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  • No God But Gain

    The Untold Story of Cuban Slavery, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Making of the United States

    From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the slave trade. The US constitution set a 20-year time limit on US participation in the trade, and on January 1, 1808, it was abolished. And yet, despite the spread of abolitionism on both sides of the Atlantic, despite numerous laws and treaties passed to curb the slave ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • Krithia

    Gallipoli

    Series series Battleground Gallipoli
    Krithia was a key objective in the land offensives; a killing ground greater than Anzac or Suvla. This book adds to the Gallipoli story and the preceding Battleground books on that campaign by recounting not only the landings at Helles of 25 April 1915, but also the subsequent bitter battles that followed in an attempt to capture the village and the vital high ground of Achi Baba. General Hunter ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Walking Gallipoli

    Series series Battleground Gallipoli
    A walking tour guidebook for travelers and armchair historians interested in visiting the sites of the World War I campaign in Turkey.Gallipoli was a First World War tragedy, a side show that had ambitious hopes to end the war early. Despite the immense gallantry displayed by those fighting, from the beginning, this grand scale 1915 operation was plagued with mismanagement. Failure in high places ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anzac

    Sari Bair

    Series series Battleground Gallipoli
    The August Offensive was born out of the failures of the Gallipoli landings and the subsequent battles of late spring and early summer 1915. General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, chose to play all his remaining cards in this daring and ingenious gamble that he hoped would finally turn the tide in the allies favour and bring his army up onto the ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anzac–The Landing

    Gallipoli

    Series series Battleground Gallipoli
    The Anzac legend was born on the shores of Gallipoli during the historic morning of 25th April 1915. Landing on a hostile beach, under the cover of darkness, the Anzacs moved inland rapidly, but the response of the Ottoman forces was equally quick. The outcome of the campaign was arguably sealed during the first day, when the door for an Anzac victory was closed. With the order to dig, dig, dig ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gully Ravine

    Gallipoli

    Series series Battleground Europe
    This book concentrates on Gully Ravine and its immediate area on the western side of the Helles battlefield. Here trench fighting raged throughout the campaign, culminating in the Battle of Gully Ravine between 28 June and 5 July 1915. This attack was a successful piece of planning and execution, enabling the British to capture five lines of Turkish trenches, seriously threatening the Turkish hold ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Suvla

    August Offensive

    Series series Battleground Gallipoli
    **"Another in the fantastic Battleground series of Great War histories combined with battlefield guides . . . with a good narrative and personal accounts." —**The Great War MagazineThe landing at Suvla Bay, part of the August Offensive, commenced on the night of 6 August 1915. It was intended to support a breakout from Anzac Beach. Despite early hopes from a largely unopposed landing, Suvla was a ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Explorers Club Presents: Letters from the Edge

    Stories of Curiosity, Bravery, and Discovery

    Unabridged

    8 hours 33 min

    An exhilarating collection of letters and stories from the world-renowned Explorers Club, featuring firsthand accounts of crossing boundaries and making history over the past centuryFor centuries, explorers from all over the globe have traveled the far reaches of what the world has to offer, helping us expand the map, learn about other cultures, and move the needle of human knowledge. But an ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Inside GHQ

    The Gallipoli Diary of Captain Orlo Williams

    by Orlo Williams ...
    Step inside the nerve centre of the Gallipoli Campaign with the previously unpublished diary of Captain Orlo Williams.As a cipher officer within General Headquarters (GHQ), Orlo possessed privileged access to the secret communications that shaped the ill-fated 1915 expedition. He gives an insider's account of life at GHQ, detailing the planning and execution of crucial moments - the landings, key ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Eye for an Eye

    Blades of Grass Book 5

    Narrated by Stephen Floyd ...
    Series Audiobook 5 - Blades of Grass

    Unabridged

    8 hours 40 min

    Before setting out on revenge, first dig two graves...At home and in China, Americans and their allies tempt fate to fulfill impossible missions. The odds of survival are slim. Will the risky gambles turn the tide of the invasion?Lou Caldwell doesn’t expect to survive this flight. He’s left his faithful dog Rusty with a friend, knowing in his gut that the unbelievable mission to deliver payback in ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Back Trouble

    Narrated by Stephen Leask ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021On the brink of forty, newly single with a failed business, Philip thought he'd reached an all-time low.It only needed a discarded chip on a South London street to lay him literally flat. So, bedbound and bored, Philip naturally starts to write the story of his life.But ... Read more

    $23.98 CAD

  • Active and Passive Citizens

    A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy

    Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
    A powerful case for why majority rule—not representation—is the defining feature of democratic politicsThe idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or randomly selected bodies such as legislatures, courts, and juries. This would ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD