Wall: 390 books

As 2012 came to a close, news of the gang rape of a young woman in India’s capital generated headlines around the world. Her assault on a moving bus with a metal rod, and her death two weeks later from her injuries, focused attention on the dark side of the world’s largest democracy: the struggle...

Having escaped being burnt at the stake, the reluctant sorcerer Fursey is back in this sequel, trying to make a quiet life for himself as a grocer in the realm of King Ethelwulf. But when his old enemies seize his wife, Fursey resolves to embrace evil and return to Ireland to reclaim her. Along the...

Hailed by critic E. F. Bleiler as a "landmark book in the history of fantasy," Mervyn Wall's classic The Unfortunate Fursey (1946) is set in 11th century Ireland, where the forces of evil have launched an assault on the monastery of Clonmacnoise. Their task is made easier by the fact that...

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together...

The work contained in this book was written by four Grandmothers, or Kinship Carers, who look after their grandchildren. They attended a ten-week Creative Writing course during the summer of 2014. This is writing coming straight from the hearts of women who are living through harsh experiences. Their aim is to support other Kinship Carers by giving them insight, guidance and inspiration.

An Elf living in a tree in your garden could be something to worry about, but Amelia chose to go on adventure to a land she never imagined possible. Prompted by a sudden illness to her father, Amelia goes off in search of magical dust to make him better, undeterred by countless warnings of the dangers...

With a fresh newly designed cover, Australia's favourite koala returns to delight old and new readers alike. the Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill combines in one edition Dorothy Wall's much-loved classics, Blinky Bill (first published in 1933), Blinky Bill Grows Up (1934) and Blinky Bill and Nutsy...

What do you when your dreams come true? Like many people who are drawn to walk the Camino de Santiago, I was looking for some meaning in my life.. For 27 days I walked the Camino Francis. Along my journey I discovered something about myself, and perhaps more importantly, about the Way itself. Who would have guessed St. James is one sarcastic bastard.

There are other species out there. How are we going to react with these species, if we meet with them at all? Forget Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, etc. Those are children's show, and we need to begin adult, pragmatic thinking and action today to reach the stars and new worlds tomorrow.

A Christian Stroll through the Hebrew Bible will be a welcome resource for both Christians and non-Christians who feel that their grasp of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is tenuous. John Wall walks the reader through the major stories and lessons of God’s wonderful message. The story is one of...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Practical Graining - With Description of Colors Employed and Tools Used. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition...

Just when you thought that every major topic in the Bible had been discovered and exhausted, God unveils yet another. Thorough research revealed the unlikeliness of finding a published book with this subject matter. The book enlightens, equips, and empowers its readers with vital components, applicable...

Over the past twenty years, the debate between neutrality and perfectionism has been at the center of political philosophy. Now Perfectionism and Neutrality: Essays in Liberal Theory brings together classic papers and new ideas on both sides of the discussion. Editors George Klosko and Steven Wall...

This well organized, fact based guide reviews 34 budget accommodations on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Using a standard format, it describes the features and costs of each place in terms that allow the reader to make easy comparisons and informed choices. The guide differentiates itself from all others because it includes more than 420 high resolution, colour pictures.