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    The Book of William

    How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World

    by Paul Collins ...
    Narrated by Tim Getman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 43 min

    The first popular narrative history of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the world’s most obsessively pursued bookOne book above all others has transfixed connoisseurs for four centuries—a book sold for shillings in the streets of London, whisked to Manhattan for millions, and stored deep within the vaults of Tokyo. The book: William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623. Paul Collins, lover of odd books and ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Banvard's Folly

    Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck

    by Paul Collins ...
    "Hearteningly strange . . . Collins exhumes little-known figures [and] recounts their perversely inspiring battles against the more logical ways of the world." — The OnionHere are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck—or ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Absolute Power

    How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World

    by Paul Collins ...
    The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authorityIn 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across Europe and the next papal election uncertain, even if Catholicism survived, it seemed the papacy ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Banvard's Folly, Revised Edition

    Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World

    by Paul Collins ...
    Narrated by Tim Getman ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage, Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, and Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Poets are classic celebrations of the greatest, the brightest, the eternally ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Murder of the Century

    The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars

    by Paul Collins ...
    The “enormously entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) account of a shocking 1897 murder mystery that “artfully re-create[s] the era, the crime, and the newspaper wars it touched off” (The New York Times)AN EDGAR NOMINEE FOR BEST FACT CRIME • “Fascinating . . . won’t disappoint readers in search of a book like Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City.”—The Washington PostOn Long Island, a farmer ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $8.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dragonfall Mountain: The Warlock's Child Book Two

    The Warlock's Child, #1

    by Paul Collins, Sean McMullen ...
    Series Book 1 - The Warlock's Child
    A collaboration by Paul Collins and Sean McMullen, two of Australia's most popular fantasy authors. The Warlock's Child weaves a new and exciting brand of magic.The Invincible has been attacked, and all seems lost. Dantar's only escape from his enemies is through the foul-smelling sewers of Savaria. Velza's plans to save him are soon thwarted by three enormous dragons threatening to set fire to ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Burning Sea: The Warlock's Child Book One

    The Warlock's Child, #2

    by Paul Collins, Sean McMullen ...
    Series Book 2 - The Warlock's Child
    An exciting fantasy-adventure series by Paul Collins and Sean McMullen.There is no lower rank than cabin boy on the warship Invincible. But Dantar knows he is important, because anyone who threatens his life gets turned into a pile of ashes. His older sister Velza is a shapecasting warrior, in a world where only men fight. Until now. Together they must solve the mystery of broken magic and escape ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Modern Inquisition

    Seven Prominent Catholics and Thier Struggle with the Vatican

    by Paul Collins ...
    Powerful and revealing stories of how the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith perpetrates its assault on intellectual freedom.The Inquisition ceased burning and torturing heretics in the 18th century; a milder punishment awaits the dissidents today, principally excommunication or banishment from official teaching positions. Paul Collins has discovered—through his own experience ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blood & Ivy

    The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard

    by Paul Collins ...
    “Well-researched and beautifully written.…Collins knows how to build suspense.” —San Francisco ChronicleOn November 23rd of 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city’s richest men simply vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston’s West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School. Police scoured city tenements and the harbor, and ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Kettlebell Conditioning

    Functional Strength and Power Drills

    by Paul Collins ...
    Kettlebell Conditioning helps to steer you through essential foundational exercises, key movement and swing patterns prior to undertaking more complex power drills using both single and double kettlebells. Every good exercise program starts with a method by which training principles are based upon. In Kettlebell Conditioning, Coach Collins has developed the 4-Stage BodyBell® Training System™ that ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Guardians: The Warlock's Child Book Six

    The Warlock's Child, #3

    by Paul Collins, Sean McMullen ...
    Series Book 3 - The Warlock's Child
    The final installment in the exciting fantasy series by two of Australia's popular fantasy authors, Paul Collins and Sean McMullen.Calbaras has knowledge that the dragons of Dracondas desperately want. As payment, they are willing to grant him his wish to become the greatest warlock of all time.But can Calbaras handle this power? Or will it ultimately destroy him? ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voyage to Morticas: The Warlock's Child Book Five

    The Warlock's Child, #6

    by Paul Collins, Sean McMullen ...
    Series Book 6 - The Warlock's Child
    Book Five in the exciting collaboration between Paul Collins and Sean McMullen, two of Australia's most popular fantasy authors.Although Dantar is able to shapeshift into dragon form, he still thinks like a rebellious teenager. His sister Velza has been given the ultimate gift by the dragons of Dracondas – the mind of a dragon. Now they must combine their gifts to stop the most powerful warlock of ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus