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This book is the culmination of 87 years of stories - a trilogy
to finalise the life of Bob Pearson - stories of real humour albeit at times self deprecating.
From a Penny On Friday to A Peg Leg Hero and now Three Bobs Worth - A trilogy of the life of a boy from the Lancashire cotton Mills through the Second World War to his time in Australia - a country that is dear to him and his family. 
(Hope everybody enjoys my stories as much as I do) 

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A trusted handbook for more than a decade, Peter Colletts bestselling guide to body language, How to Tell What People Are Thinking, has been fully updated with the latest research, including insight into everything from Zoom meetings to the confounding world of online dating.

Understand what people arent saying and what youre unwittingly revealing about yourself

How does the way someone use their feet show if theyre interested in you?

Does knowing someone really well help or hinder your ability to tell when theyre lying?

Why do people in business meetings touch their face while the boss is talking?

How can you spot likely winners and losers at sporting events just by looking at them?

How to Tell What People Are Thinking (Revised and Expanded Edition) answers these questions and explains how certain clues provide insight into peoples innermost thoughts. Social psychologist Peter Collett decodes the fascinating intricacies of body language and speech, analyzing behaviours that range from boardroom bravado to date-night deceit. Packed with both famous and everyday examples, this is an entertaining and invaluable guide to our societys language of unconscious communication.

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Surviving the Wilderness, My Family and Myself

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

From the author of the bestselling memoir North of Normal comes the harrowing story of a past that wont let go, and one womans attempt to put her life back together after everything falls apart

In her bestselling memoir North of Normal, Cea wrote with grace about her unconventional childhoodher early years living in a tipi in Alberta with her pot-smoking, free-loving counterculture family. But her struggles do not end when she leaves her family at the age of thirteen to become a model. Honest and daring, Nearly Normal reveals the many ways that Ceas unconventional childhood continues to reverberate through the years.

At the age of thirty-seven, Cea has built a life that looks like the normal one she craved as a childhusband, young son, beautiful house, enviable career. But her carefully art-directed world is about to crumble around her. As she confronts the death of her still-young mother, the disintegration of her second marriage and the demise of her business, all within a few months, she finally faces the need to look at her past to make sense of her present.

The Globe and Mail says Persons best gifts as a writer are her memory, her knack for knowing when to dig down into the finer details of a scene, and when to pull back. Nearly Normal chronicles the many stories Cea left untold but that needed telling. Settled into a new and much happier life after the release of her first book, she is nonetheless compelled to continue searching for answers about her enigmatic family. She discovers the value in the lessons they taught her, and the power of taking responsibility for her own choices.

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The Rise to Power of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

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Finalist for the J.W. Dafoe Book Prize

A Hill-Times Best Book of the Year

Nearly twenty years after his death and more than thirty since his retirement from active politics, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is at long last receding from the lived memory of Canadians. But despite the distance of time, he still holds court in the minds of many, and today his son Justin now lives at 24 Sussex Drive, his own man, though still a Trudeau holding Canadas highest office.

Trudeaumania is about Pierre Trudeaus rise to power in 1968. This is a story we thought we knewthe epic saga of the hipster Montrealer who drove up to Ottawa in his Mercedes in 1965, wowed the country with his dictum that the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation, rocked the new medium of television like no one since JFK, and in scant months rode the crest of Canadians Centennial-era euphoria into power. This is Canadas own Camelot myth. It embodies the quirkiness, the passion and the youthful exuberance we ascribe to the 1960s even now. Many of us cherish it. Unfortunately, it is almost entirely wrong. In 1968 Trudeau put forward his vision for Canadas second century, without guile, without dissembling and without a hard sell. Take it or leave it, he told Canadians. If you do not like my ideas, vote for someone else. We took it.

By bestselling and award-winning author Robert Wright, Trudeaumania sets the record straight even as it illuminates this important part of our history and shines a light on our future.

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Canada is lauded the world over as a law abiding, peaceful country - a shining example to all nations. Such a view, also shared by most Canadians, is typically naive and misinformed. Throughout its history, to present day and beyond, Canada has been and will continue to be home to criminals and crime organizations that are brilliant at finding ways to make money - a lot of money - illegally.

Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada is a remarkable parallel history to the one generally accepted and taught in our schools. Organized crime has had a significant impact on the shaping of this country and the lives of its people. The most violent and thuggish - outlaw motorcycle gangs like Hells Angels - have been raised to mythic proportions. The families who owned distilleries during Prohibition, such as the Bronfmans, built vast fortunes that today are vested in corporate holdings. The mafia in Montreal created and controlled the largest heroin and cocaine smuggling empire in the world, feeding the insatiable appetite of our American neighbours. Today, gangs are laying waste the streets of Vancouver, and "BC bud" flows into the U.S. as the marijuana of choice.

Organized crime is as old as this nation's founding, with pirates ravaging the east coast, even as hired guns by colonial governments. Since our nation's earliest times, government and crime groups have found that collusion can have its mutual benefits.

Comprehensive, informative and entertaining - as you will discover in the remarkable period pieces devised by the author and the illustrations commissioned specially for this book - Iced is a romp across the nation and across the centuries. In these pages you will meet crime groups that are at once sordid and inept, yet resourceful entrepreneurs and self-proclaimed champions of the underdog, who operate in full sight of their communities and the law. This is the definitive book on organized crime in Canada, and a unique contribution to our understanding of Canadian history.

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The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories

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New York Times Bestseller

Do you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards? An exciting journey in an airship or down in a submarine? Would you like to meet the fastest truncheon in the Wild West?

The Witchs Vacuum Cleaner is the second fabulously funny short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved and bestselling Discworld fantasy series. A follow-up to Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this second batch of storytelling gems features stories written when Sir Terry was just seventeen years old and working as a junior reporter. In these pages, new Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delightand loyal readers will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life.

As Neil Gaiman says, a Terry Pratchett book is a small miracleand The Witchs Vacuum Cleaner proves to be another miracle taking its place alongside Pratchetts astounding and cherished body of work.

Fourteen early tales from a master storyteller reveal the wit and whimsy that would define a legend.

Wizards and Witches: Meet a witch who prefers a vacuum cleaner to a broomstick, and witness a wizarding war where the spells get personal and the furniture pays the price.Gnomes and Trolls: Join a colony of gnomes on a daring lorry-driving escape from a department store, and follow three trolls on an epic quest for a magical gem that takes them all the way to the moon.British Humor: Welcome to the Wild West of Britain... in Wales, where the fastest truncheon in town must stop a train robbery and clean up a feud between rival ice-cream men.Magical Adventure: Explore the extraordinary imagination of a seventeen-year-old Terry Pratchett in stories featuring time-traveling televisions, submarines made from walnuts, and an ant who decides hes had enough of being just a number.

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Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relat

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This companion volume to Care of the Soul offers more of Thomas Moore's inspiring wisdom and empathy as it expands on his ideas about life, love, and the mysteries of human relationships.

In Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore explored the importance of nurturing the soul and struck a chord nationwidethe book became a long-standing bestseller, topping charts across the country.

Building on that book's wisdom, Soul Mates explores how relationships of all kinds enhance our lives and fulfill the needs of our souls. Moore emphasizes the difficulties that inevitably accompany many relationships and focuses on the need to work through these differences in order to experience the deep reward that comes with intimacy and unconfined love.

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Emma Jordan has returned home after her fathers death to run the animal sanctuary that had been his legacy. But strange things start happening, and it seems that someone is out to shut her down, someone who doesnt mind putting lives in jeopardy to see it through. When Hidden Falls sexiest fireman starts to ask questions, Emma needs to make sure his charm doesnt distract her from keeping her dreams alive.

Ben McQuaid has an obligation as a local fireman to protect the community, even from a well-meaning wildlife veterinarian whos in way over her head. But, its becoming hard to keep his loyalty to the town and his desire for the pretty vet separate. As Ben and Emma become caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, their feelings for each other are growing.

Will they let duty drive them apart or will they dare to fall?

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An adult fantasy tale that will surely resonate with young adult readers, Ashes to Fire is the story of a queen's desperate journey to secure peace, and the even greater journey to discover herself. Ashes to Fire is the captivating and adventurous follow-up to Emily B. Martins Woodwalkeronce more with cover art by the author!

You are a country.

Those words have been the guiding force behind Queen Monas every move since she was a little girlthe idea that all her actions and desires were, first and foremost, decided based on what was best for Lumen Lake. It had kept her alive after the Alcoran invasion, it had driven her to retake her country, and now it is the steely resolve she needs to finally confront the despotic Seventh King, Celeno.

But when her diplomatic mission finds herself on the run through the swamps of Cyprienaccompanied by the unlikeliest group of companionsMona discovers that while she is her country, she is also someone who has been sheltered by principles and bound by past mistakes. Now she must struggle to reshape her view of the world and face intimate new truthsnot only for the good of her country, but for herself, as well.

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T.J. Kline launches a brand new series with the charming story of a NFL player who finds love when he least expects it...

Grant McQuaid has dedicated his entire life to his football career. Now an injury threatens his place on the team and hes forced to return home to rehabilitate. But when he meets his biggest fan, a precocious, blue-eyed, hearing impaired boy named Jamesand his beautiful mother, BethanyGrant begins to question whether football is the future he still wants.

Bethany Mills has been doing just fine since her husband walked out on them... and she definitely doesnt need another man to disappoint heror her son. But when James runs into his hero at the park, Bethany admits there is a void in her sons life that she just cant fill. Her attraction to the handsome football star is undeniable, but a man in the limelight is the last thing she wants for herself, or James.

Grant doesnt want to subject Bethany to the chaos of dating a professional athlete. But the more time he spends with her and James, the harder it is to resist making a play for her heart...

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Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments

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Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.

Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience, psychology, physics, economics, anthropology, climatology, or genetics. And yet amid the flood of information today, it's often difficult to recognize the truly revolutionary ideas that will have lasting impact. In the spirit of identifying the most significant new theories and discoveries, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website" -- The Guardian), asked 198 of the finest minds What do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond on the best way to understand complex problems * author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli on the mystery of black holes * Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker on the quantification of human progress * TED Talks curator Chris J. Anderson on the growth of the global brain * Harvard cosmologist Lisa Randall on the true measure of breakthrough discoveries * Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek on why the twenty-first century will be shaped by our mastery of the laws of matter * philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on the underestimation of female genius * music legend Peter Gabriel on tearing down the barriers between imagination and reality * Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson on the surprising ability of small (and cheap) upstarts to compete with billion-dollar projects. Plus Nobel laureate John C. Mather, Sun Microsystems cofounder Bill Joy, Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly, psychologist Alison Gopnik, Genome author Matt Ridley, Harvard geneticist George Church, Why Does the World Exist? author Jim Holt, anthropologist Helen Fisher, and more.

This compelling collection explores todays most vital scientific questions:

Scientific Breakthroughs: Go beyond the headlines as 198 of the world's leading thinkersfrom Steven Pinker to Jared Diamondanswer one of today's most urgent scientific questions.Cosmology and Physics: Explore the mysteries of black holes with Carlo Rovelli and the fundamental laws of matter with Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek.Human Progress: Discover how data science is quantifying improvements in the human condition, from health and prosperity to peace and freedom.The Future of Technology: Join thinkers like Kevin Kelly and Bill Joy to debate the future of genetics, the growth of the global brain, and how small projects can outcompete billion-dollar efforts.

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(A standalone Heartbreaker Bay novel)

Theres no such thing as a little in love . . .

Elle Wheatons priorities: friends, career, and kick-ass shoes. Then theres the muscular wall of stubbornness thats security expert Archer Huntwho comes before everything else. No point in telling Mr. Feels-Free Zone that, though. Elle will just see other men until she gets over Archer . . . which should only take a lifetime . . .

Theres no such thing as a little in lust . . .

Archers wanted the best for Elle ever since he sacrificed his law-enforcement career to save her. Their chemistry could start the next San Francisco earthquake and he craves her 24/7, but Archer doesnt want to be responsible for the damage. The alternative? Watch her go out with guys who arent him . . .

There is such a thing as . . .

As far as Archers concerned, nobody is good enough for Elle. But when he sets out to prove it by sabotaging her dates, she gets madand things get hot as hell. Now Archer has a new mission: prove to Elle that her perfect man has been here all along . . .

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Perfect for fans of Code Name Verity and The Girl in the Blue Coat, Wait for Me, from debut author Caroline Leech, brings a fresh new voice, and a perfect blend of sweet romance and historical fiction, to a much-loved genre.

Its 1945, and Lorna Andersons life on her fathers farm in Scotland consists of endless chores and rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Lorna is appalled. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country?

But as Lorna reluctantly spends time with Paul, she feels herself changing. The more she learns about himfrom his time fighting a war he doesnt believe in, to his life back home in Germanythe more she sees the boy behind the soldier.

Soon Lorna is battling her own warring heart. Loving Paul could mean losing her family and the life shes always known. With tensions rising all around them, Lorna must decide how much shes willing to sacrifice before the end of the war determines their fate.

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ELOISES STORY

Sir Phillip, a moody widower, knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so hed proposed, figuring that shed be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasnt. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her . . . and more.

Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldnt marry a man she had never met. But then she started thinking . . . and wondering . . . and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match in this delightful Regency romance. Except . . . he wasnt. Her perfect husband wouldnt be such a grumpy hero, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was a large brute of a man, rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. But when he smiled . . . and when he kissed her . . . the rest of the world simply fell away, and she couldnt help but wonder . . . could this imperfect man be perfect for her?

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A dazzling new Regency-set historical romance in Eloisa James New York Times bestselling Desperate Duchesses series!

Witty and elusive Eugenia Snowe has all society begging for one of her premiere governesses-except the powerful Edward Reeve, who bursts into her office with his arrogant demands.

No question that Eugenia enjoys crossing wits with the brilliant inventor, but Ward wants far more than a governess. He wants Eugenia, and hell stop at nothing to have her-including kidnapping.

Will Eugenia lose her heart in the most reckless gamble of her life, or will she discover the sweetest pleasure shes ever known?

All it will take is seven minutes...

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A strong-willed beauty finds herself in the arms of the handsome drifter from her past, in this second book in the sizzling series set in the Old West, from USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins.

All it takes is one touch . . .

As manager of one of the finest hotels in Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael has respect and stabilityqualities sorely missing from her harsh childhood. She refuses to jeopardize that by hitching herself to the wrong man. Suitors are plentiful, but none of them has ever looked quite as tempting as the family friend who just rode into town...and none has looked at her with such intensity and heat.

Duchess. Thats the nickname Kent Randolph gave Portia when she was a young girl. Now shes a stunning, intelligent womanand Kent has learned his share of hard lessons. After drifting through the West, hes learned the value of a place to settle down, and in Portias arms hes found that and more. But convincing her to trust him with her heart, not just her passion, will be the greatest challenge hes knownand one he intends to win...

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New York Times bestselling author LISA KLEYPAS delivers the unforgettable tale of a strong-willed beauty who encounters her match in one of Londons most notoriousyet irresistiblerakes . . .

An eccentric wallflower . . .

Most debutantes dream of finding a husband. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board game business than take part in the London Season. But one night at a glittering society ball, shes ensnared in a scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger.

A cynical rake . . .

After years of evading marital traps with ease, Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, has finally been caught by a rebellious girl who couldnt be less suitable. In fact, she wants nothing to do with him. But Gabriel finds the high-spirited Pandora irresistible. Hell do whatever it takes to possess her, even if their marriage of convenience turns out to be the devils own bargain.

A perilous plot . . .

After succumbing to Gabriels skilled and sensuous persuasion, Pandora agrees to become his bride. But soon she discovers that her entrepreneurial endeavors have accidentally involved her in a dangerous conspiracyand only her husband can keep her safe. As Gabriel protects her from their unknown adversaries, they realize their devils bargain may just turn out to be a match made in heaven . . .

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The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: The Wall of Fame Game

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The most fabulous nine-year-old cowgirl in Texas is back in this heartwarming and hilarious sequel to The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown! Perfect for fans of Clementine and Ivy and Bean.

Nine-year-old Mya Tibbs is in a triple heap of trouble. As the Tibbs household prepares for the new baby, Mya is extra excited to spend time with her mom watching their favorite Annie Oakley marathon before her new sister arrives. Until shes cornered into a bet with her number-one enemy, Naomi Jackson, that she can beat her in the famous fourth-grade Wall of Fame Gamewhich means Mya is stuck studying every night instead of hanging out with Mom. As if that wasnt enough, Mya just entered Bluebonnets annual chili cook-off, even though she doesnt know how to cook! Holy moly!

Can Mya find a way to beat Naomi, win the chili cook-off, and get some special mom/daughter time before its too late?