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  • Who Killed Bob Crane?

    The Final Close-Up

    by John Hook ...
    Can Modern DNA Science Crack this Cold Case?The 1978 murder of actor and American icon Bob Crane remains one of the most high-profile unsolved celebrity murders of all time. Thirty-eight years after his brutal murder in Scottsdale, Arizona, millions around the world still want answers. Was John Carpenter the killer? Or did police arrest an innocent man?For nearly 40 years, police remained ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Adventuring

    It Is Not Just for the Young and Strong

    by John R. Hook ...
    Think of the most amazing adventure story you have ever heard about, read about, or watched on film. How did it make you feel? Probably excited and inspired and possibly a bit envious, and yearning for more adventure in your own life.It happens to all of us. And too often we dismiss the thought out-of-hand. After all, isnt adventure reserved for the talented, the young, the strong?Author John Hook ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Scientists

    A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors

    by John Gribbin ...
    A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientists, by the bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger’s CatIn this ambitious new book, John Gribbin tells the stories of the people who have made science, and of the times in which they lived and worked. He begins with Copernicus, during the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Terror Tales of the Home Counties

    by Paul Finch, David J Howe, Gail-Nina Anderson, Helen Grant, Tina Rath, Steve Duffy, John Llewellyn Probert, Andrew Hook, Sam Dawson, Steven J Dines, Reggie Oliver, Mick Sims, Jason Gould, Tom Johnstone, Allen Ashley ...
    The gardens and orchards of the Home Counties. Quintessential England. Cottages, sleepy lanes. But also alchemy, devil cults and village curses. Where country house murders happen for real, evil landlords slaughter their guests, and Hellfire Clubs celebrate the powers of darkness … An anthology of horror stories using the Home Counties, its myths and legends, as their basis. ... Read more

    $5.52 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Walther Pistols

    PP, PPK and P 38

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 82 - Weapon
    While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s.The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipistole), a double-action semi-automatic pistol intended for the law-enforcement market, became available in 1929 and went on to arm the police of several European ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • Hotchkiss Machine Guns

    From Verdun to Iwo Jima

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 71 - Weapon
    The air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired.Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved successful enough to develop the Modèle Portative: a man-portable version which, it was hoped, could move with infantrymen as they advanced. Later mounted on tanks and ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • Weapons of the Civil War Cavalryman

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 75 - Weapon
    During the American Civil War, the mounted soldiers fighting on both sides of the conflict carried a wide array of weapons, from sabers and lances to carbines, revolvers, and other firearms.Though some sections of the cavalry placed their trust in the sabre, the advent of viable breechloading carbines -- especially repeaters such as the Spencer -- was to transform warfare within little more than a ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • American Foreign Policy Since World War II

    by Steven W. Hook, John W. Spanier, Andrea K. Grove ...
    Now in its Twenty-Second Edition, Hook, Spanier, and Grove’s American Foreign Policy Since World War II has long set the standard in guiding students through the complexities of American foreign policy. The text introduces students to the American "style" of foreign policy, imbued with a distinct sense of national exceptionalism. By giving students the historical context they need, this book ... Read more

    $108.79 CAD

  • Nambu Pistols

    Japanese military handguns 1900–45

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 86 - Weapon
    This is the absorbing story of the handguns credited to Nambu Kijiro, the principal personal-defence weapons of the Imperial forces.Featuring full-color artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this book charts the origins, development, combat use, and legacy of the Nambu pistols. Cutaway artwork reveals the inner workings of these important handguns, while specially commissioned battlescenes ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • Aztec Warrior

    AD 1325–1521

    by John Pohl ...
    Series Book 32 - Warrior
    According to one popular image, the Aztec army was a ruthless and efficient war machine, that established an empire by convincingly overwhelming its neighbors, sacrificing thousands to bloodthirsty gods along the way. From a contrasting perspective, its native warriors were no match for the modern warring methods of Cortés' greatly outnumbered Spaniards, who decisively defeated them. The reality ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Conquistador

    1492–1550

    by John Pohl ...
    Series Book 40 - Warrior
    Many accounts portray the conquest of the New World as a remarkable military achievement, with Cortés' vastly outnumbered but better armed Spaniards defeating hordes of superstitious savages. However, the reality of these events is far more complex and no less significant. The first Conquistadors who had sailed in search of prosperity, inspired by dreams of unlimited riches, soon became ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Passion in Philosophy

    Essays in Honor of Alphonso Lingis

    by Randolph Wheeler, Anne Ashbaugh, Wolfgang W. Fuchs, Graham Harman, Alexander E. Hooke, Alphonso Lingis, John Murungi, Emily Anne Parker, Tom Sparrow, Richard I. Sugarman0 ...
    Among the first and foremost of American continental philosophers, Alphonso Lingis refines his own thought through a topic usually deemed unworthy of philosophical examination—passion. Lingis criticizes traditional scientific accounts of the emotions as dividing or disrupting our lives and argues for passion as a unifying force, a concept which invites philosophical exploration. The book’s ... Read more

    $115.89 CAD