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A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction
Poachers, witch doctors, diamond-smuggling and corruption: welcome to the world of Detective Kubu...They find the first body -- or what the hyena had left -- near a waterhole considered magical by the local bush people. A string of clues suggests that the victim was murdered and his identity hidden. For ...Show more
A Carrion Death ; bk. 1 by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction | Series: Detective Kubu
A stunning debut crime novel set against a backdrop of poachers, witch doctors, diamond smugglers and corruption...They find the first body near a waterhole considered magical by the local bush people. A string of clues suggests that the victim was murdered and his identity hidden. For Assistant Superin ...Show more
A Deadly Covenant - A Detective Kubu Mystery by Stanley Trollip; Michael Sears
Category: Fiction
A Deadly Trade by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction
Detective Kubu faces his most disturbing investigation yet when he finds himself caught up in a case of betrayal and mistaken identity on the outskirts of northern Botswana. Goodluck Tinubu, an ex-Zimbabwean who has taught in Botswana for many years, is viciously murdered at the Jackalberry bush camp, s ...Show more
A Deadly Trade ; bk. 2 by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction | Series: Detective Kubu
Set amid the beauty and darkness of modern Botswana, the second in the fantastic crime series featuring the opera-loving wine connoisseur Assistant Superintendant David 'Kubu' Bengu of the Botswana Police Force When a mutilated body is found at a tourist camp in northern Botswana, the corpse displays th ...Show more
A Death in the Family by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction | Series: Detective Kubu Ser.
"A Carrion Death, the first book in the Detective Kubu Mystery series, was shortlisted for best debut mystery novel for the Barry, Macavity, and Strand Magazine Critics' awards. It was also shortlisted for the UK's Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger award, and for the Minnesota Book Awards Genre Fic ...Show more
Deadly Harvest by Michael Stanley
Category: B FORMAT MULTIBUY SPECIALS | Series: Detective Kubu
Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction
The fourth mystery in the beloved and critically acclaimed Detective Kubu series tracks a series of murders and the mysterious witch doctor whose nefarious potions might hold the key to a web of missing persons. A young girl goes missing after getting into a car with a mysterious man. Soon after, a seco ...Show more
Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction
The third novel in the fantastic Detective 'Kubu' Bengu crime series is set in the southern Kalahari area of Botswana - a place full of buried lost cities, incredible hidden wealth, ancient gods and, for thousands of years, home to the nomadic Bushmen. When a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dead, ...Show more
Definitive Guide to Music Types and Styles - New and Expanded Edition by Paul Noyer (Contribution by); Ian Anderson (Contribution by); Geoff Brown (Contribution by); Richard Buskin (Contribution by); Paul Kingsbury (Contribution by); George Martin (Contribution by); Chrissie Murray (Contribution by); Michael Paoletta (Contribution by); Stanley Sadie (Contribution by); Philip Vleck (Contribution by); John Wilson (Contribution by)
Category: Music | Series: Definitive Encyclopedias Ser.
The Guide to Music Types & Styles is an essential reference guide for all music fans. Written by a distinguished team of music journalists, musicologists and musicians, it offers up-to-date, comprehensive and accessible introductions to Rock, Pop, Jazz, Folk, Blues, Country, Classical, Electronic, ...Show more
Dying to Live: The Detective Kubu Series by Michael Stanley
Category: Fiction | Series: Detective Kubu Ser.
When the body of a Bushman is discovered near the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the death is written off as an accident. But all is not as it seems. An autopsy reveals that, although he's clearly very old, his internal organs are puzzlingly young. What's more, an old bullet is lodged in one of his musc ...Show more
Emanuel Swedenborg by Michael Stanley
Category: Biography | Series: Western Esoteric Masters Ser.
Emanuel Swedenborg was born in 1688, and three hundred years on he is remembered mainly for his visionary insight and his theological writings. He was, however, a man with interests both worldly and other-worldly. His studies in physics, mineralogy, anatomy, psychology, and spiritualism all anticipated ...Show more