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  • Slice of Life Omnibus

    Slice of Life, #4

    Series Book 4 - Slice of Life
    We can make hope happen, with whatever capacity we each have for hope.Doublejoy Books is pleased to present this omnibus edition of all three books in the Slice of Life series by Paula Johanson. Look here for the complete texts of No Parent Is An Island and the sequel Working Parent with more family stories! The series is complete with Under The Plow, a collection of her popular op-ed columns for ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under The Plow

    Slice of Life, #3

    Series Book 3 - Slice of Life
    Real life stories can tell who you are, and where you are, and sometimes whether anyone else is like you. Here in Under the Plow, there's a lot you'll recognize about home and neighbours or family and gardening, in these real life stories by writer Paula Johanson.Look here for insights into city folk and country living, as when Paula writes of learning to be both a writer and a farmer, and how can ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bat Poop Sparkles

    Young Science, #1

    Series Book 1 - Young Science
    The title says lots, but doesn't say it all. You have to read Bat Poop Sparkles to learn how penguins keep their nests clean, and parrotfish make white sand beaches. If you've heard what bears do in the woods, you'll learn they don't do it in winter.Bat Poop Sparkles is a book for young children to read with their families. Each pair of pages has a photo of an animal, a science fact about animal ... Read more

    Was $4.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Science Critters

    Did you ever want a seashore animal for a pet, but without an aquarium? How about a tarantula to sit peacefully on the arm of your sweater? In the book Science Critters you will find examples of toys or models of several small animals that have delighted both scientists and children.Here are explanations for making your own science critters of various kinds. Knitters will find patterns here to ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Charles Tupper: Warhorse

    Prime Ministers of Canada, #1

    Series Book 1 - Prime Ministers of Canada
    Not the worst prime minister of Canada, but not by much, Tupper held office for only ten weeks during an election before reluctantly conceding he lost. As a member of Parliament he always kept his doctor's bag under his desk, and Parliament kept two bars open while in session.There's a famous Canadian painting of the Fathers of Confederation, with John A. Macdonald at the centre of the assembly. ... Read more

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  • King Kwong: Larry Kwong, the China Clipper Who Broke the NHL Colour Barrier

    Who broke the colour barrier in the NHL? A man whose professional hockey career statistics include leading the senior leagues for scoring and for low penalty minutes -- and a single shift on the ice in an NHL game. He was scouted three times by NHL teams before that game, and courted away from the NHL to a powerful role in three different international leagues before retiring.He is Larry Kwong, a ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Green Paddler

    This book on paddlesports details using kayaks and other small boats with an eye to environmental sensibility and affordable recreation. In Green Paddler, author Paula Johanson reprises her short articles from Kayak Yak website and brings new insights & humour to the time she spends on the water."Superb! What a fantastic read for a Monday morning." -Pearly on AdvancedElements kayaking forumAs a ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Small Rain and Other Nightmares

    Whether walking from the big city to beyond Hope, or from a secret house in the hills to what's left of town, the characters in these stories are in transition from coping with the past and fears for the future. They find small but astonishing strengths when tried and tested in the story collection Small Rain and Other Nightmares.In stories of near futures uncomfortably like our own, author Paula ... Read more

    Was $4.99 CAD Now $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Parent Is An Island

    Slice of Life, #1

    Series Book 1 - Slice of Life
    It's two a.m. and you've got a crying child and you know you'll never remember this five years from now, but tonight it's all there is.It's two p.m. and the kids have covered themselves - outside and in! - with petroleum jelly, in just under thirty seconds. You know this could never happen to anyone else. Could it?No Parent Is An Island explores those moments when life becomes ... an adventure! ... Read more

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  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Child of Nature

    Prime Ministers of Canada, #1

    Series Book 1 - Prime Ministers of Canada
    Before he was elected to office, he hitch-hiked across North Africa, swam the Bosporus Strait on a whim, and ran with the bulls in Pamplona -- twice. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada's 15th prime minister, could be called the most colourful of them all.Trudeau was confident that his informed opinions were good for all Canadians. Not everyone agreed. Suspending civil liberties with the War Measures ... Read more

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  • Island Views

    After finishing her bachelor degree, an island holiday was just what Elise wanted, and the chance to discover stone carvings. Any place with a carrot juice stand couldn't be all bad. It might even be ... interesting. But the first thing she found was a jack-of-all-trades. Now, Dale knows about petroglyphs and how to find these carvings. Elise doesn't want to be one more project for this handyman ... Read more

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  • Woolgathering: Awareness of the Foreign in Published Works About Cowichan Woolworking

    Alt-Academic, #1

    Series Book 1 - Alt-Academic
    Working in wool to make traditional woven blankets and modern knitting has long been a primary cultural communication method of people in Cowichan First Nation, but published comments suggest non-Cowichan people have consistently failed to understand what was being communicated. An examination of the last 240 years of published comments on Cowichan woolworking shows themes of foreignness and co ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus