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Every Breath You Take - China's New Tyranny by Ian Williams
Category: Non Fiction
China is building the world's first digital totalitarian state, a system of hitherto unimaginable social and political control. Internet freedom has been eliminated and ubiquitous surveillance cameras employ the latest facial recognition technology.Through flagrant cyber espionage, it has plundered West ...Show more
Jean-jacques Rousseau : Fundamental Political Writings by Ian (TRN) David Lay (EDT); Johnston Matthew W. (EDT); Williams Jean-Jacques; Maguire Rousseau
Category: Philosophy and Religion
This classroom edition includes On the Social Contract, the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, the Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, and the Preface to Narcissus. Each text has been newly translated and includes a full complement of explanatory notes. The editors' introduction offers students ...Show more
Reproduction by Ian Williams
Category: Fiction
WINNER OF THE 2019 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEAn internationally bestselling debut novel: an energetically told, funny and moving book about how strangers become family.Reproduction tells a crooked love story which takes strange, winding paths shaped by community, family and fleeting interactions that leave ...Show more
Reproduction by Ian Williams
Category: Fiction
WINNER OF THE 2019 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE AND CBC'S BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR, this best-selling debut novel is an energetically told, funny, and moving book about how strangers become family.Reproduction tells a crooked love story in which love takes strange, winding paths and grows in a context shaped b ...Show more
Tequila: A Global History by Ian Williams
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
With its unique aroma and heady buzz - the perfect accompaniment to even the spiciest tacos - tequila has won its way into drinkers' hearts worldwide. There are few places on earth besides Mexico that have the climate and terrain to evolve the agave plant from which tequila is made, and there are even f ...Show more
The Fire of the Dragon - China's New Cold War by Ian Williams
Category: Politics
Under President Xi Jinping, China's global ambitions have taken a dangerous new turn. Bullying and intimidation have replaced diplomacy, and trade, investment, even big-spending tourists and students have been weaponised. Beijing has strengthened its alliance with Vladimir Putin, supporting Russia's agg ...Show more
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