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Drive

by James Sallis, Poisoned Pen Press ...

Narrated by Richard Powers ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Driver Series
Unabridged

3 hours 29 min

Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still, of course, there’d be no doubt. But for now Driver is, as they say, in the moment. And the moment includes this blood lapping toward him, the pressure of dawn’s late light at windows and ... Read more

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Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still, of course, there’d be no doubt. But for now Driver is, as they say, in the moment. And the moment includes this blood lapping toward him, the pressure of dawn’s late light at windows and
... Read more
Civil Society and the Family

by Esther Muddiman, Sally Power, Chris Taylor ...

Series series Civil Society and Social Change
The relationship between the family and civil society has always been complex, with the family often regarded as separate from, or even oppositional to, civil society.Taking a fresh empirical approach, Muddiman, Power and Taylor reveal how such separation underestimates the important role the family plays in civil society. Considering the impact of family events, dinner table debates, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

The relationship between the family and civil society has always been complex, with the family often regarded as separate from, or even oppositional to, civil society.Taking a fresh empirical approach, Muddiman, Power and Taylor reveal how such separation underestimates the important role the family plays in civil society. Considering the impact of family events, dinner table debates,
... Read more
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Driven

by James Sallis, Poisoned Pen Press ...

Narrated by Richard Powers ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Driver Series
Unabridged

3 hours 32 min

At the end of the initial novel, Drive, Driver has killed Bernie Rose, “the only one he mourned,” ending his campaign against those who double-crossed him. Driven tells how the young man, done with killing, later will become the one who goes down early one morning in a Tijuana bar.Seven years have passed. Driver has left the old life, become Paul West, and founded a successful business back in ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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At the end of the initial novel, Drive, Driver has killed Bernie Rose, “the only one he mourned,” ending his campaign against those who double-crossed him. Driven tells how the young man, done with killing, later will become the one who goes down early one morning in a Tijuana bar.Seven years have passed. Driver has left the old life, become Paul West, and founded a successful business back in
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Civil Society through the Lifecourse

Edited by Sally Power ...

Series series Civil Society and Social Change
Are young people blindly self-interested? How does university shape students’ political participation? Can busy parents and grandparents find time to volunteer?Challenging conventional thinking, leading academics explore how individuals’ relationships with civil society change over time as different lifecourse events and stages trigger and hinder civic engagement.Drawing on personal narratives, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Are young people blindly self-interested? How does university shape students’ political participation? Can busy parents and grandparents find time to volunteer?Challenging conventional thinking, leading academics explore how individuals’ relationships with civil society change over time as different lifecourse events and stages trigger and hinder civic engagement.Drawing on personal narratives,
... Read more
Infrastructures of Informal Care

Inequality, Exploitation, Emancipation

by Jala Burton, Julia Cook, Morag Kelly, Sukhmani Khorana, Elise Klein, Amy Marshall, Greg Marston, Kathleen Mee, Emma Mitchell, Emma Power, Sally Robinson, Jordana Silverstein, Lisa Slater, Ben Spies-Butcher, Kylie Valentine, Ilan Wiesel, Amy Conley Wright ...

Series series Transforming Care
Care is fundamental to our individual and collective well-being, but it is also deeply implicated in historical and present-day injustices.Taking seriously the darker potentialities of care as a relation of exploitation and domination, this edited collection interrogates the social and governance infrastructures that variously shape, expropriate, necessitate and unravel care at the ‘private’ ... Read more

$40.49 USD

Care is fundamental to our individual and collective well-being, but it is also deeply implicated in historical and present-day injustices.Taking seriously the darker potentialities of care as a relation of exploitation and domination, this edited collection interrogates the social and governance infrastructures that variously shape, expropriate, necessitate and unravel care at the ‘private’
... Read more
The International Handbook on the Sociology of Education

An International Assessment of New Research and Theory

by Siikka Aapola, Jason Chang, A B. Dijkstra, Jaap Dronkers, Tuula Gordon, Honario Martin Izquierdo, Ingrid Jonsson, Steve Jordan, Yaacov J. Katz, John P. Keeves, Katja Komonen, David Konstantinovski, Alkistis Kontoyianni, Elina Lahelma, Peter Lang, David MacLennan, Isabel Menezes, Almudena Moreno Minguez, Martin D. Munk, Sean Neill, Jules Peschar, Sally Power, Arja Puurula, Zhang Renjie, Shlomo Romi, Lawrence J. Saha, Antonio Teodoro, Raf Vanderstraeten, Lisa Vasileiou, Lennart Vriens, Geoff Whitty, Gad Yair ...

The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly changing education, especially in terms of its role in democracy. This comprehensive handbook offers ... Read more

$64.99 USD

The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly changing education, especially in terms of its role in democracy. This comprehensive handbook offers
... Read more
Body and City

Histories of Urban Public Health

by Sally Sheard, Helen Power ...

Series series Historical Urban Studies Series
A provocative survey of new research in the history of urban public health, Body and City links the approaches of demographic and medical history with the methodologies of urban history and historical geography. It challenges older methodologies, offering new insights into the significance of cultural history, which has largely been overlooked by previous histories of public health. This book ... Read more

$69.99 USD

A provocative survey of new research in the history of urban public health, Body and City links the approaches of demographic and medical history with the methodologies of urban history and historical geography. It challenges older methodologies, offering new insights into the significance of cultural history, which has largely been overlooked by previous histories of public health. This book
... Read more

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Hell and Gone

by Duane Swierczynski ...

Narrated by Pete Larkin ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Charlie Hardie
Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski.Left for dead after an epic shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People, things can get worse. Drugged, bound and transported by strange operatives of unknown origin, Hardie ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski.Left for dead after an epic shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People, things can get worse. Drugged, bound and transported by strange operatives of unknown origin, Hardie
... Read more

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A Swell-Looking Babe

by Jim Thompson ...

Narrated by Brian Troxell ...

Series series Mulholland Classic
Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

It was supposed to be only a temporary job -- something to pay the bills until Dusty could get his feet back on the ground and raise enough money for medical school. After all, there's nothing wrong with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like the Manton -- that is, until she came along.Marcia Hillis. The perfect woman. Beautiful. Experienced. Older and wiser. The only woman to ever measure up ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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It was supposed to be only a temporary job -- something to pay the bills until Dusty could get his feet back on the ground and raise enough money for medical school. After all, there's nothing wrong with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like the Manton -- that is, until she came along.Marcia Hillis. The perfect woman. Beautiful. Experienced. Older and wiser. The only woman to ever measure up
... Read more

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Making Schools Different

Alternative Approaches to Educating Young People

Edited by Kitty te Riele ...

With a foreword by Professor Stephen BallWhat can we do with students who don′t succeed in the typical classroom, and what are the alternatives to full-time schooling?With contributions from leading academics from Canada, America, the UK, The Netherlands and Australia, this internationally-minded book helps the reader to reflect on the ways young people are taught, and presents possible ... Read more

$79.19 USD

With a foreword by Professor Stephen BallWhat can we do with students who don′t succeed in the typical classroom, and what are the alternatives to full-time schooling?With contributions from leading academics from Canada, America, the UK, The Netherlands and Australia, this internationally-minded book helps the reader to reflect on the ways young people are taught, and presents possible
... Read more
Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience

A socio-cultural and critical guide to action

by Bruce Johnson, Barry Down, Rosie Le Cornu, Judy Peters, Anna Sullivan, Jane Pearce, Janet Hunter ...

Series series Teacher Quality and School Development
In Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience the stories of 60 graduate teachers are documented as they grapple with some of the most persistent and protracted personal and professional struggles facing teachers today. Narratives emerge detailing feelings of frustration, disillusionment and even outrage as they struggle with the complexity, intensity and immediacy of life in schools. Other stories ... Read more

$66.99 USD

In Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience the stories of 60 graduate teachers are documented as they grapple with some of the most persistent and protracted personal and professional struggles facing teachers today. Narratives emerge detailing feelings of frustration, disillusionment and even outrage as they struggle with the complexity, intensity and immediacy of life in schools. Other stories
... Read more
Childcare, Choice and Class Practices

Middle Class Parents and their Children

by Carol Vincent, Stephen J. Ball ...

Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents’ choice of childcare within the wider contexts of social class and class fractions, social reproduction, gendered responsibilities and conceptions of ‘good’ parenting ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents’ choice of childcare within the wider contexts of social class and class fractions, social reproduction, gendered responsibilities and conceptions of ‘good’ parenting
... Read more

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