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Howard Frank Mosher and the Classics

Echoes in the Vermont Writer's Works

by James Robert Saunders ...

Howard Frank Mosher has spent the greater part of his career depicting a relatively isolated section of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom. Yet, even as he writes about that particular area in the Green Mountain State, he is investigating age-old themes from among the best English and American literary works. His first novel, Disappearances (1977), signaled the arrival of a master craftsman ... Read more

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Howard Frank Mosher has spent the greater part of his career depicting a relatively isolated section of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom. Yet, even as he writes about that particular area in the Green Mountain State, he is investigating age-old themes from among the best English and American literary works. His first novel, Disappearances (1977), signaled the arrival of a master craftsman
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Urban Renewal and the End of Black Culture in Charlottesville, Virginia

An Oral History of Vinegar Hill

by James Robert Saunders, Renae Nadine Shackelford ...

From the 1920s through the 1950s, the center of black social and business life in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the area known as Vinegar Hill. But in 1960, noting the prevalence of aging frame houses and "substandard" conditions such as outdoor toilets, voters decided that Vinegar Hill would be redeveloped. Charlottesville's black residents lost a cultural center, largely because they were ... Read more

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From the 1920s through the 1950s, the center of black social and business life in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the area known as Vinegar Hill. But in 1960, noting the prevalence of aging frame houses and "substandard" conditions such as outdoor toilets, voters decided that Vinegar Hill would be redeveloped. Charlottesville's black residents lost a cultural center, largely because they were
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Science Matters

Achieving Scientific Literacy

by Robert M. Hazen, James Trefil ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

11 hours 16 min

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”—The New York Times Book ReviewKnowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to ... Read more

$23.00 CAD

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”—The New York Times Book ReviewKnowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to
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COVERT MANIPULATION

How Dark Psychology Relates to Manipulation? How to Defend Yourself from Manipulation in relationships? Types of Mind Control. How to Influence People, Process for Persuasion.

by Robert Sanders J. ...

Narrated by James Todd ...

Unabridged

3 hours 11 min

Manipulation is a practice of using words strategically to make people think in your favor. The way you word yourself essentially makes it so that you make the option you don’t want someone to choose seem “negative” and the option you do want them to choose seem “positive”. The way you say it bypasses the conscious mind which will automatically say “no” and teaches the subconscious mind that it is ... Read more

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Manipulation is a practice of using words strategically to make people think in your favor. The way you word yourself essentially makes it so that you make the option you don’t want someone to choose seem “negative” and the option you do want them to choose seem “positive”. The way you say it bypasses the conscious mind which will automatically say “no” and teaches the subconscious mind that it is
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Code Warriors

NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union

by Stephen Budiansky ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

Unabridged

14 hours 35 min

A sweeping, in-depth history of NSA, whose famous “cult of silence” has left the agency shrouded in mystery for decadesThe National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the postwar years, as the United States developed a new enemy ... Read more

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A sweeping, in-depth history of NSA, whose famous “cult of silence” has left the agency shrouded in mystery for decadesThe National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the postwar years, as the United States developed a new enemy
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The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City

Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair

by Margaret Creighton ...

Narrated by Callie Beaulieu ...

Unabridged

9 hours 22 min

In 1901, Buffalo, New York, the eighth biggest city in America, wanted to launch the new century with the Pan American Exposition. It would showcase the Western hemisphere and bring millions of people to western New York. With Niagara Falls as a drawing card and with stunning colors and electric lights, promoters believed it would be bigger, better, and?literally?more brilliant than Chicago's ... Read more

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In 1901, Buffalo, New York, the eighth biggest city in America, wanted to launch the new century with the Pan American Exposition. It would showcase the Western hemisphere and bring millions of people to western New York. With Niagara Falls as a drawing card and with stunning colors and electric lights, promoters believed it would be bigger, better, and?literally?more brilliant than Chicago's
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The Story of Earth

The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet

by Robert M Hazen ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

Earth evolves. From first atom to molecule, mineral to magma, granite crust to single cell to verdant living landscape, ours is a planet constantly in flux. In this radical new approach to Earth’s biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national bestselling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere—of rocks and living matter—has shaped our ... Read more

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Earth evolves. From first atom to molecule, mineral to magma, granite crust to single cell to verdant living landscape, ours is a planet constantly in flux. In this radical new approach to Earth’s biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national bestselling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere—of rocks and living matter—has shaped our
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Collective Illusions

Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions

by Todd Rose ...

Narrated by Jay Ben Markson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

**Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research, an acclaimed author demonstrates how so much of our thinking is informed by false assumptions—making us dangerously mistrustful as a society and needlessly unhappy as individuals.“Move over, truthiness: Todd Rose is here with science and stories to help us rethink our questionable assumptions and abandon our inaccurate beliefs. ... Read more

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**Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research, an acclaimed author demonstrates how so much of our thinking is informed by false assumptions—making us dangerously mistrustful as a society and needlessly unhappy as individuals.“Move over, truthiness: Todd Rose is here with science and stories to help us rethink our questionable assumptions and abandon our inaccurate beliefs.
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The Mermaid's Child

by Jo Baker ...

Narrated by Nicola Barber ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

Malin has always been different, and when her father dies, leaving her alone, her choice is clear: stay, and remain an outsider forever, or leave in search of the mythical inheritance she is certain awaits her. Apprenticed to a series of strange and wonderful characters, Malin embarks on a grueling journey that crosses oceans and continents—from the high seas to desert plains - and leads to a ... Read more

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Malin has always been different, and when her father dies, leaving her alone, her choice is clear: stay, and remain an outsider forever, or leave in search of the mythical inheritance she is certain awaits her. Apprenticed to a series of strange and wonderful characters, Malin embarks on a grueling journey that crosses oceans and continents—from the high seas to desert plains - and leads to a
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Kindness and Wonder

Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever

by Gavin Edwards ...

Narrated by Jeremy Arthur ...

Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

A pop culture celebration of Fred Rogers and the enduring legacy of his beloved, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that offers essential wisdom to help us in our troubled times.Won’t you be my neighbor?For more than thirty years, Fred Rogers was a beloved fixture in American homes. Warm and welcoming, he spoke directly to children—and their parents—about the marvels of the world, ... Read more

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A pop culture celebration of Fred Rogers and the enduring legacy of his beloved, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that offers essential wisdom to help us in our troubled times.Won’t you be my neighbor?For more than thirty years, Fred Rogers was a beloved fixture in American homes. Warm and welcoming, he spoke directly to children—and their parents—about the marvels of the world,
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ...

Narrated by Ann Druyan, Nick Sagan, Clinnette Minnis ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics--are rooted in the deep ... Read more

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World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics--are rooted in the deep
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LOVE

Quotes and Passages from the Heart

by B.C. Aronson ...

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”—Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Writer“To have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. It is not inherited, as with a family. It is not compelling, as with a child. And it has no means of physical pleasure, as with a mate. It is, therefore, an indescribable bond ... Read more

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“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”—Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Writer“To have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. It is not inherited, as with a family. It is not compelling, as with a child. And it has no means of physical pleasure, as with a mate. It is, therefore, an indescribable bond
... Read more

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