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  • American History:A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul S. Boyer ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story of our nation. Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Salem Possessed

    The Social Origins of Witchcraft

    by Paul Boyer, Stephen Nissenbaum ...
    Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill.The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion, individual and organized, which had been growing for more than a generation before the witch trials. Salem Possessed explores the lives of the men and women who helped spin that web and who in ... Read more

    $34.69 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Rickenbacker Electric Bass

    50 Years as Rock's Bottom

    by Paul D. Boyer ...
    With the introduction of the two-pickup 4001 model in 1961, the Rickenbacker bass became a phenomenon. The Beatles's use of Rickenbacker instruments was pivotal: teen groups everywhere wanted to have the same instruments the Beatles used so they could achieve the “right” sound. With its ultra-modern design that made the classic Fender precision bass look downright old-fashioned, the Rick quickly ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • By the Bomb's Early Light

    American Thought and Culture At the Dawn of the Atomic Age

    by Paul Boyer ...
    Originally published in 1985, By the Bomb’s Early Light is the first book to explore the cultural 'fallout' in America during the early years of the atomic age. Paul Boyer argues that the major aspects of the long-running debates about nuclear armament and disarmament developed and took shape soon after the bombing of Hiroshima.The book is based on a wide range of sources, including cartoons, ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • When Time Shall Be No More

    Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture

    by Paul Boyer ...
    Series Book 18 - Studies in Cultural History
    Millions of Americans take the Bible at its word and turn to like-minded local ministers and TV preachers, periodicals and paperbacks for help in finding their place in God’s prophetic plan for mankind. And yet, influential as this phenomenon is in the worldview of so many, the belief in biblical prophecy remains a popular mystery, largely unstudied and little understood. When Time Shall Be No ... Read more

    $36.29 CAD

  • Urban Masses and Moral Order in America, 1820-1920

    by Paul Boyer ...
    For over a century, dark visions of moral collapse and social disintegration in American cities spurred an anxious middle class to search for ways to restore order. In this important book, Paul Boyer explores the links between the urban reforms of the Progressive era and the long efforts of prior generations to tame the cities. He integrates the ideologies of urban crusades with an examination of ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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    American History

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul S. Boyer ...
    Narrated by Lee Goettl ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 50 min

    Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and scientific developments that shaped our country.Here is a masterful picture of America's achievements and failures, large-scale socio-historical forces, and pivotal ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Leading in an Upside-Down World

    New Canadian Perspectives on Leadership

    Edited by J. Patrick Boyer ...
    The world as we know it has been turned upside down by recent events but it’s still a place where leadership is needed more than ever.Fifteen Canadians with highly diverse perspectives and richly different experience explore this timely question in Leading in an Upside-Down World.Chapter by chapter, stories of Canada unfold and future prospects for leadership grow clearer as these eminent ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Water Relations of Plants and Soils

    by Paul J. Kramer, John S. Boyer ...
    Water Relations of Plants and Soils, successor to the seminal 1983 book by Paul Kramer, covers the entire field of water relations using current concepts and consistent terminology. Emphasis is on the interdependence of processes, including rate of water absorption, rate of transpiration, resistance to water flow into roots, soil factors affecting water availability. New trends in the field, such ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Salem Possessed

    The Social Origins of Witchcraft

    by Stephen Nissenbaum, Paul S. Boyer ...
    Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 58 min

    Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill. The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which climaxed in the Salem witch trials.From rich and varied sources—many neglected and unknown—Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum give us a picture of the people and events more intricate and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Delusion of Satan

    The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials

    by Frances Hill ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 59 min

    During the bleak winter of 1692 in the rigid Puritan community of Salem Village, Massachusetts, a group of young girls began experiencing violent fits, allegedly tormented by Satan and the witches who worshipped him. From the girls' initial denouncing of an Indian slave, the accusations soon multiplied. In less than two years, nineteen men and women were hanged, one was pressed to death, and over ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The First World War:A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Howard ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the 'Great War', focusing on why it happened, how it was fought, and why it had the consequences it did.It examines the state of Europe in 1914 and the outbreak of war; the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD