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  • Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement

    by G. C. Peden ...
    Was Churchill correct when he claimed the Second World War could easily have been prevented if Chamberlain had not appeased Hitler? How far did Churchill and Chamberlain differ on defence and foreign policy? To what extent was Chamberlain responsible for military defeats in 1940? In this new account of appeasement, G. C. Peden addresses these questions and provides a comparative analysis of ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Be Brave, Kai!

    by Christine Peden ...
    Be Brave, Kai! was inspired by a story the author first wrote in 4th grade titled "The Brave Knight." Christine's love for writing began early, as she actively participated in the Young Authors' Program at Richard Yates Elementary School- an experience that helped spark her passion for storytelling.While the storyline has evolved since she was nine years old, Be brave Kai! still captures the ... Read more

    $15.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Distant Relations

    by Carlos Fuentes ...
    Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden ...
    During a long, lingering lunch at the Automobile Club de France, the elderly Comte de Branly tells a story to a friend, unnamed until the closing pages, who is in fact the first-person narrator of the novel. Branly's story is of a family named Heredia: Hugo, a noted Mexican archaeologist, and his young son, Victor, whom Branly met in Cuernavaca and who became his house guest in Paris. There they ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Fall of an Arrow

    by Murray Peden ...
    On February 20, 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow. Its development costs to that time were $340 million. The Arrow was to be the world’s unsurpassed interceptor aircraft. Yet within two months of the Prime Minister’s announcement, six completed aircraft were dismantled and all papers and documents associated with the ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Your Killin' Heart

    by Peggy O'Neal Peden ...
    Series series Nashville Mysteries
    With Your Killin' Heart, award-winning author Peggy O'Neal Peden has given us a witty debut full of Nashville charm and generous heart.Contrary to popular belief, not everyone in Nashville is an aspiring country music star. Campbell Hall, for one, just wants to get her travel agency off the ground and move on from a break-up. But when she gets the opportunity to visit the mansion of mysterious ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Nautical Chart

    by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ...
    Translated by Margaret Peden ...
    A fearless Spanish crew embarks on a search for a lost ship, swallowed by the Indian Ocean centuries ago, in a novel by "a master of the literary thriller" ( Booklist, starred review).Manuel Coy is a suspended sailor with time on his hands, a mariner without a ship. While attending a maritime auction in Barcelona, he meets Tánger Soto, a captivating beauty who works for the Naval Museum in Madrid. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tunnel

    by Ernesto Sabato ...
    Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden ...
    One of the great short novels of the twentieth century—in an edition marking the 100th anniversary of the author's birth.An unforgettable psychological novel of obsessive love, The Tunnel was championed by Albert Camus, Thomas Mann, and Graham Greene upon its publication in 1948 and went on to become an international bestseller. At its center is an artist named Juan Pablo Castel, who recounts from ... Read more

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  • The Millionaire's Unexpected Proposal

    by Jane Peden ...
    Series series Miami Lawyers
    His marriage of inconvenience...Camilla Winthrop is about to do something she's never done in her life-she's about to ask a man to marry her. Not just any man. She hasn't seen Sam Flanagan in almost five years, after he coldly walked away from a passionate and intense two-week affair. Now Camilla is widowed and desperate...and marrying Sam is the only way she can protect their son.The son he never ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Millionaire's Convenient Arrangement

    A Miami Lawyers Novel

    by Jane Peden, Lori Parsells ...
    Series Book 2 - Miami Lawyers
    Her worst enemy is the one man she can’t resist.Maria Martinez thought it was a dream come true when Ritchie Perez – a sweet and sexy guy she met volunteering at a soup kitchen - took her delinquent little brother Joey under his wing. But her dream becomes a nightmare when she discovers Ritchie is the same man who put her twin brother Tito in prison for 10 years. Now Joey’s in trouble, and Ritchie ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • French Philosophy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Gaukroger, Knox Peden ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    French culture is unique in that philosophy has played a significant role from the early-modern period onwards, intimately associated with political, religious, and literary debates, as well as with epistemological and scientific ones. While Latin was the language of learning there was a universal philosophical literature, but with the rise of vernacular literatures things changed and a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Thousand Shall Fall

    The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two

    by Murray Peden ...
    During World War II, Canada trained tens of thousands of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Those selected for Bomber Command operations went on to rain devastation upon the Third Reich in the great air battles over Europe, but their losses were high. German fighters and anti-aircraft guns took a terrifying toll. The chances of surviving a tour of duty as a bomber crew were ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Siren and the Seashell

    And Other Essays on Poets and Poetry

    by Octavio Paz ...
    Translated by Lysander Kemp, Margaret Sayers Peden ...
    Series series Texas Pan American Series
    Octavio Paz has long been known for his brilliant essays as well as for his poetry. Through the essays, he has sought to confront the tensions inherent in the conflict between art and society and to achieve a unity of their polarities. The Siren and the Seashell is a collection of Paz's essays, focusing on individual poets and on poetry in general. The first five poets he treats are Latin American ... Read more

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