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  • How the States Got Their Shapes

    by Mark Stein ...
    "[A] wonderfully entertaining account of an often-overlooked oddity of America's history: how the jigsaw-puzzle layout of the United States emerged." —VogueThe New York Times BestsellerWhy does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake?We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • American Panic

    A History of Who Scares Us and Why

    by Mark Stein ...
    "A learned romp through American history, and the persistent bad habit a strong and free people has of worrying about other people." —Ray Suarez, author of We Are Home and host of the World Affairs podcastIn American Panic, New York Times-bestselling author Mark Stein traces the history and consequences of American political panics through the years. Virtuall... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Successful Onboarding: Strategies to Unlock Hidden Value Within Your Organization

    by Mark Stein, Lilith Christiansen ...
    CAPTURE THE ONBOARDING MARGIN WITH THE "4 PILLARS" OF SUCCESSFUL ONBOARDING"Bringing a new employee on board can be the start of a rewarding relationship or the beginning of a missed opportunity. This smart book can teach you how to make the most of each employee's career starting on Day One."—Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND"This book has the potential to change the way that ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • How the States Got Their Shapes Too

    The People Behind the Borderlines

    by Mark Stein ...
    Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island? Why did Augustine Herman take ten years to complete the map that established Delaware? How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado? All this and more is explained in Mark Stein's new book.How the States Got Their Shapes Too follows How the States Got Their Shapes looks at American ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A League of His Own

    A.G. Spalding and the Business of Baseball

    by Mark A. Stein ...
    A League of His Own tells the remarkable story of A.G. Spalding—the pitcher, mogul, and visionary who shaped baseball and the sporting goods empire.Albert Goodwill Spalding became the initial star pitcher of the first professional sports association, cofounded baseball’s National League, founded the world’s greatest sporting goods empire, owned the team that became the Chicago Cubs, organized an ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Vice Capades

    Sex, Drugs, and Bowling from the Pilgrims to the Present

    by Mark Stein ...
    From outlawing bowling in colonial America to regulating violent video games and synthetic drugs today, Mark Stein’s Vice Capades examines the nation’s relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have defined morality. This humorous and quirky history reveals that our views of vice are formed not merely by morals but by power.While laws against nude dancing have become less ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Presidential Fringe

    Questing and Jesting for the Oval Office

    by Mark Stein ...
    This offbeat slice of American history places the story of our great republic beneath an unexpected lens: that of fringe candidates for president of the United States. Mark Stein explores how their quest for our nation’s highest office helped to amplify voices otherwise quashed during their day. His careening tour through elections past includes the efforts of true pioneers in the quest for social ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Distributive Justice and Disability

    Utilitarianism against Egalitarianism

    by Mark S. Stein ...
    Theories of distributive justice are most severely tested in the area of disability. In this book, Mark Stein argues that utilitarianism performs better than egalitarian theories in this area: whereas egalitarian theories help the disabled either too little or too much, utilitarianism achieves the proper balance by placing resources where they will do the most good.Stein offers what may be the ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Presidential Fringe

    Questing and Jesting for the Oval Office

    by Mark Stein ...
    This offbeat slice of American history places the story of our great republic beneath an unexpected lens: that of fringe candidates for president of the United States. Mark Stein explores how their quest for our nation’s highest office helped to amplify voices otherwise quashed during their day. His careening tour through elections past includes the efforts of true pioneers in the quest for social ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    How the States Got Their Shapes

    by Mark Stein ...
    Narrated by Brian Holsopple ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 27 min

    If you’ve ever wondered why the 50 states have the shapes they do, this audiobook’s for you. In a light, accessible style, Mark Stein unpacks the mysteries state by state, line by line. Why are some states boringly square, and others, like Texas and California, truly “outsized.” How can Maryland possibly be - is that even a shape? HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES is packed with fun oddities and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Sustainable Food Procurement

    Legal, Social and Organisational Challenges

    Edited by Mark Stein, Maurizio Mariani, Roberto Caranta, Yiannis Polychronakis ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
    The book examines sustainable food procurement policy and practice in the European Union and beyond, exploring the extent to which sustainability objectives have been achieved and evaluating the new developments taking place at both EU and national levels.While there is a growing recognition that public authorities can use public procurement as a policy tool to pursue multiple environmental, ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Theory and Practice of Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy

    Edited by Ferruccio Osimo, Mark J. Stein ...
    This book provides an introduction to and history of the experiential dynamic therapies (EDT) including the ground-breaking Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) of Habib Davanloo and its subsequent development. It also describes the essential ingredients of EDT. ... Read more

    $91.99 USD