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  • When Science Sheds Light on History

    Forensic Science and Anthropology

    by Philippe Charlier ...
    Translated by Isabelle Ruben ...
    "Well written and hard to put down. For anyone with an interest in forensic science, this book is a must-read."--Nigel McCrery, author of Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science "This compilation is a fascinating read for the nonspecialist and will further serve as an inspirational set of recommended readings for the next generation of forensic ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Roots of Style

    Weaving Together Life, Love, and Fashion

    by Isabel Toledo ...
    Roots of Style is a rare look into the mind, life, and journey of one of our generation’s most coveted fashion designers, Isabel Toledo. From the nostalgic and permanent influence of her upbringing in Cuba and the serendipitous love that materialized her vision and fueled her conviction, to the timeless mark she continues to make on the fashion industry, Isabel weaves together all of her ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • NATO and the Greater Maghreb

    Geopolitics, Threats, and Great Powers

    by Raquel Barras Tejudo, Maria Isabel Nieto Fernández, Gustavo Díaz Matey, Ruben Herrero de Castro, Xira Ruiz-Campillo, Kattya Cascante, David Garcia Cantalapiedra, Natividad Fernández-Sola ...
    NATO and the Greater Maghreb offers a distinctive focus and study of NATO’s future policy in North Africa and the Sahel after the new 2022 Strategic Concept, expected to be published during the next NATO Summit in Madrid.The book will use three main axes to frame the contributors’ analysis, which are not usually used together for analyzing NATO policy: Geopolitics, Great Power Competition, and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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    Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire

    by Kyle Harper ...
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    How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change ... Read more

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  • Under the Knife

    A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations

    by Arnold vande Laar ...
    Tales of twenty-eight famous operations, from Louis XIV to Einstein, JFK, and Houdini, with "insight into the thought process and philosophy of those who cut to heal" ( Booklist).From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Under the Knife offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights ... Read more

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  • The Black Death

    A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic

    by Thomas Asbridge ...
    “A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight.“Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

    A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

    by Holly Tucker ...
    “Excellent. . . . Tucker’s chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating.”—The EconomistIn December 1667, maverick physician Jean Denis transfused calf’s blood into one of Paris’s most notorious madmen. Days later, the madman was dead and Denis was framed for murder. A riveting exposé of the fierce debates, deadly politics, and cutthroat rivalries behind the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Black Death

    by Robert S. Gottfried ...
    A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. Drawing on sources as diverse as monastic manuscripts and dendrochronological studies (which measure growth rings in trees), historian Robert S. Gottfried demonstrates how a bacillus transmitted by ... Read more

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  • The Hour of Our Death

    by Philippe Aries ...
    An “absolutely magnificent” book (The New Republic)—the fruit of almost two decades of study—that traces the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day.A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions of life in relation to death, each stage representing a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Black Death

    by Charles L. Mee Jr. ...
    In the 1300s, a third of the population of Europe died of plague carried by rat-borne fleas, shocking the medieval world to its foundations. "Very rarely," award-winning author Charles L. Mee Jr. writes in this short-form book, "does a single event change history by itself. Yet an event of the magnitude of the Black Death could not fail to have had an enormous impact." Here, in this short-form ... Read more

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  • Passions and Tempers

    A History of the Humours

    by Noga Arikha ...
    This history of the four humours "may excite passions and tempers . . . as a good work of intellectual history should. You will learn a lot from its pages." ( Washington Post).Physicians in ancient Greece believed four humours—blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler—flowed within the human body, determining a person's health, mood, and character. Not until the seventeenth century would a more ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Medicine

    by F. González-Crussi ...
    Series Book 28 - Modern Library Chronicles
    In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine’s roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD