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  • The Picnic

    A Rush for Freedom and the Collapse of Communism

    by Matthew Longo ...
    **Winner of the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political WritingA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Slate"A terrific work of history." —Dan Kois, Slate"A vivid, fast-paced narrative." —Andrew Meier, New York Times Book ReviewThe gripping story of a collective passion for freedom that shook the world.**In August 1989, a group of Hungarian ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Borders

    Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen after 9/11

    by Matthew Longo ...
    Series series Problems of International Politics
    Borders sit at the center of global politics. Yet they are too often understood as thin lines, as they appear on maps, rather than as political institutions in their own right. This book takes a detailed look at the evolution of border security in the United States after 9/11. Far from the walls and fences that dominate the news, it reveals borders to be thick, multi-faceted and binational ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    Dispatches from a Changing World

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  • The Human Use of Human Beings

    Cybernetics and Society

    by Norbert Wiener ...
    For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert ... Read more

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  • The Wandering Mind

    What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction

    by Jamie Kreiner ...
    A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge—and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later.The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We fantasize about escaping our screens. We dream of ... Read more

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  • Blank Space

    A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century

    by W. David Marx ...
    **A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025 · A People Best Book of November 2025 · An NPR Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2025A revealing exploration of a quarter century of cultural stagnation, examining the commercial and technological forces that have come to dominate contemporary culture—from music and fashion to art, film, TV, and beyond* ... Read more

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  • How to Be a Dictator

    The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

    by Frank Dikötter ...
    From the Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of China After Mao , a sweeping and timely study of twentieth-century dictators and the development of the modern cult of personality.No dictator can rule through fear and violence alone. Naked power can be grabbed and held temporarily, but it never suffices in the long term. In the twentieth century, as new technologies allowed leaders to place their ... Read more

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  • City of Sedition

    The History of New York City during the Civil War

    by John Strausbaugh ...
    The definitive spellbinding story of the huge—and hugely conflicted—role New York City played in the Civil War."Populated by an epic cast of characters lurching through evocative tableaux at a breakneck pace, Mr. Strausbaugh's book stands alone, but never still."― The Wall Street JournalWinner of the Fletcher Pratt Award for Best NonfictionNo city was more of a help to Abraham Lincoln and t... ... Read more

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  • Good Arguments

    How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

    by Bo Seo ...
    **“The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter—and everyone around you wiser.” —Adam GrantTwo-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team, Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion**When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to ... Read more

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  • The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940–1945

    by Frank McDonough ...
    The Second Volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending with his death and Germany's disastrous defeat.In The Hitler Years: Disaster 1940-1945, Frank McDonough completes his brilliant two-volume history of Germany under Hitler's Third Reich.At the beginning of 1940, Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945, Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a ... Read more

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  • Lakota America

    A New History of Indigenous Power

    by Pekka Hv§mv§lv§inen ...
    Series series The Lamar Series in Western History
    The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America's history."Impressive. . . . Lakota America takes us from the sixteenth century to the present, with painstaking, carefully marshaled detail, but its real feat is in threading how the Lakota philosophy and vision of the world guided their reinventions and their dealings with colonial powers. . . . ... Read more

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  • Kochland

    The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America

    by Christopher Leonard ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * WINNER OF THE J ANTHONY LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES, NPR, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL * FINALIST FOR THE FINACIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR**“Superb…Among the best books ever written about an American corporation.” —Bryan Burrough, The New York Times Boo... ... Read more

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