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  • The 10 Rules Of Rock And Roll

    Collected Music Writings 2005-11

    by Robert Forster ...
    In his first book, Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster takes readers on an idiosyncratic journey through the past and present of popular music: from Bob Dylan to Cat Power, from AC/DC to Nana Mouskouri, from The Saints to Franz Ferdinand.With 30 years experience as a recording artist and performer and an undimmed love of popular music, Forster’s observations about his fellow artists ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grant & I

    by Robert Forster ...
    “In early ’77 I asked Grant if he’d form a band with me. ‘No,’ was his blunt reply.”Grant McLennan didn’t want to be in a band. He couldn’t play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. However, when Robert Forster began weaving shades Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, Grant was swayed and the 80s indie sensation, The Go-Betweens, was born. These friends would ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Songwriters on the Run

    by Robert Forster ...
    ‘A comic odyssey, a crime thriller and a nuts-and-bolts account of making art. Not bad for one book!’ PAUL KELLY‘Completely marvellous! Couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. You’ll swear he wrote it just for you. Ain’t no world in which Robert effing Forster missed his calling, but, damn, the bloke was born to write books.’ TRENT DALTONIt’s 1991, and Australian singer-songwriters Mick Woods and ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Grant & I: Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens

    by Robert Forster ...
    “In early ’77 I asked Grant if he’d form a band with me. ‘No,’ was his blunt reply.”Grant McLennan didn’t want to be in a band. He couldn’t play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. However, when Robert Forster began weaving shades Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, Grant was swayed and the 80s indie sensation, The Go-Betweens, was born. These friends would ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • European and Non-European Societies, 1450–1800

    Volume I: The Longue Durée, Eurocentrism, Encounters on the Periphery of Africa and Asia

    Edited by Robert Forster ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1997, this is the first of two volumes. It looks at the process of European expansion which brought into contact societies and cultures across the world which had been initially alien to one another. Conflict, and violent conflict, was one aspect of this interaction, but accommodation, mutual adaptation, and institutional and behavioural synthesis were also present though often ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • European and Non-European Societies, 1450-1800

    Volume II: Religion, Class, Gender, Race

    Edited by Robert Forster ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1997, this volume looks at the process of European expansion which brought into contact societies and cultures across the world which had been initially alien to one another. Conflict was one aspect of this interaction, but accommodation, mutual adaptation, and institutional and behavioural synthesis were also present though often biased in favour of European norms. The intent ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

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    Roadside Picnic

    by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...
    Narrated by Robert Forster ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 8 min

    Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Everybody Dies

    A Matthew Scudder Mystery

    by Lawrence Block ...
    Narrated by Robert Forster ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 8 min

    Matthew Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life, one of stability and respectability— even the New York streets don't look so mean anymore. He's married to a woman he loves, and wonder of wonders, he's actually gotten around to becoming an officially licensed private investigator. Then all hell breaks loose. Matthew' s best friend from Hell's Kitchen asks for his help, and Scudder' s world ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Nobility of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century

    A Social and Economic Study

    by Robert Forster ...
    Originally published in 1960. This is a regional study of the nobility of Toulouse in the eighteenth century. The complex notion of class and the peculiarities of each region in France during the Ancien Régime make it difficult for historians to render a general portrait of the provincial French aristocracy. This study describes the economic interests and investments of noblemen in Toulouse. Some ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The House of Saulx-Tavanes

    Versailles and Burgundy, 1700-1830

    by Robert Forster ...
    Originally published in 1971. In The House of Saulx-Tavanes: Versailles and Burgundy, 1700–1830, Professor Robert Forster examines the noble family of Saulx-Tavanes from the reign of Louis XIV to the Restoration. He provides readers with an account of a single aristocratic family's relationship to the changing political culture of the eighteenth century. Forster explores how an old aristocratic ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Merchants, Landlords, Magistrates

    The Depont Family in Eighteenth-Century France

    by Robert Forster ...
    Originally published in 1980. A social historian of modern France, Robert Forster discovered a series of father-to-son letters that presented an unusual opportunity to trace in human terms the impact of institutions and cultural norms on eighteenth-century French society. From these letters and other family papers, Forster reconstructed a family biography of the Deponts of La Rochelle over four ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Healthy Running Step by Step

    Modern Methods for Injury-Free Running, Injury Prevention, and Rehab

    by Robert Forster, Roy Wallack ...
    Healthy Running Step by Step will help runners of all ages and abilities understand why running injuries occur, how to prevent them, and how to speed up recovery. Injuries plague the majority of runners, wrecking training plans and cutting running careers short by decades, but they are not inevitable. Authors Robert Forster, P.T., and Roy M. Wallack explain that nearly all running injuries can be ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD