Canary Press Ebooks imprint: 21 books
The Little Book of Puns
Ingenious wordplay and groan-inducing quips
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Ingenious wordplay and groan-inducing quips
In today’s busy world, where text-speak seems to be the prevalent form of written English, and the average teenager can barely form a proper sentence without using the numbers '4' or '8' as substitutes for letters, is the pun becoming an endangered...
Mass Killers
Compelled to Destroy
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Mass Killers investigates those addicted to death. Many killers have become dangerously hooked on the thrill of the kill, driving them to commit even more extreme acts of violence in pursuit of their drug of choice - the suffering of others. This fascinating book is not for the faint hearted. It contains...
Fugitives
Dramatic Accounts of Life on the Run
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Heather Tallchief escaped from the USA with the man she loved and $2.5 million that didn't belong to her. She must have been on an incredible high. However, the buzz didn't last long. Soon after she and Roberto Solanis landed in Amsterdam to start their new life together, her lover vanished with the...
Spree Killers
The Enigma of Mass Murder
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
20 April 1999, Columbine High School, Colorado, USA. Lunchtime. Enter Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold armed with shotguns. Pumping bullets into two classmates they left one dead and the other fighting for his life. They went on the rampage through the school leaving in their wake a trail of bloody death...
Hostages
Dramatic Accounts of Real-Life Events
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
On 1 September 2004, a group of terrorists disguised as repairmen infiltrated a school in Beslan, Russia. Using concealed weapons they took 1100 children and adults hostage. The world looked on aghast as the siege played out on live TV. Hostages tells the incredible and often harrowing stories surrounding...
Snipers and Shooters
The Kill Shot Out of Nowhere
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
The art of murder knows many forms, but few more harrowing than murder for reasons of ritual or the supernatural. Supposedly serving a higher cause, they are often little more than acts of self-gratifying blood-lust. Voodoo Killers chronicles the disturbing history of ritualistic killing around the...
by Winifred Coles
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
I never forget a face … but in your case I'll make an exception
How many times have you found yourself struck dumb with anger, unable to think of the perfect repost only to come up with something wonderful later when your adversary has gone and any retort seems like sour grapes? The French...
Ghosts
The complete guide to the supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
At one time or another, most people have experienced a creepy, spine-tingling sensation they can’t explain. Science may rationalize these fears, blaming a natural fear of the unknown, an open window or a drafty doorway, but millions of people believe there is much more to it than that – and who...
Gladiators
From Spartacus to Spitfires: One-on-one Combat Through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Around 180 CE, in the lavish amphitheatres of the Roman Empire, trained gladiators entertained vast audiences by fighting to the death. Armed with a sword, a lance or a harpoon, the gladiator faced his opponent: a wild animal ready to strike, or a condemned criminal looking to save his own life. When...
World Serial Killers
They kill for the thrill
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
World Serial Killers investigates the fiendish crimes of butchers like Fritz Haarman selling human meat on the streets of Hanover, Germany, Edinburgh body-snatchers Burke and Hare and Alberto De Salvo, the notorious Boston Strangler. Read the accounts of deranged real-life monsters such as Charles...
Voodoo Killers
Slavery, Sorecery and the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
The art of murder knows many forms, but few more harrowing than murder for reasons of ritual or the supernatural. Supposedly serving a higher cause, they are often little more than acts of self-gratifying blood-lust. Voodoo Killers chronicles the disturbing history of ritualistic killing around the...
Leaders Who Changed the World
The extraordinary inspiration of those who create history
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
It takes charisma and inspiration to lead any group of people. Leaders who Changed the World explores the lives and careers of such extraordinary individuals as Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Some have slogged and suffered in order to change the world for the...
Angels
The mythology of angels and their everyday presence among us
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Over 50 per cent of Americans and over one third of British people believe that we all have a guardian angel that protects us throughout our lives. More people believe in these divine bodyguards than in global warming. It is truly astonishing how many spiritually aware people have seen or sensed an...
Conquistadors
Searching for El Dorado: The Terrifying Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
In the sixteenth century the King of Spain issued his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity and claim new territories for Spain. The Conquistadors, as they became known, set off into the world to do just that, and nothing was to stand in their way. Some...
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