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  • A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich

    The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's Most Important Spy in World War II

    by Lucas Delattre ...
    Translated by George A. Holoch, Jr. ...
    The fascinating true story of a German bureaucrat who worked secretly with the Allies during World War II.In 1943 a young official from the German foreign ministry contacted Allen Dulles, an OSS officer in Switzerland who would later head the Central Intelligence Agency. That man was Fritz Kolbe, who had decided to betray his country after years of opposing Nazism. While Dulles was skeptical, ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How PowerPoint Makes You Stupid

    The Faulty Causality, Sloppy Logic, Decontextualized Data, and Seductive Showmanship That Have Taken Over Our Thinking

    by Franck Frommer ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    With over 500 million users worldwide, Microsoft's PowerPoint software has become the ubiquitous tool for nearly all forms of public presentation—in schools, government agencies, the military, and, of course, offices everywhere. In this revealing and powerfully argued book, author Franck Frommer shows us that PowerPoint's celebrated ease and efficiency actually mask a profoundly disturbing but ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Offshore

    Tax Havens and the Rule of Global Crime

    by Alain Deneault ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    The author of Mediocracy reveals the truth about unregulated tax havens—where half the world's money supply is concentrated—and their effects on democracy.Offshore reveals how the vast network of unregulated financial centers—from Luxemburg to the Cayman islands to the tiny Pacific haven of Nauru— amount to a nether realm of drug and arms trade profits, enormous private accounts, and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Secularism Confronts Islam

    by Olivier Roy ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    The denunciation of fundamentalism in France, embodied in the law against the veil and the deportation of imams, has shifted into a systematic attack on all Muslims and Islam. This hostility is rooted in the belief that Islam cannot be integrated into French-and, consequently, secular and liberal-society. However, as Olivier Roy makes clear in this book, Muslim intellectuals have made it possible ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Religion in America

    A Political History

    by Denis Lacorne ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    Series Book 7 - Religion, Culture, and Public Life
    Denis Lacorne identifies two competing narratives defining the American identity. The first narrative, derived from the philosophy of the Enlightenment, is essentially secular. Associated with the Founding Fathers and reflected in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Federalist Papers, this line of reasoning is predicated on separating religion from politics to preserve ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • China's Uncertain Future

    by Jean-Luc Domenach ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    Based on his experience as a scholar and diplomat stationed in China, Jean-Luc Domenach consults a wealth of archival and contemporary materials to examine China's place in the world. A sympathetic yet critical observer, Domenach brings his intimate knowledge of the country to bear on a range of crucial issues, such as the growth (or deterioration) of China's economy, the government's ever-delayed ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • The Shape of the World to Come

    Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century

    by Laurent Cohen-Tanugi ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    Contrary to an optimistic vision of a world "flattened" by the virtues of globalization, the sustainability and positive outcomes of economic and political homogenization are far from guaranteed. For better and for worse, globalization has become the most powerful force shaping the world's geopolitical landscape, whether it has meant integration or fragmentation, peace or war. The future partly ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • A Convergence of Civilizations

    The Transformation of Muslim Societies Around the World

    by Youssef Courbage, Emmanuel Todd ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    We are told that Western/Christian and Muslim/Arab civilizations are heading towards inevitable conflict. The demographics of the West remain sluggish, while the population of the Muslim world explodes, widening the cultural gap and all but guaranteeing the outbreak of war. Leaving aside the media's sound and fury on this issue, measured analysis shows another reality taking shape: rapprochement ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Awakening Islam

    The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia

    by Stéphane Lacroix ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    Amidst the roil of war and instability across the Middle East, the West is still searching for ways to understand the Islamic world. Stéphane Lacroix has now given us a penetrating look at the political dynamics of Saudi Arabia, one of the most opaque of Muslim countries and the place that gave birth to Osama bin Laden.The result is a history that has never been told before. Lacroix shows how ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD

  • The Color of Power

    Racial Coalitions and Political Power in Oakland

    by Frédérick Douzet ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    Series series Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
    The Color of Power is a fascinating examination of the changing politics of race in Oakland, California. Oakland has been at the forefront of California’s multicultural changes for decades. Since the 1960s, the city has been a shining example of a fruitful liberal black-and-white political partnership and the successful incorporation of black politicians into the political landscape. But over the ... Read more

    $69.89 CAD

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  • The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III

    The Memoir of Jens Müller

    by Jens Müller ...
    The true story behind the real "Great Escape" from a World War II Nazi POW camp by the veteran Norwegian pilot who lived it.Jens Müller was one of only three men who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III (now in Poland) in March, 1944—the break that later became the basis for the famous film The Great Escape. Together with Per Bergsland, another Norwegian POW, he stowed away on a ship to ... Read more

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  • Escape from Stalag Luft III

    The True Story of My Successful Great Escape: The Memoir of Bob Vanderstok

    by Bram Vanderstok, Simon Pearson ...
    A memoir of the most decorated pilot in Dutch history and one of the World War II POWs who fled Nazi Germany what is known as "The Great Escape."On the night of 24 March 1944, Bram Vanderstok was the eighteenth of 76 men who crawled out of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film The Great Escape was largely based on this autobiography but—with Vanderstok's agreement—filmmakers chose to ... Read more

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