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  • Don't Shoot the Messenger

    A riotous and hilarious satire about connections and second chances

    by Rob Harris ...
    They've changed. He hasn't. And that's the problem.Alan Hope has spent his entire working life as a reporter for the local newspaper. Now in his early sixties, he's the newsroom dinosaur, firmly out of touch with the TikTok generation. So when his editor insists he starts an online blog, Alan treats it like free therapy. It's not like anyone is actually going to read it… right?Wrong! Because the ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Barry White Is Still Absurd

    by Rob Harris ...
    Everyone's favorite rugby fan takes a crack at adulting in this darkly comic novel from the author of The Absurd Life of Barry White.Life was easier when Barry White was just a rugby-playing, pint-drinking, responsibility-dodging manchild. But after accidentally becoming a millionaire, he lets the village think his late mother left them a fortune—including £100K for the church. Now the vicar's ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Barry White: The Walrus of Wales

    An uplifting and hilarious slice-of-life comedy drama

    by Rob Harris ...
    Everyone's favourite calamity is back… and this time, it's serious. Probably.Barry White has spent most of his life avoiding responsibility – and doing a surprisingly good job of it. But now, with a baby on the way and his unhealthy lifestyle suddenly under scrutiny, even Barry can't dodge adulthood forever.Not that he won't try.Still living in his tiny Welsh village, Barry finds himself juggling ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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    The Absurd Life of Barry White

    by Rob Harris ...
    Narrated by Iain Batchelor ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 57 min

    He’s an unambitious, video game–playing loafer—and he’s not going to let money change him…Barry White Jr. is a self-professed man-child, and he likes it that way. He’s also a content creator for a logistics firm. No one in his Welsh village really knows what that means—least of all Barry.To add a little spice to his life, Barry places bets here and there. Then, one day, he wins big and is burdened ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • After Impressionism

    Poetry and Painting, 1874-1914

    by Rob Harris ...
    Impressionist painting was the dominant art form of its time, and one to which English-speaking poets were profoundly responsive. Yet the relationship between impressionism and poetry has largely been overlooked by literary critics. After Impressionism rectifies this oversight by offering the first extended account of impressionism's transformative impact on anglophone verse. Through close ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • A History of the Office and Office Work

    From Castle to Condominium

    by Rob Harris ...
    This book brings together the office and office working as an economic construct, as a business function, as a building type and as a mode of work. It explores social and economic relations, and it traces the evolution of work and the environment and equipment needed to support it over the last 400 years. In so doing, it helps to fill a void in popular understanding of the office.The role of the ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • Won't You Dance for Virat Kohli?

    The Secret Life and Thoughts of a Cricketing Badger

    by Rob Harris ...
    Former Gloucestershire Media Sports Writer of the Year Rob Harris has been playing village cricket for almost 40 years. In inner cities some kids join street gangs in search of respect, but in Rob's childhood the gangs were village cricket clubs and the weapon of choice was a Gunn & Moore bat. Won't You Dance for Virat Kohli? is an honest, funny and colourful account of sporting obsession and how ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • London’s Global Office Economy

    From Clerical Factory to Digital Hub

    by Rob Harris ...
    London’s Global Office Economy: From Clerical Factory to Digital Hub is a timely and comprehensive study of the office from the very beginnings of the workplace to its post-pandemic future. The book takes the reader on a journey through five ages of the office, encompassing sixteenth-century coffee houses and markets, eighteenth-century clerical factories, the corporate offices emerging in the ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Audiobook

    A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever

    The Story of Spinal Tap

    by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer ...
    Narrated by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 26 min

    A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Nonfiction**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel*.***Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever

    The Story of Spinal Tap

    by Rob Reiner ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel*.***Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Study of Word Stress and Accent

    Theories, Methods and Data

    Edited by Rob Goedemans, Jeffrey Heinz, Harry van der Hulst ...
    Stress and accent are central, organizing features of grammar, but their precise nature continues to be a source of mystery and wonder. These issues come to the forefront in the phonetic manifestation of stress and accent, their cross-linguistic variation and the subtle and intricate laws they obey in individual languages. Understanding the nature of stress and accent systems informs all aspects ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Sustainable Tourism

    Edited by Rob Harris, Peter Williams, Tony Griffin ...
    Sustainable Tourism is vital reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities associated with sustainable tourism development, and how government and industry have responded to the challenges the concept poses.The major areas addressed in this edited volume are:* perspectives and issues associated with the concept of sustainable tourism development* accreditation, education and ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD