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  • Memoirs of a Breton Peasant

    by Jean-Marie Deguignet ...
    Translated by Linda Asher ...
    Translated by Linda AsherA fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a well-plotted novel—albeit one infused with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society. Brittany during the nineteenth century was a place seemingly frozen in the Middle Ages, backwards by most French standards; formal ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • A Kidnapped West

    The Tragedy of Central Europe

    by Milan Kundera ...
    Translated by Linda Asher ...
    “We should welcome the context Kundera gives for the struggles between Russia and Europe, and the plight of those caught between them. His defense of small languages, small cultures, and small nations feels pressing.”—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine“Kundera focuses on the relationship of Europe’s central ‘small nations’ like Czechoslovakia and Ukraine to Western culture and argues that their ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Yellow Dog (Inspector Maigret)

    by Georges Simenon ...
    Translated by Linda Asher ...
    Series Book 5 - Inspector Maigret
    An eerie mystery in which a local wine dealer is shot and a strange yellow dog starts to circle the town—Inspector Maigret must navigate small-town dynamics to find the elusive culprit.Late at night in a small seaside town, not a single light is on, and everyone is asleep. Or almost everyone: a man, drunk, departs for home after another evening at a hotel bar, where he and a few others regularly ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Babylon

    by Yasmina Reza ...
    Translated by Linda Asher ...
    Translated by Linda AsherWinner of the Prix RenaudotShortlisted for the Prix GoncourtElisabeth is a woman whose curiosity and passion far exceed the borders of her quiet middle-class life. She befriends a neighbor, organizes a small dinner party, and then, quite suddenly, finds herself embarked with him on an adventure that is one part vaudeville and one part high tragedy. Reza's quiet novel of ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • The Human Comedy

    Selected Stories

    Translated by Linda Asher, Carol Cosman, Jordan Stump ...
    by Honoré de Balzac ...
    **A NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINALDiscover 9 classic short stories by the giant of French literature—whose work inspired Dostoyevsky, Henry James, and Marcel Proust—with this collection showcasing Balzac’s impressive range.**Characters from every corner of society and all walks of life—lords and ladies, businessmen and military men, poor clerks, unforgiving moneylenders, aspiring politicians, artists, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • The Class

    by Francois Begaudeau ...
    Translated by Linda Asher ...
    Winner of the Prix France Culture/Télérama prize, The Class explores timely issues of race, class, identity, colonial history, immigration, and education, "suspend[ing] judgment and liberat[ing] the raw words of kids in a deconsecrated classroom" (Le Monde). The novel's eponymous film version, directed by Laurent Cantet, starring author Bégaudeau as himself, won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes ... Read more

    $16.39 CAD

  • The Case of Dr. Sachs

    A Novel

    by Martin Winckler ...
    Translated by Linda Asher ...
    Bruno Sachs is a country doctor who makes house calls and feels deeply for his patients. There are broken bones, unwanted pregnancies, people without the will to live, a friend dying of cancer. His pity for his fellow creatures is both his motivating force and his own untreatable condition. Among the deaths, love affairs, and small town gossip, a love story emerges at the heart of the novel ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    The Yellow Dog (Inspector Maigret)

    by Georges Simenon ...
    Narrated by James Faulkner ...
    Series Audiobook 5 - Inspector Maigret

    Unabridged

    4 hours 8 min

    "Bill Nighy is The Yellow Dog’s narrator, and he has a ball voicing [author Martin] Amis’s larger-than-life protagonists...Nighy succeeds not only in making the characters believable but great fun to be around." — The GuardianAn eerie mystery in which a local wine dealer is shot and a strange yellow dog starts to circle the town—Inspector Maigret must navigate small-town dynamics to find the ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Fully Functioning University

    by Dr Tom Bourner, Dr Asher Rospigliosi, Dr Linda Heath ...
    Series series Great Debates in Higher Education
    Increasingly, the purpose and function of Western universities is being challenged and put under pressure to demonstrate value for students, policy, and society at large. Concurrently, the management and leadership of universities differs by institution and often prioritises one need other others. The three main goals that have persisted across the development of Higher Education in the Western ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

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    The Night at the Crossroads (Inspector Maigret)

    by Georges Simenon ...
    Narrated by James Faulkner ...
    Series Audiobook 6 - Inspector Maigret

    Unabridged

    3 hours 57 min

    Another riveting tale from Georges Simenon, in which two siblings, living in isolation, are suspects in a tale of deception, theft, and murder.It’s been seventeen hours of interrogation, yet Carl Andersen’s air of elegance remains unruffled. Inspector Maigret is bewildered by the behavior exhibited by the only probable suspect of the case at Three Widows Crossroads, the location of Carl’s isolated ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Grand Banks Café (Inspector Maigret)

    by Georges Simenon ...
    Narrated by James Faulkner ...
    Series Audiobook 8 - Inspector Maigret

    Unabridged

    4 hours 12 min

    A crew’s captain turns up dead, but it’s the evil eye that haunts them—Inspector Maigret must navigate stone-faced sailors to solve the fishy sequence of events.A fishing boat docks at a port in Normandy—and hours later its captain is floating in the harbor, strangled to death. When Inspector Maigret arrives, at the behest of his old school friend, he finds the Océan’s crew will say nary a word ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Flemish House (Inspector Maigret)

    by Georges Simenon ...
    Narrated by James Faulkner ...
    Series Audiobook 14 - Inspector Maigret

    Unabridged

    3 hours 44 min

    "[Narrator] James Faulkner delivers a resonant, understated performance as the no-nonsense Inspector Maigret...Faulkner's transitions between characters are seamless, and the female suspects are voiced with a gentle lift in tone that captures nuances of personality. A compelling, atmospheric portrayal of the much-loved Maigret and his world." — KirkusA moody, rain-swept mystery from Georges ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook