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Charras
A True Novel of the Assassination that Roiled the Yucatan
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781608012657
Pub Date: November 2024
Charras is the true story of Efraín "El Charras" Calderón Lara, a twenty-six-year-old union leader and student activist, and the Yucatean government's successful plot to kidnap and murder him. Acclaimed...
In Search of Walid Masoud
A Novel
Price:
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9780815604587
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Walid Masoud disappears. A Palestinian intellectual, he has been living in Baghdad since the first Israeli War of 1948. As a member of an organization engaged in the armed struggle against Israel, suspicion...
White
Price:
CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781998206308
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Sutherland House
What would you do if you realized your entire set of beliefs were in fact hateful lies?For Sarah Cartell, it is not a question; it’s a reality. Raised in Goderich, Ontario, Sarah struggles to connect...
Honour Among Men
An Inspector Green Mystery
Price:
CA$21.99
ISBN: 9781459751064
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Dundurn Press
While investigating why an unidentified woman drowned in the Ottawa River, Inspector Green uncovers dark secrets linked to a peacekeeping mission in Yugoslavia more than a decade ago. Is someone still killing to prevent that secret from coming to light?
Firebrands
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901053
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Philippe is a creature of habit now, a man of routine. Trapped in an uninspiring job, with a wife, two children, and an uneventful life in the suburbs of Montreal, his student days spent chasing neo-Nazis across Europe was a lifetime ago. Until a ghost from the past turns up on his doorstep.An old friend convinces Philippe to return to his activist ways, leaving everything behind to hunt down a dangerous band of white supremacists.
The Sniper
Price:
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781487008574
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Jason Bourne meets John McClane in this electrifying Taiwanese thriller about a young special-forces sniper ordered to assassinate a high-level government official.
True Patriots
Price:
CA$18.99
ISBN: 9781459745704
Pub Date: February 2020
Imprint: Dundurn Press
A young navy officer in her first command and a small-town professor haunted by a shadowy past stumble onto a violent plot to pry Alberta from Confederation at any cost. As the countdown begins to a bitter political vote, can these strangers stop the extremists and their ever-expanding web of associates before they get real power?
Siegebreakers
Price:
CA$22.00
ISBN: 9781773631776
Pub Date: October 2019
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing
Under the crushing weight of the siege of Gaza, Laila and Nasser are members of the Palestinian resistance fighting desperately to free their people.
Quill of the Dove
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781771833783
Pub Date: April 2019
Imprint: Guernica Editions
French journalist Marc Taragon is at the apex of his career in 2007. A tenacious idealist, Taragon has spent the last thirty years attempting to bring to readers the truths about the wars and political...
The Branchman
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781851321896
Pub Date: November 2018
In this complex political thriller set in Galway in 1925, Detective Officer Michael Mackey of the newly-created Special Branch has been sent to the Garda Barracks in Ballinasloe on a mission to root...
The Tanzania Conspiracy
A Max O'Brien Mystery
Price:
CA$17.99
ISBN: 9781459736092
Pub Date: October 2018
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Max O’Brien travels to Tanzania to solve a friend’s murder, but finds himself wrapped up in the murky history of a killing spree of African albinos, and facing the possibility that his friend may have been collateral damage of a gruesome slaughter. Could the connection be real? Even in the face of horror, Max will stop at nothing to find out.
The Moscow Code
A Foreign Affairs Mystery
Price:
CA$15.99
ISBN: 9781459737143
Pub Date: November 2017
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Having barely survived his last posting in Havana, Charlie Hillier now finds himself in Moscow. When a writer arrested on dubious drug charges turns up dead, the official explanation is suicide. But Charlie has his doubts, and his investigation into the case brings him too close to powers more dangerous than he could have imagined.
One Man Dancing
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781771332736
Pub Date: September 2016
Imprint: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
One Man Dancing is a harrowing tale of integrity and endurance. Based on the true story of a young actor growing into artistic maturity in Uganda during the murderous regime of dictator Idi Amin, the action moves in and out of Africa through bizarre encounters with mysterious CIA-like figures and the international world of theatre. Trying to maintain his personal sanity while remaining true to his art, Charles collides constantly with political violence and natural disaster. It is a capricious fate that bounces him from Uganda to Jamaica, from Scandinavia to Canada and back again through this novel of risk and freedom, of political mystery and ultimately through the unravelling of this myth about theatre and faith.
Exceptional Circumstances
Price:
CA$17.99
ISBN: 9781459729100
Pub Date: April 2015
Imprint: Dundurn Press
When Luc Cadotte, diplomat and spy, returns home from Latin America during the FLQ Crisis, he becomes entangled in political machinations and a story of espionage, betrayal, and love gone wrong. Facing an unprecedented wave of domestic terrorism, Cadotte must weigh his ethics against public safety, with lives on the line.
Last Witness
Price:
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781550814439
Pub Date: October 2013
Imprint: Breakwater Books
A mysterious letter has reached retired FBI agent Frank Malloy. A letter bearing a name from a lifetime ago, from a woman who claims she saw what really happened on the day John F. Kennedy died in Dallas....
Charras
A True Novel of the Assassination that Roiled the Yucatan
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781608012657
Pub Date: November 2024
In Search of Walid Masoud
A Novel
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9780815604587
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Syracuse University Press
White
CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781998206308
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Sutherland House
Honour Among Men
An Inspector Green Mystery
CA$21.99
ISBN: 9781459751064
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Firebrands
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781773901053
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Philippe is a creature of habit now, a man of routine. Trapped in an uninspiring job, with a wife, two children, and an uneventful life in the suburbs of Montreal, his student days spent chasing neo-Nazis across Europe was a lifetime ago. Until a ghost from the past turns up on his doorstep.An old friend convinces Philippe to return to his activist ways, leaving everything behind to hunt down a dangerous band of white supremacists.
The Sniper
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781487008574
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
True Patriots
CA$18.99
ISBN: 9781459745704
Pub Date: February 2020
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Siegebreakers
CA$22.00
ISBN: 9781773631776
Pub Date: October 2019
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing
Under the crushing weight of the siege of Gaza, Laila and Nasser are members of the Palestinian resistance fighting desperately to free their people.
Quill of the Dove
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781771833783
Pub Date: April 2019
Imprint: Guernica Editions
The Branchman
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781851321896
Pub Date: November 2018
The Tanzania Conspiracy
A Max O'Brien Mystery
CA$17.99
ISBN: 9781459736092
Pub Date: October 2018
Imprint: Dundurn Press
The Moscow Code
A Foreign Affairs Mystery
CA$15.99
ISBN: 9781459737143
Pub Date: November 2017
Imprint: Dundurn Press
One Man Dancing
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781771332736
Pub Date: September 2016
Imprint: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
One Man Dancing is a harrowing tale of integrity and endurance. Based on the true story of a young actor growing into artistic maturity in Uganda during the murderous regime of dictator Idi Amin, the action moves in and out of Africa through bizarre encounters with mysterious CIA-like figures and the international world of theatre. Trying to maintain his personal sanity while remaining true to his art, Charles collides constantly with political violence and natural disaster. It is a capricious fate that bounces him from Uganda to Jamaica, from Scandinavia to Canada and back again through this novel of risk and freedom, of political mystery and ultimately through the unravelling of this myth about theatre and faith.
Exceptional Circumstances
CA$17.99
ISBN: 9781459729100
Pub Date: April 2015
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Last Witness
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781550814439
Pub Date: October 2013
Imprint: Breakwater Books