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The Grassington Murder - Fact or Fiction? On the 1st April 1766, the quiet Yorkshire Dales market town of Grassington was rocked by the disappearance of its popular local doctor, Dr Richard Petty. When the doctor's body was finally discovered, the fearsome Tom Lee, already a notorious highwayman, was arrested. The townsfolk of Grassington were convinced of Lee's guilt, but could they prove their case in court before Lee could kill again? Best ...

To The Douro A young man's decision to fight leads to a war within a war... To love... To loss... ...and a quest for vengeance, as he plays a vital role for the future Duke of Wellington. The first book in David J Blackmore's 'Wellington's Dragoon' series, introducing Michael Roberts of of the 16th Light Dragoons during the war against Napoleon in Portugal and Spain, and in the final campaign of Waterloo.

Secret Lines ¿From the battlefield of Talavera, by way of the guerrilla's merciless war, to the back streets of Lisbon, our hero fights to keep Wellington's great secret. Can Michael gain the revenge he seeks and protect the Secret Lines?

A Different Kind of War An unhappy and angry Michael Roberts returns to England expecting to be wasting his time at the Regimental depot instead of fighting the French. He soon discovers that the war is also being waged in England, although it is a different kind of war... The fourth thrilling adventure in David J Blackmore's Wellington's Dragoon series.

Unseen Follower. How many friends and followers do you have on social media? Tens, hundreds, maybe even thousands? Hidden in the shadows of the digital realm, an ominous presence lurks. In Unseen Follower, the virtual world become a labyrinth of secrets. A place where you cannot know who is watching your every click, tracking your every move. The twenty-first century obsession to be part of the global social circle may lead you into th...

Everyone turned to look at Kathy as she walked slowly past. She knew in her heart it was wrong. Her head screamed "No", but she went ahead anyway. Have you ever wished you could undo a decision you've made? Return to that crossroad in your past and take a different path instead. What alternative life might have awaited you? And what of those you now know and love? Change what has been, and they might never exist at all. Fate, which you cannot ...

A Little Book of Strange Tales Richard Hinchliffe's collection of short stories and rhymes will take you on a journey from the coldest reaches of outer space to the burning pit of Hellfire.

Behind The Lines From Buçaco to the fortified lines where the French are finally stopped, Behind the lines in Lisbon where the secret war continues, Through the devastated Portuguese countryside, Michael Roberts continues his war, has a chance for love, kills, and becomes a changed man.

Erased is a unique completely immersive paperback - perhaps the first genuine 'eback' of its kind in the world! Erased contains a number of special digital features only available to you, the reader. Through a series of special codes, hidden inside the pages of Erased, you can unlock free and exclusive bonus material, including a special competition giving you the chance to win an exclusive bundle of extra goodies, a free extra story (not avai...

Pawns were made to be sacrificed. When Tom Grant is transferred from the glamour of MI5 to a little-known intelligence department, he begins to think that his career is on the slide. Then, the investigation into the death of an agent leads him into a plot to strike at the heart of the UK... ...But who can he trust? The Colonel - the loud and overbearing Department head? Major Green - the dashing war hero with the dedicated team? .....

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An original look at a city's development through the eyes and words of real children who have lived there.Kidmonton: True Stories of River City Kids is a lively illustrated book for young readers that relates the city's history entirely from the point of view of real children over time.Using the techniques of fiction to bring true stories to life, the book embraces all of Edmonton's children: aboriginal, immigrant, inner-city and suburban, cha...

Labrador is about a part of the world that practically no one knows anything about -- Canada's own Siberia. And because your tour guide is the lovely and talented TJ Dawe, it's also about the cycle of generations, how the hell bread got invented, the blurry line between fact and fiction, why schedule needs to be pronounced with a k sound, and how aliens and archaeologists are the same.

Bob Edwards, the Great White North's equivalent to H. L. Mencken, remains a singular figure in Canadian journalism. His newspapers, published in Wetaskiwin, Leduc, High River, Strathcona, Winnipeg, Port Arthur, and most famously Calgary, skewered politics, society, and business leaders with a fearlessness and outrageousness rarely seen then, now, or in between.As editor James Martin points out in his illuminating introduction, Bob Edwards seem...

From Canada's foremost graveyard historian comes the first-ever collection of Canadian epitaphs.Strange as it is to say, graveyards are historical documents, they have a lot to say about who we were--and who we are.From the strange and humorous to the majestic and moving, the baldly factual (Horses ran away) to the possibly fantastical (Milicent Milroy, A. M. M. M. / Wife of Edward VIII / Duke of Windsor / 1894-1972), the wildly famous to the ...

South of Lethbridge, Alberta, Highway 62 climbs from the floor of an ancient glacial lake to the crest of a low ridge, crosses a continental divide and drops to meet the Milk River arching up from Montana.The austere, dry land within this great three-hundred-mile ellipse is home to the continents last vestiges of shortgrass plains and holds a history unique in all the Americas.Now parts of Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, Milk River country...

Chronicling the explosive career of a twentieth-century genius, Brilliant! is a story about the beginning of our technological age embodied in a man whose ideas, dreams and passions were too big for his own time. Visually stunning, the play has many comic, surreal and dramatic moments told in the inimitable style that has made the Electric Company a Canadian treasure.In February 1882, Tesla discovered the rotating magnetic field, a fundamental...

Succession is a story cycle about a rural community in transition. It follows Al, a musician burned out from too many nights playing the same classic rock songs, as he returns from Vancouver to the farm where he grew up in the Bearspaw district near Calgary.Al's story is intertwined with those of his family, friends, and neighbours, as they struggle to come to terms with the choices they make, and those that are forced upon them by the suburba...

In short, enigmatic, alternating chapters, over three decisive Wednesdays in three successive decades, the story of the Burrows family is teased out with measured restraint from its blistering beginnings to its nuanced conclusion." MostlyFiction.com On a Wednesday in July 1961, Jacqueline Burrows begins her day perched on the cool concrete of her front steps, smoking. Jacqueline is the mother of three children, including her sweet, difficult d...