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  • Anticipatory Environmental (Hi)Stories from Antiquity to the Anthropocene

    by Christopher Schliephake, Evi Zemanek, Diana G. Barnes, Helga G. Braunbeck, Gregory J. Dehler, James Dunk, Jasmin Hettinger, Richard Hutchins, Darrel Janzen0, Serge Leopold Middendorf1, Astrid Möller2, Caroline Petit3, Lena Pfeifer4, Charles M. Pigott5, Martin Riedelsheimer6, Falko Schnicke7, Heiner Stahl8, Leila Michelle Vaziri9, Karolin Wetjen0, Rebecca J. H. Woods1 ...
    Series series Environment and Society
    Anticipatory Environmental (Hi)Stories from Antiquity to the Anthropocene studies the interplay of environmental perception and the way societies throughout history have imagined the future state of “nature” and the environments in which coming generations would live. What sorts of knowledge were and are involved in outlining future environments? What kinds of texts and narrative strategies were ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Deep Night

    by Caroline Petit ...
    Praise for The Fat Man’s Daughter:“When they work—when the balance between art and research is close to perfection—crime novels that illuminate an historical period are things of beauty. Caroline Petit’s first novel falls into that illustrious company. She catches the sights, smells, sounds and tastes of Hong Kong, China and Manchuria in 1937 as they filter through the senses of a fascinating ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Mother

    A dark psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist

    by S.E. Lynes ...
    ‘I am struggling to put into words exactly how good this book is… downright chilling… I truly can't wait for her next one!! I have no doubt that this will be in my top reads of 2017! 5 MASSIVE stars.’ Goodreads reviewer‘Gave me goosebumps, made my heart race and my blood run cold… it is pure genius… A very easy five stars from me, I'd give it more if I could.’ Goodreads reviewer‘Wow! What a book!… ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Outsiders

    A Thriller

    by Gerald Seymour ...
    A couple finds their perfect beach vacation shattered when MI5 use their villa to spy on the crime boss next door in the newest thriller from the "best spy novelist ever" (Philadelphia Inquirer)MI5 officer Winnie Monks has never forgotten - or forgiven - the brutal murder of a young agent on her team at the hands of a former Russian Army officer turned fixer and criminal known as the Major. Now, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Cold Blood

    by Alex Shaw ...
    Series Book 1 - An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller
    Aidan Snow thought he could escape his past. But now it’s back, with a vengeance.Ten years ago, SAS Trooper Aidan Snow was left fighting for his life after a mission went wrong and ever since he has been haunted by the image of the man with green eyes. The man who should have killed him.Now, Snow is finally living a peaceful life in Ukraine… Until Taurus Pashinski, the green-eyed man, returns.As ... Read more

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  • The Other Child

    by Joanne Fluke ...
    A family moves into a new home—but a former occupant has not departed—in this terrifying tale by the New York Times-bestselling author.Where innocence dies…Expectant parents Karen and Mike Houston are excited about restoring their old rambling Victorian mansion to its former glory. With its endless maze of rooms, hallways, and hiding places, it's a wonderful place for their nine-year-old daughter ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Among the Brave

    by Margaret Peterson Haddix ...
    Series series Shadow Children
    In the aftermath of a crisis that threatens the safety of all shadow children -- illegal third-borns in a society that allows only two children per family -- Trey's friends expect him to take charge -- a function he doesn't want or think he can do.Trey's new role leads him to travel with Luke Garner's brother, Mark, to Population Police headquarters. There he impersonates an officer to try to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Edge of Madness

    by Michael Dobbs ...
    The second book in the Harry Jones SeriesSoon to be a major Netflix series starring Damson Idris, from the writer of HOUSE OF CARDSThe world is peering into the terrifying chasm of a new kind of conflict, where computers take over from missiles and global damnation comes at the click of a button. Cyber-warfare: the kind that brings nations to their knees, switching off energy lifelines, crippling ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Karla Trilogy Digital Collection Featuring George Smiley

    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, Smiley's People

    by John le Carré ...
    TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPYThe first novel in John le Carré's celebrated and New York Times bestselling Karla trilogy featuring George Smiley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a heart-stopping tale of international intrigue.The man he knew as "Control" is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for retirement-especially when a pretty, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Daughter of Hong Kong

    A heartbreaking, emotional wartime read from Siobhan Daiko, author of The Girl from Portofino

    by Siobhan Daiko ...
    Based on a true story, a tale of love and survival against all the odds set in Hong Kong at the start of the Pacific War.Can love conquer all?Spring 1939 - dashing young William Burton and the beautiful Constance Han set sail from London on the same ocean liner to Hong Kong.Connie is intrigued by Will’s talent for writing poetry, and as romance blossoms she offers to give him Cantonese lessons to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Great Darkness

    A Cambridge Wartime Mystery

    by Jim Kelly ...
    Series Book 1 - Nighthawk
    1939, Cambridge. The opening weeks of the Second World War, and the first blackout - The Great Darkness - covers southern England, enveloping the city. Detective Inspector Eden Brooke, a wounded hero of the Great War, takes his nightly dip in the cool waters of the Cam. The night is full of alarms, but in this Phoney War, the enemy never comes.But daylight reveals a corpse on the riverside, the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Mathematical Bridge

    A Cambridge Wartime Mystery

    by Jim Kelly ...
    Series Book 2 - Nighthawk
    Cambridge, 1940. It is the first winter of the war, and snow is falling. When an evacuee drowns in the river, his body swept away, Detective Inspector Eden Brooke sets out to investigate what seems to be a deliberate attack. The following night, a local electronics factory is attacked, and an Irish republican slogan is left at the scene. The IRA are campaigning to win freedom for Ulster, but why ... Read more

    $8.99 USD