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  • A Street Shaken by Light

    The Story of William Neilson, Volume I

    by James Buchan ...
    'An epic voyage well worth taking ... Exhilarating' Marianka Swain, TelegraphOne of Britain's outstanding historical writers delivers a romantic and picaresque masterpiece that tells the fascinating story of William Neilson.In 1720, the young William Neilson leaves Edinburgh to make his fortune in Europe, first sailing to Rotterdam and then on foot to Paris, where he meets and is immediately ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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    Island of Sheep, The

    by John Buchan ...
    Narrated by James Harrington ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 40 min

    Hannay is called by an old oath to protect the son of a man he once knew, who is also heir to the secret of a great treasure. He obtains help from Sandy Arbuthnot, now Lord Clanroyden, and Lombard. ... Read more

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    Three Hostages, The

    by John Buchan ...
    Narrated by James Harrington ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 52 min

    Hannay is married to Mary and living peacefully in the Cotswolds, when he receives a request to help solve the mysterious kidnapping of the children of three prominent people. Given nothing to go on but a few mysterious clues, Hannay, assisted by friends like Sandy Arbuthnot, must track down the dastardly villains behind the plot before it's too late... ... Read more

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    A Street Shaken by Light

    The Story of William Neilson, Volume I

    by James Buchan ...
    Narrated by Robin Laing ...
    Series series William Neilson

    Unabridged

    6 hours 15 min

    One of Britain's outstanding historical writers delivers a romantic and picaresque masterpiece that tells the fascinating story of William Neilson.In 1720, the young William Neilson leaves Edinburgh to make his fortune in Europe, first sailing to Rotterdam and then on foot to Paris, where he meets and is immediately employed by the banker John Law. A day later he is in the Bastille, but not before ... Read more

    $18.43 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Greenmantle

    by John Buchan ...
    Narrated by James Harrington ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 35 min

    Hannay is summoned to the Foreign Office by Sir Walter Bullivant, a senior intelligence man, whom Hannay met and assisted in The 39 Steps. Bullivant gives Hannay an outline of the political situation in the Middle East, and hints that the Germans and their Turkish allies are plotting to cause a great uprising throughout the Muslim world, that will throw the whole of the Middle East, India and ... Read more

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  • Days of God

    The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences

    by James Buchan ...
    A myth-busting insider’s account of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that destroyed US influence in the country and transformed the politics of the Middle East and the world.The 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran was one of the seminal events of our time. It inaugurated more than thirty years of war in the Middle East and fostered an Islamic radicalism that shapes foreign policy in the United States ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • John Law

    A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century

    by James Buchan ...
    At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe.Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest.On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The House of Widows

    A swashbuckling, epic tale of adventure: Volume 4 in The Family of William Neilson

    by James Buchan ...
    Series series The Family of William Neilson
    'A concisely rich reading experience like no other . . . immensely, continuously exciting to boot. Highly, highly recommended' Francis Spufford'An epic voyage well worth taking' Telegraph'There is nothing quite like a James Buchan novel' Financial TimesAutumn, 1785. Two young boys, in the uniform of officer cadets of the Royal Military College, are standing outside the porter's gate of a h... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Capital of the Mind

    How Edinburg Changed the World

    by James Buchan ...
    This "elegant portrait of Edinburgh in the age of Enlightenment" reveals a thriving city of artists, architects, scientists, and other pioneers ( Times Literary Supplement).In the early eighteenth century, Edinburgh, Scotland, was a filthy backwater town synonymous with poverty and disease. Yet by century's end, it had become the marvel of modern Europe, home to the finest minds of the day and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection (77 Books in One Volume)

    by James Fenimore Cooper, John Buchan, William Le Queux, Talbot Mundy, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Erskine Childers, George Barton, Robert W. Chambers, Fred M. White, Robert Baden-Powell, John R. Coryell, E. Philips Oppenheim ...
    The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection (77 Books in One Volume) delves into the art of espionage with a remarkable array of stories that define the spy fiction genre. This anthology traverses a broad spectrum of narrative styles, ranging from the gripping suspense typical of classic spy thrillers to the subtle intrigue found in early detective fiction. Amidst these varied tales, the reader will ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection (77 Books in One Volume)

    77 Classic Tales of Espionage, Invasion Plots, Secret Diplomacy, and Imperial Adventure

    by James Fenimore Cooper, John Buchan, William Le Queux, Talbot Mundy, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Erskine Childers, George Barton, Robert W. Chambers, Fred M. White, Robert Baden-Powell, John R. Coryell, E. Philips Oppenheim ...
    The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection gathers seventy-seven works into a capacious survey of early modern espionage fiction, where covert observation, diplomatic intrigue, imperial rivalry, sabotage, and threatened national security repeatedly test the boundaries between private conscience and public duty. Adventure tales, detective narratives, political thrillers, invasion scares, and ... Read more

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  • The Jokers

    by Albert Cossery ...
    Translated by Anna Moschovakis ...
    Who are the jokers?The jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by Albert Cossery is set.The jokers are also the revolutionaries, no less bumbling and no less infatuated with the trappings of power than the government ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD