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Asian Martial Arts, Monks, and Ways of Thought

An Anthology

by Michael DeMarco, Michael Spiesbach, Charles Holcombe, Jerry Shine, Mark Wiley, Stanley Henning, Mark Hawthorne, Ken Jeremiah, Mark Kelland ...

Many know of the legends concerning the Shaolin Temple as the font of Asian martial arts. However, this was not the only temple with deep associations with combatives. This anthology dives deep into the historic significance of the relationship between temples, monks, and martial arts.As a transporter of culture, it seems logical that the Indian monk Bodhidharma brought more than just Buddhist ... Read more

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Many know of the legends concerning the Shaolin Temple as the font of Asian martial arts. However, this was not the only temple with deep associations with combatives. This anthology dives deep into the historic significance of the relationship between temples, monks, and martial arts.As a transporter of culture, it seems logical that the Indian monk Bodhidharma brought more than just Buddhist
... Read more
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Critical Moral Reasoning

An Applied Empirical Ethics Approach

by Mark T Holcombe ...

Narrated by David George ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

This textbook introduces students to contemporary moral issues through a casuistry-based approach. Unlike traditional anthologies, it emphasizes case based reasoning and empirical evidence to strengthen critical moral analysis. Students learn to distinguish legality from morality, formulate moral arguments, and apply normative theories such as utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and ... Read more

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This textbook introduces students to contemporary moral issues through a casuistry-based approach. Unlike traditional anthologies, it emphasizes case based reasoning and empirical evidence to strengthen critical moral analysis. Students learn to distinguish legality from morality, formulate moral arguments, and apply normative theories such as utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and
... Read more
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Around the World in Five Lines

by James B. Anstead ...

Narrated by Mark Holcomb ...

Unabridged

44 min

Around the World in Five Lines is a fun and whimsical collection of limericks inspired by countries all over the world! An avid traveler and dreamer, author James B. Anstead brings to us this fun and silly collection of fascination with the limerick and its special wordplay.Enjoy! ... Read more

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Around the World in Five Lines is a fun and whimsical collection of limericks inspired by countries all over the world! An avid traveler and dreamer, author James B. Anstead brings to us this fun and silly collection of fascination with the limerick and its special wordplay.Enjoy!
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Taking Chances

The Coast after Hurricane Sandy

by Karen M. O'Neill, Daniel J. Van Abs, Robert B. Gramling, Steven G. Decker, David A. Robinson, Daniel Baldwin Hess, Brian W. Conley, Adelle Thomas, Ashley Koning0, Daniel Redlaswk1, Joanna Burger2, Larry Niles3, Angela Oberg4, Julia Flagg5, Bonnie McCay6, Patricia M. Clay7, Lisa L. Colburn8, Kenneth A. Gould9, Tammy L. Lewis0, Mark Alan Hewitt1, Briavel Holcomb2, Clinton J. Andrews3, Mariana Leckner4, Melanie McDermott5, James K. Mitchell6, Frank A. Felder7, Shankar Chandramowli8 ...

Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging exploration of the diverse challenges of Sandy and asks if this massive event will really change how ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging exploration of the diverse challenges of Sandy and asks if this massive event will really change how
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Currents in Transatlantic History

Encounters, Commodities, Identities

by Marcus Rediker, Benjamin Mark Allen, Emmanuel Mbah, Julie Holcomb, Thomas Aiello, Gregory Kosc, Pawel Goral ...

Series Book 47 - Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press
Transatlantic historians are dedicated to analyzing the dynamic process of encounter, interchange, and creolization that was initiated when peoples on different sides of the Atlantic Basin first made contact and continues until the twenty-first century.The forty-ninth annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series —“Currents in Transatlantic Thought”—was organized to commemorate the fifteenth ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Transatlantic historians are dedicated to analyzing the dynamic process of encounter, interchange, and creolization that was initiated when peoples on different sides of the Atlantic Basin first made contact and continues until the twenty-first century.The forty-ninth annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series —“Currents in Transatlantic Thought”—was organized to commemorate the fifteenth
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Under the Banner of King Death

Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel

by David Lester, Marcus Rediker, Paul Buhle ...

Featuring an African American fugitive from bondage, an undercover woman, and ‘outcasts of all nations,’ an arresting graphic exploration of the resistance and radical vision of 18th-century piratesA tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, Under the Banner of King Death novelizes for the first time the real pirates, an itinerant community of outsiders, behind our legends. This ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Featuring an African American fugitive from bondage, an undercover woman, and ‘outcasts of all nations,’ an arresting graphic exploration of the resistance and radical vision of 18th-century piratesA tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, Under the Banner of King Death novelizes for the first time the real pirates, an itinerant community of outsiders, behind our legends. This
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Villains of All Nations

Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

by Marcus Rediker ...

Series series
Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long ... Read more

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Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long
... Read more

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Outlaws of the Atlantic

Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail

by Marcus Rediker ...

This maritime history "from below" exposes the history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship.In Outlaws of the Atlantic, award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime history upside down. He explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

This maritime history "from below" exposes the history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship.In Outlaws of the Atlantic, award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime history upside down. He explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the
... Read more
Freedom Ship

The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

by Marcus Rediker ...

A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave ShipAs many as 100,000 enslaved people fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South, finding safe harbor along a network of passageways across North America now known as the Underground ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave ShipAs many as 100,000 enslaved people fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South, finding safe harbor along a network of passageways across North America now known as the Underground
... Read more

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The Slave Ship

A Human History

by Marcus Rediker ...

In a chilling exploration of a nearly forgotten chapter of history, Marcus Rediker delves into the dark depths of slave ships in the 18th century.In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. With meticulous detail, Rediker uncovers the harsh ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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In a chilling exploration of a nearly forgotten chapter of history, Marcus Rediker delves into the dark depths of slave ships in the 18th century.In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. With meticulous detail, Rediker uncovers the harsh
... Read more

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The Fearless Benjamin Lay

The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

by Marcus Rediker ...

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of lifeIn The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular man—a Quaker dwarf who demanded the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Mocked and scorned by his ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of lifeIn The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular man—a Quaker dwarf who demanded the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Mocked and scorned by his
... Read more
The Amistad Rebellion

An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

by Marcus Rediker ...

**"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia TribuneA unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue—from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship**In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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**"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia TribuneA unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue—from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship**In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad
... Read more

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