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Revolutions in Sovereignty

How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations

by Daniel Philpott ...

Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
How did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires ... Read more

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How did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires
... Read more
Just and Unjust Peace

An Ethic of Political Reconciliation

by Daniel Philpott ...

Series series Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding
Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global Affairs Winner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association International Ethics Section Book Award In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Is it possible to find a universal standard that will work for people of diverse and often ... Read more

$33.59 CAD

Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global Affairs Winner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association International Ethics Section Book Award In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Is it possible to find a universal standard that will work for people of diverse and often
... Read more
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In the Company of the Courtesan

by Sarah Dunant ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

While the Papal city of Rome burns, two of her most interesting and wily citizens slip away. Though almost as damaged as their beloved city, Fiammetta Bianchini and Bucino Teodoldi - a fabulous courtesan and her dwarf companion - are already planning their future. They head for the shimmering beauty of Venice, a honey pot of wealth and trade where they start to rebuild their business. As a ... Read more

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While the Papal city of Rome burns, two of her most interesting and wily citizens slip away. Though almost as damaged as their beloved city, Fiammetta Bianchini and Bucino Teodoldi - a fabulous courtesan and her dwarf companion - are already planning their future. They head for the shimmering beauty of Venice, a honey pot of wealth and trade where they start to rebuild their business. As a
... Read more

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Forbidden

Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons

by Drew Christiansen, Carole Sargent, William Werpehowski, Tobias Winright, Gregory M. Reichberg, William A. Barbieri Jr., Daniel Cortright, Daniel Hall, James E. Goodby0, David A. Koplow1, Pierce S. Corden2, Richard A. Love3, Lawrence J. Korb4, Gerard F. Powers5, Maryann C. Love6, Daniel Philpott7, Bernard G. Prusak8, Margaret R. Pfeil9, Joseph J. Fahey0, Lisa Sowle Cahill1, Kelsey Davenport2, David Holloway3, Theodore G. Dedon4, John Paul Lederach5, Susi Snyder6, David Lammy7, Ramon Luzarraga8, James P. O'Sullivan9, Kevin Ahern0 ...

Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weaponsAt a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, presents essays from moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict transformation scholars, and nuclear arms control experts, with ... Read more

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Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weaponsAt a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, presents essays from moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict transformation scholars, and nuclear arms control experts, with
... Read more
Religious Freedom in Islam

The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today

by Daniel Philpott ...

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. It is not, however, a simple answer. From a satellite view, the Muslim world ... Read more

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Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. It is not, however, a simple answer. From a satellite view, the Muslim world
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The Invisible Man

by H.G. Wells ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

A stranger arrives in a small English town, wreathed in a hat, coat, goggles and bandages. It’s not just his identity he’s hiding, though; he has discovered the secret of invisibility, and believes it will lead him to ultimate power. But he needs to be able to control the process, and when the terrified villagers refuse to help him, he decides on bloody revenge. An immediate success when it first ... Read more

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A stranger arrives in a small English town, wreathed in a hat, coat, goggles and bandages. It’s not just his identity he’s hiding, though; he has discovered the secret of invisibility, and believes it will lead him to ultimate power. But he needs to be able to control the process, and when the terrified villagers refuse to help him, he decides on bloody revenge. An immediate success when it first
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The Zig Zag Girl

by Elly Griffiths ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Brighton Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Great Fall Thrillers**"Clever, immensely likeable...Captivating." —The Wall Street JournalIn the first installment of a compelling new series by Elly Griffiths featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and the magnificent Max Mephisto, a band of magicians who served together in World War II track a killer who’s performing their deadly tricks.**Brighton, 1950. ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Great Fall Thrillers**"Clever, immensely likeable...Captivating." —The Wall Street JournalIn the first installment of a compelling new series by Elly Griffiths featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and the magnificent Max Mephisto, a band of magicians who served together in World War II track a killer who’s performing their deadly tricks.**Brighton, 1950.
... Read more
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The Man Who Couldn't Stop

by David Adam ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

7 hours 53 min

In this captivating fusion of science and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mindDavid has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn’t Stop is his honest attempt to understand the condition. At what point does a harmless idea become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts? Drawing on the latest research on the brain, as well as ... Read more

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In this captivating fusion of science and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mindDavid has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn’t Stop is his honest attempt to understand the condition. At what point does a harmless idea become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts? Drawing on the latest research on the brain, as well as
... Read more
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The Christmas Appeal

A Novella

by Janice Hallett ...

Narrated by Aysha Kala, Daniel Philpott, Rachel Adedeji, Sid Sagar ...

Unabridged

3 hours 36 min

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows the hilarious Fairway Players theater group as they put on a Christmas play—and solve a murder that threatens their production.The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a ... Read more

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This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows the hilarious Fairway Players theater group as they put on a Christmas play—and solve a murder that threatens their production.The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a
... Read more

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Forge of Darkness

by Steven Erikson ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Kharkanas Trilogy
Unabridged

31 hours 56 min

In this first installment of the prequel trilogy for the New York Times bestselling series Malazan Book of Fallen, an ancient power emerges at the brink of civil warSteven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut, Gardens of the Moon. Now Erikson returns with a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Forge of Darkness ... Read more

$67.32 CAD

In this first installment of the prequel trilogy for the New York Times bestselling series Malazan Book of Fallen, an ancient power emerges at the brink of civil warSteven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut, Gardens of the Moon. Now Erikson returns with a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Forge of Darkness
... Read more
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After the Crash

‘I doubt I’ll read a more brilliant crime novel this year’ Joan Smith, Sunday Times

by Michel Bussi ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

12 hours 13 min

On the night of 22nd December 1980 a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole-survivor is a newborn baby.But the identity of the child is unknown, and two families - one rich and affluent, and the other poor - step forward to claim her. So begins a private investigation that wil go on for the next 18 years ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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On the night of 22nd December 1980 a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole-survivor is a newborn baby.But the identity of the child is unknown, and two families - one rich and affluent, and the other poor - step forward to claim her. So begins a private investigation that wil go on for the next 18 years
... Read more

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The Appeal

A Novel

by Janice Hallett ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott, Aysha Kala, Rachel Adedeji, Sid Sagar ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, and more!“[W]itty, original…a delight.” —*The* New York Times**Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell, this international bestseller and “dazzlingly clever” (The Sunday Times, London) murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child—but when escalating lies lead to a... ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, and more!“[W]itty, original…a delight.” —*The* New York Times**Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell, this international bestseller and “dazzlingly clever” (The Sunday Times, London) murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child—but when escalating lies lead to a...
... Read more

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