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  • Fair Stood the Wind for France

    by H. E. Bates ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied France at the height of the Second World war, there are two things in his mind - the safety of his crew and his own badly injured arm. It is a stroke of unbelievable luck when the family of a French farmer risk their lives to offer the airmen protection. During the hot summer weeks that follow, the English officer and the daughter of the house ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Fair Stood the Wind to France

    by H. E. Bates ...
    Fair Stood the Wind for France, first published in 1944, is author H. E. Bates' fictional account of a downed English bomber-pilot and his crew over occupied France during World War II. The men are taken in by a French family who hide them in their home. However, the pilot, injured during the plane's landing, must remain in France to heal, while his crew begin their journey back to friendly ... Read more

    $4.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Darling Buds of May

    Inspiration for the ITV drama The Larkins starring Bradley Walsh

    by H. E. Bates ...
    Series Book 1 - The Larkin Family Series
    AS SEEN ON BBC'S BETWEEN THE COVERSThirty years after The Darling Buds of May became one of the most popular comedy-dramas in ITV history, H.E. Bates's novel is back in a brand new adaptation starring Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan'The warmth and affection that H. E. Bates has generated through his books is so uplifting' Bradley Walsh________'Home looks nice. Allus does though,... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Love for Lydia

    by H.E. Bates ...
    'An honest and skillfully told love story' - New York TimesLydia - shy, sheltered, beautiful and just nineteen - glides into Evensford one wintry day, stirring up feeling amongst the town's young men. But it is the young Mr Richardson that she befriends.As winter turns to drowsy summer, his world becomes a wondrous place, full only of Lydia; but a change comes over the once retiring girl as she ... Read more

    $9.49 CAD

  • The No-End House

    by Jeremy Bates ...
    In the tradition Stephen King, Alma Katsu, and Christopher Golden's evil supernatural twists, two strangers unwittingly volunteer for the ultimate haunted house challenge in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter.Nine rooms. Nine tests. One chance to get out alive. No one makes it to the end of The No-End House.It’s the ultimate haunted house challenge. A crumbling stone mansion nestled in the Gothic Quarter ... Read more

    $12.89 CAD

  • The New Age of Sexism

    How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny

    by Laura Bates ...
    "[An] eye-popping exposé." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMisogyny is being hardwired into our future. Can we stop it?We like to believe we're moving closer to equality, riding the wave of technological progress into a brighter, fairer future. But beneath the glossy surface of innovation lies a chilling truth: new technologies are not just failing to solve age-old inequalities—they're deepening ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories

    by H.E. Bates ...
    The Beauty of the Dead (Jonathan Cape, 1940) featuring fifteen stories, was released to critical acclaim. Pamela Hansford Johnson wrote in John O'London's Weekly that "all have that delicate luminosity by which visions are seen more clearly than in the bright sunlight."'Old' is a snapshot of an elderly man – no longer appreciated or respected by his children and extended family – during a Sunday ... Read more

    $7.89 CAD

  • A Little of What You Fancy

    Inspiration for the ITV drama The Larkins starring Bradley Walsh

    by H. E. Bates ...
    Series Book 5 - The Larkin Family Series
    Join the Larkins for one last ride in the final instalment of the much-loved series, inspiration for the new ITV drama starring Bradley Walsh'Teetotal!' Ma said. 'It's a libel. He'll never live it down. He'll never be able to hold his head up again. Whatever will people think? What's he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?''No,' said Dr Conner.<stron... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Death of a Huntsman

    by H.E. Bates ...
    In his second collection of novellas, first published in 1957, Bates tackles bitter romantic deceptions and love triangles in what the Times Literary Supplement calls 'Mr Bates at his best.'In 'Night Run to the West' a greedy wife plots the death of her invalid husband, as seen through the eyes of her lover, a civilised truck-driver who has been innocently drawn into her web.'Summer in Salander' ... Read more

    $7.89 CAD

  • Too Many Cooks

    by Dana Bate ...
    “Bate’s writing is smart and compelling.” --Publishers WeeklyIn this hilarious, insightful new novel from the author of A Second Bite at the Apple, a cookbook ghostwriter finds that she’s bitten off more than she can chew…When Kelly Madigan is offered a job abroad right after reading a letter from her late mother urging her to take more risks, she sees it as a sign. Kelly’s new ghostwriting ... Read more

    $10.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Flying Officer X Stories

    by H.E. Bates ...
    At thirty-four, H.E. Bates was deemed too old for active service in WWII. But as a successful author, was commissioned by the nascent RAP Public Relations unit to publicise the bravery of the fighter pilots. Bates was posted to Oakington and Tangmere air bases where, over drinks with the pilots, he gathered their stories and wrote them as Flying Officer X.The stories convey the pilots' personal ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD

  • Something Short and Sweet

    by H.E. Bates ...
    Something Short and Sweet, H. E. Bates's sixth collection first published in 1937, demonstrates his mastery of character and form. Richard Church, writing in John O'London's Weekly, stated that this collection confirmed his belief that Bates "is an immortal...Here is a creative artist whose technique in the art of the short story is comparable with that of the great masters in this form."The title ... Read more

    $7.89 CAD