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  • Churchill and the Navy

    The Wartime Leader and the Battles at Sea

    by Richard Hough ...
    Soldier by instinct, sailor by fate… The relationship that defined a career – and saved a nationThe Navy almost finished the career of Britain's greatest wartime leader. As a young minister responsible for the senior service from 1911, Churchill ruffled feathers and gave scant regard for the feelings of the admirals. When disaster struck in the First World War, it was the navy that led to his ... Read more

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  • The Man Next Door

    by Emerson Hough ...
    Curly, a stereotype of the illiterate lovable cowpoke encountered in books and on film but seldom in reality, relates the story of Bonnie Bell Wright in her search for culture, happiness and a suitable husband. After growing up on a Wyoming ranch with a doting father and a host of admiring cowboys, beautiful Bonnie Bell is transported to Smith College to "... be made a lady of " then to Chicago ... Read more

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  • The Mississippi Bubble / How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for One John Law of Lauriston

    by Emerson Hough ...
    Ambition and deception intertwine in the dramatic rise and catastrophic fall of an audacious financial visionary. Driven by a woman's grace and a relentless desire for fortune, one man gambles everything on a spectacular colonial scheme. The dazzling allure of unimaginable wealth masks a precarious house of cards destined to collapse. Plunge into a historical thriller of ruin, redemption, and the ... Read more

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  • Corruption, Anti-Corruption and Governance

    by D. Hough ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    By exploring the anti-corruption strategies in six countries, this book is the first detailed, cross-national analysis on techniques to address corruption. It highlights the importance of understanding that quality of governance is critical to tackling corruption and that only when this link is truly appreciated can inroads into corruption be made. ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • The Way to the West, and the Lives of Three Early Americans: Boone—Crockett—Carson

    Enriched edition. Pioneers of the American Frontier: Adventures and Challenges

    In "The Way to the West, and the Lives of Three Early Americans: Boone'—Crockett'—Carson," Emerson Hough masterfully weaves together the biographies of iconic figures Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson, illustrating their pivotal roles in the westward expansion of the United States. Through a romanticized yet historically grounded narrative, Hough employs a vivid and evocative literary ... Read more

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  • Anarchists in Love

    A Novel

    by Robert Hough ...
    In this compelling novel, acclaimed author Robert Hough recreates the political violence and revolutionary idealism that flowed through New York City during the Gilded Age of the 1890s. At its centre are real-life revolutionists Emma Goldman and Alexander “Sasha” Berkman, whose passionate love affair fuels their commitment to creating a better world.Following their chance meeting at a New York ... Read more

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  • Desert Raids with the SAS

    The Wartime Experiences of Major Anthony Hough—Action, Capture and Escape

    The wide-ranging story of one man's war, from the frigid Alps to fiery North Africa to a harrowing escape from an Italian POW camp.Tony Hough's war started with ski training in the Alps in early 1940, in preparation for winter warfare in Finland. Nothing came of that—but later that year, now an officer with B Company, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, he sailed for North Africa.In March 1941, his ... Read more

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  • Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever

    Break the Rules, Make Mistakes, and Win Them Over

    by Karen Hough ...
    Karen Hough doesn'Äôt want you to be 'Äúperfect.'Äù People fear public speaking because they worry about having to conform to all sorts of handed-down rules that tie them up in knots and put their audiences to sleep. It'Äôs authenticity and passion that win people over, she says, not 'Äúpolish.'Äù But you can'Äôt be authentic if you'Äôre following guidelines that drain the life and personality out ... Read more

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  • Captain James Cook

    by Richard Hough ...
    In Cook's relatively short and adventurous life (1728-79) he voyaged to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific and the Arctic and Antarctic bringing about a new comprehension of the world's geography and its people's. He was the linking figure between the grey specualtion of the early eighteenth century and the industrial age of the first half of the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Dr. Brinkley's Tower

    by Robert Hough ...
    Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award: FictionBonus e-book content includes two out-takes from the novel -- how Antonio Garcia got his beautiful horse and how Miguel Orozco became mayor -- and two essays by Robert Hough: the true history of Dr. Brinkley and Robert Hough's decades-long infatuation with Mexico.Equal parts Mark Twain and ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taking the Lead

    Lessons from a Life in Motion

    by Derek Hough ...
    The Emmy Award winner and only five-time champion of the hit ABC reality show Dancing with the Stars tells the inspiring story of his life and career.For eleven seasons, millions of people have tuned in to Dancing with the Stars to watch Derek Hough, the talented, consummate competitor whose skill and commitment have made him the show's all-time champion. Whether he's dancing with an Olympic gold ... Read more

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  • The Final Confession of Mabel Stark

    by Robert Hough ...
    In the 1910s and 1920s, when circus was the most popular form of entertainment in North America, Mabel Stark made her name in a man’s world as the greatest female tiger trainer in history, the centre-ring finale act for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. Brazen, courageous, obsessed with tigers and sexually eccentric, Stark survived a dozen severe maulings — and five husbands. Now, at ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD