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  • Fire in the Minds of Men

    Origins of the Revolutionary Faith

    by James Billington ...
    This book traces the origins of a faith--perhaps the faith of the century. Modern revolutionaries are believers, no less committed and intense than were Christians or Muslims of an earlier era. What is new is the belief that a perfect secular order will emerge from forcible overthrow of traditional authority. This inherently implausible idea energized Europe in the nineteenth century, and became ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • The Icon and Axe

    An Interpretative History of Russian Culture

    by James Billington ...
    "A sweeping, intricate description of Russian cultural history, spanning the pre-Romanov era through six centuries to the reign of Joseph Stalin. Flowing with ease through time and topic — from art to music, literature, philosophy, mythology and more — the book provides readers with an alluring portrayal of Russia’s proud heritage. Its impressive scope and lasting insights have made it a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • FX Option Performance

    An Analysis of the Value Delivered by FX Options since the Start of the Market

    by Jessica James, Jonathan Fullwood, Peter Billington ...
    Series series The Wiley Finance Series
    Get the little known – yet crucial – facts about FX optionsDaily turnover in FX options is an estimated U.S. $ 207 billion, but many fundamental facts about this huge and liquid market are generally unknown. FX Option Performance provides the information practitioners need to be more effective in the market, with detailed, specific guidance.This book is a unique and practical guide to option ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin

    by Henry Hardy, Avishai Margalit, Beata Polanowska-Sygulska, Bernard Williams, Bryan Magee, Charles Taylor, Evan Zimroth-Wollman, G A Cohen, George Crowder, Humphrey Carpenter0, Aileen Kelly1, Ian Buruma2, Isaiah Berlin3, James Billington4, James Chappel5, Jennifer Holmes6, Joseph Brodsky7, Joshua Cherniss8, Katharine Graham9, Kei Hiruta0, Leon Wieseltier1, Alan Montefiore2, Mendel Berlin3, Michael Hughes4, Michael Ignatieff5, Nicholas Henderson6, Nick Rankin7, Patricia Utechin8, Peter Oppenheimer9, Robert Silvers0, Robert Wokler1, Samuel Guttenplan2, Alan Ryan3, Serena Moore4, Shlomo Avineri5, Steffen Gross6, Stuart Hampshire7, Alfred Brendel8, Alistair Cooke9, Anatoly Naiman0, Anthony Quinton1, Arthur Schlesinger Jr2 ...
    Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity against control and conformity. His generous, open vision of life is displayed with special immediacy in his brilliant pen-portraits of contemporaries, Personal Impressions, in which he sees the point of radically differing personalities, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • The Soviet Mind

    Russian Culture under Communism

    by Isaiah Berlin ...
    Isaiah Berlin's response to the Soviet Union was central to his identity, both personally and intellectually. Born a Russian subject in Riga in 1909, he spoke Russian as a child and witnessed both revolutions in St. Petersburg in 1917, emigrating to the West in 1921. He first returned to Russia in 1945, when he met the writers Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak. These formative encounters helped ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The Origins Of Totalitarianism

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    Hannah Arendt’s definitive work on totalitarianism—an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history.A cornerstone of modern political philosophy, The Origins of Totalitarianism has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe.The book begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Why Orwell Matters

    by Christopher Hitchens ...
    “Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the twenty-first century.”—The Boston GlobeIn this widely acclaimed biographical essay, the masterful polemicist Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. True to his contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Anatomy of Fascism

    by Robert O. Paxton ...
    What is fascism? By focusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than what they said, the esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question.From the first violent uniformed bands beating up “enemies of the state,” through Mussolini’s rise to power, to Germany’s fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Notes on Nationalism

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Penguin Modern
    'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The First Total War

    Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It

    by David A. Bell ...
    "A mesmerizing account that illuminates not just the Napoleonic wars but all of modern history . . . It reads like a novel" (Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of modern European history, UCLA).The twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David A. Bell argues in this landmark work, the phenomenon actually began much earlier, in the era of muskets, cannons ... Read more

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  • Intellectuals

    A fascinating examination of whether intellectuals are morally fit to give advice to humanity

    by Paul Johnson ...
    Paul Johnson examines whether intellectuals are morally fit to give advice to humanity.Do the private practices of intellectuals match the standard of their public principles?How great is their respect for truth? What is their attitude to money? How do they treat their spouses and children - legitimate and illegitimate? How loyal are they to their friends?Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Modernism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher Butler ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Is a tower block, your unmade bed, your lavatory basin, or the bicycle chained to the gate next door a work of art? Why should a novel have a beginning, a middle, and an end; or even a story? Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD