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  • "Hounds, Gentlemen Please!"

    by W. B. Forbes ...
    This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to fox hunting, with accounts of hunting experiences, historical information, tips and pointers, and much more. Although old, the information contained within this book is timeless and will be of considerable value to those with an interest in the history of fox hunting. Contents include: "'Hounds, Gentlemen, Please'", "On Going to Convert", "A Plea ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last of the Druids

    The Mystery of the Pictish Symbol Stones

    The Picts, who inhabited Scotland in the first millennium AD, remain one of Europe's most enigmatic peoples. Although leaving little in the way of written records, they did however leave a legacy of literally hundreds of magnificent carved stone monuments. The vast majority of these are adorned with strange scenes and seemingly impenetrable symbols. The purpose and meaning of these strange ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • History of Astronomy

    by Forbes ...
    History of Astronomy by George Forbes is a comprehensive exploration of humanity’s quest to understand the cosmos, tracing the development of astronomical thought from ancient civilizations to the dawn of the twentieth century. The book begins with the earliest observations of the heavens by the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks, highlighting the foundational contributions of figures such as ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Life of St. Columba: Apostle of Scotland

    by Forbes ...
    St. Fintan, one of the Saint's first companions in Iona, was asked once towards the end of Columba's life to describe him to one who had heard much of his holiness, but who did not know him. "He is a king amongst kings," answered Fintan, "a sage amongst wise men, a monk amongst monks. He is poor with God's poor; a mourner with those who weep, and joyful with those who rejoice. Yet amidst all the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field

    How Two Men Revolutionized Physics

    Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 15 min

    Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). This is the story of how these two men—separated in age by forty years—discovered the existence of the electromagnetic field and devised a radically new theory which overturned the strictly mechanical view of the world that had prevailed since Newton's time.The authors, ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Die With Me

    by Elena Forbes ...
    Series Book 1 - A Mark Tartaglia Mystery
    Die. Die with me. Be mine forever. That's what he had said. When fourteen-year-old Gemma Kramer's broken body is found on the floor of St. Sebastian's Church in a quiet London suburb, the official ruling is that she jumped to her death from the organ gallery. But when a witness claims to have seen Gemma kissing a much older man outside shortly beforehand, and a toxicology report reveals traces of ... Read more

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  • The Main Chance

    by Colin Forbes ...
    At the urgent plea of his old friend, Commander Buchanan of Scotland Yard, Tweed, once ace detective, now Deputy Chief SIS, visits Mrs Bella Main, formidable matriarch controlling the Main Chance, the most powerful private bank in Europe. Bella tells Tweed and Paula Grey, his assistant, that she has refused an enormous offer from Calouste Gubenkian, the most ruthless and villainous man in Europe. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Jigsaw Man

    A Mark Tartaglia Mystery

    by Elena Forbes ...
    Series Book 4 - A Mark Tartaglia Mystery
    Mark Tartaglia of the London murder squad investigates a bizarre and brutal series of murders in this gripping thriller — the fourth in this bestselling series by Elena Forbes.Detective Inspector Mark Tartaglia has spent the night in a west London hotel with a woman he has just met. When he is called to the same hotel the next morning to investigate a murder, he realizes it must have taken place ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Lady of Pain

    by Elena Forbes ...
    Series Book 2 - A Mark Tartaglia Mystery
    Hurting is her special skill. On a snowy February morning, London art dealer Rachel Tenison goes for a jog through Holland Park. Still giddy from the previous evening, her legs wobbly from too much drink and too little sleep, she falls at the bottom of an icy hill. Lying on her back, she savours the sensation of snowflakes melting on her skin and the unexpected stillness of the moment. But then ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Johnny Tremain

    by Esther Forbes ...
    Narrated by George Guidall ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    This thrilling Newbery Medal–winning novel about the Revolutionary War is a classic of children's historical fiction.Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper The Boston Observer and as a messengerfor the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Evil in Return

    by Elena Forbes ...
    Series Book 3 - A Mark Tartaglia Mystery
    DI Mark Tartaglia investigates the murder of a bestselling novelist in the third novel in Elena Forbes’ bestselling mystery series.Bestselling novelist Joe Logan walks out into a hot summer’s evening in central London. The next day his body is found dumped in a disused Victorian crypt at the Brompton Cemetery. He has been tied up, shot, and castrated. The killing has the hallmarks of a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seventy Percent of All Our Worries

    B. C. Forbes : A Thought-Provoking Work That Stands the Test of Time

    by B. C. Forbes ...
    Seventy Percent of All Our Worries by Dale Carnegie offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / literary. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative momentum. Ideal for ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus