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  • The Mystery of the Moonlight Murder

    by Roderick Benns ...
    One hundred years ago, under the light of a full moon, 12-year-old John Diefenbaker and his younger brother are nearby when their neighbour is shot to death in a field. The murder in small-town Saskatchewan ignites a desperate search for the killer and when a family friend is arrested for the murder, John is certain they have the wrong man. But with only five days left before the murder trial, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mystery of the Moonlight Murder:

    An Early Adventure of John Diefenbaker

    by Roderick Benns ...
    Series series Leaders & Legacies
    Murder and mystery on the Canadian prairies! August, 1908. One hundred years ago, under the light of a full moon, 12-year-old John Diefenbaker and his younger brother, Elmer, are nearby when their neighbour is shot to death in a field. The murder in small-town Saskatchewan ignites a desperate search for the killer by the Royal North West Mounted Police.When a family friend of the Diefenbakers is ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Arthur Meighen

    A Way with Words

    by Roderick Benns ...
    Arthur Meighen, Canada’s ninth prime minister, was the greatest debater in Canadian history. He led Canada twice as prime minister, yet both periods of time were brief against the crafty William Lyon Mackenzie King. He dominated his opponents with razor-sharp wit, conviction, and a photographic memory. Out of all Canada’s prime ministers, he was truly unbeatable in debate. Yet for all his skills ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Legends of Lake on the Mountain

    An Early Adventure of John A. Macdonald

    by Roderick Benns ...
    Series series Leaders & Legacies
    When a grizzled old man shoves a decades-old treasure map into 13-year-old John A. Macdonald’s hands, he’s certain this will be the best summer ever. But that was before a humpback lake serpent is seen at twilight by the people of Stone Mills in the mysterious Lake on the Mountain. As people flee in panic, John knows his family might be next unless he can figure out what dwells in the lake in time ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • It's Basic Income

    The Global Debate

    by Elizabeth Rhodes, Otto Lehto, Soumya Kapoor, Anke Hassel, Edward Whitfield, Uffe Elbæk, Jonathan Reynolds, Caroline Lucas, Roope Mokka, Karl Widerquist, Chris Oestereich0, Marcus Brancaglione1, Bruna Augusto2, Alexander De Roo3, Jenna van Draanen4, Roderick Benns5, Howard Reed6, Stewart Lansley7, Andrew Harrop9, Matt Zwolinski0, Annie Miller1, Sarath Davala2, Lousie Haagh3, Malcolm Torry4, Philippe Van Parijs5, Peter Beresford6, Ian Gough7, Francine Mestrum8, Brenton Caffin9, Katariina Rantanen0, Ruth Lister1, Vanessa Olorenshaw2, Ursula Barry3, Toby Deller4, Brian Eno5, Eduardo Rodriguez Montemayor6 ...
    Is a Universal Basic Income the answer to an increasingly precarious job landscape?Could it bring greater financial freedom for women, tackle the issue of unpaid but essential work, cut poverty and promote greater choice? Or is it a dead-end utopian ideal that distracts from more practical and cost-effective solutions?Contributors from musician Brian Eno, think tank Demos Helsinki, innovators such ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • Yesterday's Dead

    by Pat Bourke ...
    It is the end of the First World War, and thirteen-year-old Meredith yearns to become a teacher. But she must leave school to help support her family, moving to the city to work as a maid in a wealthy doctor's home. As the deadly Spanish Flu sweeps across the city, members of the household fall ill one by one. With the doctor working night and day at the hospital, only Meredith and the doctor's ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Taken

    by Norah McClintock ...
    Two girls have recently disappeared near the town where Stephanie lives. She is concerned but is sure that it could never happen to her. But then it does. Tied up and alone far from home, she manages to escape her captor and run for her life. But she is in the middle of nowhere, with no food, no shelter and no way home. And worst of all, she has run away before, so she is sure that the police will ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ashes Ashes

    by Jo Treggiari ...
    A thrilling tale of adventure romance and one girl's unyielding courage through the darkest of nightmares. Epidemics floods droughts--for sixteen-year-old Lucy the end of the world came and went taking 99% of the population with it. As the weather continues to rage out of control and Sweepers clean the streets of plague victims Lucy survives alone in the wilds of Central Park. But when she's ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Hana's Suitcase

    by Karen Levine ...
    Series Book 3 - Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers
    Hana's Suitcase, the acclaimed children's book read by thousands of children around the world - In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan. Fumiko Ishioka, the center's curator, was captivated by the writing on the outside that identified its owner - Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, Waisenkind (the German word for orphan). Children visiting the center ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Twin's Daughter

    by Lauren Baratz-Logsted ...
    Lucy Sexton is stunned when her mother's identical twin sister shows up at the family's front door one day. Separated at birth, the two women have had dramatically different upbringings, and Lucy's mother, Aliese, will do anything to make it up to Helen-including taking Helen into their home and turning her into a lady that all of society will admire. Aunt Helen's transformation is remarkable. But ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Awful Auntie

    by David Walliams ...
    Illustrated by Tony Ross ...
    Awful Auntie, from Children's author David Walliams.Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret – and slightly spooky – weapon up her sleeve… ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Basic Income

    And How We Can Make It Happen

    by Guy Standing ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it...as we move into an age where work and leisure become blurred, and work dissociated from incomes, Standing's analysis is vital' Paul MasonShouldn't everyone receive a stake in society's wealth?Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all?What would this mean for our health ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD