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  • The Garments of Court and Palace

    Machiavelli and the World that He Made

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    A New York Times-bestselling author presents a provocative new interpretation of The PrinceThe Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely regarded as the most important exploration of politics—and in particular the politics of power—ever written. In Garments of Court and Palace, Philip Bobbitt, a preeminent and original ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Garments of Court and Palace

    Machiavelli and the World That He Made

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    A "serious and thoughtful" interpretation of Machiavelli's life and thought—and its relevance today—from the acclaimed author of Terror and Consent ( The Times, London).Constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt turns his expert attention to the life and work of Niccolo Machiavelli, the sixteenth century political philosopher whose classic text The Prince remains one of the most important and ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Shield of Achilles

    War, Peace, and the Course of History

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    "We are at a moment in world affairs when the essential ideas that govern statecraft must change. For five centuries it has taken the resources of a state to destroy another state . . . This is no longer true, owing to advances in international telecommunications, rapid computation, and weapons of mass destruction. The change in statecraft that will accompany these developments will be as profound ... Read more

    Was $20.99 CAD Now $17.99 CAD

  • Terror and Consent

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass destruction will be commodified and the wealthiest societies even more vulnerable to ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Constitutional Fate

    Theory of the Constitution

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day. ... Read more

    $58.39 CAD

  • Constitutional Fate

    Theory of the Constitution

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day. ... Read more

    $58.39 CAD

  • Impeachment

    A Handbook, New Edition

    by Charles L., Jr. Black, Philip Bobbitt ...
    Charles L. Black Jr.’s classic guide to presidential impeachment, now in an updated edition with new material by Philip BobbittOriginally published at the height of the Watergate crisis and reissued in 1998, two months before the second impeachment of a U.S. president, Charles Black’s Impeachment became the premier guide to the subject of presidential impeachment. Now thoroughly updated, it is ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Targeting Americans

    The Constitutionality of the U.S. Drone War

    by H. Jefferson Powell ...
    Targeting Americans: The Constitutionality of the U.S. Drone War focuses on the legal debate surrounding drone strikes, the use of which has expanded significantly under the Obama Presidency as part of the continuing war against terror. Despite the political salience of the legal questions raised by targeted killing, the author asserts that there has been remarkably little careful analysis of the ... Read more

    $53.59 CAD

  • The Ages of American Law

    Second Edition

    by Grant Gilmore ...
    Series series The Storrs Lectures Series
    Following its publication in 1974, Grant Gilmore's compact portrait of the development of American law from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century became a classic. In this new edition, the portrait is brought up to date with a new chapter by Philip Bobbitt that surveys the trajectory of American law since the original publication. Bobbitt also provides a Foreword on Gilmore and the ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

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  • Medieval Maritime Warfare

    by Charles D. Stanton ...
    This sweeping history of maritime warfare through the Middle Ages ranges from the 8th century to the 14th, covering the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.After the fall of Rome, the sea becomes the center of conflict for Western Civilization. In a world of few roads and great disorder, it is where power is projected and wealth is sought. Yet, since this turbulent period in the history of maritime ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • 1781

    The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War

    by Robert L. Tonsetic ...
    A detailed chronicle—including eyewitness accounts—of the year American Patriots turned the tables on the British in the US War of Independence.In 1781, the future of America hung by a thread. British troops occupied key coastal cities, from New York to Savannah. After several harsh winters, the American army was fast approaching the breaking point. Mutinies began to emerge in George Washington's ... Read more

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  • The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved

    How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

    by Mario Livio ...
    What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic principles. Yet the mathematical language of symmetry-known as group theory-did not emerge from the study of symmetry at all, but from an equation that couldn't be solved.For thousands ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD