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Books narrated by Jonathan Brown

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  • The Railway Preservation Revolution

    A History of Britain's Heritage Railways

    A ride on a steam train is a popular family outing. More than 100 heritage railways cater for that demand, capturing the spirit of nostalgia while preserving the engines and equipment of past days of rail travel. Their interests even extend to the modern era of 1960's - 70's diesels.Those heritage railways themselves have a long pedigree, back to 1951, when a group of enthusiasts saved the ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life and Football

    'I broke some bones and I copped some head knocks. But if I had my time again I would not change a thing.'Three premierships, three club best-and-fairests, two All Australian selections and a Coleman Medal: Jonathan Brown knows footy, and he has stories to tell.Browny grew up around country football clubs and could swear like a trooper by the age of four. By the time he was taken by the Brisbane ... Read more

    $34.79 CAD

  • Character Is What Counts: A Novel Based on the Life of Vince Lombardi

    Faith. Fairness. Fortitude. And Football.Every time he confessed his sins, young seminarian Vince Lombardi sought forgiveness for the one he just couldn't stop committing—playing football. Football was more than a game to Lombardi. It was life. And the values it took to succeed—"perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority"—were ones he lived by and ... Read more

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  • Images and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Painting

    Series series Princeton Essays on the Arts
    Art historians have often minimized the variety and complexity of seventeenth-century Spanish painting by concentrating on individual artists and their works and by stressing discovery of new information rather than interpretation. As a consequence, the painter emerges in isolation from the forces that shaped his work. Jonathan Brown offers another approach to the subject by relating important ... Read more

    $83.69 CAD

  • Kings and Connoisseurs

    Collecting Art in Seventeenth-Century Europe

    Series series Bollingen Series
    A vivid and exciting account of royal collectors, art dealers, connoisseurs**, and the rise of old master paintings**Old master paintings are among the most valuable and prestigious of the visual arts, and the best examples command the highest prices of any luxury commodity. In Kings and Connoisseurs, Jonathan Brown tells the story of how painting rose to this exalted status. The transformation of ... Read more

    $45.69 CAD

  • Tracing Your Rural Ancestors

    A Guide For Family Historians

    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who lived and worked in the countryside as farmers, laborers, landowners, village tradesmen and professionals for most of us have rural ancestors. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy, these people have rarely been written about with the family historian in mind. No previous book has provided a guide to the documents and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Boxing Trainer's Journey: A Novel Based on the Life of Angelo Dundee

    To train the greatest, he had to be the greatest.On the streets of South Philly, Angelo Dundee learned what it took to survive—a sense of purpose, a clear head, and sometimes . . . a powerful right uppercut. Boxing was the family business and the ring was his home.A skilled trainer and cut man, Dundee intuitively adapted to whatever his fighter needed, be it doctor, therapist, drillmaster, or ... Read more

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  • Farming in the 1920s and 30s

    Series Book 666 - Shire Library
    With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and 30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive.Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Some turned to new crops, with new markets emerging for sugar beet, eggs, milk and pork. Some used tractors and other machines to increase productivity, ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Engaging with Engagement

    Analysing the Formation of Promises, Contracts and Voluntary Obligations in Scots Law

    Series Book 1 - Anthem Studies in Law Reform
    Scotland does not have a ‘law of contract’, as most comparable jurisdictions do, but rather – due in large part to the intellectual innovations of Viscount Stair – possesses a unitary ‘law of voluntary obligations’, of which contracts form but a part. This fact is highly significant, but is frequently overlooked. Indeed, the significance of this has even been overlooked by the Scottish Law ... Read more

    $38.09 CAD

  • The Tidiness Mindset — Powerful Strategies to Vanquish Untidiness and Banish Chaos Forever

    Does untidiness plague your life? Is disorder in your home or workplace costing you time and money? Is it draining your physical and emotional energy? Do you find yourself constantly resolving to do better, only to see your determination weaken within a matter of days? Has this situation gone on for years, maybe decades?If so, this book is for you. It provides a simple set of strategies to enable ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shepherds and Shepherding

    Series Book 732 - Shire Library
    The old-time shepherd – lamb in one hand, crook in the other – is an emblem of sturdiness, dependability and independence. He was one of the most important men on the farm, responsible for the care and well-being of the flock, with which he might need to spend days and nights out in open pastures. How did he manage his charges and his own life? What skills and equipment did he use? How did sheep ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Chloe

    Chloe can't wait to get out of Dodge, which in her case is Bucksville, California. She's tired of high school, small-town gossip, and most of all looking after her alcoholic mother.Chloe is tough, a straight-A student with a deadly penchant for knife throwing. She's all set to fly to worlds beyond when four bad actors come to town with bad intentions for the sheriff, Jim Boulder. Chloe's fiercely ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD