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  • Sorrow of the Earth

    Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and the Tragedy of Show Business

    Translated by Ann Jefferson ...
    by Eric Vuillard ...
    Fascinating, brilliant and angry: the tale of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the tragic fate of its Native American participants.Buffalo Bill was the prince of show business. His spectacular Wild West shows were performed to packed houses across the world, holding audiences spellbound with their grand re-enactments of tales from the American frontier. For Bill gave the crowds something they'd ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The War of the Poor

    by Eric Vuillard ...
    Translated by Mark Polizzotti ...
    **International Booker Prize FinalistThe Spectator (UK): Best Book of the YearFrom the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a powerful account of the German Peasants’ War (1524–25) that shows striking parallels to class conflicts of our time.**In the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation launched an attack on privilege and the Catholic Church, but it rapidly became an established, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Order of the Day

    by Eric Vuillard ...
    Translated by Mark Polizzotti ...
    'A thoroughly gripping and mesmerising work of black comedy and political disaster' - GuardianWinner of the 2017 Prix GoncourtÉric Vuillard’s gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took place between the European powers in the run-up to World War Two. What emerges is a fascinating and incredibly moving account of failed diplomacy, broken relationships, ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • An Honorable Exit

    by Éric Vuillard ...
    Translated by Mark Polizzotti ...
    **A Best Book of 2023 by The New YorkerFrom the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a piercing account of the lesser-known conflict preceding the Vietnam War that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism.**How can a modern army lose to an army of peasants?Delving into the last gasps of the First Indochina War (1946–1954), which saw the communist Việt Minh take control of North Vietnam, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Audiobook

    An Honorable Exit

    by Éric Vuillard ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 36 min

    From the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a piercing account of the lesser-known conflict preceding the Vietnam War that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism.How can a modern army lose to an army of peasants?Delving into the last gasps of the First Indochina War, which saw the communist Viêt Minh take control of North Vietnam, Éric Vuillard vividly illustrates the attitudes that ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Order of the Day, The

    by Éric Vuillard ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 41 min

    Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt, this eye-opening account of the muddled forces at work behind the Anschluss brilliantly dismantles the myth of a glorious and inevitable Nazi victory.February 20, 1933: On an unremarkable day during a harsh Berlin winter, a meeting of twenty-four German captains of industry and senior Nazi dignitaries is being held in secret in the plush lounges of the Reichstag. ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD

  • The Order of the Day

    by Eric Vuillard ...
    Translated by Mark Polizzotti ...
    **Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Boston Globe, and Literary HubWinner of the 2017 Goncourt Prize, this behind-the-scenes account of the manipulation, hubris, and greed that together led to Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria brilliantly dismantles the myth of an effortless victory and offers a dire warning for our current political crisis.**February 20, 1933, an unremarkable day during a ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    The Order of the Day

    by Eric Vuillard ...
    Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 46 min

    'A thoroughly gripping and mesmerising work of black comedy and political disaster' GuardianWinner of the 2017 Prix GoncourtÉric Vuillard’s gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took place between the European powers in the run-up to World War Two. What emerges is a fascinating and incredibly moving account of failed diplomacy, broken relationships, and ... Read more

    $12.89 CAD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

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  • Dominion

    The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

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