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  • Mock Ritual in the Modern Era

    by Reginald McGinnis, John Vignaux Smyth ...
    Series series OXFORD RITUAL STUDIES SERIES
    Mock Ritual in the Modern Era explores the complex interrelations between ritual and mockery, the latter of which is not infrequently the unofficial face of claims to rationality. McGinnis and Smyth consider how the mocking and parodying of ritual often associated with modern rationalism may itself become ritualized, and other ways in which supposedly sham ritual may survive its "outing." This ... Read more

    $124.99 CAD

  • The Habit of Lying

    Sacrificial Studies in Literature, Philosophy, and Fashion Theory

    by John Vignaux Smyth ...
    Lying appears to be ubiquitous, what Franz Kafka called "a universal principle”; yet, despite a number of recent books on the subject, it has been given comparatively little genuinely systematic attention by philosophers, social scientists, or even literary theorists. In The Habit of Lying John Vignaux Smyth examines three forms of falsification—lying, concealment, and fiction—and makes a strong ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Interpreting Evidence

    Evaluating Forensic Science in the Courtroom

    by Bernard Robertson, G. A. Vignaux, Charles E. H. Berger ...
    This book explains the correct logical approach to analysis of forensic scientific evidence. The focus is on general methods of analysis applicable to all forms of evidence. It starts by explaining the general principles and then applies them to issues in DNA and other important forms of scientific evidence as examples. Like the first edition, the book analyses real legal cases and judgments ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Thorgal - Volume 30 - The Selkie

    by Yann ...
    Series Book 30 - Thorgal
    Thorgal’s daughter Wolfcub wakes up inside a cage, in a fisherman’s hut, after being abducted. A strange-looking woman, a mute little girl, her pet lobster and a young boy terrified of his father – the kidnapper – are the only people there, and none of them are willing to free her. Meanwhile, Thorgal and Jolan are already on her trail, but to find her, they will have to brave the curse of the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Thorgal - Volume 32 - Tupilaqs

    by Yann ...
    Series Book 32 - Thorgal
    Thorgal had a chance to destroy the Atlantean spaceship and its weapons, but couldn’t bring himself to do it, as it also meant sacrificing Jolan. His aborted attempts, however, activated Neokora, the onboard artificial intelligence. First contact was immediately hostile, and the two Vikings soon had to flee both the machine … along with the last survivors of the crew, long thought dead but now ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Thorgal - Volume 31 - Neokora

    by Yann ...
    Series Book 31 - Thorgal
    Thorgal, Jolan, Wolfcub and the two children they rescued from the Selkie are sailing home when they come across a drifting ship. The crew is dead, but a strange, obviously magical creature appears suddenly and attacks. That is merely the first in a series of bizarre events that will force Thorgal to return to a place with strong ties to his own past, as much to protect his family as to prevent ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Kriss of Valnor - Volume 7 - The Mountain of Time

    by Xavier Dorison, Mathieu Mariolle ...
    Series Book 7 - Kriss of Valnor
    While the rest of the world thinks she’s dead – again – Kriss is hellbent on rescuing her son Aniel in Bag Dadh. It’s a long trip, though, and the mercenary woman won’t wait. She needs a shortcut. So she decides to climb the legendary Mountain of Time, as it is said it can alter the passage of days. Yet it’s no mere climb she finds, but rather a full-blown quest … Meanwhile, Jolan must continue ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Kriss of Valnor - Volume 8 - The Master of Justice

    by Mathieu Mariolle ...
    Series Book 8 - Kriss of Valnor
    Trapped in the Master of Justice’s arena, Jolan still believes in the possibility of peace between Vikings and Magnus’s people. But to achieve it, first their rulers need to work together. And that is proving extremely difficult, even with a common enemy … Meanwhile, Kriss must escape from the silver mine once again and resume her ascent of the Mountain of Time in order to catch up to Aniel. No ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • How the French Think

    An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People

    by Sudhir Hazareesingh ...
    Sudhir Hazareesingh's How the French Think is a warm yet incisive exploration of the French intellectual tradition, and its exceptional place in a nation's identity and lifestyleWhy are the French an exceptional nation? Why do they think they are so exceptional? An important reason is that in France intellectual activity is regarded not just as the preserve of the thinking elite but for almost ... Read more

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  • The Dictionary of Homophobia

    A Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience

    Edited by Louis-Georges Tin ...
    "Tin's Dictionary of Homophobia is so sweeping in its scope that one can dip into it again and again and learn something, or confront an idea in which even the most well-read queer will find fresh intellectual nourishment and historical illumination."—Gay City NewsBased on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobiais a mammoth, encyclopedic book that ... Read more

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  • Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love

    by R. Howard Bloch ...
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