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  • Invisible Agents

    Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain

    It would be easy for the modern reader to conclude that women had no place in the world of early modern espionage, with a few seventeenth-century women spies identified and then relegated to the footnotes of history. If even the espionage carried out by Susan Hyde, sister of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, during the turbulent decades of civil strife in Britain can escape the historiographer's ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts

    The dazzling new biography of one of history's most misunderstood queens Elizabeth Stuart is one the most misrepresented - and underestimated - figures of the seventeenth century. Labelled a spendthrift more interested in the theatre and her pet monkeys than politics or her children, and long pitied as 'The Winter Queen', the direct ancestor of Elizabeth II was widely misunderstood. Nadine ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Spycraft

    Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration

    Narrated by Nan McNamara ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 2 min

    A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassinationEarly modern Europe was a hotbed of espionage, where spies, spy-catchers, and conspirators pitted their wits against each other in deadly games of hide and seek. Theirs was a dangerous trade—only those who mastered the latest techniques would ... Read more

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    The Splendid and the Vile

    A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

    by Erik Larson ...
    Narrated by Erik Larson, John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 49 min

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the BlitzNAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post • HuffPost • The Seattle Times • Lit Hub • The Week • PopSugarOn Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Ado... ... Read more

    $34.00 CAD

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    Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    Unabridged

    9 hours 4 min

    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime ... Read more

    $27.00 CAD

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    The Promise

    A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

    by Damon Galgut ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 37 min

    WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEA modern family saga written in gorgeous prose by three-time Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut.Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On the Way to the Wedding

    Bridgerton

    by Julia Quinn ...
    Series Book 8 - Bridgertons
    A New York Times BestsellerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Gregory Bridgerton, in the final installment of her beloved Regency romance novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.GREGORY’S STORYUnlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton is a true romantic who believes in true love. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • It's In His Kiss

    Bridgerton

    by Julia Quinn ...
    Series Book 7 - Bridgertons
    Meet Our Hero . . .Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. In this delightful Regency romance, Gareth’s sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past . . . and the key to his future. The problem is—it’s written in Italian, of which Gareth speaks not a word.Meet ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • When He Was Wicked

    Bridgerton

    by Julia Quinn ...
    Series Book 6 - Bridgertons
    A New York Times BestsellerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Francesca Bridgerton, in the sixth of her beloved Regency historical romance novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.FRANCESCA’S STORYIn every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • To Sir Phillip, With Love

    Bridgerton

    by Julia Quinn ...
    Series Book 5 - Bridgertons
    ELOISE’S STORYSir Phillip, a moody widower, knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he’d proposed, figuring that she’d be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn’t. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her . . . ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    The Secret History

    A Novel

    by Donna Tartt ...
    Narrated by Donna Tartt ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 3 min

    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch.Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. ... Read more

    $41.00 CAD

  • First Comes Scandal

    A Bridgerton Prequel

    by Julia Quinn ...
    Series Book 4 - Bridgerton
    There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In this historical romance, the fourth in the Bridgerton prequel series, following The Other Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia QuinnShe was given two choices...Georgiana Bridgerton isn’t against the idea of marriage. She’d just thought she’d have some say in ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD