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  • Audiobook

    The Fall of Robespierre

    24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

    by Colin Jones ...
    Narrated by Sasha Higgins ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 45 min

    The day of 9 Thermidor (July 27, 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12:00 midnight, Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety which had for more than a year directed the Reign of Terror, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced.By 12:00 midnight ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fall of Robespierre

    24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

    by Colin Jones ...
    The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12.00 midnight, Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety which had for more than a year directed the Reign of Terror, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced. By 12.00 midnight ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney

    Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney (1994–2014)

    Edited by Colin Richards, Richard Jones ...
    Considering that Orkney is a group of relatively small islands lying off the northeast coast of the Scottish mainland, its wealth of Neolithic archaeology is truly extraordinary. An assortment of houses, chambered cairns, stone circles, standing stones and passage graves provides an unusually comprehensive range of archaeological and architectural contexts. Yet, in the early 1990s, there was a ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Versailles

    by Colin Jones ...
    The vivid story of the creation, renovation, and enduring legacy of the most famous building in France: the palace of VersaillesNothing represents the glorious and fraught history of France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became legendary for the splendor of its revels -- but then, after the Revolution of 1789, it fell into disrepute as ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Paris

    The Biography of a City

    by Colin Jones ...
    From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $15.99 CAD

  • The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon

    The New Penguin History of France

    by Colin Jones ...
    There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in1789. The further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon is equally astounding.Colin Jones' brilliant new book ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Urban Economy

    Real Estate Economics and Public Policy

    by Colin Jones ...
    Urban Economy: Real Estate Economics and Public Policy analyses urban economic change and public policy in a more practical way than a typical urban economics book. The book has a distinctive framework that considers the underlying reasons, and the consequences of urban change for real estate investors and policy makers.Part 1 covers the basics of urban economics and real estate markets, including ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Simple Welsh in an Hour of Your Time

    Kickstart your Welsh today

    by Colin Jones ...
    This short book gives you the basics of Welsh in an effective and efficient way, taking as little time as possible. You can use it if you’re a complete beginner, or as a revision aid if you’re already on the road to fluency. Or maybe if you just find yourself in a rut, and would like a bit of help moving on.The idea is simple; by spending around an hour on this book, with breaks in between ... Read more

    $11.12 CAD

  • The Shortest History of France

    From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance - A Global Story for Our Times

    by Colin Jones ...
    Series series The Shortest History Series
    A global history of the world’s most visited country—from Caesar’s Gallic Wars to current political crisis. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.France has long been feted for its unsurpassed cultural and historical riches. Gothic architecture, Louis XIV opulence, revolutionary spirit, café society . . . what could be more ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Real Estate Investment

    Theory and Practice

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This textbook, aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate real estate programmes, provides an overview of real estate investment and pricing in a global context with special attention to the diversification of asset types in three parts. Designed as a successor to Will Fraser’s successful student-led investment book, Principles of Property Investment and Pricing, it encompasses the microeconomics of ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Shifted

    Growing up in an abusive home during the waning days of the Cold War, young Mark Arsenault has only two steadfast companions. One is a flickering apparition that appears only near the borders of sleep, whispering riddles about an apocalyptic future. The other is a bestial, inhuman entity looking out at the world through Mark's own eyes.As he comes of age in a world of moon shots and atom smashers, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Smile Revolution

    In Eighteenth-Century Paris

    You could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same. However, just as different cultures in our own day have different rules about smiling, so did different societies in the past. In fact, amazing as it might seem, it was only in late eighteenth century France that western civilization discovered the art of the smile. In the 'Old Regime of Teeth' which ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD