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A Cold Welcome

The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America

by Sam White ...

Cundill History Prize FinalistLongman–History Today Prize Finalist“Meticulous environmental-historical detective work.”—Times Literary SupplementWhen Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia. The effects of this climactic upheaval were stark and unpredictable: blizzards and deep freezes, droughts ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Cundill History Prize FinalistLongman–History Today Prize Finalist“Meticulous environmental-historical detective work.”—Times Literary SupplementWhen Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia. The effects of this climactic upheaval were stark and unpredictable: blizzards and deep freezes, droughts
... Read more
The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

by Sam White ...

Series series Studies in Environment and History
The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. This study demonstrates how imperial systems of provisioning and settlement that defined Ottoman power in the 1500s came unraveled in the face of ecological pressures and extreme cold and drought, leading to the outbreak of the ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. This study demonstrates how imperial systems of provisioning and settlement that defined Ottoman power in the 1500s came unraveled in the face of ecological pressures and extreme cold and drought, leading to the outbreak of the
... Read more
Repairing the Breach

by Sam White, Golden Winters ...

Repairing The Breach is a call and response collaborative narrative of two kindred spirits of a thirty year generational gap. The lyrics and poetry wraps around cultural oppression, and addresses social and emotional recovery. The Artist intertwined amplifying voices of shared similarities and differences through creative expression. They chose to live beyond the designated parameters dictated by ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Repairing The Breach is a call and response collaborative narrative of two kindred spirits of a thirty year generational gap. The lyrics and poetry wraps around cultural oppression, and addresses social and emotional recovery. The Artist intertwined amplifying voices of shared similarities and differences through creative expression. They chose to live beyond the designated parameters dictated by
... Read more
We Didn't Start the Fire

My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia

by Sam Rainsy, David Whitehouse ...

Cambodia’s long-time opposition leader and former finance minister Sam Rainsy is committed to establishing democracy in his homeland. He is in exile in France to avoid a twelve-year prison sentence on politically motivated charges, and is banned from contesting the July 2013 elections. In this autobiography, he recounts his early years in Cambodia, his family’s expulsion and his relationship with ... Read more

$27.46 CAD

Cambodia’s long-time opposition leader and former finance minister Sam Rainsy is committed to establishing democracy in his homeland. He is in exile in France to avoid a twelve-year prison sentence on politically motivated charges, and is banned from contesting the July 2013 elections. In this autobiography, he recounts his early years in Cambodia, his family’s expulsion and his relationship with
... Read more
Non-Binary Lives

An Anthology of Intersecting Identities

by Jespa Jacob Smith, Vynn, Ynda Jas, LJ, Ludo Tolu, Mina Tolu, Kimwei McCarthy, Annelyn Janib, Dang Nguyen, Fred Langridge, Rev Rowan Bombadil, Calvin Hall, Ed Lord, Eli Effinger-Weintraub, Al Head, Chai-Yoel Korn, Karen Pollock, Igi Moon, Lucy / Luc Nicholas, mud howard, Eli, Cal Orre, Daniel Morrison, S. W. Underwood, H Howitt, Sam Hope, Francis Ray White, Drew Simms, Alex Iantaffi ...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST'Essential reading' - THE INDEPENDENT'Vital and insightful' - OWL FISHERWhat does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century?Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities and countries we are born into; and the places we go and the people we meet. But the representation of contemporary non-binary identities has been limit... ... Read more

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LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST'Essential reading' - THE INDEPENDENT'Vital and insightful' - OWL FISHERWhat does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century?Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities and countries we are born into; and the places we go and the people we meet. But the representation of contemporary non-binary identities has been limit...
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Sleepy Stories

15 Relaxing Story to Help Toddlers and Young Children Calm Down and Sleep

by Maria Alice Hoyer, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Maud Lindsay, Herman Hofberg, Hans Christian Andersen, Edith Nesbit, Johnny Gruelle, Sam Johnson ...

Narrated by Holly Kyrre, Nicki White, Harriet Jones ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Sleepy Stories
Unabridged

2 hours 30 min

Say goodnight the gentle way with this soothing collection of sleepy-time tales, perfect for toddlers and young children.Sleepy Stories features 15 calming and comforting stories specially designed to help little ones unwind, relax, and drift off to sleep. With gentle rhythms, peaceful themes, and soft storytelling, each tale creates a cozy, reassuring atmosphere that makes bedtime something to ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Say goodnight the gentle way with this soothing collection of sleepy-time tales, perfect for toddlers and young children.Sleepy Stories features 15 calming and comforting stories specially designed to help little ones unwind, relax, and drift off to sleep. With gentle rhythms, peaceful themes, and soft storytelling, each tale creates a cozy, reassuring atmosphere that makes bedtime something to
... Read more
Instinct University

Nerville

by SS Gaylstorm ...

Illustrated by Sam White ...

Series Book 1 - Instinct University
What are animals to do when they struggle to accomplish something that comes so easily to their peers? They go to Instinct University!In this first book of the series, Nerville, a green sea turtle, is afraid of the water. With the help of his sister, Mishelle, and all his friends, Nerville goes to Instinct University to master the skills necessary to thrive in the big blue sea. Will Nerville find ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

What are animals to do when they struggle to accomplish something that comes so easily to their peers? They go to Instinct University!In this first book of the series, Nerville, a green sea turtle, is afraid of the water. With the help of his sister, Mishelle, and all his friends, Nerville goes to Instinct University to master the skills necessary to thrive in the big blue sea. Will Nerville find
... Read more
The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History

Edited by Sam White, Christian Pfister, Franz Mauelshagen ...

Series series History (R0)
This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of ... Read more

$204.99 CAD

This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of
... Read more
Advertising and Public Memory

Social, Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Ghost Signs

Edited by Stefan Schutt, Sam Roberts, Leanne White ...

Series series Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
This is the first scholarly collection to examine the social and cultural aspects on the worldwide interest in the faded remains of advertising signage (popularly known as ‘ghost signs’). Contributors to this volume examine the complex relationships between the signs and those who commissioned them, painted them, viewed them and view them today. Topics covered include cultural memory, urban change ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

This is the first scholarly collection to examine the social and cultural aspects on the worldwide interest in the faded remains of advertising signage (popularly known as ‘ghost signs’). Contributors to this volume examine the complex relationships between the signs and those who commissioned them, painted them, viewed them and view them today. Topics covered include cultural memory, urban change
... Read more
Small Venues

Precarity, Vibrancy and Live Music

by Dr. Sam Whiting ...

Throughout the history of popular music, the careers of many culturally significant artists and groups began on the small stages of local bars clubs, pubs, and discotheques. When the stories of The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and the New York punk hardcore and post punk scenes are told, iconic venues such as The Cavern, The Marquee and CBGB's serve as the settings of their early chapters Small live ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

Throughout the history of popular music, the careers of many culturally significant artists and groups began on the small stages of local bars clubs, pubs, and discotheques. When the stories of The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and the New York punk hardcore and post punk scenes are told, iconic venues such as The Cavern, The Marquee and CBGB's serve as the settings of their early chapters Small live
... Read more
Audiobook

Naked Truth or Equality, the Forbidden Fruit

by Carrie Hayes ...

Narrated by Carrie Hayes, Melissa Miller, Alana Rader, Andrew Parks, Chris Bearne, David Feldman, Debra Green, Elizabeth Ross, Eva Natiello, Glenn Stoops0, Irwin Hahn1, Jacqueline Roussety2, Jon L. Peacock3, Joseph Glavin4, Lara Dale5, Leodis Smith6, Michael Rohd7, Peter Kierst8, Sam Costanzo9, Shelly A. White0, Steve Corona1, Teressa Chen2, Thia Stephan3, Tom Hayes4 ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Spirited Away
Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

BASED ON A TRUE STORYNEW YORK CITY, 1868. They beguiled the suffragists, seduced the millionaires and answered to no one. Spiritualist sisters, VICTORIA WOODHULL and TENNESSEE CLAFLIN were independent, politically progressive free thinkers. The Establishment vowed to destroy them. Based on the true story of the first woman to run for President of the United States, this is the Naked Truth, or ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

BASED ON A TRUE STORYNEW YORK CITY, 1868. They beguiled the suffragists, seduced the millionaires and answered to no one. Spiritualist sisters, VICTORIA WOODHULL and TENNESSEE CLAFLIN were independent, politically progressive free thinkers. The Establishment vowed to destroy them. Based on the true story of the first woman to run for President of the United States, this is the Naked Truth, or
... Read more
Audiobook

Next Fall

by Geoffrey Nauffts ...

Narrated by Patrick Breen, Patrick Heusinger, Jeremy Webb, Julie White, Maddie Corman, Sam McMurray ...

Unabridged

2 hours 7 min

In this Tony-nominated play, Adam and Luke are long-term partners with very different views on salvation. But when Luke is hospitalized in a tragic accident, Adam must come face-to-face with Luke’s faith … and his family. Starring members of the original Broadway cast.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Patrick Breen as AdamMaddie Corman as HollyPatrick Heusinger as LukeSam ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

In this Tony-nominated play, Adam and Luke are long-term partners with very different views on salvation. But when Luke is hospitalized in a tragic accident, Adam must come face-to-face with Luke’s faith … and his family. Starring members of the original Broadway cast.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Patrick Breen as AdamMaddie Corman as HollyPatrick Heusinger as LukeSam
... Read more

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