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  • The Magnificent Nahanni

    The Struggle to Protect a Wild Place

    by Gordon J. Nelson ...
    "Fascinating and impressive." Thomas Gunton, Director of Resource and Environmental Planning, Simon Fraser University and former Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, Government of British Columbia.The Magnificent Nahanni extols the natural wonders of the South Nahanni Valley--its untamed waters, high, glaciated mountains, great falls, deep canyons, extensive forests, alpine tundra, and ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Weirding the War

    Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges

    by Anya Jabour, Barton A. Myers, Brian Craig Miller, Daniel E. Sutherland, Diane Sommerville, Emory Thomas, Joan E. Cashin, Kenneth Noe, LeeAnn Whites, Lesley J. Gordon, Megan Kate Nelson0, Michael DeGruccio1, Michael Fellman2, Paul Anderson3, Peter S. Carmichael4, Rodney J. Steward5, Steven E. Nash6, Stephen Berry8, Andrew Slap9, Amy Murrell Taylor0 ...
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    “It is well that war is so terrible,” Robert E. Lee reportedly said, “or we would grow too fond of it.” The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war terrible again. Taking a “freakonomics” approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • National Parks and Protected Areas

    Keystones to Conservation and Sustainable Development

    Edited by James Gordon Nelson, Rafal Serafin ...
    Series Book 40 - Nato ASI Subseries G
    National parks and protected areas offer a wealth of ecological and social contributions or services to humans and life on earth. This book describes the strengths of national parks and protected areas in different parts of Europe and North America and the challenges to the full realization of their goals. It shows that they are useful not only in conserving rare species and biodiversity, but also ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Let 'Er Buck!

    George Fletcher, the People's Champion

    by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ...
    Illustrated by Gordon C. James ...
    "Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homespun similes. . . . James' painterly oils swirl with energy, visible daubs creating the dusty, monumental landscape and equally monumental horses and humans. . . . A champion indeed." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)The true tale of a cowboy's epic rodeo ride from acclaimed author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Caldecott Honoree Gordon C. James ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Complexities of Care

    Nursing Reconsidered

    Edited by Sioban Nelson, Suzanne Gordon ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    "Nursing, everyone believes, is the caring profession. Texts on caring line the walls of nursing schools and student shelves. Indeed, the discipline of nursing is often known as the 'caring science.' Because of their caring reputation, nurses top the polls as the most-trustworthy professionals. Yet, in spite of what seems to be an endless outpouring of public support, in almost every country in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (Unabridged)

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    by BYRON GEORGE GORDON ...
    Narrated by Stephanie Nelson, Maria Segovia, Irma Smith, Justin Rojas ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 12 min

    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Post-Carbon Inclusion

    Transitions Built on Justice

    Edited by Ralph Horne, Aimee Ambrose, Gordon Walker, Anitra Nelson ...
    This collection pays unique attention to the highly challenging problems of addressing inequality within decarbonisation – particularly under-explored aspects, such as high consumption, degrowth approaches and perverse outcomes.Contributors point out means and possibilities of the transition from high carbon inequalities to post-carbon inclusion. They apply a variety of conceptual and ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

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    The Fitch Bandwaon

    A Song and a Smile

    Narrated by Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Gale Gordon, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc, Original Radio Broadcast ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 40 min

    "Laugh a while…let a song be your style…" and enjoy radio's most outrageous comedy couple: Phil Harris and Alice Faye. They are off to a raucous start in these classic early episodes, co-starring Elliott Lewis as the unforgettable Frankie Remley!Stunts, gags, and over the top shenanigans are enabled by the diabolical delivery boy Julius Abbruzio (played by the delightful Walter Tetley). Cameo ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Adventures of Moose and Skwirl

    by Nikki Nelson-Hicks, Gordon Dymowski, R.P. Steeves, Percival Constantine ...
    Trouble happens everywhere in the universe. Any time. Any place. And to make sure whatever cockeyed balance exists is kept, the universe takes care of itself. Some ethereal cosmic force assigns special individuals to the unpredictable, unrewarding, and usually life-threatening task of Troubletaking, being in the completely wrong places at the totally right times to hopefully keep everyone… or most ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Nebula Award Winning Authors - 22 Science Fiction Classics by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Clifford D. Simak, Nelson S. Bond, Jack Vance and more

    Classic Science Fiction By Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Authors

    by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg, Gordon R. Dickson, Nelson S. Bond, Theodore Sturgeon, Katherine MacLean, Randall Garrett, Jack Vance ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    12 hours 17 min

    Nebula Award Winning AuthorsClassic Science Fiction by Nebula Award-Winning WritersThe Nebula Awards have honored many of science fiction’s most imaginative and accomplished writers. Nebula Award Winning Authors brings together twenty-two classic stories by celebrated authors whose ideas helped shape the genre and expand its possibilities.Journey into darkness with Arthur C. Clarke in A Walk in ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Biophilia Hypothesis

    by Scott McVay, Aaron Katcher, Cecilia McCarthy, Gregory Wilkins, Roger Ulrich, Paul Shepard, Sara St. Antoine, Jared Diamond, Gordon Orians, Richard Nelson, Madhav Gadgil, Lynn Margulis, Elizabeth Lawrence ...
    "Biophilia" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia, he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our development as individuals and as a species. That idea has caught the imagination of diverse thinkers.The ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

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    Vintage Sci-Fi 20 - 21 Science Fiction Classics from H. P. Lovecraft, C. S. Lewis, Ray Bradbury, Nelson S. Bond, EE Doc Smith and more

    Legendary Authors, Lost Worlds, and Unforgettable Journeys Through Time and Space

    by H. P. Lovecraft, C. S. Lewis, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Ray Bradbury, Nelson S. Bond, Gordon R. Dickson, Algis Budrys, Harold Lawlor, Arthur Jean Cox, W. L. Alden, Paul Ernst, William Morrison, Frank Belknap Long, H. Bedford–Jones, Edwin Baird, Mary Shelley, Clare Winger Harris, James R. Adams ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Vintage Sci-Fi

    Unabridged

    12 hours 27 min

    Vintage Sci-Fi 20 - 21 Science Fiction Classics from H. P. Lovecraft, C. S. Lewis, Ray Bradbury, Nelson S. Bond, EE Doc Smith and moreThe Stranger by Gordon R. DicksonCon-Fen by James R. AdamsInfiltration by Algis BudrysLancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate by Nelson S. BondThe Shunned House by H. P. LovecraftThe Invisible Girl by Mary ShelleyThe Artificial Man by Clare Winger HarrisThe Shoddy Lands by C. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus