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Long Haul

Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

by Frank Figliuzzi ...

"A true-crime masterpiece." —Don WinslowA Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist (Best Fact Crime)From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways, revealing the FBI Highway Serial Killings Initiative’s hunt for the long-haul truckers behind an astonishing 850 murders–and counting.In 2004, the FBI was tipped off to a gruesome pattern of ... Read more

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"A true-crime masterpiece." —Don WinslowA Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist (Best Fact Crime)From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways, revealing the FBI Highway Serial Killings Initiative’s hunt for the long-haul truckers behind an astonishing 850 murders–and counting.In 2004, the FBI was tipped off to a gruesome pattern of
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Dominion

The Railway and the Rise of Canada

by Stephen Bown ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed Best Book of the Year by the Globe and Mail, History Today and The Hill TimesA gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the engineering triumph that created a nation: the Canadian Pacific Railway**The sharp decline of the demand for fur in the late nineteenth century could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson’s Bay Company, but an idea ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed Best Book of the Year by the Globe and Mail, History Today and The Hill TimesA gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the engineering triumph that created a nation: the Canadian Pacific Railway**The sharp decline of the demand for fur in the late nineteenth century could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson’s Bay Company, but an idea
... Read more
Under a Spitfire Sky

A heartwarming and romantic WW2 saga

by Ellie Curzon ...

Can they find love in the darkest days of war?It's 1944, and Florence is a talented engineer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, patching up planes to make sure that the brave Spitfire pilots of Cottisbourne airbase return safely day after day.When she befriends the new squadron leader - shy, handsome Siegfried - it seems that romance might blossom under the war-torn skies. But Florence is nursing ... Read more

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Can they find love in the darkest days of war?It's 1944, and Florence is a talented engineer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, patching up planes to make sure that the brave Spitfire pilots of Cottisbourne airbase return safely day after day.When she befriends the new squadron leader - shy, handsome Siegfried - it seems that romance might blossom under the war-torn skies. But Florence is nursing
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Sic Itur ad Astra

A Chronological History of Canadian Civil and Military Aviation on the 100th Anniversary of the RCAF Volume 2, 1946 to 2024

by Harold A. Skaarup ...

The year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the RCAF. This book, Volume 2, covers the period of our Canadian Civil and Military aviation history from 1946 to 2024. It serves as a tribute to the Canadian Forces men and women and the families who supported them to help build and preserve our nation in times of peace and war. The photos, artwork and stories found here give a brief overview of the ... Read more

$5.39 CAD

The year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the RCAF. This book, Volume 2, covers the period of our Canadian Civil and Military aviation history from 1946 to 2024. It serves as a tribute to the Canadian Forces men and women and the families who supported them to help build and preserve our nation in times of peace and war. The photos, artwork and stories found here give a brief overview of the
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Minuit Sur Le Titanic

15 Avril 1912

by Fabrice M. Primeau ...

Le 14 avril 1912 à 23h40, le guetteur Frederick Fleet aperçut l'iceberg qui allait sceller le destin de 1 500 âmes. Dans ce récit minutieusement documenté, revivez les dernières heures du RMS Titanic à travers les yeux de ceux qui ont vécu – et péri – à bord de ce navire réputé insubmersible.Du somptueux restaurant de première classe aux chaufferies étouffantes, de la passerelle du capitaine Smith ... Read more

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Le 14 avril 1912 à 23h40, le guetteur Frederick Fleet aperçut l'iceberg qui allait sceller le destin de 1 500 âmes. Dans ce récit minutieusement documenté, revivez les dernières heures du RMS Titanic à travers les yeux de ceux qui ont vécu – et péri – à bord de ce navire réputé insubmersible.Du somptueux restaurant de première classe aux chaufferies étouffantes, de la passerelle du capitaine Smith
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Chasing the Demon

A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It

by Dan Hampton ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • At the end of World War II, a band of aces gathered in the Mojave Desert on a Top Secret quest to break the sound barrier–nicknamed "The Demon" by pilots. The true story of what happened in those skies has never been told.Speed. In 1947, it represented the difference between victory and annihilation.After Hiroshima, the ability to deliver a nuclear device to its target faster ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • At the end of World War II, a band of aces gathered in the Mojave Desert on a Top Secret quest to break the sound barrier–nicknamed "The Demon" by pilots. The true story of what happened in those skies has never been told.Speed. In 1947, it represented the difference between victory and annihilation.After Hiroshima, the ability to deliver a nuclear device to its target faster
... Read more
Bird Men

The Rise of American Airpower and the Machine That Ended World War II

by A. J. Baime ...

Bestselling author of The Arsenal of Democracy and The Accidental President, A. J. Baime returns with the incredible story of the airplane that ended World War II, the B-29 Superfortress, the rise of American airpower, and the man who made it all possible.Of all the feats of American ingenuity in World War II, perhaps none was as impressive in scale or vital to the Allied victory as the creation ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Bestselling author of The Arsenal of Democracy and The Accidental President, A. J. Baime returns with the incredible story of the airplane that ended World War II, the B-29 Superfortress, the rise of American airpower, and the man who made it all possible.Of all the feats of American ingenuity in World War II, perhaps none was as impressive in scale or vital to the Allied victory as the creation
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The Great Driving Right Show

Cars, Crisis, and the Rise of Fossil Fascism

by The Zetkin Collective, William Callison, George Edwards, Jacob McLean, Tatjana Söding ...

How the far right rises through climate conspiracism and pro-car politics.Apocalypse is in the air. And the far right knows it. Since the pandemic, it has successfully cultivated crises, conspiracy theories, and coalitions to fight a green energy transition. Mobilising online and in the streets, far-right actors cast decarbonisation measures as a ‘war on cars’ endangering individual liberty, the ... Read more

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How the far right rises through climate conspiracism and pro-car politics.Apocalypse is in the air. And the far right knows it. Since the pandemic, it has successfully cultivated crises, conspiracy theories, and coalitions to fight a green energy transition. Mobilising online and in the streets, far-right actors cast decarbonisation measures as a ‘war on cars’ endangering individual liberty, the
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Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

Uncomplicating Cars for All of Us

by Chaya M. Milchtein ...

A comprehensive guide to car ownership and maintenance intended for anyone—regardless of age, gender or experience.When did you last pick up a book about cars? Typically written for men, particularly automotive enthusiasts and mechanics, these books rarely appeal to the everyday car owner. Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership is different. Automotive educator, journalist, and social media ... Read more

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A comprehensive guide to car ownership and maintenance intended for anyone—regardless of age, gender or experience.When did you last pick up a book about cars? Typically written for men, particularly automotive enthusiasts and mechanics, these books rarely appeal to the everyday car owner. Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership is different. Automotive educator, journalist, and social media
... Read more
Camouflaged Killer

The Shocking Double Life Colonel Russell Williams

by David A. Gibb ...

He was a perfect man living a perfect life...which made him a perfect killer.Canadian Air Force Colonel Russell Williams commanded the largest Canadian Forces base in the country. He had personally piloted prime ministers, dignitaries, and members of the British royal family, and was one of the most respected and trusted soldiers in the military.He was also a rapist and a murderer.This is the ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

He was a perfect man living a perfect life...which made him a perfect killer.Canadian Air Force Colonel Russell Williams commanded the largest Canadian Forces base in the country. He had personally piloted prime ministers, dignitaries, and members of the British royal family, and was one of the most respected and trusted soldiers in the military.He was also a rapist and a murderer.This is the
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Endurance

Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing ...

**The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew“One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –New York Times Book Review**In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In ... Read more

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**The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew“One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –New York Times Book Review**In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In
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Ghost Rider

Travels on the Healing Road

by Neil Peart ...

Within a ten-month period, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of personal devastation that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back ... Read more

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Within a ten-month period, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of personal devastation that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back
... Read more
We Will Not Be Hijacked

A Life Story of Survival

by Uri Bar-Lev ...

"If the world had listened", argued Bar-Lev, 9/11 events might have been avoided.September 6th, 1970 was a seminal day for international civil aviation. For the first time, after dozens of hijackings of passenger planes around the globe - El Al Captain Uri Bar-Lev and his crew managed to thwart an attempt to hijack their plane while it was still in the air.To this day, their actions are considered ... Read more

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"If the world had listened", argued Bar-Lev, 9/11 events might have been avoided.September 6th, 1970 was a seminal day for international civil aviation. For the first time, after dozens of hijackings of passenger planes around the globe - El Al Captain Uri Bar-Lev and his crew managed to thwart an attempt to hijack their plane while it was still in the air.To this day, their actions are considered
... Read more
The Gales of November

The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

by John U. Bacon ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSmithsonian • 10 Best History Books of 2025Bookpage • Best Books of 2025"A work of spectral beauty destined to be a classic. Readers of Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm, Erik Larsen’s Dead Wake, and Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea will love this deeply reported tale." —Hampton Sides, New York Times best-selling author of The Wide Wide Sea and In the... ... Read more

$35.79 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSmithsonian • 10 Best History Books of 2025Bookpage • Best Books of 2025"A work of spectral beauty destined to be a classic. Readers of Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm, Erik Larsen’s Dead Wake, and Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea will love this deeply reported tale." —Hampton Sides, New York Times best-selling author of The Wide Wide Sea and In the...
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Bringing Columbia Home

The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

by Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward ...

Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space HipstersThe dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a ... Read more

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Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space HipstersThe dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a
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Canada's Main Street

The Epic Story of The Trans-Canada Highway

by Craig Baird ...

Much has been written about the Canadian Pacific Railway, the first major transportation network that bound Canada coast to coast, but almost nothing about The Trans-Canada Highway, even though more people use it regularly, it's at least as vital to the nation's business, and its story is every bit as fascinating as the CPR's.Prior to the Second World War, only an adventurer would have driven ... Read more

$30.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Much has been written about the Canadian Pacific Railway, the first major transportation network that bound Canada coast to coast, but almost nothing about The Trans-Canada Highway, even though more people use it regularly, it's at least as vital to the nation's business, and its story is every bit as fascinating as the CPR's.Prior to the Second World War, only an adventurer would have driven
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Motorcycling in the 1970s The story of biking's biggest, brightest and best ever decade Volume 4:

Funky Motorcycling! Biking in the 1970s - Part Three

by Richard Skelton ...

Series Book 3 - Motorcycling in the 1970s
'Motorcycling in the 1970s. The story of motorcycling's biggest, brightest and best ever decade' Volumes One to Five by Richard Skelton, author of Funky Mopeds.'Motorcycling in the 1970s' is a series of five books about motorcycling. The books are designed to be read together, but can also be enjoyed separately.The first volume, 'A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969', is a general ... Read more

$3.67 CAD

'Motorcycling in the 1970s. The story of motorcycling's biggest, brightest and best ever decade' Volumes One to Five by Richard Skelton, author of Funky Mopeds.'Motorcycling in the 1970s' is a series of five books about motorcycling. The books are designed to be read together, but can also be enjoyed separately.The first volume, 'A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969', is a general
... Read more
A Girl Aboard the Titanic

The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster

by Eva Hart ...

We went on the day on the boat train…I was 7, I had never seen a ship before... it looked very big... everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that's when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, she would sit up at night... she decided that she wouldn't go to bed at night, and she didn't!This is the amazing ... Read more

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We went on the day on the boat train…I was 7, I had never seen a ship before... it looked very big... everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that's when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, she would sit up at night... she decided that she wouldn't go to bed at night, and she didn't!This is the amazing
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Peking to Paris

Life and Love on a Short Drive Around Half the World

by Dina Bennett ...

In May 2007, leaving China’s Great Wall is Car 84, one of 128 antique autos racing in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. It’s guided by one Dina Bennett, the world’s least likely navigator: a daydreamer prone to carsickness, riddled with self-doubt, and married to a thrill-seeking perfectionist who is half-human, half-racecar. What could possibly go wrong?Funny, self-deprecating, and marred by ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

In May 2007, leaving China’s Great Wall is Car 84, one of 128 antique autos racing in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. It’s guided by one Dina Bennett, the world’s least likely navigator: a daydreamer prone to carsickness, riddled with self-doubt, and married to a thrill-seeking perfectionist who is half-human, half-racecar. What could possibly go wrong?Funny, self-deprecating, and marred by
... Read more
Falling Upwards

Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts

by Richard Holmes ...

Lose yourself in the clouds with bestselling and prize-winning biographer and science writer Richard Holmes in this glorious history of hot-air ballooning.Hot-air balloons have drifted through Richard Holmes’s work for many years. And now, in this heart-lifting book he tells the story of these ineffably romantic floating machines and the reckless invention of the adventurers who flew them.His ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Lose yourself in the clouds with bestselling and prize-winning biographer and science writer Richard Holmes in this glorious history of hot-air ballooning.Hot-air balloons have drifted through Richard Holmes’s work for many years. And now, in this heart-lifting book he tells the story of these ineffably romantic floating machines and the reckless invention of the adventurers who flew them.His
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Ninety Seconds at Zeebrugge

The Herald of Free Enterprise Story

by Iain Yardley ...

The Herald of Free Enterprise car ferry set sail on a routine voyage to Dover in March 1987, carrying hundreds of passengers, including British army personnel, day-trippers and truck drivers. Minutes after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, the ferry began to capsize. Terrified passengers were separated from loved ones in a seething mass of humanity, in freezing cold water and had to fight for ... Read more

$18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Herald of Free Enterprise car ferry set sail on a routine voyage to Dover in March 1987, carrying hundreds of passengers, including British army personnel, day-trippers and truck drivers. Minutes after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, the ferry began to capsize. Terrified passengers were separated from loved ones in a seething mass of humanity, in freezing cold water and had to fight for
... Read more
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

by David Gibbins ...

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II.Since we first set ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II.Since we first set
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His Majesty's Airship

The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

by S. C. Gwynne ...

From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a “captivating, thoroughly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) aviation history detailing the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian princess at its heart.The tragic fate of the British airship R101 ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a “captivating, thoroughly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) aviation history detailing the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian princess at its heart.The tragic fate of the British airship R101
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One Eye Open

A gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller

by Paul Finch ...

If the lies don't kill you, the truth willAn electrifying, high-octane thrill ride; the new must-read standalone from a Sunday Times bestseller. Dark, gritty and always at the edge of your seat, this unforgettable new outing from master storyteller, Paul Finch, will appeal to fans of Peter James, Mark Billingham and Angela Marsons.*********************************... ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

If the lies don't kill you, the truth willAn electrifying, high-octane thrill ride; the new must-read standalone from a Sunday Times bestseller. Dark, gritty and always at the edge of your seat, this unforgettable new outing from master storyteller, Paul Finch, will appeal to fans of Peter James, Mark Billingham and Angela Marsons.*********************************...
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