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  • Voices of Snipers

    Eyewitness Accounts from the World Wars

    by John Walter ...
    Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II.John Walter draws on meticulous research and the reminiscences of more than fifty snipers, tracing their journeys from recruitment and selection through training, combat and its aftermath to reveal a surprising commonality of experience, even across nationalities ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guns of the Elite Forces

    by John Walter ...
    Guns of the Elite Forces provides a penetrating account of the weapons that elite fighting troops carry into combat. Such elites have always existed in the armies of the world. During World War II, elite units sprang up in most theatres of conflict the German Brandenburgers carried out clandestine operations in Poland; in the Western Desert, the Long Range Desert Group and SAS penetrated deep ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hand Gun Story

    A Complete Illustrated History

    by John Walter ...
    A firearms expert "traces the history of the 'one hand gun' from its 14th century origins . . . surveying changing technology, techniques, and design" ( Midwest Book Review).Ideally suited for both attack and self-defense, handguns have gotten smaller and deadlier. But the earliest pistols had a tendency to misfire. This was cured by the cap-lock, which proved a massive success in the American ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Road Signs: Tales of the Surreal and Fantastic

    by John Walters ...
    When a hitchhiker returning from an extended trip abroad in the early 1970s crosses the United States, he plunges into a dark, surrealistic, frightening landscape from which there seems to be no escape.After a worldwide plague has decimated their city, four children searching for sustenance enter a seemingly deserted mansion, only to find out that its owner, a madman seeking the alchemical secret ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dragon Ticket - A Story

    by John Walters ...
    Presented with an extraordinary gift by an alien artifact high in the remote Himalayas, Michelle must learn how to use her new power, as nuclear war plunges the world into chaos. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Library at the End of the World

    by John Walters ...
    In a shattered post-apocalyptic world, physical books have become invaluable. Somehow a wandering ex-mercenary and a dedicated librarian must save an entire library in an abandoned village on the shore of the Brahmaputra River in Northeast India from a mob of murderous marauding scavengers heading downriver. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Sniping Rifles in the War Against Japan 1941–45

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 88 - Weapon
    Fully illustrated, this absorbing study explores the evolving sniping technology and tactics employed by both sides in Asia and the Pacific during 1941–45.During World War II, both the Japanese and their Allied opponents made widespread use of snipers armed with a variety of rifles, scopes and accessories and prepared by widely differing levels of training and tactical doctrine. The challenges of ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • Portals: A Fantasy

    by John Walters ...
    Abruptly, without any warning, portals to another dimension opened up all over the world. Hundreds of thousands entered; none returned. Now, months later, one representative exits each portal with a message. The doorways lead to a better world, and whoever wishes to enter must do so quickly, as the portals will soon disappear forever. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Left-Handed League: A Conspiracy Story

    by John Walters ...
    Long has the Left-Handed League been a shining light against majority right-handed prejudice and discrimination. Now in the face of a new threat of government-enforced ambidexterity, the League must fight, or face extinction. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus