Tom Hunter

A Novel

The Butcher of Leningrad

Two Wolves

Le Crowbar

Tom Hunter's outstanding artwork and clever brainteasers provide entertainment and instruction for children, parents and teachers. Canada is home to hundreds of species of amphibians, reptiles and insects, as well as over 1,200 different kinds of larger animals: birds, fish and mammals. Hunter provides an introduction to many of these species. Canadian Wildlife Activity Book: Volume Two contains over 200 detailed illustrations, ranging from Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep to leopard frogs, which help children identify and appreciate their magnificent wildlife heritage. The Canadian Library Association calls this "a splendid activity book . . .drawings are accurate and the animals look as if they could step off the page . . .invaluable on a family camping holiday."

Canadian Wildlife Activity Book

Michael Bracewell

Paul Shepheard

Jean Wainwright

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Ancient relics, world domination, mind control, and a dynasty of cut-throat soldiers intent on capturing the archeological team that could save the world are just the beginning of this unparalleled quest. The scepter, an ancient relic used to amplify the mind control power wielded by the papal cap, is hidden deep below the 200 pyramids of Meroe. Samuel, Shafira, and the team will need to unravel a mystery of clues and enter the underground passages to find the scepter before the evil Bruard dynasty does. But, when Shafira is abducted, will Samuel save her and bow to the power of the Bruard, or will he sacrifice his morals to save the world?

The Scepter: An Archaeological Thriller: The Relics of the Deathless Souls

Michael Rosen

Geoff Dyer

The meticulously composed, painterly tableaux of London-based photographer Tom Hunter (born 1965) marry the look and mood of paintings by the likes of Vermeer or Chardin with the sociopolitical concerns of twenty-first-century Britain--specifically, the London borough of Hackney, notorious for its recent gentrification and its consequent disparities between rich and poor. Hunter's 1998 "Woman Reading a Possession Order," which depicts a (real) squatter reading a (real) eviction notice by a window, references Vermeer's 1657 "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window," completely sabotaging all the qualities of uplift, privacy and reverie that we relish in Vermeer, with a subversiveness that is both mischievous and acute. When it was first exhibited, this powerful photograph attracted so much press attention that the eviction was withdrawn. Handsomely produced, as befits the gorgeousness of Hunter's images, "The Way Home "is the second monograph on this much-celebrated photographer.

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