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  • Audiobook

    Rachel and the Riot

    The Labor Movement Divides a Family

    Narrated by Charity Spencer ...
    Series series Sisters in Time

    Unabridged

    4 hours 10 min

    In Minneapolis in 1889, ten-year-old Rachel Borland finds her family torn apart by the new labor movement. Two of her uncles quarrel over the necessity of a streetcar workers' union-and before long, it becomes even more personal as Rachel is unwittingly caught up in a labor riot. Rachel and the Riot tells the compelling story of a young girl hoping to bring peace to her divided family-while at the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Lizzie and the Redcoat

    Stirrings of Revolution in the American Colonies (1765)

    Narrated by Charity Spencer ...
    Series series Sisters in Time

    Unabridged

    3 hours 14 min

    Time Period: Dec. 1764 - May 1766 Tensions simmer in 1765 Boston, home to twelve-year-old Lizzie Murray. Residents of the city are dividing over loyalty to England-and the divisions strike within Lizzie's own family, as her brother and father often find themselves at odds. When a mob wounds a young British soldier, Lizzie chooses to help the frightened Redcoat-a move that brings even more trouble ... Read more

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    Lydia the Patriot

    The Boston Massacre

    Narrated by Charity Spencer ...
    Series series Sisters in Time

    Unabridged

    3 hours 19 min

    Time Period: 1770 Twelve-year-old Bostonian Lydia Lankford knows in her heart of hearts that the patriot cause is true and just-so why can't other members of her family see that, too? When the Boston Massacre occurs, this fictional colonist finds herself witnessing a spark that helps to ignite the American Revolution. Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, the fascinating story of Lydia ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Leaf Boat Sailor

    by Susan Martin ...
    Series series Animals Found In My Yard
    As I sit back in my chair, something catches my eye, and I look up suddenly! Something looks out of place! What is going on in the pool? Is that a tiny creature on a leaf? Oh my goodness, is he okay? ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Uprooted

    Improving Humanitarian Responses to Forced Migration

    Series series Program in Migration and Refugee Studies
    By conservative estimates about 50 million migrants are currently living outside of their home communities, forced to flee to obtain some measure of safety and security. In addition to persecution, human rights violations, repression, conflict, and natural and human-made disasters, current causes of forced migration include environmental and development-induced factors. Today's migrants include ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Hope for Caregivers

    A 42-Day Devotional in Company with Henri J. M. Nouwen

    by Henri Nouwen ...
    "Caregiving is the holy act of the literal laying of hands on another to help and to heal. It requires strength, courage, and commitment to serve another intimately with dignity, respect, and love. The giving of such care, however, gives the one who cares a glimpse into God's priceless kenotic gift to humanity. This beautiful and important devotional based on Nouwen's magnanimous wisdom offers ... Read more

    $26.20 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Translating Science in the 18th and 19th Centuries

    Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Series series Science and Technology Studies
    This book explores the role of translation in shaping the knowledge-sharing processes that were and are seminal to scientific endeavour. It considers the mechanisms by which eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European science writing travelled within and beyond its home continent and non- European science was taken up in a colonial context. Using insights from fields of research including book ... Read more

    Free

  • The Night Visitor

    by Susan Martin ...
    Muffled sounds coming from the front of the house…Think about when you saw that unfamiliar animal for the first time! Oh my gosh! Did you see a fluffy striped tail, paws that have fingers, curious beady black eyes, and was he rummaging through your trash can? Did he suddenly look up to see you? Was he startled? You were alarmed! What was that? What would you think?Children will love this tale of ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Unfinished Business

    Two Decades with the EU Takeover Directive

    Series series International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
    The adoption of the EU Takeover Directive in 2004 was marked by significant challenges, with negotiations spanning over a decade. This book provides comprehensive analysis, practical insights, and forward-looking policy recommendations. It discusses contentious issues such as the mandatory bid rule, acting in concert, and take-over defences. It also looks at developments such as sustainability in ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Waves of War

    by Susan Martin ...
    On D-Day, June 6th, 1944, the Allies landed approximately 156-thousand troops on the beaches in Normandy called “Operation Overload.” Fighting alongside them were 73-thousand Americans on two beaches. On Omaha Beach there were 23,250. On Utah Beach 23,250. And 15,500 more made up the airborne troops. C.P. Martin was on the first wave at Omaha, cramped into a landing craft with his band of brothers ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • We Both Laughed In Pleasure

    The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan

    "Celebratory, even radical"—The New Yorker"Monumental"—HyperallergicWe Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Boris and Oliver's Great Adventure

    Boris and Oliver are tame circus animals. Due to a train accident they end up alone and stranded in the wild forest. Join the adventure. ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD