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  • Alone

    The Journeys of Three Young Refugees

    by Paul Tom ...
    Illustrated by Mélanie Baillairgé ...
    Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award, TranslationEach year, more than 400 minors arrive alone in Canada requesting refugee status. They arrive without their parents, accompanied by no adult at all.Alone relates the journey of three of them: Afshin, Alain and Patricia. Their story opens a window onto the many heartbreaks, difficult sacrifices and countless hardships that punctuate their ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Activism for Ordinary People

    by Paul Loeb ...
    Narrated by Michael Toms ...

    Unabridged

    55 min

    Do you have a burning desire to make the world a better place but are too afraid to try? When you picture an activist, do you see a shrill, humorless figure angrily spewing out scary statistics? Paul Loeb dispels this image with profiles of ordinary people who found the courage to step forward and engage themselves in their communities. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • White Rural Rage

    The Threat to American Democracy

    by Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway ... Read more

    Was $10.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The End of Vandalism

    A Novel

    by Tom Drury ...
    Set in rural Iowa, this "breathtaking . . . remarkable achievement" of a debut novel by the author of Pacific is "at once funny, sad, and touching" ( New York Newsday).A New York Magazine and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearWith extensive excerpts appearing in the New Yorker before its release, Tom Drury's groundbreaking debut, The End of Vandalism, drew widespread acclaim and comparison ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fourth Door

    by Paul Halter ...
    Translated by Tom Mead ...
    Series Book 1 - Twist & Hurst
    'Paul Halter is France's answer to John Dickson Carr' Martin EdwardsThe ultimate locked-room mystery.In Paul Halter's The Fourth Door, the impossible becomes reality. A haunted room. An unbroken seal. A murder victim whose very identity is an enigma. And then, a second death in a house surrounded by untrodden snow. Both crimes defy reason – but master detective Dr. Alan Twist reveals that even the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Opera as Art

    Philosophical Sketches

    by Paul Thom ...
    In Opera as Art: Philosophical Sketches, Paul Thom argues for opera as an art, standing alongside other artforms that employ visual and sonic media to embody the great themes of human life. Thom contends that in great operatic art, the narrative and expressive content collaborate with the work's aesthetic qualities towards achieving this aim. This argument can be extended to modern operatic ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Making Sense

    A Theory of Interpretation

    by Paul Thom ...
    Critics and artists (including performing artists) claim the title of 'interpreter' for themselves. Scientists do not so readily describe themselves in this way. But is the formulation of explanatory hypotheses in science so different from the interpretive work of artists? Making Sense recognizes that whenever interpretation occurs there may be a plurality of competing successful interpretations. ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Medieval Modal Systems

    Problems and Concepts

    by Paul Thom ...
    Series series Ashgate Studies in Medieval Philosophy
    This book explores noteworthy approaches to modal syllogistic adopted by medieval logicians including Abélard, Albert the Great, Avicenna, Averröes, Jean Buridan, Richard Campsall, Robert Kilwardby, and William of Ockham. The book situates these approaches in relation to Aristotle's discussion in the Prior and Posterior Analytics, and other parts of the Organon, but also in relation to the ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Conversations with Tom Petty

    by Paul Zollo, Tom Petty, Dana Petty ...
    It's an of-told story: a young Tom Petty lucks his way onto the movie set for Elvis's Follow That Dream. The lightning bolt that is rock 'n' roll struck him and, at that moment, his future was defined and Tom Petty went on to become one of the greatest songwriters in rock 'n' roll history.This expanded edition of the first authorised book on Tom Petty, and the only one in his own words, includes ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Histories

    by Herodotus, Paul Cartledge ...
    Translated by Tom Holland ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    “Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century.” —The Times Literary SupplementIn Tom Holland’s vibrant translation, one of the great masterpieces of Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassus—hailed by Cicero as the “Father of History”—composed his histories around 440 BC. The earliest surviving work of nonfiction, The ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Understanding World Christianity

    Eastern Africa

    by Paul Kollman, Cynthia Toms Smedley ...
    Series series Understanding World Christianity
    Each volume of the Understanding World Christianity series analyzes the state of Christianity from six different angles. The focus is always Christianity, but it is approached in an interdisciplinary manner--chronological, denominational, sociopolitical, geographical, biographical, and theological.Short, engaging chapters help readers understand the complexity of Christianity in the region and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rules of Logic

    by Najm al-Dīn al-Kātibī, Tony Street ...
    Series series Library of Arabic Literature
    A classic textbook on the study of logicIn the Muslim East, logic was an integral part of the syllabus of schools and found to be especially helpful for legal studies. It was in this milieu that The Rules of Logic was composed by Najm al-Dīn al- Kātibī, a scholar of the Shāfiʿī school of law.The Rules of Logic is the most widely read introduction to logic in the Arabic-speaking world. It has ... Read more

    $13.19 CAD