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Suicides and Murders

Take a Face-Off with Death, Collection of Poems for Brave, Curious and Daring People

by Justin Byrne, Darren Power, Anita Green, Noah Carlin, Tiffany Smalls, Michelle Hoppe, Julia Ponder, Patrick Hansel, Brinda Gulati, Melissa Speed, Matt Barker, Shay Wills, Jana Forkel, George Richardson, Brenda James, Connor Hebert, Anthony Raymond, Callie Connelly, Brycea Pacheco, Chin-yer Wright, Fran Abrams, Rachel Martin, Lynn Portillo, Vance Walker, Martha Patterson, Heather Dearmon, gil rosado, Ismah Khan, Brian Jewell, Samantha Auch, Susan Breall, Cathleen Davies, Scott Hayworth, Martha Kahane, Nicole Ginocchi, Malia Nahinu, Alice Green, Claire Fullerton, Mike Cardwell, lael cassidy, Betsy Rupp, Robin Smith ...

Series series Collection of Poems
This book is a compilation of poems themed around crime, criminals, murderers, etc. Different poets from around the world, in their poetic approach, have described crime, criminals, their mindsets, pre and afterthoughts, and all the negativity during any incident. It takes a heart full of bravery and a sharp mind capable of doing fast evaluation & interpretation of imaginary visuals and quotes ... Read more

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This book is a compilation of poems themed around crime, criminals, murderers, etc. Different poets from around the world, in their poetic approach, have described crime, criminals, their mindsets, pre and afterthoughts, and all the negativity during any incident. It takes a heart full of bravery and a sharp mind capable of doing fast evaluation & interpretation of imaginary visuals and quotes
... Read more
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The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance

How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World

by Paul Robert Walker ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world’s most magnificent structures and ignited the RenaissanceThe dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is among the most enduring symbols of the Renaissance, an equal to the works of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Its ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

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Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world’s most magnificent structures and ignited the RenaissanceThe dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is among the most enduring symbols of the Renaissance, an equal to the works of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Its
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The Ash House

by Angharad Walker ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

An unsettling, gripping middle grade debut about searching for a sense of belonging in the wrong places, and the bravery it takes to defy those who seek to control us. This is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children meets Lord of the Flies for fans of Neil Gaiman and Holly Black.When Eleven-year-old Sol arrives at the Ash House, desperate for a cure for his complex pain syndrome, he finds a ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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An unsettling, gripping middle grade debut about searching for a sense of belonging in the wrong places, and the bravery it takes to defy those who seek to control us. This is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children meets Lord of the Flies for fans of Neil Gaiman and Holly Black.When Eleven-year-old Sol arrives at the Ash House, desperate for a cure for his complex pain syndrome, he finds a
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Majestie

The King Behind the King James Bible

by David Teems ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

In the Beginning, James. Orphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the young King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English throne at the height of EnglandÆs Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising tensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign, he spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western historyùthe ... Read more

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In the Beginning, James. Orphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the young King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English throne at the height of EnglandÆs Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising tensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign, he spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western historyùthe
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Evolutions

Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World

by Oren Harman ...

Narrated by Oren Harman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe.Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific ... Read more

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We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe.Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific
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Da Vinci's Ghost

Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image

by Toby Lester ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

Everybody knows the picture: a man, meticulously rendered by Leonardo daVinci, standing with arms and legs outstretched in a circle and asquare. Deployed today to celebrate subjects as various as the grandeurof art, the beauty of the human form, and the universality of the humanspirit, the drawing turns up just about everywhere: in books, on coffeecups, on corporate logos, even on spacecraft. It ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

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Everybody knows the picture: a man, meticulously rendered by Leonardo daVinci, standing with arms and legs outstretched in a circle and asquare. Deployed today to celebrate subjects as various as the grandeurof art, the beauty of the human form, and the universality of the humanspirit, the drawing turns up just about everywhere: in books, on coffeecups, on corporate logos, even on spacecraft. It
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The Tragedy of the Templars

The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States

by Michael Haag ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

14 hours 15 min

The acclaimed medieval historian chronicles the rise of Templar powers in the Levant—and the saga of their destruction.Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and ... Read more

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The acclaimed medieval historian chronicles the rise of Templar powers in the Levant—and the saga of their destruction.Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and
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The Revolutionary Genius of Plants

A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior

by Stefano Mancuso ...

Narrated by Gibson Frazier ...

Unabridged

4 hours 14 min

"In this thought-provoking, handsomely illustrated book, Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso considers the fundamental differences between plants and animals and challenges our assumptions about which is the ‘higher’ form of life.” —The Wall Street Journal“Fascinating…full of optimism…this quick, accessible read will appeal to anyone with interest in how plants continue to surprise us.” ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

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"In this thought-provoking, handsomely illustrated book, Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso considers the fundamental differences between plants and animals and challenges our assumptions about which is the ‘higher’ form of life.” —The Wall Street Journal“Fascinating…full of optimism…this quick, accessible read will appeal to anyone with interest in how plants continue to surprise us.”
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The Sumerians

Their History, Culture, and Character

by Samuel Noah Kramer ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums BC. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines ... Read more

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The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums BC. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines
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Fire and Light

How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World

by James MacGregor Burns ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

Unabridged

14 hours 33 min

In this engaging history, James MacGregor Burns brings to vivid life the two-hundred-year conflagration of the Enlightenment, during which audacious questions and astonishing ideas tore across Europe and the New World, transforming thought, bringing down governments, and inspiring visionary political experiments that would ultimately reach every corner of the globe. Unlike most historians, Burns ... Read more

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In this engaging history, James MacGregor Burns brings to vivid life the two-hundred-year conflagration of the Enlightenment, during which audacious questions and astonishing ideas tore across Europe and the New World, transforming thought, bringing down governments, and inspiring visionary political experiments that would ultimately reach every corner of the globe. Unlike most historians, Burns
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Proof!

How the World Became Geometrical

by Amir Alexander ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our worldOne night in 1661, Nicholas Fouquet, a superintendent under Louis XIV, was arrested. His crime was peculiar: he had dared to construct a grand geometrical garden. In doing so, he violated an irrefutable hierarchy: that geometry, in its perfection, was a testament to divine right. The elegant, symmetrical designs ... Read more

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An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our worldOne night in 1661, Nicholas Fouquet, a superintendent under Louis XIV, was arrested. His crime was peculiar: he had dared to construct a grand geometrical garden. In doing so, he violated an irrefutable hierarchy: that geometry, in its perfection, was a testament to divine right. The elegant, symmetrical designs
... Read more

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The Forger’s Spell

A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

by Edward Dolnick ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van Meegeren managed to pass off his paintings as those of one of the most beloved and admired artists who ever lived. As Edward Dolnick reveals, his true genius lay in ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van Meegeren managed to pass off his paintings as those of one of the most beloved and admired artists who ever lived. As Edward Dolnick reveals, his true genius lay in
... Read more

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