W P: 568 books

It has been said that nothing is sure in life except death and taxes. But some people pay no taxes. So when a murder, gruesome and brutal, shatters the calm of a quiet Ontario village, the reality and finality of death are brought starkly into focus. The citizens are devastated and search for answers...

Have you ever been swept up by that impulsive wave that just makes you want to drop everything and take off somewhere? Have you ever been desperate to break this mundane monstrosity that we call life? Do you envy that one friend who is always travelling, posting his envious photos on Facebook, living...

Kim Morden should be elated. Not only has her fleet commander promoted her to captain, but he’s given her command of the RAS Verdun, a great honor for any up-and-coming officer, especially one whose career had such a rocky, deadly start. However, no honor can conceal Morden’s disappointment when...

It's the 1950s. There's always something good on the radio, cherry red Cadillacs cruise the streets and everything is always perfect. Marilyn is still alive and the War is over. America goes to bed, nuclear annihilation postponed another day. Welcome to the American Nightmare. Nuclear...

The title of Epic, or of "heroic poem," is claimed by historians for a number of works belonging to the earlier Middle Ages, and to the medieval origins of modern literature. "Epic" is a term freely applied to the old school of Germanic narrative poetry, which in different dialects...

Would you like to get rid of the clutter and distractions in your life? Reboot gives you fast and easy wins for organizing and decluttering your home, life, and digital world. Instead of giving you a lot of organizational theory and storage bins, Podcaster W.P. Norman offers you step-by-step...

"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis­ cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of...

“A memorable addition to the literature about the summer’s game” from the author of Shoeless Joe—the basis for the film Field of Dreams (Detroit Free Press). Bearing W. P. Kinsella’s trademark combination of “sweet-natured prose and a richly imagined world,” The Iowa Baseball...

This lovely children's book provides an interesting insight to the anatomy and behaviour of the animals of the British countryside and farmyard. It endeavours to answer questions such as Why are the horns of the deer branched?, Why does the rabbit have a white tail? and Why the Sheep has a woolly...

A journey to the home of the Esquimaux in Greenland during the mid Nineteenth Century exploring the Native customs and habits.

Russian Dolls weaves in and out of the real and imaginary worlds of Wylie, a struggling author and self-proclaimed “unreliable narrator”, as he finds and then loses his muse, Christie, in their shared home - aptly named the “Breathing Castle” - in East Vancouver. Woven into the story of their...

First published in 1931, this is the first unabridged English translation of the documents pertaining to the trial of Joan of Arc. The basis of the translation is drawn from an edition of the text published in 1841 by Jules Quicherat, but elements are also derived from a number of the manuscripts...

Karel V was de eerste keizer die regeerde over bijna de helft van Europa en in de Amerika's. Hij streefde onafgebroken naar vrede en christelijke en staatkundige eenheid, maar uiteindelijk bracht zijn politiek slechts talloze oorlogen en zaaide hij verdeeldheid. Karel V is toegankelijke geschiedschrijving...

The story of the attempts made by the statesmen of Europe to detach the United States from their traditional policy (notably the efforts of the Tsar idealist, Alexander I, to induce the government in Washington to accede to the pact of the Holy Alliance) forms an almost forgotten chapter of American...