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  • The Skye Trail

    A challenging backpacking route from Rubha Hunish to Broadford

    Discover the rugged beauty, dramatic ridges, and wild landscapes of the Skye Trail, an 80-mile (128 km) north-to-south trek across the Isle of Skye. Starting at Rubha Hunish and finishing at Broadford, the route threads past the Trotternish Ridge, the Quiraing and Old Man of Storr, crosses Glen Sligachan between the Black Cuillin and the Red Hills, enters the dramatic Cuillin mountains, and passes ... Read more

    $26.29 CAD

  • The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry

    A History of Misery and Medicine

    This account of the infamous asylum is "an excellent record of greed and corruption, but it is also a powerful testimonial to compassion and kindness" ( Hidden City).The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crowded and patients lived in shocking conditions. The mentally ill were quartered with the ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the Comparative Archaeology of Slavery

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Across the globe today, hundreds of archaeologists are engaged in the study of slavery (now better known as enslavement) and its contemporary legacies. Many work collaboratively at times, either in the field or in the lab, but for the most part, these researchers tend to operate in sub-disciplinary silos whose parameters are defined both temporally and geographically: Ottoman Slavery, North ... Read more

    $224.39 CAD

  • Military Orders and Crusades

    Essays Presented to Helen J. Nicholson

    Edited by Peter Edbury, Paul Webster ...
    Series series The Military Religious Orders
    This volume celebrates the work and impact of Professor Helen Nicholson by bringing together twenty-two chapters by colleagues, former students and friends which focus on her major research interests: the Military Orders, women in the Middle Ages and the history of the crusades and the Latin East.These chapters develop and continue discussion that owes much to Nicholson’s research contributions, ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Scottish Island Bagging

    The Walkhighlands Guide to the Islands of Scotland

    Scottish Island Bagging by Helen and Paul Webster, founders of Walkhighlands, is a guide to the magical islands of Scotland.Focusing on the ninety-nine islands that have regular trips or means of access for visitors, plus fifty-five other islands which have no regular transport but are still of significant size or interest, the authors have described the best ways to experience each one. Of the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Great Scottish Walks

    The Walkhighlands guide to Scotland's best long-distance trails

    Great Scottish Walks by Helen and Paul Webster, founders of Walkhighlands, is a comprehensive guide to the 26 best long-distance hiking trails in Scotland. Whether you're keen to experience classic trails such as the West Highland Way, discover more accessible trails like the Forth & Clyde Union Canal Towpath in the Central Belt or yearn for the remote wilderness of walks like the Cape Wrath Trail ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Legacy of Dell Hymes

    Ethnopoetics, Narrative Inequality, and Voice

    The accomplishments and enduring influence of renowned anthropologist Dell Hymes are showcased in these essays by leading practitioners in the field. Hymes (1927–2009) is arguably best known for his pioneering work in ethnopoetics, a studied approach to Native verbal art that elucidates cultural significance and aesthetic form. As these essays amply demonstrate, nearly six decades later ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Legacy of Dell Hymes

    Ethnopoetics, Narrative Inequality, and Voice

    The accomplishments and enduring influence of renowned anthropologist Dell Hymes are showcased in these essays by leading practitioners in the field. Hymes (1927–2009) is arguably best known for his pioneering work in ethnopoetics, a studied approach to Native verbal art that elucidates cultural significance and aesthetic form. As these essays amply demonstrate, nearly six decades later ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In this handbook, a group of 40 scholars and practitioners from some 30 countries takes a critical look at the contemporary practice of diplomacy. Many assume diplomacy evolves naturally, and that state- and non-state actors are powerless to make significant changes. But Diplomacy’s methods, its key institutions and conventions were agreed more than six decades ago. None take account of the ... Read more

    $267.99 CAD

  • History of the Dukes of Normandy and the Kings of England by the Anonymous of Béthune

    Edited by Paul Webster ...
    Series series Crusade Texts in Translation
    In the first quarter of the thirteenth century, an anonymous Flemish writer set in writing, in Old French, a chronicle of Normandy, England, Flanders and northern France. It ranged from the arrival of the Vikings in Normandy to the early years of the reign of King Henry III of England, ending with an account of the translation of the relics of St Thomas Becket to their magnificent new shrine in ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Making Diplomacy Work

    Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World

    Making Diplomacy Work: Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World is a critical and comprehensive survey of how diplomacy works. While most discussions of diplomatic reform stop short of proposing concrete ideas to make diplomacy work better, this text suggests doable initiatives that could make diplomacy more versatile, more attuned to modern realities, and more capable of confronting the shared ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Moncada

    A Cuban Story

    Moncada is one of the first words young Cuban biologist Felipe Triana learned as he was growing up. He was taught to say the word, and he was told that it was not just for him, but for every Cuban. Felipe, like many of the other young Cubans, has known nothing but the fifty-year-old revolution which still controls their lives but offers them less and less. An unconventional diplomatic story, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD