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  • King of Kings

    The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

    by Asfa-Wossen Asserate ...
    Translated by Peter Lewis ...
    Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was as brilliant as he was formidable. An early proponent of African unity and independence who claimed to be a descendant of King Solomon, he fought with the Allies against the Axis powers during World War II and was a messianic figure for the Jamaican Rastafarians. But the final years of his empire saw turmoil and revolution, and he was ultimately ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Meetings With Remarkable Trees

    by Thomas Pakenham ...
    Thomas Pakenham's beautifully illustrated, bestselling book of tree portraits.With this astonishing collection, Thomas Pakenham produced a new kind of tree book. The arrangement owes little to conventional botany. The sixty trees are grouped according to their own strong personalities: Natives, Travellers, Shrines, Fantasies and Survivors. From the ancient native trees, many of which are huge and ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Company of Trees

    A Year in a Lifetime's Quest

    by Thomas Pakenham ...
    'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of MeadowlandThomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In The Company of Trees he recounts his personal quest to establish a large arboretum on the family estate, Tullynally in Ireland; his forays to other tree-filled parks and plantations; his often hazardous seed-hunting expeditions; and his ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Meetings With Remarkable Trees

    by Thomas Pakenham ...
    Narrated by Thomas Pakenham, Bill Paterson ...
    Series series CASSELL ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS

    Unabridged

    3 hours 11 min

    Thomas Pakenham's classic portraits of sixty distinctive trees, available in download form for the first time. Written by Thomas Pakenham and read by Bill Paterson with an introduction read by the author and music by Orlando Gough. This download includes a fully illustrated accompanying PDF booklet.In 1996 with this astonishing collection, Thomas Pakenham produced a new kind of tree book. The ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover

    by Anthony Summers ...
    A New York Times–bestselling author's revealing, "important" biography of the longtime FBI director ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).No one exemplified paranoia and secrecy at the heart of American power better than J. Edgar Hoover, the original director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For this consummate biography, renowned investigative journalist Anthony Summers interviewed more than eight ... Read more

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  • The Hidden Life of Trees

    What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World

    by Peter Wohlleben, Suzanne Simard ...
    Translated by Jane Billinghurst ...
    Series Book 1 - The Mysteries of Nature
    A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • One of the most beloved books of our time: an illuminating account of the forest, and the science that shows us how trees communicate, feel, and live in social networks. After reading this book, a walk in the woods will never be the same again.“Breaks entirely new ground ... [Peter Wohlleben] has listened to trees and decoded ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tree

    A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter

    by Colin Tudge ...
    A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Royal Murders

    by Dulcie M Ashdown ...
    This book examines the motives, means and consequences of the murders among members of Europe's ruling families over the last 1,000 years. Plucking true stories due to their historical significance and sheer intrigue, this book relates violent deaths amid royal splendour and the overthrow of tyrants by oppressed populations. Methods vary from sword and arrow, to bomb and bullet, to alleged ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Diana in Search of Herself

    Portrait of a Troubled Princess

    by Sally Bedell Smith ...
    The first authoritative biography of one of the most fabled women of the twentieth century—Princess Diana—that paints an insightful and haunting portrait, a “chilling vision of loneliness, need, and untreated mental illness” (USA Today).“[Sally Bedell] Smith has done a remarkable job extracting what’s genuinely pertinent and interesting about Diana. . . . If you’re going to read one Diana book, ... Read more

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  • Trees

    by Alastair Fitter ...
    Series series Collins Gem
    The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material.This is the perfect pocket guide for nature enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly seen trees, whether they are out on the town or strolling through the countryside.Authoritative text, beautiful photographs and detailed illustrations show not only the overall shape of the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Lilibet

    An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II

    by Carolly Erickson ...
    In Lilibet, master biographer Carolly Erickson turns her skill at writing un-put-downable narrative to telling the remarkable story of Elizabeth II, Queen of England.With her customary psychological insight, historian Erickson traces the queen's gilded but often thorny path from her overprotected girlhood to her ascension to the throne at twenty-five to her personal and national difficulties as ... Read more

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  • The Audience

    by Peter Morgan ...
    For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve prime ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life. It is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.The Audience breaks this contract of silence. It imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD