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  • The Hunt for Moriarty

    by Nick Lane ...
    "When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities"London, 1901. As the British Empire wages war in the name of a Queen whose health is failing, a series of mysterious events reveals a crack in the high corridors of power. A crack that threatens to destabilise monarchy, government and Empire. And at its ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Transformer

    The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death

    by Nick Lane ...
    **From the renowned biochemist and author of The Vital Question, an illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life.“Nick Lane’s exploration of the building blocks that underlie life’s big fundamental questions—the origin of life itself, aging, and disease—have shaped my thinking since I first came across his work. He is one of my favorite science writers.”—Bill Gates**What ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Vital Question

    Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

    by Nick Lane ...
    “One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years.” —The EconomistThe Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there’s a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question, award-winning author and biochemist ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Power, Sex, Suicide

    Mitochondria and the meaning of life

    by Nick Lane ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell ... Read more

    $11.89 CAD

  • Oxygen: The molecule that made the world

    The molecule that made the world

    by Nick Lane ...
    Series series Popular Science
    Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans of nearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today - probably as much as 35 per cent. Giant spiders, tree-ferns, marine rock formations and fossil charcoals all tell the same story. ... Read more

    $17.89 CAD

  • Oxygen

    The molecule that made the world

    by Nick Lane ...
    Series series Popular Science
    Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans of nearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today - probably as much as 35 per cent. Giant spiders, tree-ferns, marine rock formations and fossil charcoals all tell the same story. ... Read more

    $17.89 CAD

  • Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

    The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

    by Nick Lane ...
    “Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”—New ScientistWhere does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution’s history by describing its ten greatest inventions—from sex and warmth to death—resulting in a ... Read more

    $18.19 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Under the Rushes (Unabridged)

    by Amy Lane ...
    Narrated by Nick J. Russo ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 52 min

    Ten years after Dorjan trusted a boy's word over his superior officer's, he and his best friend, Areau, are still living the aftermath—and trying to stop the man responsible. Locked in a careful dance to bring down a corrupt government, Dorjan struggles to balance his grief with Areau's anger. Just when Dorjan reaches the end of his rope, he sees a familiar face in the shadows, and the boy he ... Read more

    $26.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Racing for the Sun (Unabridged)

    by Amy Lane ...
    Narrated by Nick J. Russo ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 32 min

    "I'll do anything." Staff Sergeant Jasper "Ace" Atchison takes one look at Private Sonny Daye and knows that every word on paper about him is pure, unadulterated bullshit. But Sonny is desperate, and although Ace isn't going to take him up on his offer of "anything," that doesn't mean he isn't tempted. Instead, Ace takes Sonny under his wing, protecting him when they're in the service and making ... Read more

    $24.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Transformer

    The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death

    by Nick Lane ...
    Narrated by Richard Trinder ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 55 min

    For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, right back to the origin of life. In Transformer, biochemist Nick Lane reveals a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight—how the same ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Lights, Camera, Cupid!

    A Bluewater Bay Valentine's Day Anthology

    Series series Bluewater Bay

    Unabridged

    6 hours 22 min

    Cupid is visiting Bluewater Bay, and he’s leaving chaos in his wake.Nothing’s been the same in this sleepy little logging town since Hollywood came to shoot the hit TV show Wolf’s Landing — especially Valentine’s Day.In L.A. Witt’s Just Another Day, beloved actors Levi Pritchard and Carter Samuels have an announcement for their fans, while in Z.A. Maxfield’s I’ll Be There, actor Spencer Kepler and ... Read more

    $27.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Truth in the Dark (Unabridged)

    by Amy Lane ...
    Narrated by Nick J. Russo ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 40 min

    "I am not beautiful..." Knife's entire existence has been as twisted as his flesh and his face. The only thing beautiful in his life is his sister. When Gwennie is obliged to turn a suitor down because she fears to leave her brother to the brutality of their village, Knife is desperate for anything to ensure her happiness. Her suitor's cousin offers him a way out, but it won't be easy. Aerie-Smith ... Read more

    $18.50 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus