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  • Lynn Love Luck & Loss

    by Simon Glyndwr John ...
    This story shows how a fifteen minute train journey changed the lives of two forty-year old people, one an American woman and the other a British man. That train encounter led to a happy marriage and what followed, the blossoming of artistic creativity in both of them. In particular, Lynn's imagination saw her produce work in different arts as she evolved into 'A Renaissance Woman.'Each chapter in ... Read more

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  • The Slender Man

    by Simon John Cox ...
    When Adam Bradford's sister goes missing he drops everything to assist the police, travelling up to the isolated village where she lived.When he arrives at her cottage, however, he discovers a life in disarray and a bedroom filled with cryptic notes and mysterious blurred photographs.At first he puts this obsession down to some kind of psychological disorder, but after he experiences a series of ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Roger Federer: Portrait of an Artist

    A study and biography of one of tennis’ greatest players

    by Christopher Jackson ...
    Narrated by Simon Johns ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 9 min

    Chris Jackson's new thoughtful and brilliantly written study of Federer as a man, player, and aesthetic and moral figure of our times, outplays even Foster Wallace's magisterial writing on this greatest of all tennis champions.Updated for its audio release, here is the most profound, insightful and elegant book ever written about the greatest sportsman of our time. ... Read more

    $23.96 CAD

  • Death and The Hunter

    by Simon Glyndwr John ...
    In the autumn of 1961 the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union is at one of its highs following the building of the Berlin Wall in August. A Soviet submarine was seenon the surface of the sea, off the coast of Wales. A week after that the submarine sighting a on a Sunday morning a man's body washes up on a beach beside Portlava, a Welsh industrial town. The local police have sent many of ... Read more

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  • Lincoln Revisited

    by John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, Dawn Vogel ...
    This essay collection "draws together some of the best and brightest Abraham Lincoln scholars around" for a fresh and enlightening view of his life ( The Journal of American History).More than 150 years after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains the most written-about figure in American history. Lincoln Revisited is a brilliant gathering of fresh scholarship by the leading Lincoln historians of our ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Godfrey of Bouillon

    Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Ruler of Latin Jerusalem, c.1060-1100

    by Simon John ...
    Series series Rulers of the Latin East
    This book offers a new appraisal of the ancestry and career of Godfrey of Bouillon (c.1060-1100), a leading participant in the First Crusade (1096-99), and the first ruler of Latin Jerusalem (1099-1100), the polity established by the crusaders after they captured the Holy City. While previous studies of Godfrey’s life have tended to focus on his career from the point at which he joined the crusade ... Read more

    Was $89.99 CAD Now $79.69 CAD

  • A Salute to One of 'The Few'

    The Life of Flying Officer Peter Cape Beauchamp St John RAF

    by Simon St. John Beer ...
    A poignant biography of a pilot who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II.In a quiet churchyard is the grave of an airman who lost his life fighting in the skies over southern England in October 1940. The author happened to come across this grave, and after some initial inquiries discovered that nobody in the town was aware that this Battle of Britain pilot lay at rest in their parish ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crusading and Warfare in the Middle Ages

    Realities and Representations. Essays in Honour of John France

    by Simon John, Nicholas Morton ...
    Series series Crusades - Subsidia
    This volume has been created by scholars from a range of disciplines who wish to show their appreciation for Professor John France and to celebrate his career and achievements. For many decades, Professor France’s work has been instrumental in many of the advances made in the fields of crusader studies and medieval warfare. He has published widely on these topics including major publications such ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • Death in the Docks

    by Simon Glyndwr John ...
    Owen Jones returns to the main Abermorfa Police Station as an Acting Detective Inspector. Owen's new role includes his overseeing of the Special Branch unit based in the docks who police the arrival of ships and their crews particularly those from behind the Iron Curtain. An outbreak of flu in the town devastates the police leaving Owen to accept responsibilities, like complaints about police ... Read more

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  • The Taegeuk Cipher: The Patterns of Kukki Taekwondo as a Practical Self-Defence Syllabus

    by Simon John O'Neill ...
    An analysis of the Taegeuk patterns of Kukki Taekwondo, discussing the context of their creation, realistic applications for practical self-defence including grappling and close-range striking, and the development of a pattern-based self-defence syllabus. ... Read more

    $11.79 CAD

  • Strangers in a Stranger Land

    How One Country's Jews Fought an Unwinnable War alongside Nazi Troops… and Survived

    by John B. Simon ...
    What did it feel like to be an openly Jewish soldier fighting alongside German troops in WWII? Could a Jewish nurse work safely in a field hospital operating theater under the supervision of German army doctors? Several hundred members of Finland’s tiny Jewish community found themselves in absurd situations like this, yet not a single one was harmed by the Germans or deported to concentration or ... Read more

    $26.29 CAD

  • Reports Relating to the Sanitary Condition of the City of London

    by John Simon ...
    Reports Relating to the Sanitary Condition of the City of London is a comprehensive collection of official documents and detailed observations that shed light on the public health challenges faced by London during the 19th century. Compiled by various medical officers, inspectors, and public health officials, the book provides an in-depth examination of the living conditions, environmental hazards ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD