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  • Audiobook

    Machiavelli

    The Art of Teaching People What to Fear

    by Patrick Boucheron ...
    Narrated by Mack Sanderson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 22 min

    In a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time.Whenever a tempestuous period in history begins, Machiavelli is summoned, because he is known as one for philosophizing in dark times. In fact, since his death in 1527, we have never ... Read more

    $21.08 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Palestine Explained for Everyone

    A Conversation

    by Elias Sanbar ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    An eminent historian and diplomat answers fundamental questions about Palestine in this powerful, accessible account of its struggle for rights and recognition from the late 19th century to today.The history of Palestine—the cradle of the three monotheistic faiths—dates back to that of the “people of the Holy Land,” which is why everyone senses, however vaguely, that the fate of the world is being ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Wizard of the Kremlin

    A Novel

    by Giuliano da Empoli ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    **A Best Book of the Year by Financial Times and BloombergFilled with real political insight and intrigue, this thrilling novel explores the nature of power through the inner workings of Putin’s regime.**Known as the “Wizard of the Kremlin,” the enigmatic Vadim Baranov was a TV producer before becoming a political advisor to Putin, aka “The Czar.” After his resignation from this position, legends ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Liturgy for the Anonymous

    A Novel

    by Lyonel Trouillot ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    A breathtaking portrait of modern Haiti told through the voices of the downtrodden and overlooked—from one of the country’s preeminent writers.A minister’s nephew is dispatched to a coastal village to conduct an inventory of a library bequeathed to the state by a singular individual. It is a vast legacy consisting exclusively of the works of ‘‘great men’’ who have left their mark on history.When ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Political Fictions

    From the Middle Ages to the "Post-Truth" Present

    by Patrick Boucheron ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    An acclaimed historian illuminates today's political situation by examining the relationship between governing and storytelling, from the Middle Ages to the “post-truth” present, in these engaging essays.In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, renowned medievalist Patrick Boucheron delivered a powerful, probing series of lectures on “political fictions” in the context of rising authoritarianism ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Last Rendezvous

    A Novel

    by Anne Plantagenet ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    “Women are not supposed to write; yet I write.” –Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreIn 1817, at the late age of thirty-three,Marceline Desbordes, the actress and Romantic poet–the only woman counted by Paul Verlaine among his poètes maudits, or “accursed poets,” a group that included Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and Alfred de Vigny–marries Prosper Valmore, a fellow actor who brings love and stability ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Nature, Culture, and Inequality

    A Comparative and Historical Perspective

    by Thomas Piketty ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    **“The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade.” —Paul Krugman, New York Times, on Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyA bestselling economist’s history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled into an engaging and accessible pocket-sized text.**In this unique work, Thomas Piketty presents a synthesis of his historical and comparative research ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Machiavelli

    The Art of Teaching People What to Fear

    by Patrick Boucheron ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEIn a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time.**Whenever a tempestuous period in history begins, Machiavelli is summoned, because he is known as one for philosophizing in dark times. In fact, ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Gaza Faces History

    by Enzo Traverso ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    In this urgent, insightful essay, a respected historian places the Israeli-Palestinian war in context, challenging Western attitudes about the region.Is the destruction of Gaza only a consequence of the October 7, 2023 attack, or is it also the outcome of a long process of dispossession and eradication? Do Palestinians have the right to resist the occupation? Is talking about genocide anti ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen

    by Camille Laurens ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    She is famous throughout the world, but how many know her name? You can admire her figure in Washington, Paris, London, New York, Dresden, or Copenhagen, but where is her grave? She was fourteen in the Paris of the 1880s, eking out a living at the Paris Opera as a petit rat. She also worked as a model, posing for painters and sculptors-among them Edgar Degas. Laurens paints a compelling portrait ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Theseus, His New Life

    A Novel

    by Camille de Toledo ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    A mesmerizing, poetic autofiction about the quest to find meaning in family tragedies, and a sense of self after loss.In 2012, Theseus heads east in search of a new life, fleeing the painful memories of his past: the suicide of his older brother, the death of his mother, shortly followed by the death of his father. He takes three boxes of archives, leaving everything in disarray, and boards the ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen

    The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiece

    by Camille Laurens ...
    Translated by Willard Wood ...
    This absorbing, heartfelt work uncovers the story of the real dancer behind Degas’s now-iconic sculpture, shedding light on the struggles of late nineteenth-century Parisian life.She is famous throughout the world, but how many know her name? You can admire her figure in Washington, Paris, London, New York, Dresden, or Copenhagen, but where is her grave? We know only her age, fourteen, and the ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD