Diamond Dust: How a Nice Mormon Boy Became a Brilliant Counterfeiter

A rollicking tale of how Russ Swain, an artist of genius, also turned out to be, well, an artist in need of money. Funny, moving, and at times incredible, it proves that anything you can imagine is real. Soon to be a major motion picture.

A Quiet Life

It was just a link in an email. One click, and suddenly the US is under marshal law and bombing Tehran. Michael Housen unknowingly triggers a cyberattack by Iranian hackers, which a belligerent President Davis uses as pretext for war against Iran. Michael and his wife Pam must answer a harrowing question:  What do you do when the enemy of the state is you?

Lou Vairo: The Godfather of U.S. Hockey

This is the story of how Lou rose from the roller-hockey streets of Brooklyn and learned to coach hockey at the most basic level , then traveled to Russia in the Col d War to learn hockey with Tarasov, then became a scout with the gold-medal winning 1980 “Miracle on Ice” US Olympic team, and then created USA Hockey’s diversity program which gave access to the game for tens of thousands of American players who would otherwise have been left out. Soon to be a major motion picture.

Something Wicked

This Vatican thriller plunges readers into a labyrinth of corruption, organized crime, and religious intrigue at the heart of the Catholic Church. When Father Dan Lanaham-newly elected Superior General of the Jesuits-stumbles upon a series of bombings, murdered nuns, and unsettling ties to the Vatican Bank, he realizes the danger lurking beneath Rome's hallowed corridors is far more sinister than anyone dares admit.

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Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery.

Finding Jesus, a companion to the CNN TV series, looks at six holy objects connected to Jesus, the most famous– and mysterious –man in history to see what they can tell us about his life, and his “after life”.

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Facetime

Crime novelist Nattie Broward’s dream of riches becomes a nightmare when he stumbles onto a human skull in the middle of the ruined golf course he wants to remake into pricy condos.

Nominated for the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel.

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Hockey Night in Canada: 60 Seasons

At first fans worried that television would ruin the game. Now Canadians can hardly imagine the game without the CBC broadcast. Hockey Night in Canada: 60 Seasons celebrates the moments, the personalities, and the innovations that have shaped our experience of the game.

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The Penalty Killing: A Martin Carter Mystery

Martin Carter has to solve a murder to save his life… The stakes are high for Carter, a former hockey star, as he becomes the main suspect in a murder and must race to clear his name.

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Hockey: A People’s History

Hockey: A People’s History, like the ten-part CBC TV series it accompanies, tells the story of this breathtakingly fast game from its hotly contested origins, and the surge in its popularity after 1875, when it was first taken inside, through the rise and fall and rise again of women’s hockey, the sagas of long-lost leagues, to the present day and the first-ever lockout of players by the one remaining league.

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Putting a Roof on Winter: Hockey’s Rise from Sport to Spectacle

The first indoor hockey match took place in 1875—and since that fateful date, the sport has occupied a central place in North American life. Here are the gods and villains of the game, those whose exploits won cheers, drew forth curses, and sometimes even elicited tears.

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