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The Upswing

How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

by Robert D. Putnam ...

From the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids, a “sweeping yet remarkably accessible” (The Wall Street Journal) analysis of social capital, civic engagement, and American democracy that “offers superb, often counterintuitive insights” (The New York Times) to demonstrate how we have gone from an individualistic “I” society to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can ... Read more

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From the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids, a “sweeping yet remarkably accessible” (The Wall Street Journal) analysis of social capital, civic engagement, and American democracy that “offers superb, often counterintuitive insights” (The New York Times) to demonstrate how we have gone from an individualistic “I” society to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can
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Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated

The Collapse and Revival of American Community

by Robert D. Putnam ...

Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone*,* which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from ... Read more

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Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone*,* which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from
... Read more

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Making Democracy Work

Civic Traditions in Modern Italy

by Robert D. Putnam, Robert Leonardi, Raffaella Y. Nanetti ...

Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for ... Read more

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Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for
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American Grace

How Religion Divides and Unites Us

by Robert D. Putnam, David E. Campbell ...

American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America.Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades the nation’s religious landscape has been reshaped.America has experienced three seismic shocks, say Robert Putnam and David Campbell. In the 1960s, religious observance plummeted. Then in ... Read more

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American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America.Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades the nation’s religious landscape has been reshaped.America has experienced three seismic shocks, say Robert Putnam and David Campbell. In the 1960s, religious observance plummeted. Then in
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Our Kids

The American Dream in Crisis

by Robert D. Putnam ...

A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are a nation of opportunity. But over the last quarter century we have seen a disturbing “opportunity gap” ... Read more

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A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are a nation of opportunity. But over the last quarter century we have seen a disturbing “opportunity gap”
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Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated

The Collapse and Revival of American Community

by Robert D. Putnam ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

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18 hours 56 min

*The basis for the documentary Join or Die—now streaming on Netflix!*Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today’s fractured America.Twenty years, ago, Robert D. ... Read more

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*The basis for the documentary Join or Die—now streaming on Netflix!*Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today’s fractured America.Twenty years, ago, Robert D.
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Better Together

Restoring the American Community

by Robert D. Putnam, Lewis Feldstein ...

From the acclaimed author of Bowling Alone comes the story of people who are reweaving the social fabric across America by building local communities and revitalizing our civic spirit.In his acclaimed book Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam describes the United States as a nation in which we have become increasingly disconnected from one another, where our social structures have disintegrated. He asks ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of Bowling Alone comes the story of people who are reweaving the social fabric across America by building local communities and revitalizing our civic spirit.In his acclaimed book Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam describes the United States as a nation in which we have become increasingly disconnected from one another, where our social structures have disintegrated. He asks
... Read more
The Great Book of Witchcraft

Trials, Demonology, Folklore, and Gothic Tales of Magic, Persecution, and Social Panic

by Howard Williams, Frederick George Lee, Walter Scott, Jules Michelet, M. Schele de Vere, John Ashton, William Godwin, W. H. Davenport Adams, Charles Mackay, George Moir, Margaret Murray, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Bram Stoker, E. Lynn Linton, Wilhelm Meinhold, Cotton Mather, Increase Mather, Charles Wentworth Upham, M. V. B. Perley, James Thacher, William P. Upham, Samuel Roberts Wells, John M. Taylor, Allen Putnam ...

Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...

The Great Book of Witchcraft gathers a capacious archive of superstition, persecution, folklore, theology, and Gothic imagination. Its selections range from clerical and legal inquiry to antiquarian description, historical narrative, ethnographic speculation, and supernatural fiction, revealing "witchcraft" as a changing cultural category rather than a single belief. Accounts of Salem and European ... Read more

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The Great Book of Witchcraft gathers a capacious archive of superstition, persecution, folklore, theology, and Gothic imagination. Its selections range from clerical and legal inquiry to antiquarian description, historical narrative, ethnographic speculation, and supernatural fiction, revealing "witchcraft" as a changing cultural category rather than a single belief. Accounts of Salem and European
... Read more
The Mystery of Witchcraft - History, Mythology & Art

27 book Collection: Salem Trials, Lives of the Necromancers, Modern Magic, Witch Stories, Sidonia…

by Cotton Mather, William Godwin, Howard Williams, Frederick George Lee, Walter Scott, Jules Michelet, M. Schele de Vere, John Ashton, W. H. Davenport Adams, Charles Mackay, George Moir, Margaret Murray, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Bram Stoker, E. Lynn Linton, Wilhelm Meinhold, Increase Mather, Charles Wentworth Upham, M. V. B. Perley, James Thacher, William P. Upham, Samuel Roberts Wells, John M. Taylor, Allen Putnam ...

Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...

The Mystery of Witchcraft - History, Mythology & Art' is a sweeping anthology that traverses the shifting terrains of witchcraft through various lenses, spanning historical analysis, mythological exploration, and artistic depiction. The collection boasts a variety of literary forms, drawing on works that range from scholarly treatises to lyrical narratives, enriching the reader's understanding of ... Read more

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The Mystery of Witchcraft - History, Mythology & Art' is a sweeping anthology that traverses the shifting terrains of witchcraft through various lenses, spanning historical analysis, mythological exploration, and artistic depiction. The collection boasts a variety of literary forms, drawing on works that range from scholarly treatises to lyrical narratives, enriching the reader's understanding of
... Read more
WITCHCRAFT & MAGIC - Ultimate Collection

Salem Trials, European Folklore, Demonology, and Gothic Tales of the Supernatural

by Cotton Mather, William Godwin, Howard Williams, Frederick George Lee, Walter Scott, Jules Michelet, M. Schele de Vere, John Ashton, W. H. Davenport Adams, Charles Mackay, George Moir, Margaret Murray, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Bram Stoker, E. Lynn Linton, Wilhelm Meinhold, Increase Mather, Charles Wentworth Upham, M. V. B. Perley, James Thacher, William P. Upham, Samuel Roberts Wells, John M. Taylor, Allen Putnam ...

Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...

WITCHCRAFT & MAGIC - Ultimate Collection surveys the shifting meanings of sorcery, superstition, demonology, folk belief, and occult inquiry across several centuries. Combining trial narratives, historical studies, theological polemic, antiquarian scholarship, fiction, and cultural commentary, it reveals witchcraft as both a social accusation and a durable imaginative resource. Accounts of Salem ... Read more

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WITCHCRAFT & MAGIC - Ultimate Collection surveys the shifting meanings of sorcery, superstition, demonology, folk belief, and occult inquiry across several centuries. Combining trial narratives, historical studies, theological polemic, antiquarian scholarship, fiction, and cultural commentary, it reveals witchcraft as both a social accusation and a durable imaginative resource. Accounts of Salem
... Read more
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The Upswing

How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

by Robert D. Putnam ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

12 hours 54 min

From the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids, a “sweeping yet remarkably accessible” (The Wall Street Journal) analysis of social capital, civic engagement, and American democracy that “offers superb, often counterintuitive insights” (The New York Times) to demonstrate how we have gone from an individualistic “I” society to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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From the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids, a “sweeping yet remarkably accessible” (The Wall Street Journal) analysis of social capital, civic engagement, and American democracy that “offers superb, often counterintuitive insights” (The New York Times) to demonstrate how we have gone from an individualistic “I” society to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can
... Read more

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Discover the Truth Behind Witchcraft Stories

30+ Books on Magic, History of Witchcraft, Demonization of Witches & Modern Spiritualism

by Howard Williams, Frederick George Lee, Walter Scott, Jules Michelet, M. Schele de Vere, John Ashton, William Godwin, W. H. Davenport Adams, Charles Mackay, George Moir, Margaret Murray, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Bram Stoker, E. Lynn Linton, Wilhelm Meinhold, Cotton Mather, Increase Mather, Charles Wentworth Upham, M. V. B. Perley, James Thacher, William P. Upham, Samuel Roberts Wells, John M. Taylor, Allen Putnam ...

Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...

'Discover the Truth Behind Witchcraft Stories' encompasses a profound exploration of the multifaceted narratives surrounding witchcraft through history. The anthology spans a spectrum of literary styles, from scholarly analysis to gripping narrative prose, presenting an evocative amalgamation of historical accounts, folklore, and critical essays. This collection thoughtfully curates a diverse ... Read more

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'Discover the Truth Behind Witchcraft Stories' encompasses a profound exploration of the multifaceted narratives surrounding witchcraft through history. The anthology spans a spectrum of literary styles, from scholarly analysis to gripping narrative prose, presenting an evocative amalgamation of historical accounts, folklore, and critical essays. This collection thoughtfully curates a diverse
... Read more

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