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    Everything You Learned at School…and Promptly Forgot

    Homework for Grown-ups is a brilliantly informative and entertaining book of old-school knowledge for adults. It is the ultimate refresher course on mathematics (remember Pythagoras' theorem? You will!), English grammar and literature (do you know your Margarets?), and chemistry and the sciences (including the big bang theory). It spans geography (can you name the planets in order?), history (what ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why the Dutch are Different

    A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands

    by Ben Coates ...
    Stranded at Schiphol airport, Ben Coates called up a friendly Dutch girl he'd met some months earlier. He stayed for dinner. Actually, he stayed for good.In the first book to consider the hidden heart and history of the Netherlands from a modern perspective, the author explores the length and breadth of his adopted homeland and discovers why one of the world's smallest countries is also so ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Rhine

    Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps

    by Ben Coates ...
    From rowing the canals of Amsterdam to riding a cow through the Alps, via Cold War nuclear bunkers, raucous Gay Pride parades, tranquil Lake Constance and snowy mountain climbs, The Rhine blends travelogue and offbeat history to tell the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent.SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Rhine is one of the world's ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Dead of Winter

    by Darcy Coates ...
    USA TODAY BESTSELLER * JULY 2023 LIBRARYREADS SELECTIONEight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run."A fast-paced thriller aimed at readers who enjoy a hunt." ―Kirkus ReviewsWhen Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hunted

    by Darcy Coates ...
    22-year-old Eileen goes missing while hiking in the remote Ashlough Forest. Five days later, her camera is discovered washed downriver, containing bizarre photos taken after her disappearance.Chris wants to believe Eileen is still alive. When the police search is abandoned, he and four of his friends create their own search party to scour the mountain range. As they stray further into the dark ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ark

    The Earth as we know it is about to end.Technology has developed to the point where a person can be placed in a Sleep State: a cross between suspended animation and a drug-induced coma.Just as the trial of the new technology is being completed, an unusual comet is discovered approaching Earth, bringing with it radiation that will wipe out all life on the planet. Soon after, the government builds a ... Read more

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  • From Below

    by Darcy Coates ...
    No light. No air. No escape.Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits...Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course...a ... Read more

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  • The Anvil

    Deadly radiation from a passing comet is about to destroy life on Earth.In desperation, the U.S. Government constructs a series of underground shelters to protect as many people as possible. They are expected to be underground for 20 years before returning back to the surface.But can they survive their time within the confines of the underground shelter... and what will they find when they finally ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shattered Time

    Daniel and Lea have developed the ability to travel in time. Unsure what do to with their new ability, they decide to alter the past to make the world a better place... and make a profit along the way.Doing so, they inadvertently change the course of human history. Now, people who never should have existed are extremely powerful, and the effects of four global wars have contaminated the planet ... Read more

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  • How Bad Things Can Get

    by Darcy Coates ...
    It was supposed to be the party of the century: miles of idyllic white sand beaches, lush jungle foliage...and a dark legend nobody dreamed might be all too true.When an online influencer and several hundred of his most loyal fans land on Prosperity Island, the plan is simple: five days of elaborate games, drinking, and suntanned fun.A week in paradise should have been a welcome respite. The only ... Read more

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  • Hare in the Elephant's Trunk

    by Jan Coates ...
    In the little village of Duk Padiet in southern Sudan, a boy named Jacob Deng thrives on the love of his mother, the companionship of his sisters, the excitement of learning how to look after his uncle's herds of cattle. The year is 1987, and suddenly in the night soldiers from the north invade the village, looting, burning, and killing. The war has arrived, and the life of Jacob will never be the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Gallows Hill

    by Darcy Coates ...
    It’s time to come home…The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations. Their wine wins awards. Their business prospers. Their family thrives. People whisper that the curse has awakened once more.The sprawling old house has long been perched on top of a hill overlooking the nearby town, jealously guarding the estate's secrets.It's been more than a decade since Margot Hull last ... Read more

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