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  • How Well Do You Know … Classic British Sitcoms?

    The 100% unofficial ultimate quiz book

    by Robert Ross ...
    Series series How Well Do You Know
    The perfect gift for fans of the UK’s best comedy shows, from Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers to Blackadder and the Vicar of Dibley!Think you know all there is to know about these classic British sitcoms? I don't believe it!***What is the alcoholic drink of choice of Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous*?*In Only Fools and Horses*, Rodney initially believes Trigger received... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Lords of Mars Vol 1: The Eye of the Goddess

    by Arvid Nelson ...
    Series series Lords of Mars
    Two legends of science fiction and fantasy literature collide in an epic crossover event! Tarzan, the legendary Lord of the Jungle, has claimed his title as a British nobleman, but his very life is threatened when a hunting excursion among high society goes disastrously wrong. Meanwhile, John Carter, the Warlord of Mars, responds to a veiled threat from his defeated enemies. Though separated by ... Read more

    $17.85 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marty Feldman: The Biography of a Comedy Legend

    by Robert Ross ...
    Mike Myers thinks he was “a genius”, while John Cleese regards him as “a true cultural icon”. He was an architect of British comedy, paving the way for Monty Python, and then became a major Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein. A writer, director, performer and true pioneer of his art, he died aged only 48.His name was Marty Feldman, and here, at last, is ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Cape of Torments

    Slavery and Resistance in South Africa

    by Robert Ross ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Slavery
    Cape of Torments, first published in 1983, is a detailed examination of slavery in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. It describes the reactions of the slaves to their conditions of slavery, concentrating on those aspects of their lives which their masters considered criminal, and above all on the large numbers of occasions when slaves ran away in an attempt to start a new life elsewhere. The ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Slay Bells Ring

    Bayonet Books Anthology, #6

    by J. R. Handley, Ben Wolf, J. Clifton Slater, G Clatworthy, Robert E. Akers, Robert W. Ross, E. A. Shanniak, Reginald Lewis, Matthew Olaranont, A.M. Stevens, H.P. Holo, Michael J. Allen, Fiona Grey, Nicholas R. Garber, Keith Hedger, Nathan Pedde, Jonathan Watson, R. Max Tillsley, Steve Diamond ...
    Series Book 6 - Bayonet Books Anthology
    Ho ho... oh hell!Is that sleigh bells ringing in your ears or a few rounds from an M60?You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker — Badass Santa.Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.From blood-stained rebellion at the north pole to a ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Baseball Revolt

    The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League

    by Robert B. Ross ...
    The Players League, formed in 1890, was a short-lived professional baseball league controlled and owned in part by the players themselves, a response to the National League’s salary cap and “reserve rule,” which bound players for life to one particular team. Led by John Montgomery Ward, the Players League was a star-studded group that included most of the best players of the National League, who ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • A Concise History of South Africa

    by Robert Ross ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development stemming from the industrial revolution. This is followed by an analysis of the fundamental political changes South Africa has undergone, and a background for understanding those many things which have not changed. ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Seriously Silly

    The Life of Terry Jones (the authorised biography)

    by Robert Ross ...
    'This book is timely. I hope it will send people back to his work, whether it be films he's directed, roles he's played ... and everything else that made him everybody's favourite polymath.'MICHAEL PALINSeriously Silly is an intimate portrait of Terry Jones - Python, actor, director, historian, reluctant national treasure and purveyor of sincere silliness - written by the man he chose to tell the ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Aubrey Beardsley

    by Robert Baldwin Ross ...
    The biography chronicles Beardsley’s early life in Brighton, his education, and the formative experiences that shaped his artistic vision. Ross emphasizes the boldness of Beardsley’s work, including his illustrations for Oscar Wilde’s Salomé and his contributions to magazines like The Yellow Book. The book delves into Beardsley’s challenges, including his struggles with illness and societal ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Seriously Silly

    The Life of Terry Jones (the authorised biography)

    by Robert Ross ...
    Narrated by Robert Ross, Eric Idle ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 4 min

    'This book is timely. I hope it will send people back to his work, whether it be films he's directed, roles he's played . . . and everything else that made him everybody's favourite polymath'Michael PalinSeriously Silly is an intimate portrait of Terry Jones - Python, actor, director, historian, reluctant national treasure and purveyor of sincere silliness - written by the man he chose to tell the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Thoughts on a Rainy Day

    by Robert Ross ...
    ROBERT ROSS WAS BORN IN THE EARLY 20S IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE COW HOLLOW DISTRICT WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE MARINA DISTRICT HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS WITH HIS GOD PARENTS WHO RESIDED AT A NOTORIOUS GAMBLING HALL DURING THE PROHIBITION YEARS. AFTER SPENDING A YEAR IN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP HE JOINED THE MERCHANT MARINES AND SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AT THE END OF THE WAR HE MET AND ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Greek Myths

    (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    by Robert Graves ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    Robert Graves, classicist, poet, and unorthodox critic, retells the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audienceAnd, in the two volumes of The Greek Myths, he demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that Greek Mythology is “no more mysterious in content than are modern election cartoons.” His work covers, in nearly two hundred sections, the creation myths; the legends ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD