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  • The Embrace of Unreason

    France, 1914-1940

    by Frederick Brown ...
    From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of For the Soul of France (“Masterful history” —Henry Kissinger), Zola (“Magnificent” —The New Yorker), and Flaubert (“Impeccable” —James Wood, cover, The New York Times Book Review)—a brilliant reconsideration of the events and the political, social, and religious movements that led to France’s embrace of Fascism and anti-Semitism. ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • A Life in Chains

    Enriched edition. The Juneteenth Edition: Novels, Memoirs, Interviews, Testimonies, Studies, Official Records on Slavery and Abolitionism

    by Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lydia Maria Child, James Weldon Johnson, William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Harriet E. Wilson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Harriet Jacobs, Gideon Ashbourne2 ...
    A Life in Chains brings together a compelling collection of narratives, essays, and stories that converge on the harrowing realities of slavery and the pursuit of freedom in 19th-century America. This anthology navigates a spectrum of literary styles, from reflective memoirs to incisive social commentaries, providing a multifaceted panorama of the African American experience under the shadow of ... Read more

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  • For the Soul of France

    by Frederick Brown ...
    Frederick Brown, cultural historian, author of acclaimed biographies of Émile Zola (“Magnificent”—The New Yorker) and Flaubert (“Splendid . . . Intellectually nuanced, exquisitely written”—The New Republic) now gives us an ambitious, far-reaching book—a perfect joining of subject and writer: a portrait of fin-de-siècle France.He writes about the forces that led up to the twilight years of the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • 3 books to know - Abolitionist Novel

    by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 33 - 3 books to know
    Welcome to the 3 Books To Know series, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is: Abolitionist Novel. - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Governing New York State Through Crises

    Edited by Laurie A. Buonanno, Lisa K. Parshall, Frederick G. Floss, Byron W. Brown ...
    Explains how New York's institutions and policymakers have governed the state through a series of contemporary crises.This volume takes a fresh approach to the study of New York State politics and government through an examination of governance in times of crises. Contributors address several questions including: How have state and local governments responded to this succession of crises? What has ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • U Can Do It

    by Frederick Brown ...
    Frederick H. Brown, BSc(Eng), ChEng, BA(law), Barrister at Law, wa born on 27th November 1937. This book is written in the hope that readers will be inspired and realise that anything can be done if you want it strongly enough. The book tells a story of variety, humour and joy. With three careers under his belt, Fred is now retired and paints and plays golf. Born into a working class family, Fred ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The City Is More Than Human

    An Animal History of Seattle

    by Frederick L. Brown ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Winner of the 2017 Virginia Marie Folkins Award, Association of King County Historical Organizations (AKCHO)Winner of the 2017 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize, Western History AssociationSeattle would not exist without animals. Animals have played a vital role in shaping the city from its founding amid existing indigenous towns in the mid-nineteenth century to the livestock-friendly town of the late ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • A John Brown Reader

    John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois & Others

    by John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: American History
    This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Occasions

    The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, Volume 11

    by Paul Valéry ...
    Translated by Frederick Brown, Roger Shattuck ...
    Series series Bollingen Recollections
    A collection of Valéry’s occasional writingsThis selection of Paul Valéry’s occasional pieces—speeches, interviews, and articles—reveals his life as a public figure in constant demand. Included are his speech upon his reception to the French Academy; his address welcoming Marshal Pétain into the same body; memorial addresses honoring Émile Verhaeren and Henri Brémond; an article on the “Future of ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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  • Whom Shall I Fear?

    Pushing the Politics of Change

    by Ewart Frederick Brown ...
    Outspoken, accomplished, and frequently controversial, Bermudian physician and political leader Ewart Brown, MD, has been a longtime champion of racial equality, human rights, and economic and social justice. In this event-filled memoir, he shares the experiences that most shaped him and that defined his often tumultuous time in office.Brown's journey began with a childhood in a politically ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Whom Shall I Fear?

    Pushing the Politics of Change

    by Ewart Frederick Brown ...
    Outspoken, accomplished, and frequently controversial, Bermudian physician and political leader Ewart Brown, MD, has been a longtime champion of racial equality, human rights, and economic and social justice. In this event-filled memoir, he shares the experiences that most shaped him and that defined his often tumultuous time in office.Brown's journey began with a childhood in a politically ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Object Stories

    Artifacts and Archaeologists

    Edited by Steve Brown, Anne Clarke, Ursula Frederick ...
    Archaeologists are synonymous with artifacts. With artifacts we construct stories concerning past lives and livelihoods, yet we rarely write of deeply personal encounters or of the way the lives of objects and our lives become enmeshed. In this volume, 23 archaeologists each tell an intimate story of their experience and entanglement with an evocative artifact. Artifacts range from a New Britain ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD