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Guerrero
A Novel of Conquest and Resistance
Price:
CA$20.95
ISBN: 9780826366863
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
?José Ángel Mañas is one of the best historical novelists in Spanish.??Mario Escobar, author of The Forgotten Names, and Auschwitz LullabyCelebrated Spanish writer José Ángel Mañas makes his English-language...
Zulaikha
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781771339568
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
In the winter of 2007, Zulaikha is travelling from Amsterdam to Tehran when she is approached by Kia, a family acquaintance she hasn's seen for many years, who is on the same flight. Kia's father has passed away and she is flying home to attend his funeral. In a shocking twist, Zulaikha suspects that Kia may have had information about her missing brother, Hessam, and their mutual friend, Abbass, who was murdered before Hessam's disappearance during the Iran and Iraq War.
When the flight is suddenly cancelled, and Zulaikha is later taken into custody and questioned about her relationship with Kia by both the European and Iranian authorities, who ultimately confiscate her passport, a tense thriller unfolds revealing the impacts of war and the consequences for one young woman unknowingly caught in the crossfire of greed, power, and international politics.
This sweeping novel explores many timely topics including issues related to gender,...
In the Defense of Liberty
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781990601415
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Freehand Books
Set on a US college campus in 1964, In the Defense of Liberty is a powerful, fast-paced novel exploring gender nonconformity and the reach of history. It's 1964, and the students at Merida University...
The Smile of the Wolf
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CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781487005399
Pub Date: January 2019
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
In medieval Iceland dead men rise from the grave, monsters roam the hills, and two men try to avoid paying the ultimate price for murder.
The Quaker
A Duncan McCormack Novel
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CA$19.99
ISBN: 9781487003753
Pub Date: July 2018
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
A thriller set in gritty 1960s Glasgow featuring Detective Inspector Duncan McCormack on the hunt for a violent serial killer known as The Quaker.
The Cottoncrest Curse
A Novel
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780807156186
Pub Date: September 2014
Imprint: LSU Press
The bodies of an elderly colonel and his comely young wife are discovered on the staircase of their stately plantation home, their blood still dripping down the wooden balustrades. Within the sheltered...
The Bold Dare All
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CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123063
Pub Date: June 2014
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Heroism confronts sadism ... and one man?s love of freedom takes on another?s contempt for life as the audio version of The Bold Dare All takes you to hell and back.
The No-Gun Man
A Frontier Tale of Outlaws, Lawlessness, and One Man's Code of Honor
Price:
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123254
Pub Date: June 2014
Imprint: Galaxy Press
As a young man Monte Calhoun thought the measure of a man was how hard he could drink and how straight he can shoot. But several years back East have changed him and he has become The No-Gun Man. Monte?s civilized now even if that means refusing to avenge the murder of his own father. But in a land of outlaws and ambushes, it?s only a question of how far Monte will be pushed before he pushes back ... with a vengeance. Blaze a bloody trail back to the American frontier as The No-Gun Man shows how wild the Wild West can make a man.
Forbidden Gold
An Adventure in Love and Money and the Desire for More
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CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592122721
Pub Date: June 2014
Imprint: Galaxy Press
The Yucatan jungle hides a world of secrets ... of wealth, love, and fate. Daredevil pilot Kurt Reid is about to fly into the heart of it in search of his destiny?and gold. It?s an adventure as daring and dangerous as any undertaken by Indiana Jones. Thanks to his grandfather?s dying wish, his entire inheritance hangs on his finding one particular gold nugget. Before it?s over, he?ll either land on a Mayan sacrificial altar or in the arms of his sexy co-pilot Joy. One way or another, things are heating up fast. Journey into the heart of darkness in the Mexican rain forest as Forbidden Gold takes you to a place where the glitter of gold makes passions seethe.
The Lieutenant Takes the Sky
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CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123223
Pub Date: October 2013
Imprint: Galaxy Press
American pilot Mike Malloy has been unjustly sentenced to five years in a Moroccan penal battalion?which is French for death sentence. But Malloy is about to get a reprieve ... if he?s willing to fly into the heart of the Sahara and into the teeth of a Berber rebellion. The expedition could have unexpected benefits. One of his passengers is a young woman whose eyes are as beautiful and blue as the wild blue yonder.... Fasten your seat belts and set a course for action and adventure as The Lieutenant Takes the Sky takes you on the ride of your life.
I Don't Know How To Behave
a fiction
Price:
CA$24.00
ISBN: 9781927040805
Pub Date: October 2013
Imprint: Book*hug
I Don't Know How To Behave combines the true story of Canadian daredevil and stunt driver Ken Carter (1938-1983) with imagined biographical elements from the lives of Canadian film director Bruce McDonald...
The Red Dragon
Price:
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123285
Pub Date: May 2013
Imprint: Galaxy Press
As a lieutenant in the US Marine Corps?Michael Stuart was once an officer and a gentleman. But now he?s seen as a renegade, a traitor and a thief. He?s a soldier of fortune in war-torn Manchuria and a man of honor in a world of treachery. Now, in a race against time and a Japanese super-spy, he?s in pursuit of the mystery, power, and treasure contained in a mysterious black chest ... and in the love of a beautiful woman. Experience every shot in the dark, every chase across the countryside, every whisper of betrayal and desire, as The Red Dragon breathes fire into this stirring tale.
Dead Men Kill
A Murder Mystery of Wealth, Power, and the Living Dead
Price:
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592122639
Pub Date: January 2010
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Detective Terry Lane is a standout cop who thought he'd seen it all ... until now. But he?s never seen a murder spree like this. The evidence is clear: the killers have not emerged from the underside of the city, but from six feet under it?the walking dead. And if Lane doesn?t think outside the box ... he could end up inside one, buried alive. Lock your doors and turn on the lights as the audio version of Dead Men Kill brings the dead to life.
Yukon Madness
Price:
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123179
Pub Date: January 2010
Imprint: Galaxy Press
There are all kinds of crazy, but there?s only one Yukon Madness. And Royal Mountie Tommy McKenna has seen the terror that follows in its wake ... his partner murdered and fed to a pack of wolves. Bent on revenge, McKenna sets out to find the madman who did it, and there?s only one way to get him?through his girlfriend. But whose side is she on? The trap has been set. The question is, who is the predator and who is the prey?
Cargo of Coffins
Price:
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123520
Pub Date: July 2009
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Lars Marlin has escaped from Devil?s Island and come face to face with the man who put him there?Paco Corvino. Now the two are off to sea serving on a luxury yacht. Lars is determined to find out what Corvino has up his sleeve ... and what killer cargo he?s hiding on board. But the yacht owner?s daughter is a beautiful?and dangerous?distraction. Will Lars be safe in her arms ... or is she part of Corvino's plot?a trap set with honey?
Man-Killers of the Air
Price:
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592122912
Pub Date: April 2009
Imprint: Galaxy Press
High-flying, hard-living Smoke Burnham?s in a life-and-death race in pursuit of big money ... and big trouble. Because one thing you can count on?in the air, in a fight, or in his girlfriend?s arms?where there?s Smoke, there?s fire. Set a course for the Andes and the Amazon as Man-Killers of the Air takes you on a death-defying flight from heaven to hell and back again.
Guerrero
A Novel of Conquest and Resistance
CA$20.95
ISBN: 9780826366863
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Zulaikha
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781771339568
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
In the winter of 2007, Zulaikha is travelling from Amsterdam to Tehran when she is approached by Kia, a family acquaintance she hasn's seen for many years, who is on the same flight. Kia's father has passed away and she is flying home to attend his funeral. In a shocking twist, Zulaikha suspects that Kia may have had information about her missing brother, Hessam, and their mutual friend, Abbass, who was murdered before Hessam's disappearance during the Iran and Iraq War.
When the flight is suddenly cancelled, and Zulaikha is later taken into custody and questioned about her relationship with Kia by both the European and Iranian authorities, who ultimately confiscate her passport, a tense thriller unfolds revealing the impacts of war and the consequences for one young woman unknowingly caught in the crossfire of greed, power, and international politics.
This sweeping novel explores many timely topics including issues related to gender,...
In the Defense of Liberty
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781990601415
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Freehand Books
The Smile of the Wolf
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781487005399
Pub Date: January 2019
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
The Quaker
A Duncan McCormack Novel
CA$19.99
ISBN: 9781487003753
Pub Date: July 2018
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
The Cottoncrest Curse
A Novel
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780807156186
Pub Date: September 2014
Imprint: LSU Press
The Bold Dare All
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123063
Pub Date: June 2014
Imprint: Galaxy Press
The No-Gun Man
A Frontier Tale of Outlaws, Lawlessness, and One Man's Code of Honor
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123254
Pub Date: June 2014
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Forbidden Gold
An Adventure in Love and Money and the Desire for More
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592122721
Pub Date: June 2014
Imprint: Galaxy Press
The Lieutenant Takes the Sky
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123223
Pub Date: October 2013
Imprint: Galaxy Press
I Don't Know How To Behave
a fiction
CA$24.00
ISBN: 9781927040805
Pub Date: October 2013
Imprint: Book*hug
The Red Dragon
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123285
Pub Date: May 2013
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Dead Men Kill
A Murder Mystery of Wealth, Power, and the Living Dead
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592122639
Pub Date: January 2010
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Yukon Madness
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123179
Pub Date: January 2010
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Cargo of Coffins
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592123520
Pub Date: July 2009
Imprint: Galaxy Press
Man-Killers of the Air
CA$10.95
ISBN: 9781592122912
Pub Date: April 2009
Imprint: Galaxy Press