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  • Atlanta Blues

    by Robert Lamb ...
    "In Atlanta Blues, Robert Lamb writes with the authority and sensitivity of (Joseph) Wambaugh at his best. This haunting novel will keep you awake – reading it the first night, thinking about it afterward." ~ Richard Layman, author and publisher"Crackling with narrative energy and hardboiled dialogue, Bob Lamb's new novel is a cat-and-mouse thriller that blows Elmore Leonard out of the water and ... Read more

    $12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ghosts

    by Robert Lamb ...
    Teenage boys chase an elusive ghost in a southern cemetery one night, never dreaming that their lives ahead will be filled with ghosts all too real and none of them elusive. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Absorptive Capacity in the Security and Justice Sectors

    Assessing Obstacles to Success in the Donor-Recipient Relationship

    by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Andrew Halterman ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    In development, stabilization, and peace building, donors increasingly recognize the importance of being sensitive to the local contexts of their efforts. Yet the use of “blueprints” remains widespread. Even when standard approaches are modified for particular aid partners, there often remains a poor fit between donor efforts and local conditions. When recipients cannot absorb the aid and ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

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    Wicked Pursuit

    by Katee Robert ...
    Narrated by Lessa Lamb, Jack Calihan ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 23 min

    Welcome to the Black Rose Auction where every sin can be yours for a price.For three days, the doors to this luxe New York estate are thrown wide for anyone with a taste for the obscenely rich, the ultra-exclusive, and the once in a lifetime thrill of the forbidden: where nothing is off the table and everything―and everyone―can be had for the taking.In WICKED PURSUIT by Katee Robert, a Little Red ... Read more

    $12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rethinking Legitimacy and Illegitimacy

    A New Approach to Assessing Support and Opposition across Disciplines

    by Robert D. Lamb ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    This report introduces a new assessment framework for legitimacy and illegitimacy that governments, businesses, and other organizations can use to better understand the sources and dynamics of support or opposition for any entity, policy, or program. It includes an intellectual history of the concept of legitimacy, summarizes the literature, introduces a new conceptualization of illegitimacy, and ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (Stories & Poem + 1)

    by Robert Lamb ...
    Stories and poems from a lifetime of writing, with an afterword on their origins. Contains the award-winning "R.I.P." and the groundbreaking "Rebellion at Fugitive Flats." ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Uncertain Transition from Stability to Peace

    by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Sarah Minot ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    Most violent conflicts since the turn of this century were in countries that had experienced an earlier violent conflict. How can we tell when a country is likely to remain stuck in a cycle of violence? What factors suggest it might be “ripe” for stabilizing and peace building? The authors studied four cases: Chad is stuck in a cycle of violence, while El Salvador, Laos, and Mozambique have had ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Rethinking Absorptive Capacity

    A New Framework, Applied to Afghanistan's Police Training Program

    by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    When recipients cannot absorb the aid and attention they are offered, the common response is “capacity building”—as if the source of the problem is the recipient’s implementation capacity. In this report, Robert D. Lamb and Kathryn Mixon present the results of their research on the sources of absorptive capacity. They find that this sort of “blaming the victim” mentality, while common, is not ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Art Matters

    Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story

    by Robert Paul Lamb ...
    In Art Matters, Robert Paul Lamb provides the definitive study of Ernest Hemingway's short story aesthetics. Lamb locates Hemingway's art in literary historical contexts and explains what he learned from earlier artists, including Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Cézanne, Henry James, Guy de Maupassant, Anton Chekhov, Stephen Crane, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and Ezra Pound. Examining how Hemingway ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Rethinking Civilian Stabilization and Reconstruction

    by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Joy Aoun ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    Can the United States prevent or end conflicts and protect its interests without using military force? Do U.S. civilian institutions have the right mix of support, funding, and capabilities to respond to major crises and political transitions? In July 2013, CSIS raised these questions before more than 200 policymakers and experts, with 22 speakers offering perspectives from donors, implementers, ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • South Asia Regional Dynamics and Strategic Concerns

    A Framework for U.S. Policy and Strategy in South Asia, 2014-2026

    by Robert A. Lamb, Sadika Hameed, Kathryn Mixon ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    Once the United States withdraws most or all of its forces from Afghanistan, what issues are likely to continue to be of concern to U.S. policymakers in South Asia? What regional dynamics are likely to affect their ability to achieve policy priorities there? While the United States and its coalition partners have focused primarily on Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past 12 years, the strategic ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Audiobook

    Gargoyle's Captive, The

    by Katee Robert ...
    Narrated by Lessa Lamb, Jack Calihan ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Deal with a Demon

    Unabridged

    6 hours 54 min

    Grace is a monster hunter who went into her demon deal with eyes wide open. Years ago, her mother made the same choice and was never seen again, and the answers Grace seeks can only be found in the demon realm.She doesn’t care that she’s auctioned off to a gargoyle. She doesn’t plan to stay with him longer than strictly necessary.Unfortunately, she didn’t read the small print of her contract.Every ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus