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  • Shadow Empires

    An Alternative Imperial History

    by Thomas J. Barfield ...
    An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world’s first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, but not the empires that emerged on their margins in response to them over the course of 2,500 years. These counterempires or shadow empires, which changed the course of history, include the ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Afghanistan

    A Cultural and Political History, Second Edition

    by Thomas J. Barfield ...
    A major history of Afghanistan and its changing political cultureAfghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • The War for Afghanistan: A Very Brief History

    From Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

    by Thomas J. Barfield ...
    Series Book 9 - Princeton Shorts
    When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempted: to create an Afghani state where none existed. More than a decade on, the new regime in Kabul remains plagued by illegitimacy and ineffectiveness. What happened? As Thomas Barfield shows, the history of previous efforts to build governments in Afghanistan does much to explain ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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    Self Publishing: How to Publish a Book on Amazon Kdp for Beginners (A Step-by-step Beginners Guide to Building a Profitable Self-publishing Business)

    by Thomas Barfield ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 50 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The stigmas have faded, self-publishing is the future of publishing, and—from the looks of things—amazon kdp is the future of self-publishing.Not only is it the future, but as of now, kdp is the best option for writers looking to self-publish while making a real, livable income.The benefits of publishing through amazon are immense. There are virtually ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Factors in Intelligent Transportation Systems

    Edited by Woodrow Barfield, Thomas A. Dingus ...
    The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program is a cooperative effort by government, private industry, and academia to apply advanced technology to the task of resolving the problems of surface transportation. The objective is to improve travel efficiency and mobility, enhance safety, conserve energy, provide economic benefits, and protect the environment. The current demand for mobility has ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD

  • The Meaning of Love

    by Vladimir Solovyov, Thomas R. Beyer ...
    Translated by jane Marshall ...
    Series series Philosophy
    "The meaning and worth of love as a feeling is that it really forces us, with all our being, to acknowledge for another the same absolute significance that, because of the power of egoism, we are conscious of only in our own selves. Love is important, not only as one of our feelings but as the transfer of all our interest in life from ourselves to another, as the shifting of the very center of our ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Afghan Endgames

    Strategy and Policy Choices for America's Longest War

    by Hy Rothstein, John Arquilla, Victor Davis Hanson, Thomas Barfield, Andrew J. Bacevich, Frederick W. Kagan, Edward N. Luttwak, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Leo J. Blanken0, Russell Muirhead1, Robert Reilly2, Jade I. Rodriguez3, Rebecca Lorentz4 ...
    Series series South Asia in World Affairs series
    The United States and its allies have been fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan for a decade in a war that either side could still win. While a gradual drawdown has begun, significant numbers of US combat troops will remain in Afghanistan until at least 2014, perhaps longer, depending on the situation on the ground and the outcome of the US presidential election in 2012. Given the ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan

    Anthropological Perspectives

    by M. Nazif Shahrani, Robert L. Canfield, Louis Dupree, David J. Katz, R. Lincoln Keiser, Thomas J. Barfield, Hugh Beattie, Richard Tapper, Bahram Tavakolian0, Jon W. Anderson1, Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper2, Nancy Dupree3 ...
    When originally published in 1984, Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan provided the first focused consideration of the 1978 Saur Revolution and the subsequent Soviet invasion and occupation of the country. Nearly four decades later, its conclusions remain crucial to understanding Afghanistan today.In this much-anticipated re-release, Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan offers an ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

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  • Afghanistan

    by David Isby ...
    A startling history of modern Afghanistan: the story of a country caught in a vortex of terror.Veteran defense analyst and Afghanistan expert David Isby provides an insightful and meticulously researched look at the current situation in Afghanistan, her history, and what he believes must be done so that the US and NATO coalition can succeed in what has historically been known as “the graveyard of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Civilization

    The West and the Rest

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower“A dazzling history of Western ideas.”—The Economist“Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal“[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe**Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • And the Mountains Echoed

    by Khaled Hosseini ...
    Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world.His novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. Now, six years after A Thousand Splendid Suns debuted at #1, spending fourteen consecutive weeks at #1 and nearly a full year on the hardcover list, Hosseini returns with a book that is broader in scope and setting than anything he's ever written before.A ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Career of Evil

    by Robert Galbraith ...
    Series Book 3 - A Cormoran Strike Novel
    A disturbing package leads Detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott to investigate four dangerous murder suspects in this "magnetic" British mystery (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike.When Robin Ellacott opens an unexpected delivery, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.Her boss, private ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook