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Unwilling to Quit

The Long Unwinding of American Involvement in Vietnam

by David L. Prentice ...

Series series Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
Although US involvement in the Vietnam conflict began long before 1965, Lyndon Johnson's substantial large commitment of combat troops that year marked the official beginning of America's longest twentieth-century war. By 1969, after years of intense fighting and thousands of casualties, an increasing number of Americans wanted the United States out of Vietnam. Richard Nixon looked for a way to ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Although US involvement in the Vietnam conflict began long before 1965, Lyndon Johnson's substantial large commitment of combat troops that year marked the official beginning of America's longest twentieth-century war. By 1969, after years of intense fighting and thousands of casualties, an increasing number of Americans wanted the United States out of Vietnam. Richard Nixon looked for a way to
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Managerial Economics

A Strategic Approach

by Robert Waschik, Tim Fisher, David Prentice ...

Traditional microeconomic theory has much to offer a manager. It suggests ways to increase profits by setting prices and packaging services, using advertising to increase demand and shows how internet auction sites like eBay affect competition and profitability. By using game theory to present and solve a manager’s decision-making problems and by focusing on the strategic nature of these problems, ... Read more

$152.52 CAD

Traditional microeconomic theory has much to offer a manager. It suggests ways to increase profits by setting prices and packaging services, using advertising to increase demand and shows how internet auction sites like eBay affect competition and profitability. By using game theory to present and solve a manager’s decision-making problems and by focusing on the strategic nature of these problems,
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Transport Nodal System

by Changmin Jiang, Paul Larson, Barry Prentice, David Timothy Duval, Adolf K.Y. Ng ...

Transport Nodal System provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of transport nodes and nodal systems, focusing on economic, operational, management, planning, policy, regulation and sustainability perspectives. Through a deep analysis on different types of transport nodes from diverse perspectives, this book shows the major issues and challenges that transport node planners, ... Read more

$110.99 CAD

Transport Nodal System provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of transport nodes and nodal systems, focusing on economic, operational, management, planning, policy, regulation and sustainability perspectives. Through a deep analysis on different types of transport nodes from diverse perspectives, this book shows the major issues and challenges that transport node planners,
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Republican Vietnam, 1963–1975

War, Society, Diaspora

by Trinh M. Luu, Tuong Vu, Dr. David L. Prentice, Dr. George J. Veith, Dr. Cam Hoang Thanh, Dr. Thị Hồng Hà Phạm, Dr. Thùy Dung Trương, Dr. Adrienne Minh-Châu Lê, Professor Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox0, Dr. Jason Gibbs1, Dr. Tuan Hoang2, Dr. Vinh Phu Pham3, Dr. Phạm Vũ Lan Anh4 ...

Series series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
English-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam, 1963–1975 boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and dynamic portrait of the Second Republic. In twelve essays, each based on original archival research, the volume brings to life the Second Republic in all its complexities, displaying how ... Read more

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English-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam, 1963–1975 boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and dynamic portrait of the Second Republic. In twelve essays, each based on original archival research, the volume brings to life the Second Republic in all its complexities, displaying how
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Frederick Douglass

Prophet of Freedom

by David W. Blight ...

Narrated by Prentice Onayemi ...

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36 hours 57 min

* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History *“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man ... Read more

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* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History *“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man
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A Companion to the Works of J. M. Coetzee

by Tim Mehigan, Kim L. Worthington, Michelle Kelly, Mike Marais, Simone Drichel, Sue Kossew, Carrol Clarkson, Chris Ackerley, Chris Prentice, David James0, Derek Attrige1, Engelhard Weigl2, James Meffan3, Johan Geertsema4 ...

J. M. Coetzee is perhaps the most critically acclaimed bestselling author of imaginative fiction writing in English today. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and is the first writer to have been awarded two BookerPrizes. The present volume makes critical views of this important writer accessible to the general reader as well as the scholar, discussing Coetzee's main works in ... Read more

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J. M. Coetzee is perhaps the most critically acclaimed bestselling author of imaginative fiction writing in English today. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and is the first writer to have been awarded two BookerPrizes. The present volume makes critical views of this important writer accessible to the general reader as well as the scholar, discussing Coetzee's main works in
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Trouble & Triumph

A Novel of Power & Beauty

by David Ritz, Tip 'T.I.' Harris ...

Narrated by Prentice Onayemi ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, producer, and actor T.I. proved himself a powerful storyteller as well with the publication of his debut novel Power & Beauty. Now he follows up with his second riveting street-lit epic, Trouble & Triumph. T.I.’s explosive sequel picks up the story of Paul “Power” Clay and Tanya “Beauty” Long, as Power takes over his mentor-turned-arch-enemy’s street empire, ... Read more

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Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, producer, and actor T.I. proved himself a powerful storyteller as well with the publication of his debut novel Power & Beauty. Now he follows up with his second riveting street-lit epic, Trouble & Triumph. T.I.’s explosive sequel picks up the story of Paul “Power” Clay and Tanya “Beauty” Long, as Power takes over his mentor-turned-arch-enemy’s street empire,
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Power & Beauty

by David Ritz, Tip 'T.I.' Harris ...

Narrated by Prentice Onayemi ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

Tip Harris, better known as Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling hip-hop artist and actor T.I., is at the top of his game. Now he displays yet another side of his remarkable talents with Power & Beauty, a love story of life on the streets. Set in the dangerous shadows of Atlanta, Georgia, Power & Beauty is a dark, gritty story of sex, violence, hustling, and redemption centered around Paul ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Tip Harris, better known as Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling hip-hop artist and actor T.I., is at the top of his game. Now he displays yet another side of his remarkable talents with Power & Beauty, a love story of life on the streets. Set in the dangerous shadows of Atlanta, Georgia, Power & Beauty is a dark, gritty story of sex, violence, hustling, and redemption centered around Paul
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Millionaire Wives Club

A Novel

by Tu-Shonda Whitaker ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Millionaire Wives Club
Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

In Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker’s steamiest novel yet, we meet the four deliciously dramatic, designer-clad divas from prime time’s new hit reality show, The Millionaire Wives Club.Evan: Married to a pro-football star who isn’t in love with her anymore, Evan is digging her freshly manicured nails in ever deeper as she fights to keep the husband who loves someone else.Milan: Half Dominican, half black, ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

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In Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker’s steamiest novel yet, we meet the four deliciously dramatic, designer-clad divas from prime time’s new hit reality show, The Millionaire Wives Club.Evan: Married to a pro-football star who isn’t in love with her anymore, Evan is digging her freshly manicured nails in ever deeper as she fights to keep the husband who loves someone else.Milan: Half Dominican, half black,
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Deceit and Devotion

by RM Johnson ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

Best-selling author RM Johnson has built a loyal fan following with her novels The Harris Family and The Million Dollar Divorce. Deceit and Devotion features the Harris brothers in a tale of passion and revenge. Nate Kenny convinces Daphanie Coleman to sign over custody of her baby to its father. But Daphanie soon regrets her decision and hires Austin Harris to get custody back. Meanwhile, Austin ... Read more

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Best-selling author RM Johnson has built a loyal fan following with her novels The Harris Family and The Million Dollar Divorce. Deceit and Devotion features the Harris brothers in a tale of passion and revenge. Nate Kenny convinces Daphanie Coleman to sign over custody of her baby to its father. But Daphanie soon regrets her decision and hires Austin Harris to get custody back. Meanwhile, Austin
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Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

An American History

by Ada Ferrer ...

Narrated by Alma Cuervo ...

Unabridged

23 hours 13 min

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY“Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba.In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY“Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba.In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United
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Shattered

by Kia Dupree ...

Narrated by Karen Pittman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

A compelling new voice in urban fiction, award-winning author Kia DuPree has been praised for her depictions of real-world problems. In Shattered, a young girl named Kiki ends up in foster care when her mother is judged unfit for custody. After Kiki and a friend run away, they are ensnared by a pedophile, who imprisons them. Months later, Kiki is finally freed, but the emotional aftermath of her ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A compelling new voice in urban fiction, award-winning author Kia DuPree has been praised for her depictions of real-world problems. In Shattered, a young girl named Kiki ends up in foster care when her mother is judged unfit for custody. After Kiki and a friend run away, they are ensnared by a pedophile, who imprisons them. Months later, Kiki is finally freed, but the emotional aftermath of her
... Read more

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