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  • The Montessori Method for Connecting to People with Dementia

    A Creative Guide to Communication and Engagement in Dementia Care

    by Tom Brenner, Karen Brenner ...
    Creative activities can support people with dementia, leading to moments of reconnection and joy. This book shows how the Montessori method - with its arts-based, person-centred and positive focus - can help caregivers connect to people with dementia.Drawing on 20 years of experience, Tom and Karen Brenner explain the philosophy of the Montessori method, provide clearly-written steps to follow ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • Research and Development in British Theatre

    Edited by Dr Tom Cantrell, Katherine Graham, Karen Quigley, Mark Love-Smith ...
    This is the first book to explore the rich range of research and development (R&D) practices in contemporary British theatremaking. Featuring chapters by internationally recognised researchers, as well as interviews with innovative theatremakers, this book analyses the work of some of the most exciting theatre companies in Britain. This collection draws on conversations with Selina Thompson, Rosie ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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    Through the Narrow Gate

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    Narrated by Justine Willis Toms ...

    Unabridged

    51 min

    In this highly personal account of an ex-nun’s transition from a cloistered, disciplined life, to a life in the world, confronting her human feelings and making her own decisions, Karen Armstrong discusses frankly and with humor her process of coping with the shifting values and lifestyles of the secular world. It is a revealing account of her discovery that the spiritual vocation can be an ever ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toymaker

    The autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods

    by Tom Karen ...
    Step inside his home and you'll see papier-mâché birds, a life-sized cardboard tiger, model cars; his work bench a vibrant collage of creativity, from hand-drawn maps and postcards to newly devised toys for his beloved grandchildren. Tom Karen is a toymaker, creative genius, award-winning designer and one of the world's most remarkable inventors. From inventing the Marble Run to designing the ... Read more

    $21.49 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Toymaker

    The autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods

    by Tom Karen ...
    Narrated by Mike Grady ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 12 min

    Step inside his home and you'll see papier-mâché birds, a life-sized cardboard tiger, model cars; his work bench a vibrant collage of creativity, from hand-drawn maps and postcards to newly devised toys for his beloved grandchildren. Tom Karen is a toymaker, creative genius, award-winning designer and one of the world's most remarkable inventors. From inventing the Marble Run to designing the ... Read more

    $75.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Racing Translingualism in Composition

    Toward a Race-Conscious Translingualism

    Edited by Tom Do, Dr. Karen Rowan ...
    Racing Translingualism provides both theoretical and pedagogical reconsiderations of the translingual approach to language diversity by addressing the intersections of race and translingualism.This collection extends the disciplinary conversations about translingualism by foregrounding the role race and racism play in the construction and maintenance of language differences. In doing so, the ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe

    Exploring Inter-Relationships Between Rural Policies, Farming, Environment, Demographics, Regional Economies and Quality of Life Using System Dynamics

    Edited by John M. Bryden, Sophia Efstratoglou, Tibor Ferenczi, Karlheinz Knickel, Tom Johnson, Karen Refsgaard, Kenneth J. Thomson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    This book presents the methodology and results of a three-year, eleven-country science-to-policy research project – Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development – undertaken between 2005 and 2008 and financed under the European Union's Sixth Framework program. It deals with an important contemporary policy issue: how best to ensure that an agriculturally-based policy ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Life Inside My Mind

    31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

    by Jessica Burkhart, Maureen Johnson, Robison Wells, Lauren Oliver, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Amy Reed, Aprilynne Pike, Rachel M. Wilson, Dan Wells, Amber Benson0, E. Kristin Anderson1, Sarah Fine2, Kelly Fiore-Stultz3, Ellen Hopkins4, Scott Neumyer5, Crissa-Jean Chappell6, Francesca Lia Block7, Tara Kelly8, Kimberly McCreight9, Megan Kelley Hall0, Hannah Moskowitz1, Karen Mahoney2, Tom Pollock3, Cyn Balog4, Melissa Marr5, Wendy Toliver6, Cindy L. Rodriguez7, Candace Ganger8, Sara Zarr9, Cynthia Hand0, Francisco X. Stork1 ...
    “Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review)“[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Materiality of Numbers

    Emergence and Elaboration from Prehistory to Present

    by Karenleigh A. Overmann ...
    This is a book about numbers – what they are as concepts and how and why they originate – as viewed through the material devices used to represent and manipulate them. Fingers, tallies, tokens, and written notations, invented in both ancestral and contemporary societies, explain what numbers are, why they are the way they are, and how we get them. Overmann is the first to explore how material ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

  • Bite-Sized Stories

    A Multi-Genre Flash Fiction Anthology

    by George Donnelly, Phronk, Adan Ramie, Griffin Carmichael, George Saoulidis, K. D. McAdams, Michael Barbato-Dunn, Tom Germann, Emily Martha Sorensen, Karen Diem, Raquel Lyon, J.T. Williams, Tricia Owens, Lynda Belle, Connie B. Dowell, Brian Manning, JC Kang, Jessie Thomas, Adam Hughes, Jaleta Clegg, Marilyn Vix, J. David Core, Jamie Campbell, Jennifer Lewis, Andrew K. Lawston ...
    Series Book 1 - Flash Flood
    From a creepypasta horror farm to a bullish love tale and from the bloody metal deck of the ESS Arclight to superhero octopus food trucks, you can transform your shortest stolen moments into utter delights with this diverse collection of 33 flash fiction stories.Commuting to work? Grabbing a quick coffee? Each story tells a complete tale in but a few short minutes with the added promise of a ... Read more

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  • Laser Safety

    Practical knowledge and solutions

    by Mr Patrick Bong, Mr Tom MacMullin, Ms Karen Kelley, Ms Lisa Manglass, Professor Randolph Paura, Mr Michael Thomas, Mr Larry Johnson ...
    Series series IOP Series in Coherent Sources, Quantum Fundamentals, and Applications
    Laser Safety: Practical knowledge and solutions provides an in-depth guide to laser safety for a wide variety of people who work regularly with lasers and similar products. Laser safety basics are discussed, with an explanation of laser safety devices and useful techniques to obtain workable laser safety culture. An expansion of topics not found in typical laser safety texts is also included: ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

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    Ian's Ride

    A Long-Distance Journey to Joy

    by Ian Mackay, Karen Polinsky ...
    Narrated by Tom Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 23 min

    While studying as a biology undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, Ian Mackay crashed his bike into a tree on campus. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, Mackay adapted to his new life with the help of his dedicated family, particularly his mother, Teena Woodward, and a group of quirky friends. After years of despair, and against all odds, he became an inspiring leader, an innovator with Apple, and a world ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook