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  • Memories Before and After the Sound of Music

    An Autobiography

    "In her memoir . . .the eldest sister in the famed singing family, attempts to set the record straight . . .Charming." — Washington PostIn this poignant memoir, Agathe von Trapp shares the true story behind The Sound of Music. As the oldest von Trapp daughter, Agathe's impeccable recall of her childhood brings fresh life to the events that forged enduring bonds within her family. Her memories of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Agathe, 6:00 p.m. to 7:27

    Agathe, 6:00 p.m. to 7:27 is Taylor N. Thornburg‘s first novel. He is an author and essayist based in Chicago, Illinois. His fiction explores strange yet humane ways of being. His fiction can be found in The Garfield Lake Review, L’Esprit Literary Review, Thirteenth Floor Magazine, Valley Voices, The Heartwood Literary Review, Disco Kitchen, and elsewhere.“A woman comes home to an empty house and ... Read more

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  • Agathe

    Or, The Forgotten Sister

    by Robert Musil ...
    Translated by Joel Agee ...
    From the author of 'A Man without Qualities,' a novel about spirituality in the modern world.Agathe is the sister of Ulrich, the restless and elusive “man without qualities” at the center of Robert Musil’s great, unfinished novel of the same name. For years Agathe and Ulrich have ignored each other, but when brother and sister find themselves reunited over the bier of their dead father, they are ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Backfire

    How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests

    Series series Center on Global Energy Policy Series
    Sanctions have become the go-to foreign policy tool for the United States. Coercive economic measures such as trade tariffs, financial penalties, and export controls affect large numbers of companies and states across the globe. Some of these penalties target nonstate actors, such as Colombian drug cartels and Islamist terror groups; others apply to entire countries, including North Korea, Iran, ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • Evolutionary Thinking Across Disciplines

    Problems and Perspectives in Generalized Darwinism

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume aims to clarify the epistemic potential of applying evolutionary thinking outside biology, and provides a survey of the current state of the art in research on relevant topics in the life sciences, the philosophy of science, and the various areas of evolutionary research outside the life sciences. By bringing together chapters by evolutionary biologists, systematic biologists, ... Read more

    $204.99 CAD

  • Agathe, The Forgotten Sister

    by Robert Musil ...
    Agathe:The Forgotten Sister, by Robert Musil, is a profound and introspective extension of his unfinished magnum opus The Man Without Qualities. Centered on the complex and ambiguous relationship between Ulrich, the protagonist, and his sister Agathe, the narrative delves into philosophical questions of identity, morality, and the limits of rational understanding. Through their intense emotional ... Read more

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  • Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient World

    Numbers, Measurements, and Operations in Documents from Mesopotamia, China and South Asia

    Series series History (R0)
    This book sheds light on the variety of mathematical cultures in general. To do so, it concentrates on cultures of computation and quantification in the ancient world, mainly in ancient China, South Asia, and the Ancient Near East and offers case studies focused on numbers, quantities, and operations, in particular in relation to mathematics as well as administrative and economic activities.The ... Read more

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  • Shaping the Sciences of the Ancient and Medieval World

    Textual Criticism, Critical Editions and Translations of Scholarly Texts in History

    Edited by Agathe Keller, Karine Chemla ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book contributes to a worldwide history of textual criticism and critical editions of ancient scientific texts. It first looks at ancient editorial practices, and at their impact on modern editions. Contributions analyze how, through time, the perception of what a text was may have changed, and influenced how scholarly texts were made accessible. The second section looks at the historical, ... Read more

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  • Going West?

    The Dissemination of Neolithic Innovations between the Bosporus and the Carpathians

    Series series Themes in Contemporary Archaeology
    Going West? uses the latest data to question how the Neolithic way of life was diffused from the Near East to Europe via Anatolia. The transformations of the 7th millennium BC in western Anatolia undoubtedly had a significant impact on the neighboring regions of southeast Europe. Yet the nature, pace and trajectory of this impact needs still to be clarified. Archaeologists searched previously for ... Read more

    $92.99 CAD

  • Josephine Baker

    Series series Little People, BIG DREAMS
    Meet Josephine Baker, the world-famous entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent in this true story of her life! Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the incredible life of Josephine Baker, from growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, during segregation to defying expectations and performing on the stage in Paris, where ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Leonard Cohen

    Series series Little People, BIG DREAMS
    Learn about the incredible life of Leonard Cohen, the inspiring singer-songwriter who shared songs about hope, love, loss, and everything that makes us human.Little Leonard grew up in Montréal, Canada, and was a child who delighted in the world around him. From roses with too-long stems, to birds chirping on a rusty wire, he noticed the beauty in things that others might miss. His trips to the ... Read more

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  • Agathe's Summer

    One morning in August of 2007, Didier Pourquery’s daughter, Agathe, only a few days away from her twenty-third birthday, stopped breathing. Seven years after her death, her father tells her story, based on his notes taken during the last three weeks of her life. He shares not only his sadness and loss, but also the joy that characterized his relationship with his daughter.At her birth, Agathe’s ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD