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  • The Bells of Nagasaki

    A first-hand account of the catastrophic atomic bombing

    by Takashi Nagai ...
    Translated by William Johnston ...
    ‘A book that everyone should read’ The TimesA harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki – and the acts of human kindness left in its wake.On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb. Forty thousand people are killed instantly. Doctor Takashi Nagai is not one of them.Pulling himself, broken and bloodied, from the wreckage that was once the ... Read more

    Was $17.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • The Education-Drug Use Connection

    How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and Delinquency

    by Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Peter Freedman-Doan, Emily E. Messersmith ...
    Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alco ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood

    Changes in Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs

    by Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Alison L. Bryant, Alicia C. Merline ...
    Series series Research Monographs in Adolescence Series
    This book is intended as a thoughtful extension to Bachman et al.'s well-received monograph Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood. That volume showed that the new freedoms of young adulthood lead to increases in substance use, while the responsibilities of adulthood--marriage, pregnancy, parenthood--contribute to declines in substance use. The Decline of Substance Use in Young ... Read more

    $72.82 CAD

  • Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood

    The Impacts of New Freedoms and New Responsibilities

    by Jerald G. Bachman, Katherine N. Wadsworth, Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd D. Johnston, John E. Schulenberg ...
    Series series Research Monographs in Adolescence Series
    Why do some young adults substantially change their patterns of smoking, drinking, or illicit drug use after graduating from high school? In this book, the authors show that leaving high school and leaving home create new freedoms that are linked to increases in the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. They also show that marriage, pregnancy, and parenthood create new ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD

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  • Voices of the Fallen Heroes

    And Other Stories

    by Yukio Mishima ...
    Translated by Jeffrey Angles, Sam Bett, Paul McCarthy, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Tomoko Aoyama, Hannah Osborne, Oliver White ...
    A new selection of Yukio Mishima (author of Spring Snow and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) short stories from the 1960s—his final decade—Voices of the Fallen Heroes offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of Japan’s greatest writers.In the title story, "Voices of the Fallen Heroes," a séance brings forth the spirits of young officers in the Imperial Army and the kamikaze pilots ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • After Midnight

    Thirteen Chilling Tales for the Dark Hours

    by Daphne du Maurier ...
    DISCOVER DU MAURIER AT HER DARKESTA stunning collection of thirteen chilling stories from the Godmother of Fear, introduced by international bestseller Stephen King.***'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' STEPHEN KING'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' SARAH WATERS'Unputdownable . . . After Midnight p... ... Read more

    Was $25.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

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  • The Crustacean

    The spiky revenge narrative from Lolita's perspective

    by Jang Jinyeong ...
    'THE CRUSTACEAN isn't a novel, it's an obsession . . . I would kill and die for this book' ALISSA NUTTING, author of TAMPA'MY DARK VANESSA meets EARTHLINGS. A truly unique gut-punch of a read' Alice Slater, author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER"When I was 13 I knew nothing about anything.I only cared about love.</em... ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • The Lie of the Land

    Who Really Cares for the Countryside?

    by Guy Shrubsole ...
    WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2025A WATERSTONES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2024'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES________________________________The lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners care for the countryside.Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good s... ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Facing Infinity

    Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

    by Jonas Enander ...
    Translated by Nichola Smalley ...
    A fresh, fascinating, up-to-the-moment appraisal of black holes—the massive astronomical objects with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape them, not even light—situating them at the center of our understanding of our place on Earth and in the universeHumanity’s relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling ... Read more

    Was $27.99 CAD Now $15.99 CAD

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  • Exophony

    Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue

    by Yoko Tawada ...
    Translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda ...
    An electrifying new side of the National Book Award Winner Yoko Tawada: her first book of essays in EnglishSHORTLISTED FOR THE NBCC AWARD IN CRITICISM AND THE GREGG BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZEA New Yorker Best Book of 2025I am trying to learn, with my tongue, sounds that are unfamiliar to me. A foreign-sounding word learned out of curiosity is not “imitation” per se. All of these ... ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • When We Ruled

    'A history the world needs' Bettany Hughes

    by Paula Akpan ...
    'POETIC AND FIERCE' - Olivette Otele, author of AFRICAN EUROPEANS**'****THIS SWEEPING HISTORY RESTORES WOMEN TO THE CENTRE OF AFRICAN POLITICAL POWER...**BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND RIGOROUS' The Observer'A RICH, SUMPTUOUS AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN TAPESTRY' - Candice Carty-Williams, author of QUEENIE'A SEARING, NOURISHING JOURNEY THROUGH A HISTORY THE WORLD NEEDS' - Bettany... ... Read more

    Was $11.99 CAD Now $4.99 CAD

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  • The Clock House Murders

    by Yukito Ayatsuji ...
    Translated by Ho-Ling Wong ...
    Series series The Bizarre House Mysteries
    **A deviously clever, locked room puzzle mystery from the celebrated Japanese author of The Decagon House Murders that’s perfect for fans of Uketsu’s Strange HousesBrilliant detective Shimada Kiyoshi must save a team of paranormal investigators, trapped in an abandoned house, as they are picked off one-by-one!**Rumor has it that the mysterious Clock House—a remote mansion built by notorious ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

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