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  • The Cathedral of Truth

    by Peter Higgins ...
    Roland Hellmantle, freelance computer writer based in Hong Kong, finds himself drawn into a journey to find a Dutch minister living in the Philippines who has information concerning a buried map at a French prison in North Vietnam. Hellmantle's grandfather, a French Legionnaire and researcher in family history and the legends of the Blonde Acquitaine, buried a map said to shown the whereabouts of ... Read more

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  • Wolfhound Century

    by Peter Higgins ...
    Series Book 1 - The Wolfhound Century
    Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist -- and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police.A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown insurgents with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more corrupted than he imagined: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Wolfhound Empire

    by Peter Higgins ...
    Series series The Wolfhound Century
    Collected for the first time in an omnibus edition, the internationally acclaimed Wolfhound Century trilogy is a perfect blend of fantasy, myth, science fiction and political thriller.Higgins's visionary fantasy trilogy describes a city gripped by fear, controlled by a totalitarian state reminiscent of Stalinist Russia. Worn down by an endless war, the city of Mirgorod is a murky world of secret ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Algebra

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Peter M. Higgins ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Algebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves calculations featuring given numbers, to problems where some quantities are unknown. Now, it stands as a pillar of mathematics, underpinning the quantitative sciences, both social and physical. This Very Short Introduction explains algebra from scratch. Over the course of ten logical chapters, Higgins ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Numbers

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Peter M. Higgins ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and feature in everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction Peter M. Higgins, the renowned mathematics writer, unravels the world of numbers; demonstrating its richness, and providing a comprehensive view of the idea of the number. Higgins paints a picture of the number world, considering how the modern number system matured over centuries. ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Numbers

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Peter M. Higgins ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 9 min

    Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics. Indeed, Higgins paints a crystal-clear picture of the number world, ... Read more

    $26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Mathematics for the Imagination

    by Peter Higgins ...
    Mathematics for the Imagination provides an accessible and entertaining investigation into mathematical problems in the world around us. From world navigation, family trees, and calendars to patterns, tessellations, and number tricks, this informative and fun new book helps you to understand the maths behind real-life questions and rediscover your arithmetical mind. This is a follow-up to the ... Read more

    $16.39 CAD

  • The Motorcycle Inn

    by Peter Higgins ...
    IN THE MODERN ERA of over-populated cities, the decimation of forests and the emphasis on computers and working in offices, there is a man who takes the opportunity to begin a new life with his ten-year-old son when he inherits his uncle's property on the largest freshwater island in the world on the Canada-US border. Having been abused by an intolerant father and in adult life crippled by ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Visigoths in Tweed

    by Peter Higgins ...
    This coming-to-age story begins during Reid's first week of university, a whirlwind that swept into a storm. Called this generation's Catcher in the Rye, Visigoths in Tweed touches on the multiple coming-of-age forces at university including an overbearing father. When Reid enrolls in a philosophy class because of a girl, he discovers a new world that holds the secret to life. The storm breaks ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Leaky Hourglass

    by Peter Higgins ...
    Whistleblowers have become a new phenomenon these days yet so few know about what motivates them to gather classified information and publish online for the sake of transparency. The most notorious whistleblower has remained behind locked doors for more than five years yet so few have delved into the mind of this man who single-handedly held the world captive as he published document after ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zeitqualia & the Art of Mountainbike Logic

    by Peter Higgins ...
    WRITTEN IN THE TRADITION of Robert Pirsig's Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, this motorcycle adventure follows the dialogue and reunion of Stüffle von Schöngait and his identical twin Edward, who have been separated from each other for twelve years. Both inseparable when young, they went to different universities but both studied philosophy, however, Edward, an earnest student and ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dragon Heart

    by Peter Higgins ...
    For readers of Cormac McCarthy and Justin Cronin**, this is the story of one family's** battle for survival in a world where evil has already won.As they fight their way across a dying land, Shay and Cass will do anything to keep their daughter, Hope, alive. The family faces unimaginable dangers as they try to stay together, and stay alive, long enough to reach safety. But when the heart of a ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD