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  • The Little Book of Spiders

    by Simon Pollard ...
    Series series Little Books of Nature
    A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s spidersPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photographs and original color artwork, The Little Book of Spiders is an accessible and enjoyable mini-reference about the world’s spiders, with ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • A Falklands Family at War

    Diaries of the 1982 Conflict

    A first responder eyewitness account from a family living in the occupied war zone during the Falklands War.Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published, as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part. But little attention has been paid to what the Falkland islanders endured during the Argentine occupation and British liberation of the remote ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Rise and Fall of Alexandria

    Birthplace of the Modern Mind

    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 31 min

    Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome. It was the marvel of its age, legendary for its vast palaces, safe harbors, and magnificent lighthouse. But it was most famous for the astonishing intellectual efflorescence it fostered and the library it produced. If the European Renaissance was the "rebirth" ... Read more

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    Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome

    Narrated by John Curless ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 23 min

    Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of disorder and costly warfare to a peaceful conclusion while demonstrating how a monarchy can be ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Hydrogen Sonata

    by Iain M. Banks ...
    Narrated by Peter Kenny ...
    Series Audiobook 10 - Culture

    Unabridged

    17 hours 14 min

    The New York Times bestselling Culture novel. . .The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization.An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

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    The Silmarillion

    Narrated by Martin Shaw ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 49 min

    The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron.The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Planet of the Bugs

    Evolution and the Rise of Insects

    This "excellent guide to the history of our planet" offers a bugs-eye view of evolution, biodiversity, and todays ecological crises ( The Guardian, UK).According to entomologist Scott Richard Shaw, dinosaurs never ruled the earth—and neither do humans. The true potentates of our planet are, and always have been, insects. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Today Everything Changes

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    by Andy McNab ...
    Abandoned as a baby, Andy McNab's start in life was tough. He grew up in South London with foster parents, and poverty around him on all sides.Andy attended seven schools in as many years, disillusioned and in remedial classes. It wasn't long before his life was one of petty crime. By the age of sixteen, he was in juvenile detention.Recruited into the Army from there, it soon became clear that he ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • X Platoon

    For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon.Officially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number were specially selected from across the Armed Forces, at which point they simply ceased to exist. X Platoon had no budget, no weaponry, no vehicles and no kit - apart from what its men could beg, borrow or steal ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Immediate Action

    by Andy McNab ...
    Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS Regiment he was at the centre of covert ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Dinosaurs - Fascinating Facts and 101 Amazing Pictures about These Prehistoric Animals (Kids Educational Guide)

    More to Explore - Picture Book For Kids

    Series series Fascinating Facts
    This valuable and beautiful book is the work of two animal lovers — James F. Coleman is a zoologist and the author of many books on prehistoric animals; Arthur Lobus is an illustrator of many popular encyclopaedias and books about the animal kingdom. His realistic and very graphic illustrations not only skilfully bring dinosaurs to life but lend an incredible atmosphere to the times in which these ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD

  • Night Fighter Over Germany

    'The Long Road to the Sky'

    by Graham White ...
    This WWII memoir of an NCO Royal Air Force pilot offers a vivid, personal account of wartime life and dangerous operations over Europe.In 1941, Graham White was passing a Royal Air Force recruiting center and, on the spur of the moment, signed up. As a non-commissioned RAF pilot, he went on to fly long-range night-fighters against the Luftwaffe. White experienced badly designed and dangerous ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus