Parr: 212 books
by Adrian Parr
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
How the sustainability movement has been co-opted: from ecobranding by Wal-Mart to the “greening” of the American military.
The idea of “sustainability” has gone mainstream. Thanks to Prius-driving movie stars, it's even hip. What began as a grassroots movement to promote responsible...
Secrets of the Sommeliers
How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A fascinating exploration of the inside world of sommeliers, sharing their unique perspectives, extensive expertise, and best stories.
Rajat Parr’s profound knowledge of wines, deep relationships with producers, and renowned tasting abilities have made him a legend in the business. As wine...
by Catharine Parr Traill
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
6 works of Catharine Parr Traill English-Canadian author and naturalist (1802-1899)
This ebook presents a collection of 6 works of Catharine Parr Traill. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: - Canadian Crusoes - A Tale...
Inventing George Whitefield
Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Evangelicals and scholars of religious history have long recognized George Whitefield (1714-1770) as a founding father of American evangelicalism. But Jessica M. Parr argues he was much more than that. He was an enormously influential figure in Anglo-American religious culture, and his expansive missionary...
The Wrath of Capital
Neoliberalism and Climate Change Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Although climate change has become the dominant concern of the twenty-first century, global powers refuse to implement the changes necessary to reverse these trends. Instead, they have neoliberalized nature and climate change politics and discourse, and there are indications of a more virulent strain...
by Catharine Parr Traill
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
This file includes: The Backwoods of Canada, Canadian Crusoes (AKA Lost in the Backwoods), In the Forest (AKA Lady Mary and Her Nurse), and Little Downy. According to Wikipedia: Catharine Parr Traill, born Strickland (9 January 1802 29 August 1899) was an English-Canadian author who wrote about life...
by Todd Parr
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
**In a brand-new companion to his beloved classic It's Okay to Be Different,**New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr encourages kids to be proud of who they are inside.
Be who you are!
Be proud of where you're from.
Be a different color. Speak your language.
Wear everything you need to...
by Todd Parr
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
In a tradition of Todd Parr's fan-favorite It's Okay to Be Different a book about embracing mistakes and the joy of happy accidents.
Todd Parr's bestselling books have reminded kids to embrace differences, to be thankful, to love one another, and to be themselves. It's Okay to Make Mistakes...
Works of Catherine Parr Traill (12 Works)
Children's book
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
Catharine Parr Traill, born Strickland was an English-Canadian author and naturalist who wrote about life as a settler in Canada. She described her new life in letters and journals, and collected these into The Backwoods of Canada (1836), which continues to be read as an important source of...
Renaissance Mad Voyages
Experiments in Early Modern English Travel
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
A vogue for travel ’stunts’ flourished in England between 1590 and the 1620s: playful imitations or burlesques of maritime enterprise and overland travel that collectively appear to be a response to particular innovations and developments in English culture. This study is the first full length...
Birth of a New Earth
The Radical Politics of Environmentalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
In response to unprecedented environmental degradation, activists and popular movements have risen up to fight the crisis of climate change and the ongoing devastation of the earth. The environmental movement has undeniably influenced even its adversaries, as the language of sustainability can be...
by Joy Parr
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
Visions of life in the 1950s often spring from the United States: supermarkets, freeways, huge gleaming cars, bright new appliances, automated households. Historian Joy Parr looks beyond the generalizations about the indulgence of this era to find a specifically Canadian consumer culture. Focusing...
Total Competition
Lessons in Strategy from Formula One
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever been published.
Across four decades, Ross Brawn was one of the most innovative and successful technical directors and then team principals in Formula...
Captivology
The Science of Capturing People's Attention
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The former editor of Mashable and cofounder of DominateFund examines the psychological phenomena that captivate our attention—and how we can leverage them to draw and retain attention for our ideas, work, companies, and more.
Whether you’re an artist or a salesperson, a teacher or an engineer,...