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  • Audiobook

    Tobacco Road

    Narrated by John MacDonald ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 23 min

    Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear that they will one day descend to a ... Read more

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  • Symmes's Theory of Concentric Spheres

    Enriched edition. Demonstrating that the Earth is hollow, habitable within, and widely open about the poles

    Symmes's Theory of Concentric Spheres is a visionary anthology that delves into the perplexing yet inviting realm of hollow Earth theories, culminating in James McBride's exploration of John Cleves Symmes's lifelong hypothesis. This collection weaves a tapestry of literary narratives and speculative musings, capturing the spirit of curiosity that defined an era of both scientific speculation and ... Read more

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  • Desperate Voyage

    by John Caldwell ...
    Series series Maritime Classics
    In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of transport, he had to resort to singlehanded seamanship.After an ignominious scene in the harbor, where a tangled anchor led him to take an early dip, he spent ten days learning the rudiments of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Anatomy of Victory

    Why the United States Triumphed in World War II, Fought to a Stalemate in Korea, Lost in Vietnam, and Failed in Iraq

    This groundbreaking book provides the first systematic comparison of America’s modern wars and why they were won or lost. John D. Caldwell uses the World War II victory as the historical benchmark for evaluating the success and failure of later conflicts. Unlike WWII, the Korean, Vietnam, and Iraqi Wars were limited, but they required enormous national commitments, produced no lasting victories, ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Voice and Tone Strategy

    Connecting with People through Content

    by John Caldwell ...
    Connections. We all want them. We seek them in our everyday lives, in our rel ationships with people, places and things. Emotion is at the heart of any meanin gful connection, and how we talk to each other taps into it. Our character, brou ght to life through our voice, is the most powerful tool we have to connect with people, especially when it comes to connecting on an emotional level.In the ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Mont Pèlerin 1947

    Transcripts of the Founding Meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society

    Edited by Bruce Caldwell ...
    Marking the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society, in 1947, this volume presents for the first time the original transcripts from this landmark event. The society was created by Friedrich Hayek as a forum for leading economists and intellectuals to discuss and debate classical liberal values in the face of a rapidly changing world and political trends toward socialism. ... Read more

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  • Televisuality

    Style, Crisis, and Authority in American Television

    Series series Communications, Media, and Culture Series
    Although the "decline" of network television in the face of cable programming was an institutional crisis of television history, John Caldwell's classic volume Televisuality reveals that this decline spawned a flurry of new production initiatives to reassert network authority. Television in the 1980s hyped an extensive array of exhibitionist practices to raise the prime-time marquee above the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Methodology and History of Economics

    Reflections with and without Rules

    Series series Routledge INEM Advances in Economic Methodology
    This edited volume provides an in-depth exploration into the influential work of Wade Hands, examining the changing relationship between methodology and the history of economics in connection with contemporary developments in economics.The papers in this volume fall into four parts, each devoted to an important theme in Wade Hands’ work. The first part explores the influence and scope of ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Appliable Linguistics and Social Semiotics

    Developing Theory from Practice

    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics
    Exploring the relationship between theory and practice in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of Appliable Linguistics. Featuring both internationally-renowned scholars and rising stars from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore and the USA, Appliable Linguistics and Social Semiotics examines the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Oahspe

    Enriched edition. A Kosmon Bible in the Words of Jehovih and his Angel Embassadors

    Oahspe, authored by John Ballou Newbrough, is a groundbreaking work of spiritual and philosophical exploration that transcends conventional religious texts. Written in a unique style reminiscent of biblical prose, the book presents a cosmology that intertwines science, spirituality, and the mystical. Newbrough claims to have channeled the text through psychic revelations, resulting in a rich ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fatigue in Aviation

    A Guide to Staying Awake at the Stick

    This updated edition includes fatigue and sleep definitions as well as strategies for the measurement and assessment of fatigue. The aviation performance, mood, and safety problems associated with sleep restriction and circadian disruptions in operational settings are highlighted. The biological bases of fatigue are discussed so that the reader can understand that it is a real physiological ... Read more

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  • The Discourse of Sport

    Analyses from Social Linguistics

    Series series Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
    This collection brings together innovative research from socially-oriented applied linguists working in sports. Drawing on contemporary approaches to applied linguistics, this book provides readers with in-depth analyses of examples of language-in-use in the context of sport, and interprets them through the lens of larger issues within sport culture and practice. With contributions from an ... Read more

    $69.99 USD