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  • The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise: Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me

    by Robert W. Norris ...
    This intimate autobiography traces the life and times and the unbreakable bond of two Pacific Northwest characters—a high-spirited and independent mother and a sensitive and stubborn son. Kay Schlinkman grows up on the banks of the Columbia River in the 1930s and 1940s. She overcomes a small logging town's ostracism in the late 1950s for her divorce, excommunication by the Catholic Church for ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Racing for the Bomb

    The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man behind the Birth of the Atomic Age

    by Robert S. Norris ...
    In September 1942, Colonel Leslie R. Groves was given the job of building the atomic bomb. As a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, Groves had overseen hundreds of military construction projects, including the Pentagon. Until now, scientists have received the credit for the Manhattan Project’s remarkable achievements. And yet, it was Leslie R. Groves who made things happen. It was ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Exonerated

    A History of the Innocence Movement

    by Robert J. Norris ...
    The fascinating story behind the innocence movement's quest for justice.Documentaries like Making a Murderer, the first season of Serial, and the cause célèbre that was the West Memphis Three captured the attention of millions and focused the national discussion on wrongful convictions. This interest is warranted: more than 1,800 people have been set free in recent decades after being convicted of ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Bioremediation (1993)

    by Robert D. Norris ...
    Series series CRC Press Revivals
    Written by leading soil and ground-water remediation scientists, Handbook of Bioremediation presents information regarding the processes, application, and limitations of using remediation technologies to restore contaminated soil and ground water. It covers field-tested technologies, site characterization requirements for each remediation technology, and the costs associated with their ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • On the Move

    Animal Migration

    by Robert Norris ...
    Series series Close-Up on Amazing Animals
    In On the Move: Animal Migration, students will learn why and how animals travel to adapt and survive. Young readers will love turning the page as they gain valuable information and are prompted to answer questions along the way. Take a fantastic photo journey into the wild with Rourke’s Close-Up on Amazing Animals for readers in grades K–3. Readers will explore the unique adaptations and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ZXT. Zombie Extermination Team

    by Robert Norris ...
    Z.X.T. Stands for "Zombie Extermination Team". A virologist desperate attempt at a cure accidentally gives humanity the power to push back against the undead and possibly take the planet back. This power comes in the form of what are known as ZXT's. ZXT's are carefully selected soldiers who are given this power and inherit enhanced size, strength, speed, agility etc. This gives them the ability to ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD

  • The Politics of Innocence

    How Wrongful Convictions Shape Public Opinion

    by Robert J. Norris, William D. Hicks, Kevin J. Mullinix ...
    2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsThe political dynamics that shape the Innocence MovementSince 1989, more than 3000 people are known to have been exonerated after being wrongly convicted in the United States. Each one of these cases represents a gross miscarriage of justice; they are stories of lives upended by a criminal legal system gone awry. Yet, this number just ... Read more

    $25.29 CAD

  • Looking for the Summer

    by Robert W. Norris ...
    David Thompson is a former Vietnam War conscientious objector in Paris on a quest to find himself in the early days of 1977. When he befriends an Iranian and an Afghan and is invited to return with them to their countries, his quest slowly becomes a descent into his own private hell. On the road from Europe to the East, he encounters Kurdish bandits in the eastern mountains of Turkey, becomes ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Autumn Shadows in August

    by Robert W. Norris ...
    Modeled roughly on Malcolm Lowry's Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid, this novel is part homage to Lowry and Hermann Hesse, part mushroom retrospective, and part middle-aged love story. David Thompson (the protagonist in Looking for the Summer) is an expatriate American teaching at a Japanese university and suffering from hepatitis C. His wife Kaori is recovering from stomach cancer ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toraware

    by Robert W. Norris ...
    The year is 1983. The place is the Kobe-Osaka area. A 33-year-old American drifter and Vietnam War veteran has just arrived in Japan seeking one more adventure and an escape from his past. A promiscuous, rebellious, 23-year-old Japanese woman has just returned from a two-year homestay in a Canadian mission, where she was sent by her parents to cure her suicidal behavior. A snobbish, upper-class, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Weekend Novelist

    by Robert J. Ray, Bret Norris ...
    Who doesn't dream of writing a novel while holding on to a day job? Robert J. Ray and coauthor Bret Norris can help readers do just that, with this proven practical and accessible step-by-step guide to completing a novel in just a year's worth of weekends. The Weekend Novelist shows writers of all levels how to divide their writing time into weekend work sessions, and how to handle character, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Mutiny Under Moonlit Sails - 8 Classic High Seas Stories of Pirates & Peril

    Enriched edition. The Mutineers, The Sea-Wolf, The Mystery of the Laughlin Islands, Moran of the Lady Letty, Treasure Island, Pirates, etc.

    by Charles Boardman Hawes, Jack London, Louis Becke, Frank Norris, Robert Louis Stevenson, H. Bedford-Jones, Charles active 1724-1731 Johnson, Frederick Marryat, Mason Ogden0 ...
    Mutiny Under Moonlit Sails - 8 Classic High Seas Stories of Pirates & Peril sails through treacherous waters of literary exploration, capturing the allure and danger of the pirate's life. This anthology encompasses an array of storytelling styles, from the robust journalism of Jack London to the imaginative adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson. Engaging in themes of rebellion, survival, and the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD