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The Making of a Left-Behind Class

Educational Stratification, Meritocracy and Widening Participation

by Fred Powell, Margaret Scanlon, Pat Leahy, Hilary Jenkinson, Olive Byrne ...

Despite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, they face barriers that are frustrating the realisation of their educational ambitions.This book analyses the ‘left-behind’ phenomenon and shows how education has become the new divide in Western society. It explains how denied educational equality and frustrated opportunity are undermining social cohesion and what we can ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Despite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, they face barriers that are frustrating the realisation of their educational ambitions.This book analyses the ‘left-behind’ phenomenon and shows how education has become the new divide in Western society. It explains how denied educational equality and frustrated opportunity are undermining social cohesion and what we can
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Behind the Lines

Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters and One Man's Search to Find Them

by Andrew Carroll ...

Narrated by Dion Graham, George Grizzard, Kate Nelligan, Keith Nobbs, Brian F. O'Byrne, Oliver Platt, Martha Plimpton, Campbell Scott, Mandy Siegfried, Jeremy Sisto, Richard Thomas, Stanley Tucci, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Frederick Weller, Adam West, Hank Williams, Jr., Darryl Worley, BD Wong ...

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5 hours 39 min

Andrew Carroll spent three years traveling throughout the United States and around the world to seek out the most powerful and unforgettable letters ever written during American wars.Behind the Lines is the result of that extraordinary trip and represents the first book of its kind: a dramatic, intimate, and revealing look at warfare as seen through the personal correspondence of US and foreign ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

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Andrew Carroll spent three years traveling throughout the United States and around the world to seek out the most powerful and unforgettable letters ever written during American wars.Behind the Lines is the result of that extraordinary trip and represents the first book of its kind: a dramatic, intimate, and revealing look at warfare as seen through the personal correspondence of US and foreign
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Retreat, Hell!

by W.E.B. Griffin ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Corps
Unabridged

17 hours 53 min

It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. The bit in his teeth, Douglas MacArthur is intent on surging across the 38th parallel toward the Yalu River, where he is certain no Chinese are waiting for him, while Major Ken McCoy, operating undercover, hears a different story entirely, and is just as intent on nailing down the ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

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It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. The bit in his teeth, Douglas MacArthur is intent on surging across the 38th parallel toward the Yalu River, where he is certain no Chinese are waiting for him, while Major Ken McCoy, operating undercover, hears a different story entirely, and is just as intent on nailing down the
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Close Combat

by W.E.B. Griffin ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Corps
Unabridged

15 hours 22 min

Bestselling author W.E.B. Griffin's epic sixth novel in THE CORPS series—a powerful, dramatic tribute to the courageous men and women who braved WWII.As Japanese forces close in for an all-out effort to recapture Guadalcanal from the American forces occupying the island, many fates converge and intertwine, finding Captain Charles Galloway, Major Jake Dillon, Sergeant Thomas McCoy and China Marine ... Read more

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Bestselling author W.E.B. Griffin's epic sixth novel in THE CORPS series—a powerful, dramatic tribute to the courageous men and women who braved WWII.As Japanese forces close in for an all-out effort to recapture Guadalcanal from the American forces occupying the island, many fates converge and intertwine, finding Captain Charles Galloway, Major Jake Dillon, Sergeant Thomas McCoy and China Marine
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In Danger's Path

by W.E.B. Griffin ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Corps
Unabridged

25 hours 54 min

Put in charge of the OSS's Pacific operations, General Fleming Pickering is faced with two covert missions in the Gobi Desert. Called to duty is a Marine he doesn't expect...a scapegrace pilot named Malcolm, his son. Together, they will venture incognito—and with luck they may even come out alive... ... Read more

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Put in charge of the OSS's Pacific operations, General Fleming Pickering is faced with two covert missions in the Gobi Desert. Called to duty is a Marine he doesn't expect...a scapegrace pilot named Malcolm, his son. Together, they will venture incognito—and with luck they may even come out alive...
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Battleground

by W.E.B. Griffin ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Corps
Unabridged

18 hours 33 min

W.E.B. Griffin is a bestselling phenomenom, an American master of authentic military action and drama!Now, in this electrifying novel, he reveals the story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific, the epic struggle for Guadalcanal...Daredevil pilot Charles Galloway learns the hard way how to command a fighter squadron. Lt. Joe Howard teams up with the Coastwatchers. Jack "No Middle ... Read more

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W.E.B. Griffin is a bestselling phenomenom, an American master of authentic military action and drama!Now, in this electrifying novel, he reveals the story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific, the epic struggle for Guadalcanal...Daredevil pilot Charles Galloway learns the hard way how to command a fighter squadron. Lt. Joe Howard teams up with the Coastwatchers. Jack "No Middle
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Dreams of Distant Shores

by Patricia A. McKillip, Peter S. Beagle ...

Narrated by Tim Campbell, Amy Landon ...

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10 hours 4 min

Bestselling author Patricia A. McKillip (The Riddle-Master of Hed) is one of the most lyrical writers gracing the fantasy genre. With the debut of her newest work, Dreams of Distant Shores is a true ode to her many talents. Within these pages you will find a youthful artist possessed by both his painting and his muse and seductive travelers from the sea enrapturing distant lovers. The statue of a ... Read more

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Bestselling author Patricia A. McKillip (The Riddle-Master of Hed) is one of the most lyrical writers gracing the fantasy genre. With the debut of her newest work, Dreams of Distant Shores is a true ode to her many talents. Within these pages you will find a youthful artist possessed by both his painting and his muse and seductive travelers from the sea enrapturing distant lovers. The statue of a
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Under Fire

by W.E.B. Griffin ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Corps
Unabridged

24 hours 48 min

Korea, June 1, 1950. Captain Ken McCoy’s report on probable North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that not only is it promptly suppressed, but McCoy himself is kicked out of the Corps.At least two outfits, however, are not impressed by such infighting: the fledgling CIA, which promptly hires McCoy; and the North Koreans, who on June 25th invade across the 38th ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

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Korea, June 1, 1950. Captain Ken McCoy’s report on probable North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that not only is it promptly suppressed, but McCoy himself is kicked out of the Corps.At least two outfits, however, are not impressed by such infighting: the fledgling CIA, which promptly hires McCoy; and the North Koreans, who on June 25th invade across the 38th
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Murderers, The

by W.E.B. Griffin ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Badge of Honor
Unabridged

15 hours 24 min

A Philadelphia narcotics cop is shot dead in his home. A bar owner's wife and partner are gunned down during an attempted robbery. And in a beautiful mansion, a young woman dies of a heroin overdose. At first the crimes seem unconnected. But these four deaths are about to trigger a massive convergence of corruption, cops, and the mob that could tear the Philadelphia Police Department apart from ... Read more

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A Philadelphia narcotics cop is shot dead in his home. A bar owner's wife and partner are gunned down during an attempted robbery. And in a beautiful mansion, a young woman dies of a heroin overdose. At first the crimes seem unconnected. But these four deaths are about to trigger a massive convergence of corruption, cops, and the mob that could tear the Philadelphia Police Department apart from
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Last Witness, The

by W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV ...

Narrated by Scott Brick ...

Series Audiobook 11 - Badge of Honor
Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

The dramatic new novel in the Philadelphia police saga by the #1 New York Times bestselling author.For Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne, investigating a young woman’s murder in a Society Hill home invasion uncovers an ugly underworld—that of Mexican drug cartels and the Russian mob.Foreign girls are being smuggled in to work in the sex trade, and now some of them are dying or just ... Read more

$60.99 CAD

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The dramatic new novel in the Philadelphia police saga by the #1 New York Times bestselling author.For Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne, investigating a young woman’s murder in a Society Hill home invasion uncovers an ugly underworld—that of Mexican drug cartels and the Russian mob.Foreign girls are being smuggled in to work in the sex trade, and now some of them are dying or just
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Assassination Option, The

by W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV ...

Narrated by Alexander Cendese ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Clandestine Operations
Unabridged

11 hours 53 min

From the #1 New York Times— and Wall Street Journal—bestselling author comes the dramatic second adventure in the brand-new Clandestine Operations series about the Cold War, the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency—and a new breed of warrior.In Top Secret, W.E.B. Griffin introduced a remarkable new cast of heroes as they found themselves on the front lines of an entirely different kind of war. ... Read more

$60.99 CAD

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From the #1 New York Times— and Wall Street Journal—bestselling author comes the dramatic second adventure in the brand-new Clandestine Operations series about the Cold War, the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency—and a new breed of warrior.In Top Secret, W.E.B. Griffin introduced a remarkable new cast of heroes as they found themselves on the front lines of an entirely different kind of war.
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Berets, The

by W.E.B. Griffin ...

Narrated by Eric G. Dove ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Brotherhood of War
Unabridged

13 hours 20 min

They were the chosen ones—and the ones who chose to be the best. Never before had the United States given so select a group of fighting men such punishing preparation.Now they were heading for their ultimate test of skill and nerve and sacrifice, in a war unlike any they or their country had ever fought before, in a land that most of America still knew nothing about—Vietnam…“Griffin has captured ... Read more

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They were the chosen ones—and the ones who chose to be the best. Never before had the United States given so select a group of fighting men such punishing preparation.Now they were heading for their ultimate test of skill and nerve and sacrifice, in a war unlike any they or their country had ever fought before, in a land that most of America still knew nothing about—Vietnam…“Griffin has captured
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