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  • Eaton's

    The Trans-Canada Store

    Series series Landmarks
    Explore the broad, fascinating history of the Eaton's department store empire. Exhaustively researched and thoughtfully written by a prominent department store historian. Canada's largest and most well-known department store, Eaton's was an icon of Canadian culture. From its founding in 1869 to its famed catalogue and network of large stores spreading coast to coast, Eaton's offered something for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jacobson's, I Miss It So!

    The Story of a Michigan Fashion Institution

    Series series Landmarks
    Join department store historian Bruce Allen Kopytek in this history of Jacobson's, a beloved Michigan institution for over 100 years. Winner of the Michigan Notable Book Award for 2012.Reenter the marvelous stores and meet the personalities who transformed Jacobson's from its humble Reed City origins to a staple of sophistication throughout Michigan and into the rest of the country. The brainchild ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crowley's

    Detroit's Friendly Store

    Series series
    Operating in the shadow of the enormous J.L. Hudson Co., Crowley's earned Detroit's trade with fine merchandise and good service, all in an atmosphere that made it the Motor City's "friendly" department store. Generations of customers still hold Crowley's close in their memories, fondly recalling the store's ancient wooden escalators, fashionable merchandise and special events like "Breakfast with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toledo's Three Ls

    Lamson's, Lion Store and Lasalle's

    Series series Landmarks
    Remember the days when shopping meant white gloves, suits for men and leisurely lunches in tearooms? Toledo, an industrial powerhouse and Ohio's third-largest city, once had it all, and Lamson's, the Lion Store and Lasalle's were where it all happened. Reminisce with author Bruce Allen Kopytek about a time when these three great department stores dominated Toledo's retail scene and offered their ... Read more

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  • Constructing Methodology for Qualitative Research

    Researching Education and Social Practices

    Series series Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods
    This book explores the webs of vulnerability in methodological decision-making that illustrate the deceptive strength of qualitative research. Each chapter will resonate with readers differently as they read themselves into the tensions and tangles of qualitative research when confronted with the challenges of establishing methodological frameworks for educational and social enquiry. The authors ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Folklore

    Ninety Stories about Ghosts, Demons and Other Supernatural Beings from the Konjaku Monogatari

    Supernatural tales from the most famous anthology in all of Japanese literature!The Konjaku Monogatari Shu is a collection of tales from Buddhist and popular Japanese folklore that was compiled in the twelfth century. The stories in this book tell of fearsome demons, tengu goblins, kitsune fox spirits, flying hermits and gods who suddenly appear out of nowhere to rescue foolish humans. There are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Brain Storm: a Journey of Faith Through Brain Injury

    Brain Storm is the story of Bruce and Laura Allen who, when confronted with the immeasurable challenges of brain injury, found courage, determination, and strength from God to forge through the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of Bruces intense and often heartbreaking recovery. The overwhelming struggles that consumed the next year changed their lives forever. Brain Storm views these incredible ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Spring Castle

    A Novel by Michiko Ishimure

    Translated by Bruce Allen ...
    "Spring Castle is ambitious and unforgettable. Ishimure devoted half a century to it; Allen has carried her devotion across languages. Together, they have given readers a requiem for the 37,000 nameless—and a reminder that even in silence, the flower clock continues to tick." —Asian Review of BooksThe Untold Story of the Christian Rebellion That Changed Japanese History.Spring Castle is the epic ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Japanese Tales from Times Past

    Stories of Fantasy and Folklore from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu

    This collection of translated tales is from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature—the Konjaku Monogatari Shu.This collection of traditional Japanese folklore is akin to the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer or Dante's Inferno—powerfully entertaining tales that reveal striking aspects of the cultural psychology, fantasy, and creativity of medieval Japan—tales that still resonate ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Scalia

    A Court of One

    “[Murphy’s] biography of Justice Scalia is patient and thorough, alive both intellectually and morally….Functions as an MRI scan of one of the most influential conservative thinkers of the twentieth century.” (The New York Times): An authoritative, incisive and deeply researched book about of the most controversial Supreme Court justice of our time.Scalia: A Court of One is the compelling story of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Father’S List

    Living a Life That Speaks

    Compelling, sometimes-unbelievable life experiences lead to prayer, the Bible, and salvation. This captivating variety of the personal includes; accounts of his early years growing up in an area of toxic hexavalent chromium exposure made famous in the movie Erin Brochovich, experiences in missionary basketball, and finding true love while walking with his youngest daughter through her encounters ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Thunder on the Stage

    The Dramatic Vision of Richard Wright

    Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped shape Wright’s long-overlooked writing for theater and other performative mediums.Drawing on decades of research and interviews with Wright’s family and Wright scholars, Bruce Allen Dick uncovers the theatrical influence on Wright’s oeuvre--from his 1930s boxing journalism to his ... Read more

    $11.59 USD