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Movie-Made America

A Cultural History of American Movies

by Robert Sklar ...

Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values.Ever since Edison's peep shows first captivated urban audiences, film has had a revolutionary impact on American society, ... Read more

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Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values.Ever since Edison's peep shows first captivated urban audiences, film has had a revolutionary impact on American society,
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Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child

Eliminating Conflict by Establishing Clear, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries

by Robert J. MacKenzie, Ed.D. ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

Does your child constantly misbehave and ignore or refuse your requests? Is your relationship with your child based on conflict instead of mutual respect and cooperation? With the help of this groundbreaking book, you can create a positive, respectful, and rewarding relationship with your child.Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child contains proven techniques and procedures that provide a ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Does your child constantly misbehave and ignore or refuse your requests? Is your relationship with your child based on conflict instead of mutual respect and cooperation? With the help of this groundbreaking book, you can create a positive, respectful, and rewarding relationship with your child.Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child contains proven techniques and procedures that provide a
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Global Neorealism

The Transnational History of a Film Style

Edited by Saverio Giovacchini, Robert Sklar ...

Intellectual, cultural, and film historians have long considered neorealism the founding block of post-World War II Italian cinema. Neorealism, the traditional story goes, was an Italian film style born in the second postwar period and aimed at recovering the reality of Italy after the sugarcoated moving images of Fascism. Lasting from 1945 to the early 1950s, neorealism produced world-renowned ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Intellectual, cultural, and film historians have long considered neorealism the founding block of post-World War II Italian cinema. Neorealism, the traditional story goes, was an Italian film style born in the second postwar period and aimed at recovering the reality of Italy after the sugarcoated moving images of Fascism. Lasting from 1945 to the early 1950s, neorealism produced world-renowned
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Global Neorealism

The Transnational History of a Film Style

Edited by Saverio Giovacchini, Robert Sklar ...

Contributions by Nathaniel Brennan, Luca Caminati, Silvia Carlorosi, Caroline Eades, Saverio Giovacchini, Paula Halperin, Neepa Majumdar, Mariano Mestman, Hamid Naficy, Sada Niang, Masha Salazkina, Sarah Sarzynski, Robert Sklar, and Vito ZagarrioIntellectual, cultural, and film historians have long considered neorealism the founding block of post-World War II Italian cinema. Neorealism, the ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Contributions by Nathaniel Brennan, Luca Caminati, Silvia Carlorosi, Caroline Eades, Saverio Giovacchini, Paula Halperin, Neepa Majumdar, Mariano Mestman, Hamid Naficy, Sada Niang, Masha Salazkina, Sarah Sarzynski, Robert Sklar, and Vito ZagarrioIntellectual, cultural, and film historians have long considered neorealism the founding block of post-World War II Italian cinema. Neorealism, the
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The Ghosts of Cannae

Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

by Robert L. O'Connell ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

13 hours 18 min

Hannibal's battle plan at Cannae became the mother of all great battle strategies—the first battle of encirclement that has been imitated (often to disastrous effect) endlessly over the past two thousand years. In this brilliant, long-overdue, and beautifully written account, Robert L. O'Connell gives listeners an epic account of one of the most dramatic battles of antiquity. The Ghosts of Cannae ... Read more

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Hannibal's battle plan at Cannae became the mother of all great battle strategies—the first battle of encirclement that has been imitated (often to disastrous effect) endlessly over the past two thousand years. In this brilliant, long-overdue, and beautifully written account, Robert L. O'Connell gives listeners an epic account of one of the most dramatic battles of antiquity. The Ghosts of Cannae
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

A Collection

by C. J. Box, Otto Penzler ...

Narrated by Dan John Miller, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Christopher Ryan Grant, Ben Jaeger-Thomas, Robin Miles, Robert Fass, Jonathan Davis, Peter Ganim, Andi Arndt, Macleod Andrews, Alan Sklar, Robert Petkoff, Tavia Gilbert, Farah Merani, Peter Berkrot, Neil Shah, Piper Goodeve, Sean Crisden, Kyla Garcia, Angelo Di Loreto ...

Series series Best American
Unabridged

16 hours 55 min

A collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award–winning author C. J. Box.C. J. Box , #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual “treat for crime-fiction fans” (Library Journal). ... Read more

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A collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award–winning author C. J. Box.C. J. Box , #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual “treat for crime-fiction fans” (Library Journal).
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On Democracy

by Robert A. Dahl ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

6 hours 34 min

The last half of the 20th century was an era of democratic triumph. The main antidemocratic regimes - communist, fascist, Nazi - disappeared, and new democracies emerged vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this accessible and authoritative audiobook, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable ... Read more

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The last half of the 20th century was an era of democratic triumph. The main antidemocratic regimes - communist, fascist, Nazi - disappeared, and new democracies emerged vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this accessible and authoritative audiobook, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable
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Patriot Pirates

The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution

by Robert H. Patton ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

They were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America's shores. They played a decisive role in America's struggle for independence and later turned their seafaring talents to the slave trade, revealing the conflict between enterprise and morality central to American ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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They were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America's shores. They played a decisive role in America's struggle for independence and later turned their seafaring talents to the slave trade, revealing the conflict between enterprise and morality central to American
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ESV Expository Commentary (Volume 12)

Hebrews–Revelation

by Crossway, Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., Jay Sklar, Dennis E. Johnson, Robert Plummer, Sam Storms, Matthew S. Harmon, Ray Van Neste, Thomas R. Schreiner ...

Series Book 12 - ESV Expository Commentary
Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay A. Sklar have ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay A. Sklar have
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Rising Tide

Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter

by Randy Roberts, Ed Krzemienski ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

15 hours 29 min

The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime.During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath-two of the most iconic and controversial figures in American sports-changed the game of college football ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime.During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath-two of the most iconic and controversial figures in American sports-changed the game of college football
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The Shangri-La Diet

by Seth Roberts, Ph.D. ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

4 hours 8 min

Psychologist and professor Seth Roberts has spent years analyzing why most diets don't work. A maverick with a curious mind, and a yen for self-experimentation, he started by asking a simple question most experts haven't tackled: What makes us feel hungry in the first place?After scouring the scientific literature and tirelessly testing various theories and practices, Roberts hit upon a simple, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Psychologist and professor Seth Roberts has spent years analyzing why most diets don't work. A maverick with a curious mind, and a yen for self-experimentation, he started by asking a simple question most experts haven't tackled: What makes us feel hungry in the first place?After scouring the scientific literature and tirelessly testing various theories and practices, Roberts hit upon a simple,
... Read more

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Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome

by Anthony Everitt ...

Narrated by John Curless ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of disorder and costly warfare to a peaceful conclusion while demonstrating how a monarchy can be ... Read more

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Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of disorder and costly warfare to a peaceful conclusion while demonstrating how a monarchy can be
... Read more

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