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  • Glencoe

    The Story of the Massacre

    by John Prebble ...
    'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.'This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Highland Clearances

    by John Prebble ...
    In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation or, evicted from the glens to ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The High Girders

    The gripping true story of a Victorian dream that ended in tragedy

    by John Prebble ...
    'A tale of irresponsibility and inexperience' THE TIMES'Graphically written with a sense of dramatic construction' SCOTSMANOn December 28th 1879, the night of the Great Storm, the Tay Bridge collapsed, along with the train that was crossing, and everyone on board...This is the true story of that disastrous night, told from multiple viewpoints:The station master waiting for the train to arrive - ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Wandering in the Gardens of the Mind

    Peter Mitchell and the Making of Glynn

    Peter Mitchell, winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize for chemistry for his chemiosmotic theory, was a highly original scientist who revolutionized our understanding of cellular metabolism and bioenergetics. This is the only full biography of Mitchell, and it should be of considerable interest to biophysicists, biochemists, and physicians and researchers focusing on metabolism, as well as historians of ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD

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    The High Girders

    The gripping true story of a Victorian dream that ended in tragedy

    by John Prebble ...
    Narrated by David Monteath ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 3 min

    'A tale of irresponsibility and inexperience' THE TIMES'Graphically written with a sense of dramatic construction' SCOTSMANOn December 28th 1879, the night of the Great Storm, the Tay Bridge collapsed, along with the train that was crossing, and everyone on board...This is the true story of that disastrous night, told from multiple viewpoints:The station master waiting for the train to arrive - ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Hitler's Scientists

    by John Cornwell ...
    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 21 min

    By the first decade of the twentieth century, Germany was the Mecca of science and technology in the world. However, by the beginning of the First World War, Germany began to display some of the features that would blight the conduct of ideal science through the rest of the century.After Hitler came into power in 1933, science and technology were quickly pressed into service by racist, xenophobic ... Read more

    $41.16 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Mr Phillips

    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 44 min

    Mr Phillips wakes on the morning of July 31 in his modest, nearly mortgage-free home, in the bed he has contentedly shared with his wife of thirty years (though to be honest, at night he lies beside her and dreams of other women), ready to face another ordinary day. Except that for Mr Phillips, it is not an ordinary day, for on Friday, July 28, he was summarily sacked. Nonetheless, he rises at his ... Read more

    $21.51 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Mars and Venus Starting Over

    A Practical Guide for Finding Love Again After a Painful Breakup, Divorce, or the Loss of a Loved One

    by John Gray ...
    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 47 min

    Is it possible to find love again after a breakup, death, or divorce?The end of a relationship can sometimes feel like the end of the world. Devastation, loneliness, and bitterness are some emotions that exist due to a breakup, divorce, or the loss of a loved one. But with the help of this compassionate guide, Dr. John Gray expresses that you will survive and tells you how to find love again.While ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    Why Mars and Venus Collide

    Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with Stress

    by John Gray ...
    Narrated by John Gray ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually hardwired to react differently to the stress. It's a ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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    The Hopeless Life Of Charlie Summers

    by Paul Torday ...
    Narrated by Simon J. Williamson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 1 min

    Hector Chetwode-Talbot, Eck to his friends, has left the army and is slightly at a loss as to what to do next, when he is approached by an old army pal, Bilbo Mountwilliam. Bilbo runs an investment fund company and business is booming. Bilbo persuades Eck to join the company as a 'greeter' for moneyed clients. All Eck has to do is supply the contacts with entertainment and large G&Ts and then the ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    The Lords of the North

    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - The Last Kingdom Series

    Unabridged

    12 hours 44 min

    The third book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.A hero will be forged from this broken land.As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.The year is 878 and the Vikings have been thrown out of Wessex. Uhtred, fresh from fighting for Alfred in the battle to free Wessex, travels north to seek revenge for his father's death, killed in a bloody raid by Uhtred's old enemy, ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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    The Burning Land

    Narrated by Matt Bates ...
    Series Audiobook 5 - The Last Kingdom Series

    Unabridged

    13 hours 22 min

    The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD