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  • The Crossing Place

    A Journey among the Armenians

    by Philip Marsden ...
    Ebook edition of Philip Marsden’s classic travel book, published to coincide with the centenary of the Armenian massacres.After centuries of prominence as a world power, Armenia has withstood every attempt during the 20th century to destroy it. With a name redolent both of dim antiquity and of a modern world and its tensions, the Armenians founded a civilization and underwent a diaspora that ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Under a Metal Sky

    A Journey Through Minerals, Greed and Wonder

    by Philip Marsden ...
    Discover the wonders and perils of the earth’s precious metals—what they have offered us as humans, and how they’ve forever changed our relationship with the world around usThe ground beneath our feet is full of riches: the ocher that allowed prehistoric humans to paint on cave walls; the tin that drove the early Industrial Revolution; radium, the source of Marie Curie’s wonder; and lithium, the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Bronski House (Text Only)

    by Philip Marsden ...
    A remarkable, multifaceted story made up of journal accounts, memories, conversations and personal experience, The Bronski House is a paean to Poland, a landmark in travel writing, and a family history – tied together by the unique experience of returning from exile.In the summer of 1992, accompanied by Philip Marsden, the exiled poet Zofia Hinska stepped into the Belorussian village where she had ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Barefoot Emperor

    An Ethiopian Tragedy

    by Philip Marsden ...
    A fascinating narrative excursion into a bizarre episode in 19th century Ethiopian and British imperial history, featuring a remote African despot and his monstrous European-built gun.Towards the end of 1867, Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia burnt his own capital, took his vast mortar – named 'Sevastopol' – and began a retreat to the mountain stronghold of Mekdala. For months thousands of his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Summer Isles

    A Voyage of the Imagination

    by Philip Marsden ...
    In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the Summer Isles, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance. On the way, he must navigate the west coast of Ireland and the Inner Hebrides. Bearing the full force of the Atlantic, it is a seaboard which is also a mythical frontier, a place ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Spirit-Wrestlers (Text Only)

    by Philip Marsden ...
    From the acclaimed author of The Crossing Place and The Bronski House.In Moscow, a man points on a map to the place where he was born. He is a Doukhobor, a ‘spirit-wrestler’, a member of a group of radical Russian sectarians. He is pointing to a village beyond the southern steppe, at the far south of the old Russian empire: ‘I was born here,’ he says. ‘On the edge of the world.’So begins Philip ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Brenner & Rector's The Kidney (2 volume) - E-Book

    Edited by Valerie Luyckx, Glenn M. Chertow, Philip A. Marsden, Karl Skorecki, Maarten W. Taal, Alan S.L. Yu ...
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Nephrology**Long considered the definitive reference for nephrology practitioners and fellows, Brenner & Rector's The Kidney, marks its 50th anniversary with the publication of this 12th Edition. This two-volume masterwork provides expert, well-illustrated information on everything from basic science and pathophysiology to clinical best practices, ... Read more

    $484.99 CAD

  • Rural Restructuring

    Global Processes and Their Responses

    Edited by Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe, Sarah Whatmore ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Rural Change
    Originally published in 1990, this volume discusses the broad theme of rural restructuring looking at the nature of rural related responses to global processes of change. This book provides global viewpoints which show readers a more integral and critical analysis on rural areas based on the changing realities of the 1990s. ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Gender and Rurality

    Edited by Sarah Whatmore, Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Rural Change
    Originally published in 1994, this book brings together papers developing feminist analyses of the rural condition from a wide range of industrialised countries, informed by the national and local cultural constructions of gender and rurality which they interpret. The chapters address the gendered power relations of rural households and agricultural science; women’s mobilisation in farming and ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Regulating Agriculture

    Edited by Philip Lowe, Terry Marsden, Sarah Whatmore ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Rural Change
    Originally published in 1994, this volume brings together a set of essays reflecting the complex political, social and institutional problems encountered by modern states in seeking to manage their agricultural sectors. Drawing on different national and international viewpoints, the essays present original analyses of agricultural regulation in a comparative context. The aspects covered include ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Rural Enterprise

    Shifting Perspectives on Small Scale Production

    Edited by Sarah Whatmore, Philip Lowe, Terry Marsden ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Rural Change
    Originally published in 1991, the focus of the contributions in this book is the relationships between rurality and small-scale production, particularly in Europe. This remains relevant, as then, as when the book was first published, the issues covered had a particular resonance in the shifting terrain of Europe and the political debates surrounding its common future. The contributors explore the ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Labour and Locality

    Uneven Development and the Rural Labour Process

    Edited by Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe, Sarah Whatmore ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Rural Change
    Originally published in 1992, the volume shows through the lens of labour processes how global forces are played out at the local level. A range of important issues is addressed, including the commoditization and transformation of rural labour, and the role played by state policy in restructuring rural labour markets. ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD