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  • Fear of De Sade

    by Bernardo Carvalho ...
    Translated by John Gledson ...
    From the award-winning Brazilian author of Nine Nights comes a twisting psychological novel of literary intrigue, sexual desire, and murder.In the pitch-black cell of an asylum—possibly in nineteenth-century France—a "baron" carries on an extended dialogue with a disembodied "voice." Arrested for a crime that he has no memory of, the baron swears to his innocence throughout.In contemporary France, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dom Casmurro

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Translated by John A. Gledson ...
    Series series Library of Latin America
    Like other great nineteenth century novels--The Scarlet Letter, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary--Machado de Assis's Dom Casmurro explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel and what makes it such a delightful discovery for English-speaking readers, is its eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style. As he recounts the events of his life from the vantage ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism

    Machado de Assis

    by Roberto Schwarz, Stanley Fish, Fredric Jameson ...
    Translated by John Gledson ...
    Series series Latin America in Translation
    A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism is a translation (from the original Portuguese) of Roberto Schwarz’s renowned study of the work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839–1908). A leading Brazilian theorist and author of the highly influential notion of “misplaced ideas,” Schwarz focuses his literary and cultural analysis on Machado’s The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, which was ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Dom Casmurro

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, John A. Gledson ...
    Series series Library of Latin America
    "A palm tree, seeing me troubled and divining the cause, murmured in its branches that there was nothing wrong with fifteen-year old boys getting into corners with girls of fourteen; quite the contrary, youths of that age have no other function, and corners were made for that very purpose. It was an old palm-tree, and I believed in old palm-trees even more than in old books. Birds, butterflies, a ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • A Chapter of Hats

    Selected Stories

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Translated by John Gledson ...
    Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is the great Brazilian author of Philosopher or Dog? and Epitaph of a Small Winner, whose work is admired by writers as different as Salman Rushdie, Carlos Fuentes, Woody Allen and Susan Sontag. Taken from his mature period, these dazzling stories echo Poe and Gogol, anticipate Joyce, and have been compared to the writing of Chekhov, Maupassant and Henry James, yet his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    by Andy Weir ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man’s struggle to survive. From the author of Project Hail Mary comes “a hugely entertaining novel that reads like a rocket ship afire” (Chicago Tribune).“Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling.”—The Wall ... Read more

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  • The Glass-Blowers

    by Daphne du Maurier ...
    Series Book 124 - Virago Modern Classics
    FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA'She wrote exciting plots . . . a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN**'This French Revolution epic is an overlooked classic' MELISSA KATSOULIS, THE TIMES'No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification . . . ' MARGARET FORSTER'Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, a... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Marie Antoinette's Confidante

    The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe

    by Geri Walton ...
    The true story of the woman who befriended the last queen of France—and the price she paid for her devotion.Perhaps no one knew Marie Antoinette better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Thérèse, the Princess de Lamballe. The princess became superintendent of the queen's household in 1774, and through her relationship with Marie Antoinette, she gained a unique perspective of the lavishness ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Prince Lost to Time (Nicholas Segalla series, Book 2)

    Mysteries and intrigue from the dramatic era of the French Revolution

    by Paul Doherty ...
    A missing prince may provide the answers - can he be found?The Prince Lost to Time is Paul Doherty's second novel to feature Nicholas Segalla - a shadowy scholar travelling through time solving the past's greatest mysteries. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and C. J. Sansom.As the flames of revolution spread through France, they engulf the Royal Family, whose fairy-tale life in the magnificent ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Chocolate Box

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    by Agatha Christie ...
    Series series Hercule Poirot Short Stories

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  • The Châtelet Apprentice

    A Nicolas Le Floch Investigation, Book 1

    by Jean-François Parot ...
    Translated by Michael Glencross ...
    February 1761Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime and immorality . . .A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he seems to have a murder investigation on his hands. As the city descends into ... Read more

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  • Marie Antoinette: France's Most Controversial Queen

    by Ashleigh Jenson ...
    Marie Antoinette is most famously remembered as 'Madame Deficit'. Unlike the image portrayed by those who led the French Revolution, Marie was a well-intentioned philanthropist, devoted mother, and free spirit. This short historical account details the truth behind the Queen's childhood, spending, and rumoured love affairs.As a woman who had an unconventional Austrian childhood, Marie was only ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus