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Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov

'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral ... Read more

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'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral
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The Pillow Book: Series 1-11

A full-cast historical crime drama

by Robert Forrest ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Cal MacAninch, Full Cast, Mark Bazeley, Ruth Gemmell ...

Unabridged

13 hours 16 min

A thriller and love story set in 10th-century Japan.Lady Shonagon is an imperial courtesan, living at the court of the Japanese Emperor in the 10th century. When a series of disturbing thefts within the palace walls throws the court into confusion and unrest, Shonagon is appointed guide and assistant to Lieutenant Yukinari as he investigates.Together, Shonagon and Yukinari must solve the mysteries ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A thriller and love story set in 10th-century Japan.Lady Shonagon is an imperial courtesan, living at the court of the Japanese Emperor in the 10th century. When a series of disturbing thefts within the palace walls throws the court into confusion and unrest, Shonagon is appointed guide and assistant to Lieutenant Yukinari as he investigates.Together, Shonagon and Yukinari must solve the mysteries
... Read more
Don't Just Leave

Caribbean Career Trilogy, #1

by Robert D. Forrester ...

Series Book 1 - Caribbean Career Trilogy
Artificial intelligence is rewriting work just as the Caribbean faces its oldest reckoning — and no global report is looking at both together. This one is.The map they handed you was drawn for a country that no longer exists. Study hard. Get the qualification. Secure the post. The map was not wrong when it was drawn — it was substantially true for much of the twentieth century. It is wrong now, ... Read more

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Artificial intelligence is rewriting work just as the Caribbean faces its oldest reckoning — and no global report is looking at both together. This one is.The map they handed you was drawn for a country that no longer exists. Study hard. Get the qualification. Secure the post. The map was not wrong when it was drawn — it was substantially true for much of the twentieth century. It is wrong now,
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Nobody Wants to Get Wet

by Robert D. Forrester ...

In Guyana a man will pay three hundred dollars for a bag of mango he does not want rather than say two words to a vendor. He is not weak. He has calculated, correctly, that the cost of speaking is higher than the cost of paying — and he has run that calculation so many times that he no longer notices running it.This is a book about fear — the inherited, rational fear of two peoples who each ... Read more

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In Guyana a man will pay three hundred dollars for a bag of mango he does not want rather than say two words to a vendor. He is not weak. He has calculated, correctly, that the cost of speaking is higher than the cost of paying — and he has run that calculation so many times that he no longer notices running it.This is a book about fear — the inherited, rational fear of two peoples who each
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Steering the Rollout

by Robert D. Forrester ...

Your firm is already using AI — unevenly, one person at a time, ahead of any plan. Steering the Rollout is the practical guide to getting a real Caribbean business from ungoverned AI to a rollout that is safe, owned, and measured — in about thirty days, without a tech team or a big budget.Following a single 35-person Guyanese distributor from its first anxious decision to a governed, whole-firm ... Read more

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Your firm is already using AI — unevenly, one person at a time, ahead of any plan. Steering the Rollout is the practical guide to getting a real Caribbean business from ungoverned AI to a rollout that is safe, owned, and measured — in about thirty days, without a tech team or a big budget.Following a single 35-person Guyanese distributor from its first anxious decision to a governed, whole-firm
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White Witchcraft (Unabridged)

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by ROBERT BROWNING ...

Narrated by Bobby Koonce, Shannon Forrest, Penny Rouse, Cora Delaurentis ...

Unabridged

19 min

Enter a world of forbidden knowledge and captivating spells. Robert Browning's "White Witchcraft" is not your typical tale of dark magic. This enigmatic poem explores the power of love, both innocent and obsessive. Dive into the mind of a woman consumed by a desire so potent, it borders on witchcraft. Her words weave a tapestry of longing, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Is she a ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Enter a world of forbidden knowledge and captivating spells. Robert Browning's "White Witchcraft" is not your typical tale of dark magic. This enigmatic poem explores the power of love, both innocent and obsessive. Dive into the mind of a woman consumed by a desire so potent, it borders on witchcraft. Her words weave a tapestry of longing, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Is she a
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The Pedagogy of Pop

Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success

by Yvette Benavides, Seth Besteman, Carrie Brockheim, Colleen Coughlin, Jennifer Culver, Sheila Delony, Mikee Delony, Charity Dishon-Fischer, Brian Duchaney, Jennifer Edelman, Richard Ellefritz, Jennifer Moyer Geiger, Mike Hall, Glinda Fountain Hall, Sylvia Mac, Amy Rakowsky Neeman, David D. Newman, Michelle Parke, Julie Irene Prieto, Bob Reese, Cindy Roberts, Forrest Roth, Ludovic A. Sourdot, Fred Waweru ...

Media competes with public schools in terms of student engagement and time. However, the two needn't be mutually exclusive. The Pedagogy of Pop: Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success discusses a variety of strategies and approaches for using social and mass media as tools through which teachers might improve schooling.While there is a vast body of literature in this field, editors ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Media competes with public schools in terms of student engagement and time. However, the two needn't be mutually exclusive. The Pedagogy of Pop: Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success discusses a variety of strategies and approaches for using social and mass media as tools through which teachers might improve schooling.While there is a vast body of literature in this field, editors
... Read more
British Mail Steamers to South America, 1851-1965

A History of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and Royal Mail Lines

by Robert E. Forrester ...

During the nineteenth century Britain’s maritime, commercial and colonial interests all depended upon a regular and reliable flow of seaborne information from around the globe. Whilst the telegraph increasingly came to dominate long-distance communication, postal services by sea played a vital role in the network of information exchange, particularly to the more distant locations. Much importance ... Read more

$77.99 USD

During the nineteenth century Britain’s maritime, commercial and colonial interests all depended upon a regular and reliable flow of seaborne information from around the globe. Whilst the telegraph increasingly came to dominate long-distance communication, postal services by sea played a vital role in the network of information exchange, particularly to the more distant locations. Much importance
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Demobilization: our industrial and military demobilization after the armistice, 1918-1920

Enriched edition. Unraveling post-war transitions and societal impacts

by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson, Aurelia Ravenshaw ...

In 'Demobilization: our industrial and military demobilization after the armistice, 1918-1920', the intricacies of the interwar period are meticulously unraveled through a tapestry of literary narratives and analytical expositions. This collection captures the turbulence and metamorphosis inherent in the demobilization period, providing readers with an insightful glimpse into the complex ... Read more

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In 'Demobilization: our industrial and military demobilization after the armistice, 1918-1920', the intricacies of the interwar period are meticulously unraveled through a tapestry of literary narratives and analytical expositions. This collection captures the turbulence and metamorphosis inherent in the demobilization period, providing readers with an insightful glimpse into the complex
... Read more
Demobilization

our industrial and military demobilization after the armistice, 1918-1920

by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson ...

At a few minutes past ten o’clock of the morning of November 11, 1918, the Secretary of War in Washington received from General Pershing a communication informing the Government that eleven o’clock a.m. that day, French time, an armistice with Germany had gone into effect. No message more momentous had ever come to the American War Department. The World War was at an end. It was peace. It was ... Read more

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At a few minutes past ten o’clock of the morning of November 11, 1918, the Secretary of War in Washington received from General Pershing a communication informing the Government that eleven o’clock a.m. that day, French time, an armistice with Germany had gone into effect. No message more momentous had ever come to the American War Department. The World War was at an end. It was peace. It was
... Read more
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The Essential Neruda

Selected Poems

by Pablo Neruda ...

Narrated by C. S. Verdád0 ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

More than a hundred years after his birth, Pablo Neruda’s poetry is as vital and beloved as ever.This collection presents fifty of the most essential poems by one of history’s greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world’s leading Neruda scholars.A definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth ... Read more

$24.99 USD

More than a hundred years after his birth, Pablo Neruda’s poetry is as vital and beloved as ever.This collection presents fifty of the most essential poems by one of history’s greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world’s leading Neruda scholars.A definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth
... Read more
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Pilgrims' Project (Unabridged)

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by ROBERT F. YOUNG ...

Narrated by Ian Forrest, Thomas Elder, Katie Hudson, Miguel Perry ...

Unabridged

1 hour 29 min

Robert F. Young works in a machine shop by day, and at night goes home and writes anti-machine stories! Pilgrims' Project is different: not so much anti-machine per se, it is still a vigorous argument in favor of the individual human spirit and against standardization. It is also, of course, a thoroughly exciting story—with one of the most intriguing villains in all sf! ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Robert F. Young works in a machine shop by day, and at night goes home and writes anti-machine stories! Pilgrims' Project is different: not so much anti-machine per se, it is still a vigorous argument in favor of the individual human spirit and against standardization. It is also, of course, a thoroughly exciting story—with one of the most intriguing villains in all sf!
... Read more

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