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  • Thomas More

    by Richard Marius ...
    Most previous biographers of Thomas More have sought to prove him a saint; in this, the first full-scale biography of More in half a century, Richard Marius, a leading Reformation historian, seeks to restore the man. More’s life spanned a tumultuous period in Western history. He was born in 1478 into a society still medieval in its customs and laws. But by the time of his death in 1535 England was ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • After The War

    by Richard Marius ...
    In his third and most powerful work of fiction, the acclaimed author of The Coming of Rain and Bound for the Promised Land—biographer also of Thomas More—immerses us in the rich life of an American town, in the subtle and complex experience of becoming an American, in the good and evil of a time gone by.The place is Bourbonville, Tennessee. The time: the end of the First World War. The protagonist ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • An Affair of Honor

    by Richard Marius ...
    In this powerful novel—the capstone to Richard Marius’s illustrious career—a gripping double murder propels the small, Bible-obsessed town of Bourbonville, Tennessee, into connection with the wider society opening up in the years following World War II.At the center: Charles Alexander, twenty, groomed from birth by his mother to be a Baptist minister,teetering on the edge of his faith. In his last ... Read more

    Was $7.99 CAD Now $5.99 CAD

  • The Unexceptional Case of Haiti

    Race and Class Privilege in Postcolonial Bourgeois Society

    by Philippe-Richard Marius ...
    Series series Caribbean Studies Series
    When Philippe-Richard Marius arrived in Port-au-Prince to begin fieldwork for this monograph, to him and to legions of people worldwide, Haiti was axiomatically the first Black Republic. Descendants of Africans did in fact create the Haitian nation-state on January 1, 1804, as the outcome of a slave uprising that defeated white supremacy in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Haiti’s Founding ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Modern C++: Efficient and Scalable Application Development

    Leverage the modern features of C++ to overcome difficulties in various stages of application development

    by Richard Grimes, Marius Bancila ...
    Create apps in C++ and leverage its latest features using modern programming techniques.Key FeaturesDevelop strong C++ skills to build a variety of applicationsExplore features of C++17, such as containers, algorithms, and threadsGrasp the standard support for threading and concurrency and use them in basic daily tasksBook DescriptionC++ is one of the most widely used programming languages. It is ... Read more

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  • Peachtree Road

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  • The Secrets of Newberry

    by Victor McGlothin ...
    Two lifelong friends are about to discover the hard side of life in The Big Easy after a heinous crime is committed . . .The Secret of Newberry1950s New Orleans couldn't be sweeter for Ivory "Bones" Arcineaux and Hampton Bynote. Friends since meeting at an illegal gambling house outside Newberry, Louisiana, they indulge themselves with all the fine women, good food, and wild nights they can handle ... Read more

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  • The Living is Easy

    by Dorothy West, Adelaide M. Cromwell ...
    This stunning first novel by the author of The Wedding is one of only a handful of novels published by black women during the 1940s. It tells the story of Cleo Judson-daughter of southern sharecroppers and wife of "Black Banana King" Bart Judson. Cleo seeks to recreate her original family by urging her sisters and their children to live with her, while rearing her daughter to be a member of Boston ... Read more

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    Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell

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  • Alice Munro's Best

    Selected Stories

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    In her lengthy and fascinating introduction Margaret Atwood says “Alice Munro is among the major writers of English fiction of our time. . . . Among writers themselves, her name is spoken in hushed tones.”This splendid gift edition is sure to delight Alice Munro’s growing body of admirers, what Atwood calls her “devoted international readership.” Long-time fans of her stories will enjoy meeting ... Read more

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