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  • The Pirate Hunter

    The True Story of Captain Kidd

    by Richard Zacks ...
    A gripping look at the life of the seventeenth-century sea captain and the never-before-told story of his hunt for the ruthless pirate Robert Culliford."A richly detailed nautical thriller . . . combines exciting escapism with thought-provoking history." —James Bamford, author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of SecretsA Time Magazine Best Book of the YearCaptain Kidd has gone down in history ... ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Pirate Coast

    Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805

    by Richard Zacks ...
    A real-life thriller—the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees."It is a tale of high ideals, derring-do, [and] extraordinary courage." — New York TimesIn an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out on a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. The operation was ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • An Underground Education

    The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields

    by Richard Zacks ...
    The best kind of knowledge is uncommon knowledge.Okay, so maybe you know all the stuff you're supposed to know--that there are teenier things than atoms, that Remembrance of Things Past has something to do with a perfumed cookie, that the Monroe Doctrine means we get to take over small South American countries when we feel like it. But really, is this kind of knowledge going to make you the hit of ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • Chasing the Last Laugh

    Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour

    by Richard Zacks ...
    From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of Island of Vice and The Pirate Hunter, a rich and lively account of how Mark Twain’s late-life adventures abroad helped him recover from financial disaster and family tragedy—and revived his world-class sense of humorMark Twain, the highest-paid writer in America in 1894, was also one of the nation’s worst investors. “There are two times in a man’s life ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Island of Vice

    Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York

    by Richard Zacks ...
    A ROLLICKING NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S EMBATTLED TENURE AS POLICE COMMISSIONER OF CORRUPT, PLEASURE-LOVING NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1880s, AND HIS DOOMED MISSION TO WIPE OUT VICEIn the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with 40,000 prostitutes, glittering casinos, and all-night ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

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    Twenty-Five Sci-Fi Flashes

    Classic Science Fiction at Light Speed

    by Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Allen K. Lang, Arthur C. Clarke, August Derleth, Carl W. Ganzlin, Edward Halibut, Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, George T. Spillman, Harry Fletcher, Henry Kuttner, I. M. Bukstein, Isaac Asimov, Richard O. Lewis, Robert Sheckley, Robert Zacks ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    3 hours 14 min

    Twenty-Five Sci-Fi Flashes is a fast-paced collection of 25 vintage science fiction stories from the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s, ’50s and ’60s. Featuring more than 3 hours of classic sci-fi, this anthology showcases unforgettable tales by Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Fritz Leiber, August Derleth, and two remarkably early stories written by a teenage Philip K. Dick.Whether you’re ... Read more

    $10.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Pirate Coast

    Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805

    by Richard Zacks ...
    Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 19 min

    A real-life thriller—the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their kneesAfter Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured three hundred US sailors and marines. President Jefferson sent out navy squadrons, but he also authorized a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. He chose an unlikely diplomat, William Eaton, ... Read more

    $32.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Island of Vice

    Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York

    by Richard Zacks ...
    Narrated by Joe Ochman ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 24 min

    A ROLLICKING NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S EMBATTLED TENURE AS POLICE COMMISSIONER OF CORRUPT, PLEASURE-LOVING NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1880s, AND HIS DOOMED MISSION TO WIPE OUT VICEIn the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with 40,000 prostitutes, glittering casinos, and all-night ... Read more

    $28.00 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Chasing the Last Laugh

    Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour

    by Richard Zacks ...
    Narrated by George Guidall ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 37 min

    From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of Island of Vice and The Pirate Hunter, a rich and lively account of how Mark Twain’s late-life adventures abroad helped him recover from financial disaster and family tragedy—and revived his world-class sense of humorMark Twain, the highest-paid writer in America in 1894, was also one of the nation’s worst investors. “There are two times in a man’s life ... Read more

    $33.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    An Underground Education

    The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of Human Knowledge

    by Richard Zacks ...
    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 27 min

    Okay, so maybe you know all the stuff you're supposed to know. But really, is this kind of knowledge going to make you the hit of the cocktail party, or the loser spending forty-five minutes examining the host's bookshelves?Wouldn't you rather learn things like how the invention of the bicycle affected the evolution of underwear? Or that the 1949 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to a doctor ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Pirate Hunter

    The True Story of Captain Kidd

    by Richard Zacks ...
    Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 44 min

    Captain Kidd has gone down in history as America's most ruthless buccaneer, fabulously rich, burying treasure up and down the eastern seaboard. But it turns out that most everyone, from novelists to scholars, has the story all wrong. Captain William Kidd was no career cutthroat; he was a tough, successful New York sea captain who was hired to chase pirates in the 1690s. His three-year odyssey ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Secret Passageway

    by Richard Dodd, Zack Corbin ...
    The Secret Passageway is a tale of three ordinary children who discover an extraordinary world. This world is filled with strange people of different sizes and even stranger animals. The sky is green and the grass is blue. Rainbows speak to you and tunnels try to eat cars. Can our three heroes work out why they are here and what is wrong with this weird place before it is too late? ... Read more

    $4.62 CAD