Canary Press Ebooks imprint: 21 books

The Little Book of Puns

Ingenious wordplay and groan-inducing quips

by Alison Westwood
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

by Bill Wallace
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

by Gordon Kerr
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

by Rodney Castleden
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

by Gordon Kerr, Phil Clarke
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

by Bill Wallace
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

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

by Zachary Graves
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

by Ben Hubbard
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

by Gordon Kerr
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

by Joseph Carlson
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

by Gordon Kerr
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

by Charlotte Montague
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

by John Pemberton
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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