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Prisoners of Geography

Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

par Tim Marshall ...

Collections series Politics of Place
UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT EVENTS! In this fascinating New York Times bestseller—fully revised to reflect the events of our current world—award-winning journalist Tim Marshall uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain how physical landscapes influence geopolitical strategies of world leaders, showing “how geography shapes not just history but destiny” (Newsweek).Maps have always captivated us, ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT EVENTS! In this fascinating New York Times bestseller—fully revised to reflect the events of our current world—award-winning journalist Tim Marshall uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain how physical landscapes influence geopolitical strategies of world leaders, showing “how geography shapes not just history but destiny” (Newsweek).Maps have always captivated us,
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Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

par Jared Diamond, Ph.D. ...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize • New York Times Bestseller • Over Two Million Copies Sold“One of the most significant projects embarked upon by any intellectual of our generation” (Gregg Easterbrook, New York Times), Guns, Germs, and Steel presents a groundbreaking, unified narrative of human history.Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, ... En savoir plus

$19.79 CAD

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize • New York Times Bestseller • Over Two Million Copies Sold“One of the most significant projects embarked upon by any intellectual of our generation” (Gregg Easterbrook, New York Times), Guns, Germs, and Steel presents a groundbreaking, unified narrative of human history.Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans,
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The Gates of the Sea

Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe

par Luna Vives ...

The Gates of the Sea examines the paradoxes of maritime search and rescue at Europe’s frontier. Focusing on Spain, Luna Vives explores how governments have redefined maritime rescue systems towards border control. Unlike other European countries, Spain chose not to assign this responsibility to a militarized state security force, but to a civilian agency whose workers often liken themselves to ... En savoir plus

$31.99 CAD

The Gates of the Sea examines the paradoxes of maritime search and rescue at Europe’s frontier. Focusing on Spain, Luna Vives explores how governments have redefined maritime rescue systems towards border control. Unlike other European countries, Spain chose not to assign this responsibility to a militarized state security force, but to a civilian agency whose workers often liken themselves to
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Etiquette

par Emily Post ...

Step into the world of refined manners and social grace with Etiquette by Emily Post. This seminal guide offers timeless principles of decorum that help readers navigate the complexities of social interactions with confidence and poise.Have you ever wondered what truly defines good manners? Emily Post delves into the nuances of etiquette, demonstrating that it’s not just about following rules, but ... En savoir plus

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Step into the world of refined manners and social grace with Etiquette by Emily Post. This seminal guide offers timeless principles of decorum that help readers navigate the complexities of social interactions with confidence and poise.Have you ever wondered what truly defines good manners? Emily Post delves into the nuances of etiquette, demonstrating that it’s not just about following rules, but
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On The Plain Of Snakes

A Mexican Journey

par Paul Theroux ...

The legendary travel writer drives the entire length of the US–Mexico border, then takes the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind the everyday headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples that give life to the places they call home. Now, as immigration debates boil around the world, Theroux has set ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

The legendary travel writer drives the entire length of the US–Mexico border, then takes the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind the everyday headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples that give life to the places they call home. Now, as immigration debates boil around the world, Theroux has set
... En savoir plus
Nomadland

Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

par Jessica Bruder ...

**The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's celebrated film starring Frances McDormand, winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best ActressA Selection of the PBS Newshour-New York Times "Now Read This" Book ClubNew York Times bestseller"People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

**The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's celebrated film starring Frances McDormand, winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best ActressA Selection of the PBS Newshour-New York Times "Now Read This" Book ClubNew York Times bestseller"People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching,
... En savoir plus
Data Empire

The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate

par Roopika Risam ...

BARACK OBAMA’S 2026 SUMMER READING PICKAn NPR, New Scientist, Nautilus, and Next Big Idea Club Best Book of the Month“Here is the new history of mankind demanded by our times.” —Jaron Lanier, author of Who Owns the Future?“A must-read.”—NPR, “15 Books Our Critics Can’t Wait to Read This Summer”“Essential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technolo... ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

BARACK OBAMA’S 2026 SUMMER READING PICKAn NPR, New Scientist, Nautilus, and Next Big Idea Club Best Book of the Month“Here is the new history of mankind demanded by our times.” —Jaron Lanier, author of Who Owns the Future?“A must-read.”—NPR, “15 Books Our Critics Can’t Wait to Read This Summer”“Essential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technolo...
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Concentration and Power in the Food System

Who Controls What We Eat?

par Professor Philip H. Howard ...

Collections series Contemporary Food Studies: Economy, Culture and Politics
Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companies have the power to drive up prices for consumers and reduce their rate of innovation. Researchers have ... En savoir plus

$39.99 CAD

Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companies have the power to drive up prices for consumers and reduce their rate of innovation. Researchers have
... En savoir plus
Food System Transformations

Social Movements, Local Economies, Collaborative Networks

Modifié par Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar, Colin Sage ...

Collections series Critical Food Studies
This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty.It provides detailed insights into a specialised network of social actors collaborating in novel ways and creating new ... En savoir plus

$71.99 CAD

This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty.It provides detailed insights into a specialised network of social actors collaborating in novel ways and creating new
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Lieux du voyage

par Rémy Knafou ...

Le voyage est assurément affaire de lieux, de lieux rêvés et imaginés, de lieux habités et pratiqués. Il constitue l’une des modalités inventées par les hommes pour passer d’un registre à un autre, du rêve à la réalité, du quotidien au hors-quotidien. Mettre en perspective ces représentations, confronter le lieu d’aujourd’hui à ce qu’il était cinquante ans plus tôt, à d’autres lieux comparables à ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD

Le voyage est assurément affaire de lieux, de lieux rêvés et imaginés, de lieux habités et pratiqués. Il constitue l’une des modalités inventées par les hommes pour passer d’un registre à un autre, du rêve à la réalité, du quotidien au hors-quotidien. Mettre en perspective ces représentations, confronter le lieu d’aujourd’hui à ce qu’il était cinquante ans plus tôt, à d’autres lieux comparables à
... En savoir plus
The Crimean Tatars

From Soviet Genocide to Putin's Conquest

par Brian Glyn Williams ...

The Russian annexation of the Crimea in March 2014 focused the world's attention on the Peninsula in ways not seen since the Crimean War. Thousands of Crimean Tatars clashed with pro-Russian militiamen in Simferopol, while Moscow has in turn stoked fears of jihadi terrorism among the overwhelmingly Muslim Tatars as retrospective justification for its invasion. The key thread in this book is the ... En savoir plus

$55.99 CAD

The Russian annexation of the Crimea in March 2014 focused the world's attention on the Peninsula in ways not seen since the Crimean War. Thousands of Crimean Tatars clashed with pro-Russian militiamen in Simferopol, while Moscow has in turn stoked fears of jihadi terrorism among the overwhelmingly Muslim Tatars as retrospective justification for its invasion. The key thread in this book is the
... En savoir plus
Red Dawn Over China

How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

par Frank Dikötter ...

A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land ... ... En savoir plus

$24.69 CAD

A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land ...
... En savoir plus
Feminist City

A Field Guide

par Leslie Kern ...

Leslie Kern wants your city to be feminist. An intrepid feminist geographer, Kern combines memoir, theory, pop culture, and geography in this collection of essays that invites the reader to think differently about city spaces and city life.From the geography of rape culture to the politics of snow removal, the city is an ongoing site of gendered struggle. Yet the city is perhaps also our best hope ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

Leslie Kern wants your city to be feminist. An intrepid feminist geographer, Kern combines memoir, theory, pop culture, and geography in this collection of essays that invites the reader to think differently about city spaces and city life.From the geography of rape culture to the politics of snow removal, the city is an ongoing site of gendered struggle. Yet the city is perhaps also our best hope
... En savoir plus
The Making of Migration

The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe’s Borders

par Martina Tazzioli ...

Collections series Society and Space
The Making of Migration addresses the rapid phenomenon that has become one of the most contentious issues in contemporary life: how are migrants governed as individual subjects and as part of groups? What are the modes of control, identification and partitions that migrants are subjected to?Bringing together an ethnographically grounded analysis of migration, and a critical theoretical engagement ... En savoir plus

$78.99 CAD

The Making of Migration addresses the rapid phenomenon that has become one of the most contentious issues in contemporary life: how are migrants governed as individual subjects and as part of groups? What are the modes of control, identification and partitions that migrants are subjected to?Bringing together an ethnographically grounded analysis of migration, and a critical theoretical engagement
... En savoir plus
Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything

A Theory of Human Misunderstanding

par Bobby Duffy ...

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the ... En savoir plus

$22.99 CAD

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the
... En savoir plus
After Childhood

Re-thinking Environment, Materiality and Media in Children's Lives

par Peter Kraftl ...

Collections series Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series
This book offers a new approach for theorising and undertaking childhood research. It combines insights from childhood and generational studies with object-oriented ontologies, new materialisms, critical race and gender theories to address a range of key, intractable challenges facing children and young people.Bringing together traditional social-scientific research methods with techniques from ... En savoir plus

$86.99 CAD

This book offers a new approach for theorising and undertaking childhood research. It combines insights from childhood and generational studies with object-oriented ontologies, new materialisms, critical race and gender theories to address a range of key, intractable challenges facing children and young people.Bringing together traditional social-scientific research methods with techniques from
... En savoir plus
Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Water Diplomacy

A Principled and Pragmatic Approach

Modifié par Shafiqul Islam, Kevin M. Smith ...

Collections series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
This book introduces the concept of Water Diplomacy as a principled and pragmatic approach to problem-driven interdisciplinary collaboration, which has been developed as a response to pressing contemporary water challenges arising from the coupling of natural and human systems.The findings of the book are the result of a decade-long interdisciplinary experiment in conceiving, developing, and ... En savoir plus

$86.56 CAD

This book introduces the concept of Water Diplomacy as a principled and pragmatic approach to problem-driven interdisciplinary collaboration, which has been developed as a response to pressing contemporary water challenges arising from the coupling of natural and human systems.The findings of the book are the result of a decade-long interdisciplinary experiment in conceiving, developing, and
... En savoir plus
Urban Comics

Infrastructure and the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives

par Dominic Davies ...

Collections series Routledge Advances in Comics Studies
Urban Comics: Infrastructure and the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives makes an important and timely contribution both to comics studies and urban studies, offering a decolonisation and reconfiguration of both of these already interdisciplinary fields. With chapter-length discussions of comics from cities such as Cairo, Cape Town, New Orleans, Delhi and Beirut, this book shows how ... En savoir plus

$89.31 CAD

Urban Comics: Infrastructure and the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives makes an important and timely contribution both to comics studies and urban studies, offering a decolonisation and reconfiguration of both of these already interdisciplinary fields. With chapter-length discussions of comics from cities such as Cairo, Cape Town, New Orleans, Delhi and Beirut, this book shows how
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Cuba - Ombres et lumières

par Jean-Marie Beuzelin ...

Cuba, un pays à nul autre pareil : de José Martí au Che, de la Révolution castriste à Guantánamo, de La Havane à Santiago de Cuba, de la Santería au Buena Vista Social Club, de la débrouille à la cubaine à la Libreta, le carnet d’alimentation...Ce livre est un voyage au coeur de Cuba et de la vie de ses habitants dans ses souffrances quotidiennes, mais aussi dans sa beauté et sa dignité, sans ... En savoir plus

$6.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Cuba, un pays à nul autre pareil : de José Martí au Che, de la Révolution castriste à Guantánamo, de La Havane à Santiago de Cuba, de la Santería au Buena Vista Social Club, de la débrouille à la cubaine à la Libreta, le carnet d’alimentation...Ce livre est un voyage au coeur de Cuba et de la vie de ses habitants dans ses souffrances quotidiennes, mais aussi dans sa beauté et sa dignité, sans
... En savoir plus
Rights of Passage

Sidewalks and the Regulation of Public Flow

par Nicholas Blomley ...

Collections series Social Justice
Rights of Passage: Sidewalks and the Regulation of Public Flow documents a powerful and under-researched form of urban governance that focuses on pedestrian flow. This logic, which Nicholas Blomley terms 'pedestrianism', values public space not in terms of its aesthetic merits, or its success in promoting public citizenship and democracy. Rather, the function of the sidewalk is understood to be ... En savoir plus

$86.99 CAD

Rights of Passage: Sidewalks and the Regulation of Public Flow documents a powerful and under-researched form of urban governance that focuses on pedestrian flow. This logic, which Nicholas Blomley terms 'pedestrianism', values public space not in terms of its aesthetic merits, or its success in promoting public citizenship and democracy. Rather, the function of the sidewalk is understood to be
... En savoir plus
Public Transport

Its Planning, Management and Operation

par Peter R. White ...

Collections series Natural and Built Environment Series
Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of bus and rail systems is introduced with particular reference to peak capacity and energy consumption. An analysis of cost structures and costing ... En savoir plus

$114.99 CAD

Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of bus and rail systems is introduced with particular reference to peak capacity and energy consumption. An analysis of cost structures and costing
... En savoir plus
Letters to the Earth

Writing to a Planet in Crisis

A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie Morris.‘All power to this amazing project.’ JOANNE HARRIS‘Makes sense of the climate crisis in a whole new way’ MAGID MAGIDHow can we begin to talk about what is happening to the world? How can we explain ... En savoir plus

$13.99 CAD

A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie Morris.‘All power to this amazing project.’ JOANNE HARRIS‘Makes sense of the climate crisis in a whole new way’ MAGID MAGIDHow can we begin to talk about what is happening to the world? How can we explain
... En savoir plus
Stuck Monkey

The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

par James Hamilton-Paterson ...

People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn't let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck monkey, paralysed by our modern lifestyles and consumer habits: our constant stream of online ... En savoir plus

$20.99 CAD

People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn't let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck monkey, paralysed by our modern lifestyles and consumer habits: our constant stream of online
... En savoir plus
The Arctic

A Very Short Introduction

par Klaus Dodds, Jamie Woodward ...

Collections series Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. For others, the ... En savoir plus

$7.99 CAD

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. For others, the
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