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  • Crises of Empire

    Decolonization and Europe's Imperial States

    Crises of Empire offers a comprehensive and uniquely comparative analysis of the history of decolonization in the British, French and Dutch empires. By comparing the processes of decolonization across three of the major modern empires, from the aftermath of the First World War to the late 20th century, the authors are able to analyse decolonization as a long-term process. They explore significant ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting

    The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla is both a technical compendium and a landmark document in the history of electrical modernity. Bringing together Tesla's lectures, patents, experimental reports, and explanatory essays, the volume presents alternating-current motors, high-frequency phenomena, wireless illumination, and early conceptions of power transmission with unusual ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clever Men

    How worlds collided on the scientific expedition to Arnhem Land of 1948

    by Martin Thomas ...
    What really happened when Charles Mountford led a quarrelsome team of Australian and American scientists to explore traditional Aboriginal life in Arnhem Land in 1948.WINNER of the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award**SHORTLISTED for the 2026 Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction'Here was I with the status of little more than a telephone mechanic, taking out the biggest scientific ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Ancient Greece, Second Edition

    From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

    Narrated by John Lescault ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 59 min

    In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century BC. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, Martin integrates political, military, social, and cultural history in a book that will appeal to students and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antonio Gramsci: working-class revolutionary

    Essays and interviews

    This booklet discusses a major recent study on Antonio Gramsci's "Prison Notebooks" - Peter Thomas's "The Gramscian Moment" - and argues that the Notebooks were in fact a powerful contribution to the working-out of revolutionary working-class strategy in developed capitalist societies. ... Read more

    $3.69 CAD

  • Ancient Greece

    In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, Martin integrates political, military, social, and cultural history in a book that will appeal to students and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

    This compact, comprehensive, and generously illustrated history of ancient Greece takes us from the Stone Age roots of Greek civilization to the early Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great.Designed for nonspecialist readers, it will be a welcome and needed resource for all who wish to learn about this important subject.Thomas Martin begins with a prehistory of late Stone ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The End of Empires and a World Remade

    A Global History of Decolonization

    A capacious history of decolonization from the decline of empires to the era of globalizationEmpires, until recently, were everywhere. They shaped borders, stirred conflicts, and set the terms of international politics. With the collapse of empire came a fundamental reorganization of our world. Decolonization unfolded across territories as well as within them. Its struggles became ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD

  • Phocion

    Good Citizen in a Divided Democracy

    Series series Ancient Lives
    Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfallPhocion (402–318 BCE) won Athens’s highest public office by direct democratic election an unmatched forty-five times and was officially honored as a “Useful Citizen.” A student at Plato’s Academy, Phocion gained influence and power during a time when Athens faced multiple crises ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla

    Enriched edition. With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting

    In "The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla," Thomas Commerford Martin presents an insightful compilation of Tesla's groundbreaking work, highlighting the prodigious inventions that paved the way for modern electrical engineering. The book is characterized by a technical yet accessible literary style, intertwining thorough explanations with captivating anecdotes that illustrate ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heavy Weather Sailing 8th edition

    For over 50 years Heavy Weather Sailing has been regarded as the ultimate international authority on surviving storms at sea aboard sailing and motor vessels.In this book, former Commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club Martin Thomas brings together a wealth of expert advice from many of the great sailors of the present, including fresh accounts of yachts overtaken by extreme weather, from Ewan ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Late Colonial Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies

    Edited by Martin Thomas, Gareth Curless ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The lethality of conflicts between insurgent groups and counter-insurgent security forces has risen markedly since the Second World War just as those of conventional, or inter-state wars have declined. For several decades, conflicts within states rather than between them have been the prevalent form of organised political violence worldwide. Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria have ... Read more

    $150.99 CAD