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  • Audiobook

    Out on the Rim

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Narrated by David Birney ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 59 min

    What if you were offered a gig by some shadowy and well-financed interests to funnel five million dollars to rebels holed up in the Philippine mountains? They need to fund a revolt against the Aquino government and a resourceful and gutsy team to engineer it. And what a team it is: Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert, is the only man the rebel leader trusts as a liaison; Georgia Blue is a colorful ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Light Science

    Physics and the Visual Arts

    by Thomas D. Rossing, Christopher J. Chiaverina ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    What is the nature of light? How does an artist’s selection and use of colorants determine how we experience a work of art? What can visual illusions tell us about the nature of perception? In what ways do the laws of optics manifest themselves in the visual arts?In this fully revised edition of the classic textbook, Rossing and Chiaverina present the science of light – that is, the science behind ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • The Seersucker Whipsaw

    by Ross Thomas ...
    From the Edgar Award–winning author: “[A] highly readable novel of political adventure . . . a cracking good story and the Africa mentality is fascinating” (Kirkus Reviews).Clinton Shartelle doesn’t seem like a good choice to run a political campaign in Albertia. For one thing, he’s American, and Albertia is a small coastal republic in Africa, about to be cut loose from the English Crown. For ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1742

    Enriched edition. Diplomatic Insights of 18th Century Indigenous Treaty Negotiations

    by Various, Megan Ross ...
    In "The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1742," the authors capture a pivotal moment in colonial American history through a meticulously detailed account of the negotiations between British authorities and Native American leaders. This document not only chronicles the proceedings of the treaty but also reflects the complex interplay of diplomacy, power ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fourth Durango

    by Ross Thomas, Sara Paretsky ...
    An "entertaining" noir thriller about a disgraced judge forced into hiding after being released from prison "can be pleasantly devoured in one sitting" ( Los Angeles Times ).The Fourth Durango is not your ordinary Durango. It's not in Spain, or Mexico, and it's not a ski town in the Colorado Rockies, although Durangos do exist in all of those places. This Durango is a hideout business, a place ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Cast a Yellow Shadow

    by Ross Thomas ...
    An old friend draws barman Mac McCorkle into a deadly international gameAs the saying goes, you can’t pick your friends. If you could, Mac McCorkle would disown Padilla. They owned a bar together in Bonn, the West German capital, and stayed partners even after Padilla’s sideline as a CIA operative got the bar blown up. Padilla was thought to be dead and erased from the CIA’s files—but now he’s ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • The Eighth Dwarf

    by Ross Thomas ...
    An ex-spy and his sidekick hunt for a rogue assassin of Nazi war criminals—"Thomas is without peer in American suspense" ( Los Angeles Times).Nicolae Polscaru, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf, is tossed into a Hollywood swimming pool by four drunken screenwriters, who take bets on how long he can tread water. Minor Jackson, his OSS training still fresh a year after World War II's end, beats the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Cold War Swap

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Series Book 1 - McCorkle and Padillo Mysteries
    The Edgar Award–winning debut novel from "America's best storyteller" about a man drawn into espionage by his mysterious business partner ( The New York Times Book Review ).At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on "business trips." McCorkle, his ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Backup Men

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Mac McCorkle and Mike Padillo team up to help twin bodyguards in a thrilling crime caper from "America's best storyteller" ( The New York Times Book Review).The twins who walk into Mac McCorkle's bar look identical, despite their differing genders. Their names are Wanda and Walter Gothar, and from the steel in their eyes it's apparent that their business isn't the friendly kind. They've come ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Out on the Rim

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Would you be wary if someone gave you the assignment of delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist--never mind from whom or why? Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert just fired from his job at a bashful organization that never admitted its mount in the Washington merry-go-round, is wary. So wary that he cuts in con man "Otherguy" Overby, who in turn involves Artie Wu, pretender to ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • No Questions Asked

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Series Book 5 - The Philip St. Ives Mysteries
    With eviction looming, St. Ives searches for a big payday and a rare bookPhilip St. Ives has no love for New York’s drafty, broken-down Adelphi Hotel, but he is in no mood to be evicted from it. His cash dwindling, he is happy to learn about a job that calls for his specific talents as a mediator between thieves and their victims. It sounds like the set-up to a bad joke: A thief, an insurance ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • The Highbinders

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Series Book 4 - The Philip St. Ives Mysteries
    St. Ives goes to London on a job for the least trustworthy con artist he knowsPhilip St. Ives has only been in the pub a few minutes before he realizes his whiskey is drugged. Instantly sick, he's vomiting on the sidewalk when the muggers appear. He fights as best he can in his drugged state, and only when he feels the handcuffs does he realize his assailants aren't muggers—they're cops.He wakes ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD