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The Origin of the World

by Pierre Michon, Roger Shattuck ...

Translated by Wyatt Mason ...

Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
This spare, unforgettable novel is Pierre Michon’s luminous exploration of the mysteries of desire. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and sleepless nights, he falls under the spell of a town resident, a woman of seductive beauty and singular charm.Yvonne. Yvonne. “Everything about her screamed desire…setting something in motion while ... Read more

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This spare, unforgettable novel is Pierre Michon’s luminous exploration of the mysteries of desire. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and sleepless nights, he falls under the spell of a town resident, a woman of seductive beauty and singular charm.Yvonne. Yvonne. “Everything about her screamed desire…setting something in motion while
... Read more
Governing Cities Through Regions

Canadian and European Perspectives

Edited by Roger Keil, Pierre Hamel, Julie-Anne Boudreau, Stefan Kipfer ...

The region is back in town. Galloping urbanization has pushed beyond historical notions of metropolitanism. City-regions have experienced, in Edward Soja’s terms, “an epochal shift in the nature of the city and the urbanization process, marking the beginning of the end of the modern metropolis as we knew it.”Governing Cities Through Regions broadens and deepens our understanding of metropolitan ... Read more

$31.19 CAD

The region is back in town. Galloping urbanization has pushed beyond historical notions of metropolitanism. City-regions have experienced, in Edward Soja’s terms, “an epochal shift in the nature of the city and the urbanization process, marking the beginning of the end of the modern metropolis as we knew it.”Governing Cities Through Regions broadens and deepens our understanding of metropolitan
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Spirituality of Creation, Evolution, and Work

Catherine Keller and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Edited by Roger Haight S.J., Alfred Pach, Amanda Avila Kaminski ...

Series series Past Light on Present Life: Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality
Two developments that occurred over the course of the nineteenth century had a strong impact on Christian theology. The first was a deepening of the implications of historical consciousness, and the second was the impact of science on Christian self-understanding. Marx’s sociology of knowledge symbolizes the first; Darwin’s analysis of evolution symbolizes the second. These intellectual ... Read more

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Two developments that occurred over the course of the nineteenth century had a strong impact on Christian theology. The first was a deepening of the implications of historical consciousness, and the second was the impact of science on Christian self-understanding. Marx’s sociology of knowledge symbolizes the first; Darwin’s analysis of evolution symbolizes the second. These intellectual
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Recovering Politics, Civilization, and the Soul

Essays on Pierre Manent and Roger Scruton

by Daniel J. Mahoney ...

The Western inheritance is under sustained theoretical and practical assault. Legitimate self-criticism has given way to nihilistic self-loathing and cultural, moral, and political repudiation is the order of the day. Yet, as Daniel J. Mahoney shows in this learned, eloquent, and provocative set of essays, two contemporary philosophic thinkers, Roger Scruton and Pierre Manent, have––separately and ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

The Western inheritance is under sustained theoretical and practical assault. Legitimate self-criticism has given way to nihilistic self-loathing and cultural, moral, and political repudiation is the order of the day. Yet, as Daniel J. Mahoney shows in this learned, eloquent, and provocative set of essays, two contemporary philosophic thinkers, Roger Scruton and Pierre Manent, have––separately and
... Read more
Suburban Governance

A Global View

Edited by Roger Keil, Pierre Hamel ...

Series series Global Suburbanisms
North American gated communities, African squatter settlements, European housing estates, and Chinese urban villages all share one thing in common: they represent types of suburban space. As suburban growth becomes the dominant urban process of the twenty-first century, its governance poses an increasingly pressing set of global challenges.In Suburban Governance: A Global View, editors Pierre ... Read more

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North American gated communities, African squatter settlements, European housing estates, and Chinese urban villages all share one thing in common: they represent types of suburban space. As suburban growth becomes the dominant urban process of the twenty-first century, its governance poses an increasingly pressing set of global challenges.In Suburban Governance: A Global View, editors Pierre
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Archives of Infamy

Foucault on State Power in the Lives of Ordinary Citizens

Translated by Thomas Scott-Railton ...

by Roger Chartier, Stuart Elden, Arlette Farge, Michel Foucault, Jean-Philippe Guinle, Michel Heurteaux, Lynne Huffer, Pierre Nora, Michael Rey, Elizabeth Wingrove ...

Expanding the insights of Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault’s Disorderly Families into policing, public order, (in)justice, and daily lifeWhat might it mean for ordinary people to intervene in the circulation of power between police and the streets, sovereigns and their subjects? How did the police come to understand themselves as responsible for the circulation of people as much as things—and to ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Expanding the insights of Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault’s Disorderly Families into policing, public order, (in)justice, and daily lifeWhat might it mean for ordinary people to intervene in the circulation of power between police and the streets, sovereigns and their subjects? How did the police come to understand themselves as responsible for the circulation of people as much as things—and to
... Read more
The Sociologist and the Historian

by Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier ...

In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Published here for the first time, these conversations are an accessible and engaging introduction to the work of these two great thinkers, who discuss their work and explore the similarities and differences between their ... Read more

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In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Published here for the first time, these conversations are an accessible and engaging introduction to the work of these two great thinkers, who discuss their work and explore the similarities and differences between their
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Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale, a full cast, Roger Allam, Stella Gonet, Jonathan Firth, Stephen Mangan ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

2 hours 29 min

Telling his followers he is leaving the city on affairs of state, the Duke of Vienna appoints the puritanical Angelo to govern in his absence. Will Angelo prove as virtuous as he seems once power is in his hands?Roaming the city disguised as a friar, the duke looks on as Angelo’s lust for the virtuous Isabella sweeps him into the corruption he has so sternly condemned in others.The duke’s ... Read more

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Telling his followers he is leaving the city on affairs of state, the Duke of Vienna appoints the puritanical Angelo to govern in his absence. Will Angelo prove as virtuous as he seems once power is in his hands?Roaming the city disguised as a friar, the duke looks on as Angelo’s lust for the virtuous Isabella sweeps him into the corruption he has so sternly condemned in others.The duke’s
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Understanding Esports

An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon

by Jessalyn Coble, Gabriella Devia-Allen, Catherine Einstein, Mark Grabowski, Jue Hou, Kyra Keene, Jake Kucek, Madison Lanier, Timothy Mirabito, Michael Naraine, Laura Purcell, R. Pierre Rodgers, Andrew Shaw, Brett Sherrick, L. Paul Strait, Damion Sturm, Henry Wear, Steve Young, Kelly L. Adams, Ellen B. Drogin Rodgers, Lee K. Farquhar, John George IV, James D. Ivory, Maria A. Moore, Brenda P. Wiggins, Andrew C. Billings, Nick Bowman, Gregory A. Cranmer, David P. Hedlund, Karen McGrath ...

Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon places professional Esports, a rapidly growing industry, in both the cultural and athletic landscape. This book explores how the rise of professional gaming has shaped—and been shaped by—media trends, interpersonal communication, and what it means to be classified as an athlete. Ryan Rogers has assembled contributors from a variety of ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon places professional Esports, a rapidly growing industry, in both the cultural and athletic landscape. This book explores how the rise of professional gaming has shaped—and been shaped by—media trends, interpersonal communication, and what it means to be classified as an athlete. Ryan Rogers has assembled contributors from a variety of
... Read more
Soil Carbon

Science, Management and Policy for Multiple Benefits

by Dave Abson, Christiano Ballabio, Francesca Bampa, Andre Bationo, Niels Batjes, Martial Bernoux, Tapas Bhattacharyya, Daniel Buschiazzo, Carlos Eduardo Cerri, Rich Conant, Heitor L.C. Coutinho, Chris Duffy, Christian Feller, Roger Funk, Patrick Gicheru, Marty Goldhaber, Hans Joosten, Pierre-Alain Maron, Luca Montanarella, Generose Nziguheba, Genxing Pan, Unai Pascual, David Powlson, Pete Smith, Meine van Noordwijk, Bas van Wesemael, David Werner, Yongcun Zhao ...

This book brings together the essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon for sustaining Earth's life support system for humanity. Covering the science and policy background for this important natural resource, it describes land management options that improve soil carbon status and therefore increase the benefits that humans derive from the ... Read more

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This book brings together the essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon for sustaining Earth's life support system for humanity. Covering the science and policy background for this important natural resource, it describes land management options that improve soil carbon status and therefore increase the benefits that humans derive from the
... Read more
Reading Capital

The Complete Edition

by Louis Althusser, Roger Establet, Jacques Ranciere, Pierre Macherey ...

A classic work of Marxist analysis, available unabridged for the first timeOriginally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations. Louis Althusser, the French Marxist philosopher, maintained that Marx’s project could only be revived if its scientific and revolutionary novelty was thoroughly divested of ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

A classic work of Marxist analysis, available unabridged for the first timeOriginally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations. Louis Althusser, the French Marxist philosopher, maintained that Marx’s project could only be revived if its scientific and revolutionary novelty was thoroughly divested of
... Read more
Aphids as Crop Pests

by Caroline S Awmack, Sebastiano Barbagallo, Chris Bass, James R Bell, A Nicholas Birch, Roger Blackman, Thierry Brévault, Jacques Brodeur, Toby J A Bruce, Mauricio G Chang, Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza, Rosemary Rosemary, Piero Cravedi, T G Emyr Davies, Charles-Antoine Dedryver, Jean-Philippe Deguine, Ian Denholm, Gregor Devine, Alan Devonshire, Alan M Dewar, Angela E Douglas, Victor Eastop, Owain Edwards, Frédéric Fabre, Alberto Fereres, Linda M Field, Stan Finch, Stephen P Foster, Michael P D Garratt, Robert T Glinwood, Fiona L Goggin, Geoff Gurr, Dr Ann E. Hajek, Thierry Hance, Jim Hardie, Udo Heimbach, Dr George E. Heimpel, Gemma L Hough, Maurice Hullé, Rufus Isaacs, Dr Michael E. Irwin, Dr Gail E. Kampmeier, Fatemeh Kohandani-Tafresh, Shinkichi Komazaki, Christophe Lacomme, Simon R Leather, Samuel G Leigh, Hugh D Loxdale, Dr Manfred Mackauer, Dr Robert R Martin, J P Michaud, Françoise Munaut, Dr Xinzhi Ni, Dr Judith K. Pell, Jan Pettersson, John A. Pickett, Jon Pickup, Jean-Sébastien Pierre, Hans-Michael Poehling, Jeremy Pritchard, Sharron S. Quisenberry, Pierre J. Silvie, John J. Sloggett, Mark Stevens, Denis Tagu, Mark Tatchell, Thomas Thieme, W Fred Tjallingii, Jason M Tylianakis, Laura H Vickers, Christoph Vorburger, Susan E Webb, Martin S Williamson, Steve Wratten, Jing-Jiang Zhou ...

Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochemicals, as well as the shift from control of aphids with insecticides to a more integrated approach ... Read more

$306.99 CAD

Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochemicals, as well as the shift from control of aphids with insecticides to a more integrated approach
... Read more

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