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  • Tough Crimes

    True Cases by Top Criminal Lawyers

    Series Book 1 - True Cases Series
    Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty of Canada’s most prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We’ve all heard the media’s take on notorious criminals, but when have we had a chance to hear directly from the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them? We’ve all ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Epic Battles of Empires in Vienna

    In "The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks," Karl August Schimmer meticulously chronicles the two sieges of the Habsburg capital by Ottoman forces in 1529 and 1683. The book employs a narrative style that merges rigorous historical analysis with vivid storytelling, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the political, military, and social dynamics at play during these pivotal moments ... Read more

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    True Cases by Canadian Judges and Criminal Lawyers

    Series Book 3 - True Cases Series
    More Tough Crimes follows the exceptional success of Tough Crimes: True Cases by Top Canadian Criminal Lawyers (2014) and Shrunk: Crime and Disorders of the Mind (2016), the first two books in Durvile’s True Cases Series. What makes this series so unique and successful is the window provided into the world of criminal justice. The sixteen stories in More Tough Crimes are written by Donald Bayne on ... Read more

    $16.95 CAD

  • Beethoven

    Anguish and Triumph

    by Jan Swafford ...
    This "monumental" portrait of the man, his music, and the world in which he lived is "a truly remarkable biography" ( The Christian Science Monitor).Jan Swafford's biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, more than a decade in the ... Read more

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  • Maria's Story

    Maria’s Story is a true account of a Polish teen’s trials and tribulations as a slave girl of the Nazis in the Second World War. Driven out of Krakow during the invasion by the German Army, Maria and her sister Stefania flee for the safety of their country village only to be rounded up and sent to forced labor in Greater Germania. The loveliness of their new home in an alpine village in Austria ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Austro-Hungarian Battleships 1914–18

    Series Book 193 - New Vanguard
    The primary purpose of Austria-Hungary's navy until the beginning of the twentieth century was the defense of its coastline.As its merchant marine dramatically grew, admirals believed that the navy should take a more proactive policy of defense. The 1890s saw the beginning of a series of naval building programs that would create a well-balanced modern fleet, including a force of modern battleships ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Der Lange Türkenkrieg (1593-1606) Vol. I

    The long Turkish war - Habsburgs arrest the Ottoman advance

    Series Book 24 - Soldiers&Weapons
    After more than half-a-century of wars in Hungary, the conflict between the Habsburgs and the Sublime Porte explodes in 1593, after a series of border incidents. The confrontation was soon regarded as crucial by both sides, also involving the neighbouring states in a complex and ruthless game of diplomacy and betrayal. The organization and the equipment of the various armies of the protagonists of ... Read more

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  • L’Europe et la question énergétique

    Les années 1960/1980

    Series Book 41 - Enjeux internationaux / International Issues
    Au-delà des deux dates charnières de 1973 et 1979, il importe de considérer les évolutions qui ont touché l’Europe de l’ouest comme des mutations nécessaires dans un monde de moins en moins bipolaire. À travers ses épreuves et ses hésitations, la Communauté européenne construit malgré tout un parcours original dans le domaine énergétique. Consciente de ses faiblesses, elle n’a pas toutes les armes ... Read more

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  • The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy–Venetia, 1814–1815

    by R. John Rath ...
    When Austrian soldiers first set foot in Lombardy-Venetia in October, 1813, they were greeted everywhere as liberators and friends. In the spring of 1815, when Joachim Murat's efforts to establish a united Italy ended in miserable failure and when the Habsburgs announced the main features of the regime they intended to establish in their Italian provinces, the Venetians were still strongly pro ... Read more

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  • Ideologies and Forms of Leisure and Recreation in Victorian Manchester

    Series Book 7 - Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
    This book analyses certain ideologies which governed the middle class’ hegemonic approach to leisure in Victorian Manchester. The study presents different forms of leisure, recreation and entertainment in the city. The author also examines the reasons for the support and financial involvement of Manchester bourgeoisie and its municipal authorities in their development. The analysis covers a wide ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • The Political Orchestra

    The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics during the Third Reich

    by Fritz Trümpi ...
    Translated by Kenneth Kronenburg ...
    This is a groundbreaking study of the prestigious Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics during the Third Reich. Making extensive use of archival material, including some discussed here for the first time, Fritz Trümpi offers new insight into the orchestras' place in the larger political constellation.Trümpi looks first at the decades preceding National Socialist rule, when the competing orchestras, ... Read more

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  • Italy Before Italy

    Institutions, Conflicts and Political Hopes in the Italian States, 1815-1860

    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern European History
    Italian unification is one of the pivotal events in European history but the period leading up to Risorgimento has often been analysed in less detail. This book focuses on the history of the Italian states between 1815 and 1860 focusing on state institutions, international relations, economic and fiscal policies, living conditions and culture. ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD