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  • The World After COVID

    The Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic

    Edited by Rudyard Griffiths ...
    Series series The Munk Debates
    From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future.During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk Debates series have been reimagined into a series of dialogues by leading intellectuals who examine the geopolitical, economic, technological, and historical angles of this unprecedented new era.How will the ... Read more

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  • The Munk Debates

    Series series The Munk Debates
    The Munk Debates is Canada's premier international debate series, a highly anticipated cultural event and feast of ideas. Launched in 2008 by philanthropists Peter and Melanie Munk, these debates bring together some of the world's greatest thinkers to discuss the most pressing political, social, and cultural issues that are shaping the course of world events. This volume includes an Introduction ... Read more

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  • Cartographic Humanism

    The Making of Early Modern Europe

    Piechocki calls for an examination of the idea of Europe as a geographical concept, tracing its development in the 15th and 16th centuries.What is "Europe," and when did it come to be? In the Renaissance, the term "Europe" circulated widely. But as Katharina N. Piechocki argues in this compelling book, the continent itself was only in the making in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ... Read more

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  • The Mad English

    A Ride through the Sixties

    In the Cotswolds and beyond, far out to Africa Way back in the sixties, in the good old times May it be in civvy street or in the Army I will remember with you my friend Just what a treat life could be A lovely collection of funny short stories that will bring you back to a by gone time and leave you with a smile on your lips... ... Read more

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  • To Steal a Moment's Time

    "I've decided to write it down. Later, when he is a grown man and I might have the fortune to still be alive, I will no longer remember one thing or another. I will, therefore, whenever I am able to steal a moment's time, record what is happening with us and around us while he is becoming accustomed to life—to this life which seems to offer little more than death." -Katharina BergerOn the brink of ... Read more

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  • The Rise of Populism

    The Munk Debates

    Series series Munk Debates
    The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate, held on November 2, 2018, pits Stephen Bannon, the CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, against columnist and author David Frum to debate the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.Throughout the Western world, politics is undergoing a sea-change. Long-held notions of the role of government, trade and economic policy, foreign ... Read more

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  • Food Beyond Terroir

    Tasting Place and Placing Taste in Global Perspective

    Series Book 9 - Food, Nutrition, and Culture
    From winemaking in occupied territories to fishing in polluted seas, home cooking in refugee communities, and vegan cheesemaking, this collection explores the complex ways taste and place intersect with political, ecological, social, and economic issues. Through diverse ethnographic case studies, leading food scholars examine the meaning and making of place and taste. In doing so, the book ... Read more

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  • China and the West

    The Munk Debates

    Series series Munk Debates
    The twenty-fourth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on May 9, 2019, pits former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs H. R. McMaster and Director for Chinese Strategy at the D.C.-based Hudson Institute think tank Michael Pillsbury against former President of the United Nations Security Council Kishore Mahbubani and president of one of China’s top independent think tanks, the Center ... Read more

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  • Staying Human

    The Story of a Quiet WWII Hero

    During World War II, Heinz Drossel saved Soviet prisoners of war and several Jews, including Marianne Hirschfeld. Again and again, he wasn’t afraid to risk his own life when others’ safety was at risk. Nearly all of Hirschfeld’s family members were murdered by Nazis; she survived in hiding-and met Heinz again by coincidence after the war was over.They married in 1946. At that time, starting over ... Read more

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  • The Making of You

    The Incredible Journey from Cell to Human

    A quirky and inspired guide to your very own origin story.This enlightening and irresistible book for adults explains how you were made—not with the standard euphemisms told to us as children, but with vivid, exacting prose that unveils all the complex processes we never knew produced human life.With a brilliant talent for thoughtful, charming science writing, Katharina Vestre takes us from cell ... Read more

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  • The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Mother Nature

    33 Worst Mistakes for Writers, #5

    Series Book 5 - 33 Worst Mistakes for Writers
    This book is not just about mistakes writers make but about things they tend to neglect. However it will not tell you "How To" create a world. That is still up to you but the most important point is to create an abundance of living beings and all they need to survive in a believable way.Generally, this book is aimed at writers of SF or Fantasy. Of course it also is of help in any other genre if ... Read more

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  • The 2015 Canadian Federal Election Debate on Foreign Policy

    The Munk Debates

    Series series The Munk Debates
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau squared off on September 28, 2015, in Toronto, for the first-ever federal election debate on Canada’s foreign policy.Too often, foreign policy issues have been afterthoughts in federal election campaigns. Now, for the first time, Canadians will have the opportunity to see the three federal party leaders ... Read more

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