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  • The Poisoned Chalice of US Democracy

    Studies from the Horn of Africa

    by John Young ...
    In a radical reflection, John Young contends that the US model of democracy has failed the Global South because its emphasis on the supremacy of market capitalism entails a loss of national sovereignty and a truncated notion of human rights that leaves little room for citizens' engagement or socioeconomic justice.The Global South needs democracy, but the US model does not address issues of ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Best Hikes Near Philadelphia

    by John L. Young, Debra Young ...
    Series series Best Hikes Near Series
    A guide to trails 60 minutes or 60 miles from Philadelphia, Best Hikes Near Philadelphia features useful trail specs and hike summaries accompanied by easy-to-read maps and stunning photos. More than just a guidebook, however, it also includes an extensive section on weather, trail etiquette, hiking with dogs, judging trail mileage, local flora and fauna, and the value of hikers lobbying for ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Teaching Post-1945 American Short Fiction

    Edited by Jeehyun Lim, John K. Young ...
    Series Book 73 - Options for Teaching
    After 1945, women, people of color, and queer writers remade American short fiction, rejecting the modernist dogmas of impersonality and universalism that had long excluded their perspectives from mainstream literature. Since then, authors have continued to investigate identity and align their work with the concerns of their communities. This volume offers instructors ways to explore these ... Read more

    $40.00 USD

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    Body Language

    The Ultimate Guide to Reading People Better

    by John Adamssen ...
    Narrated by Rory Young ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 34 min

    This is a 3-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to these:Book 1: What is the psychology behind body language?What can we learn from what people aren’t saying?These are common questions. But although they are often asked, they aren’t always clearly answered. Today, this book can change all that. It can give you precise guidelines on how to read people’s signs ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Broken Seals

    Part One of The Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

    When Marshal Hong breaks the seals which generations of Taoist Masters have placed on the temple doors to hold back 108 incarcerated Demon Princes, powerful forces of disorder are released. One after another, brave men fall out with officialdom and are obliged to join the brotherhood of the rivers and lakes─the mixed company of heroes and vagabonds who live by their wits and their fighting skills. ... Read more

    $16.35 USD

  • Learning of the Way (Daoxue):

    Self-Cultivation Through Neo-Confucian Learning, Kungfu, and Martial Arts

    by John E. Young ...
    Over two thousand years ago, the Chinese sage Confucius proposed that “learning, and putting persistent learning into practice, is a great joy or pleasure.” In Learning of the Way (Daoxue), Dr. John E. Young presents, from a Confucian perspective, the rationale for engaging in traditional Chinese arts and practices.Dr. Young relies on his experience as a Chinese martial arts expert and professor ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Christianity: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

    by John Young, Greg Hoyland ...
    'An exciting, engaging and intellectually serious book' Dr Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury'I think it's brilliant!' Bishop Stephen CottrellHow is it that a faith that began in 1st century Palestine with a handful of followers has become the largest movement the world has ever known?Christianity: A Complete Introduction traces the story of the Christian faith from sandals to ... Read more

    Was $3.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Brahms

    A Listener's Guide

    by John Bell Young ...
    Series series Dover Books On Music: Composers
    "Elegant, thought-provoking, often outrageous but always stimulating, this book will fascinate those who know a lot about Brahms as well as those who know little." — Stephen Hough, pianist and composer.Hailed in his lifetime as Beethoven's successor and a powerful symbol of musical classicism, Johannes Brahms was nonetheless a controversial figure in a world infatuated with the bold new directions ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Puccini: A Listener's Guide

    by John Bell Young ...
    Series series Dover Books On Music: Composers
    Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) began his career at the end of the Romantic period and his death signaled the end of the last major age of Italian opera. During his lifetime and in posterity, the composer's popularity surpassed that of his peers, and three of his works — La bohéme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly — rank among the twenty-first century's ten most-performed operas. With their enchanting ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Who Was That Masked Kid?

    Book 1

    by John Young ...
    The story of the Masked Kid is my story at an early age when my parents "pulled up stakes" and moved to Colorado.My mother told me that Dad quit his job in middle management in Michigan and took us to a vacant lot in the Big Thompson Canyon. There he single-handedly built a house using skills he couldn't possibly have acquired in a suburban environment. I was three and a half years old when we ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Getting Huge

    by John Young ...
    This often-comic novel is for all who have worked with the wrong people in the wrong place, and ached to escape―to start something new and find a sense of belonging.What begins as backyard diversion swells into a hilarious and absurd obsession: to grow the world's largest pumpkin and, with the help of an entrepreneur friend, build a pumpkin empire to make everything from snacks to toilet paper. ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Everything Freemasons Book

    Unlock the Secrets of This Ancient And Mysterious Society!

    by John K Young, Barb Karg ...
    Series series Everything® Series
    For thousands of years, one clandestine organization has been rumored to control the destinies of men, cities, even nations: Freemasonry. Often traced back to the stonemason guilds of the Middle Ages, Freemasons were supposedly to be found among all the great minds of the Renaissance, including Da Vinci. The Freemasons have claimed such illustrious personages as Mozart, Benjamin Franklin, Darwin, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD