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Death at the Savoy

A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

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Death at the Savoy

A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

An atmospheric, entertaining new mystery series introducing a plucky Canadian heroine and set in the world’s most famous hotel. It’s 1968. London is in full swing and the Savoy Hotel is at the height of its legendary glitz and glamour, welcoming the rich, famous and aristocratic into its rarified world of perfection. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are squabbling in the American Bar while Noël Coward drinks champagne. Royals wait upstairs in luxurious suites for discreet encounters. In short, all is as it should be at the Savoy. If only it weren’t for the dead body in Room 705. Could it be murder at the Savoy? Impossible! Who could have done such a thing? Suspicion falls upon Priscilla Tempest, the quick-witted Canadian head of the Savoy press office who has a penchant for champagne, the wrong sort of men—and trouble. When it is discovered that Priscilla had been with the deceased—a notorious international arms dealer—the night before he was found dead, she is questioned by Scotland Yard Inspector Robert “Charger” Lightfoot and is suddenly under the unforgiving eye of her boss, the Savoy’s straitlaced general manager, Clive Banville. Her job on the line, her life in danger, Priscilla must elude the police and the general manager’s duplicitous wife, ward off the amorous advances of a famous drunken actor, and discover whether that really was a member of the royal family seen leaving the victim’s suite shortly before his body was discovered. Death at the Savoy is an intoxicating blend of mystery, suspense and humour. And it’s just the beginning!

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Douglas & McIntyre

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1771623225

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9781771623223

Princess of the Savoy

A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 3

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

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Princess of the Savoy

A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 3

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

Check back into London’s posh Savoy Hotel in the swinging sixties where dark forces and murder are uninvited guests—volume 3 in the cheeky series that is now a French bestseller. Everything at London’s Savoy Hotel appears to be the picture of perfection: two Italian princes are checking in and an amorous English lord is taking photographs on the rooftop. But in the Savoy Press Office, it’s a different picture entirely. There, Miss Priscilla Tempest is scrambling to avoid a boss who would like to be rid of her, a threatening American gangster, and the rather thrilling star of the Tarzan movies. And it isn’t long before a fascist plot, hatched in an English country estate, arrives to truly ruin her day—and threaten British democracy. In this third installment in Ron Base and Prudence Emery’s beloved series, reluctant Canadian crime-fighter Priscilla Tempest joins forces with her would-be lover, the ink-stained scribe of Fleet Street Percy Hoskins, on a danger-filled adventure to untangle a deadly web of conspiracy that could get them both killed. Sassy, suspenseful and always entertaining, Princess of the Savoy will delight readers looking to escape into a world of glamour, danger, treachery and a dead body or two—where there is always time for just one more cocktail, even when democracy itself is at stake.

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Douglas & McIntyre

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177162406X

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9781771624060

Scandal at the Savoy

A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 2

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

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Scandal at the Savoy

A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 2

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

The rich and famous are converging on the iconic Savoy Hotel in swinging ’60s London—including a famous Broadway producer with anger issues, a demanding Indian raja, and a gorgeous film star with certain kinky predilections. All is as it should be—until the murder of a showgirl threatens to scandalize the hotel. The list of suspects includes Priscilla Tempest, the trouble-prone Canadian head of the Savoy press office. Clearing her name would be easy enough, if only she hadn’t spent the night of the murder with a certain beguiling Canadian prime minister. Blackmailed by a Scotland Yard detective, wooed by a notorious gangster and hounded by the press, Priscilla must use wit and resourcefulness to survive the treacherous upper echelons of London society and find a killer. This is the thrilling sequel to Death at the Savoy¸ described by Publishers Weekly as “light, frothy…perfect escapist fare.”

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Douglas & McIntyre

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1771623462

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9781771623469

Nanaimo Girl

By: Prudence Emery

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Nanaimo Girl

By: Prudence Emery

“Reading Nanaimo Girl is like enjoying a martini or three with Auntie Mame. The stories are colourful, global, boozy and just cheeky enough to make you envious — and at the same time a little concerned.” — Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia in the 1930s, Prudence Emery was expected to do the right things, but shattered family expectations by going to art school in London, England, where studies sometimes took a back seat to partying. And then she found herself in the world of celebrities. From Expo 67 in Montreal to the press office at London's Savoy Hotel, Prudence met the likes of Twiggy, Noël Coward, Louis Armstrong, Petula Clark, Liza Minelli, and Edward Albee. She escorted David Frost to an interview with Sheikh Mujibar Rahman and arranged for Pierre Trudeau to attend a party where he met Barbra Streisand for the first time. It was a world so rich with stories that the Canadian Press wrote, "If ever a job was tailor-made for a book of memoirs, Prudence Emery has it." But it was just the beginning. A new career as a film publicist spanned decades and introduced her to some of Hollywood's biggest names, from Sophia Loren to Jennifer Lopez, from Peter O'Toole to Matt Damon. She worked with Nicolas Cage when he was a nervous teenager and later when he was an outgoing superstar. And she was a frequent colleague of famed director David Cronenberg. Nanaimo Girl is the story of a life well lived and an encouragement to all, young and old, to get out, defy expectations, and have a rip-roaring good time.

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210

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Cormorant Books

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1770865284

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9781770865280

Maya Political Science

Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos

By: Prudence M. Rice

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Maya Political Science

Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos

By: Prudence M. Rice

How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya political organization and political geography has remained an open question. Many debates have raged over models of centralization versus decentralization, superordinate and subordinate status—with far-flung analogies to emerging states in Europe, Asia, and Africa. But Prudence Rice asserts that neither the model of two giant "superpowers" nor that which postulates scores of small, weakly independent polities fits the accumulating body of material and cultural evidence. In this groundbreaking book, Rice builds a new model of Classic lowland Maya (AD 179-948) political organization and political geography. Using the method of direct historical analogy, she integrates ethnohistoric and ethnographic knowledge of the Colonial-period and modern Maya with archaeological, epigraphic, and iconographic data from the ancient Maya. On this basis of cultural continuity, she constructs a convincing case that the fundamental ordering principles of Classic Maya geopolitical organization were the calendar (specifically a 256-year cycle of time known as the may) and the concept of quadripartition, or the division of the cosmos into four cardinal directions. Rice also examines this new model of geopolitical organization in the Preclassic and Postclassic periods and demonstrates that it offers fresh insights into the nature of rulership, ballgame ritual, and warfare among the Classic lowland Maya.

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388

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University of Texas Press

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0292757840

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9780292757844

The Unofficial LEGO® Jewelry Book

18 Awesome Designs for Fashion Accessories from LEGO® Bricks

By: Prudence Rogers

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The Unofficial LEGO® Jewelry Book

18 Awesome Designs for Fashion Accessories from LEGO® Bricks

By: Prudence Rogers

Everyone loves LEGO®! This bright collection of 18 jewellery and fashion accessory projects will show you that LEGO® is not just for model making and can be used to create unique and quirky wearables that will be the talk of the town. With ideas ranging from necklaces, rings and bracelets to brooches, belt buckles and even hairbands, readers will be wowed by the creative possibilities of LEGO® as a crafting medium. All the tools, equipment and techniques are explained, and detailed step-by-step instructions will show you what components you need and how to build up each design. Fashion themes included range from Gothic to Kitsch, Nature to Urban and include designs that readers both young and young-at-heart will admire and adore.

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302

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David and Charles

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1446370704

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9781446370704

Nanaimo Girl

By: Prudence Emery

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Death at the Savoy

A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

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A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1

By: Ron Base,Prudence Emery

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Douglas & McIntyre

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1771623225

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Book's by Prudence Emery

Death at the Savoy

Death at the Savoy

Princess of the Savoy

Princess of the Savoy

Scandal at the Savoy

Scandal at the Savoy

Nanaimo Girl

Nanaimo Girl

Maya Political Science

Maya Political Science

The Unofficial LEGO® Jewelry Book

The Unofficial LEGO® Jewelry Book

Nanaimo Girl

Nanaimo Girl

Death at the Savoy

Death at the Savoy

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