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  • Taylor Swift: A Biography

    by Mark Avery ...
    In the 16 year span of Taylor Swift's professional career, she has seen success, failures, and drama galore. From her humble beginnings in suburban Pennsylvania to Nashville, Tennessee and New York City, Swift has become a household name around the world. She has seen hundreds of award nominations and wins, as well as record-shattering albums, singles, and music videos.Though she started as a ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tom Hanks Biography

    by Mark Avery ...
    Tom Hanks is a beloved star for many movie fans. He appeared in plenty of blockbusters including Splash, Big, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, and all of the Toy Story movies.He started out performing in the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Ohio during the year 1977. Later, he would move to New York City to try his hand at acting. Tom Hanks then starred in a TV sitcom called Bosom Buddies, which would ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Remarkable Birds

    by Mark Avery ...
    Everything you didn’t know about the avian world: a fascinating compendium showcasing the extraordinary wonders of birds, illuminated with exquisite ornithological illustrations, prints, and drawingsHumans share the Earth with more than 10,000 species of birds and have always been enchanted by them. Birds can be a sign of the changing seasons, a symbol of freedom, or simply a breathtaking vision ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Fighting for Birds: 25 years in nature conservation

    by Mark Avery ...
    Devoted to birds and wildlife since childhood, Mark’s early scientific research at Oxford, Aberdeen and the RSPB provided a solid background for his management, ambassadorial, and political lobbying activities which were to follow – and his larger than life, yet quietly humane personality has provided the final tools in his own, unique, nature conservationists’ toolbox. In this book, Mark mixes a ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Inglorious

    Conflict in the Uplands

    by Mark Avery ...
    ONE OF 2015'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES AND THE MAIL ON SUNDAY.A hard-hitting, passionate and well-researched book about the conflict between driven grouse shooting and nature conservation in Britain, with a foreword by Chris Packham.Driven grouse shooting, where flocks of Red Grouse are chased by lines of beaters so that they fly over lines of 'guns' that shoot the fast-flying birds, is a ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Birds and Forestry

    by Mark Avery, Roderick Leslie ...
    Series series Poyser Monographs
    In this book, an ornithologist and a forester have combined their skills to try and tease out the real facts behind the various arguments on forestry.The conflict between forestry and nature conservation has become a major environmental issue in Britain in the 1980s. The planting of large tracts of land with exotic conifers and the resulting disturbance of existing plant and animal communities has ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • A Message from Martha

    The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today

    by Mark Avery ...
    The story of Passenger Pigeon, and what we can learn from its demise 100 years ago.September 1st, 2014 marked the centenary of one of the best-documented extinctions in history – the demise of the Passenger Pigeon. From being the commonest bird on the planet 50 years earlier, the species became extinct on that fateful day, with the death in Cincinnati Zoo of Martha – the last of her kind.This book ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Echoes of the Dragon's Land

    Uncovering the Hidden Histories of Wales: Culture, Identity, and Legacy

    by Mark M Avery ...
    Series series History of The Four Nations
    Wales, a land of rolling hills, ancient castles, and enduring myths, holds a unique and deeply significant place in the history of the British Isles. While the familiar tales of dragons, heroic kings, and legendary battles captivate the imagination, there exists a far richer, more intricate narrative waiting to be explored—one filled with stories of resilience, creativity, and a steadfast cultural ... Read more

    $7.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Happiness in Journalism

    Edited by Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, Claudia Mellado ...
    This book examines how journalism can overcome harmful institutional issues such as work-related trauma and precarity, focusing specifically on questions of what happiness in journalism means, and how one can be successful and happy on the job.Acknowledging profound variations across people, genres of journalism, countries, types of news organizations, and methodologies, this book brings together ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Violence and Politics

    Globalization's Paradox

    Edited by Kenton Worcester, Sally Avery Bermanzohn, Mark Ungar ...
    Series series New Political Science Reader
    Violence and Politics points out a paradox of contemporary political violence: it appears to be growing in scope and complexity even in this era of unprecedented democratic and economic growth. These essays cover a number of timely issues including pro-life terrorism, hate crimes, Islam's connection (or stereotyped connection) to violence, rape as a war crime, ethnic conflicts, and violence ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • The Vanishing Pact

    A Tale of Shadows, Secrets, and Sacrifice

    by Mark M Avery ...
    Series series The Curious Cousins Chronicles: Modern Fairytales of Magic and Mystery
    In the quiet village of Wick, where life is usually simple and peaceful, something dark and sinister is lurking beneath the surface. When Amelia’s best friend, Isla, suddenly vanishes; her very existence erased from memories and social media, Amelia and her cousins are thrown into a modern-day fairytale, where danger and magic hide in plain sight.The Vanishing Pact is a spellbinding blend of old ... Read more

    $3.67 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reflections

    What Wildlife Needs and How to Provide it

    by Dr. Mark Avery ...
    In this informed, incisive and passionate commentary on the state of nature and conservation, Mark Avery reflects on our relationship with the wildlife around us. From the cats that pass through his garden to the chronic decline of farmland wildlife, from the Pasqueflowers he visits every spring to the proportion of national income devoted to saving nature – everything is connected, and everything ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD