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  • Time Stood Still

    My Internment in England: 1914-1918

    A masterpiece of humanism, Time Stood Still recounts Paul Cohen-Portheim's years of internment in England as an enemy alien during World War One. An artist and theatre designer, he at first viewed internment as a sort of holiday: 'Should I bring my bathing things and evening dress?' he asked the policeman taking him prisoner. Though confined in a 'gentleman's camp' near Wakefield, as Cohen ... Read more

    $14.74 CAD

  • Manhattan in Maps 1527-2014

    Series series New York City
    More than 400 years of history unfold in the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume, which presents sixty-five full-color maps of America's oldest major city. This is Manhattan's first atlas of historical maps, gathered from private collections and libraries throughout the world. From Giovanni da Verrazzano's first glimpse of New York Harbor in the sixteenth century to a modern aerial survey of ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • History and Popular Memory

    The Power of Story in Moments of Crisis

    by Paul Cohen ...
    When people experience a traumatic event, such as war or the threat of annihilation, they often turn to history for stories that promise a positive outcome to their suffering. During World War II, the French took comfort in the story of Joan of Arc and her heroic efforts to rid France of foreign occupation. To bring the Joan narrative more into line with current circumstances, however, popular ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • Existentialism Is a Humanism

    Translated by Carol Macomber ...
    A new translation of two seminal works of existentialismIt was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Jean-Paul Sartre, the most dominent European intellectual of the post-World War II decades, accepted an invitation to speak on October 29, 1945, at the Club Maintenant in Paris. The unstated objective of his lecture (“Existentialism Is a Humanism”) was to expound his philosophy as ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Discovering History in China

    American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past

    by Paul Cohen ...
    Series series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
    Since its first publication, Paul A. Cohen's Discovering History in China has occupied a singular place in American China scholarship. Translated into three East Asian languages, the volume has become essential to the study of China from the early nineteenth century to today.Cohen critiques the work of leading postwar scholars and is especially adamant about not reading China through the lens of ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • The Glamshack

    by Paul Cohen ...
    Reluctant fashion journalist Henry Folsom is in love with Her, a deer-hued snake-taut beauty whose smile is an Event. The only problem is Her fiancé in New Orleans. And She’s going to see him for twelve days, while Henry smolders in The Glamshack, his borrowed Silicon Valley poolhouse and site of their months-long affair. Mesmerized by the American Indian wars, grasping for the divine as he ... Read more

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  • The Glamshack

    by Paul Cohen ...
    Reluctant fashion journalist Henry Folsom is in love with Her, a deer-hued snake-taut beauty whose smile is an Event. The only problem is Her fiancé in New Orleans. And She’s going to see him for twelve days, while Henry smolders in The Glamshack, his borrowed Silicon Valley poolhouse and site of their months-long affair. Mesmerized by the American Indian wars, grasping for the divine as he ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Piety and Politics

    Catholic Revival and the Generation of 1905-1914 in France

    by Paul M. Cohen ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: 19th Century Religion
    In this book, first published in 1984, Paul Cohen examines the Catholic revival among the young French intelligentsia prior to the First World War. He explores this intellectual revival by studying that period’s "talas", the Catholic students at the elite Ecole Normale Supérieure, and devotes his attention to some of the highest-profile coverts, such as Charles Péguy and Jacques Maritain. This ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • China Unbound

    Evolving Perspectives on the Chinese Past

    by Paul A. Cohen ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
    This volume contains a number of articles on modern Chinese history and historiography written by one of the leading academic experts on the subject. The author provides a critique of older approaches to nineteenth-century history and offers powerful reinterpretations of such key events in the recent history of China as the boxer rebellion, Mao's ascension to power in 1949, and the process of ... Read more

    $147.02 CAD

  • Atlas of Image-Guided Spinal Procedures E-Book

    Atlas of Image-Guided Spinal Procedures E-Book

    Give your patients the non-surgical spine pain relief they need with help from the Atlas of Image-Guided Spinal Procedures by Dr. Michael Bruce Furman. This medical reference book features a highly visual atlas format that shows you exactly how to safely and efficiently perform each technique step-by-step. A unique, systematic, safe, and efficient approach makes Atlas of Image-Guided Spinal ... Read more

    $149.59 CAD

  • Speaking to History

    The Story of King Goujian in Twentieth-Century China

    by Paul A. Cohen ...
    Series Book 16 - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
    The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. Yet most Americans—even students and specialists of this era—have never heard of Goujian. In Speaking to History, Paul A. Cohen opens this previously missing (to the West) chapter of China's recent history. He connects the story to each ... Read more

    $34.09 CAD

  • Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life

    New Perspectives on Treatment, Research, and Policy

    By 2050, the number of people aged sixty years and older with schizophrenia is expected to double and affect about 10 million people worldwide. Psychoses are among the most common experiences in later life, with a lifetime risk of 23 percent. As a result, there is a looming crisis in mental health care. Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life is the first major multidisciplinary reference on ... Read more

    $78.39 CAD