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    Secret Agent, The

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Narrated by Peter Joyce ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 40 min

    Inspired by an actual terrorist attack on Greenwich Laboratory in 1894 ‘The Secret Agent’ is arguably Conrad’s greatest work Mr Verloc, the spy, is roused to action by his masters. He is to instigate an act ‘of destructive ferocity so absurd as to be incomprehensible, inexplicable, almost unthinkable; in fact, mad. All does not run smoothly however and leads to Mr Verloc’s wife, Winnie, ... Read more

    $23.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • The Double-Edged Helix

    Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society

    by Joseph S. Alper, Catherine Ard, Adrienne Asch, Jon Beckwith, Peter Conrad, Lisa N. Geller ...
    This bioethics anthology exploring the questions and controversies surrounding the innovations of 21st century genetics.When the Human Genome Project completed its work in the early 2000s, it was hailed as a watershed moment in the history of medicine. But not everyone felt the same optimism about where the breakthrough might lead. The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dickens the Enchanter

    Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller

    by Peter Conrad ...
    'Dickensian is a language, not an adjective. Conrad speaks it fluently.' -- Spectator World'Marvellous... the best book on Dickens since G.K. Chesterton's. -- A. N. Wilson, The OldieA kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens's imagination and the world he created.See Dickens as never before in this creative biography, which delves into his novels, journalistic essays and letters to reveal his ... Read more

    $14.09 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Against the Odds

    by Peter Conrad ...
    Title: Against the OddsIn the heart of Harlem, Devon Walker's journey begins with the legacy of his father, Marcus—a man who taught him the value of loyalty, hard work, and perseverance. From the backseat of Daniel Sutton's town car to the towering heights of the New York financial world, Devon carves his own path, defying expectations and breaking barriers.Bridges and Boundaries is a tale of ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shakespeare

    The Theatre of Our World

    by Peter Conrad ...
    Series Book 13 - The Landmark Library
    In 1623 the actors John Heminges and Henry Condell assembled Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, better known as The First Folio. In doing so they preserved literature's most dramatically vital and poetically rich account of our human world.Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and performers, Shakespeare's inexhaustible work has remained abreast of contemporary concerns ever ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

  • Imagining America

    by Peter Conrad ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    In his book Imagining America (originally published in 1980), Peter Conrad shows how the English literary imagination over the course of a century devised for itself a contradictory series of ideal or alarming Americas which it then sets out to actualize. For Mrs Trollope, Americans are unkempt brutes, throwbacks to savagery; for H. G. Wells, they are a future race of cerebral technocrats. Oscar ... Read more

    Was $63.20 CAD Now $56.33 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Dickens the Enchanter

    Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller

    by Peter Conrad ...
    Narrated by Peter Conrad, David Rintoul ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 31 min

    Bloomsbury presents Dickens the Enchanter: Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller by Peter Conrad, read by David Rintoul and Peter ConradA kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens’s imagination and the world he created.See Dickens as never before in this creative biography, which delves into his novels, journalistic essays and letters to reveal his strange, hilarious but obsessive ... Read more

    $22.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Medicalization of Society

    On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders

    by Peter Conrad ...
    Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems—birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity—are now viewed as medical conditions. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily life.Building on more than three decades of research, Peter Conrad explores the ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries

    by Peter Conrad ...
    An exploration of the lives and works of Verdi and Wagner as well as their respective legacies to the present day, written by a noted cultural critic.This is the first book to compare these two composers and cultural heroes, both of whom were born in 1813 and achieved huge national and inter- national renown in their lifetimes. Yet not only did they never meet, but the differences between them—in ... Read more

    $37.79 CAD

  • Identifying Hyperactive Children

    The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior Expanded Edition

    by Peter Conrad ...
    Series series Ashgate Classics in Sociology
    This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD, originally published in 1976. The book centres on an empirical study of the process of identifying hyperactive children, providing a perceptive and accessible introduction to the concepts and issues involved. In this revised edition, Peter Conrad sets the original study in context, demonstrating the ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • How The World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere

    by Peter Conrad ...
    From politics and war, to jeans and sneakers: a look at America’s influence on the world from an international perspectiveOn the day after 9/11, foreign newspapers ran headlines announcing “We Are All Americans Now.” Though the sentiment was not new, it was also not quite the same as when Henry Luce announced in 1941, the inauguration of what he called “the American Century,” during which the US ... Read more

    $28.39 CAD

  • Mythomania: Tales of Our Times, from Apple to Isis

    by Peter Conrad ...
    Weaves ancient myth into modern celebrity and consumerist culture to expose the absurdity and occasional insanity of twenty-first-century society, economy, and politicsDespite a proclaimed respect for scientific reason, humans are still as intrigued by myth as their remote ancestors. Laptops and smartphones are sold under a logo that invokes the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden; skimpily clad ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD