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  • The Fast

    The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without

    by John Oakes ...
    With fasting at an all-time high in popularity, here is an enlightening exploration into the history, science, and philosophy behind the practice—essential to many religions and wellness routines.Whether for philosophical, political, or health-related reasons, fasting marks a departure from daily routine. Based on extensive historical, scientific, and cultural research and reporting, The Fast ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • War Lord

    Khalifa Haftar and the Future of Libya

    by John Oakes ...
    Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar leads an army that controls most of Libya, stands at the gates of Tripoli and is threatening to overthrow the Government of National Accord. Backed by the powerful Libyan tribes, Khalifa Haftar has also won the backing of several international governments who see him as Libya’s last hope of a democratic solution. Others portray him as a dangerous rogue commander with ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Conservative Revolutionaries

    Transformation and Tradition in the Religious and Political Thought of Charles Chauncy and Jonathan Mayhew

    by John S. Oakes ...
    Boston Congregationalist ministers Charles Chauncy (1705-87) and Jonathan Mayhew (1720-66) were significant political as well as religious leaders in colonial and revolutionary New England. Scholars have often stressed their influence on major shifts in New England theology, from traditional Calvinism to Arminianism and, ultimately, to universalism and Unitarianism. They have also portrayed Mayhew ... Read more

    $26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reluctant Revolutionary

    The Life and Legacy of Pastor Andrew Eliot (1718–1778) of Boston

    by John S. Oakes ...
    Andrew Eliot (1718-1778) was one of the most prominent Boston leaders in the second half of the eighteenth century. As minister of one of the city's biggest churches, his was an important political as well as religious voice into the earliest years of the American War for Independence. But Eliot has often been neglected or misunderstood. In this first full biography, John S. Oakes draws on ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After Dinner Conversation Magazine

    After Dinner Conversation Magazine, #61

    by Emecheta Christian, John Oakes, Travis Lewis, Katie Moriarty, Terry Pilling, D. H. Parish, Sebastian Hoyle ...
    Series Book 61 - After Dinner Conversation Magazine
    Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" by Chill SubsNamed Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsRated "Top 50 Fiction" by SubstackDelight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Fast

    The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without

    by John Oakes ...
    Narrated by Matt Godfrey ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 57 min

    With fasting at an all-time high in popularity, here is an enlightening exploration into the history, science, and philosophy behind the practice—essential to many religions and wellness routines.Whether for philosophical, political, or health-related reasons, fasting marks a departure from daily routine. Based on extensive historical, scientific, and cultural research and reporting, The Fast ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • AQA GCSE (9–1) Geography Second Edition

    by John Widdowson, Simon Oakes, Michael Witherick, Meryl King, Rebecca Blackshaw, Sarah Wheeler ...
    Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: GeographyEquip your students for AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography with our fully revised second edition Student Book. Our expert author team, John Widdowson, Rebecca Blackshaw, Meryl King, Sarah Wheeler, Simon Oakes and Michael Witherick bring you revised case studies and examples, as well as a wealth of new practice questions to help your students apply their knowledge ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens

    Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era

    by Amy S. Greenberg, Thomas J. Balcerski, Douglas R. Egerton, Matthew Pinsker, William P. MacKinnon, Frank Towers, Joan Cashin, John David Smith, Michael Green, James Oakes, Bruce C. Levine, T. Michael Parrish ...
    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Southern Middle Class in the Long Nineteenth Century

    by Susanna Delfino, Angela Lakwete, Martin Reuf, Don H. Doyle, Sally Hadden, Sonya Ramsey, Jennie Goloboy, Bruce W. Eelman, Amanda R. Mushal, Frank Towers, James Oakes, John G. Deal ...
    Jonathan Daniel Wells and Jennifer R. Green provide a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in the nineteenth-century South, a place often seen as being composed of just two classes—planters and slaves. Rather, an active middle class, made up of men and women devoted to the cultural and economic modernization of Dixie, worked ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    The History of Rome, volume 1 (Unabridged)

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    by Titus Livius ...
    Narrated by Kathy Warren, John Stephens, Luis Wilson, Marion Oakes ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 14 min

    The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering the period from the supposed arrival of Aeneas and the Trojansall the way to the time of Augustus, finishing with the death of Drusus, contemporary to Livy himself. Only 35 of the 142 books written by the author arrived to our times. This translation, by the Rev ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    Ben Franklin, George Whitefield, and the Surprising Friendship That Invented America

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    The true story of a friendship between two very different men: Founding Father Ben Franklin and famed preacher of the Great Awakening George Whitefield.They were the most famous men in America. They came from separate countries, followed different philosophies, and led dissimilar lives. But they were fast friends. No two people did more to shape America in the mid-1700s.Benjamin Franklin was the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • On the Run

    by Carla Neggers ...
    Series series The Thriller Shorts
    Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short from the New York Times–bestselling author—edited by #1 worldwide bestseller Clive Cussler.In this chilling Thriller Short, bestselling author Carla Neggers reveals a life-and-death struggle where Mother Nature is as dangerous as a gun in the back.When an armed fugitive confronts Gus Winter on an isolated trail in the unforgiving ... Read more

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