The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other (Todorov Tzvetan)(Paperback)

The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other (Todorov Tzvetan)(Paperback)

The Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spaniards' conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the

Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (Todorov Tzvetan)(Paperback)

In The Fantastic, Tzvetan Todorov seeks to examine both generic theory and a particular genre, moving back and forth between a poetics of the fantastic itself and a metapoetics or theory of theorizing, even as he suggest that one must, as a critic, move back and forth between theory and history,

Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps (Todorov Tzvetan)(Paperback)

The Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet gulag provide the context for this acclaimed examination of the human capacity for moral life. Drawing on a striking array of documents, Tzvetan Todorov reconstructs a vivid portrait of the conduct of those who ran the camps and those who suffered their

The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest (Jennings Francis)(Paperback)

In this iconoclastic book, Francis Jennings recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. The traditional history of early America paints the colonies as a transplantation of European culture to a new continent--a 'virgin land' in which Native Americans were assigned the

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest: Updated Edition (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

An update of a popular work that takes on the myths of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, featuring a new afterword. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest reveals how the Spanish invasions in the Americas have been conceived and presented, misrepresented and misunderstood, in the five centuries

The Social Conquest of Earth (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends 'the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first' (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to

The Conquest of Happiness (Russell Bertrand)(Paperback)

In The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out of the seemingly inescapable malaise so prevalent even in safe and prosperous Western societies

The Secret of Me: A Celebration of the Power of Imagination (Sparkes Amy)(Paperback)

A celebration of the power of imagination. I have a question, a question for me: when I am BIGGER, what will I be?' This uplifting picture book follows several children as they dream about what they might become when they are older. Some imagine themselves as writers, others as pirates or

Portman's America: & Other Speculations (Mostafavi Mohsen)(Paperback)

A journey through the world of one of the most daring US architectsWith photographs by Iwan BaanCo-published by Harvard University Graduate School of Design.Combining the talents of an architect, artist, and developer, John Portman was able to embark on a series of large-scale building

The Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire (Koch Peter O.)(Paperback)

A study of the first encounters between Spanish explorers and the indigenous tribes of the Americas, this work focuses on the life and times of Francisco Pizarro and his quest to locate the legendary wealth of a region the Spaniards called

The Conquest of Happiness (Russell Bertrand)(Paperback)

The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to

The Question Concerning the Thing: On Kant's Doctrine of the Transcendental Principles (Heidegger Martin)(Paperback)

The Question Concerning the Thing presents a full English translation of a lecture course first delivered by Heidegger at Freiburg University during the Winter Semester of 1935-36 (originally published in German as volume 41 of the Gesamtausgabe). The text presents with particular clarity

Memoirs of a Janissary (Michaowicz Konstanty)(Paperback)

A unique historical perspective on the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople and the

Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest (Henty G. A.)(Paperback)

Return to the days of the Norman invasion of England and fight alongside a nobleman serving the last of England's Anglo-Saxon monarchs. Wulf of Steyning, a Saxon thane loyal to King Harold Godwinson, boldly captures a castle in the Welsh wars, risks his life to rescue his shipwrecked sovereign, and

Anarchism and Other Essays (Goldman Emma)(Paperback)

In the 1890s and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the 'notorious Anarchist,' feminist, revolutionist, and agitator, Emma Goldman. A Russian Jewish immigrant at the age of 17, she moved by her own efforts from seamstress in a clothing factory to internationally known

Swan-Daughter - The Daughters of Hastings Trilogy (McGrath Carol)(Paperback / softback)

'A wise and lyrical evocation of the lives of women in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest... A captivating read' SARAH BOWERThe second instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastingstrilogy! 'Although this is the second in a trilogy it stands well in its own right... you'll

Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia - Levi Roach

The first global history of the Normans, who - beyond the conquest of England - came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. How did descendants of Viking marauders came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East? It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce

Queens of the Conquest - The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167 (Weir Alison)(Paperback / softback)

War God: Nights of the Witch - War God Trilogy Book One (Hancock Graham)(Paperback / softback)

The epic story of the Spanish conquest of

America Awaits Us, My Lovely, and Other Stories (Owen Christopher)(Paperback)

The locations of these stories range from Birmingham in 1890's, and 1900's to America in the 1900's, to the UK from the 1960's to present day. The subject matter includes desertion within the family, a young woman who relies of body decoration to secure her identity, life in a Children's Home in

Conquistadors (Wood Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the 'New World', and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance. In

The Conquest of Plassans (Zola Emile)(Paperback)

'Abbe Faujas has arrived!' The arrival of Abbe Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for the family of Fran�ois Mouret in particular. Faujas and his mother come to lodge with Fran�ois, his wife Marthe, and their three children, and Marthe

The Conquest of Bread (Kropotkin Peter)(Paperback)

In this work, Kropotkin points out what he considers to be the defects of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism, and how he believes they thrive on and maintain poverty and scarcity, as symbol for richness and in spite of being in a time of abundance thanks to technology, while promoting

After Brexit and Other Essays (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

'Being more like America again and less like Europe is the heart of the UK model of capitalism ... but] there are many respects in which Britain remains unlike America despite its strong appeal to the British political class ...' In 'After Brexit' Andrew Gamble sets out the economic models and