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  • A Dog called Perth

    The Voyage of a Beagle

    by Peter Martin ...
    The moving true story of Perth the beagle.'Perth was a dog larger than life. She bought us adventure, drama and joy. She changed us forever.'From the instant they spotted the forlorn puppy in the kennel, Cindy and Peter Martin knew she was the one for them. Refusing to remain a mere pet, Perth becomes an adored member of the household - fiercely loyal, impossibly intelligent and totally trusting. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Why pamper life's complexities?

    Essays on The Smiths

    by Peter Martin, Martin Hargreaves ...
    Series series Music and Society
    For five short years in the 1980s, a four-piece Manchester band released a collection of records that had undeniably profound effects on the landscape of popular music and beyond. Today, public and critical appreciation of The Smiths is at its height, yet the most important British band after The Beatles have rarely been subject to sustained academic scrutiny. Why pamper life’s complexities?: ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • A Dog Called Perth

    The True Story of a Beagle

    by Peter Martin ...
    This heartwarming story of a truly remarkable dog, who changed the lives of her owners forever, will move and delight dog lovers everywhere.From the moment Peter and Cindy Martin spotted her as a puppy in a kennel she came streaking toward them and staring with her intense gaze, they knew she was the one. Almost immediately, she became a central part of their household. Alwayas left to run free, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • China's Civilian Army

    The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

    by Peter Martin ...
    The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on the front line: China's diplomats. They give a rare perspective on the greatest geopolitical drama of ... Read more

    $20.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Desert Mounted Corps: An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria 1917 - 1918

    by Richard Martin Peter Preston ...
    When General Allenby arrived in Egypt in June 1917, and assumed command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, British prestige in the East was at a very low ebb. The evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915, followed by the fall of Kut el Amara four months later, and by our two unsuccessful attacks on Gaza in the spring of the following year, had invested the Turkish arms with a legend of ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Spirit of Crazy Horse

    The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement

    by Peter Matthiessen, Martin Garbus ...
    An “indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In ParadiseOn a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • THE NUCLEAR FUSION

    Unlocking the Power of the Stars A Guide to Understanding Nuclear Fusion

    by Peter Martin ...
    Series series Science and Technology Books
    THE NUCLEAR FUSIONNuclear fusion is a fascinating and cutting-edge method of generating energy that might fundamentally alter our way of life. The same process that powers the stars is at work here, and if we can harness it, it will provide a plentiful and healthy supply of energy for a very long time.With our in-depth manual, "The Nuclear Fusion Book," learn the revolutionary developments in ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design in Weak Rocks

    Edited by Derek Martin, Peter Stacey ...
    Weak rocks encountered in open pit mines cover a wide variety of materials, with properties ranging between soil and rock. As such, they can provide a significant challenge for the slope designer. For these materials, the mass strength can be the primary control in the design of the pit slopes, although structures can also play an important role. Because of the typically weak nature of the ... Read more

    $161.59 CAD

  • The Dictionary Wars

    The American Fight over the English Language

    by Peter Martin ...
    A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of EnglishIn The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson’s 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Music and the sociological gaze

    Art worlds and cultural production

    by Peter J. Martin ...
    Series series Music and Society
    In this important new book, Peter J. Martin explores the interface between musicological and sociological approaches to the analysis of music, and in doing so reveals the differing foundations of cultural studies and sociological perspectives more generally. Building on the arguments of his earlier book Sounds and society, Dr Martin initially contrasts text-based attempts to develop a ‘social’ ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Burford's Wartime Stories

    Edited by Peter Martin ...
    Echoes of war in a Cotswold's townSituated in the Cotswolds, Burford has always possessed a sense of tranquillity: medieval stone cottages and streets seemingly untouched by the passage of time. War, however, weighed down on every part of the British Isles and Burford was no exception.Burford's Wartime Stories is a social history - a mosaic of memories that reveals how ordinary people responded to ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Swashbuckling Tales of West Pirates

    by Peter James Martin ...
    Well known in the city of Bristol for his Pirate Walks around the harbourside, Peter James Martin's enduring fascination with the seafaring rogues inspired him to produce this book of swashbuckling tales. Weaving together colourful folklore and intriguing facts, the collection of stories about some of the West Country of England's most notorious characters reveals this area's connections to the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus