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  • The Mesopotamian Riddle

    An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    An “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.It was one of history’s great vanishing acts. Around 3,400 BCE, a scribe in the mud-walled city-state of ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu

    And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    ****New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**To save ancient Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven in this “fast-paced narrative that is…part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract, and part out-and-out thriller” (The Washington Post) from the award-winning journalist and author of The Falcon Thief.**In the 1980s, a young ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Last Czar

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    Here's the tantalizing final chapter of one of historys most sensational murders: the discovery of the remains of the two missing children of Russias last czar, Nicholas II. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Falcon Thief

    A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    Series series A Wild True Crime Adventure
    A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs—and the wildlife detective determined to stop him.On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain’s Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales.So ... Read more

    $19.50 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Trail to an Iranian Jail

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    The lush peaks of Iraqi Kurdistan are irresistible to a certain breed of bold backpacker: Theyre exotic, beautiful, and way off the beaten track. But when three young Americans were arrested by Iranian border guards last July after straying too far down a trail, the costs of adventure travel got a lot higher. As the hikers languished in their cells, Joshua Hammer decided to find out how they got ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sherlock Holmes' London

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    Award winning author and journalist Joshua Hammer tracks down the haunts of Arthur Conan Doyle and his favorite sleuth. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where Agatha Christie Dreamed Up Murder

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    Agatha Christie was 48 years old in 1938, gaining fame and fortune from her prolific output of short stories and novels, one series starring the detective Hercule Poirot, another centered on the underestimated spinster Jane Marple. Christies life had settled into a comfortable routine: Part of the year was spent at her house near Oxford, and part on excavations in the deserts of Iraq and Syria ... Read more

    $1.40 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Buddha

    by Joshua Hammer ...

    $4.22 CAD

  • Secrets of the Temple Mount

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    In Jerusalem archeologists labor to discover what lies beneath the Temple Mount, the magnificent edifice that has served the faithful as a symbol of Gods glory for 3,000 years and remains at the crossroads of the three great monotheistic religions. Here, award-winning journalist Joshua Hammer discovers, interpretations of ancient history are being shaped by modern-day politics. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Murder In Yosemite

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    1999: Amidst Yosemites grandeur, a murderer is on the loose. Before he is apprehended, four people lay dead - one decapitated. Here award-winning journalist Joshua Hammer digs into Yosemites past to uncover the almost forgotten story of the killers cruel rampage, exploring the stark contrast between natures beauty and mans brutality. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Season in Bethlehem

    Unholy War in a Sacred Place

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    *Newsweek'*s Jerusalem bureau chief Joshua Hammer arrived in the West Bank in October 2000 -- just after Ariel Sharon made his inflammatory visit to the Haram al-Sharif, otherwise known as the Temple Mount. Sharon's trip ignited the worst violence the Middle East had seen in decades. Overnight, the peace process gave way to an ever-worsening cycle of attack, revenge, and retaliation, destabilizing ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Envision Your Way To Success

    by Joshua Hammer ...
    In the second installment of his series on how to improve performance by making knowledge work more productive, Brand Velocity CEO Jack Bergstrand shows why (and how) winning organizations can reinvent their strategies. The secret: Envision. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus