Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952 (Toth Stephen A.)(Paperback)

Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952 (Toth Stephen A.)(Paperback)

For French criminologists and colonialists of the mid-nineteenth century, the penal colonies of Guiana and New Caledonia seemed to satisfy two needs, namely, to incarcerate a growing number of criminals and to supply manpower for these developing colonies. But were these two goals not

One-Upmanship (Potter Stephen)(Paperback)

2021 Reprint of the 1952 Edition. With this subtle satire Stephen Potter expounds upon his belief that the clever (but courteous) gentleman can be superior to the 'expert' in any social situation. He offers solutions and demonstrates in the forms of ploys and gambits how a 'psychologically

Illuminations: Prose Poems (Rimbaud Arthur)(Paperback)

The prose poems of the great French Symbolist, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), have acquired enormous prestige among readers everywhere and have been a revolutionary influence on poetry in the twentieth century. They are offered here both in their original texts and in superb English translations by

Justice and Penal Reform: Re-Shaping the Penal Landscape (Farrall Stephen)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, Western societies entered a climate of austerity which has limited the penal expansion experienced in the US, UK and elsewhere over recent decades. These altered conditions have led to introspection and new thinking on punishment even among those on

French Revolution and What Went Wrong (Clarke Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it's surrounded in a

The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond (O'Shea Stephen)(Paperback)

1000 Years of Annoying the French (Clarke Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. This title features new annoyances inflicted on the French, including Napoleon's banned chamber pot, Louis XIV's painful operation, Anglo-French jibes during the 2012 London Olympics, and,

French Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Gaukroger Stephen)(Paperback)

French culture is unique in that philosophy has played a significant role from the early-modern period onwards, intimately associated with political, religious, and literary debates, as well as with epistemological and scientific ones. While Latin was the language of learning there was auniversal

French Decadent Tales (Romer Stephen)(Paperback)

He had become the dandy of the unpredictable. A quest for new sensations--and an avowed desire to shock--possessed the Decadent writers of fin-de-si�cle Paris. Indeed, the years 1880-1900 saw an extraordinary, hothouse flowering of talent, that produced some of the most exotic, stylized, and

Talk to the Snail (Clarke Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Acts as a guide on how to get what you really want from the French. This title provides advice on useful

Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb (Chateaubriand Francois-Rene de)(Paperback / softback)

The only available edition in English of the greatest of all French autobiographies By the time he came to write his extraordinary, highly entertaining memoirs, Chateaubriand had witnessed some of the iconic figures and events of French history--from the court of Louis XVI, to the reign of

Year In The Merde (Clarke Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

What are the French really like?Paul West, a young Englishman arriving in Paris to start a new job, is about to find

Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance (Grady Stephen)(Paperback)

An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy.September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece. A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past

Etaples: Britain's Notorious Infantry Base Depot, 1914-1919 (Wynn Stephen)(Paperback)

During the First World War, Etaples, a coastal fishing port situated on the North-East French coast, 15 miles south of Boulogne, was a base camp for the British Army, as well as a major medical facility for wounded and sick troops, including both British and Canadian hospitals. The Etaples camp

What's Beyond Mindfulness?: Waking Up to This Precious Life (Fulder Stephen)(Paperback)

A life-changing guide to the incredible benefits of living with a radical, hopeful and dharma (Buddhist practice)-based perspective that includes mindfulness but goes way beyond it. A uniquely practical and accessible exploration of Buddhism in everyday life that will have appeal to people of any

Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought (Mitchell Stephen A.)(Paperback)

The classic, in-depth history of psychoanalysis, presenting over a hundred years of thought and theories Sigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, conflict, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But psychoanalytic