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  • The Heretic of Cacheu

    Crispina Peres and the Struggle over Life in Seventeenth-Century West Africa

    by Toby Green ...
    Tells the extraordinary story of seventeenth-century West African slave trader Crispina Peres to explore the shifting, sophisticated world in which she lived.In 1665, Crispina Peres, the most powerful trader in the West African slave-trafficking port of Cacheu, was arrested by the Portuguese Inquisition. Her enemies had conspired to denounce her for taking treatments prescribed by Senegambian ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Fistful of Shells

    West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

    by Toby Green ...
    By the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for centuries. Its gold had fueled the economies of Europe and the Islamic world for nearly a millennium, and the sophisticated kingdoms spanning its west coast had traded with Europeans since the fifteenth century. Until at least 1650, this was a ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Covid Consensus

    The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor?A Critique from the Left

    by Toby Green, Thomas Fazi ...
    During the first years of the pandemic, the political mainstream agreed that 'following the science' with hard lockdowns and vaccine mandates was the best way to preserve life. But social science reveals the true human cost of this policy. The Covid Consensus provides an internationalist-left perspective on the world's Covid-19 response, which has had devastating consequences for democratic rights ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Covid-19 Restrictions in the Global South

    Accelerating Inequalities, Worsening Human Rights

    Edited by Aleida Mendes Borges, Toby Green, T. Sundararaman ...
    This groundbreaking, interdisciplinary collection is one of the first scholarly books in the world to address the impacts of Covid-19 restrictions on the Global South.Bringing together health and social scientists from around the world--including many leading figures from Global-South countries such as Angola, Bolivia, Colombia, India, Kenya, and Nigeria--the book shows how, in low- and middle ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

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  • Imaginary Crimes

    by Toby Green ...
    4 CITIES, 4 LIVES, 1 CRIMEÖ In Madrid, an Argentinian bookseller gets caught up in the scheme of an American professor to prevent an appalling crime. Her sidekicks soon include a Gambian migrant in Paris and a Spanish waitress in London. Seeking some sort of companionship in their exiles, the four characters join forces in a quest that becomes a dangerous obsession. All four lives seem to be ... Read more

    $61.39 USD

  • Inquisition

    The Reign of Fear

    by Toby Green ...
    A journey across centuries of religious conflictToby Green's incredible new book brings a vast panorama to life by focusing on the untold stories of individuals from all walks of life and every section of society who were affected by the Inquisition. From witches in Mexico, bigamists in Brazil, Freemasons, Hindus, Jews, Moslems and Protestants, the Inquisition reached every aspect of society. This ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300–1589

    by Toby Green ...
    Series Book 118 - African Studies
    The region between the river Senegal and Sierra Leone saw the first trans-Atlantic slave trade in the sixteenth century. Drawing on many new sources, Toby Green challenges current quantitative approaches to the history of the slave trade. New data on slave origins can show how and why Western African societies responded to Atlantic pressures. Green argues that answering these questions requires a ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

    by Caroline Criado Perez ...
    The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public ... Read more

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  • Aftershocks

    Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order

    by Colin Kahl, Thomas Wright ...
    A riveting account of how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the world order and exposed deep vulnerabilities in the international system.Aftershocks offers a comprehensive look at one of the most consequential years on record. Drawing on interviews with officials from around the world and extensive research, Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright tell the story of how nationalism and major power rivalries ... Read more

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  • The Prisoner of Heaven

    A Novel

    by Carlos Ruiz Zafon ...
    “A deep and mysterious novel full of people that feel real. . . .An enthralling read and a must-have for your library. Zafón focuses on the emotion of the reader and doesn’t let go.” — Seattle Post-IntelligencerInternationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón creates a rich, labyrinthine tale of love, literature, passion, and revenge, set in a dark, gothic Barcelona, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Lies My Gov't Told Me

    And the Better Future Coming

    by Robert W. Malone, MD, MS ...
    A WALL STREET JOURNALNATIONAL BESTSELLER*AS SEEN ON TUCKER CARLSON TODAY AND THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE*A guide for the times—breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them.When he invented the original mRNA vaccine technology as a medical and graduate student in the late 1980s, Robert Malone could not have imagined that he would become a leader in a ... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past

    Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past

    by Giles Tremlett ...
    The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalísimo Francisco Franco? The appearance - sixty years after that war ended - of mass graves containing victims of Franco's death squads has finally broken what Spaniards call "the pact of forgetting". At this charged moment, ... Read more

    $11.89 USD