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Books narrated by John Winkler

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  • Five and Ten

    The Fabulous Life of F. W. Woolworth

    This book, first published in 1940, is the unmissable biography of Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919), the American entrepreneur behind the F. W. Woolworth Company and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes". He was also the first to use self-service display cases, so customers could examine what they wanted to buy without the help of a sales clerk.Woolworth founded an ... Read more

    $5.58 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Constraints of Desire

    The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece

    For centuries, classical scholars have intensely debated the "position of women" in classical Athens. Did women have a vast but informal power, or were they little better than slaves? Using methods developed from feminist anthropology, Winkler steps back from this narrowly framed question and puts it in the larger context of how sex and gender in ancient Greece were culturally constructed. His ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • The Du Pont Dynasty

    Hidden in one of the smallest states of the Union, living in feudal splendor, is a singular family — proud, aloof, prolific —, which today controls a greater slice of American wealth than has ever before fallen into private hands. They are the Du Ponts of Delaware. The Du Ponts, who have long dominated Delaware, have only recently emerged into the larger arena of national affairs. In 1932, several ... Read more

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  • Before Sexuality

    The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World

    A dream in which a man has sex with his mother may promise him political or commercial success--according to dream interpreters of late antiquity, who, unlike modern Western analysts, would not necessarily have drawn conclusions from the dream about the dreamer's sexual psychology. Evidence of such shifts in perspective is leading scholars to reconsider in a variety of creative ways the history of ... Read more

    $103.99 CAD

  • Nothing to Do with Dionysos?

    Athenian Drama in Its Social Context

    These critically diverse and innovative essays are aimed at restoring the social context of ancient Greek drama. Theatrical productions, which included music and dancing, were civic events in honor of the god Dionysos and were attended by a politically stratified community, whose delegates handled all details from the seating arrangements to the qualifications of choral competitors. The growing ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Tippecanoe 1811

    The Prophet’s battle

    Series Book 287 - Campaign
    An in-depth exploration of the battle of Tippecanoe, precursor to the War of 1812, where US forces under William Henry Harrison defeated the Native American forces near Prophetstown.'The prophet's battle' was a conflict born out of festering tensions inscribed by the 1795 Treaty of Greeneville, which had concluded the Northwestern Indian War and attempted to prevent white settlers' encroaching ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Marketing for the Developing Company (RLE Marketing)

    by John Winkler ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Marketing
    This book takes the reader through the underlying theory of marketing and applies it to the developing business. Research and analysis, testing and product planning follow, and lead on to more practical advice on small company sales organisation and control, advertising and promotion. Many practical examples of industrial and consumer goods marketing are given, and technical ‘jargon’ has ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Point Pleasant 1774

    Prelude to the American Revolution

    Series Book 273 - Campaign
    A detailed exploration of a significant victory for Virginia militia forces over the Shawnee and Mingo tribes in Kentucky.The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore's War, the battle of Point Pleasant was fought between Virginian militia and American Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Following increased tensions and a series of incidents between the American settlers and the natives, Dunmore ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Wabash 1791

    St Clair’s defeat

    Series Book 240 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the first major battle of the new United States of America, a dramatic defeat at the hands of a confederation of Native American tribes.The battle of the Wabash, or St Clair's Defeat, was the greatest ever victory of American Indians over US Army forces. In 1791, Revolutionary War commander Arthur St Clair led a hastily recruited American army into Ohio in an ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Rehearsals of Manhood

    Athenian Drama as Social Practice

    A bold reconception of ancient Greek drama by one of the most brilliant and original classical scholars of his generationWhen John Winkler died in 1990, he left an unpublished manuscript containing a highly original interpretation of the development and meaning of ancient Greek drama. Rehearsals of Manhood makes this groundbreaking work available for the first time, presenting an entirely novel ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Thames 1813

    The War of 1812 on the Northwest Frontier

    Series Book 302 - Campaign
    With detailed profiles of the commanders and accounts of the battles, this highly illustrated title charts Native American commander Tecumseh's fall as the American forces secured control of the North-West frontier during the War of 1812.In an engagement that included the future US president William Henry Harrison, American naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry and the legendary Shawnee leader Tecumseh ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    A Woman is a Weathercock (Unabridged)

    Unabridged

    2 hours 7 min

    In the vibrant tapestry of Jacobean London, where wit and intrigue intertwine, Nathan Field's "A Woman is a Weathercock" unfolds. Meet Mistress Frail, a cunning and capricious widow, whose affections shift as swiftly as the wind. As she toys with the hearts of three suitors—the wealthy Sir Abraham Ninny, the gallant Sir John World, and the enigmatic Count Frederick—a whirlwind of deception and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD