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  • The Heart of the Leopard Children

    by Wilfried N'Sondé ...
    Translated by Karen Lindo ...
    Series series Global African Voices
    A nameless young man lives in the housing projects outside of Paris. When he was a child, his parents moved with him from the Congo to France, hoping in vain to escape poverty and violence. His best friend, Drissa, is in a psychiatric hospital and now Mireille, his girlfriend, the woman with whom he has shared his childhood and hopes, has left him to reconnect with her Jewish roots in Israel. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam

    Or, How Not to Learn from the Past

    by Christian G. Appy, Andrew J. Bacevich, Alex Danchev, David Elliott, Elizabeth L. Hillman, Gabriel Kolko, Walter LaFeber, Wilfried Mausbach, Alfred W. McCoy, Gareth Porter, John Prados ...
    Essays by Christian G. Appy, Andrew J. Bacevich, John Prados, and others offer "history at its best, meaning, at its most useful." —Howard ZinnFrom the launch of the "Shock and Awe" invasion in March 2003 through President George W. Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished" two months later, the war in Iraq was meant to demonstrate definitively that the United States had learned the lessons of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • PandaLeaks

    The Dark Side of the WWF

    by Wilfried Huismann ...
    The WWF, renowned global nature conservancy brand, greenwashes the ecological crimes of corporations currently destroying the last remaining rainforests and natural habitats on earth; and it accepts their money. This business model of the famous “eco” organization does more to harm nature than to protect it.The WWF cannot refute the facts gathered by esteemed journalist and filmmaker Wilfried ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture

    Edited by Eva Kolinsky, Wilfried van der Will ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Culture
    One of the most intriguing questions of our time is how some of the masterpieces of modernity originated in a country in which personal liberty and democracy were slow to emerge. This Companion provides an authoritative account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialisation, the rise of mass society and the nation state. Newly written and researched by experts in their respective ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Set Phasers to Teach!

    Star Trek in Research and Teaching

    Edited by Stefan Rabitsch, Martin Gabriel, Wilfried Elmenreich, John N.A. Brown ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    For 50 years, Star Trek has been an inspiration to its fans around the world, helping them to dream of a better future. This inspiration has entered our culture and helped to shape much of the technology of the early 21st Century.The contributors to this volume are researchers and teachers in a wide variety of disciplines; from Astrophysics to Ethnology, from English and History to Medicine and ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Ion Implantation and Annealing Applications, Science and Technology

    Contributions from IIT School, Edition 2024

    Edited by Wilfried Lerch, Michael Current ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book compiles the insights and teachings from the 2024 IIT School lectures, offering a comprehensive look at ion implantation and annealing in semiconductor manufacturing. It covers the history of integrated circuits, common applications in CMOS technology, ion sources, radiation damage, annealing of materials like silicon (Si), silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), and advances in ... Read more

    $294.99 CAD

  • Embrace Your Life

    Adulthood and the Transition to Psychological Maturity

    by Wilfried Nelles, Silke Bunda Watermeier ...
    Translated by Samar Nahas ...
    Series series Edition Neue Psychologie
    Regardless of how grown up we feel and present ourselves in many aspects of our lives, our child feelings and behavioral patterns deeply impact our daily lives, especially where emotions come into play. We may act as adults, but we feel like children. And yet we all come with an inner vision into this world, a very specific and unique potential that wants to unfold through us during the course of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Krishna

    His Life Story in the Puranas and the Mahabharata

    by Wilfried Huchzermeyer ...
    Krishna is one of the most famous deities of India. In this biography his complete life story is told based on the sources in the Puranas and the Mahabharata. His early time with the Gopis in Vrindavana is dealt with as well as his later role as tribal leader of the Yadavas and spiritual advisor and teacher of the Pandavas. Due to the thorough documentation with numerous references, the book also ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Satellites for Atmospheric Sciences 1

    Meteorology, Climate and Atmospheric Composition

    Edited by Thierry Phulpin, Didier Renaut, Herve Roquet, Claude Camy-Peyret ...
    How can atmospheric variables such as temperature, wind, rain and ozone be measured by satellites? How are these measurements taken and what has been learned since the first measurements in the 1970s? What data are currently available and what data are expected in the future?The first volume of this encyclopedic book answers these questions by reporting the history of satellite meteorology and ... Read more

    $188.99 CAD

  • Murder in the City

    New York, 1910–1920

    by Wilfried Kaute ...
    A collection of black and white crime scene photographs from early twentieth-century New York City.When night falls on New York, the shadows are everywhere and death wears many faces. How the victims leave their bodies is deeply personal, but the witnesses to their death and the factors that brought it about belong to the public world—a somber world which is encapsulated in this gruesome survey of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Concrete Flowers

    A Novel

    by Wilfried N'Sondé ...
    Translated by Karen Lindo ...
    Series series Global African Voices
    A young immigrant yearns to escape her bleak Parisian housing project in this novel by an author who "wields a precise and poetic pen" ( Radio France Internationale).Behind the bars on her window, Rosa Maria dreams of sunshine, love, calm, and leaving the city where she lives with her family. She suffers her father's beatings, hides her femininity behind shapeless clothing, and pines for the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Contemporary Indian Federalism

    Competing Perspectives, New Challenges and Future Directions

    Edited by Chanchal Kumar Sharma, Wilfried Swenden ...
    This volume analyzes centre-state dynamics in India placed against the backdrop of the election of a Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata (BJP) government to central power in 2014. It reflects on how centre-state relations have been shaped by the legacy of nearly two decades of broad-based coalition government at the centre and the concurrent and ongoing liberalization of the Indian economy. To this ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD