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Alone

The Journeys of Three Young Refugees


2023

EN

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Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award, TranslationEach year, more than 400 minors arrive alone in Canada requesting refugee status. They arrive without their parents, accompanied by no adult at all.Alone relates the journey of three of them: Afshin, Alain and Patricia. Their story opens a window onto the many heartbreaks, difficult sacrifices and countless hardships that punctuate their obstacle-filled path. But Alone

Price$13.99 USDor Free with Kobo Plus

Opera as Art

Philosophical Sketches

2024

EN

In Opera as Art: Philosophical Sketches, Paul Thom argues for opera as an art, standing alongside other artforms that employ visual and sonic media to embody the great themes of human life. Thom contends that in great operatic art, the narrative and expressive content collaborate with the work's aesthetic qualities towards achieving this aim. This argument can be extended to modern operatic productions. At their best, these stagings are works of art in themselves, whether they give faithfu...

Price$33.99 USD

Making Sense

A Theory of Interpretation

2000

EN

Critics and artists (including performing artists) claim the title of 'interpreter' for themselves. Scientists do not so readily describe themselves in this way. But is the formulation of explanatory hypotheses in science so different from the interpretive work of artists? Making Sense recognizes that whenever interpretation occurs there may be a plurality of competing successful interpretations. It offers a philosophical theory that views the interpretive enterprise as an attempt to make ...

Price$32.99 USD

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

2020

EN

Too often, Christians wait for some extraordinary move of the Spirit to correct all their spiritual ills.Although such a revival is possible, it is not the way God ordinarily grows His church.In The Essential Means of Grace , Paul Washer considers the three prominent gifts God provided for growth in godliness: the Scriptures, prayer, and participation in the life and ministry of the local church. Our desire for the extraordinary should never lead us to neglect the ordinary....

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Translated by
Tom Mead
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Twist & Hurst

2025

EN

'Paul Halter is France's answer to John Dickson Carr' Martin EdwardsThe ultimate locked-room mystery.In Paul Halter's The Fourth Door, the impossible becomes reality. A haunted room. An unbroken seal. A murder victim whose very identity is an enigma. And then, a second death in a house surrounded by untrodden snow. Both crimes defy reason – but master detective Dr. Alan Twist reveals that even the most baffling mysteries have ratio...

Price$10.19 USD

Under This Roof

The White House and the Presidency--21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

2015

EN

In Under This Roof, award-winning White House journalist Paul Brandus weaves together stories of the presidents, their families, the events of their time, and an oft-ignored major character, the White House itself.From George Washington to the current occupant, Barack Obama—the story of the White House is the story of America itself, Brandus writes. You'll:Walk with John Adams through the still-unfinished mansion and watch Thomas Jefferson plot to b...

Price$16.99 USD

Upbeat

The Story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq

Unabridged

12 hours 16 min

2016

EN

The story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq is here told by its musical director; from its inception to its eventual end. The NYOI came through the most difficult and dangerous of times to produce fine music not only in Iraq but also in Britain, Germany and France. A beacon of hope and achievement, the young musicians and their tutors made bridges across their own ethnic divisions – they made great music in the most trying and tragic of circumstances and became their country's best a...

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also available as ebook

Reclaiming the Creedal Jesus

How the Nicene Creed Guides Us Back to the Biblical Christ

2027

EN

Many different versions of Jesus are promoted in American culture: Jesus as a teacher of humanistic morals, Jesus as CEO, Jesus as a great therapist, and more. In this culture that frequently reshapes Jesus into a reflection of its own values, how can we know who he truly is?When the early church was faced with distortions of the faith, they clarified their beliefs through the Nicene Creed, which still offers a faithful, Scripture-shaped confession of Jesus as God's Son incarnate t...

Price$20.99 USD

Available Mar 16, 2027

Warp Speed

Inside the Operation That Beat COVID, the Critics, and the Odds

2022

EN

A powerful story of how our nation’s leaders overcame the odds, saving the American people from the throes of a deadly pandemic. The prior record for vaccine development and distribution was approximately 4.5 years. Operation Warp Speed got the COVID-19 vaccine to the American people in less than 10 months. Operation Warp Speed did not happen by accident. It was the result of exceptional leadership, explicit strategy, and unprecedented teamwork. Author Paul Mango, the foremost leader of Op...

Price$9.99 USD

Eyes Wide Open

Going Behind the Environmental Headlines

Unabridged

3 hours 12 min

2014

EN

What's really going on with the environment - in our own backyards and the wider world? Conflicting information is offered by websites, magazines, and documentaries that blur the line between news and opinion. Not every report is reliable; not every interest group is actually composed of concerned citizens. In this dynamic account, award-winning author Paul Fleischman arms teens with the basic tools to uncover vested interests and falsehoods by vetting sources, following the money, and che...

Price$28.99 USD

also available as ebook

How to be a How to Be a Brilliant Thinker Thinker

Exercise Your Mind and Find Creative Solutions

Unabridged

4 hours 40 min

2018

EN

Do you want to have great ideas? Do you want to break out of the rut of conventional thinking? Would you like to be a genius? Would presenting brilliant ideas help in your job, career and social life?How to be a Brilliant Thinker will help you to achieve all these ideals, by helping you to think in powerful new ways. It shows you how to harness techniques in lateral thinking, analytical thinking, problem analysis, idea generation and other areas so that you become much mor...

Price$24.99 USD

Unabridged

14 hours 59 min

2022

EN

Paul Bowles, the acclalmed author of The Shelterlng Sky, offers movlng, powerful, subtle, and fasclnatlng lnslghts lnto hls llfe, hls wrltlng, and hls world.

Price$32.99 USD