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  • Small Scale Soil-less Urban Agriculture in Europe

    by Silvio Caputo ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This Monograph focuses on the new approaches that urban agriculture offers to grow food in cities. The author paints a dynamic picture of soil-less and indoor techniques that are currently emerging. A growing number of small scale community-led and entrepreneurial initiatives are using such techniques for diverse objectives: to increase resource efficiency; to strengthen food security; to educate ... Read more

    $153.99 CAD

  • Don't Let Me Catch You

    by Silvio Caputo ...
    In a time of distant memory, there was a small town where legends had walked its cobblestone streets alongside dangers of all sorts. These legends were unafraid of perils lurking around every turn. They passed their time with their heads held high knowing that a mistake in judgement would put them in serious danger. Out of the shadow of these legend stepped three little boys, hearing tales of them ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Death of Spring

    by Silvio J. Caputo ...
    In 1913, the Southern Colorado coal fields exploded into a war between the newly organized United Mine Workers of America and the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron. The company's history had been marked by violent deaths in mine explosions and infant mortalities from disease caused by squalid conditions in the company-owned camps. The Death of Spring tells the story of Vincenzo, an Italian ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Achilles

    In the Fire of Destiny

    by Silvio J. Caputo ...
    The name Achilles induces the image of the consummate warrior, an icon of an ancient time that has held its fascination for thousands of years. Yet his story remained scattered in the works of ancient poets, with occasional pieces brought to the big screen, until now. The Fire of Destiny tells Achilless story from his traumatic birth at Phthia to his vindictive war against Troy. Even more, it ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe

    Edited by Simon Bell, Runrid Fox-Kämper, Nazila Keshavarz, Mary Benson, Silvio Caputo, Susan Noori, Annette Voigt ...
    Although urban allotment gardening dates back to the nineteenth century, it has recently undergone a renaissance of interest and popularity. This is the result of greater concern over urban greenspace, food security and quality of life. This book presents a comprehensive, research-based overview of the various features, benefits and values associated with urban allotment gardening in Europe.The ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

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    Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

    by Edith Hamilton, Jim Tierney ...
    This deluxe edition of the world's most beloved, bestselling classic on Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology is stunningly illustrated with specially commissioned full-color plates and a beautiful gold-bordered pages.Since its original publication in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller. For nearly 80 years, ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Fashion and Textiles

    Design Journeys

    by Kate Fletcher ...
    Praise for the previous edition:"[A] fascinating book." John Thackara, Doors of Perception"Provides the foundations for a radical new perspective." Ethical Pulse"At last a book that dispels the idea that fashion is only interested in trend-driven fluff: not only does it have a brain, but it could be a sustainable one." Lucy Siegle, Crafts MagazineFully revised and updated, the second edition of ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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    by Charles Bukowski ...
    A compilation of Charles Bukowski's underground articles from his column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" appears here in book form. Bukowski's reasoning for self-describing himself as a 'dirty old man' rings true in this book."People come to my door-too many of them really-and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk . . . . ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Iliad

    A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

    by Homer, Caroline Alexander ...
    With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless heroic tale of the Trojan War.Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year military war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers ...
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    by Gary Paulsen ...
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  • Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece

    by Gustav Schwab ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy. These stories of heroes and powerful gods and goddesses are set forth simply and movingly, in language that retains the power and drama of the original ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD