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Democracy's Beginning

The Athenian Story

2015

EN

A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later.The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how a radical new political order was born out of the revolutionary move...

A Pocketful of Goobers

A Story about George Washington Carver

Unabridged

50 min

2024

EN

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very profitable staple for the South. At the same time, this very special man passed on to everyone who knew him the importance of following one's own dreams.

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Israel's Security Men

The Arab-Fighting Political Careers of Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon and Ehud Barak

2014

EN

From 1949 to 2000, Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, and Ehud Barak conducted Israel's successful (and unsuccessful) talks with its Arab neighbors, from the armistice negotiations to Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy, to Camp David I and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, and finally to the Oslo peace process. The four successful generals who became politicians are covered in four separate biographies, which discuss the early life and military career of each subject and his subsequent ...

Price$26.99 CAD

Unabridged

54 min

2014

EN

In this carefully selected audiobook of verse with works by Keats, Kipling, Southey, Yeats and others such Hollywood legends as Helen Hayes and Raymond Massey provide unique readings and interpretations of these classics.

Price$12.99 CADor Free with Kobo Plus

Today I F****d Up

A hilarious collection of worst day disasters


2021

EN

A toe curling, laugh out loud collection of worst day disasters.*I’d always rolled my eyes when people describe things as 'happening in slow motion'. Surely everything happens in regular time and it's only when you replay it in your head that it seems to slow down?*But as the car lurched forward and I found myself sailing through the back of the garage, I finally understood what they meant.When a trip to meet his new girlfriend’s grandparents ends ...

Price$23.44 CAD

also available as audiobook

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia

In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848)

2013

EN

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTS (abridged list)CHAPTER I. GENERAL MAPCHAPTER II. MAP OF THE RIVERS BOGAN AND MACQUARIECHAPTER III. MAP OF THE RIVERS NARRAN, CULGOA, AND BALONNE TO ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE, — SHOWING ALSO THE ROUTE HOMEWARD, AS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER X....CHAPTER VIII. Fossils and plants. — A new genus. — LINSCHOTENIA DISCOLOR. — Ascend Mount Faraday. — Valley of the Warregò. — Meet ...

Price$5.48 CAD

Witness to Roswell, 75th Anniversary Edition

Unmasking the Government's Biggest Cover-up

2022

EN

The classic behind-the-scenes account of what really happened in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947—the recovery of a UFO."When I finished Witness to Roswell , I said to myself, 'Case closed!' for the very wealth and sheer weight of eyewitness testimony." —George Noory, host, Coast to Coast AMThis classic in the field of UFOology is filled with hard-hitting eyewitness testimon...

Price$23.99 CADor Free with Kobo Plus

also available as audiobook

Essays on Life

by Thomas Mitchell, Farmer

2014

EN

Just before the First World War destroyed a generation and divided Europe for almost a century, a farmer in a remote part of Aberdeenshire sat down at the age forty-three to write his thoughts on how to live a good life. Mitchell had a clear, fresh and effective prose style in Standard English, and was well placed to record the values of his time and his individual take on them. His is now a voice from the past that demands our attention, not necessarily to emulate it but to encourage us t...

Price$11.99 CAD

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1

Enriched edition. Journeys into Uncharted Eastern Australia: Exploring Landscapes, Flora, and Indigenous Encounters

2021

EN

In "Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1," Thomas Mitchell presents a meticulous account of his transformative journeys through the uncharted landscapes of Australia in the 1830s. Drawing upon vivid descriptions and a narrative style that blends adventure with scientific observation, Mitchell's work stands as a paradigmatic example of exploration literature of the time. Through detailed observations of flora, fauna, and indigenous cultures, he paints an intric...

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Azure PowerShell Quick Start Guide

Deploy and manage Azure virtual machines with ease

2018

EN

Leverage PowerShell to perform many day-to-day tasks in Microsoft AzureKey FeaturesDeploy and manage Azure virtual machines with PowerShell commands.Get to grips with core concept of Azure PowerShell such as working with images and disks, custom script extension, high availability and more.Leverage hands-on projects to successfully apply what you learned through the course of this book.Book DescriptionAs an IT professional, i...

Price$28.99 CADor Free with Kobo Plus

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia

Enriched edition. Exploring the Enigmatic Interior: A Journey through Tropical Australia

2021

EN

In "Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia," Thomas Mitchell presents a meticulously detailed account of his 1845 expedition, offering a vivid portrayal of the Australian landscape, flora, fauna, and the indigenous populations he encounters. Written in an observational and somewhat romantic style characteristic of 19th-century exploration literature, the journal intertwines empirical observations with poetic reflections, rendering it an invaluable historical docum...

2013

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This is a dispassionate examination of the viability of a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the politics of Israel, Palestine and the United States. It includes instructive case studies from South Africa in Namibia and the Irish claim to Northern Ireland. The results of Israeli elections from 2001 to 2013 are analyzed (with the conclusion that the Likud will be in any government coalition for at least the midterm future, giving it a veto over policy). A chapt...

Price$28.99 CAD