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  • Osiris, Volume 41

    Histories of Science and Childhoods

    Edited by Andrea Graus, Violeta Ruiz, Elisabeth M. Yang ...
    Series Book 41 - Osiris
    Converges the fields of childhood studies and the histories of science, medicine, and technology, foregrounding and investigating the entangled histories of the "child" and childhood and science.Building on the premise that neither childhood nor science are natural, essential, or universalizable entities, this Osiris volume examines the interrelation of these two categories tracing back to the ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

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  • Fast Few Cookies Recipes Cookbook

    Nourishing Treats For Every Occasion

    by VIOLETA J. TERRY ...
    "Introducing 'Fast Few Cookies Recipes Cookbook' – a delightful collection of quick and easy cookie recipes designed for both novice and seasoned bakers alike. Perfect for those with a sweet tooth and a busy schedule, this cookbook offers a treasure trove of delicious treats that can be whipped up in a flash.From classic chocolate chip cookies to inventive twists like peanut butter pretzel bites, ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD

  • Financial Crime in the Digital Era

    Innovative Approaches to Preventing Financial Fraud

    Edited by Monica Violeta Achim ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Financial crime in the digital era has become more complex, sophisticated, and pervasive. With the increasing use of technology and digital platforms, criminals are exploiting new methods to commit fraud, money laundering, identity theft, and other financial crimes. Combating financial crime in the digital era requires a multifaceted approach involving technological innovations, regulatory ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • The Kingdom of This World

    by Alejo Carpentier ...
    A masterful new translation of a haunting novel of nineteenth-century HaitiA few years after its liberation from harsh French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of great brutality under the reign of King Henri Christophe, who was born a slave but rose to become the first black king in the Western Hemisphere. In this unnerving novel from one of Cuba’s most celebrated authors, Henri ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Leaf Can Be . . .

    by Laura Purdie Salas ...
    Illustrated by Violeta Dabija ...
    Series series Can Be . . . Books
    A leaf is a leaf, a bit of a tree. But just try to guess what else it can be!A leaf can be a...shade spiller, mouth filler, tree topper, rain stopper. Find out about the many roles leaves play in this poetic exploration of leaves throughout the year.Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical, rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's glowing illustrations make simple yet profound observations about seemingly ordinary ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Discursive-Material Knot

    Cyprus in Conflict and Community Media Participation

    by Nico Carpentier ...
    The theoretical framework of the discursive-material knot consists out of a non-hierarchical ontology of the interactions of the discursive and the material, articulating the assemblages that are driven by this ontological setting as restless and contingent, sometimes incessantly changing shapes and sometimes being deeply sedimented. This book acknowledges the importance of discourse studies, in ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • The Lost Steps

    by Alejo Carpentier ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    **“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksThe best-known book by Cuba’s most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Explosion in a Cathedral

    by Alejo Carpentier ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    **“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksOne of Cuba’s—and Latin America’s—greatest historical novels, about imperial conquest carried out under the guise of liberation, in its first new English translation in ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Chestertons and the Golden Key

    by Nancy Carpentier Brown ...
    Summer vacation turns into an adventure for the three Nicholl sisters when Mr. Gilbert Chesterton and his wife come to town. Eleven-year-old Clare hopes to write a detective story. Eight-year-old Cece wants to be a champion roller-skater. And ten-year-old Joan just wants to learn how to play the locked piano in the family living room. But as they befriend the Chestertons, skating accidents, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mundane Genomics

    DNA after the Hype

    Edited by Violeta Argudo-Portal, Vincenzo Pavone, Mauro Turrini, Ayo Wahlberg ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book critically analyses the ongoing, often silent, expansion of genomics throughout society. Genomics has undeniably become an integral part of everyday life for many, albeit in ever-stratified ways, and this routinization process has come with interesting and often unpredicted consequences, interacting with national cultures, regulations, healthcare systems, patients, families, and more. ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Violeta among the Stars

    by Dulce Maria Cardoso ...
    Translated by Angel Gurria-Quintana ...
    suddenlyI should have stayed at home, I should have stayed at home, I should have stayed at home, for some time, seconds, hours, I can do nothing,suddenly I stopVioleta is driving along a lonely stretch of late-night motorway, in the midst of a fearsome storm. When her tired eyes close for just a second, her car veers off the road, rolls down a muddy embankment, over and over, and comes to... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Hard Work Day

    by Alan Arkin ...
    Illustrated by Violeta Encarnación, Georgia Berg ...
    From beloved actor Alan Arkin comes a new edition of his classic picture book, updated and reissued with irresistible new art.Tony is repeatedly denied the opportunity to participate as the rest of his family fixes up their new home—they all say he's too young! And so, off he goes to a nearby hillside and builds a house of his own! He lays a stone floor, chops down trees to make log walls and a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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