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  • Weep, Shudder, Die

    A Guide to Loving Opera

    by Robert Levine ...
    "Icouldn't imagine a finer or livelier guide through the world of opera. . . . [Levine] distills a lifetime of passion and insight into this immenselyenjoyable survey, and with the right comic touch to make you wonder how operaever seemed intimidating." —Thomas May, author of Decoding WagnerDespitethe popular success of the Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” series, opera’s grandworld of soaring ... Read more

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  • A Geography Of Time

    On Tempo, Culture, And The Pace Of Life

    In this engaging and spirited book, eminent social psychologist Robert Levine asks us to explore a dimension of our experience that we take for granted-our perception of time. When we travel to a different country, or even a different city in the United States, we assume that a certain amount of cultural adjustment will be required, whether it's getting used to new food or negotiating a foreign ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Do Parents Matter?

    Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax

    When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better-but it is always more tiringIn Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age ten, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are born and is accomplished with little fanfare. In Paris, parents limit the amount of agency they give their toddlers. In America, ... Read more

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  • The Failed Promise

    Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

    Robert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew Johnson.When Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the country was on the precipice of radical change. Johnson, seemingly more progressive than Lincoln, looked like the ideal ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • After Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Quest for Interracial Democracy

    The extraordinary activism of towering literary figure and great American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, after publishing the novel that changed American history.Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold millions of copies, energized abolitionism, and arguably helped spark the Civil War—but the book also remade its author. Nearly ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Rock Hard

    Chord Brothers, Book 1

    Series Audiobook 1 - Rock Hard

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    Drummer Ryder Chord has been living half a life since he was sixteen when a brutal tragedy struck his family and he and his best friend hit the road. Ryder, desperate to forget, throws himself into touring life and writing music. When Lexi joins the band, Ryder’s life becomes almost tolerable. Until one day when the rest of the band isn’t there and Ryder and Lexi have to share a hotel room: with ... Read more

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  • There Is No Messiah—and You're It

    The Stunning Transformation of Judaism's Most Provocative Idea

    A challenge to each of us to take personal responsibility for repairing the world."We are taught that every one of us is created in the divine image. All of us can be holy through imitating God…. So, you don’t have to look around or look away. You don’t have to wait for someone to come and do what you were put on this earth to do in the first place. Judaism empowers you, as one of God’s anointed ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Myth Directions

    by Robert Asprin ...
    Narrated by Noah Michael Levine ...
    Series series Myth Adventures

    Unabridged

    5 hours 29 min

    The beautiful Tanda wants the Trophy—and it's up to Skeeve to get it for her. The problem is, getting it will take more than luck. It will take all Skeeve's unproven magical talents, a scaly but clever Pervect, and a charming demon not above a little interdimensional thievery. ... Read more

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    Myth-Alliances

    Series series Myth Adventures

    Unabridged

    8 hours 35 min

    When the sheepish Wuhses are taken advantage of by the overbearing Pervects, Skeeve teams up with Zol Icty—self-help expert and bestselling author of Imps Are from Imper, Deveels Are from Deva—on a mythion in personal empowerment. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Free Ride

    How Digital Parasites are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back

    by Robert Levine ...
    How did the newspaper, music, and film industries go from raking in big bucks to scooping up digital dimes? Their customers were lured away by the free ride of technology. Now, business journalist Robert Levine shows how they can get back on track.On the Internet, “information wants to be free.” This memorable phrase shaped the online business model, but it is now driving the media companies on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    When Corruption Was King

    How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down

    Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    Bob Cooley was the Chicago Mafia’s “mechanic”—a fixer of court cases. During the 1970s and ’80s, Cooley bribed judges, court clerks, and cops to keep his Mob clients—hit men, bookies, racketeers, and crooked pols—out of jail. Paid handsomely for his services, he lived fast and enjoyed the protection of the men he served.He had enough money to blow on all the vices the Windy City could offer, and ... Read more

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    Myth-Told Tales

    Series series Myth Adventures

    Unabridged

    7 hours 2 min

    It's a nightmare when master magician Skeeve and Aahz the Pervect fall into Dreamland …Massha gets married with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blew … up.Bunny turns to Skeeve for help when an inter-dimensional beauty contest turns ugly.Reality shows were never quite like this. Contestants hunt down Princess Gloriannamarjolie for a chance to win the greatest ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus