater were not largely documented, the offer of US veteran status to Filipino ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Over Our Dead Bodies

    Undertakers Lift the Lid

    Unabridged

    7 hours 5 min

    With humor and heart, Over Our Dead Bodies does for the undertaking profession what Mary Roach's Stiff did for cadavers, and, like Caitlin Doughty's Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? gives us permission to embrace our morbid curiosity. From the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alberta's Economic and Fiscal Future

    Alberta has a long history of facing serious challenges to its economy, including shocks in the form of resource price instability, market access constraints, and federal energy and regulatory policies. However, the recent and current challenges seem more threatening. It appears that this time is truly different.The collapse of oil and gas prices in 2014 combined with the rapid growth of U.S. oil ... Read more

    Free

  • Audiobook

    Mortuary Confidential

    Undertakers Spill the Dirt

    Unabridged

    6 hours 47 min

    When the casket reached the front of the sanctuary, there was a loud cracking sound as the bottom fell out. And with a thump, down came Father Iggy.From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell—and a special way of telling them.In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Unlimited Mind

    How to Break Through Mental Barriers and Unlock Your Brain's True Potential

    Narrated by AI Voice Kenneth ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 5 min

    This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Do you ever feel like you're barely tapping into a fraction of your actual intellectual potential?In a world saturated with information, attention fractures quickly. Self-doubt creeps in, invisible limiting beliefs hold you back, and mental fatigue makes it nearly impossible to retain what actually matters. Every day can feel like a constant struggle ... Read more

    $10.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Everything Is Obvious

    *Once You Know the Answer

    Narrated by Duncan J. Watts ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 38 min

    By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future.Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in ... Read more

    $19.50 CAD

  • Cemetery Stories

    Haunted Graveyards, Embalming Secrets, and the Life of a Corpse After Death

    An insider's tour of cemetery culture—from embalming to epitaphs, restless ghosts, crimes against the dead, and more.Admit it: You're fascinated by cemeteries. We all die, and for most of us, a cemetery is our final resting place. But how many people really know what goes on inside, around, and beyond them? Enter the world of the dead as author Katherine Ramsland talks to mortuary assistants, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Undertaker's Diary

    Putting You in the Same Room as Death!

    An Undertaker's Diary is based on the diariesthat the authorkept during his 7 years as an undertaker.The stories are told 'through his eyes' and in a raw and down to earth way that will absorb the reader in each and every varied encounter with death.This is not for the 'fainted hearted' and contains gruesome and often disturbing accounts of tragedy and death from plane crashes to house fires, ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD