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  • Riding the Bus with My Sister

    A True Life Journey

    by Rachel Simon ...
    A "heartwarming, life-affirming" memoir of a relationship with an intellectually disabled sibling: "Read this book. It might just change your life" ( Boston Herald).Beth is a spirited woman with an intellectual disability who lives intensely and often joyfully, and spends most of her days riding the buses in Pennsylvania. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers, her ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Story of Beautiful Girl

    by Rachel Simon ...
    It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. Deeply in love, they escape, and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow. But the couple is not alone-Lynnie has just given ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Pickleball for All

    Everything but the "Kitchen" Sink

    by Rachel Simon ...
    An entertaining and comprehensive look at America’s fastest growing sport, Pickleball for All is the ultimate primer for any level of player interested in the wacky history, unique rules, and exciting future of pickleball.Bainbridge Island, Washington State. On a sleepy summer vacation, three dads with bored kids started a game with handmade equipment and rules that were even more hastily ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Always Take Notes

    Advice from Some of the World's Greatest Writers

    Edited by Simon Akam, Rachel Lloyd ...
    In this compendium of literary wisdom, celebrated authors share insights and anecdotes on the art of turning good stories into bestsellers.Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, hosts of the renowned podcast Always Take Notes, have spent years delving into the lives and minds of literary luminaries. Now they share the most illuminating and unforgettable interview moments, as writers from Irvine Welsh to ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Every Body Book

    The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families

    by Rachel E. Simon ...
    Illustrated by Noah Grigni ...
    AASECT Book Award for Children under 18 years oldAmerican Library Association 2021 Rainbow Book List Top 10 Title for Young ReadersThis vibrant and beautifully illustrated book teaches children sex, gender and relationships education in a way that is inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Covering puberty, hormones, pregnancy, consent, sex, babies, relationships and families, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Magic Touch

    A Novel

    by Rachel Simon ...
    This wild, magic-realist ride of a novel, originally published in 1994, is funny, sexy, satirical, linguistically exuberant, and utterly unique. Written as a fictional biography, it tells the life story of a woman with magical sexual powers that she uses to heal people. The story follows our heroine from her miraculous birth through her childhood in a magical orphanage to adulthood, when she ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The House on Teacher's Lane

    A Memoir of Home, Healing, and Love's Hardest Questions

    by Rachel Simon ...
    The bestselling author of Riding the Bus with My Sister shares an illuminating and beautifully woven memoir about the unexpected ways a home renovation can repair a heart.When Rachel Simon and her architect husband begin to renovate their house on Teacher's Lane, she braces herself for the ups and downs that often accompany such projects. But to her surprise, as the old walls fall and new paint ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Every Body Book of Consent

    An LGBTQIA-Inclusive Guide to Respecting Boundaries, Bodies, and Beyond

    by Rachel E. Simon ...
    We often think about consent in a sexual context, but it actually lies at the heart of our daily life - in interactions with family and friends, and in the respect and empathy we show ourselves and others!From the bestselling author of The Every Body Book, this lovingly illustrated guide introduces consent in all its many forms - in a way that is inclusive of orientation, neurodiversity, gender ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    River Clyde

    by Simone Buchholz ...
    Narrated by Imogen Church ...
    Series Audiobook 5 - Chastity Riley

    Unabridged

    6 hours 2 min

    State prosecutor Chastity Riley runs off to Glasgow. For one, there is that letter, written by a lawyer, that lures her to the birthplace of her great-great-grandfather. And secondly, her life in Hamburg has arrived at a sad impasse. In the rough, Scottish city she meets Tom, who knows the key that unlocks the Rileys' family secret. She never dared confront the painful truths about herself, but ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Acapulco

    by Simone Buchholz ...
    Narrated by Imogen Church ...
    Series Audiobook 6 - Chastity Riley

    Unabridged

    6 hours 43 min

    A serial killer is on the loose in Hamburg, targeting dancers from The Acapulco, a club in the city's red-light district, taking their scalps as gruesome trophies and replacing them with plastic wigs. Chastity Riley is the state prosecutor responsible for crimes in the district, and she's working alongside the police as they investigate. Can she get inside the mind of the killer? Her strength is ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Research in Health and Social Care

    Edited by Simon Williams, Rachel Searcey ...
    Research in Health and Social Care equips students and early-career practitioners with the crucial knowledge, skills and understanding required to conduct sound research. Accessibly written, it is structured to allow professionals and students to engage in the theoretical development of their practice in ethical and reflective research.Each chapter is co-written with students, featuring vignettes ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Writer's Survival Guide

    An Instructive, Insightful Celebration of the Writing Life

    by Rachel Simon ...
    This inspirational guide for aspiring and experienced writers was originally published in 1997. Written in a friendly, hopeful, and gently humorous tone, it focuses on the creative process and emotional ups and downs of the creative life, providing insights into how to persist in the face of rejection, frustration, feelings of inadequacy, lack of support from loved ones, and more. It also offers ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus