Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Baptized with the Soil

Christian Agrarians and the Crusade for Rural America

by Kevin M. Lowe ...

In the early twentieth century, many Americans were troubled by the way agriculture was becoming increasingly industrial and corporate. Mainline Protestant churches and cooperative organizations began to come together to promote agrarianism: the belief that the health of the nation depended on small rural communities and family farms. In Baptized with the Soil, Kevin M. Lowe offers for the first ... Read more

$100.79 USD

In the early twentieth century, many Americans were troubled by the way agriculture was becoming increasingly industrial and corporate. Mainline Protestant churches and cooperative organizations began to come together to promote agrarianism: the belief that the health of the nation depended on small rural communities and family farms. In Baptized with the Soil, Kevin M. Lowe offers for the first
... Read more
ESCAPE

by Mylrell Miner, Timothy Jackson, Kevin Lowe ...

DO YOU WANT TO ESCAPE?From behind bars three exciting new authors using fiction writing does just that. Delivering an intriguing variety of short stories, from urban drama to dark fantasy. Inbetween these pages you will discover love, betrayal, action, adventure, and the present day reality of racism and prejudice.In “STANDING STILL” Timothy Jackson spins a compelling urban drama around a young ... Read more

$3.99 USD

DO YOU WANT TO ESCAPE?From behind bars three exciting new authors using fiction writing does just that. Delivering an intriguing variety of short stories, from urban drama to dark fantasy. Inbetween these pages you will discover love, betrayal, action, adventure, and the present day reality of racism and prejudice.In “STANDING STILL” Timothy Jackson spins a compelling urban drama around a young
... Read more
Seized by Uncertainty

The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19

by Kevin Quigley, Kaitlynne Lowe, Sarah Moore, Brianna Wolfe ...

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it was an uncertain threat, which emerged within complex psychological, social, legal, administrative, and economic contexts.Seized by Uncertainty explains how Canadian governments responded to that threat. Despite ... Read more

$44.99 USD

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it was an uncertain threat, which emerged within complex psychological, social, legal, administrative, and economic contexts.Seized by Uncertainty explains how Canadian governments responded to that threat. Despite
... Read more
Working with Parents of Young People

Research, Policy and Practice

by Amanda Holt, Cris Hoskin, Helen Richardon Foster, Kevin Lowe, Sarah Lindfield, Nigel Sherriff, Julie Shepherd, Stephanie Stace, Kerry Devitt, Lester Coleman, Helen Richardson Foster, Louise Cox ...

This book provides practical guidance for a wide range of professionals working with parents and families, answering common questions such as 'How can parents facilitate their child's transition to secondary school?' and 'How can families best communicate about alcohol?'.Drawing on the findings from years of applied research projects carried out by the Trust for the Study of Adolescence, each ... Read more

$36.89 USD

This book provides practical guidance for a wide range of professionals working with parents and families, answering common questions such as 'How can parents facilitate their child's transition to secondary school?' and 'How can families best communicate about alcohol?'.Drawing on the findings from years of applied research projects carried out by the Trust for the Study of Adolescence, each
... Read more
Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research

Implications for Policy and Practice

Edited by Nikki Moodie, Kevin Lowe, Roselyn Dixon, Karen Trimmer ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores the current state of research on Indigenous education in Australia. In particular, these chapters focus on exploring deep and enduring questions about the failures of schooling to address the needs of Aboriginal communities. This book provides a systematic analysis of existing research to explain how connection to culture - and the recognition of Indigenous sovereignties and ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book explores the current state of research on Indigenous education in Australia. In particular, these chapters focus on exploring deep and enduring questions about the failures of schooling to address the needs of Aboriginal communities. This book provides a systematic analysis of existing research to explain how connection to culture - and the recognition of Indigenous sovereignties and
... Read more
Re-awakening Languages

Theory and Practice in the Revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous Languages

Edited by John Hobson, Kevin Lowe, Susan Poetsch, Michael Walsh ...

The Indigenous languages of Australia have been undergoing a renaissance over recent decades. Many languages that had long ceased to be heard in public and consequently deemed 'dead' or 'extinct', have begun to emerge.Geographically and linguistically isolated, revitalisers of Indigenous Australian languages have often struggled to find guidance for their circumstances, unaware of the others ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The Indigenous languages of Australia have been undergoing a renaissance over recent decades. Many languages that had long ceased to be heard in public and consequently deemed 'dead' or 'extinct', have begun to emerge.Geographically and linguistically isolated, revitalisers of Indigenous Australian languages have often struggled to find guidance for their circumstances, unaware of the others
... Read more
Hello, My Name Is Octicorn

by Justin Lowe, Kevin Diller ...

Illustrated by Binny Talib ...

An Amazon Best Book of the YearMeet Octicorn, the funny, sweet, and disarming character who is a champion for anyone who has ever felt a little bit different. And isn’t that everyone? This is a self-published success story from debut authors Justin Lowe and Kevin Diller.Octicorn is half octopus, half unicorn, half confused . . . which sometimes makes it hard to fit in.But maybe that’s not such a ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

An Amazon Best Book of the YearMeet Octicorn, the funny, sweet, and disarming character who is a champion for anyone who has ever felt a little bit different. And isn’t that everyone? This is a self-published success story from debut authors Justin Lowe and Kevin Diller.Octicorn is half octopus, half unicorn, half confused . . . which sometimes makes it hard to fit in.But maybe that’s not such a
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Audiobook

Hello, My Name is Octicorn

by Kevin Diller, Justin Lowe ...

Narrated by Nellie Phillips ...

Unabridged

4 min

An Amazon Best Book of the YearMeet Octicorn, the funny, sweet, and disarming character who is a champion for anyone who has ever felt a little bit different. And isn’t that everyone? This is a self-published success story from debut authors Justin Lowe and Kevin Diller.Octicorn is half octopus, half unicorn, half confused . . . which sometimes makes it hard to fit in.But maybe that’s not such a ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

An Amazon Best Book of the YearMeet Octicorn, the funny, sweet, and disarming character who is a champion for anyone who has ever felt a little bit different. And isn’t that everyone? This is a self-published success story from debut authors Justin Lowe and Kevin Diller.Octicorn is half octopus, half unicorn, half confused . . . which sometimes makes it hard to fit in.But maybe that’s not such a
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Witness to Reconstruction

Constance Fenimore Woolson and the Postbellum South, 1873-1894

by Kathleen Diffley, Anne E. Boyd, Martin T. Buinicki, Annamaria Formichella Elsden, Janet Gabler-Hover, Caroline Gebhard, Michael Germana, Carolyn Hall, Sharon Kennedy-Nolle, John Lowe0, Geraldine Murphy1, Kevin E. O'Donnell2, John H. Pearson3, Timothy Sweet4, Anthony Szczesiul5, Cheryl B. Torsney6 ...

In the wake of the Civil War, Constance Fenimore Woolson became one of the first northern observers to linger in the defeated states from Virginia to Florida. Born in New Hampshire in 1840 and raised in Ohio, she was the grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper and was gaining success as a writer when she departed in 1873 for St. Augustine. During the next six years, she made her way across the South ... Read more

$43.99 USD

In the wake of the Civil War, Constance Fenimore Woolson became one of the first northern observers to linger in the defeated states from Virginia to Florida. Born in New Hampshire in 1840 and raised in Ohio, she was the grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper and was gaining success as a writer when she departed in 1873 for St. Augustine. During the next six years, she made her way across the South
... Read more
50 Dark Destinations

Crime and Contemporary Tourism

by Alice Storey, Angus Nurse, Anna Sergi, Anthony Lloyd, Ben Colliver, Craig Ancrum, Dan Rusu, David Wilson, Donna Yates, Duncan John Frankis, Eamonn Carrabine, Emiline Smith, Emma Winlow, Eveleigh Buck-Matthews, Gary Potter, Grace Gallacher, Hannah London, Ian R. Cook, Jane Richards, Jack Denham, Jardar Nuland Østbø, Jenna Page, Joe Garrihy, John Bahadur Lamb, Katie Lowe, Keith Hayward, Kevin Hoffin, Kyla Bavin, Laura Hammond, Lucas Danos, Luke Telford, Max Hart, Melindy Brown, Michael Rowe, Natasha Pope, Neil Chakraborti, Nicholas Gibbs, Oliver Smith, Orlando Woods, Patrick Berry, Peter Joyce, Robin West, Rowland Atkinson, Sarah Hodgkinson, Sarah Jones, Selina Patel Nascimento, Simon Winlow, Sophie Gregory, Steve Wadley, Tammy Ayres, Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Thomas Raymen, Travis Linnemann, Wendy Laverick ...

From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents,
... Read more
Audiobook

The Skin Game (Unabridged)

optional

by John GALSWORTHY ...

Narrated by Karen Christopher, Ryan Lowe, Patrick Hudecek, Kevin Reiter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 26 min

A small play in three acts. A kind of comic tragedy. The plot tells the story of the interaction between two very different families in rural England just after the end of the First World War. Squire Hillcrist lives in the manor house where his family has lived for generations. He has a daughter, Jill, who is in her late teens; and a wife, Amy, as well as servants and retainers. He is "old money", ... Read more

$4.99 USD

A small play in three acts. A kind of comic tragedy. The plot tells the story of the interaction between two very different families in rural England just after the end of the First World War. Squire Hillcrist lives in the manor house where his family has lived for generations. He has a daughter, Jill, who is in her late teens; and a wife, Amy, as well as servants and retainers. He is "old money",
... Read more

White Riot

The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver

by Henry Tsang ...

Essays and photographs that document the anti-Asian riots of 1907 in the context of contemporary anti-Asian sentiment.White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver exploresthe conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League and the ensuing mob attack on the city’s Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Essays and photographs that document the anti-Asian riots of 1907 in the context of contemporary anti-Asian sentiment.White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver exploresthe conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League and the ensuing mob attack on the city’s Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

Education (R0)

Baptized with the Soil

ESCAPE

Seized by Uncertainty

Working with Parents of Young People

Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research

Re-awakening Languages

Hello, My Name Is Octicorn

Hello, My Name is Octicorn

Witness to Reconstruction

50 Dark Destinations

The Skin Game (Unabridged)

People who read these also enjoyed

White Riot

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

Education (R0)

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed