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  • Language City

    The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

    par Ross Perlin ...
    From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planetHalf of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and—because many have never been recorded ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • Intern Nation

    How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy

    par Ross Perlin ...
    Millions of young people—and increasingly some not-so-young people—now work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand magazine offices, legislative backrooms, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, map the human genome, and pick up garbage. Intern Nation is the first exposé of the exploitative world of internships. In this witty, astonishing, and serious ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

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    Language City

    The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

    par Ross Perlin ...
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    10 heure 53 min

    Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and codirector of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York. Perlin recounts the unique history of ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD

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    The Achilles Trap

    Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

    par Steve Coll ...
    Lu par Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Version Longue

    17 heure 58 min

    **A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker • Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • Finalist for the PEN America Literary Award“Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator’s thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before.” —The New York ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD

  • Far and Away

    Reporting from the Brink of Change

    par Andrew Solomon ...
    From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics’ Circle Award—and one of the most original thinkers of our time—“Andrew Solomon’s magisterial Far and Away collects a quarter-century of soul-shaking essays” (Vanity Fair). Travel narrative and global cultures come alive in this extraordinary collection.Far and Away chronicles Andrew Solomon’s writings about places ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • You Are What You Speak

    Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity

    "An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - KirkusWhat is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or even rage? For centuries, sticklers the world over have donned the cloak of authority to control the way people use words. Now this sensational new book ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $8.99 CAD Maintenant $5.99 CAD

  • Found in Translation

    How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

    Translation. It’s everywhere we look, but seldom seen—until now. Found in Translation reveals the surprising and complex ways that translation shapes the world. Covering everything from holy books to hurricane warnings and poetry to peace treaties, Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche offer language lovers and pop culture fans alike an insider’s view of the ways in which translation spreads culture, ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • The English is Coming!

    How One Language is Sweeping the World

    English has fast become the number one language for everything from business and science, diplomacy and education, entertainment and environmentalism to socializing and beyond—virtually any human activity unfolding on a global scale. Worldwide, nonnative speakers of English now outnumber natives three to one; and in China alone, more people use English than in the United States—a remarkable feat ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • A Practical Guide to Racism

    par C. H. Dalton ...
    "Read it with someone you hate."—Jon StewartA hilarious look at the races of the world—capturing the proud history and bright future of racism in one handy, authoritative, and deeply offensive volume.Whether you’re laughing, cringing, or some combination of the two, A Practical Guide to Racism is sure to entertain. According to C. H. Dalton, a professor of racialist studies and an expert on ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Half and Half

    Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural

    As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin. Simple questions like What are you? and Where are you from? aren't answered--they are discussed.How do you measure someone's race or culture? Half this, quarter that, born here, raised there. What name ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $10.99 CAD Maintenant $7.99 CAD

  • Fear of Black Consciousness

    par Lewis R. Gordon ...
    Lewis R. Gordon's Fear of Black Consciousness is a groundbreaking account of Black consciousness by a leading philosopherIn this original and penetrating work, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black existentialism and anti-Blackness, takes the reader on a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • Violent Phenomena

    Essays Toward the Future of Literary Translation

    “These essays, deftly blending the political and the personal, offer fresh, galvanizing, and passionate perspectives on literary translation.”—Jhumpa LahiriA manifesto in 22 essays, Violent Phenomena breaks stale rules about who can and should translate, envisioning a future more reflective of the beautiful polyphony of literature in all languages.?What would it take to unlearn centuries of ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD