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  • The Viceroys

    A Novel

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    Translated by Archibald Colquhoun ...
    A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic changes rocking Sicily. As Garibaldi’s triumphs move Italy toward unification, the Uzedas try every means to retain their position. De Roberto’s ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Beautiful Death

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    The captain of the "Siracusa" has received orders to sail for Tangiers, where rebels have seized the Italian consulate. The blue peter is hoisted, and the sirens announcing the ship's departure echo off of the hills above Livorno. From all over the city, seamen and officers begin returning aboard--all of them, that is, but the junior lieutenant Luigi Carleoni, the ship captain's son.Genre: short ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wedding Mass

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    The sculptor Lodovico Bertini turns up on a mysterious errand at the school where a friend of his is teaching Greek. He has come, it turns out, to witness the arrival of a passenger liner, aboard which is a man whose imminent return to Italy is throwing Bertini's life into turmoil.Translated from Italian (2012) by Juan LePuenGenre: novelLength: 40,000 words ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rosary

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    Between prayers, as she says the rosary ("forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us"), an old woman refuses to pardon her newly widowed and destitute daughter.Genre: short storyLength: 3,600 wordsTranslated from Italian (2012) by Juan LePuen ... Read more

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  • A Guide to the Mammals of China

    Edited by Yan Xie, Darrin Lunde, John MacKinnon, Andrew T. Smith, Robert S. Hoffmann, Don E. Wilson, W. Chris Wozencraft ...
    China's stunning diversity of natural habitats--from parched deserts to lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. A Guide to the Mammals of China is the most comprehensive guide to all 556 species of mammals found in China. It is the only single-volume reference of its kind to fully describe the physical characteristics, geographic distribution, natural ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • STESSA 2000: Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas

    Proceedings of the Third International Conference STESSA 2000, Montreal, Canada, 21-24 August 2000

    Edited by Federico Mazzolani, Robert Tremblay ...
    This is a review of developments in the behaviour and design of steel structures in seismic areas. The proceedings look at the analytical and experimental research on the seismic response of steel structures, and cover topics such as global behaviour and codification, design and application. ... Read more

    $322.92 CAD

  • Mini-invasive Approach in Acute Care Surgery

    Edited by Federico Coccolini, Mauro Podda, Robert B. Lim, Massimo Chiarugi ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The minimally invasive approach in emergency and general trauma surgery is a key aspect of both scenarios. This book, the first comprehensive manual in the field, takes a global view of the subject and deals with it in depth, ranging from the historical perspective to the pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects in the various body compartments.Thanks to its user-friendly approach, this book ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Envisioning Abolition

    Socialism, Anarchism and Penal Abolitionism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth centuries

    by Ruby Tuke, Ophélie Siméon, Andrei Zorin, Peter Cox, Jonathan Baldwin, Owen Holland, Federico Testa, Robert Weide, Alejandro Forero Cuellar, Davide Turcato, Marco Manfredi, Lisa Phillips, Andrew Kersten, Penny A. Weiss, Søren Hough, Paul Taylor ...
    Abolitionist thought visualizes a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, writing from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. It considers how these radical thinkers can provide insights into our present condition, both by highlighting the harms of ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Galloway Township

    by Joseph Federico, Matthew McHenry ...
    Series series Images of America
    Galloway Township, founded in 1774 by the royal patent of King George III, is the largest municipality in New Jersey, encompassing the Absecon Highlands, Cologne, Conovertown, Germania, Higbeetown, Leeds Point, Oceanville, Pinehurst, Pomona, Smithville, and South Egg Harbor. Galloway has experienced everything from pirates to Prohibition. The Battle of Chestnut Neck occurred in Galloway in 1778 ... Read more

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  • The Illegitimate Age

    Aesthetics and Political Theology

    by Federico Vercellone ...
    Translated by Robert Valgenti ...
    Series series Outspoken
    Our age – saturated with media images and ever-present political crises – traces back to the beginning of Christianity and its messianic vision of the world. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, our sense of time and history has become apocalyptic.In The Illegitimate Age Federico Vercellone explains contemporary affinities for both apocalypse and media imagery from the perspective of ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Red Ear Blows Its Nose

    Poems for Children and Others

    by Robert Schechter, S. Federico ...
    The Red Ear Blows Its Nose dishes out uproarious hilarity, cutting wit, wordplay, and sobering wisdom in an illustrated collection of poems for children and others. It considers thinking and the brain, identity and what it means to be a person, nature and the seasons, and assorted creatures, including a horse who says “Moo.” This debut collection from Robert Schechter proves to be the work of a ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Improving Forecasts with Integrated Business Planning

    From Short-Term to Long-Term Demand Planning Enabled by SAP IBP

    by Ganesh Sankaran, Federico Sasso, Robert Kepczynski, Alessandro Chiaraviglio ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book provides both a broad overview of the forecasting process, covering technological and human aspects alike, and deep insights into algorithms and platform functionalities in the IBP toolbox required to maximize forecast accuracy. Rich in technical and business explanations, it addresses short-, medium- and long-term forecasting processes using functionalities available in demand planning ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD