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  • Crang Mysteries 4-Book Bundle Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Take Five / and 1 more
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    “Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series — and its protagonist — have aged well.” — The Toronto Star “Not to be missed.” — The Globe and Mail Jack Batten's hard-boiled Crang series returns with

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • Blood Count A Crang Mystery
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    At a time when gay communities were hidden worlds, Crang needs to root out a killer and do his best to right a grave wrong.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • Crang Mysteries 6-Book Bundle Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Riviera Blues / and 3 more
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    The smart-talking, wise-cracking, jazz-loving criminal lawyer has got a taste for straight vodka and a nose for trouble.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Legal fiction (Literature)

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  • Embattled Nation Canada's Wartime Election of 1917
    Author:

    Dutil, Patrice

    ,

    MacKenzie, David

    Summary:

    Embattled Nation explores Canada’s tense wartime election of 1917.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

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  • Booking In A Crang Mystery
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    Mystery-solving criminal lawyer Crang returns to investigate the disappearance of two rare books.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • Canada 1911 The Decisive Election that Shaped the Country
    Author:

    MacKenzie, David

    ,

    Dutil, Patrice

    Summary:

    One hundred years ago, Canadians went to the polls to decide the fate of their country in an election that raised issues vital to Canada’s national independence and its place in the world.

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  • Straight No Chaser A Crang Mystery
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    Classic Batten – on the rocks. Jazz. Cocaine. Vietnamese triads. Dope-dealing yuppie lawyers.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • Take Five A Crang Mystery
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    It’s been twenty years since Crang, the Toronto criminal lawyer with the single name and the smart mouth, last sleuthed his way through deep trouble and tricky cases.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • Jack Batten's Crang Mysteries 3-Book Bundle Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Take Five
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    This special three-book bundle contains all three novel’s in Jack Batten’s Crang series.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • Macdonald at 200 New Reflections and Legacies
    Author:

    Dutil, Patrice

    ,

    Hall, Roger

    Summary:

    A modern look at a classic leader. Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

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  • The John A. Macdonald Retrospective 2-Book Bundle Macdonald at 200 / John A. Macdonald
    Author:

    Dutil, Patrice

    ,

    Hall, Roger

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special 2-book bundle contains a number of perspectives on a man who was arguably Canada’s most famous political leader, a figure of legendary proportions in the history of Canada’s birth and

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

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  • Keeper of the Flame A Crang Mystery
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder.

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  • Riviera Blues A Crang Mystery
    Author:

    Batten, Jack

    Summary:

    Crang, the smart (and often smartass) criminal lawyer, finds himself embroiled in a mystery while on vacation on the French Riviera.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Legal fiction (Literature)

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