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  • The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses, Canadian poetry

    by Robert Service ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon".[1][2] He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". His writing was so expressive that his readers took him for a hard ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Best of Robert Service

    by Robert Service ...
    This new and revised edition of poems about the men and women of the North features the most loved ballads by Robert Service, and is illustrated with lively art by Marilen Van Nimwegen. While living in Whitehorse, Robert Service wrote The Cremation of Sam McGee, and other well-known poems. He wrote and published into his mid-eighties. He was quoted as saying, I just go for a walk and come back ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The August Coup

    The Destruction of the Soviet Union and the Making of New Russia 1985-1991

    by Robert Service ...
    'Lively and insightful' – The Times'Magnificent' – The Guardian'A masterly piece of scholarship, written like a political thriller' – The Irish Times‘Superb . . . A work of quite exceptional scholarship and narrative verve’ – Literary Review‘A must-read for those fascinated by the decline and fall of the USSR’ – Mark Galeotti'Immensely well-researched and compellingly written . . . grips the rea.. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Songs of a Sourdough, Canadian poetry

    by Robert Service ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon".[1][2] He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". His writing was so expressive that his readers took him for a hard ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, Canadian poetry

    by Robert Service ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon".[1][2] He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". His writing was so expressive that his readers took him for a hard ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lenin

    A Biography

    by Robert Service ...
    **A critically acclaimed portrait of Vladimir Lenin, from one of the finest scholars of modern and Soviet era Russia.'This book deserves a place among the best studies of one of the most fascinating figures in modern history' – Harold Shukman, The Times**A colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated, Lenin’s full story remains somewhat unknown. Drawing on ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Russia and Its Islamic World

    From the Mongol Conquest to The Syrian Military Intervention

    by Robert Service ...
    Russia has long played an influential part in its world of Islam, and not all the dimensions are as widely understood as they ought to be. In Russia and Its Islamic World, Robert Service examines Russia's interactions with Islam at home and around the globe and pinpoints the tsarist and Soviet legacy, current complications, and future possibilities. The author details how the Russian encounter ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stalin

    A Biography

    by Robert Service ...
    **The acclaimed biography of Joseph Stalin from Robert Service, world-leading expert in modern and Soviet era Russia.'Outstanding . . . will be read for decades' – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar**Spanning from childhood to death, Service chronicles every element of Stalin’s life: his formative interactions in Georgia, his youthful revolutionary activism, his ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • Ballads of a Cheechako, Canadian poetry

    by Robert Service ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon".[1][2] He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". His writing was so expressive that his readers took him for a hard ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trotsky

    A Biography

    by Robert Service ...
    **Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, an acclaimed portrait of Leon Trotsky from one of the finest scholars of modern and Soviet era Russia.‘An outstanding, fascinating biography of this dazzling titan’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Daily Telegraph**Trotsky lived a brilliant life in extraordinary times. A pioneering radical politician, theorist, and icon of the Russian Revolution, he is commonly ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • History of Modern Russia

    from tsarism to the twenty-first century

    by Robert Service ...
    Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century, undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed History of Modern Russia, Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country whose Soviet past encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror, and two world wars. He shows how seven decades of communist rule, which penetrated every aspect of Soviet life, continue to influence ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • The Last of the Tsars

    Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution

    by Robert Service ...
    A masterful and forensic study of the last year of Nicholas II’s reign, from a world-leading scholar of Russian history.‘Outstanding . . . essential reading’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Mail on SundayIn March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. Robert Service examines ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD