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  • The Withers

    by Lee Upton ...
    In the aftermath of a devastating epidemic, bodies marked with eerie patterns called withers become symbols of a painful past— a past many want to forget. Riatta, one of the marked, finds herself cast out, a survivor of controversial surgeries that saved her life but cost her everything else. Seeking refuge, she recovers in the home of a surgeon who once saved her. But when she learns his wife is ... Read more

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  • The Jungle

    "The Jungle" follows the story of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in Chicago with his family seeking a better life. The novel vividly depicts the struggles and hardships faced by Jurgis and his fellow workers in the meatpacking plants. It explores the brutal nature of their work, the corruption of the industry, and the impact of capitalism on their lives.Sinclair's primary ... Read more

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  • Mental Radio

    Mr. Upton Sinclair needs no introduction to the public as a fearless, honest, and critical student of public affairs. But in the present book he has with characteristic courage entered a new field, one in which reputations are more easily lost than made, the field of Psychic Research. When he does me the honor to ask me to write a few words of introduction to this book, a refusal would imply on my ... Read more

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  • King Coal: A Novel

    As a convinced socialist and eager advocate of unpopular doctrines, as an exposer of social conditions that would Otherwise be screened away from the public eye, the most influential journals of his country were as a rule arraigned against him. Though always a poor man, though never willing to grant to publishers the concessions essential for many editions and general popularity, he was ... Read more

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  • Upton Sinclair's The Jungle - Unabridged

    In 1904, writer Upton Sinclair - a so-called "muck-raking" journalist - went undercover at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago to investigate and expose the working conditions imposed upon the employees of the city's meat-packing industry. What Sinclair discovered shocked the nation.In addition to unsanitary, cruel and dangerous conditions for the workers, Sinclair also discovered that the meat being ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Jungle, The

    Narrated by James Harrington ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 14 min

    The Jungle by Upton Sinclair follows Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in Chicago seeking the American Dream. Instead, he faces brutal working conditions in the meatpacking industry, exploitation, poverty, and corruption. As he struggles to support his family, he becomes disillusioned with the system that exploits immigrant labor. Sinclair’s novel exposes the dark side of ... Read more

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  • Oil!

    The classic novel that inspired the Academy award-winning film, There Will Be Blood.Penguin Books is proud to now be the sole publisher of Oil!, the classic 1927 novel by Upton Sinclair. After writing The Jungle, his scathing indictment of the meatpacking industry, Sinclair turned his sights on the early days of the California oil industry in a highly entertaining story featuring a cavalcade of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Learning Computer Architecture with Raspberry Pi

    Use your Raspberry Pi to get smart about computing fundamentalsIn the 1980s, the tech revolution was kickstarted by a flood of relatively inexpensive, highly programmable computers like the Commodore. Now, a second revolution in computing is beginning with the Raspberry Pi. Learning Computer Architecture with the Raspberry Pi is the premier guide to understanding the components of the most ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Moneychangers

    Upton Sinclair's disturbing novel about the Wall Street scare of 1907 portrays the tactics of greedy capitalists who organize the fall of a rival trust company, creating a crash in the stock market crash and a run on American banks. Ultimately thousands of jobs are lost, throwing the world into financial chaos. ... Read more

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  • The Jungle

    The Jungle is a novel written in 1904 by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. His primary purpose in describing the meat industry and its working conditions was to advance socialism in the United States. However, ... Read more

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  • The Historic Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix

    Series series Images of America
    Phoenix's Manzanita Speedway, the last of the big dirt tracks located near the central corridor of a major metropolitan area, is now gone. The track opened in the early 1950s when Jack Holloway, president of the Arizona Jalopy Racing Association, along with Avery Doyle and Gene Gunn, set about convincing Rudy Everett and Larry Meskimen to convert their unprofitable dog-racing operation into a ... Read more

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  • Oil!

    Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" emerges as a compelling exploration of the American oil boom in the early 20th century, employing a rich narrative style characterized by vivid imagery and biting social commentary. The novel follows the life of a young oilman, J. Arnold Ross, and intricately weaves together themes of greed, exploitation, and the moral dilemmas faced by individuals amid burgeoning ... Read more

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