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“chris pearson”

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  • Collared

    How We Made the Modern Dog

    by Chris Pearson ...
    A Church Times Book of the Year 2024'Essential reading' John Bradshaw, author of In Defence of Dogs'Fascinating' Telegraph'Funny, irreverent and enthusiastic, [Pearson] parades his love for all things canine' The Times'Thought-provoking and often surprising' Country Life**The Week magazine 'Book of the Wee... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Dogopolis

    How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, and Paris

    by Chris Pearson ...
    "A lot of fun. Pearson offers a treasure trove of details about the shared lives of humans and dogs across three rapidly urbanizing cities." —Neil Pemberton, coauthor of The Invention of the Modern DogStroll through any American or European city today and you probably won't get far before seeing a dog being taken for a walk. It's expected that these domesticated animals can easily navigate ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making an Impact - Children and Domestic Violence

    A Reader

    by Chris Pearson, Marianne Hester, Nicola Harwin, Hilary Abrahams ...
    This fully updated Reader provides a comprehensive review of recent research and legislation relating to domestic violence and its consequences for children, and identifies the implications for practice.It is divided into three parts. Part One describes evidence for the links between domestic violence and the concomitant abuse of children and assesses the effects on children's future well-being. ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Balleyard Wanderers

    The Worst Football Team in the World

    by Chris Pearson ...
    The purpose of this book is to introduce youngsters who like football to the story of Jesus and some of the basic elements of the Christian faith. It can be read as a straight story, but there is the option of discussion in the form of questions at the end of each chapter. The questions relate to what they have just read but also give the group the opportunity to reflect on their own lives and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Brother Ray

    Ray Charles' Own Story

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  • The Story Of The Great Irish Famine

    by Michael B. Roberts ...
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    If 1916 is the founding myth of the Irish state then the famine is the founding tragedy.It was a tragedy on a truly epic scale, the events of the famine came to pass not in one of the worlds poorest nations, but in what was at the time part of metropolitan Britain (following the Act of Union of 1800).Caused by the destruction of the staple food of the ordinary Irishman and women, the potato, by ... Read more

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  • 101 Amazing Facts about Dogs

    by Jack Goldstein ...
    Did you know that in medieval times dogs were known to have accompanied their masters into battle wearing suits of armour? Or that the Rhodesian Ridgeback was first bred to fight lions? This fantastic quick-read eBook featured over one hundred facts about dogs split into categories such as evolution, health, behaviour, record breakers and many more. So if you want to know who the heaviest dog ever ... Read more

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  • Empireland

    How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

    by Sathnam Sanghera ...
    A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British imperialism."Empireland is brilliantly written, deeply researched and ... Read more

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  • A Touch of the Creature

    by Charles Beaumont ...
    Charles Beaumont's untimely death in 1967 at age 38 cut short the brief but brilliant career of a writer now regarded as a master of modern weird fiction. The author of three extraordinary collections of short stories, the acclaimed novel The Intruder, and scripts for cult classic horror films and the popular TV series The Twilight Zone, Beaumont was at work on a fourth collection,A Touch of the ... Read more

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  • Every Dog Has Its Day

    A thousand things you didn't know about man's best friend

    by Cryer, Max ...
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  • The Outside Shot

    by Walter Dean Myers ...
    New Ebook Bonus Content:-Book Group Discussion Questions-Q&A with screenwriter John Ballard-Excerpt from Hoops-Excerpt from 145th Street-Excerpt from On a Clear DayWhen Lonnie Jackson leaves Harlem to take a basketball scholarship at a midwestern college, he knows he must keep his head straight and his record clean. That's the only way he'll have a chance of making it to the pros someday.But his ... Read more

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