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  • Abseiling Spiders

    by Peter Morris ...
    Abseiling Spiders is a very funny book focusing on the life of the author. Every incident is true and documentary proof (police receipts, photographs etc) is provided in the hardback edition.The book follows the author from birth in Belfast, where he was 'left with the nuns' to the day he finds out the truth about his birth. The rituals and procedures he must go through are perhaps akin to the ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All at sea: One Sailor’s Journey

    by Peter A. Morris ...
    I was five years of age when I first fell in love with the sea, which is the subject of the first story in my book All At Sea.I was a 'natural' at it, often performing a task on a boat before being told when or how to do it. I believe this knowledge came from a previous life spent on the water, and from the genes of two grandfathers who had been seafarers, and my father who had also spent some ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Game of Inches

    The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball: The Game on the Field, Volume 1

    by Peter Morris ...
    As befits a game traditionally passed from one generation to the next, baseball has always had a special reverence for origins. Claims of being first with any element of the game are disputed with fervor and passion. When the octogenarian Fred Goldsmith died in 1939, a headline proclaimed, 'Goldsmith Dies Insisting He Invented Curve Ball'; Fred Goldsmith understood the secret of immortality. Yet ... Read more

    $28.49 CAD

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    Ministry Protocol

    Thrilling Tales of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

    by Tee Morris, Leanna Renee Hieber, Karina Cooper, Tiffany Trent, Glenn Freund, Peter Woodworth, Dan Rabarts, Lauren Harris, Jared Axelrod, Alex White0, Delilah S. Dawson1, J.R. Blackwell2, Jack Mangan3 ...
    Narrated by Tee Morris ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 24 min

    From the Creators of the award-winning steampunk Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a collection of new adventures from around the world.The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences investigates the bizarre and unusual, and protects the citizens of the Empire from forces of darkness. Every agent knows that thrusting themselves into danger is part of the job, and may demand of them the ultimate ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Repeat of Yesterday

    by Peter Morris ...
    Set in a fractured, depopulated Britain, ‘No Repeat of Yesterday’ is a fast-paced thriller that asks questions about the trust we invest in those who wield power. The 2070s. A military-controlled regime fosters social cohesion via the charade of an external military threat. To this end, RAF pilot Nicole Dibaba conducts spectacular nocturnal raids against unoccupied industrial targets. As millions ... Read more

    $7.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Business Shrink - The Disgruntled Employee

    Manage Challenging Staff Without Losing Your Mind

    by Peter Morris, Peter Laufer ...
    Do your employees plan exit strategies around the water cooler?Are your office hallways filled with nasty gossip?Is your productivity shrinking and your profits dissolving?As a manager, every day you're faced with disgruntled employees. Now Peter Morris, host of the popular radio show "The Business Shrink," draws on his long experience to help you fix these problems.Gleaning tips from experts such ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Catcher

    How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero

    by Peter Morris ...
    Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early days, catchers stood a safe distance behind the batter. Then the introduction of the curveball in the 1870s led ... Read more

    $29.19 CAD

  • Cracking Baseball's Cold Cases

    Filling in the Facts About 17 Mystery Major Leaguers

    by Peter Morris ...
    This book is the result of one man's twenty-year quest to solve some of baseball's most enduring mysteries--the "cold cases" of major leaguers about whom virtually nothing is known. (In many instances, the various baseball encyclopedias list only their names and one other word: "deceased.") Some of these mysterious players had negligible professional careers and their time on a major league ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Level Playing Fields

    How the Groundskeeping Murphy Brothers Shaped Baseball

    by Peter Morris ...
    Most baseball fans want to hear about stellar players and spectacular plays, statistics and storied franchises. Level Playing Fields sheds light on a usually unnoticed facet of the game, introducing fans and historians alike to the real fundamentals of baseball: dirt and grass. In this lively history, Peter Morris demonstrates that many of the game’s rules and customs actually arose as concessions ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Sevan Samurai

    by Peter Morris ...
    A satisfying action thriller set in the modern world of Mixed Martial Arts.Roger Collins has been invited to give a display of his fighting skills by participating in a Mixed Martial Arts bout, which will be one of the highlights of the forthcoming Turkish annual wrestling tournament at Edirne in Turkey.As an ex member of the armed forces there's two things he can't turn down, a pretty face and a ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Puddy: The Life And Times Of Syd Puddefoot

    by Peter Morris ...
    Sydney Charles Puddefoot, "Puddy" to his admiring fans, was a household name amongst football supporters between the two world wars, a time generally regarded as the golden age of British football. In this first-ever full-length biography, Peter Morris charts Puddefoot's rise to stardom: from his East London upbringing to hero status at his beloved West Ham United whilst still a teenager; his ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ultimate Christmas Library: 400+ Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends

    by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Selma Lagerlöf, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Martin Luther, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Max Brand, William Wordsworth, Carolyn Wells, Charles Mackay, John Addington Symonds, Sophie May, Louisa May Alcott, Henry Van Dyke, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Andrew Lang, Frances Ridley Havergal, Alphonse Daudet, William John Locke, Walter Scott, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Booth Tarkington, Benito Pérez Galdós, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Armando Palacio Valdés, William Morris, Anthony Trollope, Marcel Prévost, Rudyard Kipling, Beatrix Potter, Robert Herrick, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Emily Dickinson, Bret Harte, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Meredith Nicholson, Lucas Malet, Isaac Watts, James Russell Lowell, James Whitcomb Riley, Thomas Nelson Page, O. Henry, Phillips Brooks, Saki, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sarah Orne Jewett, François Coppée, Oliver Bell Bunce, Susan Coolidge, Samuel McChord Crothers, Maud Lindsay, Alice Hale Burnett, Walter Crane, André Theuriet, Amy Ella Blanchard, Isabel Cecilia Williams, Evaleen Stein, Amanda M. Douglas, Edgar Wallace, George Wither, Booker T. Washington, Olive Thorne Miller, Vernon Lee, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Henry Vaughan, Eliza Cook, Kate Upson Clark, Ben Jonson, Ernest Ingersoll, Frank Samuel Child, Willis Boyd Allen, Georgianna M. Bishop, Edward Thring, F. L. Stealey, James Selwin Tait, Tudor Jenks, L. Frank Baum, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, J. M. Barrie, Eleanor H. Porter, Annie F. Johnston, Jacob A. Riis, Elbridge S. Brooks, Edward A. Rand, Florence L. Barclay, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Harrison S. Morris, Robert E. Howard, Marjorie L. C. Pickthall, Sarah P. Doughty, Hans Christian Andersen, William Butler Yeats, Richard Watson Gilder, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anton Chekhov, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Cecil Frances Alexander, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Margaret Deland, William Drummond, Robert Southwell, Reginald Heber, Alfred Lord Tennyson, George Macdonald, A. S. Boyd, Maxime Du Camp, Mary Austin, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Guy De Maupassant, Brothers Grimm, Clement Moore, Susan Anne Livingston, Ridley Sedgwick, Selma Lagerlof, Nora A. Smith, Phebe A. Curtiss, Nellie C. King, Lucy Wheelock, Aunt Hede, Frederick E. Dewhurst, Jay T. Stocking, Anna Robinson, Florence M. Kingsley, M. A. L. Lane, Elizabeth Harkison, Raymond Mcalden, F. E. Mann, Winifred M. Kirkland, Katherine Pyle, Grace Margaret Gallaher, Elia W. Peattie, F. Arnstein, James Weber Linn, Antonio Maré, Pedro A. De Alarcón, Jules Simon, Marion Clifford, E. E. Hale, Georg Schuster, Matilda Betham Edwards, Angelo J. Lewis, William Francis Dawson, Christopher North, Alfred Domett, Dinah Maria Mulock, James S. Park, Edmund Hamilton Sears, Edmund Bolton, C.s. Stone, Harriet F. Blodgett, John G. Whittier, Christian Burke, Emily Huntington Miller, Cyril Winterbotham, Enoch Arnold Bennett, John Punnett Peters ...
    The Ultimate Christmas Library: 400+ Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends offers a comprehensive exploration of holiday literature, weaving together an eclectic tapestry of narratives that celebrate the many facets of Christmas. This anthology traverses genres and eras, from timeless tales of generosity and redemption to enchanting folklore and enduring carols. Exploring themes of compassion, ... Read more

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