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Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region

by John Stuart Richards ...

Series series Images of America
Four distinct anthracite coal fields encompass an area of 1,700 square miles in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania. Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region is a journey into a world that was once very familiar. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, underground coal mining was at its zenith and the work of miners was more grueling and dangerous than it is today. Faces ... Read more

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Four distinct anthracite coal fields encompass an area of 1,700 square miles in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania. Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region is a journey into a world that was once very familiar. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, underground coal mining was at its zenith and the work of miners was more grueling and dangerous than it is today. Faces
... Read more
The History of American Military

Enriched edition. From the American Revolution to the Global War on Terrorism (Complete Edition)

by Richard W. Stewart, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Gideon Ashbourne ...

The History of American Military is an essential anthology that explores the extensive and multifaceted history of the U.S. military from its inception to the modern day. The collection encompasses a variety of literary styles, such as detailed narratives, analysis, and informative essays, each offering a rich perspective on different facets of military history. Readers will journey through ... Read more

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The History of American Military is an essential anthology that explores the extensive and multifaceted history of the U.S. military from its inception to the modern day. The collection encompasses a variety of literary styles, such as detailed narratives, analysis, and informative essays, each offering a rich perspective on different facets of military history. Readers will journey through
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Worst Fears Realised

by Stuart Woods ...

Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

Series series
Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

The author of nearly two dozen best-sellers, including Orchid Beach and Swimming to Catalina, Stuart Woods unfailingly entertains legions of fans with his suspenseful novels. Fifth in the series featuring the dashing, sophisticated Stone Barrington, this page-turner offers nonstop action.Stone and his ex-partner, Dino, are facing every policeman's worst fear. The people close to them are being ... Read more

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The author of nearly two dozen best-sellers, including Orchid Beach and Swimming to Catalina, Stuart Woods unfailingly entertains legions of fans with his suspenseful novels. Fifth in the series featuring the dashing, sophisticated Stone Barrington, this page-turner offers nonstop action.Stone and his ex-partner, Dino, are facing every policeman's worst fear. The people close to them are being
... Read more
Agatha Christie and Gothic Horror

Adaptations and Televisuality

by Stuart Richards ...

Series series Horror and Gothic Media Cultures
Agatha Christie’s work has been adapted extensively resulting in transformations that are both textual and cultural. While many adaptations are best known for being quaint murder mysteries, there are many adaptations of her work that draw on horror aesthetics. This book will look at how the growth of Agatha Christie adaptations have grown increasingly darker. Of key relevance to this study is the ... Read more

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Agatha Christie’s work has been adapted extensively resulting in transformations that are both textual and cultural. While many adaptations are best known for being quaint murder mysteries, there are many adaptations of her work that draw on horror aesthetics. This book will look at how the growth of Agatha Christie adaptations have grown increasingly darker. Of key relevance to this study is the
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Australian Queer Screens

Diversity and Social Change in Film and TV

by Rob Cover, Whitney Monaghan, Stuart Richards, Scott McKinnon, Tinonee Pym ...

This is the first book-length study of Australia's rich history of LGBTQ+ film and television, covering histories, production, screen representation and audience identities.Despite a long-standing international field of queer media studies, Australian scholarship has only recently emerged. Screen diversity in Australia is important to cultural policy, education and social harmony. This book ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

This is the first book-length study of Australia's rich history of LGBTQ+ film and television, covering histories, production, screen representation and audience identities.Despite a long-standing international field of queer media studies, Australian scholarship has only recently emerged. Screen diversity in Australia is important to cultural policy, education and social harmony. This book
... Read more
Moral Fictionalism and Religious Fictionalism

Edited by Richard Joyce, Stuart Brock ...

Atheism is a familiar kind of skepticism about religion. Moral error theory is an analogous kind of skepticism about morality, though less well known outside academic circles. Both kinds of skeptic face a “what next?” question: If we have decided that the subject matter (religion/morality) is mistaken, then what should we do with this way of talking and thinking? The natural assumption is that we ... Read more

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Atheism is a familiar kind of skepticism about religion. Moral error theory is an analogous kind of skepticism about morality, though less well known outside academic circles. Both kinds of skeptic face a “what next?” question: If we have decided that the subject matter (religion/morality) is mistaken, then what should we do with this way of talking and thinking? The natural assumption is that we
... Read more
Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine E-Book

Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine E-Book

Edited by Stuart H. Ralston, Ian D Penman, Mark W J Strachan, Richard Hobson ...

More than two million medical students, doctors and other health professionals around the globe have owned a copy of Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine since it was first published. Now in its 23rd Edition, this textbook describes the pathophysiology and clinical features of the most frequently encountered conditions in the major specialties of adult medicine and explains how to ... Read more

$78.99 CAD

More than two million medical students, doctors and other health professionals around the globe have owned a copy of Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine since it was first published. Now in its 23rd Edition, this textbook describes the pathophysiology and clinical features of the most frequently encountered conditions in the major specialties of adult medicine and explains how to
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British Redcoat 1740–93

by Stuart Reid ...

Series Book 19 - Warrior
During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly ... Read more

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During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly
... Read more
The Queer Film Festival

Popcorn and Politics

by Stuart James Richards ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book examines the queer film festival and opens the discussion on social enterprises and sustainable lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) organisations. With over 220 events worldwide and some of the bigger budgets exceeding $1 million, the queer film festival has grown to become a staple event in all cosmopolitan cities’ arts calendars. While activism was instrumental in ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

This book examines the queer film festival and opens the discussion on social enterprises and sustainable lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) organisations. With over 220 events worldwide and some of the bigger budgets exceeding $1 million, the queer film festival has grown to become a staple event in all cosmopolitan cities’ arts calendars. While activism was instrumental in
... Read more
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New York Dead

by Stuart Woods ...

Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

Series series Stone Barrington
Unabridged

8 hours 56 min

It's pure luck that places Stone Barrington on the streets in the dead of night, just in time to witness the horrifying incident that turns his life inside out. Suddenly he is on the front page of every New York newspaper, and his life is hopelessly entwined in the increasingly shocking life (and perhaps death) of Sasha Nijinsky, the country's hottest and most beautiful television anchorwoman. ... Read more

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It's pure luck that places Stone Barrington on the streets in the dead of night, just in time to witness the horrifying incident that turns his life inside out. Suddenly he is on the front page of every New York newspaper, and his life is hopelessly entwined in the increasingly shocking life (and perhaps death) of Sasha Nijinsky, the country's hottest and most beautiful television anchorwoman.
... Read more

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Organizing Amazon

Building Worker Power under Conditions of Fragmentation, Precarity and Regimentation

by Tom Vickers, Rachel Fagan, Amanda Gearing, Garfield Hylton, Louveza Iqbal, Ceferina Floresca Javier, Paramanathan Pradeep, Stuart Richards, Tom Rigby, Ferdousara Uddin0 ...

Narrated by Tom Vickers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition.Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study ... Read more

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Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition.Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study
... Read more

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The Military History of America

by Richard W. Stewart, U.S. Army Center of Military History ...

The Military History of America serves as a comprehensive exploration of the United States' complex military past. This anthology skillfully navigates a diverse array of literary styles, from detailed historical analysis to evocative narrative prose, creating a tapestry of perspectives that illuminate the multifaceted nature of military history. The collection does not shy away from examining both ... Read more

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The Military History of America serves as a comprehensive exploration of the United States' complex military past. This anthology skillfully navigates a diverse array of literary styles, from detailed historical analysis to evocative narrative prose, creating a tapestry of perspectives that illuminate the multifaceted nature of military history. The collection does not shy away from examining both
... Read more

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