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  • Cat Compendium

    The Worlds of Louis Wain

    Edited by Peter Haining ...
    An in-depth biographical study, rare essays by and about Wain, and 60 of his best-loved illustrations make this a must-have for fans of the cult cat artistWith a wealth of Wain's most famous drawings, as well as rare writings by and about the artist, this is an ideal book for both Wain fans and cat-lovers in general. Louis Wain drew cats: cats playing poker, boxing, playing cricket, and doing ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories

    by Peter Haining ...
    Series Book 268 - Mammoth Books
    Expanded and with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead - from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

    by Peter Haining ...
    Series Book 270 - Mammoth Books
    This giant collection includes a huge range of 20th-century first-hand accounts of hauntings, such as the American troops who repeatedly saw the ghosts of a dead platoon of men while on patrol in Vietnam; and the witnessed haunting of a house near Tintagel in Cornwall that led actress Kate Winslet to pull out of buying the property.It covers the full spectrum of credible hauntings, from ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories

    by Peter Haining ...
    Series Book 269 - Mammoth Books
    Over 25 short story masterpieces from writers such as Louis de Bernières and Ian Rankin - modern literary tales to chill the blood.This spine-chilling new anthology of 20th and 21st century tales by big name writers is in the best traditions of literary ghost stories. It is just a little over a hundred years ago that the most famous literary ghost story, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, was ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Spitfire Log

    Sixtieth Anniversity Tribune

    by Peter Haining ...
    Of all the airplanes that defended Britain during World War Two, none inspired as much affection as the Spitfire, the plane that became a symbol of courage and determination during the Battle of Britain. Today, over sixty years later, it is still one of the world's most loved planes. This splendidly illustrated tribute to the fighter and the men who flew her is essential reading. It brings ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Elephant Conspiracy

    by Peter Hain ...
    In the South African veld elephant herds are being callously killed for their ivory by murderous poachers. Fighting to save them, the Veteran and his team find themselves pitted against ruthless killers and wholesale political corruption. From conservation to politics, from bushveld to city, and from high finance to poaching this is a vivid and compelling journey into the competing worlds of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Lion Conspiracy

    by Peter Hain ...
    Having thwarted murderous poachers in The Elephant Conspiracy, the Veteran, Thandi and Mkhize are back fighting to save lion prides from being killed for their claws, teeth and bones. As demand for lion parts soars, impoverished local communities are being incentivised to poach, and the fight against this illegal plunder becomes ever more vicious. Struggling to defeat the international criminal ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Smuggler Kingpin

    by Peter Hain ...
    In the mafia world of African tobacco and gold trafficking, a Harare-based Smuggler Kingpin rakes it in. Can he be stopped? Or is South African gangsterism and Zimbabwean corruption out of control? Can activist Thandi, her mentor The Veteran and the mysterious Sniper, band together again with SA Security Minister Yasmin to fight back against the looting and the mafiosi? As this pacey plot unfolds ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Hunter Quatermain's Story

    The Uncollected Adventures of Allan Quatermain

    by H. Rider Haggard, Peter Haining ...
    Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines, he remains one of the great heroes of literature whose adventures have been adapted for cinema and television. This new anthology brings to light a novelette and four short stories which have never been collected in one volume. Introducing the tales with a detailed resume of the author's life ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Pretoria Boy

    The Story of South Africa's 'Public Enemy Number 1'

    by Peter Hain ...
    'A tour de force of an extraordinary half-century of campaigning for justice' – Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister and United Nations Development ChiefPeter Hain – famous for his commitment to the anti-apartheid struggle – has had a dramatic 50-year political career, both in Britain and in his childhood home of South Africa, in an extraordinary journey from Pretoria to the House of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

    Edited by Simon Gaisford, Vicky Kett, Peter Haines ...
    The use of thermal and calorimetric methods has shown rapid growth over the past few decades, in an increasingly wide range of applications. The original text was published in 2001; since then there have been significant advances in various analytical techniques and their applications. This second edition supplies an up to date, concise and readable account of the principles, experimental ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • The Rhino Conspiracy

    by Peter Hain ...
    In the South African veld poaching gangs are using extreme violence to hunt down valuable rhino horns. Battling to defend the dwindling rhino population, a veteran anti-apartheid freedom fighter is forced to break his lifetime loyalty to the ANC as he confronts corruption at the very highest level. The stakes are high. The veteran and his 'born free' colleagues are hell bent on catching the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook