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The Event of the Good

Reading Levinas in a Levinasian Way

Edited by Christopher Buckman, Melissa Bradley, Jack Marsh, James McLachlan ...

Centers on the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, aiming to understand this important thinker on his own terms.To read Levinas in a Levinasian way means to understand this important thinker on his own terms, thinking "ethics as first philosophy," without reducing his role to that of a contributor to some other discourse, such as phenomenology, deconstruction, or religious traditions other than his own. ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Centers on the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, aiming to understand this important thinker on his own terms.To read Levinas in a Levinasian way means to understand this important thinker on his own terms, thinking "ethics as first philosophy," without reducing his role to that of a contributor to some other discourse, such as phenomenology, deconstruction, or religious traditions other than his own.
... Read more
Russian Foreign Policy

Interests, Vectors, and Sectors

by Christopher Marsh, Nikolas K. Gvosdev ...

In a truly contemporary analysis of Moscow′s relations with its neighbors and other strategic international actors, Gvosdev and Marsh use a comprehensive vectors approach, dividing the world into eight geographic zones. Each vector chapter looks at the dynamics of key bilateral relationships while highlighting major topical issues—oil and energy, defense policy, economic policy, the role of ... Read more

$70.19 USD

In a truly contemporary analysis of Moscow′s relations with its neighbors and other strategic international actors, Gvosdev and Marsh use a comprehensive vectors approach, dividing the world into eight geographic zones. Each vector chapter looks at the dynamics of key bilateral relationships while highlighting major topical issues—oil and energy, defense policy, economic policy, the role of
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Audiobook

911 call: Kidnapped

Award-Winning Audio Drama

by David Hollenstein ...

Narrated by Skye Alley, Jordan Walters, Seamus Bryner, Christopher Marsh, Samantha Myers, Greg Melton ...

Unabridged

21 min

A thrilling full-cast audio drama!An emergency call comes in. But where is it coming from? The race to locate and rescue the caller begins.This audio drama is part of the award-winning campaign for Charlie's Trip, which won first place in the CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards. It includes book placement. Get your book excerpt: https://www.davidhollenstein.com/charlies-trip ... Read more

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A thrilling full-cast audio drama!An emergency call comes in. But where is it coming from? The race to locate and rescue the caller begins.This audio drama is part of the award-winning campaign for Charlie's Trip, which won first place in the CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards. It includes book placement. Get your book excerpt: https://www.davidhollenstein.com/charlies-trip
... Read more
Building Services Procurement

by Christopher Marsh ...

Procurers and contractors increasingly need practical guidance for the strategic procurement of building services. Clients seeking to improve the delivery performance of the construction industry are increasingly using alternative procurement arrangements. These modern arrangements attempt to deliver a more strategic approach to achieving value for money. Yet little thought is ever given to the ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Procurers and contractors increasingly need practical guidance for the strategic procurement of building services. Clients seeking to improve the delivery performance of the construction industry are increasingly using alternative procurement arrangements. These modern arrangements attempt to deliver a more strategic approach to achieving value for money. Yet little thought is ever given to the
... Read more
Audiobook

The Lost Year

A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine (National Book Award Finalist)

by Katherine Marsh ...

Narrated by Katherine Marsh, Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, Jesse Vilinsky ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

"Narrators Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, and Jesse Vilinsky combine talents in this compelling historical fiction, which takes place during the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s."- AudioFile**Author's note read by the author.From the author of *Nowhere Boy—*called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times—comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"Narrators Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, and Jesse Vilinsky combine talents in this compelling historical fiction, which takes place during the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s."- AudioFile**Author's note read by the author.From the author of *Nowhere Boy—*called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times—comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family
... Read more

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Canadian Mountain Assessment

Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada

by Graham McDowell, Madison Stevens, Shawn Marshall, Eric Higgs, Aerin Jacob, Gùdia Mary Jane Johnson, Linda Johnson, Megan Dicker, Dani Inkpen, Michele Koppes, Keara Lightning, Brenda Parlee, Wanda Pascal, Joseph Shea, Daniel Sims, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Leon Andrew, Caroline Aubry-Wake, David Borish, Ashley-Anne Churchill, Dawn Saunders Dahl, Goota Desmarais, Karine Gagné, Erika Gavenus, Stephan Gruber, Jiaao Guo, Katherine Hanly, Nina Hewitt, Murray Humphries, Rod Hunter, Lawrence Ignace, Pnnal Bernard Jerome, Patricia Joe, Stephen Johnston, Knut Kitching, Hayden Melting Tallow, Charlotte Mitchell, Tim Patterson, Sophie Pheasant, Karen Pheasant, Melissa Quesnelle, Rachel Reimer, Lauren Rethoret, Gabriella Richardson, Brooklyn Rushton, María Elisa Sánchez, Richard Schuster, Tonya Smith, Lauren Somers, Chris Springer, Kyra St. Pierre, Karson Sudlow, Yan Tapp, Julie M. Thériault, Andrew Trant, Vincent Vionnet, John Waldron, Gabrielle Weasel Head, Sonia Wesche, Nicole J. Wilson, Matthew Wiseman, Kristine Wray, Stephen Chignell, Thomas McIlwraith, PearlAnn Reichwein, Steven M. Vamosi, Brandy Mayes, Christopher Marsh, Daniel Kraus, Douglas Kootenay, Lachlan MacKinnon, Rosemary Langford, Sydney Lancaster ...

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple
... Read more
Religion and Regimes

Support, Separation, and Opposition

by Rebekah Samaniego, Rachel Blum, J. Christopher Soper, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, Christine A. Gustafson, Clyde Wilcox, Christopher Marsh, Ramazan Kilinç, Paul Christopher Manuel, Joel Fetzer, Michele Dillon, Scott W. Hibbard ...

This work is a collection of essays that describe and analyze religion and regime relations in various nations in the contemporary world. The contributors examine patterns of interaction between religious actors and national governments that include separation, support, and opposition. In general, the contributors find that most countries have a majority or plurality religious tradition, which ... Read more

$55.99 USD

This work is a collection of essays that describe and analyze religion and regime relations in various nations in the contemporary world. The contributors examine patterns of interaction between religious actors and national governments that include separation, support, and opposition. In general, the contributors find that most countries have a majority or plurality religious tradition, which
... Read more
Secret Leeds

by John Edwards, David Marsh, Christopher Allen ...

Series series Secret
Leeds is the UK’s third largest city and is home to a community rich in history, ambition and achievement. As the financial, cultural and commercial heart of West Yorkshire, Leeds is a city essential to the global economic system. Although only a small borough for much of its existence, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Leeds became a key centre for the production and trading of wool. As ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Leeds is the UK’s third largest city and is home to a community rich in history, ambition and achievement. As the financial, cultural and commercial heart of West Yorkshire, Leeds is a city essential to the global economic system. Although only a small borough for much of its existence, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Leeds became a key centre for the production and trading of wool. As
... Read more
Leeds The Postcard Collection

by John Edwards, David Marsh, Christopher Allen ...

Series series The Postcard Collection
Leeds, sited in the heart of West Yorkshire, is the UK’s third largest city and is home to a community rich in history, ambition and achievement. As the financial, cultural and commercial heart of West Yorkshire, Leeds is a city essential to the global economic system. Although only a small borough for much of its existence, Leeds in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries became a key centre for ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Leeds, sited in the heart of West Yorkshire, is the UK’s third largest city and is home to a community rich in history, ambition and achievement. As the financial, cultural and commercial heart of West Yorkshire, Leeds is a city essential to the global economic system. Although only a small borough for much of its existence, Leeds in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries became a key centre for
... Read more
Poseidon's Prisoner

by Katherine Marsh ...

Series Book 3 - The Myth of Monsters
The third book in National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh's fantastical series about a mythology-based boarding school finds Ava and her friends in the midst of a deep-sea battle for their lives. Perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and the TV series Wednesday!It's a new school year, and Ava and Fia return to the Accademia on probation. Worse, their new headmaster is none other than Triton, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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The third book in National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh's fantastical series about a mythology-based boarding school finds Ava and her friends in the midst of a deep-sea battle for their lives. Perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and the TV series Wednesday!It's a new school year, and Ava and Fia return to the Accademia on probation. Worse, their new headmaster is none other than Triton,
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Lost Year

A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine (National Book Award Finalist)

by Katherine Marsh ...

*A National Book Award Finalist*From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

*A National Book Award Finalist*From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Audiobook

The Gods' Revenge

by Katherine Marsh ...

Narrated by Hope Newhouse ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Myth of Monsters
Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

The second book in National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh's Myth of Monsters series finds Ava and her friends up against their least-expected foe yet.Ava Baldwin is ready for her second year at the Accademia del Forte. Now that she knows that her fellow classmates, descendants of the so-called Greek monsters, have been lied to by the Olympians, she’s ready to help them uncover their ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

The second book in National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh's Myth of Monsters series finds Ava and her friends up against their least-expected foe yet.Ava Baldwin is ready for her second year at the Accademia del Forte. Now that she knows that her fellow classmates, descendants of the so-called Greek monsters, have been lied to by the Olympians, she’s ready to help them uncover their
... Read more

Also available as: eBook