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“samuel hawley”

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  • Daikon

    A Novel

    by Samuel Hawley ...
    “Thrilling…Builds to a pulse-pounding climax. The result is the most imaginative take on Hiroshima since Edwin Corley’s The Jesus Factor.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A riveting tale about war, intrigue, love, and perseverance.” —John Grisham • “I could not look away. This novel is storytelling at its finest.” —Karl Marlantes • “Spellbinding…A breathtaking chain reaction that unleashes the ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • I Just Ran

    Percy Williams, World's Fastest Human

    by Samuel Hawley ...
    At the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics an unknown Vancouver runner named Percy Williams shocked the sports world by capturing the 100- and 200-metre gold medals. Some said the feat was a fluke. It wasn't. In 1929 Percy silenced naysayers by sweeping the US indoor track circuit, then he went on to set a world record in the 100 metres that would stand until the arrival of Jesse Owens. And in between he ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Ultimate Speed

    The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove

    by Samuel Hawley ...
    An L.A. hot-rodder with a high school education, a family to support, and almost no money, Craig Breedlove set out in the late 1950s to do something big: harness the thrust of a jet in a car. With a growing obsession that would cost him his marriage, he started building in his dad's garage. The car's name was Spirit of America. Through perseverance and endless hard work, Craig completed Spirit and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Speed Duel

    The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties

    by Samuel Hawley ...
    The quest for the land speed record in the 1960s and the epic rivalry between two dynamic American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove."Interesting and complex. . . .The best job I've seen done on the subject so far."-- Craig BreedloveUntil the 1950s, the land speed record (LSR) was held by a series of European gentlemen racers such as British driver John Cobb, who hit 394 miles per hour in ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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    Daikon

    A Novel

    by Samuel Hawley ...
    Narrated by Brian Nishii ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 27 min

    “Thrilling…Builds to a pulse-pounding climax. The result is the most imaginative take on Hiroshima since Edwin Corley’s The Jesus Factor.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A riveting tale about war, intrigue, love, and perseverance.” —John Grisham • “I could not look away. This novel is storytelling at its finest.” —Karl Marlantes • “Spellbinding…A breathtaking chain reaction that unleashes the ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Quickly, While They Still Have Horses

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    by Jan Carson ...
    Narrated by Simon Slater, Maeve Smyth ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 48 min

    A surreal and darkly comic collection of stories that offer a fresh and irreverent look at life in contemporary Northern Ireland from “one of the most exciting and original Northern Irish writers of her generation” (The Sunday Times, London).Humorous and horrifying, tender and absurd, the stories in Quickly, While They Still Have Horses offer a fresh, irreverent look at life in post-conflict ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

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    Dead First

    by Johnny Compton ...
    Narrated by Selena Mikes ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 57 min

    From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel about a private investigator hired by a mysterious billionaire to discover why he can’t die.When private investigator Shyla Sinclair is invited to the looming mansion of eccentric billionaire Saxton Braith, she’s more than a little suspicious. The last thing she expects to see that night is Braith’s ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Beautiful Family

    A Novel

    by Jennifer Trevelyan ...
    Narrated by Ruby Hansen ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    **A New York Times Best Thriller of 2025Over the course of one sunbaked summer vacation, a family is pulled into a web of mysteries that the younger daughter sets out to solve. A tense, page-turning debut of childhood, innocence, and evil."I absolutely loved this page-turning family mystery and didn’t want it to end. . . An extraordinary, exquisitely written debut." --Liane Moriarty, New York ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Under Water

    A Novel

    by Tara Menon ...
    Narrated by Chantelle Ramdeen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 33 min

    **NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, OPRAH DAILY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, DEBUTIFUL AND MORE!“In equal measure compelling and heart wrenching. ” —Claire Messud“Overwhelming and exquisite–in a word, sublime.” —Namwali Serpell“A novel of remarkable delicacy and power.”—Katie KitamuraAn intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Ruins

    by Lily Brooks-Dalton ...
    Narrated by Carlotta Brentan ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 17 min

    From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Light Pirate comes a powerful, deeply resonant novel about an ambitious archaeologist in pursuit of a rare artifact from an ancient civilization—that would not only change her life but potentially society at large.“Lily Brooks-Dalton's novels are rich literary feasts." —Geraldine Brooks, bestselling author of HorsePr... ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    The Sixth Nik

    by Daniel Kraus ...
    Narrated by Kimberly Woods ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 21 min

    Perfectly aligned for readers of Iain M. Banks’s The Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, The Sixth Nik is a galaxy spanning adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angel Down and Whalefall.Deep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars The Sickness... ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The Bullet Swallower

    A Novel

    by Elizabeth Gonzalez James ...
    Narrated by Lee Osorio ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 59 min

    A “mesmerizing...wildly entertaining” (The Boston Globe) magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to rob a train, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generations in the making.In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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